00:23Hello again, Peabody, and this, of course, is my boy, Sherman.
00:26Hi. Who are we going back into history to meet today, Mr. Peabody?
00:30I'll give you a little clue. Listen closely.
00:34I've got it. Admiral Byrd.
00:36Wrong, Sherman. Whistler.
00:38You mean Whistler, the famous painter?
00:40Correct. Now, if you will set the Wayback Machine for the year 1872...
00:44Right.
00:44...and the place, the home of the famous American painter James Whistler in London, England, we shall be on our
00:49way.
00:50In an instant, Sherman and I were transported to the side of the great artist where we found him hard
00:55at work on his most famous painting.
00:57But, Mr. Peabody, I thought his most famous painting was of his mother.
01:01Whistler's mother. That's quite right, Sherman.
01:03But that's not what he's painting. Look.
01:05Hmm. Something is amiss here. I beg your pardon, sir. May I ask just what it is you're doing?
01:10I'm painting a picture of my mother's chair.
01:12Well, I can see that, but aren't you overlooking something?
01:15Like what?
01:15Like something in the chair.
01:17Like what?
01:17Like your mother?
01:18Oh, yes. Mother.
01:20I tried to paint Mother sitting in the chair, but found that to be impossible.
01:24I'm afraid I'll just have to be content to paint her chair.
01:27He can't do that, Mr. Peabody.
01:29The painting of Whistler's mother will never be famous without his mother in it.
01:32That, Sherman, is a keen observation.
01:34Why, sir, may I ask, is it impossible to paint your mother sitting in the chair?
01:42That's why.
01:43I'm afraid I don't understand.
01:45Come along, and I'll show you.
01:46We followed him out of the house into the backyard where suddenly, and without warning, a most unusual thing happened.
01:53Now I've got you, you rustler, you.
01:56Wait, that's not a rustler. It's Whistler.
01:58Mother, please, we have guests.
02:01Mother? You mean that's Whistler's mother?
02:04How do you do, ma'am? Pleased, I'm sure.
02:06Well, howdy, boys.
02:08What brings you around these parts?
02:10I'm afraid that mother's hobby is the Old West. All she ever thinks about is cowboys.
02:16I've noticed that.
02:17And that's why I can't paint her. I can't get her to sit still long enough.
02:22Come on, fellas. Let's play cowboys and Indians.
02:25Yahoo!
02:27See what I mean?
02:28Golly, Mr. Peabody, this is a problem.
02:30Quite, Sherman, but I may have the answer.
02:32My first task was to lure Whistler's mother back into the house, which, of course, was really very simple.
02:37Whoa!
02:38Which way did they go?
02:40That-a-way.
02:41Good! Follow me!
02:43Forming a posse, we all galloped into the house where I simply put the second part of my plan into
02:47action.
02:48Boy, that was a keen idea, Mr. Peabody. Now she's as still as can be.
02:52Right, Sherman. Pretending to be astride a horse will keep her perfectly happy.
02:56You have already painted the chair, sir. Now simply paint your mother sitting in it.
03:00I'll try.
03:00Why? Hours later, the painting was completed. However, not with the exact results I had expected.
03:05Sorry, but I have to paint it like I see it.
03:08Here she comes again, Mr. Peabody.
03:10Yahoo! Bang, bang!
03:13Have you got any more ideas, Mr. Peabody?
03:15I always have more ideas, Sherman. I shall solve the problem with a contest of speed.
03:20Huh?
03:20Dressing the great artist in a cowboy suit, I once more confronted his mother.
03:24Word has it that you are the fastest gun in the West, ma'am. Is that true?
03:28That's right, boy. I'm just like Grease Lightning.
03:32Do you think you are faster than he is?
03:36Land sakes, yes.
03:38Well, are you fast enough to, say, give him a slight edge?
03:42Sure. Just name it.
03:45All right. Come with me.
03:46Moments later, the stage was set.
03:48Well, sitting in your chair with your guns covered by your cloak and shawl is quite an edge.
03:54Are you certain you wish to go through with it?
03:55Yep. You just give the word.
03:58Placing Whistler in front of his easel, I carefully removed the gun from his holster and replaced it with his
04:02trusty paintbrush.
04:03Now, all was in readiness, so I gave the signal.
04:05Go!
04:06Realizing that he at last had his dear mother just where he wanted her, and that he had to be
04:10fast to capture her on canvas,
04:12Whistler whipped out his brush, and in the flick of an eye, he painted her portrait.
04:16Hooray! I did it!
04:18Bang! Shucks! He beat me!
04:21Guess I'd better go out and do some more practicing.
04:24Giddy-up!
04:25Gee, it all worked out just right, Mr. Peabody.
04:28And this is the painting Whistler became most famous for.
04:31Yes, but for some years there was much confusion as to just who Whistler's mother was, due to an earlier
04:36painting of his.
04:37This one, to be exact.
04:38But that's a picture of a horse running through the rain.
04:41How could that cause confusion as to who his mother was?
04:43Because of what he called the painting.
04:45Mr. Peabody, you mean...
04:47Yes, Sherman.
04:49For you see, he called it Whistler's Mother.
05:01And Bill's Motheracularklift.
05:02But this is mywart.
05:02You mean he called it Whistler's Mother?
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