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Today marks the launch of the Internet Wayback Machine

The ALTERNATIVE spelling is WABAC.
from http://www.animationusa.com/univ08.html:

WABAC

Mr. Peabody and Sherman set the WABAC controls
to teleport back through time for another amazing adventure...

Oh wow. I feel old again. I LOVED those cartoons! Fractured fairy-tales and all!

Mrs Kus

Any kid that would name their dog, "Mr. Peabody" is strange!!! My kids pick out normal names. My daughter's puppy is named Phudd. My son's, now deceased, bunny's name was "Boot-Fruit-Loop".

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Eaker

I have not seen that cartoon in probably 35 years. What a hoot! Thanks.

I loved the series, especially Boris & Natasha --- who are now "politically incorrect."

The man with the famous voice behind a number of the characters in the Rocky & Bullwinkle series of cartoons, which included Mr. Peabody and Sherman (above) --- for discussion and education purposes only (click on the name for full story):

Edward Everett Horton
Born March 18, 1886 Brooklyn, NY
Died September 29, 1970 Encino, CA
Edward Everett Horton's trademark personality could be compared to a "worried penguin." He was tall and somewhat aristocratic looking, with a thin mouth. He would combine these elements with a triple take that would start off with a furtive leer that would quickly change to a worried look and followed by a dithering panic attack. His performing career was a long one, and he worked up until the end of his life...
When the sound era arrived, so did Edward Everett Horton. He was in big demand by all of the studios in the Hollywood, as well as a beloved supporting player in some British films as well. Horton made his mark in 1930's films (as his usual, panicky penguin) such as The Front Page (Howard Hughes Production for United Artists, 1931), starring Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien and a wonderful cast of character actors...
Horton appeared in Frank Capra's Lost Horizon (Columbia, 1937), starring Ronald Colman. He also supported Marion Davies with several other wonderful character performers, in the last year of Miss Davies' film career, in Hearts Divided (Marion Davies Production for Warner Bros., 1937)...
During the 50's Horton turned mainly to television. Younger generations were amused and quickly adopted Horton as a personal favorite. He is fondly remembered as the familiar narrator of "Fractured Fairy Tales" that was a part of Jay Ward's Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon show... He made a cameo appearance in the homage to all remaining screen comedians (there were still quite a few at that time), in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (United Artists, 1963), directed by Stanley Kramer. His last film was Cold Turkey (United Artists, 1969 - released in 1971), directed by Norman Lear and starring Dick Van Dyke.
In his last years, two comments that Horton made were, "Retirement? What's that?

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I used to love that cartoon!