In honor of Dwight Frye’s 124th birthday on February 22, Greg has chosen the 1935 film “The Crime of Dr. Crespi” for our enjoyment this week. Join Greg and Karen as they discuss the film while they enjoy a “Catatonic Cocktail“. The recipe that Greg found on the Ruffino Restaurant YouTube page is below.

Catatonic Cocktail Recipe

• 1/2 oz tonic water
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz Grand Marnier
• ginger ale
• orange slices

Instructions:

1. Muddle 2 orange slices in a Collins glass with 1/2 oz tonic water.
   
2. Fill glass with ice.
   
3. Add 1 oz vodka.
   
4. Add 1 oz Grand Marnier.
   
5. Top with Ginger Ale.
   
6. Mix.
   
7. Garnish with orange slices and serve.
   

A Brief Synopsis: Dr. Andre Crespi hates Dr. Stephen Ross, who married Crespi’s girlfriend, Estelle. During surgery, Ross appears to die. Crespi has given Ross a drug that induces a state of apparent death, while Ross retains all of his senses. Dr. John Arnold is then asked to exhume Ross by the suspicious Dr. Thomas. They exhume the body and return to the hospital to prove he was poisoned. Ross awakens from the drug while on the autopsy table.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

• Where does the phrase “Saved by the bell” come from?
  
• Greg gives us some facts about the Ford Model A automobile.
  
• Karen teaches us all about what the length of a Doctor’s white lab coat means.
  
• Just how rare are Quintuplets?
  
• What is $1 in 1844 money worth today?
  
• We learn a little about the political career of William Howard Taft.
  
• We learn what Greg’s favorite flower is.
  

Our rating of the film:

This movie was OK. It took us 3 cocktails to get through it.

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