Ep. 185: The Electric Grandmother featuring Ryan Verrill

Come give Granny a hug this week on #WHATTHEFoctober: where we talk about movies we had NO IDEA New World Pictures made or released. It’s a month packed fresh full of deep cuts and hard to find (and believe) oddities. We kicked the month off with a bang, and this week we share the programmed love that only a robotic grandmother can give in the 1982 TV movie The Electric Grandmother. Distributed by Learning Corporation of America (LCA) under its “A New World Company” branding, this gem was part of New World Pictures’ entertainment division before LCA’s closure in 1990.

Based on Ray Bradbury’s 1969 short story I Sing the Body Electric. The Electric Grandmother originally aired on NBC’s Project Peacock on January 17, 1982, and starred Maureen Stapleton and Edward Herrmann. The story follows a widower who acquires an android-esque grandmother for his children, after the death of their mother. WHATTHEFOC? Our thoughts exactly.