Episode 23: Universal Monsters Series - Frankenstein, Frankenweenie, & Young Frankenstein
We get electrified about the king of the Universal monsters - the one and only Frankenstein's Monster! We'll look at the legacy of the original 1931 classic and two influenced works - Tim Burton's original short "Frankenweenie" and the Mel Brooks spoof/love letter Young Frankenstein![ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider][ms_heading style="none" color="#c10606" border_color="" text_align="center" font_weight="400" font_size="50" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="5" responsive_text="no" class="" id=""]Sources[/ms_heading]
Frankenstein (1931)
Commentary with film scholar Rudy Behlmer, Frankenstein Legacy BluRay"Frankenstein (1931)" by Felicia Feaster, from TCMUniversal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory, pgs. 66-69"The Frankenstein Files" Making Of Featurette, Frankenstein Legacy BluRayPre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934 by Thomas Patrick Doherty, pg. 297"Guillermo Talks!" by Mike Sampson, JoBlo.com"Guillermo del Toro on The Hobbit and Frankenstein" by CS, from comingsoon.net
"Frankenweenie" (1984)
"Tim Burton: How Disney Fired Me" by Edward Bovingdon, from Yahoo Movies
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Director Commentary, Young Frankenstein 40th Anniversary BluRay"Inside the Lab: Secret Formulas in the Making of Young Frankenstein" featurette, Young Frankenstein 40th Anniversary BluRay"It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic" featurette, Young Frankenstein 40th Anniversary BluRay"Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein" featurette, Young Frankenstein 40th Anniversary BlueRay[ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider][ms_heading style="none" color="#c10606" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="400" font_size="36" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="5" responsive_text="no" class="" id=""]Show Info:[/ms_heading]Test Pattern is originally broadcast on 103.5 FM WLSPLP Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie.Music for Test Pattern is “Dance of Deception” by Kevin McLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons. For more, go to incompetech.com.Follow the show on Twitter @testpatternshow.You can also follow Tab @horrorflicktab and Jacob @banedrom.Contact us via email at jacobandtab@testpatternshow.com or use the Contact form.Like the Sun Prairie Media Center Facebook page and follow The Sun on Twitter @spmediacenter[ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider][ms_heading style="none" color="c10606" border_color="" text_align="center" font_weight="400" font_size="36" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="5" responsive_text="no" class="" id=""]Listen to the Episode![/ms_heading]