00:23Hello, Peabody here.
00:25Today Sherman and I are off to Boston.
00:27For beans, Mr. Peabody?
00:28No, no, no. For the Battle of Bunker Hill, Sherman.
00:31We set the way-back machine for June 17th, 1775.
00:35And in an instant, we were teleported to the scene of the battle.
00:38High atop Bunker Hill, we joined the American Army.
00:41Look, Mr. Peabody, the British are halfway here already.
00:44Oh, indeed they were. And closer and closer they came.
00:47Why don't the Americans fire?
00:48Good question, Sherman.
00:50Pardon me, Lieutenant, but unless you commence firing, the British will be upon you.
00:53I know it, but orders are orders.
00:56And what were the orders?
00:57Not to fire until we see the whites of their eyes.
01:00And the way I see it, this battle's going to be over without us firing a shot.
01:04I don't understand, Mr. Peabody. Can't they see the whites of the eyes?
01:08I'm afraid not, Sherman. You see, the British are wearing sunglasses.
01:11Well, the battle might have begun and ended right there if it hadn't been for British tradition.
01:16The clock struck four and the English broke for tea.
01:19One lamp of tool, men.
01:21Three, please.
01:22Quick, Lieutenant, send someone back to headquarters and have those orders countermanded.
01:26A good idea. I'll go myself.
01:28You realize, of course, everything depends on speed.
01:30Don't worry, sir. I'll be back in a week.
01:32A week?
01:34Headquarters are in New York.
01:36Well, give my regards to Broadway.
01:39Hey, Sherman, we must invade the enemy camp.
01:42It was obvious that unless the British removed their sunglasses, the American cause was doomed.
01:47We made our way downhill and hid behind a small wooden fence.
01:50Now what, Mr. Peabody?
01:52Take the spray can, Sherman. It contains white paint.
01:55You see this hole in the fence?
01:56Well, every time a British soldier peeks through it, spray his sunglasses.
01:59But how are you going to get them to peek through the fence?
02:02Curiosity, my boy.
02:04Seconds later, a do not look through here sign was posted over the hole and it brought immediate results.
02:09How's it going, Sherman?
02:11Just fine, Mr. Peabody.
02:13Good.
02:13Continue spraying until you've run out of soldiers.
02:16Then meet me at the tent of General Burgoyne.
02:18By Jove, Major, that sunglasses idea of yours was positive this stroke of genius.
02:25Where on earth did you ever pick it up?
02:27In one of the far-off colonies called Long Beach, California.
02:32All the natives were them out there.
02:35Begging the General's pardon, sir, but we just caught two blinking spies.
02:41You didn't catch us and we are not spies.
02:44General Burgoyne, I am Dr. Peabody and this is my assistant, Dr. Sherman.
02:48Doctors? What sort of doctors?
02:51Aye, specialists.
02:52There's an outbreak of spotsitis in the colonies and...
02:55Tea time's up.
02:57All right, Major, have the men resume the attack.
02:59Now what's all this polderol about isopotis?
03:03Spotsitis.
03:03You see, General...
03:05General, come quickly!
03:07What is it, men? Are we on the run?
03:09No, sir. We're on our backs.
03:11Look, every one of our soldiers, flat on his back, complaining of spots before the eyes.
03:17Spotsitis.
03:18Spotsitis?
03:20Spotsitis.
03:49We set up a field hospital in the General's tent.
03:50Come on, Mr. Peabody.
03:51Now remember, men, your orders are not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
03:56Oh, no, they're not.
03:58It's the lieutenant who went to New York.
04:00How did you get back so fast?
04:01I hit the signals just right.
04:03Here are the new orders.
04:05To the American army, do not fire until you see the glare of their sunglasses.
04:10Oh, no!
04:11Well, Sherman, back to the enemy camp again.
04:14What do we do this time?
04:15We'll have to convince Burgoyne the only preventer for a reoccurrence of Spotsitis is to wear sunglasses.
04:21That's correct, General.
04:22According to my colleague, Dr. Sherman here, your army must wear sunglasses.
04:27By the way, old man, isn't Dr. Sherman a trifle young to be a doctor?
04:32Well, he skipped his internship.
04:35Your sunglasses, General?
04:36Thank you, Doctor.
04:37And so the British finally assaulted Bunker Hill.
04:41We not only saved the American army, but we coined a new phrase.
04:45New phrase?
04:46Yes.
04:47I think what we did with those sunglasses was definitely a frame-up.
04:51Don't you?
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