Get Smart (1967) – One of Our Olives is Missing, When Good Fellows Get Together, and Dr. Yes

Siegfried (Bernie Kopell) is back in One of Our Olives is Missing. And also along for the ride this time? Carol Burnett! She plays country singer Ozark Annie in this episode written by Jess Oppenheimer (the creator of I Love Lucy), who also served as the director.

First premiering on 4 November, 1967, the story has Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) protecting Annie after she accidentally swallows an olive that contains a transmitter. KAOS is after her led by Siegfried, and Smart will have to do everything he can to keep her safe.

The olive contains vital information, and consequently there will be lots of wackiness. How can there not be? Carol Burnett! The woman is comedic gold, always has been, always will be.

He works to keep Annie safe at his secure apartment.

There are some fun remarks about Smart’s appearance not measuring up to that other famous secret agent played by Connery. But Smart is able to throw a solid punch when he needs to.

And putting Adams and Burnett together, this makes for a fantastic episode as both bring their A game in an effort to keep pace with one another. Both of them are great at physical comedy and delivery and it makes for a very entertaining watch.

When Good Fellows Get Together sees the return of Hymie (Dick Gautier). Written by Gary Clarke, it first debuted on 18 November, 1967.

KAOS sends a killer robot, Groppo (H.B. Haggerty) to eliminate Hymie. The CONTROL agent however refuses to give up his peaceful ways to fight Groppo.

The episode gets off to a great start with Smart infiltrating KAOS where he learns about the monstrous Groppo! And when Hymie and Smar get together, it’s a lot of fun. The robot relents and has some improvements made, and the pair head to a ghost town to confront Groppo.

Unfortunately, Hymie is having issues acclimating to the modifications and Smart has to get him trained up before Groppo arrives. But they’ll be ready. When more CONTROL members show up and insist they reprogram Hymie for evil, so he can fight Groppo, Hymie overhears and goes off on his own.

But when Smart confronts Groppo on his own, Hymie returns to help his friend, and the pair return happily to CONTROL. And Hymie gets to stay his goofy self.

Neither the Chief (Edward Platt) nor 99 (Barbara Feldon) appear in this one, but it’s still fun.

With a title like Dr. Yes you know the story is going to skewer Dr. No. In fact the story sounds earily familiar; it seems someone is sabotaging missile launches and Smart and 99 are on the case.

Written by Willam Raynor and Myles Wilder this episode first aired on 25 November, 1967.

Dr. Yes (Donald Davis) sports a Fu Manchu mustache, ridiculous nails, and seems to be a bit problematic. It’s a good thing Smart and 99 are preparing to take him down. They head undercover as campers (I guess they couldn’t get to the Caribbean) to seek out Dr. Yes’ underwater hideout, and stop his plan.

Within its television budget confines, the story attempts to be bigger than it is. Some of it works, but knowing that its riffing on a big budget Bond film, it falls a bit short.

That’s not to say it isn’t fun, it just could have been a bigger episode and it does try. There is stock footage of missiles and underwater work, but then the sets make it all feel small and confined. There are gadgets, traps, and a quick thinking spy.

It’s fun and three seasons in the show still shines. Let’s see what Smart gets up to next time.

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