# Simpsons couch gag 11/17/02? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297 "2002-11-18T12:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/1 "2002-11-18T12:43:04Z")
I didn’t get to see the couch gag last night because Mr. Rilch wouldn’t switch away from football soon enough. So what was it? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/2 "2002-11-18T13:02:13Z")
Homer did the opening of Get Smart. When he entered the phone booth and the floor dropped out, he landed on the couch next to the rest of the family. I thought maybe Mel Brooks or Buck Henry may have had something to do with the show last night, but I didn’t see their names in the credits. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/3 "2002-11-18T14:29:37Z")
Q. I seem to remember Get Smart originally airing on Sunday nights. Is this right and if so, what time slot? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/4 "2002-11-18T21:56:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ftg \* > \*\*Q. I seem to remember Get Smart originally airing on Sunday nights. Is this right and if so, what time slot? \*\* _Get Smart_ never aired on Sundays. It aired Saturday at 8:30 on NBC, then moved to Saturday at 8, then Friday at 7:30 on CBS. However, the short lived new _Get Smart_, which starred Agent 99 and his son played by Andy Dick, did air Sundays at 7:30 on Fox, thereby making it the lead-in to…_The Simpsons_. ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/5 "2002-11-19T00:16:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > **However, the short lived new _Get Smart_, which starred Agent 99 and his son played by Andy Dick…** Just a minor correction: Max Smart was Agent 86. 99, Max’s wife (in the end) was Agent 99. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/6 "2002-11-19T01:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*Homer did the opening of Get Smart. When he entered the phone booth and the floor dropped out, he landed on the couch next to the rest of the family. > \*\* OhhhhhhhhOOOOOOOOOO! :::clenches fists::: I would have **loved** to see that! Gosh-darn Mr. Rilch, wanting to see a slo-mo replay for the third time! Thanks, though! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/7 "2002-11-19T04:28:58Z")
> [@](#): > > OhhhhhhhhOOOOOOOOOO! :::clenches fists::: I would have loved to see that! Gosh-darn Mr. Rilch, wanting to see a slo-mo replay for the third time! Leave him. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/8 "2002-11-19T05:48:50Z")
Like there are so many men who **don’t** value football that much? If he switched over **at all** , that’s pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/9 "2002-11-19T12:13:49Z")
Football’s great and all, but no sane man values football more than Simpsons couch gags. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-couch-gag-11-17-02/137297/10 "2002-11-19T12:46:02Z")
He’s one of those who thinks the Simpsons have jumped.