Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman were characters from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show from the 60's here we are 50 years later and they are on the silver screen. Funny, at McDonald's today I asked the clerk for a Mr. Peabody and she said I have a dog and a boy. I shrugged and feeling old, said, "The dog." LOL

Mr. Peabody & Sherman were a snippet cartoon on the R & B Show. Mr. Peabody has a wayback machine that transports him and Sherman into famous points in history. I am looking forward to the big screen edition, though I was disappointed with Underdog. I am hoping its different this time. I will say however, part of the charm was the crappy animation. A favourite of mine, lets hope I am not disappointed.

Here is some info on the original series cartoon. Be sure to click on the movie ad to go to the official Mr. Peabody & Sherman site!

Peabody's Improbable History features a genius talking dog named Mister Peabody who has a pet boy named Sherman. Peabody and Sherman use Peabody's "WABAC machine" (pronounced "way-back", spelled WAYBAC in season 1, episode 4, and partially a play on names of early computers such as UNIVAC and ENIAC) to go back in time to discover the real story behind historical events, and in many cases, intervene with uncooperative historical figures to ensure that events transpire as history has recorded. The term "Wayback Machine" is used to this day in Internet applications such as Wikipedia and the Internet Archive to refer to the ability to see or revert to older content. These segments are famous for including a pun at the end. For example, when going back to the time of Pancho Villa, they show Pancho a photo of a woman and he promptly feels the urge to take a nap. When Sherman asks why this is so, Peabody says that the woman's name is Esther, and whenever you "see Esther" (siesta) you fall asleep.