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In the very first scene of the first episode of the 1965 sitcom Get Smart!, viewers were introduced to secret agent Maxwell Smart's 'covert' shoe telephone, which would go on to become one...
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The Shoe Phone looks like an average dress shoe, but when Smart takes off the shoe's sole, a working telephone can be found inside. To make it fit into a shoe casing, the phone's mouthpiece is folded into the phone base.
Maxwell Smart uses it to send and receive calls to CONTROL headquarters. Apparently, Max has a special direct line to the Chief's office available on his shoe phone.
At one point Max has a flashing vest button installed to indicate incoming calls because, he says, it attracts less attention than the ringing of the shoe. Pressing the second button places the call on hold [Episode #58: "A Man Called Smart, Part 1"]. Later, the hold button is on the shoe's heel [Episode #88: "Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron"]. In 1...
On assignment at the Pomona National Golf Club Max and the Chief communicated using Golf-Shoe Phones, although the cleats proved uncomfortable on the face and the Chief's shoe had to be plugged in before he could answer [Episode # 104: "I Shot 86 Today"]. CIA agent Quigley uses a Snow-Shoe Phone to report in from the Arctic [Episode #125: "Ice Stat...
Step 1: Buy Yourself a Nice Pair of Shoes. The most important characteristic for the shoes is that they have an old style wooden heel, or at least one that is removable, since that is an option too. It is also helpful if the sole is reasonably robust. Step 2: Get a Suitable Mobile Phone and Bluetooth Headset.
- 1. The most important characteristic for the shoes is that they have an old style wooden heel, or at least one that is removable, since that is an...
- 2. Now, this shoe phone works by having a bluetooth headset in one shoe, and a mobile phone in the other. The reason for this is that when you see...
- 3. This is the relatively complicated bit.Remove the existing heels, and replace them will hollow compartments, that use studs to help the lits loc...
- 4. Once you have made the hollow heels, you have actually done the hard part.All that is left to do is to assemble it, by putting the phone in one...
Maxwell Smart: [Max shoe phone started ringing while he was delivering a suitcase to some KAOS men] I guess it was a wrong number. KAOS Agent #2: But we told ya, we don't have a phone. Maxwell Smart: Well you'd better get one. As long as you've got the ringing, you might as well have a phone, right?
The most famous Get Smart gadget is undoubtedly the shoe phone. Agent 86 was regularly seen taking his shoe off to have a conversation. The Shoe Phone was not alone - Get Smart featured phones in all sorts of clothing: Spectacles, necktie, handkerchief, belt and even a garter.
A list of all weapons, guns, phones and other devices used by CONTROL and KAOS in all seasons of Get Smart.
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Dec 29, 2011 · Get Smart Shoe Phone. Hilarious for its time - when it was impossible to hear a phone in a concert hall or restaurant. There was a time when not every household had a phone - let alone...
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