Missed it by that much.  Actually, the new version of "Get
Smart" misses by a fair-size margin. It's too bad. It's just
trying to give us a good time at the retroplex. Even if you're
14 and you've never heard Irving Szathmary's classic deedley-
deedley-deedley-deedley theme before, it's enough to make you
smile. This is all any of these TV-to-screen comedies are after:
a few laughs. Who knows? "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell in
the role originated by Don Adams (though initially offered to
Tom Poston!), may well turn into a summer hit of the "well, it's
good enough" variety.  But if it does--if director Peter Segal's
dutiful, heavy-spirited comedy clicks with fans of the old TV
series as well as with those too young to give a rip about the
original--it'll be a case of the right cast winning out over the
wrong material, material that is immaterial regarding what made
the show so popular in its spy-infested, James Bonded, "Man From
U.N.C.L.E." era.  Segal is going for his own style and tone,
different from the