Peabody's Improbable History S3E17 "The First Caveman" 60s TV

[Music] Hello out there. Peabody here and that is my trusty boy Sherman. >> Hi. who will assist me in our next exciting adventure back into history. >> Shall I set the way back machine, Mr. Peabody? >> Please do Sherman, but I suggest you use both hands for we are going way back for the way back this time to the year 50,000 BC to be exact. >> 50,000 BC. >> That is correct. And the place will be Nanderal near Dusseldorf where we shall meet the first caveman. Sherman and I entered back and were instantly whirled back in time to the period when the fourth glacial age was rising toward its maximum. But no sooner had we arrived when I immediately realized that something was a miss. M >> Mr. Peabody, we're moving. What's happening? >> I think that if you will look down, Sherman, you will see that we happened to be on a very precarious perch, which now that I think about it was probably the understatement of the year. >> Yip. Well, at that moment, the great beast passed beneath a large tree. So, instructing Sherman to follow my example, I grasped the nearest limb, and we swung to safety. >> Phew, that was a close one. >> We then prepared to climb down from the tree, but we suddenly heard a strange sound. >> Miff, what's that? >> Off hand, I would say that we are not alone in this tree. >> Moop me. >> We're in luck, Sherman. There is the perfect example of home neanderences. >> You mean cavemen? >> Well, obviously not cavemen after living in this tree. We were unable to understand what they were saying, but we watched them closely from our vantage point. Napa. Napa. Let's crumble on top. Shesh. >> What was that all about? >> It would seem to indicate they realize there's a better way of life than living in a tree. Come Sherman, we'll follow them and see what develops. And what developed was most interesting indeed. For in their first attempt to find a better place to live, they passed right by a perfectly good cave and squeezed under, of all things, a wet rock. lip. Once more passing the cave, they next tried a gopher hole, but the gopher objected, and those prehistoric gophers could be quite objectionable. In the next few hours, they tried to live in everything from bushes and brambles to stumps and hollow logs, but still didn't give the cave a second look. I used the Yangna Indian hand signs in an attempt to explain the merits of living in a cave. name and cashew. >> They still don't get it, Mr. PE buddy. Maybe if I go into the cave, they'll get the idea. >> No, no. But before I could stop him, Sherman was in the cave. But not for long. >> Mr. Peabody, there's a saber-tooth tiger in that cave. >> I noticed that, Sherman. >> It's no wonder those two wouldn't go inside. Gee, they'll never become cavemen at this rate. >> Yes, they will, Sherman. It's a simple matter of getting the saber-tooth tiger out so they can go in. >> Simple, >> cried Sherman. Come. Pulling up a very special bush that I'd happened to notice earlier, I tied it to one end of a long vine and instructed Sherman to tie a large round boulder to the other. Next, I tossed the bush into the cave and signaled to Sherman to roll the boulder down the hill. As it rolled, it pulled the bush after it. And as I knew it would, the saber-tooth tiger bounded out of the cave, happily following the bush down the hill until he was lost from sight. >> Hooray! You did it, Mr. Peabody. But how did you know the tiger would follow that bush? >> Elementary, my dear Sherman. That bush happened to be Nepita, or more commonly known as the catnip. The tiger, being all cats, found it impossible to resist. And now being free to enter the cave, our two friends quickly did so and immediately set up light caveeping. >> At last, they're now real cavemen, huh, Mr. Peabody? >> Yes. And others were soon to follow their example. Soon everybody was living in caves. But this brought another problem that man had to face. The paying of taxes. >> Taxes? Wow, that is a big problem. >> Of course, Sherman, we all know that everything is big in taxes. It never fails to amaze me how he can stand there and say such corny things with such a straight face. [Music]