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COIN TOSS

B

"A comedy. Oh, like Young Frankenstein."

"Wait, what is that?" Raven asks with a curious laugh. "It's a comedy?"

"You've never heard of Young Frankenstein?"

"I'm sure we've talked this out, but I'm basically a sheltered child," Raven chuckles as you switch DVDs in the media player.

"Well, Young Frankenstein is arguably Mel Brooks' best film. And it is based on the original story of Frankenstein, but as a parody."

"Seriously?" she says as you sit down.

You munch more popcorn as the movie begins. It opens up with the Frankenstein castle, and someone opening the crypt of the infamous Victor Frankenstein. The mystery man grabs the thick book the skeleton clutches, and it takes a minute for the skeleton to let go.

In America, one Frederick Frankenstein is giving a lecture at a medical university. He demonstrates the nervous system in action with the help of a volunteer, an elderly man. Frederick has the man demonstrate his motor skills, and then shows what happens when you pinch the nerves at the base of the skull. Frederick rams his knee into the man's groin!

"That's so mean," Raven laughs with you.

The man doesn't react because of his nerves being blocked, but the moment the clip is removed from his neck, he collapses in pain. The students are surprised and impressed by the demonstration while the man is helped up and out of the room by orderlies.

Frederick takes questions from the students now, and one ends up asking about his grandfather. Frederick is of course annoyed someone has to bring Victor up, and argues that he is "Fronkonsteen". Different pronunciations aside, Frederick vehemently argues against his grandfather's mad science, and in the process, accidentally stabs his own leg with a scalpel. Raven chortles for just a second before stifling it.

The students are excused and a man walks up to Frederick. He has the large book from the Frankenstein castle, and explains to Frederick that now with the death of great-grandfather Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein, the entire estate goes to Frederick, the last of their line. Frederick accepts and prepares to depart.

Frederick is currently engaged to the rich and superficial Elizabeth, and she sees him off at the train station. They want to embrace and kiss good-bye, but she insists he not smudge her lipstick, or muss her nail polish, or ruffle her hair, or crinkle her fur jacket. Left with nothing else, Frederick and Elizabeth rub elbows to say good-bye.

On the train, there's a short gag about two elderly couples having the same argument, one American couple in English and then a German couple obviously in German. The train arrives, and Frederick asks a young boy of this is Transylvania station.

"Yeah, track 29," the boy replies. "Can I give you a shine?"

You and Raven chuckle over the little gag.

Frederick departs the train and waits for who he is supposed to meet. He hears a strange thump then dragging sound, and it repeats. Thump, drag, thump, drag. It gets closer and closer, and then Frederick turns around to see the bug-eyed face of a hunchbacked man. Where Frederick is the grandson of Victor Frankenstein, this man is the grandson of Igor. However, after hearing Frederick insist it's pronounced "Fronkonsteen", Igor insists it's pronounced "Eye-gor."

"Walk this way," Igor insists as he goes down the station steps.

Igor hands his cane to Frederick, and Frederick actually accepts and walks down hunched over like Igor did. You and Raven laugh again as Frederick realizes he played along.

You start to cough a little. The salt and the kernel shells scratch your throat.

"I'll get us something to drink," you say as you get up again.

A) Cola
B) Root beer float
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