The Wilder Ride

An aged man prays for some companionship to keep him company when suddenly the creature bursts through the door. The beaded man, prayer beads in hand and wearing a cassock thanks the Lord and goes to the hulking figure at the door, complementing him on being the tallest in his class. Joining us today is Doug Greenberg of Rocky Minute who is helping us on the Wilder Ride.

We begin with the little girl wondering what are they going to throw into the well now? The parents are still agonizing over whether or not they checked the bedroom upstairs. We return to the girl and as she commands him to get on her see-saw. He ends up catapulting her into the air and into her bedroom. As she hits, her parents rush in to find her sound asleep -- or perhaps knocked unconscious from the landing. We end with the image of a lone cabin in the woods and a bearded man praying.

We start with a little girl pulling petals off a flower and dropping them in the well, while singing a pretty little song. The monster shows up behind her just as we cut to her parents, boarding up the house and talking intensely about all of "this monster business," when it dawns on them that they each thought the other had put their daughter, Helga, to bed. We cut back to the well where Helga has taught the monster how to pluck petals and to blow a kiss.

We begin with the creature still sending showers of sparks everywhere before taking his rampage up the stairs and out of the castle. Dr. Frankenstein follows in vain while Frau Blucher yells to the heavens that he is free! As the creature breaks through the outer castle door, another well-time thunderstorm is taking place. By the time Dr. Frankenstein, Inga and Igor get to the doorway, it's too late. We end with a young girl, singing to her pretty little flower

Frau Blucher keeps playing her violin and in true Pied Piper stance, begins to back her way up the stairs, leading both the creature and the trio behind her. In the midst of the chaos, Dr. Frankenstein continues to question her about the recent happenings in the castle, each time resulting in a resounding, "Yes, Yes, Yes!" By the end, the monsters grabs some electrical equipment and a showering shangri-la goes flying everywhere.

Frau Blucher is beginning to release the creature when Dr. Frankenstein, Inga and Igor show up at the top of the stairs. They beg her to stop but it's too late. The monster rips itself free where a stand-off ensues with Frau Blucher between the creature and his creator. By the end, Frau Blucher is able to make her violin magically appear. Joining us this week once again are the guys from the BK on the Air radio show, Barry King and Mike Clark, who are helping us on this Wilder Ride.

The game of darts has come to an end and Inspector Kemp has discovered his arm is stuck in the salute he was offering to the young Dr. Frankenstein. As he leaves, we see all the damage the darts have done to the inspector's car. We immediately cut down to the lab where Frau Blucher is sneaking into the secret laboratory to speak with the creature who has been re-secured to the table.

The dart game continues, but Inspector Kemp is doing all he can to rattle Dr. Frankenstein, to the point of breaking the outside window, destroying a lot of the family china and even impaling the cat. By the end, we are left to ponder how we have fared in our own lives when confronted by law enforcement. Joining us this week once again are the guys from the BK on the Air radio show, Barry King and Mike Clark, who are helping us on this Wilder Ride.

The dart game continues in full force, with Dr. Frankenstein trying to use science to explain away superstitious nonsense. The irony about the conversation is Inspector Kemp points out that it was the prior residents of the castle who in fact used science to create their monsters. While the dart game itself might be silly, the back and forth debate is quite compelling. Joining us again on The Wilder Ride is Jeff Ferry of the Jay and Silent Bob Minute along with The Burbs Minute.

We continue today with Dr. Frankenstein beginning to choke the life out of Igor and just as we are about to play another round of charades, there is a booming knock on the castle door. Inspector Kemp has arrived for that little shat he promised the town elders he would conduct with the young Dr. Frankenstein. Joining for the first time on The Wilder Ride is Jeff Ferry of the Jay and Silent Bob Minute along with The Burbs Minute.

In today's episode, we continue to watch Dr. Frankenstein slowly get Igor to admit the truth about the brain he brought back from the Brain Depositary. Just as Igor begins to think all is well, Dr. Frankenstein's slowly building anger is bringing him to the point of eruption. By the time Igor senses this, it's already too late, as the doctor has one arm around Igor's back and the other on his leg, preventing him from escaping.

The creature finally succumbs to the sedative (not GIVE), and Dr. Frankenstein, in his exasperation over having to play charades, yells at Igor. Inga comes over to see if her Freddy is all right. He asks if she would give him a moment so he could speak one-on-one with Igor. Initially sitting on the floor, Igor is gently encouraged to pull up a stool and sit with the doctor, eye-to-eye.

With the creature beginning to walk around, Inga exclaims she is frightened. Her fears are justified when Igor goes to light his cigarette and the flaming match-strike puts the monster into a rage. Just as Dr. Frankenstein is about to ask for something, the monster begins to choke him. Thus ensues a game of charades, which will end with Inga finally figuring out what the doctor wants. 

We begin, down in the secret laboratory as Dr. Frankenstein (played by Gene Wilder) starts to open the metal restraining bands to his creature. The creature eventually sits up and takes his first tentative steps around the lab. We wrap up the week, joined once again by the husband and wife podcasting team of Rick and Julia Ingham of The Mad Max Minute, who have been with us on The Wilder Ride.

We begin with Gene Wilder, aka Young Frankenstein, asking both Inga and Igor that if it wasn't either of them making a yummy sound, who did? They all realize the noise is coming from down in the secret laboratory. They rush from the dining room and head to the now awake body of the creature, who seems almost child-like in his current state. Dr. Frankenstein is elated that his creation is alive, alive, ALIVE!