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Chief Maxwell Smart (7 episodes, 1995) Andy Dick ... Zach Smart (7 episodes, 1995) Elaine Hendrix ... Agent 66 (7 episodes, 1995) Heather Morgan ... Trudy (5 episodes, 1995) Barbara Feldon ... 99 (5 episodes, 1995) Marcia Mitzman Gaven ... the Kaos Chairwoman (4 episodes, 1995) Full cast and crew » Edit Storyline Add Full Plot | Add Synopsis Plot Keywords: Spoof | Secret Agent | Spy | Short Lived | Spy Spoof | See more » Taglines: Don Adams and Barbara Feldon are together again... in all-new episodes of the comedy series that made television history! See more » Genres: Comedy | Crime | Mystery Parents Guide: Add content advisory for parents » Edit Details Country: USA Language: English Company Credits Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro » MOVIEmeter: Up 10% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro Edit Fun Facts Trivia When this series aired on Fox, it was only the second time a live-action TV franchise had aired on four different mainstream TV networks (the first was Tom Corbett, Space Cadet). The original series seasons 1-4 aired on NBC, season 5 aired on CBS, the 1989 reunion movie Get Smart, Again! aired on ABC, and this new series, as previously mentioned, aired on Fox. Since then, no other live-action television franchise has accomplished this feat. See more » Connections Featured in "Showbiz Today: Episode dated 9 January 1995" (1995) See more » Quick Links: ad feedback Share this page: Related News Movies To Face Tough Competition From Sports 28 June 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News Actor Don Adams Dies at 82 26 September 2005 | IMDb News See all 2 related articles » Frequently Asked Questions This FAQ is empty. Add the first question. User Reviews 16 March 2000 | by susannah-5 (Los Angeles, CA) – See all my reviews It's too bad this series was cancelled so quickly, because by the last episode or so, it really became Get Smart. This last episode featured Bernie Kopell reprising his role as KAOS agent Siegfried; Siegfried and his daughter are holding Max and 99's son, Zach, hostage. Zach and Siegfried's daughter both bemoan their weird childhoods as the children of spies; Zach says his parents lied and said they worked for a greeting card company. Siegfried's daughter replies, "He told us he was the doctor on a cruise ship!" (In case anyone doesn't know, Kopell played the ship's doctor for years on The Love Boat.) Whenever Don Adams and Barbara Feldon were on screen, though, the newer characters were blown away. In another episode, Max and 99 are at an embassy party and go out for a romantic stroll on the terrace. Too bad we didn't stay with them, and were stuck with the younger (less funny, less appealing) characters at the party. It's like the producers and writers were feeling their way, and were almost there. 18 of 21 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Review this title | See all 12 user reviews » Recommendations The Pink Panther (2006) Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) Austin Powers in Goldständer (2002) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) Get Smart (1965) See more recommendations » Message Boards Recent Posts (updated daily) Would you believe... Max as Chief? d_henderson1810 Where can I get it? SCDeville A star is born! d_henderson1810 Get the DVD! Ultimate007 Discuss Get Smart (1995) on the IMDb message boards » Getting Started | Contributor Zone » Contribute to This Page Edit page Add episode Write review Create a character page for: Create » ? 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External links Official website Get Smart is a short-lived American comedy television series that aired in 1995 on FOX. The series only lasted several episodes and was a sequel to the original Get Smart television series that ran from 1965 to 1970. The series premiered on January 8, 1995 and ended its original run on February 19, 1995.[1] Contents 1 Overview 2 Production 2.1 Conception 2.2 Legacy 2.3 Ending 3 Characters 3.1 Main 3.2 Recurring 4 Episodes 5 DVD release 6 References 7 External links [edit] Overview Maxwell Smart was now the Chief of CONTROL, 99 a politician. Their bungling son, Zach (Andy Dick), one of the twins introduced in a latter season of the original show, becomes CONTROL's star agent.Zach is teamed with the reluctant Agent 66 (Elaine Hendrix), as they try to stop KAOS from controlling the world's economy (after the Cold War, they had to lower their standards). Joining Zach and 66 is Trudy (Heather Morgan), a accident prone spy, and Agent 0, a master of disguise.[2] [edit] Production [edit] Conception The relative success of the 1989 reunion movie Get Smart, Again! eventually prompted the development of a weekly revival of Get Smart, with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their characters, Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 respectively with Dave Ketchum also reprising his role of Agent 13 and Bernie Kopell reprising his role as Siegfried. Though Zachary Smart's name was revealed in the FOX revival, his twin sister's name remained unrevealed. [edit] Legacy With the revival series on FOX, Get Smart became the first television franchise to air new episodes on each of the current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont. The different versions of Get Smart did not all feature the original lead cast intact. The first four seasons of the original Get Smart series aired on NBC, while the fifth and final season aired on CBS. Meanwhile, Get Smart, Again! aired on ABC. [edit] Ending The show failed to recapture the spirit of the original and low ratings with every episode receiving an average of 5 million viewers, which earnt the series the 1995 yearly rating chart rank of 133.[3] There were not high hopes for the series as Andy Dick had already moved on to NewsRadio, which premiered weeks later in 1995.[4] [edit] Characters [edit] Main Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) — Chief of spy organization CONTROL Zachary Smart (Andy Dick) — Max's son and the star agent of CONTROL, Un-numbered Agent 66 (Elaine Hendrix) — Zack's partner [edit] Recurring Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) — D.C. Congresswoman (although this was never revealed in the show) Trudy (Heather Morgan) – CONTROL's mentally challenged secretary Agent 13 (Dave Ketchem only in Episode #3) — Zack's uncle Agent 0 (Robert Goulet) in Episode #2) — CONTROL's master of disguise [edit] Episodes No. Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate 1 "Pilot" Nick Marck Gary Apple January 8, 1995 (1995-01-08) Things have certainly changed around CONTROL over the years. Maxwell Smart has become the Chief; 99 has become a Congresswoman; and their son, Zach, has become an agent very much like Max — intellectually lacking, yet always successful. Now, Zach is assigned a new partner in Agent 66 and a new mission. The Du-Traculon fabric is targeted for theft by the still operational KAOS. With a fashion show as the backdrop, some undercover work gives Zach and 66 their only chance to stop agent Larz.  2 "Casino Evil" Nick Marck Gary Apple January 15, 1995 (1995-01-15) Under the supervision of a Mr. Monte, a new and popular casino is in business. Problem is, the whole thing is a KAOS front. While many people chalk up their big losses to bad luck, they have actually been secretly cheated. Taking this operation down falls to the undercover Zach and Agent 66. However, can they win when the house is always poised to do so?  3 "Goodbye Ms. Chip" Nick Marck Lawrence Gay Michael J. Di Gaetano January 22, 1995 (1995-01-22) African President Mazabuka is due to arrive in America for a diplomatic occasion involving Congresswoman 99. Meanwhile, CONTROL is on the trail of The Brain, a KAOS agent and a master of mind control. He proves his capabilities by getting the drop on 66 and installing one of his brain implants in her. Now, KAOS has the assassin for their plot against Mazabuka. If Zach and others fail to notice 66's increasingly odd behavior, she will succeed.  4 "Shoot Up the Charts" Nick Marck Gary Apple, Michael Carrington January 29, 1995 (1995-01-29) When KAOS Incorporated murders the only recording artist on their label, Agent 66 and Zach audition as a band called 'Galaxy' with Zach pretending to be Randy Starr, her agent and pianist, in an attempt to stop KOAS brainwashing people with a song encrypted with hypnotic messages.  5 "Passenger 99" Nick Marck Lawrence Gay Michael J. Di Gaetano February 5, 1995 (1995-02-05) Agent 99 attends a plane flight with the foreign minister back to his country to finish their agreement on mineral rights, however an assassin called 'The Turtle' has been called into service by KAOS to kill him on the flight. Zach and 66 discover the murder plot and proceed on the case by acting as flight attendants to protect the minister and 99.  6 "Wurst Enemies" Nick Marck Craig Hoffman February 12, 1995 (1995-02-12) Zach has recently begun dating Jessica and things seem pretty good between them. However, a rendezvous at a lighthouse suddenly turns sour when she imprisons him. She has done this on the order of her father, Siegfried. He is still evil and has huge plans, including settling the score with his arch-foe, Maxwell Smart. Blackmailed with his son's life, Max must confront Siegfried again and alone. As it happens, Max must not only save Zach, but also America's most brilliant minds from a missile. A cliffhanger ending has Seigfried just leaving the lighthouse room when Max accidentally activates the missile; the teaser shows the missile blowing up the lighthouse.  7 "Liver Let Die" Nick Marck Gary Apple February 19, 1995 (1995-02-19) Zach and Agent 66 go undercover as doctors to investigate why Koas has been funding hosptals, they discover the Koas medical staff are harvesting organs from the living to then sell them to rich individuals as part of the Koas operation 'Robin Hood', however before the duo can escape to headquarters and expose the truth, the staff find out they are Control agents and try to harvest them next.  [edit] DVD release The Complete Series of the 1995 series was released on June 3, 2008 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, because of the anticipation surrounding the 2008 major motion picture Get Smart. [edit] References ^ "Get Smart on Fox". Would-You-Believe.com. http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/sequels.html. Retrieved 15 August 2010.  ^ "Get Smart 1995". The Ezy Company. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/801588. Retrieved 15 August 2010.  ^ "Complete TV Ratings 1994-1995". 1996. http://fbibler.chez.com/tvstats/recent_data/1994-95.html. Retrieved 15 August 2010.  ^ NewsRadio from The Program Exchange [edit] External links Get Smart ! Model '95 (by Sergio Tiraferri) Groucho Reviews: Get Smart Get Smart '95 - King of Caronia Get Smart at the Internet Movie Database Get Smart at TV.com v • d • e Get Smart Television List of episodes (1960s series) · Get Smart (1995 series) Films The Nude Bomb · Get Smart, Again! · Get Smart · Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control · Get Smart 2 || Get Smart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the 2008 action- comedy film, see Get Smart (film). For other uses, see Get Smart (disambiguation). Get Smart Title card from Seasons 1 and 2 of the original NBC run Format Sitcom Created by Mel Brooks Buck Henry Starring Don Adams Barbara Feldon Edward Platt Theme music composer Irving Szathmary Country of origin United States No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 138 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Leonard B. Stern (1965–68) Arne Sultan (1968–70) Producer(s) Jay Sandrich (1965–66) Arnie Rosen (1966–67) Jess Oppenheimer (1967) Burt Nodella (1967–69) Chris Hayward (1969–70) Running time ca. 25 minutes Production company(s) Talent Associates CBS Productions (final season only) Broadcast Original channel NBC (1965–1969) CBS (1969–1970) Original run September 18, 1965 – September 11, 1970 Chronology Followed by The Nude Bomb Get Smart, Again! Get Smart 2008 film Get Smart! is an American television comedy series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks "with" Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as the Chief of CONTROL, a secret American government counter-espionage agency. Henry said the creation of this show came from a request by Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard B. Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau.[1] Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy."[2] The series was broadcast on NBC-TV from September 18, 1965, to April 12, 1969, after which it moved to CBS-TV for its final season, running from September 26, 1969, to September 11, 1970. 138 episodes were produced. The series won seven Emmy Awards, and it was nominated for another fourteen Emmys, as well as two Golden Globe Awards. In 1995, the series was briefly restarted, starring Adams and Feldon, with Andy Dick as Max's and 99's son. Four feature-length movie versions of the "Get Smart" idea have been produced: first, with part of the original cast in 1980's The Nude Bomb, which was also called The Return Of Maxwell Smart, then in the 1989 ABC TV Movie Get Smart, Again!, and most recently, in a 2008 film adaptation starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson and Alan Arkin, which also spawned a spin-off film, Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. Contents 1 Plot 2 Episodes 3 Production 3.1 Production personnel 4 Characters 4.1 CONTROL 4.2 KAOS 5 Guest stars 6 Adaptations in other media 6.1 Adams in Smart-esque roles 6.2 Books and comics 6.3 Proposed movie 6.4 Play 6.5 2008 Get Smart movie 6.6 For the future 7 Production notes 7.1 Gadgets 7.2 Get Smart cars 7.3 Spies at work 8 DVD releases and rights 9 See also 10 References 11 External links [edit] Plot The series centered on bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), also known as Agent 86. His experienced partner is young Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), whose real name is never revealed in the series.[3] Agents 86 and 99 work for CONTROL, a secret U.S. government counter-intelligence agency based in Washington, D.C. (at 123 Main Street, a fictional address). The pair investigates and thwarts various threats to the world, though Smart's incompetence invariably causes complications. However, Smart never fails to save the day, typically thanks to his own dumb luck and often by 99's skills. Looking on is the long-suffering head of CONTROL, who is addressed simply as "Chief" (played by Edward Platt). The nemesis of CONTROL is KAOS, described as "an international organization of evil." KAOS was supposedly formed in Bucharest, Romania, in 1904.[4] Neither CONTROL nor KAOS is an acronym. In the movie The Nude Bomb the organization Agent 86 worked for is named PITS, standing for Provisional Intelligence Tactical Service. The enemies, world-takeover plots and gadgets seen in Get Smart parody the James Bond movies. "Do what they did except just stretch it half an inch," Mel Brooks said of the methods of this TV series.[5] In a 2010 issue of TV Guide,, Get Smart’s opening title sequence ranked #2 on a list of TV's top 10 credits sequences, as selected by readers.[6] [edit] Episodes Main article: List of Get Smart episodes [edit] Production The show was inspired by the success of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Talent Associates commissioned Mel Brooks and Buck Henry to write a script about a bungling James Bond-like hero.[7] Brooks and Henry took the show in a different direction. Brooks described the premise for the show they created in an October 1965 Time magazine article: "I was sick of looking at all those nice sensible situation comedies. They were such distortions of life. If a maid ever took over my house like Hazel, I'd set her hair on fire. I wanted to do a crazy, unreal comic-strip kind of thing about something besides a family. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first."[7] Brooks and Henry proposed the show to ABC, where network officials called their show "un-American" and demanded a "lovable dog to give the show more heart" and scenes showing Maxwell Smart's mother.[7] Brooks strongly objected to their latter suggestion: "They wanted to put a print housecoat on the show. Max was to come home to his mother and explain everything. I hate mothers on shows. Max has no mother. He never had one."[7] Although the cast and crew—especially Adams—contributed joke and gadget ideas, dialogue was rarely ad-libbed. An exception is the third season episode, "The Little Black Book." Don Rickles encouraged Adams to misbehave, and ad-libbed. The result was so successful that the single episode was turned into a two-part episode.[8] [edit] Production personnel Brooks had little involvement with the series after the pilot, but Buck Henry served as story editor through 1967.[9] The crew of the show included: Leonard Stern, executive producer for the entire run of the show Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, frequent writers. Gary Nelson, director of the most episodes. Bruce Bilson, director of the 2nd most episodes. Allan Burns and Chris Hayward, frequent writers and producers. Arne Sultan, frequent writer and producer Stan Burns and Mike Marmer, frequent writers Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell, frequent writers and producers of season 5 Don Adams, director of 13 episodes and writer (with his sister)[citation needed] of two episodes James Komack, a writer and director. Reza Badiyi, an occasional director. Richard Donner, an occasional director. David Davis, an associate producer. [edit] Characters [edit] CONTROL Don Adams, as Maxwell Smart, holding the famous shoe phone. CONTROL is a spy agency which Harold Harmon Hargrade, who was an officer in the United States Navy's N-2 (Intelligence) Branch for his entire career, founded and became the first Chief of just after the turn of the twentieth century. "CONTROL" is not an acronym. Maxwell Smart, code number Agent 86, D.O.B. 1930 (Don Adams) is the central character. Despite being a top secret government agent, he is absurdly clumsy, very naive and has occasional lapses of attention. Due to his frequent verbal gaffes and physical miscues, most of the people Smart encounters believe he is grossly incompetent. Juxtaposing the comedy of the series, Smart proves to be resourceful, skilled in hand-to-hand combat, a proficient marksman, and incredibly lucky. Smart uses multiple cover identities, but the one used most often is as a greeting card salesman/executive. Owing to multiple assassination attempts, he tells his landlord he is in the insurance business, and on one occasion, that he works for the Internal Revenue Service. Agent 86 is known for his use of the shoe phone, a secret communication device. Adams appeared in every episode, though only briefly in the episode "Ice Station Siegfried" (due to his disapproval of the script). Smart served in the US Army during the Korean War and is an ensign in the US Navy Reserve. Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon). A tall, beautiful female agent whose appearance is useful in undercover operations. Generally, Agent 99 is much more competent than Smart, but Smart saves her life in several episodes. In "Snoopy Smart vs the Red Baron" is the introduction of 99's mother (Jane Dulo); it is hinted that 99's father was also a CONTROL spy. Smart and 99 are married in Season 4 and have twins in Season 5. Creator Buck Henry pointed out to actress Barbara Feldon on the DVD commentary for Season 3 that when he tried to add funny lines for Agent 99, "They didn't want you to be 'joke funny.' They wanted you to be glamorous and interesting."[10] Her name was intentionally never revealed.[3] Feldon appeared in all but seven episodes. She can typically be seen slouching, leaning, or sitting in scenes with Adams owing to the fact that she was slightly taller (5'9" or 1.75m) than Adams (5'8.5" or 1.74 m), and that Adams was sensitive to the height difference. The Chief (Edward Platt). Although sarcastic and grouchy, the Chief of CONTROL is intelligent, serious, and sensible. He began his career at CONTROL as "Agent Q." He is supportive of Agents 86 and 99, but he is frustrated with Smart for his frequent failures and foul-ups. As revealed in first-season episode "The Day Smart Turned Chicken," his first name is Thaddeus, but it is rarely used. His cover identity (used primarily with 99's mom) is "Harold Clark." Another time, when KAOS arranges for the Chief to be recalled to active duty in the US Navy (as a common seaman with Smart as his commanding officer), his official name is John Doe. Hymie the Robot (Richard "Dick" Gautier). Hymie is built by Dr. Ratton to serve KAOS, but in his first mission, Smart manages to turn him to the side of CONTROL. Hymie has numerous superhuman abilities, such as being physically stronger and faster than any human and being able to swallow poisons and register their name, type, and quantity, though his design does not include superhuman mental processing, most significantly characterized by an overly-literal interpretation of commands. (For example, when Smart tells Hymie to "get a hold of yourself," he grasps each arm with the other.) Hymie also has emotions and is "programmed for neatness." Agent 13 (Dave Ketchum). An agent usually stationed inside unlikely places, such as a cigarette machine, washing machines, lockers, trash cans, or fire hydrants. He tends to resent his assignments. Agent 13 featured in several season two episodes. Agent 13, played by a different actor, also appears in The Nude Bomb. In the 2008 film, Bill Murray appears as a lonely, conversation-starved Agent 13 forced to spend his day disguised as a tree. Agent 44 (Victor French). Agent 13's predecessor is also stationed in tight corners. 44 sometimes falls into bouts of self-pity and complaining, and he would sometimes try to keep Max chatting for the company. 44 appeared in several episodes in the second half of the first season. In the final season, there was a new Agent 44, played by Al Molinaro in two episodes. Prior to starting as 44, Victor French had a brief guest role in the Season 1 episode "Too Many Chiefs" as Smarts's Mutual Insurance agent. Agent Larabee (Robert Karvelas). The Chief's slow-witted assistant. In one season 5 episode, it is reported that if anything happens to Smart, Larabee will take his place. Given Larabee's stupidity, that is partly why the Chief does not dismiss Smart.[citation needed] Actor Robert Karvelas was Don Adams's cousin. Larabee also appears in The Nude Bomb. Admiral Harold Harmon Hargrade or The Admiral (William Schallert). The former chief. He founded CONTROL as a spy agency just after the turn of the twentieth century. The admiral has a poor memory, believing the current US President is still Herbert Hoover. As a 91-year-old, he has bad balance and often falls over. Charlie Watkins or Agent 38 (Angelique Pettyjohn). An undercover male agent and master of disguise, 38 appears as a scantily-clad glamorous woman in two episodes. He can also switch to a feminine voice as part of the disguise. Fang or Agent K-13 (A dog who actually responded to a different name, unknown as of November of 2010.) A poorly trained CONTROL dog who is seen during the first season and part of the second. Carlson (Stacy Keach, Sr.). CONTROL's gadget man during the second season. While inspecting the gadgets, Max usually creates minor mayhem. Carlson followed several CONTROL scientists who had fulfilled the same function in the first season. They were the similarly named Carleton (Frank DeVol) who appeared in the pilot and one other episode, the egotistical Windish (Robert O. Cornthwaite), and Parker (Milton Selzer). Dr. Steele (Ellen Weston). A CONTROL scientist making three appearances in the third season. Dr. Steele is an intelligent, extremely-attractive woman whose cover is a chorus dancer at a high-class strip theatre. The entrance to her laboratory is through a large courier box sidestage. Dr Steele often performs complex scientific procedures whilst wearing her revealing performance costumes. She is often seen explaining her findings whilst warming up for her next dance, and then suddenly departing for her performance. Dr. Steele was replaced with the similar Dr. Simon (Ann Elder) who appeared in two episodes of season four. Harry Hoo (Joey Forman). A Hawaiian detective from Honolulu, depicted as a send-up of the fictional detective Charlie Chan. Hoo is not a member of CONTROL, but they work together on murder cases. Hoo's introduction usually creates confusion in the manner of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine. Hoo always analyzes a mystery by presenting "two possibilities," of which the latter (if not both) is absurd. Max likes to upstage Hoo by jumping in with "two possibilities" of his own, which are even crazier than Hoo's. Hoo responds with "Amazing!", spoken in a tone of disbelief rather than approval, but Max is oblivious to this. [edit] KAOS The KAOS logo KAOS is a (fictional) "international organization of evil" formed in Bucharest, Romania, in 1904; like "CONTROL," "KAOS" is not an acronym. Mr. Big (Michael Dunn). The presumed head of KAOS and a dwarf. He only appears in the black and white pilot episode, and is killed by his own doomsday death ray. A few nameless KAOS chiefs appeared in subsequent episodes. Konrad Siegfried or simply Siegfried (Bernie Kopell). A recurring villain and the Vice President in charge of Public Relations and Terror at KAOS,[11] Siegfried is Maxwell Smart's "opposite number" and nemesis, even though the two characters share similar traits and often speak fondly of one another, even in the midst of attempting to assassinate each other. Speaking English with an exaggerated German accent, the gray-haired, mustachioed, and dueling-scarred Siegfried's catchphrase is, "Zis is KAOS! Ve don't [some action] here!" In the next-to-the-last episode of the 1995 series remake Siegfried has just left a room when Max reactivates an atomic bomb; the teaser for this episode shows the bomb going off. (In the 2008 film Get Smart, Kopell had a cameo driving one of the three classic vehicles used in the original show.) Shtarker (King Moody). Siegfried's chief henchman. Shtarker is an overzealous lackey whose most notable trait is his abrupt personality change from sadistic villain to presumptuous child, interrupting conversations to helpfully elaborate, using silly vocal noises to imitate things such as engines or guns. This prompts Siegfried to utter his catch phrase, "Shtarker, zis is KAOS! Ve don't [weakly imitates Shtarker's sound effect] here!" (Despite Siegfried's inclination to pronounce "s" as "sh," as in "Shmart," this character's name really is Shtarker, as shown in on-screen cast credits. However, there is one episode in season three where the credits spell his name "Starker." In the DVD commentary for the first episode in which the character appears, in season two, Bernie Kopell notes that "shtark" is a real Yiddish word meaning a person of great strength.) The Claw (Leonard Strong). A Dr. Julius No-type Asian villain representing the east Asian branch of KAOS. In place of the Claw's left hand is a powerful mechanical prosthesis with immobile fingers and an occasional attachment, hence his name. Sometimes the Claw would accidentally nab something with it, creating confusion. He is unable to pronounce the letter L and mispronounces his name as "Craw," with Smart repeatedly referring to him as "The Craw," much to his annoyance. Like Siegfried, he has a huge, dimwitted assistant, named Bobo. (The Claw presumably inspired the villain Dr. Claw in the animated cartoon Inspector Gadget, the voice of whose title character Don Adams provided.) Natz (Ted de Corsia) - A villain who appears in some of the Hymie episodes, including the one in which Hymie is stolen from KAOS. He also appeared in the episode where a robot called 'Groppo' is built to kill Hymie. Simon the Likeable {Jack Gilford} who appeared in "And Baby Makes 4" Parts 1 & 2. A KAOS killer whose nice face mesmerizes everyone into liking him--except 99's mother(Jane Dulo), who knocks him out with a right cross. This is because Simon resembles her late, much-hated, and unlamented husband! (Viewers are led to believe that had 99's father ever been a character in any of the stories, Gilford would have acted HIM out too.) [edit] Guest stars Get Smart used several familiar character actors and celebrities, and some future stars, in guest roles, including: Ian Abercrombie Barbara Bain Billy Barty Lee Bergere Shelley Berman Joseph Bernard Tom Bosley Victor Buono Carol Burnett James Caan Johnny Carson Broderick Crawford Dennis Cross John Dehner Robert Easton Dana Elcar Bill Erwin Jamie Farr John Fiedler Joey Forman Alice Ghostley Jack Gilford Leo Gordon Farley Granger Sid Haig John Hoyt Conrad Janis Gordon Jump Ted Knight James Komack Len Lesser Judith McConnell Al Molinaro Howard Morton Laurie Main Barry Newman Julie Newmar Leonard Nimoy Alan Oppenheimer Angelique Pettyjohn Regis Philbin Tom Poston Ann Prentiss Vincent Price Don Rickles Alex Rocco Cesar Romero Vito Scotti Larry Storch Vic Tayback Fred Willard Jason Wingreen Dana Wynter Both Bill Dana and Jonathan Harris, who Adams appeared with on The Bill Dana Show, also appeared, as did Adams's brother, Dick Yarmy, and daughter, Caroline Adams. The series featured several cameo appearances by famous actors and comedians, sometimes uncredited and often comedian friends of Adams. Johnny Carson appeared, credited as "special guest conductor," in "Aboard the Orient Express." Carson returned for an uncredited cameo as a royal footman in the third season episode "The King Lives?" Other performers to make cameo appearances included Steve Allen, Milton Berle, Ernest Borgnine, Wally Cox, Robert Culp (as a waiter in an episode sending up Culp's I Spy), Phyllis Diller, Buddy Hackett, Bob Hope, and Martin Landau. [edit] Adaptations in other media Four movies were produced years after the end of the NBC/CBS run of the TV series: The theatrically released The Nude Bomb (also known as The Return of Maxwell Smart or Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb) in 1980, which was a box-office bomb. The made-for-TV Get Smart, Again!, transmitted in 1989 on ABC. The 2008 film Get Smart starring Steve Carell alongside Anne Hathaway, from Warner Brothers Pictures. And a direct-to-DVD spin-off of the 2008 film, titled "Get Smart's" Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. Get Smart, Again! eventually prompted the development of a short-lived 1995 weekly series on FOX, also titled Get Smart, with Adams and Feldon reprising their characters, with Maxwell Smart now being the Chief of CONTROL, as their bungling son, Zach (Andy Dick), becomes CONTROL's star agent. A late episode of the 1995 series shows that just as Siegfried is leaving a room, Maxwell Smart accidentally activates an atomic bomb just before the end of the show. (The teaser for the episode shows an atomic bomb going off.) This ending is similar to a device used by the Get Smart-inspired series Sledge Hammer! at the end of its first season. Hopes for the series were not high, as Andy Dick had already moved on to NewsRadio, which premiered weeks later in 1995. With the revival series on FOX, Get Smart became the first television franchise to air new episodes on each of the aforementioned current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont. The different versions of Get Smart did not all feature the original lead cast. Get Smart was parodied on a sketch in the Mexican comedy show De Nuez en Cuando called ["Super Agente 3.1486"],[12] making fun of the Spanish title of the series (Super Agente 86) and the way the series is dubbed. An early MadTV sketch titled "Get Smarty" placed the Maxwell Smart character in situations from the film Get Shorty. An episode of F Troop called "Spy, Counterspy, Counter-counterspy" featured Pat Harrington Jr. imitating Don Adams as secret agent "B. Wise." The Simpsons episode "Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade" parodies the opening of Get Smart in the couch gag. Homer goes through many futuristic doors and passageways until he reaches the phone booth, falls through the floor, and lands on the couch--with the rest of the family already seated. In the cartoon The X's one episode with Mr. X was a parody of both Get Smart, in that his shoe was a phone, and Mission Impossible, in that his shoe blew up after delivering a message. Similarly, an episode of Green Acres spoofed Get Smart with a shoe phone and Mission Impossible with a self-destructing note. [edit] Adams in Smart-esque roles Adams had a supporting role on the sitcom The Bill Dana Show (1963–1965) as the hopelessly-inept hotel detective Byron Glick. His speech mannerisms, catch phrases ("Would you believe...?"), and other comedy bits were adapted to his "Maxwell Smart" role on Get Smart. Adams played Smart in a 1989 TV commercial for Kmart. He was seen talking on his trademark shoe phone, telling the Chief about the great selection of electronics available at Kmart. An exact replica of himself approaches him, and Smart says, "Don't tell me you're a double agent." (This was a reference to a running gag on the original series, in which Max detected some sort of setback or danger, and would say to 99, "Don't tell me..." and then 99 replied by stating a confirmation of whatever Max was afraid to hear, to which Max would always respond, "I asked you not to tell me that!") Adams starred in a series of local commercials for New York City electronics chain Savemart as Maxwell Smart. The slogan was "Get Smart. Get SaveMart Smart."[13] In addition, Adams starred in a series of commercials for White Castle in 1992, paying homage to his Get Smart character with his catch phrase "Would you believe...?"[14] Adams provided the voice of a bungling cyborg secret agent in the animated series Inspector Gadget. This later became a feature film starring Matthew Broderick in the title role of Inspector John Brown Gadget (in which film Adams had a cameo) and its prequel series Gadget Boy and Heather. Neither were directly related to Get Smart. In the late 1980s Adams portrayed Smart in a series of TV commercials for Toyota New Zealand, for the 1990 model Toyota Starlet. While it is customary for the actor to go to the foreign location for shooting, Adams's apparent intense dislike of long-distance flying meant that the New Zealand specification car had to be shipped to the US for filming. He also appeared in another series of Canadian commercials in the late 1990s for a dial-around long distance carrier. Adams played himself in a Coors Light commercial, where he was harassed by a fan insisting he adopt Smart's mannerisms, which he does, only when it becomes to the fan's detriment. Adams appeared as a guest passenger on the series version of The Love Boat who, even when he thought he had been shot, made no attempts to visit the ship's doctor. The role of the doctor on Love Boat was played by Bernie Kopell, who played Sigfried on Get Smart. [edit] Books and comics A series of novels based on characters and dialog of the series were written by William Johnston and published by Tempo Books in the late 1960s. Dell Comics published a comic book for eight issues during 1966 and 1967, drawn in part by Steve Ditko. [edit] Proposed movie The 1966 Batman movie, made during that TV show's original run, was hugely successful and prompted other television shows to propose similar films in order to cash in on the phenomenon. The only one completed was Munster Go Home (1966), which was a huge box office flop, causing the cancellation of other projects, including the Get Smart movie. The script for that movie was turned into the three-part episode, "A Man Called Smart," airing April 8, 15, and 22, 1967. [edit] Play In 1967, Christopher Sergel adapted a play Get Smart based on Brooks's and Henry's pilot episode.[15] [edit] 2008 Get Smart movie Main article: Get Smart (film) A big-screen version of Get Smart was released in 2008, directed by Peter Segal and starring Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, Alan Arkin as The Chief (his first name, Thaddeus, is never mentioned in the film), Terence Stamp as Ludwig Van Siegfried, Masi Oka as Bruce, and Dwayne Johnson as new character Agent 23. Bernie Kopell, Konrad Siegfried from the television show, makes a cameo appearance, Bill Murray makes an uncredited appearance as Agent 13, and James Caan, who guest-starred in the original series, also appears, but playing President George W. Bush. The film includes a dedication to Adams and Platt, who had died in 2005 and 1974 respectively; Feldon reportedly declined an invitation to appear.[citation needed] In its opening weekend, Get Smart topped the box office with $39.2 Million.[16] Shooting began March 2007 and the film was released June 20, 2008. A made-for-DVD spin-off revolving around minor characters, Bruce and Lloyd, the masterminds behind the high-tech gadgets that are often used by Smart, was released on July 1, 2008 as "Get Smart's" Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control.[17] [edit] For the future On October 7, 2008, it was reported that Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, Mosaic Media Group are producing a sequel. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway are set to return, but the status of other cast members have not yet been announced.[18][19] [edit] Production notes [edit] Gadgets A recurring gag was Smart's phone built into his shoe (an idea from Brooks). To use or answer his shoe phone, he had to take off his shoe. The shoe converted into a gun by dialing the number 117. Telephones were concealed in over 50 other objects including a necktie, comb, watch, clock, handkerchief, magazine, a garden hose, a car cigarette lighter (the cigarette lighter was hidden in the car phone), belt, wallet, the steering wheel of a car (where Max complained that if he made a right turn, he dialed the operator), a painting of a telephone, the headboard of his bed, a sandwich, and of all places, as a tiny phone inside of another full-sized working phone! Smart's shoes sometimes contained other devices. Housed in his heels were an explosive pellet, a smoke bomb, and a suicide pill (cherry flavored, or different "flavors of the month"). Other gadgets included a bullet-proof invisible wall in Smart's apartment that lowered from the ceiling, a camera hidden in a bowl of soup that took a picture (with a conspicuous flash) of the person eating the soup with each spoonful, and a powerful miniature laser weapon in the button of a sports jacket (the "laser blazer"). On February 17, 2002, the prop shoe phone used by agent Maxwell Smart was included in a display entitled "Spies: Secrets from the CIA, KGB, and Hollywood," a collection of real and fictional spy gear that exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Flinders University in South Australia are currently researching medical applications for 'Shoe Phone' technology after being inspired by the show.[20] Another of the show's recurring gags was the "Cone of Silence," an idea from Henry. Smart would pedantically insist on following CONTROL's security protocols; when in the Chief's office he would insist on speaking under the Cone of Silence-—two transparent plastic hemispheres which were electrically lowered on top of Smart and the Chief--which invariably malfunctioned, requiring the characters to shout loudly to even have a chance of being understood by each other. Bystanders in the room could often hear them better, and sometimes relayed messages back and forth. [edit] Get Smart cars AMT made a model kit of the red 1965 Sunbeam Tiger roadster Smart drove in the opening credits. Complete with a hoard of hidden weapons, it is the only kit of the Tiger and has been reissued multiple times as a stock Tiger. The start of the 1968–69 season put Smart in a light blue Volkswagen Karmann Ghia for the opening credits as Volkswagen became a sponsor of the show;[3] the car never appeared in the show itself. (In the short-lived 1995 TV series, Smart is trying to sell that car through the classified ads.) In Season 4 (1968/1969) Max continues to drive the Tiger but is also seen driving a blue 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 convertible with a tan interior in the episodes "A Tale of Two Tails" (Episode 7) and "The Laser Blazer" (Episode 10). In Season 5 (1969/1970), Buick became a show sponsor,[3] so he drives a gold 1969 Opel GT with a new phone: a giant rotary telephone dial covering the steering wheel. In the Black & White pilot episode, Max drives a 1961 Ferrari 250 PF Spider http://www.autosalon-singen.de/de/bilder-archiv-fahrzeug.html?fahrzeugid=01302_0000_01_02. This car was never again seen after the show was picked up. Both the Sunbeam Tiger and the Karmann Ghia make brief appearances in the 2008 film. Both are first seen in the CONTROL Museum, along with the original shoe phone, which Smart also briefly uses. [edit] Spies at work CONTROL and KAOS did not seem to be above everyday bureaucracy and business quirks. KAOS is a Delaware corporation for tax purposes. CONTROL's union is the Guild of Surviving Control Agents, and Max is their negotiator; when a captured KAOS agent tells him about their survivors's benefits, the Chief is within earshot, and Max promptly uses the information for his labor talks. In one episode, where Max infiltrates a KAOS-run garden shop, Max refuses to arrest the manager until after 5 p.m., so he can collect a full day's pay. The Chief threatens to fire him, but Max is not afraid; according to CONTROL's seniority policy, "If I get fired from CONTROL, Larrabee moves up!" The Chief gives in and lets Max stay on the job, rather than risk having the (even more) inept Larrabee take Max's place. In another episode, Siegfried and Max casually discuss the various flavors of cyanide pills they have been issued. It was raspberry that month at CONTROL, and Max offered Siegfried a taste. In that same episode, Max and Siegfried have a show and tell of various weapons they have—Max boasts of having a deadly non-regulation pistol—from a Chicago Mail Order House. (The prop in use is actually an 1893 Borchardt C-93 pistol.) Cover names were common. In "The Man Called Smart, Part 1," a phone call is announced for an alias, and Max identifies himself as the person in question. Second and third calls come in, each with its own alias--the last of which was his own real name of Maxwell Smart, which he initially does not answer--and Smart tells the skeptical gallery owner that those are his names as well, making it obvious to any spy that he is taking calls from fellow agents and informants. Smart then makes himself even more visible by tangling the handset cords of the three phones. CONTROL has a policy of burning pertinent documents after cases are closed; the reasons were detailed in their Rules and Regulations book, but nobody can read them, since they burned the only copy. In the interest of company morale, both CONTROL and KAOS have their own bowling teams. In one episode where Smart takes over as Chief, it is noted in a conversation between Smart and Larabee that CONTROL has a delicatessen. [edit] DVD releases and rights All five seasons are available as box sets in region 1 (USA, Canada, and others) and Region 4 (Australia, New Zealand, and others). The region 1 discs are published by HBO Home Video, and region 4 by Time Life Video. Each region 1 box contains 4 discs, while region 4 editions have a 5th disc with bonus material. Region 4 editions are also available as individual discs with four to five episodes per disc. The season 1 set was released in both regions in 2008. Seasons 2 and 3 box sets were released in region 4 on July 23, 2008.[21] Seasons 4 and 5 were released in region 4 on November 5, 2008.[22] Seasons 2, 3, 4 and 5 in region 1 were released throughout 2009. Another box set of the complete series is available in both regions, first published in 2006 by Time Life Video. In 2009 the region 1 edition was replaced by an HBO edition, and became more widely available. All editions contain a 5th disc for each season, with bonus material. The set has 25 discs altogether. The first four seasons were produced for NBC by Talent Associates. When it moved to CBS at the start of season five, it became an in-house production, with Talent Associates as silent partner. The series was sold to NBC Films for syndication. Over decades, US distribution has changed from National Telefilm Associates to Republic Pictures, to Worldvision Enterprises, to Paramount Domestic Television, to CBS Paramount Domestic Television, to the current distributor, CBS Television Distribution. For decades, the syndication rights of all but a handful of the fifth season episodes were encumbered with restrictions and reporting requirements; as a result, most of that season was rarely seen in syndication (though they were shown with more regularity on Nick at Nite and TV Land). The distribution changes (including the loosening of restrictions on the fifth season) were the result of corporate changes, especially the 2006 split of Viacom (owners of Paramount Pictures) into two companies. HBO currently owns the copyrights to the series itself, due to Time-Life Films' 1977 acquisition of Talent Associates. Home videos are distributed by HBO Home Video, For a time the DVD release was only available through Time-Life (a former Time Warner division). Warner Bros. Television owns international distribution rights. [edit] See also List of Get Smart episodes Get Smart (film) Get Smart (1995 TV series) T.U.F.F. Puppy a cartoon spoof of "Get Smart" [edit] References ^ Get Smart Buck Henry Season 1 commentary ^ "Q&A with Mel Brooks". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 2008. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-brooks20-2008may20,0,4126646.story. Retrieved May 3, 2010.  ^ a b c d Buck Henry and Barbara Feldon, Season 3 DVD commentary ^ Get Smart episode "Hoo Done It" (season 2) ^ "How Maxwell Smart and His Shoe-Phone Changed TV – WSJ.com". http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120606471734053849.html. [dead link] ^ Tomashoff, Craig. "Credits Check" TV Guide, October 18, 2010, Pages 16-17 ^ a b c d "Smart Money". Time. October 15, 1965. http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,834525,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-30.  ^ Don Rickles, Get Smart Series 3 DVD commentary ^ IMDb ^ Buck Henry, Season 3 DVD commentary ^ Season 3, Episode 6 ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ^ Dougherty, Philip H. "Don Adams Gets Smart For Savemart Spots"The New York Times January 20, 1982 ^ Don Adams (I) – Biography ^ Get Smart By Mel Brooks, Christopher Sergel, Buck Henry ISBN 0871292602, 9780871292605 ^ Get Smart Tops the Box Office In Opening Weekend (June 22, 2008) ^ "Get Smart: DVD Sequel to Star Heroes' Oka". TV Series Finale. April 23, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080504040822/http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/04/get_smart_nbc_stars_to_make_dvd_sequel.php. Retrieved 2008-04-23.  ^ Get Smart-2 October 6th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta – /Film ^ "Get Smart: Steve Carell to Return as Agent 86 in Movie Sequel". TVSeriesFinale.com. http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/get-smart-steve-carell-to-return-as-agent-86-in-movie-sequel/. Retrieved 2008-10-07.  ^ ABC News Adelaide -See this report ^ EzyDVD – Coming Soon ^ EzyDVD - Coming Soon [edit] External links Get Smart (original series) at the Internet Movie Database Museum of Broadcast Communications v • d • e Get Smart Television List of episodes (1960s series) · Get Smart (1995 series) Films The Nude Bomb · Get Smart, Again! · Get Smart · Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control · Get Smart 2 v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series The Red Skelton Show (1952) · I Love Lucy (1953) · I Love Lucy (1954) · Make Room for Daddy (1955) · The Phil Silvers Show (1956) · The Phil Silvers Show (1957) · The Phil Silvers Show (1958) · The Jack Benny Program (1959) · Art Carney Special (1960) · The Jack Benny Program (1961) · The Bob Newhart Show (1962) · The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963) · The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964) · The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965) · The Dick Van Dyke Show (1966) · The Monkees (1967) · Get Smart (1968) · Get Smart (1969) · My World and Welcome to It (1970) · All in the Family (1971) · All in the Family (1972) · All in the Family (1973) · M*A*S*H (1974) · The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) Complete list: (1952–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present) v • d • e Mel Brooks Feature films The Producers (1968) · The Twelve Chairs · Blazing Saddles · Young Frankenstein (1974) · Silent Movie · High Anxiety · History of the World, Part I · Spaceballs · Life Stinks · Robin Hood: Men in Tights · Dracula: Dead and Loving It Productions The Elephant Man · To Be or Not to Be · The Fly · 84 Charing Cross Road · The Producers (2005) · Get Smart Television programs Get Smart · When Things Were Rotten · Spaceballs: The Animated Series Broadway productions Shinbone Alley · All-American · The Producers (2001) · Young Frankenstein (2007) Collaborators Anne Bancroft · Rudy De Luca · Dom DeLuise · Marty Feldman · Madeline Kahn · Harvey Korman · Cloris Leachman · Kenneth Mars · Carl Reiner · Gene Wilder · Peter Boyle || || Smart Cards Prox Cards New Biodegradable PVC Sun Ray Cards RFID Key Fobs RFID Wristbands ID Tags Self Adhesive Smart Card Labels Bureau Services Plastic & Magstripe Cards Smart Card Readers Card Printers Card Printer Ribbons & Media Card Accessories Home About Us Products Services Knowledgebase News Contact Us Login / Register Contact us Our aim is to provide the highest customer service Tel: +44 (0)845 230 0078 Your Basket Item(s) 0 Cost £0.00 Search Search 29-01-2010 - Customers return a 95% positive response to survey A survey carried out by a leading smart card specialist has shown that 95% of UK customers find their service ‘very good or good'. 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