# That's the SECOND-nicest boxed-set I've ever seen! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891 "2006-12-05T01:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/1 "2006-12-05T01:44:24Z")
My _Get Smart_ boxed set arrived today. I like the box. The end-flap has a Velcro button at the top that keeps it closed. It opens downward. Next is a telephone booth. Two doors open outwards in the usual way. Then there’s an iron door. Half opens upward, and half opens downward. Only then does one get to the five boxes of DVDs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/2 "2006-12-05T14:36:39Z")
Inquiring minds want to know. What was the first-nicest boxed set? ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/3 "2006-12-05T14:43:54Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] Inquiring minds want to know. What was the first-nicest boxed set? [/QUOTE] No! You fell into his trap! Get Smart is a great show, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/4 "2006-12-05T17:49:08Z")
I asked you not to tell me that! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/5 "2006-12-06T00:42:46Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] Inquiring minds want to know. What was the first-nicest boxed set? [/QUOTE] Would you believe the 1995 remake of _Get Smart_? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/6 "2006-12-06T02:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Would you believe the 1995 remake of _Get Smart_? [/QUOTE] I find that hard to believe. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/7 "2006-12-06T02:27:16Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I find that hard to believe. [/QUOTE] Missed it by _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/8 "2006-12-06T02:30:36Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Would you believe the 1995 remake of _Get Smart_? [/QUOTE] Missed it by _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/9 "2006-12-06T02:30:40Z")
Don’t tell me you missed the set-up! ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/10 "2006-12-06T08:06:23Z")
I didn’t even know they had released this. I guess it’s a ploy to get people excited about the movie? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/11 "2006-12-06T08:19:58Z")
I _totally_ have to add this to my x-mas list. I remember staying up late in elementary school to watch this on Nick at Night and loving it, even at that wee age. But I think to discuss matters further, we should use the cone of silence… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/12 "2006-12-06T13:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] I _totally_ have to add this to my x-mas list. [/QUOTE] It’s available from [Time-Life](http://www.timelife.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=9613). It’s a little strange watching the series. Don Adams is dead. Edward Platt is dead. Robert Karvelas (Larabee) is dead. King Moody (Shtarker) is dead. Oh-so-hot Agent 99 Barbara Feldon is almost 75 years old. Man, I love that Sunbeam Tiger. I heard that Don Adams still owned it as late as the 1990s. I wonder where it is now? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/13 "2006-12-06T16:52:37Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Man, I love that Sunbeam Tiger. [/QUOTE] Oh, so did I! I’m old enough to have watched this show weekly during it’s original run. It was on from 1965-70, which meant I was 14 when it made it’s debut. 14 and car crazy! I always thought it was very weird that Max went from a Sunbeam Tiger, to an Opel GT, to a Kharman Ghia over the course of the show. Each car progressively less cool! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/14 "2006-12-06T17:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] No! You fell into his trap! [/QUOTE] Second time he fell for it this month. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/15 "2006-12-06T17:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Don’t tell me you missed the set-up! [/QUOTE] I missed the set-up. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/16 "2006-12-06T17:41:00Z")
I asked you not to tell me that ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/17 "2006-12-06T17:58:39Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] Oh, so did I! I’m old enough to have watched this show weekly during it’s original run. It was on from 1965-70, which meant I was 14 when it made it’s debut. 14 and car crazy! I always thought it was very weird that Max went from a Sunbeam Tiger, to an Opel GT, to a Kharman Ghia over the course of the show. Each car progressively less cool! [/QUOTE] I don’t recall the Opel, but the show started being sponsored by VW and they demanded that MS drive their product. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/18 "2006-12-06T22:15:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] I don’t recall the Opel, but the show started being sponsored by VW and they demanded that MS drive their product. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GetSmart_CBS.JPG) is a screen cap of the title card showing the Opel. But I misremembered the order - according to the Wikipedia entry he went to the Kharmann-Ghia in '68, and the Opel GT in '69. Both cars together weren’t as cool as the Sunbeam Tiger! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/19 "2006-12-07T00:36:21Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] Inquiring minds want to know. What was the first-nicest boxed set? [/QUOTE] Zis is KAOS! Ve don’t “voosh” here! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891/20 "2006-12-07T01:33:24Z")
Please, **Dr. Rieux**. I’ll handle this. _ahem_ Zis is KAOS! Ve don’t ‘voosh’ here! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-second-nicest-boxed-set-ive-ever-seen/382891.md?page=2)