Who needs to go to school when you can Get Smart at home?
There was something very precious about that moment when you realized you would be staying home from school; either because of a snow storm or because you were sick. Sometimes, when we were home sick from school, we were allowed to watch television. One television show that consistently transported me to a magical, imaginary place was Get Smart. There was something about the intro to Get Smart that made the entire boyhood fantasy of secret passages and hidden entrances very real for a ten year old boy. Of course, gadgets like the shoe phone only made the whole thing even more alluring. Thanks Agent Smart (and 99, of course!)
LOVED Get Smart when I was a kid. Just thinking now of the Cone of Silence cracks me up.
It was cool, watching the credits in that intro, to be reminded that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created that show.
That’s some hefty comedy credentials between the two of them.