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The shoe phone, made popular by Maxwell Smart of Get Smart or the Sport’s Illustrated promotion, is back and being sold for the ultra-low price of $49.

Hey Max, your shoe is ringing. L.A. Times Archives. June 9, 2005 12 AM PT . ... It especially caught my eye because my brother Danny owns Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone!

Move over Maxwell Smart, an Australian computer scientist has developed a real-life version of a shoe phone complete with step-by-step instructions online according to the Sydney Morning Herald.