The name Wayback Machine was chosen as a droll reference to a plot device in an animated cartoon series, <answer>The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show</answer>. In one of the animated cartoon's component segments, Peabody's Improbable History, lead characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman routinely used a time machine called the "WABAC machine" (pronounced way-back) to witness, participate in, and, more often than not, alter famous events in history.
What TV show served as inspiration for the Wayback Machine's name?
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show