Cone Of Silence

I am curious was their ever an episode of get smart where they actually get the cone of silence to work or function properly????? The cone of silence was a security measure used whenever very important high level things were to be discussed; a plastic chamber that would cover and the chief and max up so no one could hear them problem was they could never hear each other.



Here is a link:

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What?

The portable Cone of Silence made an appearance in "Hubert's Unfinished Symphony". It was basically a piece of plexiglass with a bubble on each end which fit over the heads of the users and a tube connecting the two. Max managed to get his end off after using it, but the Chief's head was stuck. They ended up having to break the cone to get the Chief out.

Ah, but it kept you guessing as to whether or not it would work (only twice), and, if it didn't, what would go wrong with it. There've been times it's completely kept anyone from hearing, times the only ones who could communicate were outside the Cone, even one time it busted the Chief's desk and trapped him and Max beneath it.

Sure, it was just a gag prop, but the idea behind it has been seen in other versions of Get Smart. In Get Smart Again, it was Hover Cover, when they tried talking over three helicoptors over them, as well as the Hall of Hush, where, instead of communicating effectively, they had to eat their words to get out. In the revised version, the Cone was effectively terminated, but Zach and 66, as well as Max, had a very tough time in their communication booths because they kept getting interference from outside sources.

A completely updated version came out in the recent movie, where, as expected, they weren't able to effectively communicate (everyone beneath their own private "cones"), except Max when he wanted to celebrate in private his promotion and ended up not fully activating it.

As per why the COS was there, as well as all the other covert communication disasters, think about this. If James Bond wants to communicate covertly, the device works perfectly ever time, but, in reality, how often does technology really work right? As with the rest of the series, the Cone was poking some good-natured fun at the always-accessible, always-ready means others in the Spy Genre had to communicate.

As per the rest...What was that?

Yeah, but it's really funny.

The phrase and the idea were used seriously in Frank Herbert's "Dune", which was first published in 1965. I don't know which one was first.

another "one joke" prop (well, invisible prop) they used a few times was the invisible wall installed at Max's apartment..... whenever he activated it, he always seemed to be on the wrong side of it.... :-)

I have been watching the dvd's of the show "Science Fiction Theatre" and just watched the episode "Barrier of Silence". a scientist uses a special room with a device called, you guessed it, the cone of silence!!! In this case the COS is a platform suspended from the ceiling with some equipment at the top. The scientist uses it to help un-brainwash another scientist who had been abducted.