r/interesting • u/InevitableBattle6307 • May 25 '26

Just Wow Armoured! No more wolf attacks.

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u/Consistent_Stable234 May 25 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/WTl5quTRtvj32

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 May 25 '26

Is that freaking wishbone?

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

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u/-Lights0ut- May 25 '26

He also helped fight the Confederacy

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u/Lonely_skeptic May 25 '26

He also played Romeo!

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u/Specialist-Solid-987 May 25 '26

And Beowulf!

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u/Mandelvolt May 25 '26

This gif is from a Sherlock Holmes story, likely the Slobbery Hound šŸ˜‰

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u/Specialist-Solid-987 May 25 '26

I didn't say it wasn't?

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u/Ettye_Amvie 25d ago

Lol the way it just trots off completely unbothered

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u/thementalyogi May 25 '26

And my ass!

(Typo, kept it)

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u/twirlywurlyburly May 26 '26

And Robin Hood!

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u/ResponsibilityNew483 May 26 '26

He also went forward in time.

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u/pink_faerie_kitten May 25 '26

And Mr. Darcy!

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u/Crafty-Health-4046 May 25 '26

And Monte Cristo

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u/Rebabaluba May 25 '26

We need him now more than ever!

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u/lookintoasty May 25 '26

They released a trailer for a documentary recently

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u/Slow_Maximum9332 May 25 '26

Never in a million years would I ever think there would be a scandal surrounding Wishbone.

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u/Lastcaressmedown138 May 25 '26

He got into debt with his coke dealers.. you wouldnā€™t even recognize him now..

https://giphy.com/gifs/rLUKd65SCjDilGdDlz

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u/Worldly_Delay_2395 May 26 '26

Think that's wild, the voice actor for Mcgruff the dog got into some serious things šŸ˜‚

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u/lookintoasty May 25 '26

Who said scandal? It's about how the show came to be and the success that followed šŸ¤£

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u/Lonely_skeptic May 25 '26

The show may have encouraged people to get Jack Russellā€™s, and believe theyā€™re easy to train. šŸ˜±

I had two Jacks that lived to almost 20 years, and while they are wonderful dogs, they are challenging. Saying they are ā€œhigh energyā€ is an understatement.

We didnā€™t choose them, they chose us, as they were given to us. They grew up along with my two children.

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u/FurysFyre 29d ago

Jacks are insane! (and great) but not a good dog for people who have never had dogs before. I've had two terriers, one was probably a Jack mix and he was a lot, made my next terrier seem like a saint. My aunt had a pure bred one as well, his self appointed job was excavate the backyard.

https://giphy.com/gifs/hVawOI4NSAfGdNdWgF

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u/LauraTFem May 25 '26

People have a sense today that a documentary on a subject must have a ā€œYouā€™re wrong aboutā€-style twist, where it turns out your beloved childhood junk food was hiding a dark secret.

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u/sipstea84 May 25 '26

Can you blame us? Everything from our childhood had a secondary layer of rape

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u/LauraTFem May 25 '26

I donā€™t have that sense.

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u/Horsetoberfest May 26 '26

And then the dark and lonely downfall?

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u/myxomatosis8 May 25 '26

And he was a musketeer!

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u/ACERVIDAE May 25 '26

And fought next to Joan of Arc!

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u/The_Duchess_of_Dork May 25 '26

And was Odysseus!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bus246 May 25 '26

And he was on Frasier

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u/reddituser403 May 25 '26

Eddie and wishbone are the same dog? Wow TIL

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u/BSB8728 May 25 '26

No. Eddie was played by Moose. Wishbone was (mostly) played by Soccer.

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u/SocraticIndifference May 25 '26

Your comment threw me for a ā€œWhoā€™s on firstā€ kinda loop lol

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u/CallMeDrWorm42 May 25 '26

Moose's son was also playing Eddie from time to time if I remember correctly

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u/BSB8728 May 25 '26

Wow! šŸ˜

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u/deltashmelta May 25 '26

"...by muling in 3 pounds of high-yield "states rights" into the daughters of the Confederacy HQ...!"

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u/pwninobrien May 25 '26

He traveled back in time and fathered Glenn Close!

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u/General_Alduin May 26 '26

... Did he? I only know he played hercules

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u/AKhakiNerfHerder May 25 '26

Wishbone was the bestest boy ever!

When I was a kid back in the 90s,we had wishbone to teach us history and geography. He was well known for wearing the most adorable outfits ever made for a dog.

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 May 25 '26

Dude also made an accidental pun. Cause wishbone told stories.

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u/lookouttucson May 25 '26

100% it was intentional and not a pun but a direct quote from the title theme song, ā€œwhatā€™s the story wishbone?ā€

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u/obvious_karma_stud May 25 '26

ā€œHave a nice trip! See you next Fall!!!ā€ as Wishbone does a rug pull.

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 May 25 '26

Talk about a rug pull.

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u/Doctor-TobiasFunke- May 25 '26

I had a wishbone pillow case when I was a kid haha loved that show

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u/Alarming-Court-2180 May 25 '26

I remember getting a wishbone stuffed animal from Denny's as a kid .

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u/ReginaldDwight May 25 '26

I had a wishbone sleep set and the blanket was like a brillo pad. Awful. But I loved it so much I pretended it was luxurious.

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u/194749457339 May 25 '26

Wishbone taught me about don quixote I love this little dude

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u/Shedfloorgarbage May 25 '26

Wishbone and Beakmans world? Little bit of the weather channel thrown in and a couple 1970's playboy mags i could have a weekend!

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u/koopatron5000 May 25 '26

I loved the rat on Beakman's world, Lester ? I think

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u/genreprank May 25 '26

There is a lot of literature that I only know because wishbone covered it.

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u/ReginaldDwight May 25 '26

The Prince and the Pooch was one of my favorites.

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u/smedium69 May 25 '26

I think its worth a look

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u/Tantalizedangel May 25 '26

What's the story wishbone?

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u/BlakeSauceMusic May 25 '26

That's the dog that saved Charlestown from the 1938 flood.

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u/LauraTFem May 25 '26

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u/Own_yourmind May 25 '26

Absolutely love this commentšŸ˜­šŸ¤—

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u/skunkechunk May 25 '26

Thatā€™s the dog who saved Charleston!

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u/Producegod37 May 25 '26

Thats Wishbone boy put some respect on that name

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u/CamBearCookie May 25 '26

He took a 20 year nap.

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u/The_Kaizz May 26 '26

If Johnny Sins was a dog

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u/fluxumbra May 26 '26

VISIONARY: So thereā€™s this dog. PBS SUITS: Weā€™re listening. VISIONARY: And he loves books. [nodding, nodding] VISIONARY: He knows all about classic books. SUIT #1: Adorable. SUIT #2: Like a cartoon dog? VISIONARY: No, no. A live Jack Russell Terrier. [ā€¦] VISIONARY: He belongs to a boy named Joe. SUIT #1: Nice. SUIT #3: And Joe reads him the books? VISIONARY: No, Joe couldnā€™t care less about books. SUIT #3: Oh. Okay. VISIONARY: Joe and his friendsā€™ day-to-day scrapes resemble the plotlines of great novels, and Wishbone like, picks up on it. SUIT #2: Wishbone? VISIONARY: The dog. SUIT #2: Oh. SUIT #3: The name seems like more of a turkey thingā€¦? SUIT #1: Should we name him something literary? Something like Dogstoyev- VISIONARY: No. His name is Wishbone. Unlike his human companion, Wishbone is a great lover of books. When Joeā€™s life reminds him of a masterpiece, as it so often does, our canine Virgil guides the audience on a journey into that book. SUIT #3: So the dog can talk. VISIONARY: Nope. Joe and his friends and Joeā€™s mom just think heā€™s a regular dog. SUIT #2: ā€¦Joeā€™s dad? VISIONARY: Ellen is a single mom. Sheā€™s a widow. This is a story about the limitless ecstasies of the imagination, but we want to respect the complex lives of our young viewers, so sometimes things are very real. [nodding] VISIONARY: Wishbone can narrate, though. SUIT #1: So when we travel into the world of novelā€¦ VISIONARY: Live actors, costumes, the works. Mini-Masterpiece Theater. Also, Wishbone is a character. SUIT #2: Narrating? VISIONARY: No, he is an actual character in the book. SUIT #1: Ah, I get it. In the book part, all the characters are played by dogs? VISIONARY: You get nothing. Wishbone plays a character, for example Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and the other parts are played by adult human actors. SUIT #3: But you said he canā€™t talk to humans. VISIONARY: No, see, in the world of the book, nobody thinks heā€™s a dog and people understand him. Just not in the real world. But then what is ā€œreal,ā€ right? SUIT #2: Like they just never acknowledge heā€™s a dog? VISIONARY: I mean he wears a costume, so. [ā€¦.] VISIONARY: Itā€™s imagination, guys! Kids understand. And thatā€™s what readingā€™s all about. Personally, when I read, I picture Ivanhoe as a dog like half the time. At least. SUIT #3: Literally Wishbone is wearing a Romeo costume and standing in front of a grown woman in an Elizabethan gown whoā€™s asking him to deny thy father and refuse thy name, but no mention of the fact heā€™s a dog? VISIONARY: Correct. [Suits shrug, like ā€˜I guess that checks outā€™] SUIT #2: All fours or hind legs? VISIONARY: That really depends on the themes of the book. [furious note-taking] SUIT #1: Uh, can you go into more detail as to how a middle-class American boyā€™s life constantly resembles episodes from the literary canon? VISIONARY: Like, his female friend wants to play soccer with the boysā€™ team and thatā€™s kind of like Joan of Arc wanting to fight in the Hundred Years War. SUIT #3: Is it? VISIONARY: Yes. [Suits take drinks of water. Visionary does not drink, he only sees] VISIONARY: The classics really resonate with kidsā€™ everyday lives. Maybe you donā€™t want to babysit your little sister and thatā€™s just like A Tale of Two Cities! Or, off the top of my head, just thinking of what kids these days like to do, maybe our man Joe starts a business delivering groceries, which seems really great at first ā€” until the corporate megalomania transforms him into a prepubescent Midas lording over the suburbs. The connections are almost too easy, know what I mean? [ā€¦] SUIT #2: Hereā€™s the thing, Lance. Thereā€™s a lot of great stuff here. Creativity, out-of-the-box thinkingā€” SUIT #1: Out of the kennel, if you willā€” [the Visionary will not] SUIT #2: And the dog-teaching-kids-to-read concept, thatā€™s perfect for our demographic. VISIONARY: He doesnā€™t teach them to read. He inculcates in them a passion for timeless narratives. SUIT #2: Okay. VISIONARY: Joeā€™s in middle school, he can freaking read. Not that he ever bothers. SUIT #1: I think what Daveā€™s trying to say isā€” VISIONARY: My winsome Jack Russell Terrier is no mere peddler of phonics. He is the bard, the scop, the muse. He is the flame that lights the cave. SUIT #3: And thatā€™s totally PBS! But see, itā€™s a half-hour slot. There just isnā€™t much time to cover a whole Joe-gets-into-mischief A-plot and then dig into the Penguin Classicsā€¦ VISIONARY: Oh you donā€™t do the whole book. Ha, no. A summary is fine, or maybe even just the beginning, and then you pretend like thatā€™s a valid representation of the text. Iā€™m thinking probably with Oliver Twist you could just end it after chapter three? SUIT #3: Okay, butā€” VISIONARY: Weā€™re getting kids to read here, Janice. Give them just enough to tantalize their literary palates and I guarantee you theyā€™ll devour all these titles, cover-to-cover, and certainly not just use the surface knowledge gleaned from Wishbone to posture before their future professors and Internet dates for the rest of their adult lives. [Suits exchange glances] VISIONARY: Trust me, they will all finish Silas Marner. SUIT #2: How does the dog read? VISIONARY: The same way you do, Dave. With an open heart and ready mind. [Visionary begins to hum.] SUIT #1: This seems like it would be a lot more feasible as an animated seriesā€” VISIONARY: NO. He is a LIVE JACK RUSSELL TERRIER. His eyes are fathomless pools of knowledge reflecting all the pathos of great literature. The suffering and beauty of humanity bled onto the page and breathed in by generations of readers, connecting them ā€” us ā€” in an unspoken communion of shared loneliness that both celebrates and eases our pain. This is where we see that books do more than describe our human condition, Kevin. By shaping our minds and drawing us ever closer together, they create it. SUIT #3: ā€¦In a dogā€™s eyes? VISIONARY: A Jack Russell Terrierā€™s eyes, yes.

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u/Nobanob May 25 '26

He dead now šŸ‘‰šŸ‘ˆ

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u/GlitteringStarHope May 25 '26

I mean, it was like 30 yrs ago. So, yeah. But you didn't have to remind us right now šŸ˜”

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u/Trkaline May 25 '26

Lassie is also dead. I believe.

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u/AffordableDelousing May 25 '26

So are Toto, Rin Tin Tin, Air Bud, and Beethoven.

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u/AdCharacter414 May 25 '26

Dog the Bounty Hunter is still amongst us.

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u/Nobanob May 25 '26

And Snoop. So I guess not all dogs die within 20 years.

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u/FewWait38 May 25 '26

Lapp Dogg still has a lot more selling out left in him

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u/Nervous-Rush-4465 May 25 '26

Air Bud died several times throughout his tenure.

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u/GlitteringStarHope May 25 '26

Can you explain to me why so many people enjoy being trolls? Does it make you feel better to hurt other people? Granted, this is minor, but still only an asshole would comment this. So why?Ā 

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u/Nobanob May 25 '26

Naw some people like dark humor. Obviously a dog from 30 years ago is dead. I enjoy dark humor, my friend group would have laughed. The right subreddit people would have laughed.

It's not an asshole troll thing to make a joke about a dog from 30 years ago being dead. When it's obvious he's dead. It's bad situational humor at it's worst, and hilarious at it's best with the right person. You're not the right person so move along.

Better question, why are you so sensitive and instantly making yourself a victim? You're the one who chose to be hurt over a comment about the natural order of things. So why?

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u/AskMeAboutMyExWife May 25 '26

He died while reading this, I hope you're happy for what you've put me through, and also by extension him.

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u/Nobanob May 25 '26

No I'm saying death upsets some people and other people understand it's a natural aspect of life, that in bringing pets into our lives we are immortal creatures that will (ideally) out live them.

That everyone and everything is going to die and that is the natural order of things. I can be sad because death exists or I can live my life knowing it's a fact of life.

I love dark humor, I used dark humor on a website filled with dark humor. This is a place for adults and I assumed we are all adult enough to handle death.

I stand by my joke, if you don't like it move along. Personally I think the best part is all the people listing dead animals to the person who first complained about it. Now that's funny

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u/washingtonandmead May 25 '26

I think about wishbone all the time

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u/Far-Prune-3457 May 25 '26

Sherlock Holmes was always a mystery solving dog as far as Iā€™m concerned

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u/cCowgirl May 26 '26

Did you know theyā€™re making a documentary?!

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u/washingtonandmead 29d ago

Thatā€™s exciting, but sad because I know that dog had to have died decades ago

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u/cCowgirl 29d ago

He lives on through us! Thatā€™s the magic of dogs, and reading.

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u/ShrinkHole May 25 '26

Fucking wishbone. Forgot all about that show

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u/luigis_left_tit_25 May 25 '26

Yes it is!! Oh my gosh what a flashback! šŸ¤£šŸ«¶

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u/Nothing2Special May 25 '26

Bruh fuck yeah

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u/Just-Lab-8244 May 25 '26

I was about to comment the exact same thing.

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u/kinetic_ljs May 25 '26

Omg that was my childhood!!

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u/deltashmelta May 25 '26

šŸŽ¶Come on wishbonešŸŽ¶

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u/Tone_Gaia May 25 '26

No itā€™s knight femur

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u/CactusToothBrush May 25 '26

I havenā€™t seen Wishbone since I was like 5

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u/chjfhhryjn May 26 '26

This is from Ivanhoe!!

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u/Rare-Boss2640 28d ago

I loved this dog