MAD DOCTOR OF THE WEEK
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
YOUNG FRANKENSTEINFrom the Mel Brooks' film Young Frankenstein, Frankenstein (pronounced Frawk-en-steen) is left with is relative's research, castle, and everything, and after some prodding, attempts to bring back the dead. This movie is basically a parody on older Frankenstein movies, complete with an Igor character (pronounced eye-gore), a cliche castle with dramatic lightning, and of course, a really crazy looking doctor. This is regarded as one of Mel Brooks' greatest creations and one of the top films of comedy of all time.
Frankenstein at first refuses to have anything to do with his relative's work (Victor Frankenstein, from Mary Shelly's original novel), completely convinced that he was bonkers. He himself is a teacher about neuology and starts the film off with explaining how the brain works. Eventually, he reads through the process Victor did and sees that it could actually work, trying the experiment himself. It doesn't turn out well, as Igor gave him an "abby normal" brai
n to put into his creation, making him completely unstable. After challenging himself as a scientist and approaches the creature in a locked room, he realizes what he is and proclaims his name to be the correct pronunciation of Frankenstein from then on.
A fun fact about this film, it's been recently adapted into a musical (much like how Mel Brooks adapted his original The Producers film into a musical) and is currently a huge hit on Broadway.
Frankenstein at first refuses to have anything to do with his relative's work (Victor Frankenstein, from Mary Shelly's original novel), completely convinced that he was bonkers. He himself is a teacher about neuology and starts the film off with explaining how the brain works. Eventually, he reads through the process Victor did and sees that it could actually work, trying the experiment himself. It doesn't turn out well, as Igor gave him an "abby normal" brai
n to put into his creation, making him completely unstable. After challenging himself as a scientist and approaches the creature in a locked room, he realizes what he is and proclaims his name to be the correct pronunciation of Frankenstein from then on.A fun fact about this film, it's been recently adapted into a musical (much like how Mel Brooks adapted his original The Producers film into a musical) and is currently a huge hit on Broadway.
SCIENTIFIC GOOGLING
Recently, this week, I've come across a comic book series that is not only a well written comedy with beautiful art, but also includes a mad doctor.
The Spirit is about a cop who gets killed within the first three pages of the opening comic, but comes back with the alias of the Spirit. The series is generally about the Spirit (originally Danny Colt) solving mysteries that are often times bizarre or silly in nature. The Spirit himself is unlike most superheroes, who is far more accident prone than any other and is the sheer definition of an underdog. For example, in one comic, the Spirit is recovering from being shot in the back and tossed in a river, also having a cast on his arm. He has to go and help solve a mystery, where he's beaten and has crates o
f whisky dropped onto him. To make matters worse, he has to go deliver a message and gets hit by a car on his way there all in the same issue.
The important detail here is how the Spirit returns from the dead. Dr. Cobra, one of the villains of the comics, brings him back (accidentally) with a chemical, which causes the Spirit to be in a suspended animation. I have yet to find the specific comics where Dr. Cobra appears, but rest assured, I bought plenty of comics after descovering The Spirit and fully intending on finding out more about this mad doctor.
Recently, this week, I've come across a comic book series that is not only a well written comedy with beautiful art, but also includes a mad doctor.The Spirit is about a cop who gets killed within the first three pages of the opening comic, but comes back with the alias of the Spirit. The series is generally about the Spirit (originally Danny Colt) solving mysteries that are often times bizarre or silly in nature. The Spirit himself is unlike most superheroes, who is far more accident prone than any other and is the sheer definition of an underdog. For example, in one comic, the Spirit is recovering from being shot in the back and tossed in a river, also having a cast on his arm. He has to go and help solve a mystery, where he's beaten and has crates o
f whisky dropped onto him. To make matters worse, he has to go deliver a message and gets hit by a car on his way there all in the same issue.The important detail here is how the Spirit returns from the dead. Dr. Cobra, one of the villains of the comics, brings him back (accidentally) with a chemical, which causes the Spirit to be in a suspended animation. I have yet to find the specific comics where Dr. Cobra appears, but rest assured, I bought plenty of comics after descovering The Spirit and fully intending on finding out more about this mad doctor.
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
Have you ever stop to notice the stereotype of mad doctors? After some thinking, I've come up with a list of things a good majority of mad doctors share in common (aside from the whole being "mad" and being a doctor thing, that's a bit obvious):
- Most mad doctors are men.
- Most mad doctors wear lab coats.
- Most mad doctors dress professionally, such as wearing a tie.
- Most mad doctors are middle aged.
- Most mad doctors are caucasian.
- Most mad doctors are exceptionally bright.
- Most mad doctors have a really awesome/creepy laugh.
- Most mad doctors have crazy hair.
- Most mad doctors are completely dedicated to science.
- Most mad doctors come up with the most wild, bizarre (and in some cases, idiotic) theories.
- Most mad doctors have some weird compusion (example: The Doc and time, Jekyll and his chemical, Robotnik and taking over the world with small woodland animals in robots).
- Most mad doctors have some sort of bad temperment (Young Frankenstein, Dr. Wily, House).
- Most mad doctors have little to no friends.
- Most mad doctors stay up late at night.
- Most mad doctors are single.
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