Weird Science/Searching for Boris Karloff

Searching for Boris Karloff
Season 4, Episode 1
Airdate	January 6, 1996
Production Number	76228
Written by	Chris Black
Directed by	Tom Spezialy
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Weird Science — Season Four

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Searching for Boris Karloff is the first episode of the fourth season of Weird Science, and the forty-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Manasseri (Wyatt Donnelly), John Mallory Asher (Gary Wallace), Lee Tergesen (Chett Donnelly) (credit only)

and Vanessa Angel (Lisa)

Special Guest Star: Richard Moll (Frankenstein's Monster)

Guest Stars: Gerrit Graham (Dr. Victor Frankenstein), Jim Jansen (Mr. Bailey)

with Ianthe Kabakov (Ilsa), Marjory Graue (Hausfrau), Otto Coelho (Peasant)

Plot Overview

Failing biology, Lisa zaps the boys to meet someone who can appreciate their work: Doctor Victor Frankenstein. Unfortunately, Frankenstein, who sees his creation as inferior, steals the boys' tool for a new creation, even at the expense of Lisa's life.

Notes

Music

• Oingo Boingo - "Weird Science"

Trivia

The Show

• This episode is often referred to as "She's Alive II", but there's nothing about the origin of this supposed alternate title.

• While episode opens with the standard clip from The Bride of Frankenstein, it continues the motif of old clips from various Frankenstein films by eschewing the standard title sequence. The credits also have a different colour and font.

Allusions and References

• Gary saying that if they can recreate Lisa, maybe she'll shower with them is likely allusion to a scene from the film in which Gary and Wyatt join her in the shower (even though the two still wear their clothes).

Quotes

• Frankenstein's Monster: You... make man?

Doctor Frankenstein: No. Woman.