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Geek History Lesson

Frankenstein in Pop Culture

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Fire! Bad! Podcast! Good! This week, we enter #GHLSpookySeason2024 tackling all things Frankenstein. Starting with Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel that invented the science fiction genre through the Universal Monsters Movies to the campy sitcom, The Munsters. We discuss Victor Frankenstein's lack of coping skills, whether or not he's called "The Monster" or "The Creature", and if the green skin is iconic or a mistake. Everyone knows who Frankenstein is - but how deep does your knowledge run? Whether you've been scared of the Creature your entire life or are a long time fan this episode is filled with jump scare, lightning, and Phil Hartman jokes!

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0:16.7

Here on this podcast we rely a lot on our ability to speak and say words and for people to be able to hear our words. So I have to ask you, Jason, as we're diving in, in your mind

0:22.2

does Frankenstein's creature speak and is he articulate or does he not speak?

0:28.0

Divisive question I think.

0:30.0

Is this divisive?

0:31.0

I think it tells me a lot about where you met this character and what your expectations

0:36.2

are about whether or not you think he speaks.

0:37.9

I didn't know that people had strong opinions about whether Mr Stein spoke or not.

0:43.2

He did.

0:44.2

It was actually Mr Frank L Stein.

0:47.2

Frank Instein.

0:49.7

So for me, he's green. his big old bolts at his neck, and in honor of the late great Phil Hartman, he just always says,

1:00.5

Fire, bad, that's all he says. You don't know what I'm talking about. Go Google

1:05.1

Sarah and Life Frankenstein, one of the greatest comedy characters of all time.

1:09.6

That's what, that's my Frankenstein. Can you, can you give me that line reading one more time

1:13.4

fire man and with that i think it's time to say hello and welcome to geek history

1:18.4

lesson that's not much an introduction we're just going right to the lesson we are

1:21.6

we're going okay i'm actually victoria Robinson We are. Okay. I'm Ashley Victoria Robinson. I'm Jason Firebodden. And welcome to Geek Guest lesson, as Ashley said. This is the podcast where we talk about one thing, one character, one construct, one book in pop culture because I'm a TV

1:36.1

writer from the Midwest and she is a comic writer from the Great White North.

1:40.3

Is Canada called the Great White North?

1:42.1

Is that an effect? I didn't know if that was Alaska of Canada. I just want to make sure.

1:45.0

I didn't know Alaska was called that at all.

1:49.0

It's kind of is, maybe. The Great Alaskan White North.

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