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Anachronistic local network channel 19 is just about the only place I can watch Get Smart anymore, as I've long since learned my lesson about retro experiences, that they're best had in small doses and with equally small investments. There are some great laughs, however, and while the pacing often leaves me scratching my head, I think I've finally opened my eyes (both of them) to Barbara Feldon.
I had high hopes for this show (like an Office spin-off), but BoingBoing's been wrong before. Alas, apart from T-shirt references and the DVD menus, the characters are only superficial stereotypes cut-&-paste into situation comedy templates. Seems I could imagine far more interesting scenarios back in my own IT department, but maybe those wouldn't have progressed much beyond the "have you tried turning it on and off" line, either.
Was the summer of '92 when I was introduced to her and Japanese idol culture, which like all the finest institutions in the world, has to throw out its trash eventually. And I'm sure by now you've heard (the mostly anecdotal accounts) how the streets of that crowded island nation are lined with perfectly good electronic appliances cast out to make room for upgrades. Our threshold for titillation may have come a long way since, but there were certainly times between dumps—and I have to admit, often long before them—when I fantasized about her current situation (the weekly covers are gone, so I have to read the articles) and coming to the rescue.
[This entry re-edited when the better-cut clip became available.]
