60 minutes
1/17/1982
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.
Maureen Stapleton
as Grandmother
Edward Herrmann
as Father
Paul Benedict
as Guido Fantoccini
Robert MacNaughton
as Tom
Tara Kennedy
as Agatha
Charles Fields
as Timothy
Madeleine Sherwood
as Aunt Clara
Truman Gaige
as Old Tom / Narrator
Richard Whiting
as Old Timothy
Dortha Duckworth
as Grandma Neighbor
Paula Trueman
as Old Agatha