The Absent-Minded Professor



The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 comedy distributed by The Walt Disney Company. It tells the story of a college professor who invents a substance that gains energy when it strikes a hard surface. The film spawned Disney's first sequel in 1963, Son of Flubber, and was remade in 1988 with Harry Anderson, and again in 1997 with Robin Williams.

Connections

 * Wally Boag played a TV Newsman in the 1961 film
 * Paul Lynde played a sportscaster in Son of Flubber (1963)
 * Wil Wheaton played Bennett Hoenicker in Flubber (1997)
 * Robin Williams played Philip Brainard in Flubber (1997)
 * Ed Wynn played A. J. Allen in Son of Flubber (1963)