While the theatrical release was a moderate success, the film has found a massive second life on streaming and home video. It serves as the perfect entry point for a generation that has no memory of Bullwinkle J. Moose.
To bridge the gap between them, Peabody did what any genius inventor would do. He built the WABAC machine, a shimmering, chrome-plated time machine that sat in the center of their penthouse. History was not something to be read in dusty books; it was to be lived.
One Tuesday, while visiting ancient Egypt, a sudden sandstorm separated them. Peabody felt a surge of pure, illogical panic. It was a feeling no textbook had ever described. He searched the swirling grit until he found Sherman, coughing but safe, clinging to the base of a half-built sphinx.