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Old 07-11-2018, 09:12 AM   #1923 (permalink)
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I saw Get Smart in reruns mostly too, but i do remember some of the later shows in its first run. I first saw Burns and Allen when it was on Cable in the Eighties. It was okay, but I like sixties shows better.
Gracie Allen was a comic genius. She was a real trailblazer for clueless people. I'm tempted to think the characters of Maxwell Smart and to some extent Agent 99 are somewhat based on Gracie Allen.

Every corporation has a jingle or slogan like e.g. McDonald's "ba da duh da da ... I'm loving it."
Soccer's should be "Soccer: Missed it by that much!"
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