Product Details

• Actors: Trey Walpole, Alex Allen Morris, Jazmine McGill, Paul English Jr., Dee Hennigan
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: May 21, 1996
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630407154X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,563 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wishbone's take on Crane's 'The Red Badge of Courage", December 7, 2001

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wishbone: Terrified Terrier [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In "The Terrified Terrier" there is a test of the character of Joe Talbot (Jordan Wall) when he starts hanging out with the high school basketball star and other older, more popular kids. Will he forget about Samantha (Christie Abbott) and David (Adam Springfield)? Not if Wishbone (voice of Larry Brantley) has anything to say about it. This time around the world's most literate Jack Russell Terrier draws his inspiration from Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," where Henry Fleming faces a similar test of his character on a battlefield during the American Civil War. Wishbone gets to play Henry and while the parallel between Henry fleeing run the battlefield and Joe being relegated to a gofer is a bit strained, you have to admire the use of great literature to serve as the moral for the story. For teachers interested in using this video as a teaching aid in class, there are even lesson plans for "Terrified Terrier" in the T-Bone section of the Wishbone web site. But I think it is possible to take a more direct route with students for them to be interested in reading Crane's novel. The question of what would YOU do the first time you were on a battlefield is not that much of a stretch for most kids.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Red Badge of Courage, July 25, 2000

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This review is from: Wishbone: Terrified Terrier [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Terrified Terrier is a twist on the classic The Red Badge of Courage. It also has a story following Wishbone and his humans. Although it is one of my least favorites, it teaches a very good message of staying true to your real friends, and it introduces younger kids to yet another classic book. Kids will love Wishbone and his hilarious show!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wishbone: Terrified Terrier, August 25, 2009

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Auburn Niewiadomski (Anacortes, Washington) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wishbone: Terrified Terrier [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well I honestly don't know too much about Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage but it was still enjoyable to watch. A boy named Henry Fleming (played by Wishbone) decides to join the union army during the American Civil War. While in battle Henry is frightened and leaves his fellow soldiers behind. Also in this episode, Joe learns a similar message when three high school kids want Joe to tag along. Joe begins leaving David and Samantha behind to hang out with his new friends.

While yet this episode is not one of my favorites, it's still worth getting.