00:23Hello out there, Peabody and Sherman here.
00:25I oiled the wayback machine like you told me, Mr. Peabody.
00:28And just in time, Sherman, because we have a date with one of America's greatest patriots.
00:32Ponson be Brit?
00:33No, Sherman.
00:35This patriot made a historic ride on the night of April 18th, 1775.
00:39And the man in question, Paul Revere.
00:42Without any further ado, the wayback machine teleported us back to Paul Revere's copper shop.
00:47Inside, we found not Mr. Revere, but rather Mrs.
00:51Can I help you?
00:52Why, yes, madam. I wish you'd like to speak to your husband.
00:54So would I.
00:56Why, he hasn't been inside the shop for three days.
00:59All he does is sit on that horse and back, waiting for the British to come.
01:04He wasted no time in joining the eager coppersmith.
01:07Don't stand too close, boys.
01:09Soon as I see the lanterns, I'm off to warn Lexington.
01:12But Mr. Revere, your horse...
01:13No time for idle conversation, lad.
01:15I've got some riding to do.
01:17But you don't understand.
01:18One if by land, two if by sea, one if by land...
01:21Mr. Revere, Mr. Revere, I feel it only fair to warn you that unless you change horses, you won't be
01:25riding anywhere.
01:26Eh, what are you talking about?
01:28You are sitting on a statue.
01:30Say, how about that?
01:32I was wondering why he didn't eat much hay.
01:34Mr. Peabody, there's a light in the tower.
01:37Sure enough, Sherman had spotted the signal.
01:39How many lanterns, boy?
01:40One or two?
01:41Three.
01:42They must be coming both by land and by sea.
01:44Step back.
01:45I've got to warn the country.
01:47Giddy up, boy.
01:48Giddy up.
01:49Mr. Revere, the statue, remember?
01:51Eh?
01:51Oh, yes.
01:53Sure was a quiet horse, though.
01:56I sent Sherman to search the town for another horse.
01:58This hog was the only animal I could find, Mr. Peabody.
02:02Well, you can't expect me to ride that, can you?
02:05You have no alternative.
02:06Why don't I try to start the statue?
02:09You never know.
02:10It may run.
02:11And with that, Paul Revere begged, pleaded, even tried to bribe his favorite horse.
02:16Yeah, it ain't no use.
02:18I guess the hog will have to do.
02:21Unfortunately, the hog was as contrary as the statue.
02:23Golly, Mr. Peabody, he won't budge.
02:26And I've got to get to Lexington to warn the people.
02:29Hmm.
02:30Now, what would cause a hog to run?
02:33I have it.
02:33Mr. Revere, the magic words are hog fat.
02:37Hog fat?
02:38Look at him go!
02:39Yes.
02:40No hog wants to be turned into hog fat.
02:43Well, I guess we can go home now that Mr. Revere's on his way.
02:46I'm afraid not, Sherman.
02:48You see, Paul Revere just went north.
02:51Lexington is south.
02:53Well, by now, there were five lanterns in the tower,
02:55so the situation, as you could see, was desperate.
02:57Sherman and I headed for Lexington as fast as we could.
03:00And speaking of Lexington,
03:01a certain American general, who shall be nameless,
03:03was in town spearheading an enlistment drive.
03:05I tell you, we need soldiers.
03:08And Lexington is proud to do its part, general.
03:11Proud?
03:12You mean you're proud of one old man and two dogs?
03:15The dogs we can use.
03:17But the old man...
03:18Forgive the intrusion, gentlemen,
03:20but we're here to tell you the British are coming.
03:21Oh, did you see them?
03:23No, but we saw the lanterns.
03:25Well, then you mean the lanterns are coming,
03:27not the British.
03:27We mean the British are coming.
03:30I'm sorry, but the only way I'll believe that
03:32is when Paul Revere tells me.
03:34Now, about those two dogs...
03:35But Paul Revere may not get here
03:37until it's too late, Mr. Peabody.
03:38He may never get here, Sherman.
03:41Ah, I have it.
03:42Pardon me, General,
03:43but I understand you need soldiers.
03:45I sure do.
03:46Well, I don't know whether you're familiar
03:47with New England customs,
03:48but up here, the only way to get soldiers
03:50is to issue the Boston Back Bay battle cry.
03:53I don't think I know it.
03:55Oh, it's quite simple, sir.
03:56You merely shout the word suey.
03:59Suey?
04:01Suey.
04:02Well, one minute later,
04:03the hills surrounding Lexington
04:05were reverberating with that famous old hog call.
04:09Suey!
04:11Suey!
04:11Suey, suey!
04:14Inside of a quarter of an hour,
04:16every hog in the vicinity
04:17was thundering down Lexington's main street,
04:19and among them was our hog-fat hog
04:21carrying Paul Revere.
04:22The British are coming!
04:25The British and the hogs are coming!
04:28Golly, Mr. Peabody,
04:29what a brilliant idea!
04:30Yes, wasn't it?
04:32That battle cry was an inspiration.
04:34So far, we've signed up 420 men.
04:37I tell you, it was unbelievable.
04:39I gave that yell
04:41in exactly 60 seconds,
04:43we had a line.
04:44Would you call them 60-second men,
04:46Mr. Peabody?
04:47Of course not, Sherman.
04:48No, I'd call them
04:50Minute Men.
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