Carl Reiner’s send-up of mad-scientist flicks sees Martin as a pioneering neurosurgeon married to a conniving gold-digger (Kathleen Turner) but falling for a disembodied brain.

Martin’s at his outrageous, irresistible, face-screwing best here, whether miming the effects of prolonged sexual abstinence or applying a pair of wax lips to his new love’s jar so they can share that first kiss.

“I love the smart joke and the dumb joke,” Martin once said, and he packs plenty of both into what is still his bust-a-gut funniest performance.

Greatest moment: “Into the mud, scum queen!” Martin finally turns on Turner’s ice-queen.

Also See: Roger Cobb (All Of Me), CD ‘Charlie’ Bales (Roxanne)