History Trivia / TheAbsentMindedProfessor

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A fairly infamous one, concerning [[TheMerch the licensed toy]] being sold in connection with the release of ''Son of Flubber''. The original 1963 Flubber was a somewhat icky substance composed of rubber, mineral oil, and Borax, and [[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19630518.2.68 was blamed for a wave of rashes, nausea, and fever among children who'd claimed to have played with it]]; according to G. Wayne Miller's book ''Toy Wars'' (printed around the theatrical premiere of the remake), Hasbro's attempts to incinerate the recalled toy or dump it in the ocean were failures, since the toy could not burn and floated in water. In the end, so the story goes, they were forced to bury it under a parking lot in their Delta Drive facility, and even still it sometimes surged through the cracks in the pavement on hot summer days.[[note]]The claims about the parking lot and other disposal methods have been officially denied by Hasbro, though researchers have commented that [[http://turnto10.com/archive/what-happened-to-recalled-flubber-50-years-ago the germ-rich mineral oil in Flubber's composition could have been what made the kids sick]], or excessive amounts of sodium borate and poor safety regulations in the cheaper knock-off toys from rival companies.[[/note]]

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A fairly infamous one, concerning [[TheMerch the licensed toy]] being sold in connection with the release of ''Son of Flubber''. The original 1963 Flubber was a somewhat icky substance composed of rubber, mineral oil, and Borax, and [[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19630518.2.68 was blamed for a wave of rashes, nausea, and fever among children who'd claimed to have played with it]]; according to G. Wayne Miller's book ''Toy Wars'' (printed around the theatrical premiere of the remake), Hasbro's attempts to incinerate the recalled toy or dump it in the ocean were failures, since the toy could not burn and floated in water. In the end, so the story goes, they were forced to bury it under a parking lot in their Delta Drive facility, and even still it sometimes surged through the cracks in the pavement on hot summer days.[[note]]The claims about the parking lot and other disposal methods have been officially denied by Hasbro, though researchers have commented that [[http://turnto10.com/archive/what-happened-to-recalled-flubber-50-years-ago the germ-rich mineral oil in Flubber's composition could have been what made the kids sick]], or excessive amounts of sodium borate and poor safety regulations in the cheaper knock-off toys from rival companies.[[/note]]

* ActorAllusion: Ed Wynn's role as the fire chief should have been familiar to those who listened to radio in the 1930s, thanks to his role as the Texaco Fire Chief.

* RealLifeRelative: The fire chief who tries to help Alonzo Hawk when he has the flubber shoes is Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn's father in real life.

* ReleaseDateChange: An insert inside the 2012 Blu-ray of ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'' promotes 2013 Blu-ray releases of ''The Absent-Minded Professor'', ''Son of Flubber'', and ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', in honor of the second movie's 50th anniversary. However, the anniversary came and went without any of these movies coming to Blu-ray. Disney provided no explanation for this delay, but did release ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' and ''Son of Flubber'' through the Disney Movie Club in 2016, in honor of the first movie's 55th anniversary.

* ReleaseDateChange: An insert inside the 2012 Blu-Ray of ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'' promotes 2013 Blu-Ray releases of ''The Absent-Minded Professor'', ''Son of Flubber'', and ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', in honor of the second movie's 50th anniversary. However, the anniversary came and went without any of these movies coming to Blu-Ray. Disney provided no explanation for this delay, and only one of these titles has received a new release date so far: ''The Absent-Minded Professor'', which the Disney Movie Club has scheduled an exclusive March 8, 2016 release for, in honor of the movie's 55th anniversary.

* ReleaseDateChange: An insert inside the 2012 Blu-Ray of ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'' promotes 2013 Blu-Ray releases of ''The Absent-Minded Professor'', ''Son of Flubber'', and ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', in honor of the second movie's 50th anniversary. However, the anniversary came and went without any of these movies coming to Blu-Ray. Disney provided no explanation for this delay, nor have they announced a new release date.