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The Inventor's Wife
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The setup
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The premise
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Presented as a Midnight Matinee short, the film opens at the funeral of an eccentric inventor, where his widow admits he cared more about his creations than about her. Alone in the house, she finds a small wheeled robot in his workshop, nicknames it Petey and leans on it through quiet dinners and nights on the couch. Six years later the robot weighs in as she browses a dating site, and after a pleasant dinner she invites her date, Tom, inside to meet Petey. The robot unfolds into a towering weapon, maims Tom and blasts him with a laser, leaving the blood-spattered widow convinced that her husband loved her after all.
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Highly quotable.
My husband loved his inventions. And he liked his wife.
PD stands for penis destroyer?
He did love me. My husband loved me after all.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Presented under the Saturday Night Live Midnight Matinee banner and closes with a Dan Bulla title card; NBC Insider credits Bulla as the short's writer and producer.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
thank
- 00:10
Widow
Thank you everyone for being here today we all know my husband was an eccentric man he was devoted to his work and he made unbelievable things even at the end he spent his final days alone in his workshop building god-knows-what what what can I say? My husband loved his inventions. And He liked his wife. Hi, what's your name, PD-44, how But I call you Petey. So what do you do, Petey? Oh, not sure, huh? Well, Petey, looks like it's just me and you, buddy. Think I you can help me wash these? Still don't know what your purpose is, huh? Huh? Yeah. That makes two of us. I Yeah, I miss him, too. Not much of a dinner, is it? I like where your head's at.
- 02:35
Would
- 02:50
Widow
It's time, Petey. He is kind of cute. It's a match.
- 03:34
Widow
I've had a wonderful night
- 03:36
Tom
me too
- 03:37
Widow
would you maybe like to come in for a nightcap?
- 03:41
Tom
I'd like that very much.
- 03:42
Widow
Good, because there's someone I want you to meet. I'm home! Petey, this is my new friend.
- 03:55
Tom
Hi Petey, My name's Tom. I've heard so much about- D
- 04:07
Tom
No!
- 04:09
You're being a little on your P.D.'s.
- 04:15
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Ah!
- 04:20
Tom
My penis! You robot ripped my penis off!
- 04:24
Widow
P.D. stands for penis destroyer?
- 04:31
Tom
Great, shout my penis to the moon. That's awesome. Oh, God! He no, no, no, no!
- 04:50
Widow
He did did love me. My husband loved me after all.
- 04:56
What? Hmm. What?
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