Agent 99
SCREEN MATCH!
Opposite page: Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) cheese sandwich concealed phone top right) from the Get Smart season 2 episode “Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho“; Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) ice cream cone concealed phone (middle right)) from the Get Smart season 3 episode “The Hot Line,“ and Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) orange acrylic powder compact concealed phone from the Get Smart season 1 episode “Our Man in Leotards.” This page: Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) bar of soap concealed phone (top left) from the Get Smart season 3 episode “Operation Ridiculous; and Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) shoe phone with removable sole and his Top Clearance photo ID from the 1980s reboot Get Smart…Again. Classic phones acquired from Ellis Mercantile rental house.
CURATOR’S NOTE: “Hollywood’s oldest prop rental houses El l is Mercantile was purchased by an equity firm solely interested in their real estate. They were eager to empty the buildings packed with props & set dressing accumulated over 50 years, and I advised on what pieces might thrill at a big auction. One particular fragile, yellowed file box gave me the tingle known to every collector (Must. Buy. Now!), and it contained prop phones & gadgets from the 1960s spy spoof Get Smart . These were as good as it gets; each handmade, one of a kind, and the first to come to market. With so many buying choices, I struggled to buy a few, and I still regret every one that I didn’t bring home. In the words of super spy Maxwell Smart, ‘Missed it by that much!’” - James Comisar
Maxwell Smart
Maxwell Smart
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