Get Smart
Title card from the original NBC run
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Mel Brooks Buck Henry
Starring	Don Adams Barbara Feldon Edward Platt
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	138, +7 revival
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leonard B. Stern (1965-68) Arne Sultan (1968-70) Lawrence Gay (1995)
Running time	ca. 25 minutes
Production company(s)	Talent Associates (1965-1970) IndieProd Company Productions (1989) Phoenix Entertainment Group (1989)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC (1965-1969) CBS (1969-1970) ABC (1989) FOX (1995)
Original run	September 18, 1965 – September 11, 1970 (revival January 15, 1995 - February 1995)
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IMDb profile

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 of CONTROL, a secret U.S. government spy agency. In the words of Brooks, "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." ^[1] Get Smart may refer to: Get Smart, an American comedy television series that ran from 1965 to 1970 Get Smart, a song by Cinerama from their 2002 album Torino Category: ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American director, writer, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ... Buck Henry Zuckerman (born December 9, 1930 in New York, New York) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his work in television, film, comedy, and satire. ... For American former professional basketball player, see Don Adams (basketball). ... Barbara Feldon (Barbara Hall) (born March 12, 1932) is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, known for her character-type roles. ... Edward C. Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American character actor best known for his portrayal of The Chief in the 1965-69 NBC television series Get Smart. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Leonard Stern is one of the creators, with Roger Price, of the word games mad libs. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... FOX redirects here. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... 1867 edition of Punch, a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a good deal of satire of the contemporary social and political scene. ... For the video game, see Spy Fiction (video game). ... Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American director, writer, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ... Buck Henry Zuckerman (born December 9, 1930 in New York, New York) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his work in television, film, comedy, and satire. ... For American former professional basketball player, see Don Adams (basketball). ... This article is about the spy series. ...

The show aired on the NBC television network from September 18, 1965 to April 12, 1969, after which it moved to CBS for its final season, running from September 26, 1969 to September 11, 1970. A total of 138 episodes were broadcast. The show was quite popular in the mid-1960s, and continues to have a cult following as it is often rerun around the world in syndication. This article is about the television network. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1964 in television, other events of 1965, 1966 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1965-66 American network television schedule. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1969 in television involved some significant events. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1969 in television involved some significant events. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1969 in television, other events of 1970, 1971 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1970-71 American network television schedule. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air or OTA) is the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery, by radio waves. ...

The series won seven Emmy Awards and was nominated for an additional fourteen, as well as two Golden Globe Awards. It has been adapted to the big screen three times: first, with part of the original cast in 1980's The Nude Bomb, then in a 1989 ABC TV Movie, Get Smart, Again!, and in a new film adaptation starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, and Alan Arkin in 2008. An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Nude Bomb (also known as The Return of Maxwell Smart or Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb) was a 1980 comedy film based on the television series Get Smart. ... Get Smart, Again! is a made-for-TV movie based on the 1965-1970 NBC/CBS television series, Get Smart!, which originally aired February 26, 1989 on ABC (ironically, the network that rejected the original pilot for the Get Smart! TV series). ... Get Smart is an 2008 film adaptation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henrys 1960s spy parody television show, Get Smart. ... Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962[1]) is a Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American comedian, actor, producer and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. ... Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot

The series centered on bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), also known as Agent 86. His partner is Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), whose real name is never revealed.^[2] Smart and 99 work for CONTROL, a secret U.S. government spy agency based in Washington, D.C. (at 123 Main Street). The pair investigate and thwart various threats to the world, though Smart's incompetence invariably causes complications. However, Smart never fails to save the day, typically thanks to his own dumb luck and 99's skill. Looking on is the long-suffering head of CONTROL, who is always addressed simply as "Chief" (played by Edward Platt). For American former professional basketball player, see Don Adams (basketball). ... Barbara Feldon (Barbara Hall) (born March 12, 1932) is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, known for her character-type roles. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Edward C. Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American character actor best known for his portrayal of The Chief in the 1965-69 NBC television series Get Smart. ...

The nemesis of CONTROL is KAOS (pronounced chaos), an equally inept spy agency from an unnamed though apparently Eastern bloc nation. Despite being capitalized, CONTROL and KAOS are not acronyms and do not stand for anything.^[3] A map of the Eastern Bloc 1948-1989. ...

The enemies, world-takeover plots and gadgets seen in Get Smart parody James Bond: "Do what they did except just stretch it half an inch," Mel Brooks says of the series' method. ^[4] This article is about the spy series. ...

Characters

Maxwell Smart or Agent 86 is the central character in the series. Despite being a top secret government agent, he is actually quite awkward, clumsy, and not very bright. He does, however display considerable prowess in hand to hand combat as well as being a good shot. His cover is a greeting card salesman but he seldom manages to maintain secrecy about his real work. Due to multiple assassination attempts, he told his landlord he was in insurance. Greeting cards on display at retail. ...

Agent 99 - A tall and attractive female agent whose appearance becomes useful in many undercover operations. Generally Agent 99 is more competent than Maxwell Smart, but Max saves her life in several episodes. Together they provide a perfect team both to battle KAOS and provide comical situations on-screen. Smart and 99 are married in Season 4 and have twins in Season 5. Agent 99's real name is never revealed. In the episode "99 Loses CONTROL," she says that her name is Susan Hilton, but at the end of the episode she tells Max that in fact "Susan" isn't her real name. However, in the episode "A Man Called Smart", Max calls 99 Ernestine which she appears to accept as her real first name.

The Chief - The chief of CONTROL is intelligent, serious and sensible. He began his career at CONTROL as Agent Q. He is supportive to Agents 86 and 99, but he is frequently frustrated with Max due to his frequent failures and foul-ups. Unlike Agent 99, Chief is revealed to have a first name--Thaddeus--on a few occasions. His cover identity is Harold Clark, Max's boss at the greeting card company. Another time, when KAOS tricked the Chief into being recalled to active duty in the US Navy (as a common seaman and Smart as his commanding officer), his official name is John Doe. This article is about a military rank. ... The commanding officer (CO) is the officer in command of a military unit. ... The name John Doe is generally used in the United States as a placeholder name for a male party in a legal action or legal discussion whose true identity is unknown. ...

Other characters included Hymie the Robot (Dick Gautier), a powerful android (built originally by KAOS but reprogrammed to work for CONTROL), who tends to take orders too literally; Agent 13 (Dave Ketchum), who is always being stationed inside weird, unlikely places, such as mailboxes, washing machines, lockers, and other objects; Agent 44 (Victor French), who regularly suffers the same fate as Agent 13; the Chief's slow-witted assistant Agent Larabee (Robert Karvelas) and Fang (Agent K-13), a poorly-trained CONTROL dog. Hymie the Robot Hymie the Robot is a fictional robot from the 1960s spy-spoof television series Get Smart, portrayed by Richard Gautier. ... Richard Dick Gautier (born October 30, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an actor, comedian, composer, singer and author, best known for his portrayal of Hymie the Robot in the television series Get Smart. ... For other uses, see Android (disambiguation). ... Victor French Victor French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor. ... Sharon Carter, alias Agent 13, is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. ... Robert Karvelas as Larrabee on Get Smart Robert Karvelas (1921-1991) is a Greek-American actor who is notable for his role as the Chiefs dense assistant, Larrabee, on the 1960s sitcom Get Smart. ...

Siegfried - Conrad Siegfried is a recurring villain and the Vice President of KAOS. He is Maxwell Smart's "opposite number" and nemesis at KAOS, although the two characters share similar traits and often speak fondly of one another, even in the midst of attempting to assassinate each other. Siegfried was played by Bernie Kopell. Siegfried's chief henchman was Shtarker (King Moody). Bernie Kopell (born June 21, 1933) is a television actor who portrayed Conrad Siegfried in Get Smart, Jerry Bauman in That Girl, and Dr. Adam Bricker in The Love Boat. ... Actor, best known for playing Ronald McDonald in commericals in the 1970s. ...

Other villains included The Claw, the original Asian leader of KAOS in Season 1; Dr. Yes (cf. Dr. No), and Bronzefinger (cf. Goldfinger). Dr. No can refer to a number of things Dr. No (novel), the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming on his inspirational character James Bond Dr. No (film), the first James Bond film, starring Sean Connery. ... Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ...

Spies at work

CONTROL and KAOS did not seem to be above everyday bureaucracy and business quirks. KAOS is a Delaware corporation for tax purposes. CONTROL's union is the Guild of Surviving Control Agents, and Max is their negotiator; when a captured KAOS agent tells him about their survivors' benefits, the Chief is within earshot, and Max promptly uses the information for his labor talks.

In one episode, where Max infiltrates a KAOS-run garden shop, Max refuses to arrest the manager until after 5 p.m., so he can collect a full day's pay from the shop. The Chief threatens to fire him, but Max is not afraid; according to CONTROL's seniority policy, "If I get fired from CONTROL, Larrabee moves up!" The Chief gives in and lets Max stay on the job, rather than risk having the (even more) inept Larrabee take Max's place.

In another episode, Siegfried and Max casually discuss the various flavors of cyanide pills they have been issued. It was Raspberry that month at CONTROL, and Max offered Siegfried a taste. In that same episode, Max and Siegfried have a show and tell of various weapons they have—Max boasts of having a deadly non-regulation pistol—from a Chicago Mail Order House. (The prop in use is actually an 1893 Borchardt pistol.) Show and tell is the process of showing an audience something and telling them about it and usually done in a classroom. ...

Cover names were common, but sent up as being used unwisely—in an art gallery, a phone call is announced for an alias, and Max identifies himself as the person in question. Second, third and fourth calls come in, each with its own alias—the last of which was his own name (Maxwell Smart), which he initially does not answer—and Max tells the skeptical gallery owner that those are his names as well, making it obvious to any spy that he is taking calls from fellow agents and informants. Max then proceeds to make himself even more visible by tangling the handset cords of the four phones together.

CONTROL also has a policy of burning pertinent documents after cases are closed; the reasons why were detailed in their rules and regulations book, but nobody can read them, since they burned the only copy.

In the interest of company morale, both CONTROL and KAOS have their own bowling teams.

Adaptations in other media

Three movie versions were produced years after the end of the NBC/CBS run of the TV series:

• the theatrically released The Nude Bomb (also known as The Return of Maxwell Smart or Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb) in 1980, which was a box-office failure.
• the made-for-TV Get Smart, Again! in 1989 on ABC
• the 2008 film Get Smart starring Steve Carell, from Warner Brothers

The relative success of Get Smart, Again! eventually prompted the development of a short-lived 1995 weekly series on FOX, also titled Get Smart, with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their characters, with Maxwell Smart now being the Chief of CONTROL, as their bungling son, Zach (Andy Dick), becomes CONTROL's star agent. The show failed to recapture the spirit of the original. The last episode of the 1995 series shows that just as Siegfried is leaving a room, Maxwell Smart accidentally activates an atomic bomb just before the end of the show. (The teaser for the episode shows an atomic bomb going off.) This ending is similar to a device used by the Get Smart-inspired series Sledge Hammer! at the end of its first season. There weren't high hopes for the series as Andy Dick had already moved on to NewsRadio which premiered weeks later in 1995. The Nude Bomb (also known as The Return of Maxwell Smart or Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb) was a 1980 comedy film based on the television series Get Smart. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Get Smart, Again! is a made-for-TV movie based on the 1965-1970 NBC/CBS television series, Get Smart!, which originally aired February 26, 1989 on ABC (ironically, the network that rejected the original pilot for the Get Smart! TV series). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Get Smart is an 2008 film adaptation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henrys 1960s spy parody television show, Get Smart. ... Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962[1]) is a Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American comedian, actor, producer and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. ... Warner Bros. ... FOX redirects here. ... For American former professional basketball player, see Don Adams (basketball). ... Barbara Feldon (Barbara Hall) (born March 12, 1932) is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, known for her character-type roles. ... Andrew R. Dick[1] (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, musician and producer. ... Sledge Hammer! was a satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. ... Andrew R. Dick[1] (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, musician and producer. ... This article is about the sitcom. ...

With the revival series on FOX, Get Smart became the first television franchise to air new episodes on each of the aforementioned current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont. The different versions of Get Smart did not all feature the original lead cast intact. The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ...

Adams in Smart-esque roles

Don Adams played Maxwell Smart in a 1989 TV commercial for KMart. He was seen talking on his trademark shoe phone, telling the chief about the great selection of electronics available at KMart. An exact replica of himself approaches him, and Max says, "Don't tell me - you're a double agent." For the Australian department store chain, see Kmart Australia. ...

Adams also starred in a series of local commercials for New York City electronics chain Savemart as Maxwell Smart. The slogan was "Get Smart. Get SaveMart Smart".^[5] In addition, Adams starred in a series of commercials for White Castle in 1992, paying homage to his Get Smart character with his catch phrase, "Would you believe...?"^[6] New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For the Bob Marley song, see Slogans (song). ... White Castle can refer to different things: White Castle, a chain of US hamburger restaurants White Castle, an 11th-century castle in Wales White Castle, a town in Louisiana This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Adams again played a bungling secret agent in the animated series Inspector Gadget. This later became a feature film starring Matthew Broderick in the title role (in which Adams had a cameo) and its prequel series Gadget Boy and Heather. Neither of these was directly related to Get Smart. For the 1999 live-action film, see Inspector Gadget (film). ... Inspector Gadget is a 1999 live-action film based on the popular animated cartoon series Inspector Gadget. ... Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award-winning American film and stage actor who is best known for his roles as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off and the adult Simba in Disneys The Lion King. ... Gadget Boy & Heather (aka Gadget Boy) is a cartoon series from DiC Entertainment. ...

In the late 1980s, Adams also portrayed Maxwell Smart in a series of TV commercials for Toyota New Zealand, for the 1990 model Toyota Starlet. While it is customary for the actor to go to the foreign location for shooting, Adams' apparent intense dislike of long-distance flying meant that the New Zealand specification car had to be shipped to the US for filming. He also appeared in another series of popular Canadian commercials in the late 1990s for a dial-around long distance carrier. In the United States, Interexchange carrier (or IXC) is a legal and regulatory term for a telecommunications company, commonly called a long-distance telephone company, such as AT&T, MCI, and Sprint. ...

Books and comics

A series of original novels based upon the series were written by William Johnston and published by Tempo Books in the late 1960s. In addition, Dell Comics published a comic book for 8 issues during 1966 and 1967, drawn in part by Steve Ditko. Issue #1 of this series, in Near Mint condition, has a value of $165.00, according to the 2008 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publications, which got its start in pulp magazines. ... Stephen Ditko (born 2 November 1927) is a renowned American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. ...

2008 Get Smart movie

Main article: Get Smart (film)

A big-screen version of Get Smart was released in 2008, starring Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, Alan Arkin as Thaddeus (The Chief), Terence Stamp as Conrad Siegfried, Masi Oka as Bruce, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as new character Agent 23 and Patrick Warburton as Hymie the Robot. Bernie Kopell makes a cameo appearance, and James Caan, who guest-starred in the original series, also appears, but playing a different character. The film includes a dedication to Adams and Platt, but Barbara Feldon reportedly declined an invitation to appear.^{[citation needed]} Get Smart is an 2008 film adaptation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henrys 1960s spy parody television show, Get Smart. ... Get Smart is an 2008 film adaptation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henrys 1960s spy parody television show, Get Smart. ... Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962[1]) is a Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American comedian, actor, producer and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. ... Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. ... Terence Henry Stamp (born July 22, 1938[1]) is an English actor. ... Masi Oka (Japanese: , birth name: Masayori Oka )), born December 27, 1974 is a Golden-Globe and Emmy-nominated Japanese-American actor and digital effects artist. ... Dwayne Douglas Johnson[6] (born May 2, 1972)[4], better known by his former ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. ... Patrick J. Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American television actor and voice artist. ... Bernie Kopell (born June 21, 1933) is a television actor who portrayed Conrad Siegfried in Get Smart, Jerry Bauman in That Girl, and Dr. Adam Bricker in The Love Boat. ... A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... James Langston Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American film, stage and television actor. ...

In its opening weekend, "Get Smart" topped the Box Office with $39.2M.^[7]

Shooting began in March 2007 and the film was released June 20, 2008. A made-for-DVD sequel focusing on minor characters will be released 10 days later.^[8] March 2007 is the third month of the year. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The proposed movie

The 1966 Batman movie, made during that TV show's original run, was hugely successful and prompted other television shows to propose similar films in order to cash in on the phenomenon. The only one completed was Munster Go Home (1966), which was a huge box office flop, causing the cancellation of other projects, including the "Get Smart" movie. The script for that movie was turned into the three-part episode "A Man Called Smart", which originally aired 4/8, 4/15 & 4/22 1967. For the 1989 version starring Michael Keaton, see Batman (1989 film). ... Munster, Go Home! is an American film based on the sixties sitcom The Munsters. ...

Production notes

Gadgets

Perhaps the most recognizable 'gag' from the show was Smart's shoe phone which was built into his left shoe (The idea was devised by Mel Brooks).

To use or answer his shoe phone, he had to take off his shoe, remove the rubber sole to reveal a rotary phone dialing device. The shoe phone could also convert into a gun by dialing the number 117.

Telephones were concealed in a number of other objects including a necktie, comb, watch, clock, handkerchief, magazine, a garden hose, cigarette lighter, steering wheel of a car (where Max complained that if he made a right turn, he dialed the operator), and a sandwich.

Smart's shoes also contained other devices. Housed in a small compartment of his left heel were an explosive pellet and suicide pill. The right heel concealed a pellet that when crushed produced a smoke-screen distraction.

On February 17th, 2002, the prop shoe phone used by agent Maxwell Smart was included in a display entitled "Spies: Secrets from the CIA, KGB and Hollywood", a collection of real and fictional spy gear that exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the presidential library of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. ...

Another of the show's recurring gags was the Cone of Silence. (Buck Henry "invented" this device.) Smart would pedantically insist on following CONTROL's security protocols; when in the Chief's office he would insist on speaking under the Cone of Silence--two transparent plastic hemispheres which were electrically lowered on top of Smart and the Chief--which invariably malfunctioned, requiring the characters to shout loudly to even have a chance of being understood by each other, and even then, most of the time that failed. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and The Chief (Edward Platt) once again futilely use the Cone of Silence. ...

Get Smart cars

AMT, a major producer of model car kits, later bought out by Ertl, produced a replica of the 1965 Sunbeam Tiger roadster Smart drove in the opening credits. Complete with a horde of hidden weapons, it is the only kit of the Tiger produced to date and is highly coveted by collectors. The start of the 1968 season put Smart in a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia for the opening credits; the car never appeared in the show itself. He also began driving a 1969 Opel GT, with a new phone: the giant rotary telephone dial covered the steering wheel, revisiting a gag first seen in a first-season episode. Max is also seen driving a green with tan interior, 1968 Ford Shelby convertible in at least one episode. A GMC Astro tractor-trailer model from AMT Aluminum Metal Toys, or AMT for short, is a Troy, Michigan-based company that manufactures various plastic models, particularly those of big trucks. ... Ertl may refer to: the Ertl Company, an American toy maker Harald Ertl, an Austrian motorsport journalist and driver This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Tiger was a muscle car version of the Sunbeam Alpine roadster. ... VW redirects here. ... The Karmann Ghia is a two-seater sports car marketed by Volkswagen, designed by the Italian firm Ghia, and built by German coach builder Karmann. ... The Opel GT is a two-seat sports car introduced by Opel in 1968. ...

Rights issues and DVD releases

The entire series (except the final season) was produced for NBC by Talent Associates. When it moved to CBS, it became an in-house production of the latter network, with Talent Associates as silent partner. The series was later sold to NBC Films for syndication. Distribution has changed hands in the intervening decades, from National Telefilm Associates to Republic Pictures, to Paramount Domestic Television, and finally, to the current distributor, CBS Television Distribution (coincidentally, its parent company, CBS, produced the final season). For much of that time, the syndication rights of all but a handful of the fifth-season episodes were encumbered with heavy restrictions and reporting requirements; as a result of this, most of that season was almost never seen in syndication. The distribution changes (including the eventual loosening of restrictions on the fifth season) were the result of corporate changes involving their respective owners, and especially the 2006 split of Viacom (owners of Paramount Pictures) into two separate companies. Note, however, that CBS owns only the television syndication rights, and not home video, due to the assets of Talent Associates now at the hands of HBO (currently part of the Time Warner empire, and thus any future feature film incarnation of Get Smart, namely the new 2008 version, will be made by HBO sister studio Warner Bros.). The series copyright, however, is now held by HBO. This article is about the broadcast network. ... National Telefilm Associates (otherwise known by its initials, NTA) was an independent distribution company that handled much of Paramount Pictures animated library. ... Republic Pictures Corporation (aka Republic Entertainment) is an independent film, television, and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, best known for its specialization in quality B pictures, westerns and movie serials. ... CBS Paramount Domestic Television (CPDT) is an American television distribution/production that was formed on January 17, 2006 and owned by CBS Corporation. ... CBS Television Distribution is a United States and Global television distribution company, a merger of the television distribution arms of CBS Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount International Television and King World. ... Time Warner Inc. ... “WB” redirects here. ...

The complete Get Smart series is currently available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as a boxed set from Time Life Video. The discs were originally scheduled for release on November 13, 2006,^[9] but were delayed by a week because of a problem with one of the three parts that make up the set's packaging.^[10] Currently the set is only available through Time Life, and the company has said that the DVDs will not be available in stores for Region 2 until fall 2007. According to TV Shows on DVD, Time Life has a one year exclusive on selling the complete series in the U.S. That would put the series in retail stores around January 2008.^[11][12] Time-Life is a book, music, and video marketer, that since 2003 has been combined with catalog reseller Lillian Vernon as a subsidiary of Direct Holdings Worldwide, and is no longer owned by its former parent Time Warner. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Region 1–8 redirects here. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Time Life has also released all Seasons in Australia and New Zealand as either individual discs with 4 to 5 episodes per disc or as season sets. Like the Region 1 release, this edition is currently only available through the Time Life website.^[13] However, Time Life's exclusive rights will end in Australia in June 2008 and the Series 1 box set will be released in Australian retail stores for the very first time on July 2, 2008, with Seasons 2 and 3 box sets following on July 23, 2008.^[14]

References

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External links

• Get Smart (original series) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Nude Bomb (1980) at the Internet Movie Database
• Get Smart, Again! (1989) at the Internet Movie Database
• Get Smart (1995 series) at the Internet Movie Database
• Premiere
• Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Would You Believe?
• Get Smart Trailer (Trailer of the cinema adaptation)
• He Kept 86 in Control An interview with the story editor for the final season
• The Get Smart Wiki
• Movies Coming Soon: Get Smart, June 13, 2008