A large majority of Millennials who came of age in the 1990s can still sing the song from memory: “What the story, Wishbone? What’s this you’re dreaming of? … It kinda seems familiar, like a story from a book.”

Wishbone has cemented itself as one of the most memorable aspects of ’90s childhood. The show itself was, of course, brilliant. But its impact goes far beyond its pure entertainment and educational value.

Beloved series Wishbone is over 30 years old

For the uninitiated, Wishbone was a children’s television series that ran, believe it or not, just two years—from 1995 to 1997—on PBS.

The format was comforting in its predictability: Wishbone, a dog played by a Jack Russell terrier named Soccer, would try to help his friends and family—particularly, the young son of the family named Joe—solve a problem. For the solution to his real-world problems, Wishbone would revisit famous literature from history: from Robin Hood to Joan of Arc to The Legend of........

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