The Electric Grandmother is a television movie, released in 1982, based on the short story I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury. The Electric Grandmother was the second TV adaptation of Ray Bradbury's I Sing the Body Electric (the first was presented on The Twilight Zone in 1962). It starred Maureen Stapleton and Edward Herrmann and was directed by Noel Black. It was distributed on VHS by Coronet Video, but the video tape has now become hard to obtain.
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... Written by Kenneth Chisholm
