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NBC - September 18, 1965, to April 12, 1969
CBS - September 26, 1969, to September 11, 1970
The satirized secret agent genre series Get Smart centers around fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart and his young partner Agent 99, who work for CONTROL, a secret U.S. government counter-intelligence agency.
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Get Smart has an extensive resume of filling episodes to the hilt with celebrity guest stars as villains, victims, other agents and small cameos). The list included the likes of Carol Burnett, James Caan, Alex Rocco, Fred Willard, Regis Philbin, Leonard Nimoy, John Fielder, John Hoyt, Don Rickles, Bob Hope, Martin Landau, Steve Allen, Ernest Borgnine, and Vincent Price.
Don Adams carried or resembled the mannerisms and of tone the Maxwell Smart character to other shows. Such cross-overs including Adams with supporting role on the sitcom The Bill Dana Show as a hopelessly inept hotel detective and provided the voice for a foolish secret agent in the animated series Inspector Gadget. Adams also appeared in several various commercials in New York City, New Zealand, and Canada as Maxwell Smart promoting a electronics chain Savemart and Toyota, for the 1990 model Toyota Starlet, and dial-around long distance carrier, respectively.
In a 1998 TV commercial for Kmart, Don Adams played Maxwell Smart. He was seen talking on his trademark show phone, speaking to The Chief about the vast selection of electronics available at Kmart. Adams also played himself in a Coors Light commerical, where a fan harrassed him by insisting he adopt Maxwell Smart's mannerisms. Which he does, only it becomes to the fans' detriment.
The 2008 film Get Smart is based on the Mel Brooks and Buck Henry series. Though Warner Bros fought tooth and nail to not include the original series creators at all in the film, there are more than several references made to/about the show. Many of Max and the Chief's catchphrases are heard throughout the film as well as we hear Siegfried's catchphrase: "This is KAOS. We don't ka-freakin'-boom here." towards the films' beginning. Two automobiles from the original series, an Opel GTand a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, appear in the film. The items seen in the CONTROL Museum are in fact from the original series. Artifacts include the Show Phone, the portable Cone of Silence, a red Sunbeam Tiger, a snub-nosed revolver and the original Max's trademark suit. Max takes and uses several of these items during a climatic action sequence. As well, as a joke in the last episode (I Am The Yellow) of Get Smart, Maxwelll moves a bead curtain and the beads dropped to the floor. This scene is recreated in the film.
Some of the most repeated lines on Get Smart were "Sorry about that, Chief" and "Missed it by that much" [HEAR IT] said by Maxwell Smart as well as "Oh, Max!" and "Good thinking, Max" by Agent 99.
Don Adams said he created his trademark voice for Agent 86 by watching "The Thin Man" series which starred William Powell and Myrna Loy. After hearing Powell repeatedly yelling "Asta! Asta!", he decided to imitate Powell's voice for Maxwell Smart.
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