shoe phone
Footwear with dial
A shoe phone is a telephone concealed in a shoe, famously used by Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spy comedy *Get Smart*.
The device became an iconic symbol of absurd spy gadgetry, parodying James Bond-style technology.
References to shoe phones typically invoke Cold War espionage spoofs or comically impractical inventions: He answered his shoe phone in the middle of the restaurant.
- MaxwellScottish-origin given name
- Get SmartBecome more aware
- spyCovert information gatherer
- gadgetNovel small device
- cone of silenceImaginary secrecy barrier
secret agent · dial · receiver · sole · heel · comedy · Cold War · retro · absurd · covert · hidden · disguise · 1960s · television · invention · ring · loafer · antenna
- Get Smartcone of silence, 86, Siegfried, catchphrase, Mel Brooks
shoe phonewall phone
Fixed-position household telephone
landline · desk phone · megaphone · walkie-talkie · public telephone
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