Greetings

Hello and welcome to Rabbit Ears, a new blog about old television.

At this blog, I'll talk about classic TV shows and include what's being released on DVD, take a look at some shows either on DVD or online, and publish various news items and tidbits that focus on the shows themselves.

Classic television can be as old as the 1940s and as recent as the end of "The West Wing" in 2006. The blog will talk mostly about scripted shows (generally produced by ABC, NBC and CBS), and there could be some mention of classic news/public affairs and sports programs. There will be no so-called "reality" shows (or what I refer to as "lab rat" television) on this blog.

Feel free to comment, but keep it clean.

Now....on with the shows!

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Get Smart Season 1 on DVD

This week, would you believe....Season 1 of the comedy spy series "Get Smart" has been released, at very good prices. The show poked fun at James Bond and company during the mid-1960s and may have set cellphone creators in motion with the phone in Maxwell Smart's shoe. Smart, of course, was Control Agent 86, played so memorably by Don Adams. He teamed up with Agent 99, played by Barbara Feldon. Their harassed (mainly by Max) chief was played by Edward Platt. Sorry about that, Chief.
Who can forget the visual gags, including Agent 13's many different disguises, the Cone of Silence (which I always think of when the expression is used in government) and, of course, the memorable opening and closing of the series, created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry.
Here's a link to a website with show details:

http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/

By the way....you might have gone into stores and already seen a "Get Smart" DVD before this week; that's not from the original series. It's from a 1990s re-do that starred Adams and Feldon.
Sorry about that, Chief.

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Catch the Classics at Hulu.com

Hulu.com, a site created by NBC/Universal, has tons and tons of classic television series produced by a number of companies available for viewing online:

http://www.hulu.com/browse/alphabetical/tv

What a feast.

See you next week. Until then, happy viewing!