Yeah, doing a story that hinges on there being a guy who looks just like the protagonist and not putting the dog in a dual role was a bit odd.
Fresh-eyed movie blogAs a literature nerd, I really should love this show. And I do like most of what I've seen. After all, there can't be anything bad about a really good "edutainment" show, right? But... I found "Wishbone" on Youtube a couple of years ago, and I started watching a few episodes. And then I came across a scene from the modern-day real-life framing device setting, where the mother was really disappointed with Joe for getting a "bad" grade in school. Was this "bad grade" an F, or even a D? No, it was a freaking C, a perfectly good passing grade! But the mother went bananas and said that Joe had to "improve his grades", or she wouldn't let him try out for a sports team in school. I mean, WTF? And the worst thing was that the show made this seem totally justifiable. Ugh... This only made me angry, and a lot of posters on the You Tube video agreed with me that Joe's mother was off her rockers. I didn't feel like watching the show anymore, and I haven't returned to it since.
You know... I might return to the show at some point. Everything else about it was great. But that scene was just... wrong. But I think I might just fast forward to where the actual re-telling of a piece of literature starts. The modern-day real-life framing device setting never was the best part of the show anyway.
edited 16th Jun '14 7:06:22 PM by Furienna
Eh, My parents reacted the same when I got Cs. I got 'em, tried to play video games that same day, and got bitched out and told to study til my grades were better.
It's not that unrealistic. Besides, if Joe always got As and Bs before that, a C is him slipping. His mom was just scared he'd keep falling if he didn't work at it.
I was an A student until high school, and we didn't have Ds in our grading system, so I never saw a problem with Ellen freaking out over a C.
Fresh-eyed movie blogI loved that show! The premise was kind of strange but it worked out surprisingly well. I really liked Jeanne Simpson, the actress who played many female roles (Juliet, Rebecca, Maid Marian, Joan of Arc, Mr. Bingley's sister, etc...)
Is it just me or was there Foe Yay between Joe and Damont? I thought about adding that to the YMMV page but didn't know if others would agree.
@Furienna:
I'm not sure what's stranger; the fact that you stopped watching the show you admit was working for you over something like that, or the fact that so many people think a mother not thinking a C was acceptable for a kid more than capable of doing better is a problem.
Regardless I absolutely LOVED Wishbone as a kid and it definitely made me aware of, and familiar with, a number of stories I never really got a chance to read and am no going through a list of them now.

Does anyone remembered an old PBS TV series called Wishbone? It was about a dog who could talk to the audience and he would retell various stories like The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow while he plays the main characters in each story. However, in the real world, his human owner Joe along with his friends David and Sam would get into all kinds trouble of their own.
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