The Electric Grandmother
January 17, 1982
60 minutes
6.8
TV MovieScience FictionFamily

The Electric Grandmother

To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.

Trailer
Cast
Maureen Stapleton
(Grandmother)
Edward Herrmann
(Father)
Paul Benedict
(Guido Fantoccini)
Robert MacNaughton
(Tom)
Tara Kennedy
(Agatha)
Charles Fields
(Timothy)
Madeleine Sherwood
(Aunt Clara)
Truman Gaige
(Old Tom / Narrator)
Richard Whiting
(Old Timothy)
Dortha Duckworth
(Grandma Neighbor)
Paula Trueman
(Old Agatha)