Wayback Machine (Peabody's Improbable History)
The Wayback Machine or WABAC Machine is a fictional time machine from the "Peabody's Improbable History" segment of the 1960s cartoon The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.[1][2]
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
changeThe Wayback Machine is the main element of the "Peabody's Improbable History" segment. It was invented by Mr. Peabody, a genius, polymath, and bow tie-wearing beagle, as a birthday gift for his adopted pet boy, Sherman. With the Wayback, Peabody and Sherman have all sorts of adventures through different times and places.[3] Examples of the places or people visited are the Marquess of Queensberry[4] and the rules of boxing, the imprisonment and memoirs of Casanova,[5] and Jim Bowie and the Bowie knife.[6] The machine apparently later returned Mr. Peabody and Sherman to the present, although the return trip was never shown. The segment traditionally ended with a pun.
The Wayback is also a translator.
Either of the names "Wayback" or "WABAC" are in common usage, with the term "WAYBACK" are spoken out during the segment in which Mr. Peabody and Sherman visit the "Charge of the Light Brigade".[7] The precise meaning of the acronym WABAC is unknown. According to Gerard Baldwin, one of the show's directors, the name "WABAC" is a reference to the UNIVAC I.[8] Mid-century, large-sized computers often had names that ended in "AC" (generally for "Automatic/Analogue Computer" or similar), such as ENIAC or UNIVAC. The term "Wayback" suggests the common expression "way back in [some former time]".
Mr. Peabody and Sherman film (2014)
changeThe movie studio DreamWorks Animation announced in 2006[9] and again in 2012[10] that they were creating an animated movie entitled Mr. Peabody & Sherman, which was released March 7, 2014. The WABAC machine is a central element to the plot. In the movie, the acronym is revealed to be Wavelength Acceleration Bidirectional Asynchronous Controller (WABAC).
See also
changeReferences
change- ↑ Scott, Keith (2001). The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-28383-0.
- ↑ Dunne, Michael (2001). Intertextual encounters in American fiction, film, and popular culture. Popular Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780879728472.
- ↑ "Mr. Peabody and Sherman". Youtube.com. October 1, 2012. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Peabody's Improbably History: The Marquis of Queensbury". Youtube.com. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Peabody's Improbably History: Casanova". Youtube.com. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Peabody's Improbably History: Jim Bowie". Youtube.com. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Peabody's Improbably History: Charge of the Light Brigade". Youtube.com. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ↑ Kahle, Brewster (April 24, 2009). "Wayback Machine comes to life in new home". Retrieved August 23, 2009.
On another note, we got a nice letter from the last living director of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Gerard Baldwin, because he read about the "fantastic project". Our Wayback Machine is a tribute to their more cleverly named "WABAC Machine" which in turn was a reference to the Univac. Sherman and Peabody live on.
- ↑ Weinberg, Scott (September 16, 2006). "DreamWorks to Bring "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" to the Big Screen". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ↑ McClintock, Pamela (June 11, 2012). "Stephen Colbert, Allison Janney Join Voice Cast of 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2013.