https://www.looper.com/2028470/get-smart-movie-so-bad-series-revival-removed-from-canon/

The 1980 comedy movie "The Nude Bomb" was based on the hit spy spoof TV series "Get Smart," but it was so bad that the next film ignored it entirely.

I remember watching Nude Bomb for the first time and wondering WTF...

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Get Smart wisely ignored the Nude Bomb

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"Get Smart" got its start in the 1960s as a comedic send-up of the "James Bond" franchise. Starring Don Adams and co-created by "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles" director Mel Brooks, the series was a wickedly funny homage to the spy genre decades before "Austin Powers." In the late '80s, it was rebooted for the small screen and received a big-budget movie remake starring Stephen Colbert, Anne Hathaway, and Dwayne Johnson in 2008. But it wasn't the first time the series hit theaters. However, its first theatrical effort was so bad and nonsensical that the franchise has tried to pretend it never happened.

Titled "The Nude Bomb," the first "Get Smart" movie was so bad (https://www.looper.com/2028470/get-smart-movie-so-bad-series-revival-removed-from-canon/) that the made-for-TV sequel, "Get Smart, Again!" completely ignored its existence. The series' original creators weren't involved, co-star Barbara Feldon was never approached to begin with, and the plot involves an explosive that literally turns people naked. It's deeply unfunny, totally misguided, and barely works on any level. Its only ironic saving grace, is that the movie never uses the "Get Smart" name in the title, making it easier to act like it never existed.