00:24Hello again, Peabody here. Today, Sherman and I will be in the hands of our receiver.
00:27You mean we're bankrupt, Mr. Peabody?
00:30The receiver I refer to is an integral part of the telephone.
00:33The year is 1873, place is Boston University, and the man we're going to meet is the world-famous scientist
00:39and inventor, Alexander Graham Bell.
00:42As usual, the Wayback Machine operated perfectly, teleporting us into Alexander Graham Bell's laboratory.
00:48Eureka! I'm finished!
00:50What is it, Mr. Bell? Did you just invent something?
00:52Yes, a boon to all mankind. Look.
00:56Why, it's just a cracker.
00:58Not just a cracker, an Alexander Graham cracker.
01:02We proceeded to put the cracker to a severe test.
01:04Mmm, mmm, boy, that's good.
01:06Tell me, Mr. Bell, have you started work on the telephone yet?
01:08What's a telephone?
01:10A device that reproduces sound or speech at a distant point by means of electricity.
01:14You're out of your head. It can't be done.
01:16Of course it can, and you're going to invent it.
01:19We kept the midnight oil burning that night while Alexander Graham Bell drafted plans for the telephone.
01:24There we are, all done.
01:25That doesn't look like a telephone.
01:27Well, actually, it's a picture of me leading an orchestra.
01:30I thought I'd call it Alexander's Ragtime Bell.
01:34What do you think?
01:36I think you'd better invent the telephone.
01:38Sherman, I'm afraid you and I will have to take drastic action.
01:41The Peabody Construction Company went into action.
01:43We built a telephone booth for every room in the building, hoping that Bell would get the hint and install
01:48telephones.
01:49However, we were in for a disappointment, for the great man entered the nearest booth, tacked up a curtain, and
01:54said,
01:54I'm voting for McKinley. How about you?
01:58I didn't know it then, but two Russian football players who had transferred to Boston University
02:02were at that very moment on the threshold of also discovering the telephone.
02:06It happened during scrimmage practice.
02:09Aye, Korsakov, I just happened to think of an idea wonderful such as Shremsky.
02:14Listen, it's a matter of talking to people over long distance. I have here a small recording of my voice,
02:21right?
02:21Right.
02:22I put recording into football. Is also right?
02:24Is also right.
02:25Okay, you round to other end of field.
02:31Is good idea, Korsakov?
02:34Is great idea, Rimsky!
02:37The following Saturday afternoon, Boston University faced its arch rival, La Jolla Tech.
02:42For three quarters, the teams battled on even terms, neither one being able to score,
02:46and that's when Rimsky and Korsakov went into action.
02:49It's time for big play. Korsakov, you call timeout while I go make recording.
02:54Time was called for 45 minutes.
02:56Great game, isn't it, Mr. Bell?
02:58Yes, I'm enjoying it immensely.
03:01Play was resumed as Rimsky trotted back onto the field.
03:04Okay, it's all set for big play. I throw long pass to Korsakov.
03:09Korsakov, when football is caught, you take out the record and play it, right?
03:14Great!
03:15Boston University came out of the huddle and lined up.
03:17The ball was snapped back to Rimsky, who faded deep behind the line of scrimmage.
03:21Just when it seemed as though the Russian quarterback would be dropped for a huge loss,
03:23he unleashed a prodigious throw.
03:26Ninety-nine yards away, Korsakov gathered the ball in.
03:28I dream of Gignic with the light brown hair.
03:33Realizing he had played the wrong side of the record, Korsakov quickly flipped it over.
03:40Korsakov, this is Rimsky. You got ball? Good. Listen carefully.
03:45You are standing on one yard line, right? Right?
03:48Okay, turn around, take one step over goal line and score touchdown.
03:52Do not pass goal, do not collect 200 rubles, go straight to jail.
03:56Boston University won the game and seconds later the stands were buzzing with the rumor
04:00that a method of long distance communication had been invented.
04:04Hmm, that's very interesting.
04:06Also very alarming.
04:07Mr. Bell, unless you get busy at once and invent the telephone, I'm afraid somebody else will do it.
04:11You're right. I've been an incredible fool. Quick, we must return to my laboratory.
04:16For the next 24 hours, Alexander Graham Bell slaved over his workbench.
04:20One, but at peace with himself, he opened the door and called us in.
04:24Congratulate me, I've done it.
04:25That's wonderful, Mr. Bell.
04:27Here, what do you think of it?
04:29But that's a baseball.
04:31Yes. You see, you make a miniature recording of the voice and stuff it inside the ball.
04:37Then you hit it to someone in the outfield and...
04:40Gee, Mr. Peabody, will he ever invent the telephone?
04:43Yes, Sherman, but only after much hard work.
04:47I suppose that's why Ernest Henningway wrote a book about him.
04:49What was it called?
04:51For Whom the Bell Toils.
04:52For Whom the Bell Toils.
04:53The 2015
04:54Of Whom the Bell Toils.
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