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
Running time ca. 25 minutes
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)

Get Smart was 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.

Get Smart 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 enjoy a cult following as it is often rerun around the world in syndication.

The series won seven Emmy Awards and was nominated for an additional fourteen, as well as two Golden Globe Awards and has been adapted to the big screen twice: first, with part of the original cast in 1980's The Nude Bomb, and in a new film adaptation starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, and Alan Arkin in 2008.

The series centered on bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), also known as Agent 86. His partner is Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), whose real name is never revealed.[1] 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.

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.

 Characters
Maxwell Smart or Agent 86 is the central character in the series. Despite being a top secret government agent, he is actually awkward, clumsy, and not very bright. He does, however display considerable prowess in hand to hand combat. His cover is a greeting card salesman but he seldom manages to maintain secrecy about his real work.

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 it isn't her real name.

The Chief - The chief of CONTROL is intelligent, serious and sensible. He is supportive to Agents 86 and 99, however 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.

Siegfried - Ludwig Von 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.

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); Siegfried's chief henchman Shtarker (King Moody); and Fang (Agent K-13), a poorly-trained CONTROL dog.


Don Adams

Born Donald James Yarmy
April 13, 1923
New York City, New York, USA
Died September 25, 2005 (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse(s) Adelaide Efantis (1949-1958)
Dorothy Bracken (1960-1976)
Judy Luciano (1977-1990)


Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy, April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, game show panelist and occasional director, who in his five decades of television was best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), for which he also directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Smart (1967–1969). He also provided the voices for the animated series Inspector Gadget and Tennessee Tuxedo as their respective title characters.