I had to modify my copy of the Control entrance,,, no more phone booth,,, my knees couldn't take it.

Speaking of Scared Cows,,, no one was it it, sorry no Jorma.

But the Groovy Guru was Agarn from F-Troop.

Speaking of F-Troop,, they had a band on once "the Bed Bugs" (real name The Factory), that band had Lowell George in it!

My speciality is stuff duck.

What do you stuff it with?

Another duck, that's why I need so many.

-Agarn

Buck Henry, born (Buck) Henry Zuckerman, won an Emmy for outstanding writing for that comedy series. Way ahead of the pack in that era of TV indeed Jim. I'd forgotten his co-creator was none other than Mel Brooks! Buck's movie writing credits are also top tier and include an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay for The Graduate. And another shared Oscar nomination for best director with Warren Beatty for Heaven Can Wait. He was way more than the guy doing hilariously creepy weird character skits and recurring characters on SNL (10 appearances) including the straight man to Belushi's samurai where John once cut him on the forehead with the blade. His wiki is an interesting read to say the least.
Cheers

Yes to Buck Henry, one of the better Saturday Night Live hosts a half decade later.

I guess I had this image that Dennis' music room should be some clandestine secret and it reminded me of the cold war spoof that once was. Clearly Chaos want's his box set and at least a small piece of his vinyl collection.

How does this relate to the Grateful Dead?

The opening lines of that episode show two agents exchanging secret code language to ensure they are who they say they are and have not been infiltrated by traitors. When I first heard this there was no rewind, but it aired years later and I had to do a double take and rewind. It first aired in January 1968.
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Wanda : [sign] The Grateful Dead are alive and living in Beverly Hills.

Maxwell Smart : [countersign] Simon and Garfunkel fell off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Agent 86.

Wanda : I'm hip. Courier 12.

Maxwell Smart : Did you get the information on the Groovy Guru?

Wanda : Enough here for the fuzz to peel and freeze.

Maxwell Smart : Huh?

Wanda : Square city. You know, enough to put him away for life.

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At the time the Grateful Dead were alive and well but living in Olompali, not Beverly Hills. Still.. for January 68 I'd say they hit the mark for a rinky dink sit com. This was two weeks before what is perhaps my favorite show, February 14th, 1968. Pretty cool for a B+ sitcom of the day. Beats the crap out of Rosanne or Dancing with the Stars.

Is that the one when he’s wearing his awesome tie-dye suit?

Had to look that up Jim as I was not a huge fan of Get Smart and I'm sure I never saw that episode. Great set with mood lighting including neon signs spelling things like Kaos, Obey, and Kill. Uncredited musicians are Ben Benay, Jerry Scheff, and John Greek. Larry Storch as The Groovy Guru trying to take over the world as all of Maxwell and 99's opponents do. Wasn't Buck Henry one of the writers? The song was... interesting?
Oddly there is a current local band somewhere with that moniker. I saw clips of them on face book. They claim to be a bunch of dads trying to be rock stars. But how can they top that 60s hit song Kill, Kill, Kill?
Cheers
Hmm... Max and 99 save the day by taking some sort of pill. Was that still legal then?

Thanks to all for the very kind words. Such heart warming thoughts from a very special bunch of freaks.

I might have seen the same photo.. I cannot recall the specifics.

I do have it on good authority that the security system and series of doors one must pass to get into the secret lair with the vinyl and box sets was modeled after the secret system used to gain access to Control headquarters as seen in the opening credits of Get Smart.

Coincidentally, Dennis was last seen driving a red 1965 sunbeam tiger mark 1 convertible and his wife answers to 99.

But does he have any records from the Sacred Cows?

(sorry to the 95% that probably don't get these references.. but for those that do, the Sacred Cows rock. I swear it's Jorma on guitar)

yes the stereo works.

Preamp needed all new capacitors, and it got new tubes.

Got a new cd player, old one had "issues".

New one (Yamaha CD-S303 Single CD Player) was 400, nice thing it plays from usb memory sticks.

Downside to usb mem stick playing is the unit doesn't really have a good navigation system.

Upside I can line up a playlist and just let it play.

I'm doing a decent size puzzle in the room right now so "optimal" listening is hard with an 8x5 with a puzzle on it in the middle of your sound stage, but still sounds great.

This further allowed me to compare mp3 recording to cd recording, 320 level mp3 and store bought cd.

I'll be honest at this point,, you'd be hard pressed to hear the difference. Certainly you can't hear any while hanging with people doing the puzzle.

Turntable is next thing to get going,,, need to get puzzle done so I can get the room!

... a bum like me doesn't meet a dame with dough.

You have to meet THEM when their young and poor and recognize potential!

With that fancy smancy shelving he still has lots of room too!
But only a picture mind you, and I’ve just blown my Non disclosure he made me sign, Ooopps, I better mind erase asap as the enemy will thus arrive soon and want to “persuade” me to give them intel I don’t have, good god, the horror!

But…?
Does the stereo work yet?