"Get Smart" When Good Fellows Get Together (1967)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Sidney Miller

Writers:

Gary Clarke (written by) and
Mel Brooks (creator)

TV Series:

"Get Smart" (1965)

Original Air Date:

9 November 1967 (Season 3, Episode 8)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

KAOS has developed another robot that goes up against Hymie. |

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Secret Agent | Mission | Female Assassin | Spy Spoof

Cast

Don Adams	...	Maxwell Smart
Barbara Feldon	...	Agent 99 (credit only)
Edward Platt	...	Chief (credit only)
Richard Gautier	...	Hymie (as Dick Gautier)
Ted de Corsia	...	Spinoza
Jim Boles	...	Dr. Ratton
Martin Ashe	...	Agent 42
Byron Morrow	...	Dr. Harris
Pete Sotos	...	Guard
Robert Karvelas	...	Larrabee (as Bob Karvelas)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Talent Associates

Quotes:

Maxwell Smart: I hate to say it, but Hymie is depreciated.
Agent 42: But Hymie is unique.
Maxwell Smart: According to the latest Control blue book, we can trade Hymie even for a 1956 Edsel.

Robot Monster

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Mr. Natz (Ted Corsica) and Dr. Ratton (Jim Lowes) were last seen in "Back to the Drawing Board". As the brains behind inventing the KAOS robot Hymie (Dick Gautier), they've caught a lot of hell in KAOS circles when they lost Hymie to CONTROL. So now they've invented a new, more powerful robot named Groppo (wrestler Hard Boiled Haggerty!) to destroy Hymie. Max is worried about his friend and gets CONTROL scientist Dr. Harris (Byron Morrow, who played Agent 37 a few episodes before in "The Spirit is Willing") to refit Hymie and tune him up. Then Max, Harris and Agent 42 (Yes, Ed Platt is still missing in action in this episode and 99 is also nowhere to be found) take Hymie out to a CONTROL ghost town (located across the highway from a real ghost town)to get him used to his new springs and ready to face Groppo. Despite the missing Platt and Feldon, this is a good episode thanks to the script by Gary Clarke and the bravura performance by Gautier. Watch the way he lurches around uncontrollably when he gets his new springs. The cold opening works really well and there's also a nice gag with a slingshot. You will believe he really is a robot. There's a minor "High Noon" parody complete with a "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My darling" sound alike cue as Hymie insists on facing Groppo in the hopes of making a friend.