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The Wayback Machine or WABAC Machine is a fictional time machine from the segment "Peabody's Improbable History", a recurring feature of the 1960s cartoon series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.[1][2] The Wayback Machine is a plot device used to transport the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman back in time to visit important events in human history.
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
The Wayback machine was a central element of the "Peabody's Improbable History" cartoon segment. The machine was invented by Mr. Peabody, a genius, polymath, and bow tie-wearing beagle, as a birthday gift for his adopted pet boy, Sherman. By allowing them to visit famous historical people or events, the Wayback provided educational adventures for Sherman.[3] At the request of Mr. Peabody ("Sherman, set the Wayback machine to..."), Sherman would set the Wayback controls to a time and place of historical importance, and by walking through a door in the Wayback machine, they would be instantly transported there. Examples of 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.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag 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.[6] 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]".This template must be used with non-empty |text= parameter![citation needed]
Mr. Peabody and Sherman film (2014)
The movie studio DreamWorks Animation announced in 2006[7] and again in 2012[8] 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
- Back to the Future (film)
- DeLorean time machine
- Memory hole
- TARDIS
- Time travel
References
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=EPJ1AAAAMAAJ&q=wabac.
- ↑ "Mr. Peabody and Sherman". Youtube.com. October 1, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkqn7O1lHFI.
- ↑ "Peabody's Improbably History: The Marquis of Queensbury". Youtube.com. August 26, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DgLEDICYkU.
- ↑ "Peabody's Improbably History: Casanova". Youtube.com. August 26, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1deDQtXcDI.
- ↑ Kahle, Brewster (April 24, 2009). "Wayback Machine comes to life in new home". https://archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=243665. "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. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rocky_and_bullwinkle_complete_season_1/news/1647515/dreamworks_to_bring_andquotmr_peabody_andamp_shermanandquot_to_the_big_screen.
- ↑ McClintock, Pamela (June 11, 2012). "Stephen Colbert, Allison Janney Join Voice Cast of 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-colbert-allison-janney-mr-peabody-sherman-335922.
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