Saturday, July 19, 2008

Psychedelic Get Smart



While I didn't find the summer movie Get Smart very funny some people did. They're wrong of course. The Love Guru had bigger yucks and that was hardly a laugh riot. But if only the movie Get Smart had captured the satirical essence of the original 60s spy spoof, which took pot shots at the then psychedelic culture by joining the craze.
In the above video we see an episode of Get Smart where mad pharmacist for KAOS Vincent Price has invented a drug that makes Washington D. C.. hallucinate. The Chief is in a black dress playing pool with George Washington and Max (Don Adams) and Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) are experiencing what could only be politely described as a heavy acid trip. Max is dressed as an Inuit Indian complete with parka and snowshoes and painted face, He's holding a baby that turns out to be a stuffed baby alligator. When he crawls into bed with Agent 99 (they're married by this time) she's painted half white, half black. The Chief tells Max all of Washington was hallucinating. Evidently the Pentagon hired the Jefferson Airplane to be the Joint Chiefs of Staff. When Max asked what was wrong with that the Chief replies: "They showed up for work this morning."
If that didn't blow your fragile mind consider this other Get Smart episode (video below) where a hippy dippy Larry Storch (an unsung 60s comic actor) uses a rock group called the Sacred Cows to brainwash its listeners. Believe me, the new Get Smart does not get it, nor is it very smart. In this sequence notice the "Obey" neon sign - a catchphrase that was also recently used by Shepard Faire (Obey Giant) on his way to graphic designer fame

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