Wishbone (1995) s01e18 Episode Script
Hot Diggety Dawg
What's the story, Wishbone?
What's this your dreaming of?
Such big imagination
on such a little part.
What's the story, Wishbone?
Do you think it's worth a look?
It kind of seems familiar
like a story from a book.
Shake a leg now, Wishbone.
Let's wag another tale, sniffing out
adventure with Wishphone on the trail.
Come on, Wishbone.
What's the story, Wishbone?
What's the story, Wishbone?
What's the story, Wishbone?
Watch the story, Wishbone?
Wishbone.
Ah, so, this is what
it means to be bored.
Let's see.
I've counted all the ceiling tiles.
I've buried everything I own.
And I've checked the house
several times for intruders.
What I need is some genuine, tail
- wagging, nose-sniffing excitement.
Ah!
We're under attack!
Oh, wait, it's a, it's
a, it's a, it's a tree?
Okay, you've just seen a tree
walk across your front yard.
What are the implications of this?
Trees are supposed to
have roots, not legs?
What if trees have
suddenly sprouted legs?
What if they're all trying to walk away?
I'm in big trouble if I
Ooh, Mom, watch out!
Ah, you caught it!
Good job, Wanda!
Wanda!
Do you need a hand?
No, no, no, no, I got
it, I got it, I'm okay.
I'm okay.
Okay, hold on.
Oh!
Don't let him get away!
Oh, oh, oh!
Okay.
Well, you know, maybe I
do need a little help.
Here, you guys push the wheelbarrow, and
I'll find the right spot for the tree.
Okay, over here, guys. Follow me.
That's good.
Good idea. Let's get that
thing back in the ground.
Well, this looks like the
perfect spot right here.
I think this would be pretty good.
Hey, kids, bring it on
around here, and I think
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
If we put it over here, then we'll
get the sun from this direction,
and we can put
Oh, uh, guys, come on, come on.
Okay, let's set it right here.
Good, okay.
Wanda, what exactly are you doing?
What exactly are you doing?
Sam, you wrecked my mind.
Well, you know, today is Arbor Day?
Arbor Day.
Arbor Day?
I celebrate trees.
For your information, I
celebrate trees every day.
Right.
The day we consider how
important trees are to us.
Well, they provide shade and beauty
and produce oxygen for us to breathe.
Every year on Arbor Day, I plant a tree.
And this year, I said to myself, I said,
Wanda, why don't you be a good day?
neighbor and share your
joy with someone else.
And so I decided to plant a
tree for you and your mom.
But, uh, I could be persuaded
to let you guys help.
Well, okay.
That's the spirit!
So where did we start?
Well, you dig, of course.
Did someone say?
Dig? Now you're talking my language!
I've got a couple more shovels out back.
I'll go get them, be back in a jiffy.
Oh, here's some water
in case you get thirsty.
This is going to be great.
Joe, you start. I'll
keep an eye on the tree.
Ah, the smell of fresh dirt in your
snout. What can possibly top that?
I've got some plans for you, Tree.
Joe, your digging is really great.
Top-notch. Look at this big piece.
But why don't you let an
expert show you how to do it?
Whoa!
A-ha-ha-ha-h-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-dha-h.
Know my dogs love digging?
It's because we're driven
to find out what lies below.
Every dig is an adventure.
Like the novel, A Journey to the
Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
This science-fiction fantasy takes place
in the summer of 1863.
Three men travel all the way to Iceland,
to follow a secret path
to the core of the Earth.
And where do they begin?
Inside a volcano.
The first of our heroes was named Axel.
He was much more at home reading a book
about adventure than actually living one.
Uncle, we have to stop.
This is sheer lunacy.
Next, there was Hans, the guide.
Hans, surely you can see
that we will never make it.
You must make my uncle understand.
Hans didn't speak much, and he didn't
want to cross the leader at the pack.
Professor Leidenbrough.
Uncle, we still have time to
turn back before we are lost.
Nonsense, Axel. Look
what I've just found.
The letters A and S.
So?
Don't you see?
A.S. The initials A.S.
Arne Sacknusum, who claimed to have gone
to the center of the Earth 300 years ago.
They are a sign.
Proof that we are on the right track.
Onward to the center of the earth!
In the volcano's interior,
Professor Leidenbrock and Company
discovered huge underground caverns.
They pressed on, continuing
their search for the
trail left by Professor
Sacknesum many years before.
It was hard work.
And young Axel began to get discouraged.
Axel, my boy! How are you holding up?
Uncle, we have to accept the
truth. We've gone the wrong way.
And worse, we have no water.
I can't go on, not a step further.
Axel.
Take my canteen.
Drink.
It's the very last mouthful.
I say.
saved it for you.
My dear uncle, thanks for my heart.
Uncle, hear me.
We have no water.
We've lost the trail.
We must go back.
So, Axel, those few drops of water
have not restored your courage?
Courage?
Surely you know, when you
encounter an obstacle,
you find another way to reach your goal.
You don't want to go back?
And give up this expedition?
Never!
We shall die down here.
No, Axel, my boy.
I am far from desiring your death.
Take Hans and leave me.
I will go on, alone.
I cannot leave you.
But unless we discover water,
our hours are numbered.
Here.
Warten.
What?
Wartin?
What did he say?
He said water!
Water!
Wartin.
Have you gone mad? You expect
to get water from rocks?
No, no.
No, no. From behind rocks.
Listen. The sound of moving
water on the other side.
It must be a subterranean river.
We must make a hole.
I don't know.
Maybe we should save
some water for Wishbone.
Yeah, he's the one doing all the digging.
What was that?
Pay dirt!
What you got there, boy?
I just dig the stuff up, pal.
I don't analyze it.
It's just a piece of it.
It's just a piece of it.
It tasted old too.
I don't think it's just a piece of junk.
Well, there's only one way to find out.
Come on!
Hey!
Where's everybody going?
Hey, guys!
Wait for the dog!
Well, I can't get all the dirt off.
Well, I can't get all the dirt off.
And why would you want
to get all the dirt off?
Hey, I found it.
I say we leave the dirt off.
on, for flavor.
One side is plain, and the other
side has an inscription on it.
What does it say?
Well, I don't know for sure, but
I can tell you it's in Latin.
You studied Latin, didn't you, Mom?
Well, a half a zillion
years ago in high school.
You're that old?
Let's see. Honoris.
Honoris?
That's the genitive case, so of honor.
I knew that.
And then fortitude.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Oh, um, fortitude.
Fortitude. Strength.
And then I can't tell
you much about the rest.
What's that there at the bottom?
Well, it looks like initials.
Ah.
NJ. Yeah. Maybe it's a piece of jewelry.
Hmm. Maybe this NJ person owned it.
Maybe we found something
really rare and valuable.
Archaeologists took up
cool stuff all the time.
Ancient pottery, tools,
even animal fossils.
Right under the ground
we walk on every day.
Yeah, but this is Oakdale.
Not Egypt.
some really old place like that.
Hey, guys, face it.
We won't know for sure until we find out.
I don't know.
I've got a feeling about this thing.
It's gold.
A hundred miles below
the surface of the earth.
This is the real mother load.
Ah, amazing!
Axel, come look at this.
Axel?
Where's Axel?
Uncle?
Uncle!
Where are you?
Uncle, where are you?
Hans?
Ah!
Uncle?
Hans?
Hans?
Why? Why was I fool
enough to talk me into
talk me into this?
To listen to his crazy.
fabblings.
I could be home right now, reading.
My lamp casting its light
over one of my books.
Axel!
I'm delirious.
Axel!
Uncle, is it really you?
Where are you?
Speak into the war.
Speak into the wall. Can you hear me?
Yes, yes, I can hear you.
The granite conducts your voice,
like wire, conducts electricity.
Keep talking and we'll find you.
Uncle, I'm here.
I got lost and fell.
I got lost and fell.
Can you still hear me?
We're getting closer.
Yes, close indeed.
Stay calm at those.
Axis?
It's you.
Oh!
Roshbone, you!
You finally found
something real this time.
That's me and my nose.
Boldly going where?
No, no.
has gone before.
Maybe it's from some secret society.
Yeah, the inscription
could be some kind of code.
Can you translate some more?
No, I'm sorry.
I wish I remembered more of my Latin.
I could get the dictionary.
What are we gonna do?
What we've been doing, people?
Let's go back out there
and excavate the site!
Read my lips!
Dig!
Dig!
What is this?
Jewelry cleaning solution.
I think it's working.
Hmm. It's soft.
I think it's gold.
Gold.
Hot-diggity dog!
Maybe it's a part of some
pirates buried treasure.
Yeah. But we're not near an ocean.
I don't know. Oceans turn up
even at the center of the earth.
Our travelers crossed
an underground ocean.
They just missed out on being
snacks for a sea monster.
Good work, huts! That was close.
Let us move inland before our little friend
decides to take a stroll on the beach.
I don't know.
Axel, my boy, do you
know what you've found?
A bone?
Not just any bone.
It's part of a mastodon.
Up on the surface, they're extinct.
But down here, like our sea monster,
possibly the mastodon still
lives in these very jungles.
Uncle, I have to admit,
this has been a marvelous trip.
I apologize for doubting
you in the first place.
Ah, forget all of you.
that axle. We have more work to do.
A dagger. But whose?
A weapon of some ancient warrior?
No warrior. It is yet another clue.
We are still on the right road
to the interior of the earth.
Follow me!
Over here!
The initials AS again.
Carved on this rock wall to indicate
a tunnel behind this boulder.
We are on track.
Not so fast.
It's blocked the tunnel completely.
Then let us go to work with
pickaxes, with crowbars.
Down with this barrier! We
must press on! Use anything!
But it's far too big to be destroyed
by just a pickaxe or crowbar.
Then it is useless.
Wait. After all we've gone
through, we can't be beaten yet.
No ordinary tool shall
we use on such a rock.
What we need is gunpowder.
Or gun cotton, to be more precise.
Four times more powerful than gunpowder!
Well done, Axel, my boy!
Let's set the charge.
All right, Axel. Light it.
Uncle, do you hear that?
Yes.
What is it?
I believe that we may
have made a mistake.
If my calculations are correct,
we may have unleashed the volcano!
Then bring to a boil
and serve immediately.
Hey, Ellen! It's dinner time!
Hello, Wishbone!
Hey guys! I found my old Latin book.
Oh, great.
Okay.
Hey guys, food's ready.
You know, maybe it's a Roman coin.
Hmm, I wonder what the Latin
is for. Come and get it.
I don't think there were
any Romans in Oakdale.
It's not a coin.
It's a metal.
A metal?
Mm-hmm. I think so.
There's a date. 1864.
And that should give us a clue.
Well, how?
Well, let's think about it.
What was going on back then?
People were eating dinner.
They were building lots of railroads.
And eating dinner.
There's a gold rush out west.
And they ate dinner.
Don't forget the Civil War.
Of course.
Yes!
of soldiers eating dinner.
Okay. Here it is.
A decoration for the sake of honor,
for military bravery, and
It must be a medal given to a soldier.
Maybe from the Civil War.
Well, whoever the recipient was,
he must have been some kind of a hero.
Well, is that this NJ person?
Well, I don't know.
There must be a backing
piece to the medal.
How kind of?
Well, the inscription
stops in mid-sentence.
It has to continue on the other side.
And that's why the other side is plain.
The backing piece must
have fallen off somewhere.
Well, if you can find it,
you'll know who NJ is.
The hole!
The hole!
Well, finally, you decide to come back.
Hey, now that's what I call digging.
Power digging!
Hey.
Hey, guys, I think I'd
say that's about it.
I mean, I think that's deep enough.
Kids, you should stop!
Wanda, it's okay.
They're just trying to buy something.
Oh, wow!
We're in a shaft of an active volcano.
Yes, and it's the best thing that
could happen to us, right Hans?
Yeah.
It's our only chance to
get back out of here!
Axel, Hans!
Where are we?
Where are we?
For you?
We must be in Italy!
We made it!
Back from just entered!
Another eruption!
Oh!
Put it out!
Try it out!
Try it out!
Try it out!
Try
the water!
I tried
to tell you.
Oh, Wanda, I'm so sorry.
Well, see, there's this
metal that we found.
I got it!
Wait a minute. What was that, Wishbone?
Buh!
It can't be! It's the
other piece of the medal!
Why to go Wishbone?
Thank you. It was nothing.
Let's see. Outstanding Courage
awarded this day, May 5th, 18th.
to Noah Johnstone.
And Jay!
Did you say Noah Johnstone?
Colonel Noah Johnstone?
And this is his medal?
I can't believe I'm holding this.
This medal has been lost for years.
Until now.
How come you know so much about this guy?
This guy?
was also the first mayor
of the town you live in.
Why? Tradition has it that
Noah Johnstone planted
many of the original
oak trees in Oakdale.
Oh,
Thank you.
Thank you so much for finding this.
I would love to add this to our collection
down at the Oakdale Historical Society.
Well, I mean if it's okay with you?
What? What do you think, Wishbone?
No time for Chichet,
Wanda. I'm on a streak!
Wishbone?
I've got new treasure to find!
New lands to explore!
Onward to the center of the Earth!
Jules Verne described the descent
to the center of the Earth, writing,
The sides of the shaft were
getting closer and closer together.
We were approaching the
regions of eternal night.
Our crew was moving undergrowing
This was a major task
for our art department.
When I first read the script, I was
wondering how we were going to do this show
that takes place in the
center of a major volcano.
We used a ton of styrofoam.
Huge blocks of foam were literally
glued together by the carpenters
and using research pictures that we had.
They carved that foam with
everything from razor knives
to the claws of their hammers
and suspended between
the actor and the actor
and that set wall were these little
stalactite stalagmite pieces.
So it gave the sense that the person
is surrounded by the cave environment.
So much for life inside a quiet volcano.
Now we had to activate it.
Bring on the special effects!
For a journey to the center of the earth,
we generated two different explosions,
clouds of smoke, and then also
helped to split the earth open.
First, we dug a trench
where a gas line was hidden.
We need gas to create the fire.
Then?
Once they were blown out of the volcano,
we blew debris into the air,
a lot of smoke drifted by,
and even had flames
coming out of crevices.
Here's how it looked in the show.
Pretty cool.
Well, um, hot, actually.
You know, about the
only thing more exciting
than a journey to the center of the earth
is a journey to the end of a good book.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Thank you.
Thank you
What's this your dreaming of?
Such big imagination
on such a little part.
What's the story, Wishbone?
Do you think it's worth a look?
It kind of seems familiar
like a story from a book.
Shake a leg now, Wishbone.
Let's wag another tale, sniffing out
adventure with Wishphone on the trail.
Come on, Wishbone.
What's the story, Wishbone?
What's the story, Wishbone?
What's the story, Wishbone?
Watch the story, Wishbone?
Wishbone.
Ah, so, this is what
it means to be bored.
Let's see.
I've counted all the ceiling tiles.
I've buried everything I own.
And I've checked the house
several times for intruders.
What I need is some genuine, tail
- wagging, nose-sniffing excitement.
Ah!
We're under attack!
Oh, wait, it's a, it's
a, it's a, it's a tree?
Okay, you've just seen a tree
walk across your front yard.
What are the implications of this?
Trees are supposed to
have roots, not legs?
What if trees have
suddenly sprouted legs?
What if they're all trying to walk away?
I'm in big trouble if I
Ooh, Mom, watch out!
Ah, you caught it!
Good job, Wanda!
Wanda!
Do you need a hand?
No, no, no, no, I got
it, I got it, I'm okay.
I'm okay.
Okay, hold on.
Oh!
Don't let him get away!
Oh, oh, oh!
Okay.
Well, you know, maybe I
do need a little help.
Here, you guys push the wheelbarrow, and
I'll find the right spot for the tree.
Okay, over here, guys. Follow me.
That's good.
Good idea. Let's get that
thing back in the ground.
Well, this looks like the
perfect spot right here.
I think this would be pretty good.
Hey, kids, bring it on
around here, and I think
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
If we put it over here, then we'll
get the sun from this direction,
and we can put
Oh, uh, guys, come on, come on.
Okay, let's set it right here.
Good, okay.
Wanda, what exactly are you doing?
What exactly are you doing?
Sam, you wrecked my mind.
Well, you know, today is Arbor Day?
Arbor Day.
Arbor Day?
I celebrate trees.
For your information, I
celebrate trees every day.
Right.
The day we consider how
important trees are to us.
Well, they provide shade and beauty
and produce oxygen for us to breathe.
Every year on Arbor Day, I plant a tree.
And this year, I said to myself, I said,
Wanda, why don't you be a good day?
neighbor and share your
joy with someone else.
And so I decided to plant a
tree for you and your mom.
But, uh, I could be persuaded
to let you guys help.
Well, okay.
That's the spirit!
So where did we start?
Well, you dig, of course.
Did someone say?
Dig? Now you're talking my language!
I've got a couple more shovels out back.
I'll go get them, be back in a jiffy.
Oh, here's some water
in case you get thirsty.
This is going to be great.
Joe, you start. I'll
keep an eye on the tree.
Ah, the smell of fresh dirt in your
snout. What can possibly top that?
I've got some plans for you, Tree.
Joe, your digging is really great.
Top-notch. Look at this big piece.
But why don't you let an
expert show you how to do it?
Whoa!
A-ha-ha-ha-h-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-dha-h.
Know my dogs love digging?
It's because we're driven
to find out what lies below.
Every dig is an adventure.
Like the novel, A Journey to the
Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
This science-fiction fantasy takes place
in the summer of 1863.
Three men travel all the way to Iceland,
to follow a secret path
to the core of the Earth.
And where do they begin?
Inside a volcano.
The first of our heroes was named Axel.
He was much more at home reading a book
about adventure than actually living one.
Uncle, we have to stop.
This is sheer lunacy.
Next, there was Hans, the guide.
Hans, surely you can see
that we will never make it.
You must make my uncle understand.
Hans didn't speak much, and he didn't
want to cross the leader at the pack.
Professor Leidenbrough.
Uncle, we still have time to
turn back before we are lost.
Nonsense, Axel. Look
what I've just found.
The letters A and S.
So?
Don't you see?
A.S. The initials A.S.
Arne Sacknusum, who claimed to have gone
to the center of the Earth 300 years ago.
They are a sign.
Proof that we are on the right track.
Onward to the center of the earth!
In the volcano's interior,
Professor Leidenbrock and Company
discovered huge underground caverns.
They pressed on, continuing
their search for the
trail left by Professor
Sacknesum many years before.
It was hard work.
And young Axel began to get discouraged.
Axel, my boy! How are you holding up?
Uncle, we have to accept the
truth. We've gone the wrong way.
And worse, we have no water.
I can't go on, not a step further.
Axel.
Take my canteen.
Drink.
It's the very last mouthful.
I say.
saved it for you.
My dear uncle, thanks for my heart.
Uncle, hear me.
We have no water.
We've lost the trail.
We must go back.
So, Axel, those few drops of water
have not restored your courage?
Courage?
Surely you know, when you
encounter an obstacle,
you find another way to reach your goal.
You don't want to go back?
And give up this expedition?
Never!
We shall die down here.
No, Axel, my boy.
I am far from desiring your death.
Take Hans and leave me.
I will go on, alone.
I cannot leave you.
But unless we discover water,
our hours are numbered.
Here.
Warten.
What?
Wartin?
What did he say?
He said water!
Water!
Wartin.
Have you gone mad? You expect
to get water from rocks?
No, no.
No, no. From behind rocks.
Listen. The sound of moving
water on the other side.
It must be a subterranean river.
We must make a hole.
I don't know.
Maybe we should save
some water for Wishbone.
Yeah, he's the one doing all the digging.
What was that?
Pay dirt!
What you got there, boy?
I just dig the stuff up, pal.
I don't analyze it.
It's just a piece of it.
It's just a piece of it.
It tasted old too.
I don't think it's just a piece of junk.
Well, there's only one way to find out.
Come on!
Hey!
Where's everybody going?
Hey, guys!
Wait for the dog!
Well, I can't get all the dirt off.
Well, I can't get all the dirt off.
And why would you want
to get all the dirt off?
Hey, I found it.
I say we leave the dirt off.
on, for flavor.
One side is plain, and the other
side has an inscription on it.
What does it say?
Well, I don't know for sure, but
I can tell you it's in Latin.
You studied Latin, didn't you, Mom?
Well, a half a zillion
years ago in high school.
You're that old?
Let's see. Honoris.
Honoris?
That's the genitive case, so of honor.
I knew that.
And then fortitude.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Oh, um, fortitude.
Fortitude. Strength.
And then I can't tell
you much about the rest.
What's that there at the bottom?
Well, it looks like initials.
Ah.
NJ. Yeah. Maybe it's a piece of jewelry.
Hmm. Maybe this NJ person owned it.
Maybe we found something
really rare and valuable.
Archaeologists took up
cool stuff all the time.
Ancient pottery, tools,
even animal fossils.
Right under the ground
we walk on every day.
Yeah, but this is Oakdale.
Not Egypt.
some really old place like that.
Hey, guys, face it.
We won't know for sure until we find out.
I don't know.
I've got a feeling about this thing.
It's gold.
A hundred miles below
the surface of the earth.
This is the real mother load.
Ah, amazing!
Axel, come look at this.
Axel?
Where's Axel?
Uncle?
Uncle!
Where are you?
Uncle, where are you?
Hans?
Ah!
Uncle?
Hans?
Hans?
Why? Why was I fool
enough to talk me into
talk me into this?
To listen to his crazy.
fabblings.
I could be home right now, reading.
My lamp casting its light
over one of my books.
Axel!
I'm delirious.
Axel!
Uncle, is it really you?
Where are you?
Speak into the war.
Speak into the wall. Can you hear me?
Yes, yes, I can hear you.
The granite conducts your voice,
like wire, conducts electricity.
Keep talking and we'll find you.
Uncle, I'm here.
I got lost and fell.
I got lost and fell.
Can you still hear me?
We're getting closer.
Yes, close indeed.
Stay calm at those.
Axis?
It's you.
Oh!
Roshbone, you!
You finally found
something real this time.
That's me and my nose.
Boldly going where?
No, no.
has gone before.
Maybe it's from some secret society.
Yeah, the inscription
could be some kind of code.
Can you translate some more?
No, I'm sorry.
I wish I remembered more of my Latin.
I could get the dictionary.
What are we gonna do?
What we've been doing, people?
Let's go back out there
and excavate the site!
Read my lips!
Dig!
Dig!
What is this?
Jewelry cleaning solution.
I think it's working.
Hmm. It's soft.
I think it's gold.
Gold.
Hot-diggity dog!
Maybe it's a part of some
pirates buried treasure.
Yeah. But we're not near an ocean.
I don't know. Oceans turn up
even at the center of the earth.
Our travelers crossed
an underground ocean.
They just missed out on being
snacks for a sea monster.
Good work, huts! That was close.
Let us move inland before our little friend
decides to take a stroll on the beach.
I don't know.
Axel, my boy, do you
know what you've found?
A bone?
Not just any bone.
It's part of a mastodon.
Up on the surface, they're extinct.
But down here, like our sea monster,
possibly the mastodon still
lives in these very jungles.
Uncle, I have to admit,
this has been a marvelous trip.
I apologize for doubting
you in the first place.
Ah, forget all of you.
that axle. We have more work to do.
A dagger. But whose?
A weapon of some ancient warrior?
No warrior. It is yet another clue.
We are still on the right road
to the interior of the earth.
Follow me!
Over here!
The initials AS again.
Carved on this rock wall to indicate
a tunnel behind this boulder.
We are on track.
Not so fast.
It's blocked the tunnel completely.
Then let us go to work with
pickaxes, with crowbars.
Down with this barrier! We
must press on! Use anything!
But it's far too big to be destroyed
by just a pickaxe or crowbar.
Then it is useless.
Wait. After all we've gone
through, we can't be beaten yet.
No ordinary tool shall
we use on such a rock.
What we need is gunpowder.
Or gun cotton, to be more precise.
Four times more powerful than gunpowder!
Well done, Axel, my boy!
Let's set the charge.
All right, Axel. Light it.
Uncle, do you hear that?
Yes.
What is it?
I believe that we may
have made a mistake.
If my calculations are correct,
we may have unleashed the volcano!
Then bring to a boil
and serve immediately.
Hey, Ellen! It's dinner time!
Hello, Wishbone!
Hey guys! I found my old Latin book.
Oh, great.
Okay.
Hey guys, food's ready.
You know, maybe it's a Roman coin.
Hmm, I wonder what the Latin
is for. Come and get it.
I don't think there were
any Romans in Oakdale.
It's not a coin.
It's a metal.
A metal?
Mm-hmm. I think so.
There's a date. 1864.
And that should give us a clue.
Well, how?
Well, let's think about it.
What was going on back then?
People were eating dinner.
They were building lots of railroads.
And eating dinner.
There's a gold rush out west.
And they ate dinner.
Don't forget the Civil War.
Of course.
Yes!
of soldiers eating dinner.
Okay. Here it is.
A decoration for the sake of honor,
for military bravery, and
It must be a medal given to a soldier.
Maybe from the Civil War.
Well, whoever the recipient was,
he must have been some kind of a hero.
Well, is that this NJ person?
Well, I don't know.
There must be a backing
piece to the medal.
How kind of?
Well, the inscription
stops in mid-sentence.
It has to continue on the other side.
And that's why the other side is plain.
The backing piece must
have fallen off somewhere.
Well, if you can find it,
you'll know who NJ is.
The hole!
The hole!
Well, finally, you decide to come back.
Hey, now that's what I call digging.
Power digging!
Hey.
Hey, guys, I think I'd
say that's about it.
I mean, I think that's deep enough.
Kids, you should stop!
Wanda, it's okay.
They're just trying to buy something.
Oh, wow!
We're in a shaft of an active volcano.
Yes, and it's the best thing that
could happen to us, right Hans?
Yeah.
It's our only chance to
get back out of here!
Axel, Hans!
Where are we?
Where are we?
For you?
We must be in Italy!
We made it!
Back from just entered!
Another eruption!
Oh!
Put it out!
Try it out!
Try it out!
Try it out!
Try
the water!
I tried
to tell you.
Oh, Wanda, I'm so sorry.
Well, see, there's this
metal that we found.
I got it!
Wait a minute. What was that, Wishbone?
Buh!
It can't be! It's the
other piece of the medal!
Why to go Wishbone?
Thank you. It was nothing.
Let's see. Outstanding Courage
awarded this day, May 5th, 18th.
to Noah Johnstone.
And Jay!
Did you say Noah Johnstone?
Colonel Noah Johnstone?
And this is his medal?
I can't believe I'm holding this.
This medal has been lost for years.
Until now.
How come you know so much about this guy?
This guy?
was also the first mayor
of the town you live in.
Why? Tradition has it that
Noah Johnstone planted
many of the original
oak trees in Oakdale.
Oh,
Thank you.
Thank you so much for finding this.
I would love to add this to our collection
down at the Oakdale Historical Society.
Well, I mean if it's okay with you?
What? What do you think, Wishbone?
No time for Chichet,
Wanda. I'm on a streak!
Wishbone?
I've got new treasure to find!
New lands to explore!
Onward to the center of the Earth!
Jules Verne described the descent
to the center of the Earth, writing,
The sides of the shaft were
getting closer and closer together.
We were approaching the
regions of eternal night.
Our crew was moving undergrowing
This was a major task
for our art department.
When I first read the script, I was
wondering how we were going to do this show
that takes place in the
center of a major volcano.
We used a ton of styrofoam.
Huge blocks of foam were literally
glued together by the carpenters
and using research pictures that we had.
They carved that foam with
everything from razor knives
to the claws of their hammers
and suspended between
the actor and the actor
and that set wall were these little
stalactite stalagmite pieces.
So it gave the sense that the person
is surrounded by the cave environment.
So much for life inside a quiet volcano.
Now we had to activate it.
Bring on the special effects!
For a journey to the center of the earth,
we generated two different explosions,
clouds of smoke, and then also
helped to split the earth open.
First, we dug a trench
where a gas line was hidden.
We need gas to create the fire.
Then?
Once they were blown out of the volcano,
we blew debris into the air,
a lot of smoke drifted by,
and even had flames
coming out of crevices.
Here's how it looked in the show.
Pretty cool.
Well, um, hot, actually.
You know, about the
only thing more exciting
than a journey to the center of the earth
is a journey to the end of a good book.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Thank you.
Thank you