"Get Smart" (1965) TV series 1965-1970

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Creators:

Mel Brooks
Buck Henry
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

18 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Bumbling Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, with a great deal of help from his competent partner Agent 99, battles the forces of KAOS

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Secret Agent | Gadget | Shoe | Secret Plan

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Don Adams	...	Maxwell Smart (138 episodes, 1965-1970)
Barbara Feldon	...	Agent 99 (131 episodes, 1965-1970)
Edward Platt	...	Chief (129 episodes, 1965-1970)
Robert Karvelas	...	Larabee / ... (94 episodes, 1965-1970)
Rose Michtom	...	Woman at the Airport / ... (44 episodes, 1965-1970)

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Series Directed by
Gary Nelson		(23 episodes, 1966-1969)
Bruce Bilson		(22 episodes, 1965-1968)
Don Adams		(13 episodes, 1967-1970)
James Komack		(11 episodes, 1967-1968)
Earl Bellamy		(7 episodes, 1967)
Jay Sandrich		(6 episodes, 1968-1969)
Alan Rafkin		(6 episodes, 1969-1970)
Frank McDonald		(5 episodes, 1965-1966)
William Wiard		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Norman Abbott		(4 episodes, 1967)
Charles R. Rondeau		(4 episodes, 1969-1970)
Paul Bogart		(3 episodes, 1965)
Murray Golden		(3 episodes, 1966)
Reza Badiyi		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Richard Donner		(2 episodes, 1965)
Don Richardson		(2 episodes, 1965)
David Alexander		(2 episodes, 1966)
Sidney Miller		(2 episodes, 1967)
Harry Falk		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Jerry Hopper		(2 episodes, 1968)
Richard Benedict		(2 episodes, 1969)
Anton Leader		(2 episodes, 1970)

Series Writing credits
Mel Brooks		(138 episodes, 1965-1970)
Buck Henry		(138 episodes, 1965-1970)
Arne Sultan		(34 episodes, 1965-1970)
Chris Hayward		(30 episodes, 1968-1970)
Leonard Stern		(17 episodes, 1966-1968)
Mike Marmer		(15 episodes, 1965-1968)
Stan Burns		(12 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dee Caruso		(11 episodes, 1965-1968)
Gerald Gardner		(11 episodes, 1965-1968)
Gordon Mitchell		(11 episodes, 1968-1970)
Lloyd Turner		(11 episodes, 1968-1970)
Allan Burns		(11 episodes, 1968)
Gary Clarke		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
William Raynor		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Myles Wilder		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Phil Hahn		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jack Hanrahan		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Norman Paul		(4 episodes, 1967-1968)
Pat McCormick		(3 episodes, 1965-1970)
Carol Cavella		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph Cavella		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Budd Grossman		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gloria Burton		(3 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ron Friedman		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Marvin Worth		(2 episodes, 1965)
Lila Garrett		(2 episodes, 1966)
Bernie Kahn		(2 episodes, 1966)
Phil Leslie		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Sam Bobrick		(2 episodes, 1967)
Bill Idelson		(2 episodes, 1967)
Don Adams		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Burt Nodella		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Bob DeVinney		(2 episodes, 1969)

Series Produced by
Leonard Stern	....	executive producer (86 episodes, 1965-1968)
David Davis	....	associate producer (52 episodes, 1968-1970)
Arne Sultan	....	executive producer (52 episodes, 1968-1970)
Burt Nodella	....	producer (47 episodes, 1967-1969)
Arnie Rosen	....	producer (31 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jay Sandrich	....	producer (29 episodes, 1965-1966)
Harry R. Sherman	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Chris Hayward	....	producer (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jess Oppenheimer	....	producer (5 episodes, 1967)

Series Original Music by
Irving Szathmary		(138 episodes, 1965-1970)

Series Cinematography by
Meredith M. Nicholson		(78 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert Wyckoff		(59 episodes, 1965-1967)

Series Film Editing by
William Cairncross		(26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Howard French		(25 episodes, 1966-1967)
M. Pam Blumenthal		(21 episodes, 1968-1970)
Leonard W. Leonard		(13 episodes, 1966-1967)
Alan Jaggs		(12 episodes, 1969-1970)
Bill Lewis		(6 episodes, 1965)
Stanley Frazen		(5 episodes, 1968)
Jerry Sperber		(4 episodes, 1968)
Howard A. Smith		(4 episodes, 1969)
Clay Bartels		(4 episodes, 1970)

Series Casting by
Pat Harris		(126 episodes, 1965-1970)

Series Art Direction by
Howard Campbell		(59 episodes, 1965-1967)
Frank T. Smith		(30 episodes, 1968-1969)
Archie J. Bacon		(26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Carl Braunger		(22 episodes, 1969-1970)

Series Set Decoration by
Anthony D. Nealis		(110 episodes, 1965-1969)
Ray Molyneaux		(10 episodes, 1969-1970)
Donald J. Sullivan		(10 episodes, 1970)
Dave L. Love		(7 episodes, 1969)

Series Makeup Department
Ray Sebastian	....	makeup artist (137 episodes, 1965-1970)
Bette Iverson	....	hair stylist (95 episodes, 1965-1969)
Dorothy White	....	hair stylist (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Ray Forman	....	hair stylist (14 episodes, 1967-1969)

Series Production Management
Ted Rich	....	post-production supervisor (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Bill Lewis	....	post-production supervisor (35 episodes, 1966-1967)
Burt Nodella	....	executive in charge of production (35 episodes, 1966-1967)
Leonard Stern	....	executive in charge of production (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Lionel A. Ephraim	....	unit production manager (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
William P. Owens	....	production manager (22 episodes, 1966-1967)
Milt Trager	....	production manager (18 episodes, 1965-1966)
George Tobin	....	production manager (12 episodes, 1965)
Cy Brooskin	....	production manager (8 episodes, 1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Messinger	....	assistant director (52 episodes, 1968-1970)
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director (42 episodes, 1966-1968)
Robert Farfan	....	assistant director (29 episodes, 1965-1966)
William P. Owens	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1966)
Burt Astor	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1966)
Fred Giles	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1967)

Series Art Department
James Harris	....	property master (118 episodes, 1965-1969)
Edward Goldstein	....	property master (19 episodes, 1969-1970)

Series Sound Department
Bill Flannery	....	sound engineer (78 episodes, 1967-1970)
Max M. Hutchinson	....	sound engineer (59 episodes, 1965-1967)

Series Special Effects by
Paul Byrd	....	special effects (57 episodes, 1968-1970)
Perzy High	....	special effects (25 episodes, 1965-1966)
Edwin Tillman	....	special effects (14 episodes, 1967)
Justus Gibbs	....	special effects (11 episodes, 1967-1968)
Allen Bastien	....	special effects (6 episodes, 1966-1967)
Dave Koehler	....	special effects (5 episodes, 1965)

Series Stunts
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Larry Duran	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Eddie Hice	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Burl Stafford	....	gaffer (65 episodes, 1968-1970)
James Hunter	....	gaffer (32 episodes, 1966-1967)
Chuck Morgan	....	key grip (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Roy Knight	....	key grip (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Tom May	....	key grip (25 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Casting Department
Nancy E. Barr	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Donald MacDonald	....	wardrobe (137 episodes, 1965-1970)
Leslie Hall	....	wardrobe: women (78 episodes, 1967-1970)
C. Capriotti	....	wardrobe designer and furnisher: Barbara Feldon (52 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ron Postal	....	wardrobe designer: Don Adams / wardrobe designer / ... (41 episodes, 1965-1970)
Suzanne Smith	....	wardrobe: women (28 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Editorial Department
Bill Lewis	....	supervising editor / film editor (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Floyd Knudtson	....	film editor (10 episodes, 1965-1966)
Howard French	....	film editor (10 episodes, 1966)

Series Music Department
Irving Szathmary	....	conductor (27 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ed Norton	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Other crew
Victoria Weisbart	....	script supervisor (52 episodes, 1967-1969)
Dorothy Aldworth	....	script supervisor (50 episodes, 1965-1967)
Buck Henry	....	story editor (49 episodes, 1965-1967)
Norman Paul	....	story consultant / story editor (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Chris Hayward	....	story consultant (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Harry R. Sherman	....	production executive (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Reza Badiyi	....	title visualization (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Rosemary Dorsey	....	script supervisor (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Gordon Mitchell	....	story consultant (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Pat O'Leary	....	assistant to producer (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Lloyd Turner	....	story consultant (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Allan Burns	....	story consultant (13 episodes, 1968)
Arne Sultan	....	story editor (11 episodes, 1967)
Bill Lewis	....	assistant to producer (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
Karen Hale Wookey	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1967)
Phil Leslie	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1967)
Elon Packard	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1967)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1969-70)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1965-69)
• Talent Associates

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1969-1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1965-1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• CBS Television Distribution (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006-) (Germany) (DVD)
• NBC Film
• NET (TV Asahi) (1966) (Japan) (TV)
• National Telefilm Associates (NTA)
• Paramount Television (1999-)
• Republic Pictures (II) (198?) (USA) (TV) (resyndication)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Worldvision Enterprises

Other Companies

• Botany 500  clothes furnishing: Don Adams
• Buick Motor Division  automobiles furnished by (1969-1970)
• CBS Studio Center  filming location
• Ed Norton Music Service  music editing
• Edit-Rite  sound effects
• Glen Glenn Sound  sound recording
• Lever Brothers  original sponsor (Pepsodent toothpaste, Lifebuoy soap, Dove soap, All detergent)
• Paramount Studios  filming location
• Timely Clothes  wardrobe: Don Adams (1969-1970)

Runtime:

30 min (138 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (137 episodes) | Black and White (pilot episode)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Australia:PG (some episodes) | New Zealand:PG (season 1) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | South Africa:10V (Season 3) | South Africa:13V (Season 2) | South Africa:PG (Seasons 1, 4 & 5) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Agent 99's real name is never revealed, not even when she marries Smart, after which was is occasionally referred to as Mrs. Smart. In one episode her name was said to be Susan Hilton, however she later recanted and claimed it was an alias.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Maxwell Smart: Missed it by that much.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Footy Show: The Grand Final Footy Show 2006 (#13.28)" (2006)

Sheer comedy brilliance

Get Smart stands as the single most brilliant television comedy EVER. Before Hot Shots!, before Frank Drebin, before Airplane!, before Kentucky Fried Movie, before Young Frankenstein, and before Blazing Saddles, there was Get Smart, the creation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. This show, which would go on to inspire Police Squad!, arguably the second most brilliant television comedy ever, presented in Maxwell Smart the most completely asanine leading man thus far in television history, and as a result provided for more stupid jokes than ever before. Perhaps the first moment in television where comedy did not require a laugh track (though it did USE one, it would have flown fine without one), this show would inspire nearly every film by Mel Brooks and Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker. Can we really imagine Hedley Lamaar from Blazing Saddles without Maxwell Smart having preceded him? Can we really imagine Frank Drebin without Maxwell Smart having preceded him? The answer to these questions MUST be "no." Get Smart was a rare moment in television comedy history, and it has given us a truly rich comedic tradition ever since. Thank you, Buck, Don, and Barbara!