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» Wednesday, March 16, 2005

DVD Transfer Diary

I finished up Get Smart this afternoon:

"Moonlighting Becomes You" -- with Victor Buono--the other definitive Wild Wild West villain, Count Manzeppi--as Hannibal Day, the egotistical radio star. Where on earth did they come up with this story? I don't know of anyone doing radio shows in 1969.

"And Baby Makes Four" -- the twins are born; meanwhile the guest stars are Dana Elcar (long before he became McGyver's boss) and Jack Gilford as Simon the Likeable, the KAOS agent so nice no one can oppose him (except 99's mom, who finally belts him one).
and finally

"House of Max" -- in which a French doctor in London has invented a serum that will temporarily bring waxwork figures in his Chamber of Horrors to life. Features the ever bizarre Marcel Hillaire as Duval and the always stalwart Hedley Mattingly (from Daktari) as Inspector Sparrow.

Speaking of guest stars, both Martin Landau and Phyllis Diller have cameos in "Pheasant Under Glass."

So, all those of you who go back far enough to remember watching Get Smart in its original network run, do you also remember the all-comedy star Bob Hope-hosted specials NBC used to have in the late 1960s? This would generally be some type of 60- or 90-minute story with comedians like Hope, Jack Benny, etc. and NBC's comedy stars in them. The first, and the best, of these was called Murder at NBC and featured Don Adams playing Maxwell Smart. Don Rickles was also in it. Don't remember much else of the plot, but do recall it was pretty funny. Now there's something I'd like to see on DVD, if it still exists. It was done on videotape, as I remember, and possibly has been wiped out.