. . . "Peabody's Improbable History" deals with a renegade backwater of America as currently configured often called "Texas." THE TEXAS RANGERS is carefully crafted to illustrate how hopelessly obtuse, dense and often deranged the typical native of this inscrutable land usually is. Being clothing averse, it should come as no surprise when the ranger captain attempts to affix badges to a crop of new recruits' bare skin. Even today, few athletic competitions occur in Texas, as competitor numbers need to be tediously painted on, given participants' general lack of clothing. Also apt is Mr. Peabody's suggestion that there is the thinnest of lines, if any, between outlaws and lawmen in Texas. Therefore, this film serves a valuable purpose in warning normal people to steer clear of Texas.
