The Wilder Ride

We begin with Igor peering through the drop box of the local Brain Depositary before he puts his arm through and unlocks the door. He freaks himself out when he opens the door and sees his own arm, still stuck through the drop box. He pushes it back through the slot and closes the door. He then makes his way to the brain of Hans Delbruk. As he is about to leave with the brain, his reflection in th...

The Young Dr. Frankenstein continues to admire the specimen he has created and only lacks an equally impressive brain. Before he can send Igor out on to get the magnificent brain of Hans Delbruk, Dr. Frankenstein notices Igor's hump seems to have moved from one shoulder to the other. Rather than get into a debate with Igor, he dismisses it and sends Igor off to fetch the perfect brain for his crea...

The night constable still wants to have a conversation with Dr. Frankenstein who is doing his best to make it look like the arm of the corpse is his own. We also try to figure out why the constable is wearing what looks to be a World War I Kaiser helmet before our duo is allowed to reload the coffin on their cart. Once they return home, we are treated to the horrific scene of two huge bare feet st...

Now that Dr. Frankenstein and Igor have the coffin loaded on the cart, they want to make it back to the castle as quickly as they can without being scene. Unfortunately, they hit a rock in the road, spilling the coffin and the corpse's arms dangle out of the broken sides of the box. Just as they get the coffin back on the cart, a constable walks by and make an inquiry of the good doctor. We are ha...

As soon as the grave diggers leave, we watch as Dr. Frankenstein and Igor make their way to the newly dug grave and begin to dig. Igor seems to approch the task in a more dog-like manner. They eventually manage to get underneath the coffin and push it up onto its side. They then load the casket onto their cart with the rain pouring down and leave the cemetery. Our continued guest is Paul Sullivan...

We continue examining the sketch made by Igor and as they hang it on the wall by one of its corners and they let go, it swings back and forth as we push in to a man swinging on the gallows, newly hanged. From there we head to the prison cemetery where the body has been buried and cross is pounded into place. Dr. Frankenstein and Igor are watching through the gate, waiting for the gravediggers to l...

Continuing their pedestrian breakfast, the doctor continues to read from his grandfather's notes. He realizes he would need a very large body to make the experiment proceed more easily. After a discussion with Inga over the size of various body parts, Igor presents the doctor with a sketch of what they might need. Our guests today on The Wilder Ride are private investigators Ben Peacock and Matt G...

It's obvious Dr. Frankenstein has been reading his grandfather's notes all night long and after stumbling across the electrical know-how, he declares that IT COULD WORK. We dissolve to a beautiful breakfast the following day where everything seems rather ordinary. Joining us once again on The Wilder Ride of the Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder classic, Young Frankenstein, are private investigators Ben P...

After finding the room and trying to decide if the cigar-smoking violin player is still lurking about, Dr. Frankenstein realizes he's stumbled on his grandfather's private library with all of the notes on how he brought his creature to life. Today we are once again joined on The Wilder Ride by Matt Gray and Ben Peacock , two private investigators who are helping us solve this mystery. 

The trio realizes there is a light coming from a door from across the bottom of the stairs of the laboratory. They rush inside to try to catch whomever might have been playing the violin, but the room is empty. There does not appear to be another way out.

After a dazzling light show of sparks and smoke when Dr. Frankenstein throws the first switch, the second one reveals the entire laboratory where Victor Frankenstein brought his creature to life. We even hear a distant echo of words from long ago before Dr. Frankenstein calls it a filthy mess. Joining us today on The Wilder Ride are a pair of private investigators to help us solve our mystery of w...

Only Igor could possibly give us both a jump scare and a fall on the floor, laugh out loud, moment. Now joining Doctor Frankenstein and Inga, they continue to explore the bowels of the castle, still drawn by the sound of the violin playing. Sean German closes out the week with us here on The Wilder Ride . Sean can also be found as a host on the  Spinal Tap Minute ,  Groundhog Minute  and  Five Min...

Dr. Frankenstein and Inga make their way to the bottom of the stairs and come upon a door with a fragile handle. Once inside they see bottles and then a row of dead skulls at various stages of decay. It is our pleasure to once again be joined by our guest, Sean German , host on the  Spinal Tap Minute ,  Groundhog Minute  and  Five Minutes of Mime  and has been a guest on the  Indiana Jones Minute...

Having figured out how to keep the bookcase open, Dr. Frankenstein and Inga begin to explore into a deep and secret part of the castle interior where it looks like no one has been in a long time. Being the gentleman that he is, the good Doctor suggests Inga needs to tie her robe before continuing. Wait, what? Joining us once again on The Wilder Ride is Sean German who is host on the  Spinal Tap Mi...

Having been trapped on the other side of the bookcase, we now begin a series of tests to figure out how to get Dr. Frankenstein back into his own bedroom. Realizing the physics of whatever mechanism controls the movement of the bookcase follows no set pattern, he decides he will use his body to stop it from spinning all the way around. When that fails, it's up to Inga to turn into a linebacker and...

Now that both Dr. Frankenstein and Inga are focused, they move to the bookshelves to find the source of the music. They eventually stumble across the mechanism to open a secret passage, but not without trapping the good doctor on the other side. Our guest today on The Wilder Ride is podcaster Sean German whose current podcast is Groundhog Minute . 

We spend some time analyzing the peculiar shouts of Dr. Frankenstein during his nightmare and the entrance of Inga who is worried about him. When he calms down from his nightmare, he realizes there is music playing from somewhere in the castle. And why are we suddenly channeling a one-hit-wonder by Toni Basil? We close out the week on The Wilder Ride with actor Adam Boyer who ranks Young Frankenst...

Frau Blucher finally bids the Doctor a goodnight, but before leaving, Young Dr. Frankenstein catches her caressing and kissing the painting of Victor Frankenstein. As we pass into the later hours, it appears the Doctor is in the midst of a strange dream. Our guest today is actor Adam Boyer , joining us on The Wilder Ride to discuss Young Frankenstein, while entertaining us with his tales of amorou...

Today we spent time discussing Frau Blucher's lack of honesty regarding Victor Frankenstein's private library, why Dr. Frederick Frankenstein would even be interested in it, and why Ovaltine? We were joined once again on The Wilder Ride by Adam Boyer , who lent us his insights as a 20+ year veteran actor throughout the Southeast. 

We begin with an explanation of continuity and continuity errors since the candles on the table are lit as Frau Blucher picks them up, but are unlit as she turns to escort Dr. Frankenstein, Inga and Igor to their rooms upstairs. The script always called for the candles to be unlit, so someone dropped the ball in the extreme wide shot.  Once upstairs, we see that the young Dr. Frankenstein is a rem...

We explore minute 21 of Young Frankenstein, where there is something up between Frau Blucher and the horses. When our characters finally make their way inside, we are treated to Igor testing his theory that the horses will always react at the name of "Blucher!" Before the minute ends, we get a gorgeous glimpse of the immense castle interior set built for the film, Young Frankenstein. We spend some...

The hay cart comes to a stop in front of the doors to the castle of Baron von Frankenstein. Just as Dr. Frankenstein is about to lower Inga out of the cart, Igor uses one of the immense door knockers to bang on the door. Looking over his shoulder, Dr. Frankenstein remarks, "What knockers!" Inga, blushing, thanks the good Doctor for his compliment.  The group approaches the door just as it opens wi...

Dr. Frankenstein helps reassure a startled Inga that lightning is merely atmospheric discharge. She admits she is easily frightened by lightning as their hay wagon (not cart) makes it's way through a dark and scary wood. Suddenly, we here a long and almost human-like howl (which is actually the voice of Mel Brooks) and after a moment, Inga says incredulously, "Werewolf." Dr. Frankenstein questions...

We complete the well-known, "walk this way," bit before Dr. Frankenstein and Igor make their way to a hay wagon (not cart), which is their transportation from the Transylvania Station to the castle of Baron von Frankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein tosses his suitcase into the back of the wagon and is surprised to hear an, "Oomph!" He climbs up and looks down to meet Inga, the lab assistant hired to help...

After Dr. Frankenstein gives his guest some dubious discussion over how to pronounce his name, Igor decides to change how his name is pronounced. They have an additional conversation over the going rate for henchmen and then they go to leave the station. There is an awkward moment as Dr. Frankenstein goes to pat Igor on the back and he realizes, he's tapped the strange looking fellow on his hump....