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
John Gardiner Calkins Brainard A posthumous "The literary remains of J.G.C. Brainard: with a sketch of his life" was published in 1832, and revised and republished as "The poems of John G. C. Brainard. A new and authentic collection". A number of his poems are reprinted in collections of poems. His poem "On the Project of African Colonization" is quoted in Harriet Beecher Stowe´s book Uncle Tom's Cabin at the end of chapter XXXVII "Liberty" although without credit and reference. John Gardiner Calkins Brainard John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1795–1828) was an American lawyer, editor and poet. John Brainard was born in New London, Connecticut,