In one of the most
important columns of the year thus far, the Wall Street Journal allows
film critic Kyle Smith to
pay homage to Maxwell Smart. I applaud Smith heartily. Much to
my wife's puzzlement, I have always insisted that "Get Smart" was
one of the greatest shows in TV history. Now I have
validation!
Okay, would you believe one of the most
important comedies ofthe 1960s? No? Would you
believe it had an episode one time that made somebody
laugh?
Okay, okay, that's the second worst
approximation of a Smart routine anybody has ever tried.
Sorry about that, chief. I just got carried
away with the old dumb joke in the blog
trick.
All of which by now means that this blog post is getting
reall, really, silly, and it's time to muzzle it with a
cone of silen....