This was a reference to "The Fly" movie.
His "matter-transmitter" became a gene-splicer.
Yah. Well. I didn't like flies then, and I don't like roaches now.
However, Vincent Price was to die for! AND! He was an excellent cook, with at least one book under his belt. ;o]
David Heddison, on the other hand, was kinda wimpy.
(Did I ever tell you that I met David Janssen's mom when I worked at the camera shop in Tarzana? She came in with photos of him that she wanted enlarged, so she could put them on her mantle. She was "my next door neighbor" for as long as I worked there, and she even asked for me on my days off. She was so proud of him.)