Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Shawn Wells This show is one of the great classics, it is funny, edgy, and has fantastic story lines. Each episode is its own masterpiece and it never relies on the mistakes of Maxwell Smart to progress the story. Film today is headed toward television and this show is an example of what (hopefully) comedy may become. The main characters are lovable, funny, and perfectly portrayed. This is what great T.V. is.

hfan77 I remember watching Get Smart when it first aired in the 60s as well as reruns thereafter and I thought it was a hilarious spy spoof. The key to the show's success was Don Adams' portrayal of the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart, who along with Barbara Feldon Agent 99 (real name never revealed) battled various KAOS agents who tried to take over the world.Of course, there were Smart's numerous catch phrases, such as "Sorry about that, Chief. Would you believe... and The old____________ trick." Also adding to the mayhem were Dick Gautier as Hymie the Robot, who took everything literally, Robert Karvelas as Larrabee and as The Chief, Edward Platt. There was one episode I remember where the Chief was undercover as a singing waiter, which put the Julliard trained Platt's talents to good use.On the bad guys side, there was Bernie Kopell who played the head of KAOS, Siegfried, who always referred to Smart as "Schmart." King Moody portrayed his assistant Starker (aka Schtarker).What also made Get Smart entertaining were the movie spoofs such as Casablanca and Rear Window. In real life, Adams was a classic movie buff and he also directed episodes.Unfortunately, I felt the show jumped the shark when Max and 99 got married in the fourth season and declining ratings forced NBC to cancel the show but CBS picked it up for one more season before it was finally canceled.One thing I'll always remember about Get smart was the opening, where Smart goes through a number of doors, accompanied by Irving Szathmary's up tempo theme before heading into a phone booth and falling through the bottom.And loving it.

sethness This show was far, far from being the "best TV show of all time. Some of the reviews are obvious shills (claques)-- one can't compare this show to true classics like "The Carol Burnett Show", "Star Trek (the original series)", "Sesame Street", "Gunsmoke", "Seinfeld", "Looney Tunes", The Daily Show, MST3k, "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood", "FireFly", "The X Files", "Twilight Zone", "Outer Limits"... one would have to go quite far down the list, well past 100 shows, to find this show on a list of "great TV shows of the past".Neither is it a cultural icon, or a picture of the era's zeitgeist. For that, shows like "Star Trek", "All in the Family", "Sesame Street", or "The Outer Limits" are far better at capturing a slice of what people thought and felt at the time.As another reviewer put it, the main character was rather funny over a short period, but the voice was grating if one watched more than one episode at a time. Likewise the Cone of Silence was a great gag...if used only once, but it got overused. The show was defined by a) being a James Bond parody, and b) shallow, overly repetitious humor.It's true that many of the show's catch-phrases have become commonly-known and often-used language in daily life, as has Maxwell Smart's voice, but they only made it to that exalted status by being repeated often on the show...which means that the show relied heavily on rehashed dialog and series-long running gags rather than inventiveness.So...view it once in a while on a TV retro station, as you would "Gilligan's Island" or "I Dream of Jeannie" or "The Partridge Family". Do not expect to find the show witty and sophisticated, or thought-provoking. At best, it's a cultural icon but a shallow one...a blast from the past, worth an occasional quiet reminiscing chuckle for the over-40 folks. At worst, it's the sort of repetitious won't-entertain-anyone-over-6yo stuff typified by "Gilligan's Island".

jeffbunce Woo-Hoo! Get Smart is finally available on DVD! I've been waiting for years for this and can't believe it's finally available! I just ordered 3 copies (1 for me, my dad, and my brother). Time-Life just announced it for ordering at $199.96 for all 5 seasons in a phone booth box set. It will ship on November 15 so you can order it and get it in time for Christmas.It has a ton of extras:New Extras Announced September 20th!* 1967 Pepsodent commercial featuring Don as Agent 86 and Dave Ketchum as Agent 13* 1995 PSA For The American Association of Diabetes Educators with Don as Max and Bernie Kopell as Siegfried - w/behind the scenes footage!* 3 White Castle Commercials from 1990 starring Don Adams* 3 Chief Auto Parts Commercials with Don parodying Get Smart and using his famous catchphrases!* 1991 Choice Hotels commercial starring Don* 1999 Buck-A-Call commercial with Don as a retired secret agentPreviously Announced Extras:*Audio CommentariesMel Brooks and Buck Henry - Mr. BigBarbara Feldon - Kisses for KAOSLeonard Stern - A Man Called Smart, Part 3Bernie Kopell - A Spy For A SpyBarbara Feldon & Buck Henry - 99 Loses CONTROLDon Rickles - The Little Black BookJames Caan - To Sire, With LoveBill Dana - Ice Station SiegfriedIf you want more details you can find out about it at: WouldYouBelieve.com/DVD.HTML You can only get it at WWW.GetSmartonDVD.Com