Guide Note

Get Smart was an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre. The show originally aired from 1965-1970 and was revived in 1995. A film version was released in June 2008.

Created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks, the show featured Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, an agent for CONTROL, a secret U.S. government spy agency. Smart and his partner, Agent 99, faced off against KAOS, an equally inept spy agency from the Eastern bloc.

The sitcom was immensely popular and was awarded with seven Emmys and nominated for two Golden Globes.

Fast Facts

1. Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry
2. Network: NBC and CBS
3. First Aired: September 18, 1965
4. Final Air Date: September 11, 1970
5. Number of Episodes: 138
6. Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon and Edward Platt
7. Andy Dick played the son of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in Fox's 1995 Get Smart sitcom
8. Steve Carell plays Maxwell Smart in the 2008 Get Smart movie

The show contained man recurring characters and gags including:

1. Hymie the Robot, a powerful android that takes orders to literally.
2. Fang, a poorly-trained CONTROL dog.
3. Smart's shoe phone, which used rotary dial.
4. The Cone of Silence, a malfunctioning set of transparent plastic hemispheres that would descend over Smart and the Chief to communicate privately.