When teenagers are turning into zombies, Max and 99 go after their idol the Groovy Guru.When teenagers are turning into zombies, Max and 99 go after their idol the Groovy Guru.When teenagers are turning into zombies, Max and 99 go after their idol the Groovy Guru.
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- TriviaModern Time Machines, a Los Angeles-based alternative rock band, recreated a sequence from Get Smart's "The Groovy Guru", along with a hand-drawn cel animated version of the Get Smart opening theme, in the band's music video for their song "Freefall" in 2018.
- GoofsWhen the bomb squad drops Max down the chute, the purse falls off in the Chief's office yet the bomb "explodes in the chute".
- Quotes
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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (1997)
- SoundtracksKill Kill Kill
Composed by Jerry Scheff, Mike Deasy, Jimmy Gordon & Larry Knechtel
Performed by The Sacred Cows
Featured review
Groovy Dilemma
This episode is another honorable mention, the episode obviously parodies on some of the hippie culture and music. What really makes this episode is the villain himself Groovy Guru played well by Larry Storch whom was from "F Troop" which is cool since that another favorite comedy of mine and even the animated series "Tennessee Tuxedo", like that show too; it's fitting since both Don and Larry were friends in reality.
Anyway, the Groovy Guru is one of my favorite "Kaos" villains, he's got some of the best lines. But I just really like Larry's performance, it's surprising he never was a radio DJ host because he really sounds like he could have been. I really like how he can sound cool and likeable but at the same time there is an underlying threatening mannerism to him.
There is some good comedy as usual from Max taking a lie pill which was funny as each thing, he says contradicts what he really wanted to say. And of course, we see the Guru gets both Max and 99 in a trap worthy of "Batman 66" as the Guru is trying to put both under his power from his nefarious funky tunes. It's fun and funny seeing both Max and 99 dancing along with that music, which is catchy and memorable.
This episode is a groovy tune.
Rating: 3 and a half stars
Anyway, the Groovy Guru is one of my favorite "Kaos" villains, he's got some of the best lines. But I just really like Larry's performance, it's surprising he never was a radio DJ host because he really sounds like he could have been. I really like how he can sound cool and likeable but at the same time there is an underlying threatening mannerism to him.
There is some good comedy as usual from Max taking a lie pill which was funny as each thing, he says contradicts what he really wanted to say. And of course, we see the Guru gets both Max and 99 in a trap worthy of "Batman 66" as the Guru is trying to put both under his power from his nefarious funky tunes. It's fun and funny seeing both Max and 99 dancing along with that music, which is catchy and memorable.
This episode is a groovy tune.
Rating: 3 and a half stars
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- hellraiser7
- Feb 8, 2020
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