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[edit] description

In the opening narration of the pilot Control is described as a counter-intelliegnce agency, sort of like CTU in 24. Should that be noted in the description of the agency? Many episodes involve preventing secret information from being revealed, shadowing foreign agents, etc. (Dgabbard 21:22, 4 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Location?

Can anyone tell me where the opening sequence was shot? The outdoor scene, I mean, with the car sliding along the (Californian, I presume) street, and pulling up to the office-building whose steps Smart ascends.

You certainly mean the second opening sequence. The first opening sequence was shot in studio with a red car. The second opening sequence was shot with a blue car. The actor had to run in order to fit the same timing as the first opening sequence.

[edit] Remake

I heard that they're doing a remake? Rhymeless 06:11, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yeah - rumor has it Jim Carrey has his eyes set on it. 23skidoo 19:21, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I heard it was going to be Steve Corell and Anne Hathaway.

[edit] link?

The George Ives the article links to is a long-dead British soldier... is this the right person? -FZ 21:54, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Guest appearances

why is there a proper wiki list, followed by a messy comma-separated list?

at the least, the second list should be made a wiki list. but is there a reason that it's separate from the first list? — boredzo (talk) 10:03, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)

Turns our Johnny Carson was credited for his cameos, so I created a separate list of guest stars (Dgabbard 16:43, 13 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] See Also: The Prisoner?

I’ve added The Prisoner to the See Also section. Most of the series listed there are “witty secret agent shows”, so at first blush The Prisoner doesn't really fit in. But I do think that it’s worth mentioning as a contrasting treatment of the secret agent theme (as earnest as Smart is jokey), and it’s a contemporary of Get Smart, but I’m really adding it because there’s an eerie similarity in the two shows’ title sequences. Title character arrives in a convertible, marches down a corridor with an emphasis on doors … I can’t be the only one who’s noticed. —Smiteri 00:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Larrabee's Agent Number?

  • In one episode Max Smart claims that if anything happens to him, Larrabee takes over by seniorty-Control Agent # 87?? Yet in one episode In which COntrol Agents -posing as marathon runners-where they wear their agent Numbers {Chief is # 1}, Larrabee's Number is NOT 87!!
This theory doesn't work. Does he say 87? or just seniority? First off the Chief doesn't have an official number, when Max is promoted (same episode) over the Chief, Chief is given his old "number" 'M'. "That was before we switched to using numbers". There's many numbers below Max, and above (99, and 13 are two obvious ones..) --Kinglink 06:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
So, what number was Larrabee wearing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 11:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who was this villain?

  • I remember one episode where he was in his aportment when suddenly a man came in wheeling a wheel chair. Shortly afterwards another man came running in and sat down it it. Mas explaimed "I thought you couldn't walk?"; to which the guy said "I can't, but I can run". Anyone remember who this guy was? chris66 2:12, 26 July 2006
  • IT was the Leadside epsiode-a parody of Ironside!

[edit] Quotations

  • I don't remember taking the phrase "Good thinking, 99" as being condescending, as described here. I thought it was mostly/always used with Max expressing sincere gratitude. 128.250.204.118 06:28, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
Sincere, but misplaced, as it's usually the result of 99 stating something obvious that Max has missed, and Max trying to make the "discovery" sound greater than it really is (after all, a top agent like Max would never miss sonething obvious, right?  ;) ) . -- EmiOfBrie 02:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

In real life, saying "Craw" instead of "Claw" would more likely be done with a Japanese accent than Chinese. Japanese has the "R" sound but lacks "L"; Chinese has the "L" but lacks "R". SlowJog 04:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fox series

I think the Fox remake should be separated out of the main artile. Here the opening para includes the Fox episodes as if they are part of the main series, adding them to the overall apisode count. Since they were made 25 years after the original ended, it can hardly be classed as the same series. Even The Avengers and The New Avengers have separate articles even with less-than ten years gap between them. Asa01 19:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Claim regarding four networks

With the revival airing on Fox, this makes makes Get Smart the only television franchise to air new episodes on four different American television networks.

Aside from the redundant "makes," the above is incorrect. Given the fact that the ABC movie Get Smart, Again! is counted as an episode, The Brady Bunch also qualifies:

ABC: The Brady Bunch/The Brady Kids/The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
NBC: The Brady Girls Get Married/The Brady Brides
CBS: A Very Brady Christmas/The Bradys
FOX: The Brady Bunch in the White House

Of course, the Fox movie is disconnected from the earlier productions in cast and tone, but it is an original entry to the Brady Bunch television franchise. I've reworded the text accordingly. —David Levy 14:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I wasn't aware there was a Brady movie on Fox... Cool, though. -EmiOfBrie 23:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup needed

I noticed today that this article is rife with run-on sentences, fragmented sentences, misplaced quote marks, missing punctuation, and other problems. The phrasing here and there could also be clearer and briefer. Please help. Zephyrad 16:16, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mel Brooks

Wow, I always loved this show. When I came here and saw it was co-created by Mel Brooks I was overcome by an amazing fealing of Of course!. I guess what I am saying is that yet again I have learned something new from wikipedia that made me think differently about the subject I was looking up. Good article, keep up the good work. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 04:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] i love get smart

i loved this tv series.I am 22 years old and i don't remember much bout get smart but i remember that the family always got together to watch get smart on tv and i remember he had a phone & 2 pills in his shoes. I would really really like to have Get Smart on DVD! can you help me??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Poppydoll20 (talk • contribs) 00:06, 30 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Get Smart Goofs and 99's name

  • On the multi-episode "Ship of Spies" 99 has to rescue Smart twice because Smart can't swim. Yet later when Smart and 99 penetrate the underwater lair of "Dr. Yes" both are swimming underwater!
  • Supposedly "CONTROL" Is a secret spy organisation -yet in the title card of the CBS Version-the name of the building Smart goes into is the "HALL OF JUSTICE"!!
  • True in the episode where 99 real name seems to be "Susan Hilton" she only says that her name isn't "Susan" which means the following are possible:
    • Her name is 99 Hilton!
    • Her name is Susan Hilton but she's lying to Smart-after all she's a professional spy!
    • Her name is really "Susan '99' Hilton"-and that the writers added this little tease to confuse and confound zealous watchers of the show with the unspoken question: What is 99's real name? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.53.145.37 (talk) 18:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] More Goofs

  • IN the episode with guest star Don Rickles Smart claims he was in the Army in Korea-yet in another episode when KAOS forges orders in which Smart and the "chief" are called back into service-they go into the US NAvy! {Smart as an Officer and the "Chief" as a common seaman named John Doe! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.53.145.128 (talk) 02:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Memorable Satire

  • One early episode with John Hoyt as KAOS spymaster "Mr Bunny"-a spoof of Ernest Blofield and his white cat!-Smart and 99 are out of ammo-and trapped in a toy Department by Kaos Agents. Smart and 99 fire "American Toys"-including a "Destruco" rocket at the Kaos Agents who are put hors de combat. Smart: "Poor Devils...they never had a chance all they had were real guns and real bullets!".

[edit] References in popular culture

A fairly recent episode of CSI featured some sort of guest team and began the episode with a "Get Smart" reference to the shoe phone. Sorry, I don't have the details. Luis Dantas 06:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia section error

Trivia error...

Don Adams didn't appear in every single episode... there was one episode featuring a random CIA officer and 99 in Alaska..

You know, whoever you are, I think you're right. I think it was Adams's friend Bill Dana filling in. Could be this episode. Awbeal 12:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

That episode was called "Ice Station Siegfried", and Don actually did appear in it, but only briefly. Near the beginning of the episode Max and the Chief were stuck in Miami beach because of a snowstorm; Max had one line in the scene (his only line in the episode). NIST91 01:49, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Kaos Mr. Big" paragraph

"The black-and-white pilot is the only time the KAOS Boss, also known as "Mr. Big," is seen, played by Michael Dunn (although others played the head of KAOS in other episodes)."

I don't understand why it's pointed out this way. How should he reappear, he died in that first episode, blew up with his ship at the end, "well, that's the end of Mr. Big", Max says. -- Externperson 02:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

True. And Max seemed too smart in the pilot. Many changes in the actual series don't match, but as I remember there is never again seen the head of KAOS. Siegfried - was usually the top KAOS agent seen. Someplace someone disagreed with this, but in the pilot "KAOS" is the name of the TV station. In the series there are many TV and California references that do not make any other sense than as inside jokes. KAOS as TV stations in the west all start with "K", the "guild of surviving spies" is the "actors guild" instead of "union". Ronald Reagan is mentioned often at some points made the show still seem current in the 1980's when Reagan was President. I saw a Late Show/David Letterman with Buck Henry guest where he mentioned that the CIA at one time supposed/questioned where they found their gadget ideas, as some were either similar to real devices used by the CIA or of interest to the CIA for other reasons as what someone might have actual working such gadgets. Kidsheaven 22:39, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Just for the record, we do see occasional heads of KAOS, usually intended as counterparts to the Chief, as in "The Expendable Agent" (played by Herb Ellis) and "Die, Spy" (played by Anthony Eustrel; the plot had the villain attempting to wipe out the heads of both CONTROL and KAOS). But they never played more than a cameo role. -- Aleal 02:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Guest and one time appearances

As of now, there are only the sections of "regular cast" and "recurring cast". But what about one time appearances in a full role, like Leonard Nimoy as Stryker, or the cameo appearance of Bob Hope in "99 loses control"? I have added them under "others" now, which is not quite right, since the top headline for that is "recurring cast", but I couldn't decide on how to split this up the best way, and also I reckon some other actors would have to be redistributed then, but I wouldn't know about those. Maybe someone else feels more competent for this. -- Externperson 08:44, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia Discouragement

There is a remark that the trivia section should be removed because Wikipedia's editing guidelines discourage such information. Why? They are just as much facts as anything else in the article, and there is no reason why this section should not be included in an encyclopaedic reference.


By the way, renaming the "Trivia" section to "Miscellany" or something else doesn't solve the problem. The issue is one of style, not labels. 206.53.197.12 (talk) 15:11, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oh no! More Trivia!

Intel is working on a new, standalone GPU (video chip) and has given the project the code name "Larrabee". Larrabee_(GPU) Whether or not it has any connection to Get Smart, I do not know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 11:14, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Max and Siegfried's Show and Tell

Max shows Siegfried his illegal, high-powered pistol from a Chicago mail-order house. The article says the prop was a Mauser C96 (the so-called "Broom Handle Mauser). It's been a while since I've seen the episode, but I thought it looked more like a Borchardt C93. DaddyWarlock (talk) 08:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "this fall"

Although Wikipedia is constantly being improved and updated, the phrase "this fall" in an encyclopedia sounds weird. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.34.71 (talk) 02:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Minor errors?

  • The article says that the shoe phone required a dime to operate. I don't think is generally true. It happened only in (an) episode(s) where CONTROL was suffering from budget cuts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.197.12 (talk) 19:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Check credits

  • John Schuck is credited with playing (one of the versions of) Hymie in Get Smart. I don't find this credit in his entry at IMDb. Can this be verified? (Schuck did play an android in a sitcom, but this was an unrelated series.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.197.12 (talk) 19:30, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone properly fixed the above error. Thank you. 206.53.197.12 (talk) 18:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barbar Feldon

I was a big time get smart watcher, and to answer a trivia question what did max and chief call Barbara Feldon. I know her agent number was 99, but Max usually called her Miss 99 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.33.204.213 (talk) 02:44, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I doubt it -- it doesn't jive with my memory. Maybe he used "Miss 99" when they were undercover, in the presence of others, but not when they were only with people who new them as control agents. I suspect a lot of this article is based on peoples memories, rather than on credible sources. Maybe the article deserves the "refimprove" template. 206.53.197.12 (talk) 01:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)