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Janitor_of_Lunacy

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May 14, 2008, 12:09:14 PM5/14/08
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We've been watching the newly released complete "Get Smart" series,
and I've noticed that there are several awfully familiar artist
renderings of project Mercury on the wall in the R&D. (One is a
cutaway orbital picture showing the capsule interior, and another is a
re-entry shot. I haven't gotten a good view of the third.)

Joseph Nebus

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May 14, 2008, 1:23:04 PM5/14/08
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Janitor_of_Lunacy <janitor_...@msn.com> writes:

Oh, yes, there's a lot of early-space-race stuff in the
background images. It was almost the way to quickly establish a place
as a research lab back then.

There's also an episode where Chief, Max, and 99 go to the Moon
for a conference and grumble about how they're going to lose this great
secret meeting place soon.

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eyeball

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May 14, 2008, 3:18:18 PM5/14/08
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On May 14, 12:23 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:

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> There's also an episode where Chief, Max, and 99 go to the Moon
> for a conference and grumble about how they're going to lose this great
> secret meeting place soon.
>
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> Joseph Nebus
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Which season was that? I thought I had seen every episode several
times over, but I don't remember that one...

Joseph Nebus

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May 16, 2008, 1:16:07 PM5/16/08
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eyeball <eyeball...@aol.com> writes:

>On May 14, 12:23 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:

>>
>> There's also an episode where Chief, Max, and 99 go to the Moon
>> for a conference and grumble about how they're going to lose this great
>> secret meeting place soon.

>Which season was that? I thought I had seen every episode several


>times over, but I don't remember that one...

I'm afraid I don't remember. From the context it's got to
have aired around 1968 or 1969, obviously, and I know that it's
come up before in discussions of fictional space missions, but I'm
not able to summon it from Google Groups.

Frustratingly, it wasn't actually relevant to the plot that
they were meeting on the Moon; it was just part of the teaser and so
could fit into near any episode.

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Pat Flannery

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May 17, 2008, 4:29:43 AM5/17/08
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Joseph Nebus wrote:
> I'm afraid I don't remember. From the context it's got to
> have aired around 1968 or 1969, obviously, and I know that it's
> come up before in discussions of fictional space missions, but I'm
> not able to summon it from Google Groups.
>
> Frustratingly, it wasn't actually relevant to the plot that
> they were meeting on the Moon; it was just part of the teaser and so
> could fit into near any episode.

Have you seen the "throwing the phone handset" scene from the new one?
The movie will probably suck, but that scene is a gem. :-D

Pat

Dale Carlson

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May 17, 2008, 4:43:23 AM5/17/08
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On Sat, 17 May 2008 03:29:43 -0500, Pat Flannery <fla...@daktel.com>
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Not a surprise, but I'm lost. Is there a Get Smart movie coming?

I've gotta re-read the book of Revelations. This must be in there
somewhere.

Dale

Pat Flannery

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May 17, 2008, 7:21:23 AM5/17/08
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Dale Carlson wrote:
>
> Not a surprise, but I'm lost. Is there a Get Smart movie coming?
>

Yes, there is: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/
Do you want me to give away the phone joke, or not?
It's really funny to see.
Anne Hathaway is no Barbara Feldon... I fell in love with Barbara Feldon
in "Get Smart" around the time I began to hit puberty.
Then I saw Ann-Margret...and Barbara Feldon was _toast_.
Barbara Feldon:
http://www.psicofxp.com/forums/images/contenidos/fems/fem2.jpg
Ann-Margret:
http://www.poster.net/ann-margret/ann-margret-photo-ann-margret-6234536.jpg
You've got to seriously lust after a woman who has 2/3rds of her height
made up by her legs. :-D

Pat

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