When I was a boy, Get Smart was one of my favorite TV shows. If you were a little kid, Don Adams as the bumbling agent 86 was one of the best things ever to show up on television.
And the show was only getting better when it was cancelled after its fifth season. Although he looked far younger, Adams had actually just turned 47 when those last episodes aired.
If the cast and crew had thrown him a birthday celebration back then, what would have been written on the cake? Possibly the number 86 followed by the age of the birthday boy.
But what would happen if you came across an image of that cake today and posted it online?
Would you believe .. you could get arrested for high treason? Yes, you guessed it: The old “hiding a violent message on a cake 56 years ago” trick.
Even so, I think a lot of people today, if they were to find that birthday cake photo online, would definitely be reposting it. And loving it.
Sorry about that Chief.