00:23Hello out there, Peabody in here.
00:25Anything wrong with the Wayback Machine, Mr. Peabody?
00:28Mary, changing the fan belt, Sherman.
00:30I guess we won't be going back into history then, huh?
00:32Oh, on the contrary, my boy, we're all set to invade the city of Paris in the year 1874.
00:36Who are we going to meet?
00:37The eminent French author, Jules Verne.
00:39I belted the fan belt into place, and in a twinkling, we were hurtled back through time and space.
00:44The streets of Paris in those days were filled with horse-drawn carriages.
00:47Most of them moved along in sprightly fashion, but one was obviously getting nowhere.
00:51Giddy-up, Monsieur Hulse.
00:52That poor man is having trouble, Mr. Peabody.
00:55That poor man, Sherman, is Jules Verne.
00:57If you do not make me defeat, I shall be forced to deposit you in the nearest glue factory.
01:01Trying to go somewhere, Monsieur Verne?
01:03You bet your boots, Monsieur. I am off to prove a theory.
01:06Chateau theory, Mr. Verne?
01:08Men or a little one.
01:09I am trying to prove that one can go around the world in 80 days.
01:13If it can be done, then I shall write a book about it.
01:17It's got to be done, Mr. Peabody.
01:19And it shall be done, Sherman, but not in a horse-drawn carriage.
01:22Under my direction, we walk to the nearest office of the French Foreign Legion.
01:25Bonjour, Monsieur. You wish to enlist?
01:27Yes, but only if we can do duty in Switzerland.
01:30You are in luck, my friend.
01:32It just so happened that a detachment of legionnaires is being dispatched to the Alps to fight the Swiss Navy.
01:38By the way, how old is this little fellow?
01:41Six. Going on seven, though.
01:43Bon, you just get in under the age limit.
01:46Five minutes later, we were on our way.
01:48But if we are in the legion, how will we go around the world?
01:51We won't be in the legion long, Mr. Verne.
01:53And we weren't, for no sooner did we arrive in the Alps than the war was called off and dismissed
01:58from the service.
01:59Well, we got as far as Switzerland.
02:01Now what, Mr. Peabody?
02:02That flag over there, Sherman. Recognize it?
02:04The Olympics!
02:04Correct. Overriding Jules Verne's objections, we signed up for the downhill slalom run, the most thrilling of all skiing events.
02:11But I cannot ski!
02:13No matter. It's downhill all the way.
02:15The starter fired the gun and the three of us took off.
02:19Three days later, we came to a stop in Venice, Italy.
02:23Can we get some pizza, Mr. Peabody?
02:25No time for that, Sherman. We have a schedule to adhere to. Our next stop, China.
02:29But how do we get there from here?
02:31Simple. We obtained positions as gondoliers and oared our way to the corner of Third and Venice.
02:36Luckily, the tide was ebb and we were carried out to sea.
02:40Seven days we have been adrift without food or water.
02:43You think we have it bad? What about our passengers?
02:46Hey, what's the matter for you? I'm telling my wife I bring home spaghetti.
02:50You'll have to cable her that you'll bring home chop suey and leechy nuts instead. Land ho!
02:55I must congratulate you, Mr. Peabody.
02:57You have got us all the way to China, but I'm afraid we are stuck here.
03:01Mr. Verne is right. How are we going to get across the Pacific?
03:04To anyone but a genius, the problem would have been insurmountable.
03:06When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
03:08When in Shanghai, get shanghaied.
03:13It was a beautiful crossing. Sherman worked as a cabin boy.
03:16Jules Verne wrote the captain's log for him.
03:18And I worked like a dog swabbing decks.
03:21With just 20 days left, we pulled into San Francisco Harbor and checked into the Golden Gate Gym.
03:25Do they have rooms for the night here?
03:27No, no. We're here seeking employment. See that sign?
03:30Wanted. Sparring partner for John L. Sullivan leaving for New York tonight.
03:34What is a sparring partner?
03:36Jules Verne found out. It was a rough trip, to say the least.
03:41But eventually, we reached New York. None the worse for the experience.
03:44That is, except for Mr. Verne.
03:46I cannot take much more of this. How many days left?
03:49Exactly one.
03:50But gee, Mr. Peabody, it's impossible to go from New York to Paris in one day.
03:54Nothing is impossible.
03:56I wasted no time in rushing us to the shores of the Hudson River.
03:59Look, a rowing race is about to start.
04:01Yes, but not without us.
04:03I knew that Yale had the fastest shell in the country and were heavily favored to defeat all competition.
04:07It was in this boat that we sat ourselves.
04:09Just a moment. You guys can't sit here.
04:11No. How would it look if you threw away your mascot?
04:13The Yale mascot is a bulldog.
04:16Young man, there's a bit of bulldog in all of us.
04:19The race was done when we fairly flew down the Hudson.
04:21That's when I took over as Coctin.
04:23Stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke.
04:25Twenty-four hours later, we rowed up the River Seine and walked ashore into the streets of Paris.
04:29We did it. We went around the world in 80 days.
04:32Boom. Now I can go home and write the book.
04:34Jules Verne did write the book and earned the plaudits not only of France, but of England as well.
04:38In fact, they put him on display in the Tower of London.
04:41Really?
04:41Really.
04:42Day after day, he stood there with a crown on his head.
04:45In the Tower of London, Mr. Peabody?
04:47Why, of course, Sherman. That's where they always keep the crown jewels.
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