About this season
Peabody. who happens to be a dog, is the smartest being in existence. He has accomplished many things in his life as a business magnate, inventor, scientist, Nobel laureate, gourmand, and two-time Olympic medalist. Peabody becomes sad and lonely and decides to adopt his own human son. In an alley, he meets Sherman, a bespectacled, red-haired boy. After saving Sherman from a group of bullies, Peabody discovers that Sherman is an orphan and decides to adopt him.
Episodes (91)
1. Show Opening (Ben Franklin)
Aired 15 September 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
Aired 29 November 1959
Sherman and Peabody meet Napoleon Bonaparte and his suspenders.
3. Lord Nelson
Aired 6 December 1959
4. Wyatt Earp
Aired 13 December 1959
5. King Arthur
Aired 20 December 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
Aired 27 December 1959
7. Lucrezia Borgia
Aired 3 January 1960
8. Sir Walter Raleigh
Aired 10 January 1960
9. Robert Fulton
Aired 17 January 1960
In 1807, Robert Fulton's steamship is pitted against Robert E. Leech's sail-powered boat.
10. Annie Oakley
Aired 24 January 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
Aired 31 January 1960
12. The Wright Brothers
Aired 7 February 1960
Peabody and Sherman go back to 1903 and visit the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.
13. George Armstrong Custer
Aired 14 February 1960
14. Alfred Nobel
Aired 21 February 1960
15. Marco Polo
Aired 28 February 1960
16. Richard the Lion-Hearted
Aired 6 March 1960
17. Don Juan
Aired 13 March 1960
18. William Tecumseh Sherman
Aired 20 March 1960
19. The First Kentucky Derby
Aired 27 March 1960
20. P. T. Barnum
Aired 3 April 1960
21. Stanley & Livingstone
Aired 10 April 1960
22. Louis Pasteur
Aired 1 September 1960
23. Robin Hood
Aired 1 September 1960
24. Robinson Crusoe
Aired 1 September 1960
25. Ponce de León
Aired 1 September 1960
26. Leonardo da Vinci
Aired 1 September 1960
27. John L. Sullivan
Aired 1 September 1960
28. Paul Revere
Aired 1 September 1960
29. Confucius
Aired 1 September 1960
30. Nero
Aired 1 September 1960
31. Captain Matthew Clift
Aired 1 September 1960
32. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Aired 1 September 1960
33. Peter Cooper
Aired 1 September 1960
34. The Battle of Bunker Hill
Aired 1 September 1960
35. The Pony Express
Aired 1 September 1960
36. Stephen Decatur
Aired 1 September 1960
37. Alexander Graham Bell
Aired 1 September 1960
38. Commander Peary
Aired 1 September 1960
39. Pancho Villa
Aired 1 September 1960
40. Lord Francis Douglas
Aired 1 September 1960
41. Sitting Bull
Aired 1 September 1960
42. Christopher Columbus
Aired 1 September 1960
43. The French Foreign Legion
Aired 1 September 1960
44. Guglielmo Marconi
Aired 1 September 1960
45. Scotland Yard
Aired 1 September 1960
46. John Holland
Aired 1 September 1960
47. Louis XVI
Aired 1 September 1960
48. Francisco Pizarro
Aired 1 September 1960
49. Daniel Boone
Aired 1 September 1960
50. William Shakespeare
Aired 1 September 1960
51. Zebulon Pike
Aired 1 September 1960
52. The First Golf Match
Aired 1 September 1960
53. William Tell
Aired 1 September 1960
54. James McNeill Whistler
Aired 1 September 1960
55. Ferdinand Magellan
Aired 1 September 1960
56. Ludwig van Beethoven
Aired 1 September 1960
57. Calamity Jane
Aired 1 September 1960
58. Cornwallis' Surrender
Aired 1 September 1960
59. The First Indian Nickel
Aired 1 September 1960
60. Jules Verne
Aired 1 September 1960
61. Casanova
Aired 1 September 1960
62. Lawrence of Arabia
Aired 1 September 1960
63. Bonnie Prince Charlie
Aired 1 September 1960
64. Paul Reuter
Aired 1 September 1960
65. Johannes Gutenberg
Aired 1 September 1960
66. Buffalo Bill
Aired 1 September 1960
67. Hans Christian Ørsted
Aired 1 September 1960
68. Leif Ericson
Aired 1 September 1960
69. John Sutter
Aired 1 September 1960
70. Sir Isaac Newton
Aired 1 September 1960
71. Kit Carson
Aired 1 September 1960
72. The First Caveman
Aired 1 September 1960
73. Geronimo
Aired 1 September 1960
74. The Great Wall of China
Aired 1 September 1960
75. The Marquis of Queensbury
Aired 1 September 1960
76. Jim Bowie
Aired 1 September 1960
77. Edgar Allan Poe
Aired 1 September 1960
78. Charge of the Light Brigade
Aired 1 September 1960
79. The Royal Mounted Police
Aired 1 September 1960
80. The First Bullfight
Aired 1 September 1960
81. The Building of The Great Pyramid
Aired 1 September 1960
82. John James Audubon
Aired 1 September 1960
83. Mata Hari
Aired 1 September 1960
84. Galileo
Aired 1 September 1960
85. Wellington At Waterloo
Aired 1 September 1960
86. Florence Nightingale
Aired 1 September 1960
87. Henry the VIII
Aired 1 September 1960
88. The First Indianapolis Auto Race
Aired 1 September 1960
89. Captain Kidd
Aired 1 September 1960
90. The Texas Rangers
Aired 1 September 1960
91. Cleopatra
Aired 1 September 1960