Peabody's Improbable History

Peabody's Improbable History Season 1

TV Show

Season 1 Episodes

1. Show Opening (Ben Franklin)

September 15th, 1959

The origins of Mr. Peabody and the WABAC machine: Mr. Peabody finds Sherman in the street being beaten up by some bigger boys. At first, he doesn't think that he's the right sort of boy- but when he sees how he is treated in the orphanage, Peabody decides to adopt him. At first, there's a problem when they won't let a dog adopt a boy- but he goes to court, and the judge decides that if a boy can have a dog, then a dog can have a boy! Sherman comes to live with Mr. Peabody, who builds him the Wayback Machine in order to keep him busy. They go back in time to Rome, and then to see Ben Franklin.

2. Napoleon

November 29th, 1959

Sherman and Peabody meet Napoleon Bonaparte and his suspenders.

3. Lord Nelson

December 6th, 1959

4. Wyatt Earp

December 13th, 1959

5. King Arthur

December 20th, 1959

Peabody and Sherman go back to the court of King Arthur and help him sort out Black Tuesday. Every Tuesday, something goes wrong: plagues, invasions and even termites!

6. Franz Schubert

December 27th, 1959

7. Lucrezia Borgia

January 3rd, 1960

8. Sir Walter Raleigh

January 10th, 1960

9. Robert Fulton

January 17th, 1960

In 1807, Robert Fulton's steamship is pitted against Robert E. Leech's sail-powered boat.

10. Annie Oakley

January 24th, 1960

Mr. Peabody and Sherman use their Wayback Machine to go back in time to Buffalo Bill and His Wild West Show with Annie Oakley. A wonderful comedic twist puts Oakley on her way to sharpshooting fame!

11. Jesse James

January 31st, 1960

12. The Wright Brothers

February 7th, 1960

Peabody and Sherman go back to 1903 and visit the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.

13. George Armstrong Custer

February 14th, 1960

14. Alfred Nobel

February 21st, 1960

15. Marco Polo

February 28th, 1960

16. Richard the Lion-Hearted

March 6th, 1960

17. Don Juan

March 13th, 1960

18. William Tecumseh Sherman

March 20th, 1960

19. The First Kentucky Derby

March 27th, 1960

20. P. T. Barnum

April 3rd, 1960

21. Stanley & Livingstone

April 10th, 1960

22. Louis Pasteur

September 1st, 1960

23. Robin Hood

September 1st, 1960

24. Robinson Crusoe

September 1st, 1960

25. Ponce de León

September 1st, 1960

26. Leonardo da Vinci

September 1st, 1960

27. John L. Sullivan

September 1st, 1960

28. Paul Revere

September 1st, 1960

29. Confucius

September 1st, 1960

30. Nero

September 1st, 1960

31. Captain Matthew Clift

September 1st, 1960

32. Vasco Núñez de Balboa

September 1st, 1960

33. Peter Cooper

September 1st, 1960

34. The Battle of Bunker Hill

September 1st, 1960

35. The Pony Express

September 1st, 1960

36. Stephen Decatur

September 1st, 1960

37. Alexander Graham Bell

September 1st, 1960

38. Commander Peary

September 1st, 1960

39. Pancho Villa

September 1st, 1960

40. Lord Francis Douglas

September 1st, 1960

41. Sitting Bull

September 1st, 1960

42. Christopher Columbus

September 1st, 1960

43. The French Foreign Legion

September 1st, 1960

44. Guglielmo Marconi

September 1st, 1960

45. Scotland Yard

September 1st, 1960

46. John Holland

September 1st, 1960

47. Louis XVI

September 1st, 1960

48. Francisco Pizarro

September 1st, 1960

49. Daniel Boone

September 1st, 1960

50. William Shakespeare

September 1st, 1960

51. Zebulon Pike

September 1st, 1960

52. The First Golf Match

September 1st, 1960

53. William Tell

September 1st, 1960

54. James McNeill Whistler

September 1st, 1960

55. Ferdinand Magellan

September 1st, 1960

56. Ludwig van Beethoven

September 1st, 1960

57. Calamity Jane

September 1st, 1960

58. Cornwallis' Surrender

September 1st, 1960

59. The First Indian Nickel

September 1st, 1960

60. Jules Verne

September 1st, 1960

61. Casanova

September 1st, 1960

62. Lawrence of Arabia

September 1st, 1960

63. Bonnie Prince Charlie

September 1st, 1960

64. Paul Reuter

September 1st, 1960

65. Johannes Gutenberg

September 1st, 1960

66. Buffalo Bill

September 1st, 1960

67. Hans Christian Ørsted

September 1st, 1960

68. Leif Ericson

September 1st, 1960

69. John Sutter

September 1st, 1960

70. Sir Isaac Newton

September 1st, 1960

71. Kit Carson

September 1st, 1960

72. The First Caveman

September 1st, 1960

73. Geronimo

September 1st, 1960

74. The Great Wall of China

September 1st, 1960

75. The Marquis of Queensbury

September 1st, 1960

76. Jim Bowie

September 1st, 1960

77. Edgar Allan Poe

September 1st, 1960

78. Charge of the Light Brigade

September 1st, 1960

79. The Royal Mounted Police

September 1st, 1960

80. The First Bullfight

September 1st, 1960

81. The Building of The Great Pyramid

September 1st, 1960

82. John James Audubon

September 1st, 1960

83. Mata Hari

September 1st, 1960

84. Galileo

September 1st, 1960

85. Wellington At Waterloo

September 1st, 1960

86. Florence Nightingale

September 1st, 1960

87. Henry the VIII

September 1st, 1960

88. The First Indianapolis Auto Race

September 1st, 1960

89. Captain Kidd

September 1st, 1960

90. The Texas Rangers

September 1st, 1960

91. Cleopatra

September 1st, 1960

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