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To: ManyMoose who wrote (161898)	3/24/2006 8:32:10 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793848

I don't know. What's "the Wayback Machine?" Mr. Peabody is a fictional dog who appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s television animated series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show (collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle). Peabody appeared in the segments entitled Peabody's Improbable History created by Ted Key. All were Jay Ward productions. Peabody appeared in these segments alongside his adopted boy, Sherman (in a twist on the "a boy and his dog" stereotype). Peabody, who was a genius (and arguably a polymath), decided to adopt Sherman so he'd have some company in his life. Sherman's personality was that of a naive but fairly bright, energetic young boy. The voices of Peabody and Sherman were provided by Bill Scott and Walter Tetley, respectively. In the series, Peabody constructed for his and Sherman's use the WABAC (pronounced "wayback") machine, its name also a play on early computers such as UNIVAC and ENIAC. The WABAC was a time machine which Peabody and Sherman would use to travel back in time to witness various historical events. However, on each visit, they would discover that things didn't happen the way they were supposed to (such as Paul Revere not being able to make his ride due to only having a statue of a horse instead of a real one), and would subsequently wind up working to fix whatever the problem was (using Peabody's great intellect to do so), so that history would be accurate. As with the later TV series, The Time Tunnel, when traveling to places like ancient Egypt, they would also discover that everyone miraculously spoke English. In addition to performing on-screen, Peabody would voice-over a narration of key events of each episode, as a way of moving the story along. At the end of each episode, Peabody and Sherman would talk to each other about what had just transpired, with Peabody always offering a bad pun related to the events or people being discussed. For example, when the Battle of Little Big Horn was completed, Peabody directed Sherman's attention to a hot dog vending booth and said that was the real "Custer's Last Stand". en.wikipedia.org