Post by kirkg on Aug 1, 2011 21:44:20 GMT
For those of you who are NOT familar with Mr. Peabody and Sherman ( you can find their first adventure on YouTube, where their relationship "a Dog and his boy" are defined and set-up...including the establishment of the "Way Back" machine to instantly travel back in time to historically important dates and events.
They pop up in the recent Dr. Who/Bill & Ted cartoon as the earliest incarnation of the Doctor... but my kids didn't know who they were or why it was funny!
This was a five minute adventure in the cartoon show, "Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" by Jay Ward from about 1957-1963 or so.
You had to wade through all the continued plots and rapid fire jokes in the witty show to get to THEIR segment, but it never failed to amuse.
I bought a DVD of the Best of Mr. Peabody and Sherman vol 1 to show the kids, but they resisted sitting down to watch it. In fact, they were openly hostile to the idea.
So, during the last hour before they left for camp, I popped it into the DVD player and watched a few of the episodes. Within minutes, they had both walked into the room to find out why mom and dad were laughing and snorting at the bad puns, and sat down to watch one or two episodes.
Victory! Now they know what Mr. Peabody and Sherman was and why we honor them with a glimpse in a Dr. Who animated cartoon joke!
Has anyone else heard of them, or remember Jay Ward's seminal creations in the 1950s?!
They pop up in the recent Dr. Who/Bill & Ted cartoon as the earliest incarnation of the Doctor... but my kids didn't know who they were or why it was funny!
This was a five minute adventure in the cartoon show, "Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" by Jay Ward from about 1957-1963 or so.
You had to wade through all the continued plots and rapid fire jokes in the witty show to get to THEIR segment, but it never failed to amuse.
I bought a DVD of the Best of Mr. Peabody and Sherman vol 1 to show the kids, but they resisted sitting down to watch it. In fact, they were openly hostile to the idea.
So, during the last hour before they left for camp, I popped it into the DVD player and watched a few of the episodes. Within minutes, they had both walked into the room to find out why mom and dad were laughing and snorting at the bad puns, and sat down to watch one or two episodes.
Victory! Now they know what Mr. Peabody and Sherman was and why we honor them with a glimpse in a Dr. Who animated cartoon joke!
Has anyone else heard of them, or remember Jay Ward's seminal creations in the 1950s?!
