A moment in the cone of silence, please...

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A moment in the cone of silence, please...

Post by robotland » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:31 am

In memory of Don Adams, who played secret agent Maxwell Smart in the series "Get Smart", as well as distinguishing himself as a vocal artist for the Rocky and Bullwinkle show where he provided the voice of penguin do-gooder Tennessee Tuxedo.
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Post by joel the ornery » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:05 am

another part of my youth gone.

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Post by robotland » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:09 am

"That'll never happen again, Chief!"

"That's the SECOND biggest rocket I've ever seen!"

And while she was no Emma Peel, Agent 99 WAS pretty cute.
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Post by sputnik » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:10 am

...he shall live on in youthful splendor as long as someone has a copy of the show running. I suspect he's got another 50 years left in him. Maybe even a hundred. But after that, will anyone really care anymore?

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Post by joel the ornery » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:23 am


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Post by robotland » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:12 am

sputnik wrote:...he shall live on in youthful splendor as long as someone has a copy of the show running. I suspect he's got another 50 years left in him. Maybe even a hundred. But after that, will anyone really care anymore?
A whole generation has grown up since the Red Menace faded to a pale pink....His spywork may be a Cold War relic already, but Tennesse Tuxedo will go down the ages. Shit, I might not have fifty years left in ME.

(*Robotland rushes off to create an immortal body of work*)
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Post by Cabanasprings » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:08 am

So I guess that means that Larabee is now finally an agent.

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