Agent_Moldy:
Great-grandpa Lars Hodgson finishes another of his Tom Söervo toys. While the toys never caught on in Lars' day, somehow, Lars just *knew* "little Tommy's" time would come...
144b:
Do I really need all of this equipment just to make one lousy pot of coffee? Damn you Sharper Image catalog!
suggs:
Nothing like a cup of fresh espresso to start your day!
Reynard_T_Fox:
Peppridge Farms remembers...
Steve_Reeves:
"Erik, are you there? I seem to have closed myself into my work station with tubes and coils again! Can you get me out, please? Erik?"
Ash_Skywalker:
When he grew up, Jason Mewes, of "Jay and Silent Bob" fame, decided to become a scientist when he found out how much bongs & beakers look alike.
Mr_Grant:
While Madame Curie experimented with radium, Monsieur Curie worked on perfecting the espresso machine.
DiscoBoy:
Sadly, it was all in service of creating a toaster that ran on Mountain Dew. Not everyone can be an Oppenheimer, you know...
WEIRD_1:
There has got to be an easier way to make a still!
Lanzman:
Cybernetic replacement testicles, although functional, proved impractical in field tests.
questor:
"Pretty but shortlived - the Glass Maraca"
Generik:
They laughed when Professor Horton announced that he had discovered a method of extracting the DNA from Christmas ornaments... they laughed hard and long and loud, and in fact, they're still laughing today.
UnReality:
Ed's attempts to build the perfect woman had so far not been successful.
ArtMystery:
Jensen was paralyzed with indecision. Cure cancer, or create the lightest, most perfect calorie-free dessert topping the world had ever seen? It was a tough choice, but after years of hard work, the world finally had Cool-Whip Lite.
IMissMST3K:
When you're a lonely scientist... ANYTHING starts to look good...
malaclypse:
Walta Cronkite's meth is da' bomb yo!
joe678:
Dan O'Herlihy inspects Tom Servo's parents, decides that the hose does nothing for Tom's dad except make cheap liquor more accessible, and decides to dump them on the Knoxville World's Fair for use in their seriously weak attempt to compete with Seattle's Space Needle, while the jack-in-the-flask turns away in disgust.
Nyssa23:
Deep in the bowels of the earth, a research team works feverishly on improving Pamela Anderson's boob implants.
starkbalmy:
Most scientists performed actual research in their labs, but the eccentric Dr. Matthews was forever blowing bubbles instead.
Shandi:
Now, for your viewing pleasure, the worlds first Koolaid Distillery -- to make your very own Koolaid Wine!
BlakHat1:
"This machine has not produced a convincing three-dimensional Dupree. I will recalculate."
Geier:
Deep within the recesses of his secret laboratory, Uncle Charlie planned his revenge for years of cleaning and cooking without one - NOT ONE! - word of thanks. "Soon," he muttered, "when my trihydro-deoxy-riboflavic acid formula is ready, Douglass and those three brats will learn to FEAR ME!!!" ...As it turned out though, Charlie had merely re-invented the formula for Mentos, the Fresh-Maker. Kinda ironic, when ya think about it.
UpSky2:
Twin clones of Crow T. Robot turned, by a mistake of replication, into scrawny aged-looking anorexic runway models. Their life span proved to be extended only under total life support, here shown supervised by TV's Frank.
chilwil:
Deep in the bowels of NASA, professor Von Hertzalaht begins a prototype of the 6 Million Dollar Man, starting with his brass balls.
HoneyT:
"Beck Hansen in 30 years."
nastinkers:
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood -- the early years.
Jacksinn:
o/` Transfusion, transfusion, my whole lab's a mess of con-tusions, I'm never ever ever gonna speed again... slip a gallon to me, Allen... o/`
Buffoon:
"... And then my ex said we didn't seem to have the chemistry anymore. We laughed. Then I threw the acid at her, and things went downhill pretty rapidly."
ArchHallJr:
Sooooo. . .Karl Malden was all messed up looking *before* the accident.
nashtbrutusandshort:
"Wait. . . *you're* not Eva Gabor."
TyranosaurisRex:
It's a little known fact that W.C. Fields spent his whole life trying to artificially produce the perfect gin. His eventual dependence on the substance was the result of many years of dedicated experimentation.
IllegalityGirl:
Early Starbuck's testing labs.
HenryBemis:
"Armed with 50-gallon drums of all four existing nucleotides, a dozen vials of host ova in cryogenic storage, a 700 megawatt Tesla coil to induce zygote formation, and over a century's worth of scientific disregard for self-restraint, it was time to make the donuts as God Himself first made them."