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WSJ Gets Smart

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....

Wait... can anybody hear me????

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