Laffers playing the dating game.(Get Smart and The Love Guru) From: Daily Variety | Date: June 12, 2008| Author: McClintock, Pamela | COPYRIGHT 2008 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Will the guru get smart? Or will the smart guy outdo the guru?

In a dramatic example of what happens when there are too many pictures and not enough dates, summer comedies "Get Smart" and "The Love Guru" will open against each other on June 20.

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Warners grabbed the date first for "Get Smart." The bigscreen adaptation of the classic spoof TV series toplines Steve Carell Dwayne Johnson.

Paramount and Mike Myers, who ...