"Get Smart" Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1965)

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7.3/10   

Director:

Paul Bogart

Writers:

Arne Sultan (writer) &
Marvin Worth (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Get Smart" (1965)

Original Air Date:

16 October 1965 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A doctor comes to Max's apartment and insists that he has an invisibility ray. |

Plot Keywords:

Number 99 | Secret Service | Television Series | Number 86 | Pistol

Cast

Don Adams	...	Maxwell Smart - Agent 86
Barbara Feldon	...	Agent 99
Joseph Ruskin	...	Ehrlich
Gregory Morton	...	Dr. Haskell
Val Avery	...	KAOS Agent #1
John Sebastian	...	KAOS Agent #2
Donna Walsh	...	Sophie
Edward Platt	...	Chief of Control

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

Max's "shoe phone" was a Florsheim size 9-D shoe for the left foot.

Quotes:

Maxwell Smart - Agent 86: You mean to tell me that you came here without the invisible ray-gun and you expect me to believe that such a silly gun exists? Well gentlemen, I'm afraid your going to have to show me. You see, I'm from Minnesota.
KAOS Agent #1: You mean Missouri.
Maxwell Smart - Agent 86: Missouri... don't tell me where I'm from.

Looking Through You

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Dr. Karl Haskell (Gregory Morton) comes to Smart's apartment claiming he's escaped from KAOS and has invented an invisibility ray he wants to give to the government. But before he can do that, two invisible KAOS agents recapture him and use gas to knock Smart out. KAOS wants $10 million for the plans to the invisibility ray or they will sell it to a foreign government. This episode seems a little slow compared to the ones around it. However we are introduced to the secret defense devices in Max's apartment: the invisible wall (hmm, sounds like CONTROL already has made progress in the invisibility field!), a light near Max's bar that conks people on the head; a desk drawer that will shoot open and punch bad guys in the stomach; a net that drops from the ceiling; and a high powered suction device in the fireplace. A lot of the jokes come off as forced, especially once you find out what's really going on with the invisibility ray. The only really great scene is the end where Max's secret defense devices for the most part backfire on him. It's always great to see a youthful Adams full of vigor and anxious to please in these early episodes. Villain Ehrlich (Joseph Ruskin) provides a good villainous presence, but is given little to do.