Those around long enough to remember Peabody’s Improbable History will be familiar with how the baby boomer-era cartoon messes with momentous events in light-hearted, rib-tickling ways. In the ...

The characters come to know that Mr. Peabody should be judged on his actions and character, not his outward appearance. We are telling our friends this is definitely a movie worth seeing in the ...

Sherman, voiced by Max Charles, left, and Mr. Peabody, voiced by Ty Burell, in a scene from Mr Peabody & Sherman. Picture: DreamWorks Animation ...

Mr. Peabody and Sherman first appeared in the 1950s and early 1960s on the show Peabody’s Improbable History, a segment within the animated television series Rocky and His Friends and later The ...

Most dog stories don’t need animation or 3-D effects. Dogs are animated enough on their own. Mr. Peabody, though, is no ordinary dog. He stands on two feet, wears spectacles and is a genius i… ...

Pertinent question about the Mr. Peabody and Sherman cartoon: Why? It's a half-century-old cartoon with no brand recognition. But more to the point, all these expensive reboots tend to take away ...

“Mr. Peabody and Sherman,’’ out today, is the fourth feature film derived from a half-hour cartoon show originally called “Rocky and His Friends’’ when it debuted on ABC in 1959.

First up is Mr. Peabody and Sherman, a reboot of a classic cartoon about a unique family: a super-smart dog and a precocious human kid who accidentally causes a time-travelling disaster.

Sherman, voiced by Max Charles, left, and Mr. Peabody, voiced by Ty Burell, in a scene from Mr Peabody & Sherman. Picture: DreamWorks Animation ...

Mr. Peabody & Sherman is Rob Minkoff’s (The Lion King, Stuart Little) dream project. A feature-length adaption of Ted Key’s four-minute Peabody’s Improbable History shorts from the old Rocky ...