When a CONTROL agent is killed attempting to retrieve it, Max (Don Adms) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) head south of the border to retrieve the Tequila Mockingbird. Written by Chris Hayward and Arne Sultan, this episode debuted on 18 January, 1969. It riffs on The Maltese Falcon, while the title skewer’s Harper’s classic novel. The…
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Get Smart (1968/1969) – One Nation Invisible, Hurray for Hollywood, and The Day They Raided the Knights
One Nation Invisible delivers another bit of domestic trouble story for Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon). Written by Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell, this episode was first broadcast on 28 December, 1968. Trouble arrives in the form of an invisible female doctor, Canyon (Lyn Peters). She arrives in Smart’s life as part…
Get Smart (1968) – The Farkas Fracas, Temporarily Out of CONTROL, and Schwartz’s Island
We get more domestic stories with The Farkas Fracas. 99 (Barbara Feldon) is playing housewife, sigh, what a waste, as Max (Don Adams) and the Chief (Edward Platt) take on KAOS agents. The story, written by Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan, and Leonard Stern first aired on 7 December, 1968. Mx invites the Chief…
Get Smart (1968) – The Return of the Ancient Mariner, With Love and Twitches, and The Laser Blazer
The marriage of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) is only days away at this point, but duty constantly calls. The Return of the Ancient Mariner first aired on 9 November, 1968 and was written by Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan and Leonard Stern. An enemy agent known as The Chameleon is…
Get Smart (1968) – Diamonds Are a Spy’s Best Friend, The Worst Best Man, and A Tale of Two Tails
The wedding between Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) must be getting closer, because this episode sees a plan involving a potential engagement ring. Written by Arne Sultan, Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, and Leonard Stern, Diamonds are A Spy’s Best Friend first aired on 19 October, 1968. KAOS is up to it’s usual…
Get Smart (1968) – Snoopy Smart vs. The Red Baron, Closely Watched Planes, and The Secret of Sam Vittorio
I’m huge fan of the Snoopy vs. The Red Baron song, and this episode of Get Smart riffs on that. Written by Mike Marmer this episode debuted on 28 September, 1968. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), 99 (Barbara Feldon) and the Chief (Edward Platt) end up in potato country to investigate KAOS new plan to sabotage…
Get Smart (1968) – Die, Spy, The Reluctant Redhead, and The Impossible Mission
Die, Spy is the penultimate episode of season three of Get Smart. It was written by Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan from a story by Dee Caruso and Gerald Gardner. It is meant to riff on the classic spy series I, Spy. As such, Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) finds himself paired with a new partner….
Get Smart (1967) – How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying, Appointment in Sahara, and Pussycats Galore
Siegfried (Bernie Kopell) wants to defect to CONTROL and leave KAOS behind in How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying. Written by Mike Marmer this episode first aired on 11 March, 1967. Can he be trusted? He convinces the Chief (Edward Platt) that KAOS is going to launch an attack on Fort…
Get Smart (1967) – Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho, Where-What-How-Who Am I?, and The Expendable Agent
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) has an unusual assignment on his hand this time. He has to track down an enemy agent that is destroying buildings. Unfortunately CONTROL can’t figure out how he’s doing it. Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho first aired on 18 February, 1967 and was written by Arne Sultan. To find out…
Get Smart (1967) – The Man From Yents, The Mummy, and The Girl From KAOS
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) is given bodyguard duty when he’s assigned to protect an Arabian Prince (Walker Edmiston). He and 99 (Barbara Feldon), who goes undercover in the harem, pair up with Agent 498 (Alan Oppenheimer), from the YENTA agency (a little jab at the Man From UNCLE, which aired on a competing network.) Of…
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