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DinahMoeHum

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21. In real life, too.(Don Adams)

Reply to lame54 (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 02:03 PM

Mar 25

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010915/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

He joined the U.S. Marines in the early days of World War II. He saw combat in the invasion of Guadalcanal and was the only survivor of his platoon. He contracted blackwater fever and nearly died, remaining hospitalized for more than a year. After his recovery he served as a drill instructor.

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Tim Walz is the best - one sentence says it all. [View all] Nanjeanne Mar 25 OP

Screenshots, please! Heavens, they're tasty, and expeditious!" usonian Mar 25 #1

Ah, yes wryter2000 Mar 26 #45

You have to be a certain age to remember Emile Mar 25 #2

Really connecting with the Under-40s there Prairie Gates Mar 25 #3

i got get smart on my locel tv in the 90's i think. pansypoo53219 Mar 25 #5

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Swifties are inane but Maxwell Smart is high culture Prairie Gates Mar 25 #8

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Do you really think anyone from from Gen Y or Gen Z would know who Maxwell Smart is? ShazzieB Mar 25 #11

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Hey Siegfried William769 Mar 25 #16

And he's not going to be delivering a pizza! ShazzieB Mar 25 #17

LOL William769 Mar 25 #18

the clip is hilarious regardless of if you remember the show Skittles Mar 26 #41

There was a get smart movie in 2008 MacKasey Mar 26 #44

Educators and coaches understand malaise Mar 25 #31

Hey it was funny. No balloon bursting. yorkster Mar 25 #33

They know how to use Google...... lastlib Mar 25 #38

Steve Carrell was maxwell smart in a newer version proud patriot Mar 26 #40

Maxwell Smart was a patriot... lame54 Mar 25 #4

In real life, too.(Don Adams) DinahMoeHum Mar 25 #21

Did not know that.... reACTIONary Mar 25 #26

Kick.Walz is one of our best. bronxiteforever Mar 25 #6

Inspector Clouseau to head of FBI bmichaelh Mar 25 #10

Yes! An evil Inspector Clouseau Dancingdem Mar 25 #24

Could I hold out for Joe Friday? lastlib Mar 25 #39

I was crazy over agent 99. Emile Mar 25 #12

Why do you suppose there is a "99" in my user name? murielm99 Mar 25 #25

What? 92??! Ishoutandscream2 Mar 25 #32

She poisoned King Kali999 Mar 25 #37

I believe you're thinking of Diana Rigg ChazInAz Mar 26 #43

Kick dalton99a Mar 25 #14

You don't have to be old to get the joke indigovalley Mar 25 #15

I don't care if the under-40s don't get the reference. MIButterfly Mar 25 #19

Excellet point, "dude!" LOL 3825-87867 Mar 25 #22

LOL! MIButterfly Mar 25 #23

And maybe they could freaking look it up, yorkster Mar 25 #34

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American political and cultural history should not go only two years back. usonian Mar 25 #20

I laughed because it would be an improvement. And Agent 99 was the smartest of them all. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 25 #27

Don Adams bio is quite out of the ordinary bucolic_frolic Mar 25 #28

Cone of silence Mpo4261 Mar 25 #29

Just when i didn't think i could love him more... maspaha Mar 25 #30

Maxwell Smart... ellise Mar 25 #36

What a travesty, that this good man was denied an election victory. (nt) Paladin Mar 26 #42