There's Something About Albert Einstein

1. There's Something About Einsteinborrowed Buick Skylark. Stopping here and there,
2. Einstein's Brainvisiting old friends of the two living members of
3. Brainwashthe convoy. From an adobe ranch house south of
4. Driving Mr. AlbertSanta Fe, New Mexico to stay with old friends of
5. IQPaterniti to the most unusual detour of the
6. From E=MC2 To The X-Filesjourney, to see William S. Burrough's in Lawrence,
7. Albert Einstein InstitutionKansas. As it turned out, Mr. Harvey and Mr.
8. Young EinsteinBurrough's knew one another and so, Einstein's
brain had dinner with the author of "Naked
1. There's Something About EinsteinLunch".5. IQ
Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the brotherThe genius of Einstein was not only in his
writing-directing duo responsible for the comedyscientific theories, but also in his willingness for
hits, "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumbextreme self-promotion. Much of his early fame
and Dumber" are fans of the mad genius just likecan be attributed to the fact that he went on a
everybody else. To dazzle the crowds, Bobbywhirlwind world tour to promote his discoveries,
Farrelly has taught his three-year-old son a fewdining with the rich and famous and powerful the
tricks to flaunt his own future genius. He's taughtworld over. Gaining global headlines and firmly
him 10 answers to some very advancedestablishing the scientist as a superstar. Today,
questions for a tot of his age, one of which is,scientists like Brian Greene and Michio Kaku can
"Who came up with the theory for E=MC2?"only dream of such fanfare surrounding their
Playing the crowd with contemplation on his face,groundbreaking work in search of the elusive
his son toes the ground with his sneaker andUnifying Theory which Einstein himself spent his
finally and timely answers, "Albert Einstein". Nowfinal days contemplating, to no avail.6. From
that is genius.2. Einstein's BrainE=MC2 To The X-Files
By chance a man named Thomas HarveyMany actors have portrayed the wiry-haired
performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955 shortlygenius on the silver screen. Most notably was
after the genius passed away. He wasn'tWalter Matthau's witty turn as the mad scientist
scheduled to do so, the guy that was, wasn't ablein the 1994 romantic comedy, "IQ". Australian
to make it. So, Mr. Harvey got the honors ofcomedian, Yahoo Serious took a hare-brained stab
handling Albert's most private matters, including hisat in the farcical, "Young Einstein" in 1988. Even
priceless grey matter. Without proper permissionRobert Downey Jr. has portrayed him in the 1990
to do so, although Thomas attests to being givenfilm, "That's Adequate". We here at T-Shirt King
the nod of okay from an Einstein relative, Mr.have voted and would enjoy seeing David
Harvey pulled a modern day Robin Hood andDuchovny portray Mr. Einstein during his earlier
snatched the scientist's brain. For decades he keptyears. Go figure.7. Albert Einstein Institution
it in a secret location, dishing out pieces of it toHaving developed the means that led to creation
researchers around the world. Mr. Harvey meantof the world's most destructive weapon, The
well, he intended to do elaborate research on theAlbert Einstein Institution has been striving for
brain himself and have the findings published, butnew ways of nonviolent conflict resolution, just
ultimately that endeavor never came to fruition.3.like Mr. Einstein himself endeavored to do while he
Brainwashwas alive. The institution is committed to
The brain had seen better days, transformeddefending democratic freedoms and institutions -
from the greatest mind of a modern time toopposing oppression, dictatorship and genocide -
chicken-colored chunks floating in a smelly, yellow,reducing reliance on violence as an instrument of
formaldehyde broth, diced into varying bits andpolicy. For our sakes, it's too bad Mr. Einstein isn't
encased in Tupperware. A great deal of the time,still around these days.8. Young Einstein
the brain was hidden in a cookie jar at Mr.Einstein's popularity is legendary, you would be
Harvey's girlfriend's house. Then one day, willing tohard pressed to find anyone on the planet that
make amends with the Einstein family, Mr. Harveyhad not heard of him. His very name is equated
decided to return the long lost brain to Einstein'swith genius. Despite his amazing feats later in his
granddaughter, Evelyn in San Francisco.4. Drivinglife, young Einstein didn't fair so well in the eyes of
Mr. Albertthose around him. He was a horrible student,
Enter journalist Paterniti hailing from Portland,which he attributes to boredom, his teachers
Maine. Having written an article on Mr. Harvey andattribute it to an abrasive ego. His parents had
the missing brain, Paterniti's friendship with Harveyconcerns for him as well, because he couldn't
grew to the point where he was willing to drivespeak fluently until his ninth birthday, leading his
Harvey and the brain from New Jersey toparents to suspect that he might be mentally
California, after all, it's not the destination, but thechallenged. Yeesh, what's a genius to do?
journey that counts. The unlikely trio - a freelanceTo read more articles by Chad, visit the
writer, an elderly pathologist and the AlbertAmerican Pop Culture Encyclopedia at: American
Einstein sans life and limb - traversed America in aPop Culture Encyclopedia.