Don't leave out all the GENIUS comedic timing brought in every episode by guest stars and famous & especially no-name cameo actors. They made the show work. Ed Platt, Ms. Feldman, and Don Adams were the baseline, the foundation the show had as a constant. It was the ever changing talent that were the jewels that made it sparkle.
I know its strange, but when I was little, I refused to believe he was also the Doc on The Love Boat! BTW I'm so jealous you met him! And keep that autograph safe.
Who wasn't in love with Barbara Feldon? So many young heated memories from when I was young and she was slaying it. Don Adams was genius especially in that role. Great show!
One great segment in the FOX series is the had Max's son meet Zigfreid's daughter. The son griped he grew up thinking his father was a greeting card salesman (his cover). Zigfreid's daughter commented she thought her dad was a doctor on a cruise ship. Great reference to Bernie's later role on The Love Boat.
The chemistry between character really made the show work Max's bumbling heroics, 99 trying really hard to get Max to notice she was a girl, the Chief and his constant headaches add to that some very well choreographed action sequences and coherent storytelling and you have classic
How he could have failed to notice that she was a girl, and an extraordinarily attractive one, is an absolute mystery. One could easily have been led to believe that Smart was gay.
TRY AGAIN. That’s “Not Craw… Craw!”. And it didn’t matter WHAT Adams and Feldon did, if they did it as Control agents 86 and 99. No matter what, they were PERFECT TOGETHER! And they needed Andy Dick like a manhole-cover as pocket change. How about NOT AT ALL? EVER? It’s tough enough to get laughs when you want them in Prime Time, laugh tracks notwithstanding. The absolute last thing ANYONE needs is a complete IDIOT chewing the scenery and screwing up a carefully crafted scene! Do you really think the Writers and Producers took an attitude of, “Well, let’s just throw it all at the wall, one take at a time, and see what sticks? OF COURSE THEY DIDN’T! There was just too much money and too little time at stake for them to take an attitude like THAT! And fools like Andy Dick lived up to their names and screwed the whole thing up anyway. The Principal Players had already proven THEY could do it right, with lord-knows-how-many episodes of the original “Get Smart” series to their credit! And although you don’t normally hear a lot of crazy things like flutter-toungueing on saxophones (mostly because it’s quite difficult to do), the Get Smart band does things like this on occasion because IT SOUNDS FUNNY! It’s just one more little thing that adds to the over-the-top humor of the ORIGINAL SHOW, and made that kind of humor so difficult to reach on ANY kind of regular basis on the subsequent shows.
Here in the Bay Area, we have one of those local PBS sponsorship ads done by "George Craw of the Craw Law Group". Yes, I mumble it to myself every night. Me, when it comes to inappropriate Get Smart gags, I'm a sucker for Leadside.
Richard, that line still makes me laugh out loud, literally, almost 60 years after I first saw the episode. But Ed is correct. The line is “Not craw… CRAW!” There is no "the."
@@bradwilliams7683 racheal welch. Carolyn jones. Cher. Hope lange. Shirley jones. Linda dey. Goldie hawn sue anne langdon. Emeline henery Yvonne de. Carlo. Tina sinatra. Jane fonda. ....lee. Merriweather. June lockhart. Carol lynley
Best show ever !! Barbara Felton !! Thee most gracious.. and Don Adams.. True perfection in character.. What a team what a show .!!! What a memorable hoot !! Great cast all around !!
The Sunbeam Tiger started life as the Sunbeam Alpine. It was decided to fit the small-block Ford motor primarily for the American market, and yes, is was a kick-ass little car! Out-handled anything built in the USA, as they still hadn't worked out how to make suspension that worked properly. Still haven't, look at the Chrysler 300C. Looks great, handles like a marshmallow. Unfortunately it was killed off when Chrysler bought Rootes Group, and they did not have a V8 engine that would fit the Tiger. There was absolutely no way that a Chrysler product was going to be sold with a Ford engine, so that was the end of it. Very sad! And yes, I totally fancied agent 99. Beautiful and very clever, how could anyone resist!
Gord Sexton It was called “Check it Out! “ he was a grocery store manager. Aired on USA mid to late 80’s . Yes , I think he could have been doing something better.
This show will always be hilarious. Easily the funniest show of my childhood, maybe even all time. I have been laughing at this sitcom since I was a child in the early to mid 1980's.
@@FactsVerse Well, now that you mention it, there seem to be very many sitcoms that disappeared and I would like to know what happened. My Sister Sam was another favourite show. It aired on CBS in the early to mid 1980's, I think for three seasons. It came right before Newhart, I think. Then, it just stopped. The younger actress was murdered by a stalker, but, I have no idea what happened to the rest of the cast, if it is available for streaming, etc. Any "forgotten" shows like that, or, Stark Raving Mad, Good Morning Miami, etc.
I watched it the whole time when it actually came out. I was in grade school and jr. high. I knew nothing about 007 or other spy movies that it was doing satire of. Kind of like the first time I watched Blazing Saddles. I hadn't watched hardly any Westerns that it made fun of but laughed hysterically anyway. I still quote this show frequently. Probably the most is"missed it by THAT much."
He also hosted ' The Don Adams Screen Test", which was one of the first reality shows. It was a hoot! By the way, the Chief had a name; it was Thaddeus.
@@nicoleknight9412 Bernie Kopell was also a regular on "THAT GIRL". The story I read was, NOBODY working on that show realized he was occasionally moonlighting on "GET SMART" at the same time.
If I'm not mistaken, Don Adams was also the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo. For some reason I don't ever remember seeing Inspector Gadget on Saturday mornings but I do remember seeing Tennessee Tuxedo, along with Mr. Peabody, Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, Rocky and Bullwinkle and all the rest. As I outgrew cartoons I got hooked on the great comedy shows of the 1960s. Get Smart was always my favorite of the lot.
Thank you for repating what was already said in this video as wlel as pointing out the blantantly obvious... what would we all do without your input here
As far as I know, Buck Henry was MUCH more involved in the show than Mel Brooks was. But he tends to get overlooked. I'm not really sure if Brooks was involved past the pilot episode, while Buck Henry was producer for the first 2 seasons. After he left, they went thru 3 DIFFERENT producers in season 3, the show somewhat changing styles as it went. The first 2 of those, they seemed to completely forget 86 & 99 were romantically involved ever since the pilot. The last set of producers in season 3, who stayed until the end, got the romance back on track over a series of stories. First, in the 2-parter with Don Rickles, they played up 99 getting annoyed that Max has been ignoring her. Then, they did the story where she left Control to get married... except, he turned out to be... "A KAOS agent? I knew he was a lier and a crook-- but, a SPY??" And soon after they were shown for the first time going out on a date together. I love how in the "GET SMART AGAIN" reunion movie, they'd been married for 20 years and their kids were in college. That went completely against the grain for most 80s sitcoms.
As a kid, I loved & laughed at the show; thanks Mel & Buck. I agree with the comment about Dick Gautier as Hymie the robot. Dead-pan delivery of funny lines. But there were so many who made the show click!
I had a crush on Agent 99 too. She was irresistible, even for us girls. Yeah, I loved Don Adams' comedic timing, but I watched the show for Barbara Feldon. She had a very nice singing voice as well. I remember her singing, Look What They've Done To My Song.
I loved watching reruns of this show as a kid. Loved it. I remember watching Inspector Gadget one day and realized the voice was the same. I thought I found out something astonishing and astronomical.
Did you know that Barbara Feldon was a U.N.C.L.E. agent before becoming Agent 99? She was on the 25th episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Never-Never Affair.
Hi, yes as'Mandy', she looked terrific in B&W, wearing glasses and a trenchcoat. If she hadn't become '99' on 'Get Smart' she could have become a regular on 'U.N.C.L.E.'.
I remember when I was a kid in the 60's in my room hearing my dad roaring with laughter downstairs watching Get Smart. it was past my bedtime but my brother and I would sneak 1/2 way down the stairs to get a glimpse of what he was watching. Now, as an old man myself, I have 5 seasons of the show on DVD and roar with laughter just as my dad would. Siegfried, Hymie, the Chief, Larabee, Agent 13... there were so many great characters i can't even begin to name them all. But above all, above Don Adams' perfect comedic timing and delivery, Barbara Feldon's exquisite reactions to the idiocy surrounding her and the unique gadgets they used and encountered, the writing was so much better than anything we get nowadays. Lose the laugh track and you have a practically perfect comedic exercise.
I have fond memories of watching this iconic show as a kid. I bought the DVD set and am going to rewatch the entire series. Get Smart was ahead of its time, and I am blown away by Barbara Feldon's beauty, brains, and charm! Btw, I thought the "Get Smart" movie starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway was pretty good too--better than the movie with Adams and Feldon. Too bad it wasn't enough to launch another reboot attempt.
My favorite character was the agent that always ended up inside something like a mailbox, a manhole, or a washing machine at a Laundromat. The places they came up with were so funny.
Yes, a great character. I liked the time they met up with some retired agents who told them the original silencer for a gun... scream very loudly as you pull the trigger.
I met the "chief" at a local parade in Riverside, California in 1969. He was on a car in the parade and then he watched the rest of the parade after that. He was friendly
1. Though addressed as Max, Agent 86 is always referred to as Maxwell Smart (even by Max himself). 2. 99's alias in the episode "99 Loses Control" is Susan Hilton, not Sarah or Saran, or whatever you said.
It was and still is my absolute favorite program of any kind. Don Adams was fantastic as was Barbara Feldon and the two made a great couple. I wish something like this was still around. The world sadly lacks this sort of comic genius that the brilliant Mel Brooks and Buck Henry developed.
The narrator keeps saying "Max Smart". No one addressed him like that. His friends (the chief and 99) would call him Max (no last name), his enemies would call him Maxwell Smart (both first and last name) No one ever said Max Smart!
I loved Get Smart . I saw Mel on Carson one night. I remember distinctly Mel Brooks saying that KAOS was "Kill All Other Spies" and CONTROL was something like "Can Only Nitwits Try Rewarding Others Lives" . The list of famous guest stars is in the hundreds.
Would you believe I watched the original run as a kid growing up? Would you believe I saw it in reruns while at college? How about I discovered it on TV Land?
Ah..the Cone of Silence. Wow once again you have surprised me with another one of my favorite shows. I’m really digging all these shows that I used to watch and had totally forgotten about. I can’t wait to see another awesome notification!! 👍👍👍
ALFRED V. Yes it was. I was so hooked on this show when I was a kid. He would say other stupid things like “the old gun in the hat trick” or something like that. A very funny show.
@@sassykaren7587 thats so true i almost forgot about that wow memories are great are they not. Although the down side is it also brings up how old you are. I don't know about you but it sucks lol
ALFRED V. You’re so right. Memories are very awesome. I’m actually 51 years old and think back to when I used to call people at my age old. Now with all my aches and pains and body starting to fall apart, I realize that I really am old. It definitely does suck because in my mind, I feel like I should only be in my 30’s at the oldest. It’s strange how old age feels like it just happened overnight. Thank you so much for your replies 🥀
@@sassykaren7587 yeah i know what you mean about aches and pains im 48 and like you inside i feel like a youngster but on the out im far from it. And your so welcome
KAOS is also called "the international organization of evil" in many of the early episodes. It was incorporated in Delaware for tax purposes, but that was only a front.
You forgot that he served during WW2 in the South Pacific Campaign at Guadalcanal. He served in the First Marines. He suffered horribly with his fellow Marines battling not only the Japanese but dysentery, malaria, and dengue fever.
Don Adams' career accomplishments always seem to leave out being the voice of the pretty iconic cartoon character "Tennessee Tuxedo" on the Underdog Show! I've only seen one comment here about it, too!
In the mid 80s Adams was on a Canadian sitcom called Check It Out! based on the UK sitcom Tripper’s Day. Set in a supermarket with Adams playing the manager.
My parents watched this show on Nick at Nite all the time when I was a little boy so I got a good dose of it as it became one of my favorite shows of all time although it predates me by twenty years
Younger people won't understand how popular the TV and Film 'Spy Craze' truly was. Espionage stories, series and films sprung up everywhere ranging from R-rated violent dramas to cartoons for children. 'Get Smart' was the first and best 'Spy Send Up'. The original concept by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks was pure comedic genius which, in other hands, could have easily been an embarrassing flop. Not many TV sitcoms, that ran for a mere 5 years, had the impact of significantly changing and adding to the English language where ever it was spoken. "Missed it by that much", "would you believe...", "And loving it!" and others were used in everyday, casual conversation for around 20 years; in fact, older people these days can still be heard referring to Max's catch phrases when they get together. (Obviously, Max's catch phrases were translated into other languages but I have no idea if they were as popular or long lasting.) Finally, I hate to break it to you, Facts Verse, but all 13 "Top-Secret" facts from this show were, and are still, well known to millions of fans... would you believe 11? Cheers, and thanks for this video. Bill H.
MaxWELL Smart, MaxWELL, MaxWELL, MaxWELL! My spine is bending out of my body, his intimates called him 'Max' his enemies called him 'Maxwell Smart.' My brother is our resident authority on the show and we can't recall a single time he was called 'Max Smart.'
I met Barbara Feldon at the 2019 Sydney Supanova. At that time, 99 was 86! At the same convention were Dawn Wells (Mary Ann, Gillians Island; R.I.P.) and Barbara Eden (Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie). How could I have imagined at the time these shows aired that I'd meet them all (at the same place & time)?
Don Adams's vocal delivery in Get Smart was a very accurate imitation of William Powell's vocal delivery in the Thin Man series of the Thirties and Forties. For skeptics, if listening to both does not convince you, Don Adams stated that fact in interviews. It was part of his stand-up act, which included impressions.
You forgot about Larabee....Larabee, (Robert Karvelas) was born in New York City with a twin brother and grew up in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. His mother was of Irish descent and his father was of Greek descent. His mother and Don Adams' mother were sisters, so Max and Larabee were first cousins!
You overlooked the 1980 Get Smart Feature Film The Nude Bomb. Mr. Adams begrudgingly brought back the character in a feature film in order to recoup the money he lost in his divorce settlement. He also re-teamed with some of the Get Smart production crew in 1985 for a direct to syndication sitcom entitled Check It Out. It was set in a supermarket. Eventually the producers were returning to plot devices logically adaptable to a supermarket setting from Get Smart. Mr. Adams was hoping to create a series totally different from Get Smart, but unfortunately the old reliable ideas, and the reverting back to the comedic mannerisms of Maxwell Smart allowed the show to run three seasons.
My dad literally had several VHS tapes full of Get Smart episodes that he’d recorded. I could often get I’m his good graces when I would record episodes for him and cut the commercials. I liked it as a kid but loved it as a teen and even till now. It was my Dads show like mine odds South Park
There was also some sort of top secret inter-office relay, which was a rock thrown through a window into the Chief's office with a message tied to it. "Max' confirms that it's a CONTROL rock, and the Chief had an 'Outgoing Rocks' Tray...
The chief would say lets not use the cone of silence today its not working very well but Max would insist as the situation was too important and sensitive. You just knew it was going to be bad just how bad? Great stuff.
@@erneststorch9844 Hi yes, Max would demand it, etc. Interestingly in the fist movie in 70's, the one with 'Hymie', Laraby' and '99' , instead of the 'Cone of Silence' which has been superceded by a supposedly more modern version called the 'Hover-Cover', where they go up to the rooftop of CONTROL HQ and stand under a helicopter hovering over them at low level, shouting to each other...the signal for the helo pilot to come down and hover low over them being a wave, unfortunately they wave inadvertently a few times...when they didn't mean too...
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Shows like this don't exist anymore, wish they did. Pure comedic genius!!! Mr. Brooks and Mr. Henry!
young people wouldn't get the humor, you'd need a translator!
And of course, Don Adams
moeomoton520 The short-lived ‘80s show Police Squad probably came the closest to catching the same magic.
Don't leave out all the GENIUS comedic timing brought in every episode by guest stars and famous & especially no-name cameo actors. They made the show work. Ed Platt, Ms. Feldman, and Don Adams were the baseline, the foundation the show had as a constant. It was the ever changing talent that were the jewels that made it sparkle.
@@mediamike693 no it was funny for its time.
Don Adams agreed to be paid a reduced salary in exchange for syndication royalties. That decision paid off big time!
Don was offered $12,000 per episode or $4,000 plus royalties.
Always go for royalties.
@@jkokich It was an even more impressive gamble, considering no-one ever envisioned DVD box sets back in the 60's.
@@dhenderson1810 excellent point.
Smart move!
One of the best sitcoms of all time!
Siegfried was the best! I met Bernie Kopell at an autograph show. He signed my picture “Herr Rob, Dis is KAOS. Ve don’t Shush here”
Turning green with envy here. Or did I swallow the poison pill?
Absolutely my favorite character. I was 7 or 8 yrs old and still the Siegfried episodes were my standout favs.
I know its strange, but when I was little, I refused to believe he was also the Doc on The Love Boat!
BTW I'm so jealous you met him! And keep that autograph safe.
Yes Robert i met him also in Melbourne australia for an autograph session in roughly 2016
Sorry about that Robert, Bernie signed his autograph the same way as mine...
Who wasn't in love with Barbara Feldon? So many young heated memories from when I was young and she was slaying it. Don Adams was genius especially in that role. Great show!
One great segment in the FOX series is the had Max's son meet Zigfreid's daughter. The son griped he grew up thinking his father was a greeting card salesman (his cover). Zigfreid's daughter commented she thought her dad was a doctor on a cruise ship.
Great reference to Bernie's later role on The Love Boat.
Awesome! I love stuff like that.
That’s bloody funny, great to still be getting a laugh out of the show sooooo long later. Bravo.
Wow, didn't realize until now the 'love boat doctor' was Zigfreid!
That was one of my favorite lines from the show to! My little brother didn't know what I was laughing so hard about!😅
@@angelsintahoe on love boat ve dont coughcoughcough
The chemistry between character really made the show work Max's bumbling heroics, 99 trying really hard to get Max to notice she was a girl, the Chief and his constant headaches add to that some very well choreographed action sequences and coherent storytelling and you have classic
How he could have failed to notice that she was a girl, and an extraordinarily attractive one, is an absolute mystery. One could easily have been led to believe that Smart was gay.
One of my favorite gags ... "NOT THE CRAW !! ... THE CRAW"
TRY AGAIN. That’s “Not Craw… Craw!”. And it didn’t matter WHAT Adams and Feldon did, if they did it as Control agents 86 and 99. No matter what, they were PERFECT TOGETHER! And they needed Andy Dick like a manhole-cover as pocket change. How about NOT AT ALL? EVER? It’s tough enough to get laughs when you want them in Prime Time, laugh tracks notwithstanding. The absolute last thing ANYONE needs is a complete IDIOT chewing the scenery and screwing up a carefully crafted scene! Do you really think the Writers and Producers took an attitude of, “Well, let’s just throw it all at the wall, one take at a time, and see what sticks? OF COURSE THEY DIDN’T! There was just too much money and too little time at stake for them to take an attitude like THAT! And fools like Andy Dick lived up to their names and screwed the whole thing up anyway. The Principal Players had already proven THEY could do it right, with lord-knows-how-many episodes of the original “Get Smart” series to their credit! And although you don’t normally hear a lot of crazy things like flutter-toungueing on saxophones (mostly because it’s quite difficult to do), the Get Smart band does things like this on occasion because IT SOUNDS FUNNY! It’s just one more little thing that adds to the over-the-top humor of the ORIGINAL SHOW, and made that kind of humor so difficult to reach on ANY kind of regular basis on the subsequent shows.
Me and a couple of buddies still say that sometimes.
Rob,not Sherry
Here in the Bay Area, we have one of those local PBS sponsorship ads done by "George Craw of the Craw Law Group". Yes, I mumble it to myself every night. Me, when it comes to inappropriate Get Smart gags, I'm a sucker for Leadside.
Richard, that line still makes me laugh out loud, literally, almost 60 years after I first saw the episode. But Ed is correct. The line is “Not craw… CRAW!” There is no "the."
I remember it as "Not the CLAW, the CRAW!!
These old shows still make me laugh. I can’t say the same thing for most of the ones they make today.
Like every boy in America, I was in love with Agent 99.
Fang and. HYMIE
Between Barbra Feldon & Dawn Welles - who could ask for more?
@@bradwilliams7683 Yvonne craig. Barbra eden Liz montgomery
r sprockets OMG! I completely overlooked those 3 beauty's. Thanks.
@@bradwilliams7683 racheal welch. Carolyn jones. Cher. Hope lange. Shirley jones. Linda dey. Goldie hawn sue anne langdon. Emeline henery Yvonne de. Carlo. Tina sinatra. Jane fonda. ....lee. Merriweather. June lockhart. Carol lynley
Best show ever !! Barbara Felton !! Thee most gracious.. and Don Adams.. True perfection in character.. What a team what a show .!!! What a memorable hoot !! Great cast all around !!
Still one of my favorite shows of all time. I still use many of the lines on a daily basis.
We tend to use alot, "sorry about that Chief, and missed it by that much"
@@artflyer8775 WOULD YOU BELIEVE
"And loving it". "Missed it by that much". Classics!
You must be a HOOT at work… /s
The old using catchphrases from a 60s TV show trick eh? Third time I've fallen for it this month
That Sunbeam was a Sunbeam 'Tiger'. A production car that sported a small block V-8... 289c.i., I believe. A kick ass little car!!
Most were 260s, the Mustang market initially consumed all of the available 289s, so the Brits were left with 260s that were more available.
My dad had one, which had the 260 in it. A spunky little car from what I was told. A 4 speed, with a long first gear (55mph). Top speed at about 125.
The Sunbeam Tiger started life as the Sunbeam Alpine. It was decided to fit the small-block Ford motor primarily for the American market, and yes, is was a kick-ass little car! Out-handled anything built in the USA, as they still hadn't worked out how to make suspension that worked properly. Still haven't, look at the Chrysler 300C. Looks great, handles like a marshmallow. Unfortunately it was killed off when Chrysler bought Rootes Group, and they did not have a V8 engine that would fit the Tiger. There was absolutely no way that a Chrysler product was going to be sold with a Ford engine, so that was the end of it. Very sad! And yes, I totally fancied agent 99. Beautiful and very clever, how could anyone resist!
Actually I read years so it was a std Alpine dressed up to look a Tiger!
A VW after a Tiger? Heresy.
You missed Don Adams was the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo.
You missed it by that much.
And also the voice of the character who once appeared on 'Scooby-Doo' named Don Adams.
Unfortunately, he ended his career with an atrocity out of Canada, involving a grocery store. Guess he needed the money.
@@donkeyslayer4661 I didn’t know about that.
Gord Sexton It was called “Check it Out! “ he was a grocery store manager. Aired on USA mid to late 80’s . Yes , I think he could have been doing something better.
@@quad5186 Thanks! I’ll see if I can check it out. (The iPad is in tune - as soon as I typed, “check”, the next word to choose on the list was”it” ...
This show will always be hilarious. Easily the funniest show of my childhood, maybe even all time. I have been laughing at this sitcom since I was a child in the early to mid 1980's.
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@@FactsVerse Well, now that you mention it, there seem to be very many sitcoms that disappeared and I would like to know what happened. My Sister Sam was another favourite show. It aired on CBS in the early to mid 1980's, I think for three seasons. It came right before Newhart, I think. Then, it just stopped. The younger actress was murdered by a stalker, but, I have no idea what happened to the rest of the cast, if it is available for streaming, etc. Any "forgotten" shows like that, or, Stark Raving Mad, Good Morning Miami, etc.
I watched it the whole time when it actually came out. I was in grade school and jr. high. I knew nothing about 007 or other spy movies that it was doing satire of. Kind of like the first time I watched Blazing Saddles. I hadn't watched hardly any Westerns that it made fun of but laughed hysterically anyway. I still quote this show frequently. Probably the most is"missed it by THAT much."
He also hosted ' The Don Adams Screen Test", which was one of the first reality shows. It was a hoot! By the way, the Chief had a name; it was Thaddeus.
"Thaddeus.....??!...."
Quoting Max when he learned the Chief's real first name
Siegfried: *"Ze 'Killing' of Ze Shrew!"*
Smart: *"That's 'taming' of The Shrew!"*
Siegfreid: *"Ve don't 'tame' here! Ve KILL!"*
Siegfried, who was almost as dumb as Max was, was delightfully played by Bernie Koppell. He went on to play Doc in The Love Boat.
@@nicoleknight9412 Bernie Kopell was also a regular on "THAT GIRL". The story I read was, NOBODY working on that show realized he was occasionally moonlighting on "GET SMART" at the same time.
If I'm not mistaken, Don Adams was also the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo. For some reason I don't ever remember seeing Inspector Gadget on Saturday mornings but I do remember seeing Tennessee Tuxedo, along with Mr. Peabody, Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, Rocky and Bullwinkle and all the rest. As I outgrew cartoons I got hooked on the great comedy shows of the 1960s. Get Smart was always my favorite of the lot.
"Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!"
Love this program. I loved 86 from the get go. But still wished the program was still aired on tv. Thanks for one of the best show to have on tv.
"The old .45 caliber in the hammer trick. That's the third time this month ive fallen for it."
There was also 'the old gun in the Torch (Flashlight) trick' when Max & 99 went to London...
Nothing beats "The Ol' bomb in the snack truck trick."
I’m not surprised Mel Brooks had a hand. He’s genuinely a master with satires
Mel brooks went TV to get money for his. Upcoming movie 1968. THE PRODUCERS. LEFT AFTER 2 SEASONS
Thank you for repating what was already said in this video as wlel as pointing out the blantantly obvious... what would we all do without your input here
@@slowery43 it was the second most blatantly obvious thing I have seen said…
I have always liked the Bumbling mannerisms of Maxwell smart, agent 86, his humour always put a smile on my face.
Mel Brooks is a genius! And don't forget Buck Henry too!
Frau Brooker.
Buck Henry got his forehead slashed open by John Belushi in an SNL skit called Samurai Hotel.
And Henry just passed away this past January.
@@olsmokey Blucher. (horses neighing)
As far as I know, Buck Henry was MUCH more involved in the show than Mel Brooks was. But he tends to get overlooked. I'm not really sure if Brooks was involved past the pilot episode, while Buck Henry was producer for the first 2 seasons. After he left, they went thru 3 DIFFERENT producers in season 3, the show somewhat changing styles as it went. The first 2 of those, they seemed to completely forget 86 & 99 were romantically involved ever since the pilot. The last set of producers in season 3, who stayed until the end, got the romance back on track over a series of stories. First, in the 2-parter with Don Rickles, they played up 99 getting annoyed that Max has been ignoring her. Then, they did the story where she left Control to get married... except, he turned out to be... "A KAOS agent? I knew he was a lier and a crook-- but, a SPY??" And soon after they were shown for the first time going out on a date together.
I love how in the "GET SMART AGAIN" reunion movie, they'd been married for 20 years and their kids were in college. That went completely against the grain for most 80s sitcoms.
As a kid, I loved & laughed at the show; thanks Mel & Buck. I agree with the comment about Dick Gautier as Hymie the robot. Dead-pan delivery of funny lines. But there were so many who made the show click!
Get Smart and Pink panther are best spy comedies ever.
I had a crush on Agent 99 too. She was irresistible, even for us girls. Yeah, I loved Don Adams' comedic timing, but I watched the show for Barbara Feldon. She had a very nice singing voice as well. I remember her singing, Look What They've Done To My Song.
Agent 99 was not a bit of a looker, She was a stone cold FOX 🦊!
Too thin
AMEN!!! Just Smokin'!! All Barbara Feldon fans should check out the song she did, "99".
Her & Dawn Welles.
I was in love with 99, maybe still am!
I loved watching reruns of this show as a kid. Loved it. I remember watching Inspector Gadget one day and realized the voice was the same. I thought I found out something astonishing and astronomical.
Don't forget Tennessee Tuxedo!
Still one of my favorite tv shows!! I had a huge crush on 99 as a young boy!!
We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?
Did you know that Barbara Feldon was a U.N.C.L.E. agent before becoming Agent 99? She was on the 25th episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Never-Never Affair.
Another 1 of my faves
Hi, yes as'Mandy', she looked terrific in B&W, wearing glasses and a trenchcoat. If she hadn't become '99' on 'Get Smart' she could have become a regular on 'U.N.C.L.E.'.
I did not know that. Thanks.
And who can forget that TOTO had a hit song called "99".
They say it has nothing to do with Agent 99, but hey man, let us live a little OK.
Agent 99 was one of my first big TV crushes! (Amusing how so many of her in-shots had be one done barefoot b/c she so much taller than Don!
She had to sloach down too
I remember when I was a kid in the 60's in my room hearing my dad roaring with laughter downstairs watching Get Smart. it was past my bedtime but my brother and I would sneak 1/2 way down the stairs to get a glimpse of what he was watching. Now, as an old man myself, I have 5 seasons of the show on DVD and roar with laughter just as my dad would. Siegfried, Hymie, the Chief, Larabee, Agent 13... there were so many great characters i can't even begin to name them all. But above all, above Don Adams' perfect comedic timing and delivery, Barbara Feldon's exquisite reactions to the idiocy surrounding her and the unique gadgets they used and encountered, the writing was so much better than anything we get nowadays. Lose the laugh track and you have a practically perfect comedic exercise.
Who can forget Barbara Feldon's looks and voice? My mom and I never missed an episode back in the 60s.
"Would you believe...?" originated prior to Get Smart in Don's stand-up routine.
Thanks--that's a great bit of trivia!
One of my favorite shows when I was a kid.
I have fond memories of watching this iconic show as a kid. I bought the DVD set and am going to rewatch the entire series. Get Smart was ahead of its time, and I am blown away by Barbara Feldon's beauty, brains, and charm! Btw, I thought the "Get Smart" movie starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway was pretty good too--better than the movie with Adams and Feldon. Too bad it wasn't enough to launch another reboot attempt.
My favorite character was the agent that always ended up inside something like a mailbox, a manhole,
or a washing machine at a
Laundromat. The places they came up with were so funny.
Thank you for sharing your favorite character. How about the most memorable episode for you?
Agent 13.
Yes, a great character.
I liked the time they met up with some retired agents who told them the original silencer for a gun...
scream very loudly as you pull the trigger.
@@alanhilder1883 lol
I ❤ KAOS! The show was nothing without them.
I laughed every time Sigfried yelled, "STALKER!" 🤣
Bernie Koppel was awesome on Love Boat too.
There are several videos of him, talking about his work on both shows. He is a great story teller.
What the world needs now, is to, 'GET SMART!'
Good show, I thought Max was cute when I was little! Lol...
I met the "chief" at a local parade in Riverside, California in 1969. He was on a car in the parade and then he watched the rest of the parade after that. He was friendly
Missed it by that much!
Get Smart...one of the greatest shows of all time!
And....Loving it!
You forgot Control/Kaos was taken from The man from Uncle, Uncle/Thrush. I was kid or the 60's.
Loved Barbara Feldon and Get Smart. GREAT cast. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry were the best
Adams was also the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo
Gotta be old to know this one :)
I have an external hard drive named "Phineus J. Whoopee" guess what it looks like?!
A 3-D BB ?
Oh you know it...54
@@tonydittlinger5572 well, more like the closet the 3d-BB was always kept in... LOL! Daaaah, Gee, Tennessee!
1. Though addressed as Max, Agent 86 is always referred to as Maxwell Smart (even by Max himself). 2. 99's alias in the episode "99 Loses Control" is Susan Hilton, not Sarah or Saran, or whatever you said.
At least he didn t say. Paris
The chief and 99 called him max
Like "Bond, James Bond"
and the chief is Thaddeus. The Admiral calls him that. No last name though
Correct. It was Susan.
It was and still is my absolute favorite program of any kind. Don Adams was fantastic as was Barbara Feldon and the two made a great couple. I wish something like this was still around. The world sadly lacks this sort of comic genius that the brilliant Mel Brooks and Buck Henry developed.
Craw! Not Craw! CRAW!! (Totally racist by todays standards... and... LOVING it!)
You so WONG!
Mel Brooks made fun of just about everybody on the planet, so....
Heimi the robot was a great addition to the series.
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Heimi?
His father's name was Heimi.
Wasn't he Maxwell Smart? I thought others called him Max while he referred himself as Maxwell.
The narrator keeps saying "Max Smart". No one addressed him like that. His friends (the chief and 99) would call him Max (no last name), his enemies would call him Maxwell Smart (both first and last name) No one ever said Max Smart!
@@l.5832 Sigfreid just called him Schmaart
Technically he was, but no one at control called him by the long version
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I loved Get Smart . I saw Mel on Carson one night. I remember distinctly Mel Brooks saying that KAOS was "Kill All Other Spies" and CONTROL was something like "Can Only Nitwits Try Rewarding Others Lives" . The list of famous guest stars is in the hundreds.
Would you believe I watched the original run as a kid growing up?
Would you believe I saw it in reruns while at college?
How about I discovered it on TV Land?
No,but I would believe two boy scouts in a dinghy.
@@jodeanesullens6588 No... How about a bunch boy scouts with rabies
I find that very hard to believe.
"Next time Gadget, NEXT TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!"
I still love Max and the show today!!!
Agent 13 was one of favourite characters on this show.
Ah..the Cone of Silence. Wow once again you have surprised me with another one of my favorite shows. I’m really digging all these shows that I used to watch and had totally forgotten about. I can’t wait to see another awesome notification!! 👍👍👍
Yes the cone of silence waz stupid funny.
ALFRED V. Yes it was. I was so hooked on this show when I was a kid. He would say other stupid things like “the old gun in the hat trick” or something like that. A very funny show.
@@sassykaren7587 thats so true i almost forgot about that wow memories are great are they not. Although the down side is it also brings up how old you are. I don't know about you but it sucks lol
ALFRED V. You’re so right. Memories are very awesome. I’m actually 51 years old and think back to when I used to call people at my age old. Now with all my aches and pains and body starting to fall apart, I realize that I really am old. It definitely does suck because in my mind, I feel like I should only be in my 30’s at the oldest. It’s strange how old age feels like it just happened overnight. Thank you so much for your replies 🥀
@@sassykaren7587 yeah i know what you mean about aches and pains im 48 and like you inside i feel like a youngster but on the out im far from it. And your so welcome
As much as I liked Max & 99, I loved Siegfried and the dome of of silence more. Loved the show as a kid.
Siegfried was the best!
"Cone" it was called " the cone of silence"
I was 5 years old when I first saw this it was GREAT 😂. I didn't think I would ever quit laughing.
I was nine years old when it first came out and one could say Agent 99 was my first TV Crush. 😂
First, her code name was Susan Hilton, not Saran. 2nd, the Mustang belonged to the Chief. 3rd, KAOS is a Delaware corporation for tax purposes.
KAOS is also called "the international organization of evil" in many of the early episodes. It was incorporated in Delaware for tax purposes, but that was only a front.
@@dorinriki ya figured that out huh edith
No doubt KAOS had very good Tax Agents...
@@MrSlitskirts 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I want a shoe phone just so I can tell someone “Oops sorry. I must have accidentally toe dialed you”
Lol.
Made a fake one for a prop for. Halloween. 66
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You forgot that he served during WW2 in the South Pacific Campaign at Guadalcanal. He served in the First Marines. He suffered horribly with his fellow Marines battling not only the Japanese but dysentery, malaria, and dengue fever.
And loving it
A great show with great writing, eg Tom Bosley’s appearance and great visuals, eg Max and the revolving door.
Don Adams' career accomplishments always seem to leave out being the voice of the pretty iconic cartoon character "Tennessee Tuxedo" on the Underdog Show! I've only seen one comment here about it, too!
all the charactors were excellent and still Loving it
86 was hilarious . 99 loved her
"I'm 86, she's 99."
"She don't look it."
Duh.... Your joke
"Missed it, by that much!" 😝😝😝
In the mid 80s Adams was on a Canadian sitcom called Check It Out! based on the UK sitcom Tripper’s Day. Set in a supermarket with Adams playing the manager.
Check It Out also ran on the USA Cable Network in the U.S.
My parents watched this show on Nick at Nite all the time when I was a little boy so I got a good dose of it as it became one of my favorite shows of all time although it predates me by twenty years
nothing about "The Chief" or Heimie?
Or 13 or Larrabee
ooooooo 13!
I liked how Heimie always took everything so literally.
To add a fact: The Chief's first name is Thaddeus
@@stevenvaldez3520 Like when Max said to Heimie: you knock me out ... and he did ! Sorry about that chief.
Younger people won't understand how popular the TV and Film 'Spy Craze' truly was. Espionage stories, series and films sprung up everywhere ranging from R-rated violent dramas to cartoons for children. 'Get Smart' was the first and best 'Spy Send Up'. The original concept by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks was pure comedic genius which, in other hands, could have easily been an embarrassing flop.
Not many TV sitcoms, that ran for a mere 5 years, had the impact of significantly changing and adding to the English language where ever it was spoken.
"Missed it by that much", "would you believe...", "And loving it!" and others were used in everyday, casual conversation for around 20 years; in fact, older people these days can still be heard referring to Max's catch phrases when they get together.
(Obviously, Max's catch phrases were translated into other languages but I have no idea if they were as popular or long lasting.)
Finally, I hate to break it to you, Facts Verse, but all 13 "Top-Secret" facts from this show were, and are still, well known to millions of fans... would you believe 11?
Cheers, and thanks for this video.
Bill H.
We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!
One more thing.... Don also was on a sitcom called "Check it out" He was a grocery store manager who went from crisis to crisis.
I watched the show mainly because of "Agent 99" She is hot !.
She was in the Dick Van Dyke movie "Fitzwilly".
I thought Don Adams and Barbara Feldon had a wonderful on-screen chemistry and that more than anything was the reason for the shop's success.
Thanks for watching!
Still fun to watch after all this time.
I could picture Tom Poston as Max but I do agree on Don Adams being cast He nailed it.
MaxWELL Smart, MaxWELL, MaxWELL, MaxWELL! My spine is bending out of my body, his intimates called him 'Max' his enemies called him 'Maxwell Smart.' My brother is our resident authority on the show and we can't recall a single time he was called 'Max Smart.'
I met Barbara Feldon at the 2019 Sydney Supanova. At that time, 99 was 86! At the same convention were Dawn Wells (Mary Ann, Gillians Island; R.I.P.) and Barbara Eden (Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie). How could I have imagined at the time these shows aired that I'd meet them all (at the same place & time)?
Wowsers!
Hey you forgot about the movie the Nude Boom where Don Adams replayed his role as 86!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brad Smith The Nude Bomb!!
@@michaelrutledge7048Sorry about that!!!!!!!!!
I LOVED! this show!
Tennessee Tuxedo.
"He tries but can't succeed-oh...."
Don Adams was my favorite
u forgot to mention that Don Adams was also the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo
Don Adams's vocal delivery in Get Smart was a very accurate imitation of William Powell's vocal delivery in the Thin Man series of the Thirties and Forties. For skeptics, if listening to both does not convince you, Don Adams stated that fact in interviews. It was part of his stand-up act, which included impressions.
You forgot about Larabee....Larabee, (Robert Karvelas) was born in New York City with a twin brother and grew up in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. His mother was of Irish descent and his father was of Greek descent. His mother and Don Adams' mother were sisters, so Max and Larabee were first cousins!
Thanks for reminding us, Nic!
"Get Smart" was a certifiable classic.
Was my fav show as a kid!
Their was one episode were Get Smart had a phone in his steering wheel he dialed the operator every time he turned the corner
Siegfried and Starker. Always loved when they were on the show.
It was also great seeing the guest stars including the late great Michael Dunn.
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what about the move "The Nude Bomb"
Yah, not a single mention of "The Nude Bomb". btw, I wanted Max's desk car from that movie.
They didn t need to put the word nude. in there. The bomb. described that movie perfectly
@@davehallett3128 Man was I disappointed in that Box office Bomb Not a single thing about it gave any feeling of the Series
" the nude bomb" was later renamed " the Return of Maxwell Smart" but it left out 99 and the twins without a mention!!!!!
Yeah...um...
That is in the Cone of Silence's Super Secret Vault and wiped from most memories.
***it never happened***
[we _Do_ shush at CONTROL]
You overlooked the 1980 Get Smart Feature Film The Nude Bomb. Mr. Adams begrudgingly brought back the character in a feature film in order to recoup the money he lost in his divorce settlement.
He also re-teamed with some of the Get Smart production crew in 1985 for a direct to syndication sitcom entitled Check It Out. It was set in a supermarket. Eventually the producers were returning to plot devices logically adaptable to a supermarket setting from Get Smart. Mr. Adams was hoping to create a series totally different from Get Smart, but unfortunately the old reliable ideas, and the reverting back to the comedic mannerisms of Maxwell Smart allowed the show to run three seasons.
Loved all the cast and see Barbara Felton had a high heels phone in pink and how can fans of hers get one of those?
Retro ( Scott Fox )
like hogans heroes this show has unique characters and storylines
a great show i wish it would run again
Hymie the robot is my favorite character. Mr. Data before Mr. Data.
"My father's name was Hymie."
Don Adams,was my favorite,And loving it.
You should do one on the Man From U.N.C.L.E.!
My dad literally had several VHS tapes full of Get Smart episodes that he’d recorded. I could often get I’m his good graces when I would record episodes for him and cut the commercials. I liked it as a kid but loved it as a teen and even till now. It was my Dads show like mine odds South Park
The cone of silence need I say more
was one of my favorite bits, even though you knew what was going to happen :D
There was also some sort of top secret inter-office relay, which was a rock thrown through a window into the Chief's office with a message tied to it. "Max' confirms that it's a CONTROL rock, and the Chief had an 'Outgoing Rocks' Tray...
The chief would say lets not use the cone of silence today its not working very well but Max would insist as the situation was too important and sensitive. You just knew it was going to be bad just how bad? Great stuff.
@@erneststorch9844 Hi yes, Max would demand it, etc. Interestingly in the fist movie in 70's, the one with 'Hymie', Laraby' and '99' , instead of the 'Cone of Silence' which has been superceded by a supposedly more modern version called the 'Hover-Cover', where they go up to the rooftop of CONTROL HQ and stand under a helicopter hovering over them at low level, shouting to each other...the signal for the helo pilot to come down and hover low over them being a wave, unfortunately they wave inadvertently a few times...when they didn't mean too...
What?????????