The Electric Grandmother
– To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarr..
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.
17 Jan 1982
English
Noel Black
Ray Bradbury (teleplay by), Jeffrey Kindley (teleplay by), Ray Bradbury (story "I Sing The Body Electric")
Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Paul Benedict, Tara Kennedy
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper...
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.