List of Get Smart episodes
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the series stars Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86), Barbara Feldon (as Agent 99), and Edward Platt (as the Chief). It was initially broadcast from September 18, 1965, to May 15, 1970, the first four seasons on NBC, and the last on CBS. It ran for five seasons, with 138 half-hour episodes being produced in total.
The pilot episode was filmed in black-and-white, but the entire ensuing series was filmed in color.
Like most sitcoms of its time, Get Smart was not serialized, so the episodes generally have no relation to each other.
Each of the five seasons has been released on DVD by HBO; also, the entire series has been released in a single box set, first by Time Life, then by HBO.[1]
On August 10, 2015, the entire series was officially released on digital streaming platforms for the first time in preparation for the series 50th anniversary.[2][3]
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1965–66)
Debuting on September 18, 1965, the series aired on Saturday nights following I Dream of Jeannie and opposite The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC) and The Trials of O'Brien (CBS).
The season earned executive producer Leonard Stern an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series and Don Adams for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series. Two episodes were nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards: "Diplomat's Daughter" for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy (Paul Bogart) and "Mr. Big" for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy (Buck Henry and Mel Brooks).
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| 1 | 1 | "Mr. Big" | Howard Morris | Mel Brooks and Buck Henry | September 18, 1965 | 001 |
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Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, learns from the Chief of Control (Edward Platt) that a machine called the Inthermo has been stolen from its inventor, Professor Hugo Dante (Vito Scotti). The Inthermo has great destructive capabilities. KAOS's Mr. Big (Michael Dunn) has demanded a large ransom or he will use the Inthermo against cities. Maxwell meets Agent 99. The two go to talk with Dante's assistant, Zelinka (Janine Gray). They want to know where she was when Dante was abducted. Later, Max and 99 are captured and taken to Mr. Big. They learn that Zelinka is working with Mr. Big and his first target is the Statue of Liberty. Max and 99 are able to escape and they free Dante. With Dante's help, they are able to destroy the Inthermo and Mr. Big. Kelton Garwood as Garth. Robert Hoy as Henchman.
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| 2 | 2 | "Diplomat's Daughter" | Paul Bogart | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | September 25, 1965 | 005 |
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The Chief tells Max that in the last ten days eight blondes have been kidnapped in the area. They suspect KOAS. The Chief says that Princess Ingrid of Scandinavia will be visiting Washington and she's a blonde. He wants Max to protect her. They go to see Carleton (Frank De Vol) in the Lab to get some equipment for Max. Max and 99 go to Ingrid's hotel room. Flowers are delivered to Ingrid that have a microphone in them. The Claw (Leonard Strong) listens to Max's plans for Ingrid. Max is captured by The Claw and his henchman Bobo (Lee Kolima). Max is able to escape. He finds 99 and Ingrid in a dance club. The Claw and some of his men show up. Max is able to over power them. Ingrid and the other blonde women are safe. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "School Days" | Paul Bogart | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | October 2, 1965 | 004 |
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Max and 99 are both undercover at the CONTROL spy school to find an undercover KAOS spy. Max and 99 meet Dean Watson (Byron Morrow) and Hillary Gainsborough (Ben Wright), from Control's London section. Neither Watson nor Hillary know that Max is undercover. Max believes that one of the three new trainees, Grillak (Leo Gordon), Zukor (Henry Brandon) or Dimitri (Phil Roth) is the KOAS spy. Max does not do well in weapons class. When something goes wrong, Max has to tell Hillary and the Dean that he's undercover. Someone makes an attempt on Max's life, but fails. Max makes several attempts to find which of the three is the spy, with no luck. Max and 99 are knocked out and captured. They manage to escape. When Grillak, Zukor and Dimitri are able to prove they are not the spy, Max thinks it is Hillary. Hillary winds up confessing he is the spy. Kitty Kelly as Mrs. Green. Robert Karvelas as Control Trainee Disguised as Little Old Lady. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Our Man in Toyland" | Don Richardson | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | October 9, 1965 | 002 |
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The Chief and Hodgkins (Bryan O'Byrne) are trying to figure out how KAOS is smuggling secrets out of the country. They believe KAOS is using Bowers department store as a front. Max goes to Bowers and looks for a suspect. 99 is working there. Mr. Bunny (John Hoyt a spoof of Ernst Stavro Blofeld), the Manager of the store, comes by. Bunny seems interested in Max and Max leaves. Leopold (Buck Kartalian) is following Max, but is caught by another Control agent. Max goes back to the store, but Frieda (Helen Kleeb) is at the counter where 99 was. Other Control agents that were at the store are also missing. Max finds 99. 99 discovers they are using Polly Dollies to smuggle out the secrets. When one pulls the doll's string, Polly reveals top secrets. Max is able to get this information to the Chief. Max and 99 are trapped in the store by Bunny, Frieda and Gorcheck (Lou Nova). Using children's toys, Max and 99 are able to fight their way to safety and stop KAOS' smuggling ring. Robert Karvelas as Control Agent. Note: A spoof of Our Man in Havana; the title is a spoof of Babes in Toyland. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Now You See Him... Now You Don't" | Paul Bogart | Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth | October 16, 1965 | 006 |
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Dr. Carl Haskell (Gregory Morton) comes to see Max at his apartment. Max knows that Haskell was working on a secret project for the government when he disappeared. Haskell says he was kidnapped by KAOS. He was able to escape, but KAOS has his invisibility ray gun. Haskell still has the plans for the ray gun. Suddenly there are two invisible KAOS agents in the room. They say that they will sell the plans for 10 million dollars and they leave with Haskell. The Chief comes up with a plan to get the ray gun back. The two KAOS agents, now visible, come to Max's apartment and take him away. 99, who is watching from another building, is also taken. Max meets KAOS agent Ehrlich (Joseph Ruskin). 99 is brought in the room. Max learns that the ray gun was a hoax and Haskell is working with KAOS. Haskell and Ehrlich take Max and 99 to Max's apartment to get the money. Max and 99 are able to capture Haskell and Ehrlich. Val Avery as KAOS Agent #1. Note: The title is based upon a common magician's dialogue with the audience. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Washington 4, Indians 3" | Richard Donner | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | October 23, 1965 | 007 |
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Native Americans stop a bus. They are looking for a CONTROL agent on board. They have a message to bring back to headquarters. Agent 43 calls Max and tells him he is in Arizona and was stopped by Native Americans. The message say that they threaten to start a war if they do not get all of their land back in 48 hours. Max has a meeting with an Army General (Donald Curtis), an Admiral (Bill Zuckert) and an Air Force General (Willis Bouchey). They want Max to infiltrate the Native American camp and find out their exact plans. Max and 99 dress as cowboys and meet 43 in Arizona. They capture a native and Max takes his clothes. Max is taken to see Red Cloud (Anthony Caruso). What Max did not know is that the native they captured was to marry Red Cloud's daughter, White Cloud. Max learns that the natives have a missile. Red Cloud holds a war council meeting. They discover Max is not one of them. Before they can kill Max, 99 arrives. Red Cloud launches the missile which is shaped like a giant arrow. It does no damage. Roberto Contreras as Blue Skies. Robert Karvelas as Native American. Charles Soldani as Native American. Note: Title changed to "Washington 4, Indians 3" for DVD release; "Redskins" was a common sports team name in the 1960s but is now considered racist.) The title is a parody of a sporting event's score and based on the American football team the Washington Redskins. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "KAOS in CONTROL" | Don Richardson | Hal Goldman and Al Gordon | October 30, 1965 | 003 |
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An alarm goes off at CONTROL. Hodgkins sees that someone tried to make an impression of the lock to the conference room. The Chief is concerned as CONTROL will be hosting a conference for some of the smartest scientists on the planet. Hodgkins says that Max has the keys to that lock. Chief worries that a KAOS agent has infiltrated CONTROL. Professor Windish (Robert Cornthwaite) shows Max and 99 his latest invention, an Electro-Retrogressor Gun. It emits a ray that retrogresses a person's psyche to the point where he or she becomes an eight-year-old child. Windish gives the gun to his assistants, Henry (Ed Peck) and Alma (Mission Impossible's Barbara Bain). Max and 99 inspect the conference room. Windish tells Chief that his Retrogressor Gun has been stolen. Before Windish can tell Chief who took it, he is shot with the Gun. The Chief is then also shot. The scientists arrive. Henry tells Max that he suspects Alma. Max's knowledge of Captain Kangaroo helps him confirm it is Alma. Max is able to get the Gun away from Alma and shoot her. Frank Baker as Scientist. Robert Karvelas as Control Agent. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Day Smart Turned Chicken" | Frank McDonald | Pat McCormick and Ron Friedman | November 6, 1965 | 009 |
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Max goes to answer the door to his apartment. A Cowboy (Simon Oakland) falls in with a knife in his back. The Cowboy says they are going to poison the Ambassador (George J. Lewis). Max calls the Chief and tells him to come over. The Cowboy then disappears. The Chief arrives and thinks Max dreamed the whole thing. Max is to testify against KAOS the next day and Chief wants him to rest. When Max goes to bed, the Cowboy is there. He says that KAOS is going to poison the Ambassador. Dr. Fish (Howard Caine) comes to the door looking for Mrs. Dawson (Iris Adrian). Max says she lives down the hall. Dr. Fish says the Cowboy is dead. Max wants Dr. Fish to talk to the Chief. He goes to Mrs. Dawson's apartment and she's never heard of Dr. Fish. Max does not know this is all being staged by KAOS to make him look like he's losing his mind. This will discredit his testimony. In court, many witnesses are brought up to make Max look crazy. Max is able to prove that the man who dressed as a Cowboy, who is there in court in plain clothes, is the KAOS agent who staged the whole thing. Phillip Pine as Blake. Richard Karlan as Bruno. Don Brodie as Costume Man. Arthur Tovey as Party Guest. Note: It is revealed that the Chief's first name is Thaddeus. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Satan Place" | Frank McDonald | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | November 13, 1965 | 010 |
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The Chief is going on vacation. When his car won't start, Max looks under the hood. The Chief is attacked by two men and they take him away. Back at CONTROL, Windish tells Max that the Chief met with foul play. His car was found abandoned ten miles away. In the car was found a ransom note. They want $200,000 or they will kill the Chief. The Chief meets Harvey Satan (Joseph Sirola) and his assistant Rudolph (Len Lesser, Seinfeld's Uncle Leo). Harvey tells Chief that a Doctor will perform mind-control surgery and turn him into a KAOS agent. Max is told where to drop off the money. The KAOS agent is tracked and Max and 99 go to where he took the money. They see a Nurse and a man she calls Doctor Von Havick, who is to perform the surgery. Max and 99 capture them and take their place. They are taken to Chief, who is a bit frozen. Satan is suspicious. Rudolph finds the real doctor and tells Satan. Max is able to freeze Satan, Rudolph and Gregor (Jack Perkins) and free the Chief. The Chief learns that Max was only able to raise $600 for the ransom. Roy Jenson as Thug. Note: The title is based upon the book, film, and television series, Peyton Place. The Chief's car is a "Zebra Mustang", custom made by George Barris. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Our Man in Leotards" | Richard Donner | Mel Brooks and Gary Belkin | November 20, 1965 | 008 |
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The Chief is showing Max a new spy car. An alarm goes off and Saunders (Robert Karvelas) tells the Chief that someone has stolen the Immobilo, a new drug invented by CONTROL. Chief mentions that 99 has been placed in Emilio Naharana's (Michael Pate) dance troop. Emilio represents a faction in his country that is not favorable to the US. Max and Chief think the thief could be Emilio. Windish tells them that Immobilo is harmless, but when used, puts the victim into a temporary state of paralysis. Peach fuzz creates an immunity to the drug. Max goes to the Pinerovian Embassy. Emilio wants the Doorman (Nestor Paiva) to find Julio (Robert Carricart), the Ambassador's secretary. Julio tells the Doorman that the Ambassador will see no one. Max finds 99. Max learns that Emilio wants to use the Immobilo to prevent the Ambassador from signing a pact with the US. Max disguises himself as a dancer. He and 99 try to warn the Ambassador and Emilio shows up. Max is able to use the Immobilo on Emilio and protect the Ambassador. John Stephenson as Parkerson. Edward Colmans as Don Hernando. Robert J. Stevenson as Guard. Note: The title is based on the spy novel Our Man in Havana. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Too Many Chiefs" | Bruce Bilson | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | November 27, 1965 | 011 |
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The Chief, Max and 99 bring Tanya Lupescu (Susanne Cramer) to a hotel. They then see her picture in the newspaper. They realize word has gotten out about her. Several CONTROL and KAOS agents are there. They are able to leave before the agents kill each other. Meanwhile at KAOS headquarters, Kaos Leader (Harry Basch) is not happy that CONTROL has Tanya. She can reveal several KAOS leaders and must be killed. Alexi Sebastian, a master impersonator, is assigned the job. The Chief wants Tanya to stay at Max's apartment. Tanya tells Max that she discovered the secret of the KAOS coding system. Chief tells Max that they learned Alexi Sebastian will be coming for Tanya. Chief says that Alexi blinks a lot under a bright light. Kaos Leader reveals Alexi, who is disguised as the Chief. 99 is at Max's place and the Chief comes by. She takes him up to Tanya's room. Max lets Chief in, but it is really Alexi. At first the two do not run into each other. When they finally do, somehow Max captures Alexi. Victor French as Insurance Man. Robert Karvelas as Hotel Cashier. Note: The title is from the common expression, "Too many chefs spoil the broth." | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "My Nephew the Spy" | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth | December 4, 1965 | 012 |
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Max is in a shoe store. The Salesman (Vincent Beck) is getting annoyed with Max as he's been there an hour and hasn't decided on anything. What Max doesn't know is the store is also a KAOS communications center. KAOS agent Victor (Conrad Janis) discovers Max is with CONTROL. Victor follows Max hoping to kill him. Max tells the Chief that a car tried to run him over. Chief tells Max that CONTROL has learned that his Aunt Bertha (Maudie Prickett) and Uncle Abner (Charles Lane) are coming to see him. Max must not let them know he is a secret agent. When Max gets to his apartment, Victor is there. After a struggle, Max manages to get Victor's gun. Bertha and Abner are at the door. Max wants Victor to pretend he is an old army buddy. Things get complicated when 99 shows up. Max says she's the maid. Bertha takes 99 around the apartment and has her cleaning things. There is another struggle and Victor gets out of the apartment. Max races after him. Max gets to the shoe store. Bertha and Abner follow him and think Max works there. It takes some doing, but Max overpowers Victor and the Salesman. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Aboard the Orient Express" | Frank McDonald | Robert C. Dennis and Earl Barret | December 11, 1965 | 014 |
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CONTROL couriers aboard the Orient Express are being murdered in order to prevent them from delivering important information. The Chief wants to send 99 on the next courier mission because he doesn't think they'll suspect a woman agent. Max inadvertantly attaches the briefcase to his wrist so he'll have to go. Chief, Max and 99 go to see Doctor Minelli (Del Close), CONTROL's Special Weapons Advisor. Chief says that the agents were killed with a highly toxic gas. Minelli gives Max a hat that turns into a gas mask. He also gives Max shoes that will lift him off the ground. Max is on the train and meets Agent 44 (Victor French), who gives him a message. A Countess (Carol Ohmart) joins Max in his cabin. 99 arrives and Max looks for his contact. The lights on the train go out. When they come back on, the chain from the briefcase to Max's handcuff had been cut. Ernst, a British agent, is killed. Demetrios (Theo Marcuse) instructs his dog Krochanska to release the toxic gas, which doesn't effect dogs. Max and 99 use their gas masks and overpower Demetrios. Maurice Marsac as The Porter. Jack Donner as The Courier. Cameo appearance by Johnny Carson as the train conductor (he appears in the credits as the "Special Guest Conductor"). Note: A spoof of Murder on the Orient Express. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Weekend Vampire" | Bruce Bilson | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | December 18, 1965 | 013 |
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Max is playing chess with Agent 52. Max goes to get some coffee. When he returns, 52 is dead. Chief says three CONTROL agents have been killed and each on a weekend. Professor Sontag (Ford Rainey) is looking over the body. Chief mentions that the victims are found murdered with mysterious puncture marks on their necks. Vampires are brought up, but Chief says that's superstition. Sontag is on the phone and mentions the name Drago. Max tells 99 that Dr. Drago (Martin Kosleck) used to be with CONTROL. He was caught doing some unauthorized experiments. Sontag says the autopsy revealed nothing. Max becomes suspicious and he and 99 follow Sontag. They wind up at Drago's home. They claim to be newlyweds and their car broke down. They are taken to a room. Drago goes into a coffin, which actually leads to his lab. After some investigating, Drago admits to Max and 99 that he killed the agents because they testified against him. Drago shows them the device he invented that caused the puncture wounds and poisoned the victims. Before he can kill 99, Sontag arrives and shoots Drago. Robert Karvelas as Control Agent Taking Photos. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Survival of the Fattest" | Frank McDonald | Mel Brooks and Ronny Pearlman | December 25, 1965 | 016 |
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Prince Sully (Dan Seymour) is eating in his hotel room. Max comes by as Bill Bamford, president of an oil company. The Chambermaid comes by to drop off a refrigerator. From the closet, Max calls the Chief. Chief says to keep an eye on the Prince as there is a plot to kidnap him. The Chambermaid knocks out the Prince and takes him away. Back at CONTROL, Chief tells Max that Sully is always trying to gain weight. His followers give him his weight in gold and that keeps his country solvent. If he doesn't weigh 300 pounds, another faction, that is unfriendly to the US, takes over the country. After Max tells him about the Chambermaid, Chief realizes it was Mary 'Jack' Armstrong (Karen Steele), the strongest female counter spy. Parker (Milton Selzer) gives Max a truth serum to use on Mary. At the hotel, Max is talking with Mary. After some switching of glasses, Max accidentally drinks the serum. He reveals who he is and passes out. When Max comes to, he is in a private gym and Sully is there being forced to work out. Max is forced to call The Chief and tell him everything is alright. Chief is able to trace where Max is and capture Mary. Turns out the Chief and Mary were old friends. The Prince losing the weight actually works out to his benefit. Ned Romero as Agent #2. Note: The title is from the common idiom "survival of the fittest." | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Double Agent" | Frank McDonald | Joseph C. Cavella and Carol Cavella | January 8, 1966 | 015 |
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Max and 99 are listening in on a KAOS meeting. Alex (Robert Ellenstein) says they must infiltrate the US Central Military Complex. One agent mentions that Maxwell Smart has top clearance to that building. They wonder if they can recruit Max. In the Chief's office, Professor Parker shows Chief the radio and tracking device he created that looks like a fly. Max comes by and swats the fly. Chief wants Max to infiltrate KAOS. Max must lose his loyal appearance to CONTROL by becoming a drunken bum. Chief gives Max some money to lose gambling at a place that KAOS frequents. Max winds up winning at poker. Chief gives Max a pill that will absorb any alcohol he drinks. He can then pretend to be drunk. Max is dressed as a bum and is at the bar. 99, not knowing about the Chief's plan, finds Max and wonders what's wrong with him. Max gets her to leave. Chief contacts Max and says the next step is they'll stage a fight between the two of them. Max will pretend to beat up Chief. Max is brought to Alex and 99 is caught outside. Alex wants Max to kill 99. Max and 99 learn that Alex and the other KAOS men are actually double agents. Arthur Batanides as KAOS Agent #1. Dave Barry as KAOS Agent #2. Clay Tanner as KAOS Agent #3. Gregg Palmer as The Texan. Jack Orrison as The Drunk. Robert Karvelas as Roulette Croupier. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Kisses for KAOS" | Gary Nelson | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | January 15, 1966 | 017 |
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Max has been keeping a consulate under surveillance. He tells 99 that no one suspicious has been there. Just then there is an explosion. Back at CONTROL, Max shows the Chief part of a painting that was delivered to the consulate a few minutes before the explosion. Chief mentions an art gallery owned by Rex Savage (Michael Dante). Chief says that parts of paintings from that gallery were found at the last two explosions. All three places had information that would be detrimental to KAOS. They have no picture or fingerprints of Savage. Chief wants 99 to pose as an art expert with Max as her chauffeur. Turns out Rex is a chemist and he has teamed up with painter Mondo (John Abbott) to produce the explosive paintings. At the gallery, 99 introduces herself to Rex as Melissa Westbrook. Max and 99 have no luck getting the picture nor the prints. Mondo tells Rex that he is sure he has seen that chauffeur before. 99 tells Max that Rex will drive her home. Later, 99 tells Max and Chief that Rex is coming to her apartment for dinner. Chief suggests having the dinner at Max's place and he could be the butler. Professor Parker gives some items to Max and 99 to use. At dinner, Rex finally takes off his gloves. Max answers the door and it is Mondo with a gun. Mondo tells Rex that Max is a CONTROL agent. There are some problems, but Rex and Mondo are captured. Ray Kellogg as Policeman. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Dead Spy Scrawls" | Gary Nelson | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | January 22, 1966 | 018 |
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Max and 99 are at a bus station waiting to meet with Agent 46. 46 arrives and signals that he is being followed. KAOS agent Stryker (Leonard Nimoy) shoots and kills 46. Stryker goes to a pool hall where the Shark (Jack Lambert) is playing. Stryker tells Shark that he saw Max at the bus station. Stryker will pick up Max's trail and kill him. It turns out the pool hall is a KAOS communication center. Back at CONTROL, Parker figures out the last message that 46 left. It says that 46 knew an Informer (Don Brodie) that knew about the communication center. Max arranges to meet the Informer at the same bus station. At the station, Max mistakes a Vendor (Roy Engel) for the Informer. Max does meet the Informer, who is then shot by Stryker. The Informer does give Max a clue. The Chief figures out about the pool hall. Chief has Willie Marconi (Harry Bartell, based on real life Pool expert Willie Mosconi) teach Max how to play a good game of pool, but it doesn't go well. Parker gives Max some things that will help him play better. Max and 99 go to the pool hall and Max challenges Shark to a game. Stryker tells Shark that the man he is playing against is Max. Max and 99 learn that the pool table is the decoding machine. They are able to overpower Shark and Stryker. George Holmes as Man in the Pool Parlor. Robert Karvelas as Man in the Pool Parlor. Note: The title is a play on "Dead Sea Scrolls." | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Back to the Old Drawing Board" | Bruce Bilson | Gary Clarke | January 29, 1966 | 019 |
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Mr. Natz (Ted de Corsia) tells Dr. Ratton (Jim Boles) that KAOS would like to capture Dr. Shotwire (Patrick O'Moore) because of his brilliant work in robotics. Natz says they haven't been able to get to Shotwire because Maxwell Smart has been guarding him. Ratton says that Hymie can get both Max and Shotwire in 24 hours. Natz learns that Hymie is a humanoid robot invented by Ratton. At CONTROL, Chief tells Max that Shotwire says Max has set back his work six months. Chief wants Max, 99, Agent 44 and Agent 91 to go to a party being given for Shotwire. Max and 99 run into Hymie at the meeting place and think he is 91. At the party, Hymie is able to disarm Max without him knowing it. Chief contacts Max and warns him that there is a KAOS agent at the party. Hymie knocks out Agent 44. Ratton looses contact with Hymie. Hymie winds up drinking several cocktails. Max wants to get Shotwire out of the building, but he won't go. Hymie captures Max, 99 and Shotwire and they are brought to a KAOS hideout. 99 tells Max that Hymie is a KAOS robot. Natz reminds Max that it was because of Max that he spent ten years in prison. Ratton orders Hymie to kill Max, but instead Hymie shoots Ratton and knocks out Natz. Hymie frees Max, 99 and Shotwire. At CONTROL Hymie tells them that he'd like to work for IBM. Note: This is the first episode with Hymie (played by Dick Gautier). This episode is notable for an extended physical comedy routine involving Max and Hymie. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "All in the Mind" | Bruce Bilson | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | February 5, 1966 | 020 |
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Secretary Joanna Sloan (Merry Anders) is caught going through some files by her boss, psychiatrist Dr. Myron Braam (Torin Thatcher). She calls Max and tells him that Braam is passing information he receives from his patients to KAOS. Joanna is then killed. At CONTROL, Chief calls Braam claiming to be a General from the Pentagon. He wants to send a Colonel Smart to be evaluated because he's been acting disturbed. Chief wants 99 to go with Max and pose as his wife. While Braam is busy with Max, 99 can look through Braam's files. Chief wants Max to talk to Dr. Stueben (Robert F. Simon) to get ideas how to act disturbed. Max and 99 arrive at Braam's office. Braam is recording his interview with Max when he hears a noise in the outer office. When Braam goes to check on 99, Max discovers the tape recorder. Braam becomes suspicious and goes back into his office. Braam pulls a gun on Max and tells his assistant Markovich (King Moody) to bring in Max's wife. 99 isn't in the office. Max manages to get away and finds 99 in a phone booth. They are trapped in the booth and it starts filling with water. Max and 99 are able to get out of the booth and capture Braam and Markovich. William Tannen as Admiral. Janet Waldo as Telephone Operator (voice). Note: This episode is notable for its use of a secret KAOS weapon: a phone booth that fills with water. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Dear Diary" | Murray Golden | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | February 12, 1966 | 022 |
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At Spy City, a Retirement Home For Secret Agents, Max comes to see Herb Gaffer (Vaughn Taylor), Agent Four. Herb sent a message to CONTROL that someone tried to get into his room. Herb had kept a dairy which contains a lot of information about CONTROL'S code system, personal, and location of bases. He wants to turn the dairy over to CONTROL for safe keeping. Max thinks he sees someone behinds some curtains. When he goes to look, someone takes Herb. Back at CONTROL, 99 finds blueprints to Spy City. Chief tells Max and 99 to see his old friend Agent #8 (Burt Mustin). If there is anything else they need, they should see retired lab man, Professor Bush (Byron Foulger), a friend of Gaffer's. Bush shows Max and 99 the Spy City Museum. They do not notice that Gaffer is on one of the tables. Bush then brings them to George Newfield (William Keene) and Agnes Davenport (Ellen Corby), who live on the same floor as Herb. Neither George nor Agnes claim to know anything about Herb's diary. Max meets Agent 8, who gives him a clue as to where the diary is. Max and 99 capture Mace the Handyman (Ted Gehring), who is looking for the diary. Mace is shot by someone. Max thinks there must be a double agent. Max and 99 finally find Herb and he gives them the diary. Newfield arrives with a gun, but Max is able to shoot him first. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Smart, the Assassin" | Bruce Bilson | Budd Grossman | February 19, 1966 | 021 |
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At the Regency Club, Max and the Chief are playing chess. Sedwick Devonshire (Murray Matheson) brings by some coffee and rolls. Devonshire sees the waiter squirt something into Chief's coffee and stops him from drinking it. Back at CONTROL, Chief is concerned that a KAOS agent was able to get into the Regency Club. Max and 99 are worried about Chief being unprotected. It turns out that Devonshire is working with KAOS. He wants Max brought to him alive. Two KAOS agents (Tony Lo Bianco and Ken Scott) capture Max. Devonshire gives Max a brain washing pill. Max is instructed to shoot Chief during their chess game. Max comes to and realizes he is trapped in a KAOS location. Devonshire wants Shirley (Eileen O'Neill), a Woman Agent, to help Max escape. But Max doesn't trust her. More attempts to free Max don't work. Max finally gets free. Max and Chief are at the Regency Club. Max hears the code word "checkmate", but shoots Devonshire instead. Shep Houghton as Club Patron. Robert Karvelas as Club Patron. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "I'm Only Human" | Murray Golden | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer, Pat McCormick and Ron Friedman | February 26, 1966 | 023 |
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99 comes by Max's apartment. CONTROL dog Fang is there ever since he was retired. Fang seems depressed. 99 mentions that Agent 73 took his dog to a kennel after it was retired and it made the dog feel better. At CONTROL, Chief tells Max and 99 that 73 was killed by his dog. Chief has a list of other Washington officals killed by their dogs. He believes KAOS is behind it. The dogs were all sent to the Washington Animal Spa. Max suggests using Fang, but Chief does not think Fang is up to it. Chief and Max go to see Carleton (Frank De Vol) about another CONTROL dog, but they are not ready. Chief agrees to use Fang and parrot B17. Max and 99 drop off Fang and B17 at the spa. KAOS agent Beastmaster (Oscar Beregi Jr.) learns it was Maxwell Smart that dropped the animals off. Fang's transmitter is not working and Max wants to rescue Fang. Chief orders Max not to. Max and 99 go anyway. They are captured by Beastmaster. Beastmaster tells them that Fang has been brainwashed. Beastmaster knows Chief is coming to rescue Max and 99. He has set up an explosive that will go off when Fang barks. Just as Chief arrives, Max finds a way to have Fang drop the bomb down the shaft where Beastmaster is hiding. Gregg Palmer as KAOS Agent. Robert Karvelas as CONTROL Agent. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain" | Murray Golden | Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill | March 5, 1966 | 024 |
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Chief wants Max to pick up a special suitcase from Professor Parker and meet him at the airport. Max is suddenly attacked by two KAOS agents, but he overpowers them. At the airport, Chief tells Max that a KAOS agent will be getting off the plane. Chief wants Max to switch suitcases with him while 99 distracts him. Chief says a lot of KAOS agents have been flying into Washington carrying similar suitcases. They need to find out what is in them. Agent 44, disguised as a piece of luggage, points out the KAOS agent. Max messes up the switching of the suitcases and they have to capture the agent. Back at CONTROL, Parker finds a strange piece of metal in the suitcase. Captured agent Nealis (Lew Gallo) lets it slip that the agents are each carrying a part and will meet at Blue Mist Mountain. That is near a US missile base. Chief, Max and 99 go to a cabin near the mountain. Max will pose as a KAOS agent. Chief learns that the parts are for an atomic bomb and Max says the agents told him it will go off at midnight They go to the KAOS cabin. Two of the KAOS agents wind up shooting each other and the third gets away. While communicating with Parker, Max clumsily disarms the bomb with seconds to spare. Ted Knight as KAOS agent #1. Jason Wingreen as KAOS Agent #2. Robert Karvelas as KAOS Agent #3. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "The Amazing Harry Hoo" | Gary Nelson | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | March 12, 1966 | 025 |
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Max is following KAOS Agent Number 3 (Robert Ito). 3 spots Max and they start shooting at each other. 3 gets away and 99 stops Max. Back at CONTROL, Chief tells Max he was only to follow 3, not apprehend him. They need to follow 3 to the man in charge of KAOS' data smuggling operation. They believe 3 has the formula for a tranquilizer bomb. Max and 99 follow 3 to San Francisco. The Claw ("Not the Craw! The Craw!") is back and he tells his henchman Bobo (Lee Kolima) that Max has fallen into his trap. Max and 99 find a dead KAOS agent in a hotel room. A Policeman (Vince Howard) introduces Max to Harry Hoo (Joey Forman), a Charlie Chan-type Hawaiian police inspector. Harry has a keen eye for detail and two theories to explain anything. They find a clue that leads them to a Chinese laundromat, where Max and 99 are captured by the Claw. Claw's smuggling operation used the laundromat as facade (through the real money is actually in the laundry). Harry shows up, frees Max and 99 and captures Claw and Bobo. James Millhollin as Ticket Seller. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Hubert's Unfinished Symphony" | Gary Nelson | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | March 19, 1966 | 026 |
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Max and Chief are at a performance by CONTROL agent and violin player, Rudolph Hubert (Andre Philippe). After the performance, Hubert is to give them the name of KAOS' new Mr. Big. When Hubert bows at the end of his concert, he gives Max and Chief a signal that means he is in trouble. In his dressing room, Hubert writes something on a piece of music and he is then shot and killed. Max and Chief are posing as Wilcox and Giles when the Police Lieutenant (Richard Webb) questions them. The Lieutenant is also questioning Badeff (Bert Freed), Nicola Darby (Sarah Marshall) and piano player Wolenska (John Myhers), as they were the last to see Hubert alive. The way Hubert was found makes it look as though he killed himself. Max and Chief check with Agent 44 to see if he knows anything. Chief calls Professor Parker and tells him to go to the lab and set up search operation for the concert hall. Max finds Nicola in Hubert's dressing room. Later, Max finds Badeff in the dressing room. Both claim they did not know Hubert personally, but Max suspects them both. Max finds Wolenska in the dressing room and he takes a piece of Hubert's music. Max, 99, Badeff and Nicola are listening to Wolenska play some of Hubert's music. Badeff realizes that in the music is a clue that he is Mr. Big. He wants Nicola to get Boris to set up Wolenska's piano to get rid of Wolenska and the music. Max and 99 figure out Badeff is Mr. Big, but then they are captured by him. Max and 99 manage to escape, capture Badeff, Nicola and Boris and save Wolenska. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Ship of Spies: Part 1" | Bruce Bilson | Buck Henry and Leonard Stern | April 2, 1966 | 027 |
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Max is undercover in a diner. Chief comes in. Max tells him that whoever stole the plans to the nuclear amphibian battleship is going to smuggle them out of the country tonight. Max made contact with a KAOS informant, who will tell Max what ship they are planning to use. The KAOS informant (Murray Alper) is shot entering the diner. The only clue as to who fired the shot is a clip-clop noise he makes as he walks. Before dying, the informant tells Chief and Max that Evening Star sails at midnight. On board the ship Max makes contact with Agent 44, who has a list of suspects. Max hears a clip-clop noise and sees his doorknob turn. Max grabs a woman who calls herself Consuela Merendez. She is a professional dancer and she thought it was her cabin. The clip-clop noise was her castanets. Max hears more clip-clops and sees a man with a cane entering a stateroom. Max runs into 99 who says she is on a two week vacation. 99 suggests Max speak with Captain Groman (Harold J. Stone). Max gets into the room of the man with the cane. 99 follows and is knocked to the floor. There is a clip-clop noise going down the hallway. They find the man with a knife in his back. He says he is Inspector Sehokian, from International CONTROL. He says the plans are not plans and dies. Max goes searching on deck. It is very foggy. Max hears the clip-clops and then shots are fired. Max falls overboard and 99 is locked in her room. Paul Lukather as Baccardo. Fred Aldrich as Barfly. Robert Karvelas as Larabee. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Ship of Spies: Part 2" | Bruce Bilson | Leonard Stern and Buck Henry | April 9, 1966 | 028 |
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Max is still in the water. 99 wants to throw him a raft, but it inflates before she can get it through the porthole. Max does get rescued. 99 calls Chief and tells him that someone tried to kill Max. She says that Inspector Sehokian said the plans are not plans. 99 also mentions suspects Consuela Merendez and Hector Baccardo, a Portuguese polo player. Another attempt on Max's life happens when a mast almost hits him. 99's radio is destroyed. Max goes to see Captain Graumann, while 99 keeps Graumann's assistant Fuji busy. Max tells Graumann that he is a CONTROL agent. Max says that someone on his ship has stolen plans to a nuclear amphibian battleship. Max also mentions the clip-clop noise. Graumann says he will do what he can to help. What Max does not know is that Graumann has a wooden leg that makes that noise. Max and 99 get a message they believe is from 44 that tells them to meet him on deck. 44 tells them that he heard Baccardo talking about the plans. Just then 44 is shot. Baccardo attacks Max, but Max knocks him out. Max asks Graumann to use his radio to call CONTROL. Max sees his wooden leg. Graumann shoots at Max, but hits Fuji instead. Max tells 99 that it was Graumann that had a model of the amphibian battleship and killed the others. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Shipment to Beirut" | David Alexander | Arne Sultan | April 23, 1966 | 029 |
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Max is at the Richelieu (Lee Bergere) Fashion Shop. He winds up buying a very expensive gown. Back at CONTROL, Chief says there are no hidden plans sewn into the gown. Max says that one of the models called him and told him about the stolen plans for a supersonic bomber. Max obviously talked to the wrong model. Max goes back, talks to another model and buys another expensive dress. There are no plans in the dress. Max tells Chief that they know KAOS has the stolen plans. They know that Richelieu has been tied in with KAOS. Max wants Chief to give him one more chance. Max goes back and model Mildred Spencer reveals she is the one who called him. Richelieu sees her talking to Max and she is later captured. Chief arrives with several agents. Richelieu says that Mildred had to leave. Max then sees a mannequin that looks exactly like Mildred. Furious that Max spent a ton of money and did not get any information, Chief takes Max off the case. 99 then goes undercover as a model. She calls Max and tells him that Richelieu's latest creations will flown to Beirut tonight. She wants Max to come by and pose as a mannequin. 99 tells Max that Richelieu had Mildred sprayed with a plastic solution that turned her into a mannequin. Max learns that they transfered the plans to micro-thread and used the thread to seam the dresses. Max calls Chief and tells him to intercept the dresses. Max then saves 99, who was sprayed with the plastic solution, by taking her to a steam bath. Alice Reinheart as Hilda. Tim Herbert as Attendant. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Last One in Is a Rotten Spy" | David Alexander | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | May 7, 1966 | 030 |
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Max is contacted by a member of the Russian swim team who has a list of KAOS agents and wants to use the list to defect. She gives Max her name and tells him to meet her at the International Sports Club. Max, 99 and Chief go to the club. Unfortunately, Max can't remember the woman's name. Chief asks the four Russian woman swimmers their names. None of them sound familiar to Max. Greco (John Milford) is suspicious and asks who they are. 99 says she is the American team's chaperone and Max says he is a trainer. Max is contacted by the woman again. When she gives the signal, the list will be in the pool. 99 sees the signal and Chief tells Max to get in the pool. Max finds a bottle, but there is nothing in it. Max finds a note in his sandwich, but he ate half of it. Greco tells Verna (Alice Ghostley), the women's trainer, that he will have to eliminate Max. Verna is the one who contacted Max, but Max does not know that. She calls and tells Max where to meet her. Max gets a note handed to him from a bush. Greco arrives and tries to get the note, but Max eats it. Max over powers him. Max goes to see the women swimmers and runs into Verna. He does not know it, but she slipped the note into his pocket. Max does learn it was Verna and they have to run from Greco. Max kills Greco. Victoria Carroll as Myrna. | ||||||
Season 2 (1966–67)
The second season of Get Smart aired on Saturday nights following Please Don't Eat the Daisies and opposite The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC) and Pistols 'n' Petticoats (CBS).
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 31 | 1 | "Anatomy of a Lover" | Bruce Bilson | Gary Clarke | September 17, 1966 | 035 |
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KAOS reprograms CONTROL robot Hymie (Dick Gautier) to murder the Chief. After completing the mission, Hymie's memory bank will be erased. Hymie breaks into Chief's office and starts to strangle him. Max and 99 show up and Max is able to short circuit Hymie. Chief wants Max to disassemble Hymie. Instead, Max hides Hymie in his apartment and he is to say he is Max's cousin. At the apartment, neighbor Phoebe (Laurel Goodwin) meets Hymie. Max leads Chief to believe Hymie is disassembled. Max tells Hymie that there must be a spy at CONTROL. Phoebe comes by again and Max tells Hymie that she is the Chief's niece. Kirsch (King Moody) arrives and tells Max the Chief wants to see him. Chief tells Max that he knows Hymie has not been disassembled. At the apartment, Hymie is once again reprogrammed. This time he is to kill Max in a restaurant. Hymie calls Max and says he wants to go out and he invited Phoebe. At the restaurant, 99 tells Max that Phoebe is falling for Hymie. Phoebe tells Max that she is in love with Hymie. Hymie's attempt to shoot Max goes wrong. At the apartment, Kirsch is revealed to be the KAOS spy. Hymie knocks Kirsch out. | ||||||
| 32 | 2 | "Strike While the Agent Is Hot" | Gary Nelson | Budd Grossman | September 24, 1966 | 033 |
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At the airport, Max makes contact with Agent 47. KAOS is smuggling counterfeit money into the country to finance their operations. 47 is shot several times. Before he dies, he makes Max the head labor negotiator with CONTROL. 47 also gives Max a puzzling clue as to where KAOS hides the money. Max is holding a labor meeting with hidden CONTROL agents. Chief comes by and Max tells him some of their demands or they will go on strike at midnight. In Chief's office, Max and 99 try to figure out the clue 47 gave. 99 suggests that the clue is the name of a children's book. Chief sends Max to the bookstore and he speaks with Madame Verna. Believing Max is a KAOS agant, she gives him the book and tells him to read page 52. At CONTROL, they can't decipher the code. Max reminds Chief about the strike. Max goes back to the bookstore and Verna gives him a different book. As Max is leaving, KAOS Agent #2 (Alan Dexter) comes in and tells Verna that was Maxwell Smart. They need to get the book back and kill Max. Agent #2 confronts Max in his apartment. He tells Max what the clue means before he accidentally shoots himself. Chief and Max learn the location of the counterfeit money and Max gets Chief to agree to the labor demands. Robert Karvelas as KAOS Agent. | ||||||
| 33 | 3 | "A Spy for a Spy" | Bruce Bilson | Mike Marmer and Stan Burns | October 1, 1966 | 031 |
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The Chief is kidnapped by KAOS Vice President of Public Relations and Terror, Siegfried (Bernie Kopell, in his first appearance in this recurring role). Max retaliates by kidnapping KAOS's top assassin. After this, a war of kidnappings takes place, which culminates in Max and Siegfried being the only ones who haven't been kidnapped. | ||||||
| 34 | 4 | "The Only Way to Die" | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan | October 8, 1966 | 032 |
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After Max is almost killed by KAOS agents Perry and Carter, the Chief arranges to fake his death to everyone so they can use information Max has in order to discover the identity of "The Blaster," a KAOS agent who each year blows up a national monument in Washington D.C. | ||||||
| 35 | 5 | "Maxwell Smart, Alias Jimmy Ballantine" | Gary Nelson | Arnie Rosen | October 15, 1966 | 034 |
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Max has to impersonate a safe cracker named Jimmy Ballantine, a recently released convict. CONTROL makes KAOS believe Ballantine's face was burned, allowing Max to have his face wrapped in bandages so KAOS won't recognize him. CONTROL believes the barber shop rendez-vous point is a KAOS front. 99 poses as a manicurist and Agent 13 is in the towel steamer. The KAOS agents want Max to open the vault of a federal reserve bank. 99 doesn't know which one, so the Chief has all the banks vaults left unlocked. Max opens the vault, KAOS guys are removing the money and plan to kill Max, when he gets the drop on them and their plan backfires. 99 and the Chief arrive and Max accidentally locks the Chief in the vault. A spoof of Alias Jimmy Valentine. | ||||||
| 36 | 6 | "Casablanca" | William Wiard | Joseph C. Cavella and Carol Cavella | October 22, 1966 | 037 |
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The Choker kills the man Max was protecting. After the Chief orders him to go on vacation, Max decides instead to pursue the Choker to Casablanca. (This episode is notable for the impression done by Don Adams of Humphrey Bogart, as well as the two songs performed by Feldon, "There'll Be Some Changes Made" and Édith Piaf's well-known French chanson "La vie en rose".) | ||||||
| 37 | 7 | "The Decoy" | William Wiard | Sydney Zelinka and Ronald Axe | October 29, 1966 | 041 |
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CONTROL makes KAOS believe that Max is carrying a secret code. Max is captured by KAOS, subjecting him to their truth serum. | ||||||
| 38 | 8 | "Hoo Done It" | Gary Nelson | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | November 5, 1966 | 039 |
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Max and Harry Hoo try to solve a murder of an agent in a tropical hotel. This is a parody of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. One of the suspects is named "Ben Gazzman", and says he is an adventurer living life at most since he has two years to live, a spoof of the Run for Your Life series that starred Ben Gazzara. This episode marks the last appearance of Harry Hoo, however Joey Forman would appear in a season 3 episode playing a different character. | ||||||
| 39 | 9 | "Rub-a-Dub-Dub... Three Spies in a Sub" | Bruce Bilson | Mike Marmer and Stan Burns | November 12, 1966 | 040 |
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Max and Agent 99 go on a dangerous mission to destroy a KAOS computer on an island. However, they are captured by a KAOS sub commanded by Siegfried. | ||||||
| 40 | 10 | "The Greatest Spy on Earth" | Joshua Shelley | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | November 19, 1966 | 038 |
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Max and Agent 99 go undercover in a circus to find a KAOS smuggling ring. Special guest starring Paul Dooley, with a notable performance by Mickey Manners as the half man/half woman Gertrude/Gerald. | ||||||
| 41 | 11 | "Island of the Darned" | Gary Nelson | Story by : William Raynor and Myles Wilder Teleplay by : Buck Henry and William Raynor and Myles Wilder | November 26, 1966 | 044 |
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86 and 99 are stranded on a KAOS-controlled island where they must fight for their lives-they are hunted by a sadistic KAOS Agent armed with guns; tracking dogs and KAOS killers. With only 86's intelligence for a weapon, are 86 and 99 doomed? Special guest star Harold Gould plays the man-hunting sociopath Hans Hunter. The episode is a spoof of The Most Dangerous Game. | ||||||
| 42 | 12 | "Bronzefinger" | William Wiard | Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn | December 3, 1966 | 042 |
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Max poses as an artist to capture Bronzefinger, an art forger whose profits fund KAOS operations. Will Max and 99 end up as bronze statues? A spoof of Goldfinger. | ||||||
| 43 | 13 | "Perils in a Pet Shop" | Bruce Bilson | Martin A. Ragaway | December 10, 1966 | 045 |
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Max is following a KAOS Agent who is smuggling a parrot. While questioning the parrot, it is freed by his lawyer. Max and 99 trail him to a pet shop, where Max learns that the pet shop is a cover for Melnick, the Smiling Killer. While trying to break into the pet shop after hours, Max, 99, and Fang are captured. They learn that the parrots are being used to memorize secret information and then smuggled out of the country. This is Fang's final appearance on the series. | ||||||
| 44 | 14 | "The Whole Tooth and..." | William Wiard | Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn | December 24, 1966 | 043 |
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While carrying plans for a nuclear reactor, Max runs into KAOS Agents. Quickly, he hides the plans on an unsuspecting stranger, who turns out to be a convict headed for Joliet Penitentiary. Max later has to pretend to be a convict and go to jail to get them back. | ||||||
| 45 | 15 | "Kiss of Death" | Bruce Bilson | Stan Burns and Mike Marmer | December 31, 1966 | 036 |
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A rich socialite (Geraldine Brooks), head of "Daughters of KAOS", pretends to be in love with Max to seek vengeance. Max had killed her father, a KAOS operative, a year earlier. | ||||||
| 46 | 16 | "It Takes One to Know One" | Earl Bellamy | Gary Clarke | January 7, 1967 | 046 |
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KAOS agent Octavia (Gayle Hunnicutt) destroys the Number Two men of CONTROL in succession, such that Hymie perforce becomes the newest Number Two. But Hymie might be precisely the right "man" for this job, inasmuch as Octavia is a gynoid. | ||||||
| 47 | 17 | "Someone Down Here Hates Me" | Earl Bellamy | Nate Monaster | January 14, 1967 | 047 |
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KAOS puts up a reward to kill Max and announces that their annual party will be canceled if they do not kill him, creating more incentive and more peril for Max. | ||||||
| 48 | 18 | "Cutback at CONTROL" | Earl Bellamy | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | January 21, 1967 | 048 |
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As a Senate sub-committee threatens to shut down CONTROL, Siegfried invites Max to become an agent for KAOS. | ||||||
| 49 | 19 | "The Man from YENTA" | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan | January 28, 1967 | 051 |
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CONTROL works with Israeli agent #498 (Alan Oppenheimer) to protect an Arab prince (Walker Edmiston), but everything goes awry. (Working title: "He Should Live and Be Well".)[4] | ||||||
| 50 | 20 | "The Mummy" | Earl Bellamy | Budd Grossman | February 4, 1967 | 049 |
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Max investigates a Washington museum where KAOS is smuggling agents into the country in mummy cases. | ||||||
| 51 | 21 | "The Girls from KAOS" | William Wiard | Joseph and Carol Cavella | February 11, 1967 | 050 |
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Miss USA, who happens to be the daughter of an important American scientist, contacts Max after finding that her life is in danger. Max has to protect her during the next competition as well as finding which of the fellow contestants is a KAOS assassin. (Working title: "The Girl From KAOS".)[4] | ||||||
| 52 | 22 | "Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho" | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan | February 18, 1967 | 052 |
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When a CONTROL Agent is killed (made to look like an accident) while undercover, Max is assigned to investigate his death and to find out how a man named Frank Lloyd Joshua is causing high-rise buildings to explode. This episode introduces CONTROL agent Charlie Watkins. | ||||||
| 53 | 23 | "Where-What-How-Who Am I?" | Gary Nelson | Barry E. Blitzer and Ray Brenner | February 25, 1967 | 053 |
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86 overhears a plot to kill scientists but Max suffers amnesia in a car crash, or so we are led to believe. KAOS uses a creative way to protect this information. (Working title: "The New Car".)[4] | ||||||
| 54 | 24 | "The Expendable Agent" | Gary Nelson | Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso | March 4, 1967 | 055 |
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A British scientist who came to America to reveal a new rocket fuel formula hides at Max's apartment. This episode focuses on how, in the spy business, agents can be "expendable"... but who, in this episode, will that "expendable" agent be? | ||||||
| 55 | 25 | "How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying" | Gary Nelson | Mike Marmer | March 11, 1967 | 054 |
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Max and 99 are saved by Siegfried, who claims he wants to defect. This is the first episode featuring King Moody as Siegfried's inept assistant Shtarker. The episode is a spoof of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. | ||||||
| 56 | 26 | "Appointment in Sahara" | Don Adams | Gary Clarke and Arne Sultan | March 25, 1967 | 056 |
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KAOS gets a hold of nuclear bombs, threatening to blackmail the world into disarmament. The Chief gets a lead of the whereabouts of the bombs, sending Max and 99 to the Sahara desert to try to save the day, Vic Tayback guest stars. | ||||||
| 57 | 27 | "Pussycats Galore" | Sidney Miller | Arne Sultan | April 1, 1967 | 057 |
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Max gets a tip that important scientists begin to go missing right after attending the Pussycat Club. To infiltrate the club, the Chief assigns Max and 99 to go undercover as two married German scientists while agent Charlie Watkins poses as an employee. Ted Knight guest stars. (Working title: "The Disappearances".)[4] | ||||||
| 58 | 28 | "A Man Called Smart: Part 1" | Earl Bellamy | Leonard Stern | April 8, 1967 | 058 |
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Part 1 of 3. After KAOS agents steal DRY-UP, a water evaporation formula, they threaten to eradicate the water supply of the United States. Howard Caine (also known as Major Hochstetter of Hogan's Heroes) plays two roles as CONTROL scientist Dr. Smith and as flamboyant impresario/KAOS agent Russell Bediyoskin, aka "The Big One".
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| 59 | 29 | "A Man Called Smart: Part 2" | Earl Bellamy | Leonard Stern | April 15, 1967 | 059 |
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Part 2 of 3. CONTROL's first chief, 91-year-old Admiral Hardgrade (William Schallert), is appointed by President Johnson to take charge of CONTROL during the crisis. The Chief, Max, and 99 go into the field to uncover who is behind the DRY-UP caper. However, when KAOS traps them in a hospital, the Chief is wounded. | ||||||
| 60 | 30 | "A Man Called Smart: Part 3" | Earl Bellamy | Leonard Stern | April 22, 1967 | 060 |
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Conclusion. After 99 foils a KAOS assassination attempt on the Chief in his hospital room, Max and 99 eventually wind up at Panamint studios in Los Angeles in their investigation of the DRY-UP caper. Can they discover who is the mastermind before KAOS dries up the Mississippi River? | ||||||
Season 3 (1967–68)
For the third season, Get Smart aired on Saturday nights following Maya and opposite The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC) and My Three Sons (CBS).
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 61 | 1 | "The Spy Who Met Himself" | Gary Nelson | Phil Leslie and Keith Fowler and Norman Paul{ | September 16, 1967 | 061 |
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The KAOS League of Impostors attempts to take over CONTROL from within by means of replacing agents with lookalike impostors. They even have one of Max.[5] | ||||||
| 62 | 2 | "Viva Smart" | Norman Abbott | Sam Idelson and Bill Idelson & Norman Paul | September 23, 1967 | 062 |
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Max and 99 are sent to the Latin American republic of San Saludos to rescue a President who has been overthrown and imprisoned by a maniacal army general dictator, General Diablo Pajarito. The title is a parody of the movie Viva Zapata! Joey Bishop has an uncredited cameo as a guard.[5] | ||||||
| 63 | 3 | "Witness for the Persecution" | James Komack | Sam Bobrick and Bill Idelson | October 7, 1967 | 063 |
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Smart has to testify against a recently captured well-known KAOS agent. With the trial date in two weeks, KAOS tries numerous methods to kill him during that time to make sure he doesn't reach the courthouse. A spoof of Witness for the Prosecution.[5] | ||||||
| 64 | 4 | "The Spirit Is Willing" | Norman Abbott | Arne Sultan | October 14, 1967 | 064 |
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Max's informer turns out to be a woman who died before Max could have met her, suggesting that supernatural forces are at work. In order to get enough evidence, Max must attend a séance. Len Lesser (Uncle Leo on Seinfeld) makes his second appearance on the show as an assistant to the KAOS leader Paul John Mondebello. The title is based on the biblical expression, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." | ||||||
| 65 | 5 | "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" | Bruce Bilson | Elroy Schwartz | October 21, 1967 | 065 |
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Cutbacks at CONTROL mean part-time work for all of its agents. Max decides to set up shop as a private detective with 99 as his secretary. This episode marks the second impression by Adams of Humphrey Bogart on the show, this time as a parody of his Sam Spade role from The Maltese Falcon, and for the parody characters of the Fat Man and Joel Cairo, most famously played by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre (although here the Fat Man is called Mr. Peter and the Lorre-type character is Mr. Sidney. When Max apologizes for constantly mixing the name up, the Fat Man tells him that it happens "all the time"). Buddy Hackett has a cameo as the duo's bespectacled but nearsighted gunslinger Wilbur (based on "Wilmer Cook" of The Maltese Falcon). The episode's title is printed as "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" on the DVD edition, but announced as "Maxwell Smart, Private Spy" in Barbara Feldon's spoken introduction, and this title appears in NBC memos shown on the bonus features DVD.
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| 66 | 6 | "Supersonic Boom" | James Komack | Ben Joelson and Art Baer | October 28, 1967 | 066 |
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After an effective demonstration on the Chief's office, KAOS threatens to use their new supersonic boom machine to destroy New York City. Max and 99 must find where the machine is located, but KAOS has planned a way to confuse and disorient them. Farley Granger guest stars. (Bill Dana, brother of Irving Szathmary, who composed the series' iconic music, has an uncredited cameo as a pedestrian.) | ||||||
| 67 | 7 | "One of Our Olives Is Missing" | Jess Oppenheimer | Jess Oppenheimer | November 4, 1967 | 067 |
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KAOS has planted a listening device in what appears to be an ordinary olive. The olive, however, is inadvertently consumed by a country and western singing star.
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| 68 | 8 | "When Good Fellows Get Together" | Sidney Miller | Gary Clarke | November 18, 1967 | 068 |
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KAOS creates the super-robot Groppo to destroy CONTROL's robot Hymie. Max must help Hymie defend himself, but Hymie may be too "nice" to be willing to use violence. | ||||||
| 69 | 9 | "Dr. Yes" | James Komack | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | November 25, 1967 | 069 |
| 70 | 10 | "That Old Gang of Mine" | Norman Abbott | Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan | December 2, 1967 | 070 |
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In London to help the British section of CONTROL, Max assumes the identity of a safecracker named Scar in order to infiltrate a group of thieves known as the Scorpion Gang who plan to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Cameo by Danny Thomas as a foppish Englishman. This is a parody of Eve Titus's Basil of Baker Street. The title refers to a barber shop song of the same name. | ||||||
| 71 | 11 | "The Mild Ones" | Gary Nelson | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | December 9, 1967 | 071 |
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A foreign prime minister is kidnapped by a group of surprisingly literate hippie gang members known as the Purple Knights, who see themselves as a modern group of Arthurian Knights of the Round Table who ride motorcycles and speak in Middle Ages slang. Max and 99 must pass as new gang members to save the prime minister. Cameo by Steve Allen as an aide to the prime minister and future Transformers and G.I. Joe voice actor Michael Bell stars as Brute, the leader of the Purple Knights. A parody of The Wild One. | ||||||
| 72 | 12 | "Classification: Dead" | Norman Abbott | David Ketchum and Bruce Shelly | December 23, 1967 | 072 |
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Max is poisoned by a KAOS agent and has until 1 PM the following day to find the antidote. Special guest star John Fiedler as the KAOS poisoner/fitness expert Mr. Hercules. This is the first episode to feature Ellen Weston as Dr. Steele.
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| 73 | 13 | "The Mysterious Dr. T" | Gary Nelson | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | December 30, 1967 | 073 |
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A top scientist is being protected by CONTROL but is poisoned during Max's watch. Before dying, he admits he has plagiarized all his major scientific findings from another scientist, the mysterious Dr. T. Neither CONTROL nor KAOS knows who this scientist is, and Max and Siegfried compete to discover the scientist's identity... which turns out to be quite a surprising discovery! | ||||||
| 74 | 14 | "The King Lives?" | Gary Nelson | Gloria Burton and Don Adams | January 6, 1968 | 074 |
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Max poses as the King of Coronia, a person whom he strongly physically resembles, in order to uncover the party behind an assassination attempt made against the King shortly before his coronation. (This episode is a parody of the movie The Prisoner of Zenda, and is notable for the impression by Don Adams of Ronald Colman, the star of that movie. The episode also features Johnny Carson's second cameo on the show, as a footman to the King.) | ||||||
| 75 | 15 | "The Groovy Guru" | James Komack | Norman Paul and Burt Nodella | January 13, 1968 | 075 |
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A hippie disk jockey called the Groovy Guru (played by guest star Larry Storch) seeks to control the minds of teenagers through his radio show. This is a parody of the German folktale and Robert Browning's poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #67 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[7] | ||||||
| 76 | 16 | "The Little Black Book: Part 1" | James Komack | Jack Hanrahan and Phil Hahn | January 27, 1968 | 076 |
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Max's army buddy Sid (played by guest star Don Rickles) is in town to visit, but Max is involved in a case. Sid discovers a "black book" full of women's names, and assumes it is a list of women Max knows socially. It is in fact a list of KAOS code names, and when Sid uses the black book to make a phone call, he inadvertently involves both of them in a web of intrigue. (Working title: "The Visiting Fireman".)[4] James Komack guest stars as a KAOS agent/killer. | ||||||
| 77 | 17 | "The Little Black Book: Part 2" | James Komack | Jack Hanrahan and Phil Hahn | February 3, 1968 | 077 |
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Having found out that Max is a spy, Sid joins him in his search for the black book and the infamous Maestro, a top KAOS assassin. Joey Forman, who had previously played Harry Hoo in the series, returns in this episode as a CONTROL lawyer. Ernest Borgnine makes a one-line cameo appearance. | ||||||
| 78 | 18 | "Don't Look Back" | Don Adams | Phil Leslie and Norman Paul | February 10, 1968 | 078 |
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In this parody of The Fugitive, Max gets framed by KAOS and must escape from the police and prove his innocence. (Working title: "The Fugitive".)[4] Milton Berle has a cameo as a hotel clerk. | ||||||
| 79 | 19 | "99 Loses CONTROL" | Bruce Bilson | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | February 17, 1968 | 079 |
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99 resigns from CONTROL to accept a marriage proposal from Victor Royal, played by Jacques Bergerac, owner of an international casino. Max follows 99 to the casino, out of jealousy. But Royal is actually, on top of it all, a KAOS agent. Cameo by Bob Hope as a bellboy in Royal's hotel. | ||||||
| 80 | 20 | "The Wax Max" | James Komack | James Komack | February 24, 1968 | 080 |
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An amusement park attendant inadvertently gives Max and 99 a kewpie doll at a shooting gallery game. The doll is really a way for KAOS to smuggle plutonium out of the country. Shortly after, KAOS finds out and hunts down 86 and 99 at the park, ultimately leading them to the evil Waxman, a villain who turns his victims into wax statues. Will Max and 99 become permanent wax statues?
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| 81 | 21 | "Operation Ridiculous" | James Komack | Norman Paul | March 2, 1968 | 081 |
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A magazine writer is doing a story on CONTROL. This article could make CONTROL look good, which would mean more appropriations from the federal government. A bad review could put CONTROL out of business, which would help KAOS advance their evil plans without resistance. To try to influence this outcome, KAOS plots to do what it can to make Max look even more stupid, inept, clueless and ridiculous than usual. | ||||||
| 82 | 22 | "Spy, Spy, Birdie" | James Komack | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | March 9, 1968 | 082 |
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A man who hates noise devises a silent explosive. Finding both CONTROL and KAOS unwilling to back his agenda, he turns the silent explosive on both spy organizations. Max and Siegfried must team up to oppose the man. But can Max trust Siegfried not to act in a self-interested way? A spoof of Bye, Bye Birdie. | ||||||
| 83 | 23 | "Run, Robot, Run" | Bruce Bilson | Gary Clarke | March 16, 1968 | 083 |
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Hymie must compete for the Free World in an athletic event against competitors from the Iron Curtain countries, after KAOS does what it can to fix things. The KAOS agents Mr. Sneed John Orchard and Mrs. Emily Neal, played by Lyn Peters, (parodies of John Steed and Emma Peel from The Avengers)[9] must stop Hymie at all costs. | ||||||
| 84 | 24 | "The Hot Line" | Gary Nelson | Story by : Red Benson Teleplay by : Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan | March 23, 1968 | 084 |
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A KAOS voice impersonator (John Byner) fires the Chief over the phone while pretending to be President Johnson. Max becomes the new Chief; the Chief reverts to his old status as Agent Q, and realizes he can only save his old job by discovering the location of a KAOS communications center. The title refers to telephone connection between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis that almost caused nuclear war.
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| 85 | 25 | "Die, Spy" | Gary Nelson | Story by : Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso Teleplay by : Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan | March 30, 1968 | 086 |
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This episode has Max teaming up with a CONTROL agent named Samuels (Stu Gilliam) to pose as a ping-pong champ in a tournament in Istanbul in order to defeat ACB, the "third spy network" (a parody of the ABC television network). (The episode is a parody of I Spy, and Samuels is a parody of Bill Cosby's tennis pro character Alexander Scott. Robert Culp, the other star of I Spy, has a cameo as a Turkish waiter). (Working title: "That's the Way the Ball Bounces".)[4] | ||||||
| 86 | 26 | "The Reluctant Redhead" | James Komack | Leonard Stern | April 6, 1968 | 085 |
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CONTROL has discovered that a writer of children's books named Mimsi Sage strongly resembles the deceased wife of a man named Kinsey Krispin (Cesar Romero) with a list of KAOS informers that CONTROL would very much like to have. Max trains Mimsi to pretend to be the deceased wife; no easy task, as this requires the mousy writer to act like the jet-setting Mrs. Amanda Krispin. (Working title: "Smart's Waterloo".)[4] | ||||||
Season 4 (1968–69)
Season Four of Get Smart aired on Saturday nights following Adam-12 and opposite The Newlywed Game (ABC) and the second half of The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS). It was the last season on NBC.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 87 | 1 | "The Impossible Mission" | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan, Allan Burns, Chris Hayward and Leonard Stern | September 21, 1968 | 087 |
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Max and 99 infiltrate Herb Talbot's Tijuana Tin (a parody of Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass) to stop KAOS agent The Leader from smuggling the Hellman theory out of the country. This is the episode in which Max reveals his feelings for 99 and first kiss, ultimately agreeing to marry 99 if they both survive this dangerous mission. A spoof of Mission: Impossible. | ||||||
| 88 | 2 | "Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron" | Reza Badiyi | Mike Marmer | September 28, 1968 | 088 |
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KAOS has devised a new way of destroying the American potato crop, and Max and 99 have to find out how they're doing it. The trail leads to Siegfried, Starker, and an aerial dogfight over Twin Falls, Idaho — which is where 99's mother (Jane Dulo) lives. Max and 99 are torn between their desire to stop KAOS from taking over the world and... their desire to have Max make a good impression on 99's mother. A spoof of "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron". | ||||||
| 89 | 3 | "Closely Watched Planes" | Bruce Bilson | Chris Hayward, Allan Burns, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | October 5, 1968 | 089 |
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After CONTROL couriers disappear from airplanes during mid-flight, Max becomes the courier for the next flight, backed up by 99 posing as a flight attendant. Max and 99 have to figure out which of 3 suspect passengers on their flight are behind this KAOS scheme. The title spoofs the film Closely Watched Trains. | ||||||
| 90 | 4 | "The Secret of Sam Vittorio" | Gary Nelson | Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | October 12, 1968 | 090 |
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Gangster Sam Vittorio is dying, and he will only reveal the location of his stolen loot to his proteges Connie and Floyd... who look suspiciously like 99 and Max. (This episode is a Bonnie and Clyde parody; the title is a parody of The Secret of Santa Vittoria.) | ||||||
| 91 | 5 | "Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend" | Jerry Hopper | Arne Sultan, Allan Burns, Chris Hayward and Leonard Stern | October 19, 1968 | 091 |
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Max visits a jewelry store to buy a reasonably-priced engagement ring for 99. The owner of the jewelry store is being threatened by KAOS and slips Max a diamond ring that's actually worth $275,000. Tracking down the KAOS jewelry smuggling operation ultimately leads Max and 99 to a bowling alley. The title is a play on the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". | ||||||
| 92 | 6 | "The Worst Best Man" | Gary Nelson | Chris Hayward, Allan Burns, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | October 26, 1968 | 092 |
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One by one, KAOS knocks off people who have agreed to be Max's best man for his upcoming wedding with 99. Because of his presumed indestructibility, Max ultimately chooses Hymie to be his best man. However, KAOS intercepts Hymie using him as a container in which they place a bomb — the objective being to send Hymie back to Max's bachelor party and blow up all the CONTROL agents in attendance. | ||||||
| 93 | 7 | "A Tale of Two Tails" | Jerry Hopper | Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | November 2, 1968 | 093 |
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Max substitutes at the CONTROL spy school for a day, helping two new agents Agents 198 (Fred Willard) and 199 who are lacking in their tailing skills. As a good exercise, Max has the new agents tail 99, who is on her day off, as she completes errands and shops for the upcoming wedding. However, unbeknownst to Max, the Chief had assigned 99 to pick up components of a scientific formula, leading the rookie agents to think she is acting suspiciously. Of course 99 spots the rookies right away and assumes that they must be KAOS agents. There is also a funny scene between Max and the Chief involving the Cone of Silence. The title of the episode references Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. | ||||||
| 94 | 8 | "The Return of the Ancient Mariner" | Gary Nelson | Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | November 9, 1968 | 094 |
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Max has to protect Admiral Hargrade from the evil Chameleon, whose ability to disguise himself is legendary. The Chief orders Max to select the Admiral to be his best man at the wedding so that Max will have a cover to keep an eye on the Admiral at all times. Since no one knows what the Chameleon looks like, paranoia runs rampant at the Smart domicile — even "Mr. Bob" (Jack Cassidy), the interior decorator for the apartment, is mistaken for the wily master of disguise. The title of the episode references Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". | ||||||
| 95 | 9 | "With Love and Twitches" | Gary Nelson | Arne Sultan, Allan Burns, Chris Hayward and Leonard Stern | November 16, 1968 | 095 |
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KAOS scientist Dr. Madre (Alan Oppenheimer) passes information on the location of the Melnick uranium mine to Max, in the form of a "drinkable map". Max must stay upright for the next 48 hours, or else the map will not break out properly as a rash on his chest. Unfortunately, Max's marriage and honeymoon with 99 are planned for those 48 hours. Will Max and 99 manage to get married, despite all of Max's difficulties? The title is a play on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales: "Cinderella" and "Snow White." | ||||||
| 96 | 10 | "The Laser Blazer" | Jay Sandrich | Mike Marmer | November 30, 1968 | 096 |
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Max's assignment in Hong Kong is to get a new secret weapon from a tailor (Leonard Strong). The new weapon, as it turns out, is a man's blazer with a button on it that activates a laser beam of great strength — a "laser blazer". However, Max doesn't know that the blazer is the weapon... in his view, he's left the tailor's shop merely with a sportscoat he didn't want. Confusion ensues afterward as various people activate the laser by mistake. Julie Newmar guest stars as the new maid 99 hires who is really an undercover KAOS agent after the sportscoat. | ||||||
| 97 | 11 | "The Farkas Fracas" | Jay Sandrich | Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | December 7, 1968 | 097 |
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The Farkases (Tom Bosley and Alice Ghostley)—neighbors of Max and 99—are in the employ of KAOS. When KAOS needs the contents of an attaché case the Chief is carrying, Mrs. Farkas arranges to supply 99 with a dessert for the supper she has prepared for Max and the Chief... a poisoned mousse. While Max and the Chief suffer the gastric effects of the mousse, Mr. Farkas is to go in and capture the contents of the case. Agent 99 discovers what has happened and is kidnapped, tied up and zipped up in a garment bag. Will Max live to stop them?
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| 98 | 12 | "Temporarily Out of CONTROL" | James Komack | Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | December 14, 1968 | 098 |
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Max and the Chief are suspiciously issued activation notices for their Naval Reserve contracts. This conveniently requires of them that they enter active duty on board a Navy ship while KAOS nefariously plans activities on the mainland. Max is an officer and the Chief is a common seaman named John Doe! | ||||||
| 99 | 13 | "Schwartz's Island" | Bruce Bilson | Chris Hayward, Allan Burns, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern | December 21, 1968 | 099 |
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While on their honeymoon, Max and 99 become stranded at sea because the boat they were sailing on exploded (due, as usual, to Max's inept behavior). They end up on an island in the Caribbean which, as it turns out, is synthetic and was designed by KAOS scientist Schwartz. Stationed on the island are Siegfried and Starker, who are there running a massive electromagnetic device. Their plan is to attract the entire U.S. Sixth Fleet, which will just happen to pass by the island in a short amount of time. The episode is a spoof of Gilligan's Island, a show produced by Sherwood Schwartz. | ||||||
| 100 | 14 | "One Nation Invisible" | Harry Falk | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | December 28, 1968 | 100 |
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Max is assigned to protect Dr. Canyon, the inventor of an invisibility spray. Because Dr. Canyon has sprayed herself with said invisibility spray, Max has no idea she is a beautiful woman. This becomes a problem when Max has to protect Dr. Canyon at his apartment in the middle of the night. Returning home from assignment, 99 arrives back at the apartment just as Dr. Canyon's invisibility spray is wearing off. The title is a parody of the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States, "one nation, indivisible". | ||||||
| 101 | 15 | "Hurray for Hollywood" | Don Adams | Chris Hayward and Arne Sultan | January 4, 1969 | 101 |
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Max and 99 go undercover as stage actors to find out how KAOS is smuggling scientific information out of the country. But KAOS learns the new actors (if one indeed can call Max an "actor") are CONTROL agents and therefore plots to kill Max by putting real bullets in the stage prop gun used in the play. Will this cause a new twist in the plot? The title is a parody of the 1934 standard "Hooray for Hollywood". | ||||||
| 102 | 16 | "The Day They Raided the Knights" | Reza Badiyi | Rick Mittleman | January 11, 1969 | 102 |
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It is budget-cutting time at CONTROL and 99, who has less seniority, is temporarily laid off. Rather than be idle, she manages to find a job at a stamp redemption center (the late 1960s was the heyday of S & H Green Stamps). However, the redemption center is a KAOS munitions depot that CONTROL has been actively looking for. With most of the CONTROL agents away from town on a false lead, KAOS uses the opportunity to distribute its new weapon to its agents: a stereophonic gun (two guns mounted left-right on a common trigger base). Will 99 be able to alert CONTROL in time?
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| 103 | 17 | "Tequila Mockingbird" | Don Adams | Chris Hayward and Arne Sultan | January 18, 1969 | 103 |
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The Tequila Mockingbird (a statue rather like the Maltese Falcon) has been recovered by Esmerelda, a CONTROL operative posing as a cantina showgirl in a sleepy Mexican town called Mira Loma. KAOS kills Esmerelda during her performance but she has hidden the statue beforehand. Max (undercover as a down-and-out doctor) and 99 (undercover as a Spanish singer, who performs "Cielito Lindo" as part of her act) have to figure out the clue that was left behind to find where the statue is hidden, leading to a mexican standoff between Max and two rival KAOS agents.
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| 104 | 18 | "I Shot 86 Today" | Jay Sandrich | Burt Nodella | February 1, 1969 | 104 |
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Max and 99 visit a golf club, getting a tip where the adjacent missile base will be attacked later that day. Recently, two other missile bases near golf courses have also been attacked, and the Chief believes the Pomona Golf Course will be the next place this will happen. Will Max and 99 be able to stop the next attack? Will they at least be able to play through? | ||||||
| 105 | 19 | "Absorb the Greek" | Richard Benedict | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | February 8, 1969 | 105 |
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Max and 99 have been ordered from higher up to tail the Chief based on his recent behaviour. The Chief goes to a computer dating service, and shortly thereafter begins to date a young Greek girl. However, the Chief is under deep cover, as the girl is married to scientist Dr. Paponickolini and she is using her "dates" with the Chief to pass information to him about the findings of her husband, who is working on a "fountain of youth" formula.
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| 106 | 20 | "To Sire, with Love: Part 1" | Gary Nelson | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | February 15, 1969 | 106 |
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The King of Coronia (Don Adams), the very Ronald Colman-like king whom we met in the Season 3 episode "The King Lives", is in the United States on official Coronian business. A plot against him by the swashbuckling yet devious Rupert of Rathskeller (played by an uncredited James Caan) may come to fruition unless Max can pass himself off successfully as his lookalike. However, things are more complicated this time around, as Max is now married to 99, and he fears that the charming King may be doing more to sweep 99 off her feet than he can.
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| 107 | 21 | "To Sire, with Love: Part 2" | Jay Sandrich | Gloria Burton and Don Adams | February 22, 1969 | 107 |
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99's confusion makes Max jealous and leads to marital coolness in the Smart household. In the meantime, Rupert of Rathskeller has kidnapped the King. Max finds a network of tunnels beneath the Coronian embassy where the King is being held. Rupert awaits Max to execute his plan to solve the confusion of the King and his lookalike: Get rid of them both. | ||||||
| 108 | 22 | "Shock It to Me" | Jay Sandrich | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | March 1, 1969 | 108 |
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Max is undercover as a truck driver carrying valuable electronics as three similar shipments have already been hijacked by KAOS. Max is duped out of his shipment as well, but is able to identify the hijacker except the Chief tells him that he's deceased. Morgue records confirm this but also shows who signed out the body: a mad KAOS scientist, Dr. Zharko (Tom Poston, who was originally considered for the role of Maxwell Smart) who may have figured out how to revive dead agents. Max and 99 head out to his Newfoundland hideout to stop him.
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| 109 | 23 | "Leadside" | Gary Nelson | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | March 8, 1969 | 109 |
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Captured by Max, a wheelchair-using KAOS agent named Leadside (Ronald Long) claims he will escape, then destroy CONTROL and then kill Max. He does escape, he does seemingly destroy CONTROL, and so the only thing left is to kill Max.
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| 110 | 24 | "Greer Window" | Edward Ryder | Chris Hayward and Arne Sultan | March 15, 1969 | 110 |
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Max is shot in his own personal "rear window" while apprehending a KAOS agent. Because he is out of commission whilst his gluteus maximus heals, he must stay at home for a couple weeks. Since the TV is not working properly, he passes the time reading magazines and occasionally looking out his window with a pair of binoculars, to see what is going on in the building across the street. By a strange coincidence, however, the case the Chief and 99 are working upon involves the people in the Greer Industries office across the street.
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| 111 | 25 | "The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 1" | Don Adams | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | March 22, 1969 | 111 |
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Over a period of 6 months, 20 CONTROL agents have disappeared, and it is Max's job to protect agent Michael Kendall as he gets on a plane. Unfortunately, Kendall becomes KAOS abductee #21 right from under Max's nose. After the Chief goes missing, Max tries to arrange for himself to be kidnapped in a similar fashion, and uncovers the kidnapping method. It turns out that the CONTROL agents are being housed in a secret prison camp somewhere in New Jersey, which is run by Siegfried and Starker. Max visits the camp undercover as a top-ranking KAOS official in hopes of rescuing the prisoners.
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| 112 | 26 | "The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 2" | Don Adams | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | March 29, 1969 | 112 |
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Smart's disguise is uncovered and he is captured. He and the Chief try various escape methods, but each time Siegfried appears to have an upper hand causing their attempts to fail. The Chief realizes that there must be an informer in the camp and devises a plan to fool the informer. | ||||||
Season 5 (1969–70)
After its move to CBS, the series aired on Friday nights at 7:30 (replacing The Wild Wild West), opposite Let's Make a Deal (ABC) and The High Chaparral (NBC). The opening title sequence was expanded slightly featuring scenes of Washington, D.C., and its accompanying music was jazzed up a bit. Likewise, the font and size of the credits is different from all previous seasons. This was the series' final season.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 113 | 1 | "Pheasant Under Glass" | Don Adams | Chris Hayward and Arne Sultan | September 26, 1969 | 113 |
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Professor Phineas Pheasant is being held prisoner by KAOS within an impregnable glass dome. Smart and 99 try everything to break the glass but have to flee when KAOS agents discover their rescue attempt. On their way out, 99 reveals to Max that she is pregnant. The Chief organizes another rescue attempt by using a CONTROL operatic singer whose high notes can shatter any type of glass with Max undercover as her accompanying pianist. To further complicate things, Max has to get spray-on plastic surgery: he blew his secret agent cover in the euphoria of finding out that he will be a father. Martin Landau and Phyllis Diller have cameos as Max's plastic surgery results. The opening scene involves Smart, 99, and the Chief in space suits having a secret meeting on the moon, with the Chief announcing that since the Americans have officially landed on the moon, CONTROL is cancelling their moon meetings. | ||||||
| 114 | 2 | "Ironhand" | Don Adams | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | October 3, 1969 | 114 |
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IH Industries acquires KAOS, led by a man with an iron fist named Ironhand. He manages to infiltrate CONTROL headquarters, but did not find what he was looking for: the Anti-Anti-Anti-Missile-Missile plans. The Chief decides the best way to transport the plans to safety is to assign Max and 99 to Operation Baby Buggy Switch. The actual switch involved 12 baby buggies and 16 CONTROL agents, performing an intricate maneuver in the style of a Busby Berkeley number. (It was choreographed by Adams' wife Dorothy Bracken.)
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| 115 | 3 | "Valerie of the Dolls" | Jay Sandrich | Les Colodny and Ed Haas | October 10, 1969 | 115 |
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CONTROL finds out that KAOS is planning to destroy California by using a very powerful bomb whose formula is being delivered in 3 parts. The Chief and Max track down one of the parts to the Valerie School for Expectant Fathers and then enroll as students to find out the method used to deliver the formula. The title is a spoof of Valley of the Dolls. | ||||||
| 116 | 4 | "Widow Often Annie" | Charles R. Rondeau | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | October 17, 1969 | 116 |
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The Chief orders Max to romance and betroth Ann Cameron, a beautiful widow suspected of murdering her 12 CONTROL agent husbands for their life insurance money, which she then donates to KAOS. Unfortunately, the wedding coincides with The Smarts' first wedding anniversary, much to 99's dismay.
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| 117 | 5 | "The Treasure of C. Errol Madre" | Don Adams | Chris Hayward and Bob DeVinney | October 24, 1969 | 117 |
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KAOS heists 5 straight federal payrolls, putting CONTROL into severe financial straits. The Chief sends Max, disguised as recently-deceased prospector Frogsie Debbs, to Mira Lodo, Mexico, to find Debbs' old partner C. Errol Madre. Debbs and Madre had charted a map leading to a gold find, with each keeping one half of the map until one day they join forces again to get the gold. A successful impersonation of Debbs by Max could recover enough gold to help restore CONTROL's operations. A spoof of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
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| 118 | 6 | "Smart Fell on Alabama" | Alan Rafkin | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | October 31, 1969 | 118 |
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Because he failed to retrieve a little red code book from a KAOS courier, Max has to train three skilled convicts (a pickpocket, strongman, and safe-cracker) to break into a highly fortified mansion where the code book is being kept. The mansion just happens to belong to a southern Colonel who owns a successful chain of restaurants. A spoof of Colonel Sanders and the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain he founded.
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| 119 | 7 | "And Baby Makes Four: Part 1" | Don Adams | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | November 7, 1969 | 119 |
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CONTROL has been looking for the location of the new KAOS headquarters for the last 4 months. A new lead has Max doing the surveillance of the bus station on the lookout for KAOS agent Simon the Likable (Jack Gilford), a dangerous operative who has gotten his nickname because he is so seemingly sweet and charming that he captivates everyone and anyone around him into being hopelessly obliging. Simon is to receive directions on how to get to the new headquarters, which is covertly slipped into his trench coat while it rests on a coat hook in a coffee shop. Max receives a call from 99, saying it is time to go to the hospital to give birth. Max rushes out of the coffee shop, taking Simon's coat by mistake. Max had instructions on how to get to the hospital in his coat. Using the wrong map, Max and 99 end up at KAOS's new HQ, a sinister sanctuary, instead of the maternity ward. | ||||||
| 120 | 8 | "And Baby Makes Four: Part 2" | Don Adams | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | November 14, 1969 | 120 |
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Max discovers their destination is actually the new KAOS HQ. Grabbing 99, they manage to escape and head for the maternity hospital with KAOS in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, the Chief and Larabee come up with an ingenious way to subdue Simon the Likable (who had followed Smart's map). Upon Smart's arrival, 99 is sent to the delivery room, but then a showdown ensues in the hospital lobby between CONTROL and KAOS, interrupted twice by announcements for the births of the Smart twins. | ||||||
| 121 | 9 | "Physician Impossible" | Alan Rafkin | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | November 21, 1969 | 121 |
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Max has Big Eddie Little in custody but his friends help him escape. Max is able to wound him but he gets away. While visiting their newborns at the hospital, Max and 99 are mistaken for a doctor and his nurse who are then kidnapped to Eddie's hideout to treat the gunshot wound inflicted by Max.
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| 122 | 10 | "The Apes of Rath" | Richard Benedict | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | November 28, 1969 | 122 |
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Six CONTROL agents have been murdered in the last month by someone with incredible strength. The only clue is that each agent received a banana in the mail the morning that they were killed. It is soon deduced that the killer is an ape. 99 alerts Max that he has received a banana, prompting the Chief to assign Agent 77, Chuck Armstrong, to protect Max. Unbeknownst to CONTROL, Agent 77 is an ape surgically altered by one Dr. Matthew Rath, who can remotely manipulate 77.
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| 123 | 11 | "Age Before Duty" | Harry Falk | Bob DeVinney | December 5, 1969 | 123 |
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Max is bewildered when his young 28-year-old contact dies of old age. A disgruntled CONTROL photographer, Felix (John Fiedler), has developed a paint (called "Dorian Gray"), which causes aging once the paint is applied on the photo of the intended target. Rejected by the Chief, Felix shops his dark art to KAOS, which has paid him $100,000. Before long, everyone at CONTROL is aging rapidly, except Larrabee, who has not yet had his ID photo renewed.
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| 124 | 12 | "Is This Trip Necessary?" | Ron Joy | Dale McRaven | December 12, 1969 | 124 |
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KAOS pharmacist Jarvis Pym (Vincent Price) threatens to poison the Washington water supply with a hallucinogenic drug which renders people incapable of functioning. The episode title is from the World War II slogan to limit the amount of wartime travelling. | ||||||
| 125 | 13 | "Ice Station Siegfried" | Reza Badiyi | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | December 19, 1969 | 125 |
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It is August but Max and the Chief are snowed in at Miami. In fact, the weather is unusually erratic all over. The Chief assigns 99 while the CIA assigns Agent Quigley (Bill Dana) -- who is so goofy and naive that he makes Max seem sophisticated in comparison -- to investigate who may be manipulating the weather this way. A lead sends the duo to fictional frozen Wolf Jaw, Canada, where they make contact with two "mounties": Siegfried and Starker. A spoof of Ice Station Zebra. | ||||||
| 126 | 14 | "Moonlighting Becomes You" | Alan Rafkin | Chris Hayward | January 2, 1970 | 126 |
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After 99 objects to doing simple assignments after marriage and motherhood, the Chief assigns her to find out how a radio drama is transmitting coded messages to KAOS.
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| 127 | 15 | "House of Max: Part 1" | Anton M. Leader | Chris Hayward | January 9, 1970 | 127 |
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Max and 99 go to London to investigate a modern-day Jack the Ripper, and meet yet another evil wax museum owner. The title is a spoof of House of Wax.
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| 128 | 16 | "House of Max: Part 2" | Anton M. Leader | Chris Hayward | January 16, 1970 | 128 |
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After surviving an attack by a wax werewolf, Max covertly infiltrates the wax museum. He poses as a wax sculpture of Hitler in order to catch Duval in the act of bringing his waxworks (some of which include W.C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy) to life in order to kill. | ||||||
| 129 | 17 | "Rebecca of Funny-Folk Farm" | Charles R. Rondeau | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | January 23, 1970 | 129 |
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Max drops a courier package from a plane and it lands on the roof of a mansion. In an effort to retrieve the package, caught in the pouring rain, Max and 99 seek a temporary refuge from the elements and have to deal with the kooky inhabitants. The sadistic châtelaine, Mrs. Van Hooten (Gale Sondergaard), thinks 99 is her long-lost sister Rebecca, for whom 99 is indeed a doppelgänger. As a curiosity in the episode, Max is asked why he calls his wife "99", to which he responds that he does not know what her real name is.
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| 130 | 18 | "The Mess of Adrian Listenger" | Charles R. Rondeau | Chris Hayward | January 30, 1970 | 130 |
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While attending the funeral of the latest CONTROL Agent who was mysteriously killed, Max, 99, and The Chief are shocked to find a carved headstone with Max's name on it. It is believed that Adrian Listenger, a CONTROL spy school dropout, is taking his revenge by systematically killing off agents who got him expelled — and his hit list includes both Max and the Chief. Guest star Pat Paulsen as "Ace Weems/Adrian Listenger".
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| 131 | 19 | "Witness for the Execution" | Alan Rafkin | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | February 6, 1970 | 131 |
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KAOS agent Dietrich has decided to defect and become an informant. Although this is good news, the Chief is still concerned, seeing that no KAOS defector has ever lived long enough to testify. With the Smarts' nanny unavailable, the Chief's plan is to have Dietrich disguised as the nanny and staying with Max. The local KAOS branch hires the Exterminator (William Schallert), a top assassin (and accountant) for hire, who uses his arsenal of booby traps, arrows, and bombs to try to kill Dietrich.
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| 132 | 20 | "How Green Was My Valet" | Dick Carson | Gloria Burton | February 13, 1970 | 132 |
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Max and 99 pose as valet and maid at the Bulmanian Embassy in order to recover a stolen sample of rocket fuel. Meanwhile, Larabee and the Chief have to babysit the twins... with hilarious results. The title is a play on How Green Was My Valley.
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| 133 | 21 | "And Only Two Ninety-Nine" | Don Adams | Arne Sultan | February 20, 1970 | 133 |
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Max comes home from work one evening to find 99 in bed, with a black eye. She's actually an impostor — the real 99 (who gave her the black eye) was kidnapped by KAOS but had escaped, and was now with the Chief — but the Chief orders Max to pretend that he's taken in by the deception and for 99 to return to captivity, the better to figure out what KAOS is up to.
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| 134 | 22 | "Smartacus" | Charles R. Rondeau | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | February 27, 1970 | 134 |
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Max and the Chief investigate a series of security leaks that seem to be connected to a chain of Roman Bath spas.
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| 135 | 23 | "What's It All About, Algie?" | Don Adams | Arne Sultan and Chris Hayward | April 24, 1970 | 135 |
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Max poses as a gardener to infiltrate a nursery that is selling plants with hidden surveillance bugs to key people in Washington. The nursery's owner, Algie DeGrasse, starts to suspect that Max is actually from CONTROL and plans to feed him to his newest acquisition: a giant man-eating plant.
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| 136 | 24 | "Hello, Columbus – Goodbye, America" | Alan Rafkin | Pat McCormick | May 1, 1970 | 136 |
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CONTROL has learned that the direct descendant of Christopher Columbus, Gino Columbus, is the rightful owner of the United States. Max is assigned to guard Gino once he flies into Washington and meets with the President to sign the country back over. However, Max and Gino are captured by KAOS, who would prefer that Gino sign over America to KAOS.
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| 137 | 25 | "Do I Hear a Vaults?" | Alan Rafkin | Chris Hayward | May 8, 1970 | 137 |
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The Chief meets Smart at a public library to recover a special book. The book is a master list of CONTROL agents but its hiding place has now been compromised. Max and Larrabee transport the book in an armored car to a bank vault, but Max accidentally locks the vault door on both the Chief and Larrabee. As the vault only has a limited amount of air, Max and 99 decide to get an imprisoned safecracker (named "Baffles", a spoof of Raffles) but come back with a convicted master forger instead. Will the Chief and Larrabee be freed in time?
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| 138 | 26 | "I Am Curiously Yellow" | Nick Webster | Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell | May 15, 1970 | 138 |
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While investigating a villain known as the Whip, Max is hypnotized by his small and special Chinese gong to obey his every command at specific times. Max is eventually instructed to steal the NARCO 5–12, a powerful prototype weapon, from the Chief's safe. When the Chief confronts Max about the theft, he has no recollection of it.
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Home media
| Title | Company | Release date | |
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| Get Smart – The Complete Series | Time–Life | November 21, 2006 | |
| Get Smart – Season 1 | HBO | August 5, 2008 | |
| Get Smart – The Complete Series Gift Set | HBO | November 4, 2008 | |
| Get Smart – Season 2 | HBO | March 10, 2009 | |
| Get Smart – Season 3 | HBO | June 9, 2009 | |
| Get Smart – Season 4 | HBO | October 6, 2009 | |
| Get Smart – Season 5 | HBO | December 8, 2009 | |
References
- ↑ DVD release info Archived November 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, TVShowsOnDVD.com; accessed June 25, 2017.
- ↑ HBO Digitizes Mel Brooks & Buck Henry's Get Smart For 50th Anniversary « Movie City News, moviecitynews.com; accessed June 25, 2017.
- ↑ Digital HD Platforms Will 'Get Smart' in August, highdefdigest.com; accessed June 25, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NBC Broadcast and Standards Memos reproduced as bonus feature on DVD bonus discs for series 2 and 3
- 1 2 3 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058805/episodes/?season=3&ref_=ttep
- ↑ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1418. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ↑ "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.
- ↑ Pacific Ocean Park Amusement Pier
- ↑ Barnes, Mike (September 17, 2013). "Actress Lyn Peters Dies at 72". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ An Interview with Whitey Mitchell Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at SpyWise.net
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