Young Einstein is a 1988 Australian comedy, presenting Albert Einstein as a wacky Tasmanian farmer's son, romancing Marie Curie and inventing the electric guitar, among other feats. A key moment in the film has Einstein's shack exploding, leaving him in tattered clothing and with hair pointing straight up.
The movie was heavily promoted for its US release, but its box office paled in comparison to success in its home country and the marketing costs.
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- In the seventh season Muppet Babies episode "The Muppet of Invention," Baby Scooter, while playing young Tommy Edison, is experimenting with chemicals in a small wooden shack. As with Young Einstein, an explosion results, with similar visual effects.