A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Poster

Robin Williams: Dr. Know

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  • [David asks Dr. Know the question about the Blue Fairy transforming him into a real boy] 

    David : How can the Blue Fairy... make... a robot... into a real live boy?

    Dr. Know : Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild... with a fairy hand in hand, for the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. Your quest will be perilous, yet the rewards is beyond price. In his book, 'How Can A Robot Become Human?' Professor Allen Hobby writes of the power... which will transform Mecha into Orga.

    David : Will you tell me how to find her?

    Dr. Know : Discovery is quite possible. Our Blue Fairy does exist in one place, and in one place only. At the end of the world where the lions weep. Here is the place where dreams are born.

  • [Dr. Know speaks with David and Joe for the very first time] 

    Dr. Know : [the animated image of Dr. Know appears]  Starving minds, welcome to Dr. Know, where fast food for thought is served up 24 hours a day... in 40,000 locations nationwide. Ask Dr. Know. There's nothing I don't.

    David : [David stands up impatiently]  Tell me where I can find the Blue Fairy.

    Dr. Know : [a buzzer sound buzzes]  Question me you pay the fee, two for five you get one free!

    Gigolo Joe : He means two questions cost five Newbucks with a third question on the house. In this day and age, David, nothing costs more than information.

    David : That's everything!

    Gigolo Joe : Ten Newbucks and a ten copper comes to 7 questions for Dr. Know.

    David : That should be enough!

    Gigolo Joe : He's a smooth operator. He'll test our limits, but try we must.

    Dr. Know : [Dr. Know lights up with many icons promoting different topics and categories]  Greetings colleagues. On author, factual text or fictionalized text, 1st or 3rd person, usual literacy range from primal level to the post-doctoral, usual span of styles from fairy tale to religious, who's who, or where's where, or flat-fact.

    David : Flat-fact?

    Dr. Know : Thank you for question number one. 'Flat-fact' is a term demanding an equal answer with interpretive speculation... merely not the... and what you are saying is basically that is what you...

    David : That shouldn't count, that wasn't my question!

    Gigolo Joe : You must take care not to raise your voice up at the end of a sentence. 'Flat-fact'.

    Dr. Know : You have 6 more questions!

    David : Where is Blue Fair-REE?

    Dr. Know : In the Garden.

    [Dr. Know holds up a bouquet of blue flowers] 

    Dr. Know : Vascostylis blue fairy. Blooms twice annually with bright blue flowers on a branched inflorescence. A hybrid between Ascola Meda Arnold. You have 5 more questions.

    David : Who is Blue Fair-REE?

    Dr. Know : Are you sad, lonely, looking for a friend? 'Blue Fairy Escort Service' will find a mate for you! You have 4 more questions.

    David : Joe. Try fairy tale.

    Gigolo Joe : [nods, turns back to Dr. Know]  New category. A fairy's tail.

    David : No! Fairy tale!

    Gigolo Joe : No. Fairy tale.

    David : What is Blue Fairy?

    Dr. Know : Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi. "At the signal, there was a rustling as flapping of wings, and a large falcon flew to the windowsill. What are your orders, beautiful fairy, he asked..."

    David : [mesmerized by holographic Blue Fairy]  That's her.

    Dr. Know : "... For you must know that the child with blue hair was no other than the good hearted fairy who had lived in that wood for more than a thousand years..."

    [David jumps up onto the apparatus attempting to catch the Blue Fairy] 

    David : David! David!

    David : That's her!

    Gigolo Joe : It was an example of her. But I think we're getting closer.

    David : But if a fairy tale is real, wouldn't it be a fact? A flat fact?

    Dr. Know : "... then the dream ended, and Pinocchio awoke, full of amazement..."

    Gigolo Joe : [to David]  Say no more.

    [to Dr. Know] 

    Gigolo Joe : New category, please.

    [as the icons come back up, Joe touches both categories to combine them] 

    Gigolo Joe : Combine Fact with Fairy Tale.

    [to David] 

    Gigolo Joe : Now. Ask him again.

    David : How can the Blue Fairy make a robot into a real, live boy?

    [the Dr. Know hologram appears to short circuit and disappear. In his place is a scrolling paragraph of blue text] 

    Dr. Know : Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping then you can understand. Your quest will be perilous. Yet the reward is beyond price. In his book 'How Can A Robot Become Human', Professor Allen Hobby writes of the power which will transform Mecha into Orga.

    David : Will you tell me how to find her?

    Dr. Know : Discovery is quite possible. Our blue fairy does exist in one place, and one place only. At the end of the world. Where the lions weep. Here is the place dreams are born.

  • [David and Joe sit down with Dr. Know who tells them the price of admission for information] 

    David : [David stands up impatiently]  Tell me where I can find the Blue Fairy.

    Dr. Know : [a buzzer sound buzzes]  Question me, you pay the fee. Two for five, you get one free.

    Gigolo Joe : He means two questions cost five Newbucks with a third question on the house. In this day and age, David, nothing costs more than information.

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