fredseaborne

This has always been one of my favorite episodes in the "Wishbone" series; I love how the "good" characters pleasantly/positively interact with each other. The story also teaches a vitally-important lesson to the youngsters watching it --- namely, that one should cherish and value the genuine and real things the most, and not be excessively wowed or captivated by flashy showy fake things that merely play with the senses and ultimately give nothing of true value, and in fact may actually cause you to feel let down afterwards when you discover that any joy or satisfaction you'd felt while experiencing the virtual-reality presentation was merely "all in your own head", and thus you are not really much if any better off afterwards than before. I also especially enjoyed the thrilling "strong chords" organ-tones at the tear-jerkingly triumphant "eleventh-hour snatching of victory from the jaws of defeat" climax of Faust's part of the episode, where the gentle angel Care enables Faust to escape the shamefully-advantage-taking Mephisto's unfair contract and come away to Heaven, after all, despite everything he's already done. A first-class "kiddie movie" production!

The super-heartwarming segment about the angel-faced woman's saving the new father's life is my favorite tale from all of the "Unsolved Mysteries" episodes, and that's saying a LOT, since I really liked parts from quite a few of the other episodes, as well. I love the warmly-relaxed and "human" way that the stories are presented --- so unlike the fake arrogant jaded high-stung way that so many TV show serieses are formatted, supposedly to make their material seem more exciting or "important", I guess. Why can't all documentary/reality-TV shows be presented in this wholesome and unaffected way?