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absent-minded professor

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absent-minded professor
a bumbling professor who overlooks everyday things. Fred is such an absent-minded professor. He'd forget his head if it wasn't screwed on.


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So here's Race to Witch Mountain, another uninspired remake of an old Disney movie -- a fast-food film devoid of flavor (not to mention nutritional content) to go with Robin Williams' 1997 The Absent-Minded Professor remake, Flubber, and Tim Allen's 2006 take on The Shaggy Dog.
Byline: Andrew Cook AN ABSENT-MINDED professor was travelling by train.
From the careless way he dressed, which often raised eyebrows, to his daily lunch - granola, cream and tofu - Braude sometimes seemed to be an absent-minded professor, preoccupied with his ideas for improving the city.
 
 
 
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