Student:
Dr. Frank... [Dr. Frankenstein gives him a look] Fronkensteen.
Dr. Frankenstein:
Yes?
Student:
Isn't it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with a voluntary motion?
Dr. Frankenstein:
Are you speaking of the worm or the spaghetti?
Student:
Why the worm, sir.
Dr. Frankenstein:
Yes, it does seem I read something about that incident when I was a student. But, you got to remember that a worm, with very few exceptions, is not a human being.
Student:
But wasn't that the basis of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?
Dr. Frankenstein:
[Getting annoyed] My grandfather was a very sick man.
Student:
But as a [air quotes] Fronkensteen, aren't you the least curious about it? Doesn't bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue for you?
Dr. Frankenstein:
[Getting more annoyed] You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind. Dead is dead!
Student:
But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys!
Dr. Frankenstein:
[Raising voice] Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I'm talking about the central nervous system!
Student:
But sir...
Dr. Frankenstein:
[Shouting] I am a scientist, not a philosopher! You have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of mending a broken nervous system!
Medical Student:
But what about your grandfather's work, sir?
Dr. Frankenstein:
My grandfather's work was doodoo! I am not interested in death! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life! [jams the scalpel into his leg, lets go of the scalpel and it sticks upright out of his leg, grasps it again, then slowly crosses his legs to block the scalpel from view] Class... is... dismissed.
