We were scouring the internet this morning and while we are finding so far that it is indeed one of those annoying ‘slow news days,’ we thought that we would share a little quote from Bob Gale, one of the co-writers on the 1985 hit BACK TO THE FUTURE with you. It seems that in a very recent interview with MentalFloss, Gale has explained just how Marty McFly met his ‘friend in time’ Doc Emmett Brown. The subject was seemingly discussed as he and Robert Zemeckis were writing the original movie.
“For years, Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic. So, being a red-blooded American teenage boy, age 13 or 14, he decided to find out just why this guy was so dangerous. Marty snuck into Doc’s lab, and was fascinated by all the cool stuff that was there. When Doc found him there, he was delighted to find that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him for what he was. Both of them were the black sheep in their respective environments. Doc gave Marty a part-time job to help with experiments, tend to the lab, tend to the dog, etc. And that’s the origin of their relationship.”
How awesome a soundbyte is that?
