I'm Leonard Stern's daughter Kate and a friend just sent me this. I can't express how happy i am to have this and to be able to look at it again and again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Kate, You're very, very welcome. I'm so happy you're enjoying this. The only reason I have this account is to share things I love with people of like minds so your comments put an ear to ear smile on my face. This was loaded from an old VHS tape I had and if you would like a DVD copy of it, let me know. It would be no problem. I think you can write me privately. Again, so happy your enjoying this. Mike S.
I used to watch this show and many other sit coms when I was growing up and to this day I can look at almost any situation with a sense of humor. This was one of my favorites. I'm racking my brain trying to find full episodes. Do you know where I can find these episodes? I'd love to start with episode 1 of season 1
Kate, your dad's role fill my childhood with wonderful memories. i am so happy for you that you have found this great tribute to your dad...Love and hugs from Ireland.
I saw Don Adams do a stand up comedy routine in Vegas on vacation back in the late 60's (with the Carpenters also). I was about 15 at the time with 2 younger brothers. All three of us were literally rolling on the floor we were laughing so hard.
It’s similar to the Goodies. I believe England only got a limited run, but we got them on a loop. When they did the reunion tour they were surprised by the reaction they got here as opposed to the lukewarm reception in blighty
My dad was in the US Marines 1st Amphibious Division and made the first landing on Guadalcanal. He also got very sick with malaria and dysentery. He was so sick that after recouping in Australia he was sent back to the States and used as an instructor for the rest of the war. He was sick with malaria for 10 years. I had no idea Don Adams was there also and had a very similar experience to my dad. I faithfully watched Get Smart as a child. It still makes me laugh!
Ed Platt was the perfect straight man. Max would say something stupid and the chief and 99 would look confused but never show any hint that the mission would fail.
Very good job fellows!! Congratulations. I'm Leonard Stern's daughter Kate and a friend just sent me this. I can't express how happy i am to have this and to be able to look at it again and again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!❤🇺🇸🥇
I grew up on Get Smart. As soon as I heard the theme song on the TV I would drop everything and run into the living room because I loved the intro so much.
Watching this show as a kid, I couldn't wait to see what would go wrong next with the Cone of Silence. Raise your hand if you remember the Portable Cone of Silence.
I picked my college courses’ schedules depending on what time Get Smart would air, so as not to miss any of it. Get Smart aired 2-3 times per day back in the late 70s in L.A. I would rush home between classes to get my fill of silly comedy and then repeat Maxwell’s lines to friends at school, friends who were also fans. Those were great memories for me. I once again felt that romantic tension 99 felt for 86 while watching this. If I were 86 back then, 99 wouldn’t have had to wait very long.
Restaurant service workers, waiters, and waitresses, used to have an "86" board for menu items no longer available, "86 chicken curry" was a verbal instruction to delete the menu item and the 86 board was for all those deleted items. "86 it" was a verb, and 86 meant deleted. Actors know the restaurant business from work between gigs.
I'm 55 now and got so excited when I saw this on youtube! Get Smart was the best show of my youth. You know, back in "the good old days". Man, I loved that show. Such great memories.
Always a hit no matter when you watch them. They are done in such a manor that can't be repeated today. Everything about this show is excellent. It was a smooth, funny, and sexy show without all the vulgarity. Thanks for bring back a lot of great memories in this video.
My son practices chromatic scales and such, and they sound like the Get Smart theme. When he plays them and I'm around, I start singing the melody. He's watched episodes on CZcams so he gets it, and we have a good laugh.
I bought the series in DVD and shared it with my ¨sophisticated¨ son when he was 13. He was dying laughing. Some shows are timeless. Bless all the team that made this show so great.
I bought it 10 years ago after my wife passed away. I needed something to laugh at, and started watching it one evening when my 13 year old daughter came in and sat down to watch it with me. We wound up watching it all together. She says it's her favorite sitcom ever, same as me.
Usually these TV retrospective shows are full of scandal and in fighting. Its so nice to see the cast of Get Smart fondly remember each other and the show.
@@utubeDaveutube Dave, I totally agree. This upload of such a great classic television series, not only is something to admire but should probably be used as a reference to those cast members that are on some of the television series that are running on well, cable today. Meaning that there is a way for cast members of any television series, that it's okay to be polite, caring and respectful of those around you. It's like everyone tries/fights to have the biggest ego, mixed with an equal amount of how much of an asshole they can be when the cameras stop rolling. As a 10-15 year old, I can still remember watching Get Smart, how funny Don Adams and I could probably win the bet that a majority of the guys my age who watched this show, had a crush on, just as I did, on ''Agent 99'' - Barbara Feldon.....
What a national treasure!!! Wholesome, clever, witty with a good helping of slapstick. Every kid I knew watched the show and re-enacted all of the running jokes - the phrases, Don's voice, the dome of silence, the shoe phone. Don and Barbara were the funniest (and sexiest) team since Laurel & Hardy. Top 5 cultural icon.
Not many comedy shows still work 50+ years after they were made. It's a testament to the show and the people responsible for it that makes Get Smart the best American T.V comedy ever.
@@wz0hjd Yeah, some of those were OK. Some I wouldn't watch now! I think Britain had more innovative comedies. Although they had a few duds too. The real test is what the youth of today think of these shows. If they like them, then you can say, they have stood the test of time.
I met Don Adams when I worked at a comedy club in the ticket booth. He had come to see the Second City show in Toronto. I was asked to make sure he wasn’t bothered during the show. A really nice guy - gracious and polite.
I was born in December 68 so growing up in the 70s and 80s had my fill of Get Smart. I still consider it to be the greatest sitcom of all time. And I'm still loving it.
A number of years ago, a friend got a German Shepherd dog and called him Max. Soon after, he got a female dog and I jokingly said " call her 99." He did. When they had 3 puppies, they were named Kaos, Chief and Larrabee.
To me Barbara Feldon was the most beautiful woman in the world. I see her now...and she still is. Thanks to everyone that was connected with the show. Years of laughs.
Get Smart was one of mu favorite tv shows as a child and remains so to this day. And it holds up well and remains one of the funniest tv sitcoms ever. I watch it nightly on the Decades retro tv channel here in NYC.
Coming home from school in the 80’s in Australia and there was a steady diet of Get Smart, Gilligan’s Island, I dream of Genie, The flinstones, Original Star Trek and a slew of other 60’s classics. Only 3-4 channels (not sure when SBS cams along) and all that good TV. A few hundred channels now and I struggle to find anything to watch so end up here on CZcams instead watching this...lol
+faffaflunkie Poor Man- should have been paid danger money! He got stuffed in every box, small alcove, clock etc.! and yes I loved his whining about the dangers and discomforts of his job!!!
I was lucky enough to meet Don Adams when we worked on a small production together. Knowing in advance that he'd be working with me, I got "the" shoe phone from a prop house and played a little trick on him. He immediately went from low key to full of fun stories about the series. A priceless memory for me.
I grew up with the show and absolutely loved it. One of the highlights of my childhood was when my Dad met Ed Platt (the Chief) in an elevator in LA and got his autograph for me.
I have all five seasons on DVD. It was very funny when I was younger, but I now look at the show as a time capsule. The fashions, hairstyles, the events that happened that they parodied... You can't find that from any themed comedy tv show from the 60s...truly a classic!
Great show it was about the only time when I could get my dad to sit down in front of the TV and watch a television show with me that was the Golden Age of television
@@19gregske55 I used to watch Green Acres but now I think it's the lamest thing ever put on TV. It was always Oliver putting up with a bunch of idiots. Beverly Hillbillies obviously was doing something right since it lasted I think 8 years but it's still a show I won't watch anymore. Like Get Smart, a lot of good shows did come from the 60s though.
@@lespaul5628: I appreciate your response. The TV that was produced back then was total concept. Today focus groups can influence television. Reality TV has killed much of the creativity in contemporary programming.
@Diane Newman I wouldn't say the new shows "rely" on special effects, CG just enhances the experience. There are many new shows that don't have any kind of effects like that. ie a Netflix show I'm watching right now, Hell on Wheels. There was definitely a lull in programming there for awhile (80s, 90s) but I think people don't realize that there's a lot of good shows out there now.
@Diane Newman I barely remember Man From Uncle. I guess 59 is too young to remember some of the classics from the 60s, and a lot of them didn't seem to make it to the reruns
@@santyclause8034 The Honeymooners was written by my father, Leonard Stern ( among others) and he was also the producer of Get Smart as well as writing many of the episodes. So you have Good taste!
Get Smart must hold the record for launching the greatest number of catch phrases. I remember so many! Are there more? "Missed me by that much.", "Sorry about that, chief", "Would you believe ...", "... and ... loving it", "The old ___ trick", "That's the second time this month!", "That's the second biggest __ I've ever seen", "If only he'd used his genius for niceness instead of evil." "I asked you not to tell me that!" Are there more?
I don't think that was his audition tape. I don't think they had a full orchestra available for a non-musical gig. I think that was footage of him pulling the same stunt on some talk/variety show, like Mike Douglas. But yeah, he has a strong voice, and has a dynamite grip on pitch. He really delivered the goods, as they say.
Just gotta love the description of Maxwell Smart: " We fantasized Bond and Clouseau having a child. And who would that be? That would be Max." A star is born. lol
I watched this show starting around the early 70s and since that time, it has been my favorite sitcom and still is til this day... All the actors were perfect for their parts........
i was young kid when Get Smart first aired on TV Enjoyed it very much, Looking back at 60s 70s for kid growing up in California those were Golden Decades
Great show loved Don and all the cast. Great writing and actors. They just do not do this kind of heart & soul type of TV show anymore. It is sad we lost The Chief & Max. Such talented actors. This show has brought much happiness & laughter to audiences all over the world.
Gosh....in the covid pandemic 😷 2021, and came across this gem vid! I remember how my parents, dad in particular, got such a great "kick" out of this show.😀 The memories of him smiling and gentle laughs was so nice to see. His work involved a lot of responsibility so he was serious quite a bit. Thank you so much for downloading this. 🇨🇦. 💚
The "Gold" years of comedy TV...all of the sitcoms of the 60s were off the charts.. It was part of our childhood and remains in our memories to this day.!!
By the time I watched get smart, it was reruns on nick at night in the early 90s. I loved get smart and the original batman. Something about the set design and the ridiculousness of it all lured me in and now it feels like nostalgia and makes me feel like a kid again.
I remember one time the lab guys showed Max a tape recorder that was really a camera and a camera that was really a tape recorder. He asked why they didn't just make the tape recorder a tape recorder and the camera a camera. "Because that's not the way we do things here."
If anyone hasn't seen Get Smart they are missing one of the best shows that ever came out. I have the entire series on my computer and when I need a laugh I'll watch Get Smart and these days I watch it a lot.. hehe.. But really, your missing a gold mine if you haven't seen it because it was just one of those shows that did everything right. Great writing, great people acting in it, you just can't get much better than this... It's one show I have never gotten tired of watching.
Wow... looking at that rating list of shows back then reminds me of what great shows there were at that time... Hogan's Heroes, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres atc. So much more to watch on tv then, with only three channels, than there is now with hundreds. Also, the shows back then were not only funnier than 99% of the ones now, but family friendly. How I miss that..
@@jimmybondo2083…..that's because time moved on and rural shows represented an America that "was" While nice shows they didn't represent the urbanization of America. I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing it was just what was happening at the time.
"...the shows back then were not only funnier than 99% of the ones now, but family friendly. How I miss that...". Yep, and no gay scenes in every show, as there is now. In those days homosexuality was never talked about, let alone promoted as normal. And two men or women "marrying" each other was considered bizarre - as it rightly should be. Now look how far we've fallen morally !
Get Smart & Don Adams & ALL the cast were masters. I'll never get tired of the show - EVER! A true American iconic classic - forever in time. Favorite was always the episodes with the malfunctioning cone of silence. HaHaHaHa!
@@weaselworm8681 Actually, not so. Edward Platt was a Republican, and Burt Nodella(producer) was also a Republican. Of course he and Barbara Feldon dated for years, so she likely leaned to the right. Do know about the rest, and it really doesn't matter. It was a great show.
Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Avengers (only with Diana Rigg) were three of the best shows ever! I got to watch all three series and loved them, and I have the Diana Rigg years of The Avengers on DVD as well. Great times without all the political correctness cancer of today. Just good entertainment period! Funny to finally learn that the CIA actually asked them how they got their ideas! Now that is hilarious! Yes, those three women: Babara Feldon, Barbara Eden and Diana Rigg were women that lots of men, and boys, fell in love with. Good times!
Get Smart, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Munsters, The Addams Family, The Andy Griffith Show, I Dream of Jeanie, Green Acres The Odd Couple, Taxi, Barney Miller, All in The Family, Sanford and Son, The Rockford Files etc. so many gems
Loved Get Smart. It started its series run when I was 12 years old and in my first year of Middle School (7th Grade). It was my favorite show and I rarely missed an episode. It was the talk of all my Middle School friends. Seeing this You Tube clip brought back a lot of pleasant memories. Thanks.
A couple of decades ago I was driving outside Oklahoma City and was passing a yellow Cadillac with the plate 'D Adams'. I glanced at the driver, and he half-saluted, half-waved back. Then he smiled and I cracked up. Max, we need you more than ever.
One of my favorite shows was when "control" traded the stolen x-15 weapon, for the kidnapped chief...When they toss over a fake x-15 weapon, "chaos" tosses back a fake chief...GENIUS!
Thank the tv gods for classic tv channels, dvd's, and youtube. I can at least watch tv shows when they were fun . RIP Don Adams, Ed Platt, Leonard Stern Thanks for the laughs guys.
@@capacola262743 I know that. I was referring to the fact that Tennessee was always accompanied by his faithful pal, Chumley. Like the Lone Ranger and Tonto, one should always remember the sidekicks. Thus concludes my walk down childhood's memory lane.
This show was so amazing the chemistry between Don Adams and Barbara Feldon.Also this character gave birth to Inspector Gadget.the one thing from the movie I wish would have been done was having Thomas Lenon play Sigfried
I met many of the cast and crew of this show back in 2003. It was a great experience and I especially will remember talking with Leonard Stern and Bernie Koppell. I only wish Mel Brooks could've been there.
I just got all five seasons on DVD. When I was in elementary school, I would watch Get Smart before my bedtime on Nick at Nite. My absolute favorite sitcom from the 60s
50+ years later you can still hear Max's catchphrases used. Amazing.
I'm Leonard Stern's daughter Kate and a friend just sent me this. I can't express how happy i am to have this and to be able to look at it again and again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Kate, You're very, very welcome. I'm so happy you're enjoying this. The only reason I have this account is to share things I love with people of like minds so your comments put an ear to ear smile on my face. This was loaded from an old VHS tape I had and if you would like a DVD copy of it, let me know. It would be no problem. I think you can write me privately. Again, so happy your enjoying this. Mike S.
Hi Kate,
Your father was a very talented man and I am so thankful he decided to do Get Smart!
Gregg Abrams
I used to watch this show and many other sit coms when I was growing up and to this day I can look at almost any situation with a sense of humor. This was one of my favorites. I'm racking my brain trying to find full episodes. Do you know where I can find these episodes? I'd love to start with episode 1 of season 1
Kate, your dad's role fill my childhood with wonderful memories. i am so happy for you that you have found this great tribute to your dad...Love and hugs from Ireland.
I am same GREAT , i also watched ARNOld the pig GREEN ACRES,,,,
I saw Don Adams do a stand up comedy routine in Vegas on vacation back in the late 60's (with the Carpenters also). I was about 15 at the time with 2 younger brothers. All three of us were literally rolling on the floor we were laughing so hard.
Lovely post. I loved both Don and The Carpenters, What night it must have been.
I had the album The Detective, which I think was recorded from those shows. You are right, it's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
I was born 20 years after Get Smart (1986), but it has been my favorite show as long as I can remember.
We kids in Australia in the 70s grew up on Get Smart I now live in the UK and most people I ask have never heard of Get Smart
the original series was shown here in the 80s i think, i remember it
It’s similar to the Goodies.
I believe England only got a limited run, but we got them on a loop.
When they did the reunion tour they were surprised by the reaction they got here as opposed to the lukewarm reception in blighty
I was living in Melbourne in the early 60s and I was in love with agent 99
I loved watching it in New Zealand in the 70s.
My dad was in the US Marines 1st Amphibious Division and made the first landing on Guadalcanal. He also got very sick with malaria and dysentery. He was so sick that after recouping in Australia he was sent back to the States and used as an instructor for the rest of the war. He was sick with malaria for 10 years. I had no idea Don Adams was there also and had a very similar experience to my dad. I faithfully watched Get Smart as a child. It still makes me laugh!
Ed Platt was the perfect straight man. Max would say something stupid and the chief and 99 would look confused but never show any hint that the mission would fail.
Quite simply the funniest sitcom of all time..Don was brilliant!
Very good job fellows!! Congratulations.
I'm Leonard Stern's daughter Kate and a friend just sent me this. I can't express how happy i am to have this and to be able to look at it again and again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!❤🇺🇸🥇
I grew up on Get Smart. As soon as I heard the theme song on the TV I would drop everything and run into the living room because I loved the intro so much.
It's still the best comedy in tv history. Could watch it over and over again
I loved the show "Get Smart" so much. Losing Don Adams was such a great loss. Thank you so much for having this video available to watch.
Yes...technology rocks!...the art of digitally remastered 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Watching this show as a kid, I couldn't wait to see what would go wrong next with the Cone of Silence. Raise your hand if you remember the Portable Cone of Silence.
It was a family term in our house.
SuperPhilthyrich. "That's the second biggest arrow I've ever seen."
Superphilthyrich. yeah I remember it. Two helmets with a long tube connecting them to each other.
lol, yeah, I always smiled in anticipation when Max insisted on using the cone of silence.
SuperPhilthyrich I raised my hand, but you couldn't see it because it's text!
I’m such an addict. Get Smart is my fave show ever. Never gets old. So well done. Thanks for posting
Love this show and still watch it even today...
I picked my college courses’ schedules depending on what time Get Smart would air, so as not to miss any of it. Get Smart aired 2-3 times per day back in the late 70s in L.A. I would rush home between classes to get my fill of silly comedy and then repeat Maxwell’s lines to friends at school, friends who were also fans. Those were great memories for me. I once again felt that romantic tension 99 felt for 86 while watching this. If I were 86 back then, 99 wouldn’t have had to wait very long.
Awesome fun.
Restaurant service workers, waiters, and waitresses, used to have an "86" board for menu items no longer available, "86 chicken curry" was a verbal instruction to delete the menu item and the 86 board was for all those deleted items. "86 it" was a verb, and 86 meant deleted. Actors know the restaurant business from work between gigs.
thank u Don Adams for entertaining us. you were an amazing actor. Hollywood will never b the same without u 😢
I'm 55 now and got so excited when I saw this on youtube! Get Smart was the best show of my youth. You know, back in "the good old days". Man, I loved that show. Such great memories.
Always a hit no matter when you watch them. They are done in such a manor that can't be repeated today. Everything about this show is excellent. It was a smooth, funny, and sexy show without all the vulgarity. Thanks for bring back a lot of great memories in this video.
It was the 60s, so they were firm about the Television Code at the time. But there was also much humor on it that would be totally unacceptable today.
Get Smart is timeless, the comedy is still funny in the 21st century.
It's pure genius. There is not one bad show, one bad character, just flawless.
AND LOVING IT
Got on dvd funniest tv show ever
Would you believe, mine was the 86th like👍🏽
Just hearing that opening theme song makes me chuckle.
My son practices chromatic scales and such, and they sound like the Get Smart theme. When he plays them and I'm around, I start singing the melody. He's watched episodes on CZcams so he gets it, and we have a good laugh.
Loved "Get Smart" with all of my heart!
I bought the series in DVD and shared it with my ¨sophisticated¨ son when he was 13. He was dying laughing. Some shows are timeless. Bless all the team that made this show so great.
So did I and gave a copy to my then 8 & 12 yr old nephews & who binged on it during that snow season. They absolutely loved it.
I bought it 10 years ago after my wife passed away. I needed something to laugh at, and started watching it one evening when my 13 year old daughter came in and sat down to watch it with me. We wound up watching it all together. She says it's her favorite sitcom ever, same as me.
@@bwb48 'Sad for your loss Bruce & that's so sweet that you could share your enjoyment of the series with your daughter. All the best.
Usually these TV retrospective shows are full of scandal and in fighting. Its so nice to see the cast of Get Smart fondly remember each other and the show.
well-said!
@@utubeDaveutube Dave, I totally agree. This upload of such a great classic television series, not only is something to admire but should probably be used as a reference to those cast members that are on some of the television series that are running on well, cable today. Meaning that there is a way for cast members of any television series, that it's okay to be polite, caring and respectful of those around you. It's like everyone tries/fights to have the biggest ego, mixed with an equal amount of how much of an asshole they can be when the cameras stop rolling. As a 10-15 year old, I can still remember watching Get Smart, how funny Don Adams and I could probably win the bet that a majority of the guys my age who watched this show, had a crush on, just as I did, on ''Agent 99'' - Barbara Feldon.....
Also The Honeymooners one they did was great as well as The Munsters documentary.
What a national treasure!!! Wholesome, clever, witty with a good helping of slapstick. Every kid I knew watched the show and re-enacted all of the running jokes - the phrases, Don's voice, the dome of silence, the shoe phone. Don and Barbara were the funniest (and sexiest) team since Laurel & Hardy. Top 5 cultural icon.
Not many comedy shows still work 50+ years after they were made. It's a testament to the show and the people responsible for it that makes Get Smart the best American T.V comedy ever.
I Love Lucy, Green Acers, Beverly Hillbillies, Dick V. Dyke, Andy Griffith, Gomer Pyle, USMC.... Just to name a few.
@@wz0hjd Yeah, some of those were OK. Some I wouldn't watch now! I think Britain had more innovative comedies. Although they had a few duds too. The real test is what the youth of today think of these shows. If they like them, then you can say, they have stood the test of time.
Just a part of growing up , watching so much tv as a kid, after school. And loving it.
Man I so loved watching this as a kid. This show totally rocked
I met Don Adams when I worked at a comedy club in the ticket booth. He had come to see the Second City show in Toronto. I was asked to make sure he wasn’t bothered during the show. A really nice guy - gracious and polite.
I was born in December 68 so growing up in the 70s and 80s had my fill of Get Smart. I still consider it to be the greatest sitcom of all time. And I'm still loving it.
A number of years ago, a friend got a German Shepherd dog and called him Max. Soon after, he got a female dog and I jokingly said " call her 99."
He did.
When they had 3 puppies, they were named
Kaos, Chief and Larrabee.
If they had two more puppies, they could have called them "Siegfried" and "Shtarker".
Fantastic! When my kids were young, we had two cats named Max and Ziggy.
Awesome! I love it!
He forgot 'Fang'
lol that's so cool
To me Barbara Feldon was the most beautiful woman in the world. I see her now...and she still is. Thanks to everyone that was connected with the show. Years of laughs.
Thank you for this. Get Smart was my favorite comedy, that I still watch to this day. It was nice to see a little behind the scenes.
My family watched every episode! We loved Max and 99.❤️❤️❤️
Get Smart was one of mu favorite tv shows as a child and remains so to this day. And it holds up well and remains one of the funniest tv sitcoms ever. I watch it nightly on the Decades retro tv channel here in NYC.
Coming home from school in the 80’s in Australia and there was a steady diet of Get Smart, Gilligan’s Island, I dream of Genie, The flinstones, Original Star Trek and a slew of other 60’s classics. Only 3-4 channels (not sure when SBS cams along) and all that good TV. A few hundred channels now and I struggle to find anything to watch so end up here on CZcams instead watching this...lol
Same here in Philadelphia.
Did you develop an American accent?
@@arihoptman7474 No, because we also had Kingswood Country...lol
Same here in Canada mate, exactly the same. That’s friggen cool.
Mee too and Baa Baa Black Sheep. John Wayne, not Justin Bieber were kids heros. And yep. I dreamed of Jeaanie and her bad sister lol
Because of this show every time I *mail a letter* I check the mailbox for *Agent 13.*
+faffaflunkie Lol. I love the whining.
+faffaflunkie Poor Man- should have been paid danger money! He got stuffed in every box, small alcove, clock etc.! and yes I loved his whining about the dangers and discomforts of his job!!!
Yes. The good folks at _Control_ should have struck for Hazard Pay.
He succeeded Agent 44, who didn't have much better luck.
Funny...I do the same thing with my email....
I was lucky enough to meet Don Adams when we worked on a small production together. Knowing in advance that he'd be working with me, I got "the" shoe phone from a prop house and played a little trick on him. He immediately went from low key to full of fun stories about the series. A priceless memory for me.
Absolutely loved this as a kid...the doors opening, the music, the shoe phone and the silliness.
I grew up with the show and absolutely loved it. One of the highlights of my childhood was when my Dad met Ed Platt (the Chief) in an elevator in LA and got his autograph for me.
I was 13 in 64'. I loved the show. It was and IS a classic.
I have all five seasons on DVD. It was very funny when I was younger, but I now look at the show as a time capsule. The fashions, hairstyles, the events that happened that they parodied... You can't find that from any themed comedy tv show from the 60s...truly a classic!
Fantastic documentary. Brings back so many great memories.
Great show it was about the only time when I could get my dad to sit down in front of the TV and watch a television show with me that was the Golden Age of television
Still one of the best TV shows ever. If only hollywood was this wholesome and clever today.
"Green Acres" #1
"Get Smart" #2
"Beverley Hillbillies" #3
@@19gregske55 I used to watch Green Acres but now I think it's the lamest thing ever put on TV. It was always Oliver putting up with a bunch of idiots.
Beverly Hillbillies obviously was doing something right since it lasted I think 8 years but it's still a show I won't watch anymore.
Like Get Smart, a lot of good shows did come from the 60s though.
@@lespaul5628: I appreciate your response. The TV that was produced back then was total concept. Today focus groups can influence television. Reality TV has killed much of the creativity in contemporary programming.
@Diane Newman I wouldn't say the new shows "rely" on special effects, CG just enhances the experience.
There are many new shows that don't have any kind of effects like that. ie a Netflix show I'm watching right now, Hell on Wheels.
There was definitely a lull in programming there for awhile (80s, 90s) but I think people don't realize that there's a lot of good shows out there now.
@Diane Newman I barely remember Man From Uncle. I guess 59 is too young to remember some of the classics from the 60s, and a lot of them didn't seem to make it to the reruns
Get Smart was an Iconic show that entertained millions. it was one of my childhood's favorite TV shows
fraud
"One of these days, Alice ..to the Moon!" (The Honeymooners)
@@santyclause8034 The Honeymooners was written by my father, Leonard Stern ( among others) and he was also the producer of Get Smart as well as writing many of the episodes. So you have Good taste!
Get Smart must hold the record for launching the greatest number of catch phrases. I remember so many! Are there more?
"Missed me by that much.", "Sorry about that, chief", "Would you believe ...", "... and ... loving it", "The old ___ trick", "That's the second time this month!", "That's the second biggest __ I've ever seen", "If only he'd used his genius for niceness instead of evil." "I asked you not to tell me that!" Are there more?
Great memory!❤
Well done, Bradley Boobs ... Great show, Why isn't tis show Syndicated now ...?
A timeless classic, excellent show!
Ed Platt singing 'Old Man River' at 15:40 is incredible. This guy knows how to audition.
I don't think that was his audition tape. I don't think they had a full orchestra available for a non-musical gig. I think that was footage of him pulling the same stunt on some talk/variety show, like Mike Douglas. But yeah, he has a strong voice, and has a dynamite grip on pitch. He really delivered the goods, as they say.
Ed was a classically trained bass/baritone.
"You don't care you're going to be totally typed as Get Smart?"
Don Adams: "And loving it!"
Love that show...loved the opening with the sliding doors and the phone booth....you knew fun was coming....great American comfort TV !!!!
Just gotta love the description of Maxwell Smart: " We fantasized Bond and Clouseau having a child. And who would that be? That would be Max." A star is born. lol
I watched this show starting around the early 70s and since that time, it has been my favorite sitcom and still is til this day... All the actors were perfect for their parts........
I am 41 this year. I wasnt alive during its original run. But I caught reruns on Nick At Nite years ago. To this day, it is still my favorite show.
I loved this show as a kid growwing up in late 80's.
Thank god for good foreing shows.
i was young kid when Get Smart first aired on TV Enjoyed it very much, Looking back at 60s 70s for kid growing up in California those were Golden Decades
Great show loved Don and all the cast. Great writing and actors. They just do not do this kind of heart & soul type of TV show anymore. It is sad we lost The Chief & Max. Such talented actors. This show has brought much happiness & laughter to audiences all over the world.
We could never replace them, & I surmise, we're not supposed to🤔.
I was only 12 but I was in love with 99.
My favorite show. As a child in the early sixties, this was one of my weekly rotations to watch. As an old man, I watch it still.
Gosh....in the covid pandemic 😷 2021, and came across this gem vid! I remember how my parents, dad in particular, got such a great "kick" out of this show.😀 The memories of him smiling and gentle laughs was so nice to see. His work involved a lot of responsibility so he was serious quite a bit. Thank you so much for downloading this. 🇨🇦. 💚
Mike Sodl: Thanks for putting this out here. Always great to remember extra-special sources of joy and happiness, as in Don Adams in "Get Smart".
The "Gold" years of comedy TV...all of the sitcoms of the 60s were off the charts..
It was part of our childhood and remains in our memories to this day.!!
One of the greatest sitcoms of all time. Thanks posting this documentary!
By the time I watched get smart, it was reruns on nick at night in the early 90s. I loved get smart and the original batman. Something about the set design and the ridiculousness of it all lured me in and now it feels like nostalgia and makes me feel like a kid again.
I remember one time the lab guys showed Max a tape recorder that was really a camera and a camera that was really a tape recorder. He asked why they didn't just make the tape recorder a tape recorder and the camera a camera.
"Because that's not the way we do things here."
One of my all-time favorite shows! Great writing and acting!!
I love this but could not get my dad to watch the reruns with me.
One of the best TV character ever. Zegfreid absolutely best villain ever.
Not "THE CRAW" ?
@@rustykilt exactly! Not the Craw , the CRAW !!
Exactly. the CRAW but We don't shooose here!"
@@Autshot20 JOEY FOREMAN as THE CHINESE DETECTIVE...."we have two possibilities.."..he was as big an idiot as MAX... and together... "AMAZING"..
Absolutely. "one moment pwease".
"Missed it by that much"! What a great line! And when Don said it, it was funny.
If anyone hasn't seen Get Smart they are missing one of the best shows that ever came out. I have the entire series on my computer and when I need a laugh I'll watch Get Smart and these days I watch it a lot.. hehe.. But really, your missing a gold mine if you haven't seen it because it was just one of those shows that did everything right. Great writing, great people acting in it, you just can't get much better than this... It's one show I have never gotten tired of watching.
Wow... looking at that rating list of shows back then reminds me of what great shows there were at that time... Hogan's Heroes, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres atc. So much more to watch on tv then, with only three channels, than there is now with hundreds. Also, the shows back then were not only funnier than 99% of the ones now, but family friendly. How I miss that..
Yep, no filthy language, no hot sex scenes, no VOMIT SCENES !!!
Read about the Rural purge. That is when the removal of clean fun shows from tv started.
@@jimmybondo2083…..that's because time moved on and rural shows represented an America that "was" While nice shows they didn't represent the urbanization of America. I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing it was just what was happening at the time.
Don't let nostalgia cloud your judgment..sure some remain funny but many are painfully outdated
"...the shows back then were not only funnier than 99% of the ones now, but family friendly. How I miss that...".
Yep, and no gay scenes in every show, as there is now. In those days homosexuality was never talked about, let alone promoted as normal. And two men or women "marrying" each other was considered bizarre - as it rightly should be. Now look how far we've fallen morally !
Get Smart & Don Adams & ALL the cast were masters. I'll never get tired of the show - EVER! A true American iconic classic - forever in time. Favorite was always the episodes with the malfunctioning cone of silence. HaHaHaHa!
I was 9 when this show came on in 1965. I still love it
When I came into Government Service as a branch Chief, I couldn't help but keep hearing in my head "Sorry about that Chief"
Watching this was like going back in time those days are gone but not forgotten lol
Still love it.
That's a sign of good work.
Never gets old.
I remember the day I was introduced to Get Smart. I thought it was a game show. Boy, was I wrong. I was 11. 32 years later, I still love this show.
The thumbs down votes are from KAOS agents.
or moron millennials who don't get what real comedy is, they're generation is all about fake manufacture humour i.e memes
sycam3472 Everyone associated with the show is/was liberal. Do you have any idea of Mel Brooks’ politics? No, of course not. Moron
@@weaselworm8681 Actually, not so. Edward Platt was a Republican, and Burt Nodella(producer) was also a Republican. Of course he and Barbara Feldon dated for years, so she likely leaned to the right. Do know about the rest, and it really doesn't matter. It was a great show.
Who the fvck cares!
Obviously. Good call. Thumbed.
Barbara Feldon, Barbara Eden, and Diana Rigg were just smokin' hot back then...
Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Avengers (only with Diana Rigg) were three of the best shows ever! I got to watch all three series and loved them, and I have the Diana Rigg years of The Avengers on DVD as well. Great times without all the political correctness cancer of today. Just good entertainment period! Funny to finally learn that the CIA actually asked them how they got their ideas! Now that is hilarious! Yes, those three women: Babara Feldon, Barbara Eden and Diana Rigg were women that lots of men, and boys, fell in love with. Good times!
I asked you not to tell me that
@@UncleEarl97 I wish they would bring back the Avengers. My favorite.
Toto made a song called, 99, why? Barbara Feldon.
You forgot MaryAnn on Gilligan's Island !!!
What a fantastic show that was. Loved every episode
This was on late night repeats for years in so. cal. Would you believe, great show, great car and great girl.
I was raised during the greatest times anyone could hope for! Great music of the 60's and 70's and great TV shows like Get Smart!
Get Smart, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Munsters, The Addams Family, The Andy Griffith Show, I Dream of Jeanie, Green Acres The Odd Couple, Taxi, Barney Miller, All in The Family, Sanford and Son, The Rockford Files etc. so many gems
One of my favorite TV shows as a Child..
Loved Get Smart. It started its series run when I was 12 years old and in my first year of Middle School (7th Grade). It was my favorite show and I rarely missed an episode. It was the talk of all my Middle School friends.
Seeing this You Tube clip brought back a lot of pleasant memories. Thanks.
A couple of decades ago I was driving outside Oklahoma City and was passing a yellow Cadillac with the plate 'D Adams'. I glanced at the driver, and he half-saluted, half-waved back. Then he smiled and I cracked up. Max, we need you more than ever.
One of my favorite shows was when "control" traded the stolen x-15 weapon, for the kidnapped chief...When they toss over a fake x-15 weapon, "chaos" tosses back a fake chief...GENIUS!
X-11 it was an x 11
Thank the tv gods for classic tv channels, dvd's, and youtube. I can at least watch tv shows when they were fun .
RIP Don Adams, Ed Platt, Leonard Stern Thanks for the laughs guys.
just absolutely delightful. I miss that era. This series dearly deserves a remastering onto Blu Ray!
Great show I remember very fondly. I have all the episodes on DVD so can relive it. . Thanks again for such a great retrospective on this show.
I especially love The Chief singing Old Man River here!
Dear Lord, Barbara Feldon was and remains gorgeous.
This TV special WAS 18 years ago.
FreedomZealot Brains are sexy.
@FooBar Maximus lol
Branch Cheif. Take charge of this branch Cheif. You pompous ass.
@@4seeableTV Thanks! I was wondering. TVLand was one of the few channels that I watched before I finally gave up on television, lol.
This baby boomer (born 1959) enjoyed this funny show. Many laughs. Glad to hear that many of the actors are still alive.
So many of the shows from the sixties I still enjoy today.
As a young girl in the 70s I loved this show so much that I would cry when it was over.
No mention was made of Don Adams doing the voice of "Tenessee Tuxedo" before he did "Get Smart".
& "Check It Out!" afterwards! (which is one of my fave shows, being a Canadian)
Don't forget his pal, Chumley.
That's true!
@@Paladin1873 he didn't do the voice of chumley.
@@capacola262743 I know that. I was referring to the fact that Tennessee was always accompanied by his faithful pal, Chumley. Like the Lone Ranger and Tonto, one should always remember the sidekicks. Thus concludes my walk down childhood's memory lane.
I loved this show as a kid. I can't believe this is the first time I've seen this comprehensive behind-the-scenes bio of this show.
This show was so amazing the chemistry between Don Adams and Barbara Feldon.Also this character gave birth to Inspector Gadget.the one thing from the movie I wish would have been done was having Thomas Lenon play Sigfried
I met many of the cast and crew of this show back in 2003. It was a great experience and I especially will remember talking with Leonard Stern and Bernie Koppell. I only wish Mel Brooks could've been there.
I just got all five seasons on DVD. When I was in elementary school, I would watch Get Smart before my bedtime on Nick at Nite. My absolute favorite sitcom from the 60s
That show is in my hall of fame along with the Rockford Files. I never laughed so hard in my life.
Absolutely loved this program!!!! My Dad and I often used to say.... "smart thinking 99"!