The Absent-Minded Professor The Absent-Minded Professor The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American comic science fiction family film produced by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. The film stars Fred MacMurray as Professor Ned Brainard. The film was a huge success at the box-office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's "Son of Flubber". The original 1961 film
Brainard, Nebraska Brainard, Nebraska Brainard is a village in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 330 at the 2010 census. Brainard was laid out in 1878 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for David Brainerd, an American missionary to the Native Americans, although the spelling is different. Brainard is located at (41.183725, -97.002832). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 330 people, 152 households, and 90 families residing in the village. The population density was