Talk:Cone of Silence (Get Smart)

Cone of Silence Ordinances
http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/Procurement/docs/ConeofSilence.pdf

http://www.broward.org/whistleblower/silence_complaint_procedure.pdf

http://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=982301&file=false&yearFolder=Y1998

http://www.dadeschools.net/board/rules/Chapt8/8C-1.212.pdf

http://www.sbac.edu/~purchase/bidop.htm

Please look into the addition of information of legal ordinances, or actually creating a new page for governemt usage of "the Cone of Silence".

D&D
Wasn't Cone of Silence originally a Dungeons and Dragons spell of which all these other references are based from? Aarku 21:57, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Not sure what you mean -- Get Smart and Dune were mid-1960's, while Dungeons and Dragons was mid-1970's... Churchh 05:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I stand corrected, thanks. --Aarku 00:51, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Military Denial of Service
I heard that this was a non-kinetic method of denying communication, taking down a network or taking out electricity for a local?

A story by Arthur C. Clarke
There is a short (and quite funny) story by Arthur C. Clarke, "Silence Please", about a silence device, and seems to me it fits within the scope of this article. What do you think about this?

Cheeri-o N. Macchiavelli 19:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC) N. Machiavelli


 * One of the White Hart tales, right? It anticipated the idea of Noise-cancelling headphones, but claimed to apply noise-cancellation over a wide area, which I think is quite impossible.  And it wasn't really a "cone"... Churchh 04:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * What I have is another compilation of different authors traslated to spanish, but you're probably right. And if it really is a "cone" or not...haven't really checked. But you get the idea.

Cheeri-o N. Macchiavelli 19:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

radar technology?
The casual mention that the term originates from radar technology needs sourcing, since it contradicts an assertion earlier that the term is from Science Fiction Theater. Theinfo 13:58, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It's from a sonic flight navigation system as mentioned earlier in the article. As per the British film Cone of Silence from 1960 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054762/) Jooler 12:38, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Canadian Embassy
Should there be something on this page about the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC, which has an actual cone of silence (sort of; it's an ellipse which naturally modulates the sound)? It's frequently referred to as such although it has no connection to the "Get Smart" Cone of Silence.

Prop location?
Anybody know what happened to the Cone of Silence prop(s)? Curious. Could make a good museum piece. 71.222.109.94 19:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

The Angry Dome
In the episode of futurama "Kif gets knocked up a knotch" The professor gets mad at Amy and says "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the angry dome." which you can later see in the next scene. In the audio commentary for this episode, Matt Groening says that he wanted to be able to hear the professor through the dome saying "I though it would be like the Cone of Silence from Get Smart" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.54.25 (talk) 21:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Go The Cone!
The Cone of silence is a 30 foot yacht —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakebw (talk • contribs) 17:23, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

band
I'm fairly sure there was a musical group called Cone of Silence in the late 80s or early 90s. They played in Los Angeles at least once but I don't know whether they were an LA band. Has anyone heard of them? This is a very difficult thing to Google because of all the irrelevant hits. --Trovatore (talk) 08:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC) This was an Anaheim based band - Cone of Silence - David Carey, Harry Gier, Brian Henry (Bischoff) and Shannon Anthony - one EP release on Mystic Records (Hollywood CA.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.226.33.119 (talk) 14:22, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, I was trying

"cone of silence" "rock band"
 * Turns out the search

"cone of silence" band
 * turns up at least two bands, one in Germany and one in Alberta. I don't know if either was the one that played LA. --Trovatore (talk) 08:41, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

There was definitely a Los Angeles-based band named Cone of Silence. A friend of mine, Mark Sellin, was a member. As you note, it's hard to do a Google search on that term... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.72.141 (talk) 03:22, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Dune
Frank Herbert's Dune (serialized starting in 1963 and published on its own in 1965) features a cone of silence. Any suggestions on how this might be incorporated? &mdash; TAnthonyTalk 18:15, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Cohen of Silence
The device is actually the Cohen of Silence, it having been invented by a Dr Cohen. I'm afraid I don't remember which episode this is revealed in. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 22:09, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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Great, but...
I do indeed remember the Cone of Silence. And you've done an impressive job, fellow WP eds, assembling every conceivable bit of detail and conjecture about it. That said–when I see people go to this kind of trouble documenting something like an occasionally recurring gag in a '60s sitcom, I can't help wondering: Might it be a good idea for us to try to, you know, get out a bit more? :?)  –  AndyFielding (talk) 01:26, 4 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Not "every conceivable bit". In 2015 I mentioned that it was invented the Dr Cohen, and is actually the cohen of silence. (This is a typical Mel Brooks joke.) Unfortunately, I don't remember which episode, and have found no Web references to it. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 13:40, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

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