The Absent-Minded Professor (Ep. 61)

In this extra special, very scientific episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Disney’s The Absent-Minded Professor and Flubber!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), directed by Robert Stevenson, written by Bill Walsh, and starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk, and Keenan Wynn. Watch it on Disney+, iTunes, or Amazon.
• Flubber (1997), directed by Les Mayfield, written by John Hughes, and starring Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Wil Wheaton, Clancy Brown, and Ted Levine. Watch it on Disney+, iTunes, or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Son of Flubber (1963)
• Hubert “Dr. Boom” Alyea (and one of his lectures)
• Relevant past episodes: Mary Poppins and Miracle on 34th Street
• Behind the scenes of Flubber: part one and part two

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