How many of you enjoyed watching the “Get Smart” television series ... with a cellphone), my next favorite gadget is the Cone of Silence. Max insists on using the device during his ...

While preparing the big-screen update of ‘Get Smart,’ director Peter Segal ... According to a friend who once worked in the CIA, the Cone of Silence, the original series’ bit of poorly ...

The problem is that The Cone of Silence is as unworkable as it was on the Mel Brooks comedy Get Smart. The TV show, which ran from 1965-70, was a parody of the popular spy movies of the time.