Wishbone's Dog Days of the West

Joe Talbot:
That's a good story.

Wishbone:
Yeah, but whoever heard of dogs playing poker?

Wanda Gilmore:
Now they're after my father! What did I ever do to them?

Tom Merwin:
He shot at Mame!

Wishbone:
[as Long Tom] He never shot at Mame before.

Tom Merwin:
This time he's gone too far.

Joe Talbot:
Do you think your grandfather will remember?

Hank Johnstone:
He usually doesn't even remember what he had for breakfast.

Calliope Catesby:
[during the middle of a shootout, turns and sees a woman on the incoming train] Ma? [panics] It's my Ma!

Wishbone:
Ah, the carnival. The great American celebration of freedom, fun, and food.

Joe Talbot:
I know you don't like being on a leash, but there's too much going on today for you to be running around here by yourself.

Wishbone:
But that's what carnivals are all about, Joe, running around, free! Maybe getting fed for free!

Wishbone:
What exactly are corn dogs made of?

Ellen Talbot:
No cotton candy, Wishbone.

Wishbone:
No cotton can - Oh, no this is going too far.

Wishbone:
I have rights. Freedom of speech, freedom of treats, freedom to go outside when I need to.

Wanda Gilmore:
[to Marcus] Are you enjoying the carnival?

Wishbone:
How come nobody's asking the tied-up little dog if he's enjoying the - [drops part of the leash from his mouth] - carnival?

Wishbone:
Eating is such a civilized activity.

Wishbone:
Next they'll be saying *my* papers are forged.

Dan Bloodgood:
You'd be surprised what a few people can do. Especially when they know the truth.

Ellen Talbot:
It's never too late for your best friend.

Wishbone:
[repeated line; as Long Bill] I don't have a gun!

Wishbone:
[reading the comics] So then the dog says, "I don't *have* a gun." Hahahahaha! Oh... that's funny.

Ethan Johnstone:
Come on up here, little fella.

Wishbone:
Boys, I'll handle this.

Wishbone:
Now you see what I mean when I say no one ever listens to the dog?

Joe Talbot:
I can't believe you found it, Wishbone.

Wishbone:
What's so hard to believe? I'm a dog of many talents, *when* I'm not on a *leash*.

Wanda Gilmore:
Wishbone, would you care to join me for breakfast?

Wishbone:
Oh, yes. Always room for another breakfast.

Wishbone:
The Old West has always held a special place in our imagination. Out of these tugged territories came folk heroes, who lived out our dreams of the unspoiled frontier, where freedom was cherished, and a simple code of honor bound people together. O. Henry captured the Old West for all time in his short stories. They may be short, but the colorful characters and surprise endings stick to our ribs for a long time.

[last lines]

Joe Talbot:
So, Mr. Henry. May I call you O? Thanks. I have this idea for a story? It's about a dog... Not just any dog... It's about a dog, and he talks. Well, OK, he talks, but nobody really pays him any attention. Nobody listens to the dog; that's one of the things he says all the time. And he has this big imagination, and he's all the time finding himself in these incredible stories. Like, um, one time he's an orphan, and another time he's a great detective... And another time, he's a cowboy. And, I've been working on my cowboy yell, listen to this: WII-HOOO! Ha ha ha haa! ANyway, I'll give you the story...