Get Smart
Year: 1965 First Air: 1965-01-01
Overview
A sharp, silly spy spoof that follows bungling agent Maxwell Smart and capable partner Agent 99 as they battle villainous plots with deadpan banter, gadgets, and catchphrases. It’s a classic of 1960s TV comedy
Synopsis
Get Smart is a fast talking 1960s sitcom that parodies Cold War espionage and the era’s slick spy craze. Maxwell Smart, a well meaning but accident prone CONTROL agent, is constantly outmatched by the criminal organization KAOS, yet keeps stumbling into success. Agent 99 often provides the competence, calm, and quick thinking that saves missions from disaster. The show leans on inventive gadgets, running gags, and wordplay, mixing broad slapstick with dry, bureaucratic humor. Each episode typically builds toward an absurd confrontation where plans unravel in the funniest possible way. Its iconic bits and quotable lines helped define TV spy comedy for decades
Cast
Trivia
Think iconic gadgets, famous catchphrases, and which big spy trend the show was teasing. The answers are rooted in 1960s pop culture and TV history.
Q1: What is the name of Maxwell Smart’s signature gadget that hides in a shoe?
Answer: The shoe phone
The gag became one of television’s most recognizable comedic props and a shorthand for the series’ spy spoof style.
Q2: Which catchphrase is most associated with Maxwell Smart when he tries to reassure others after a blunder?
Answer: Would you believe...?
The line captures the show’s rapid-fire joke structure and helped make its humor instantly quotable.
Q3: Get Smart was created to capitalize on and parody which 1960s entertainment craze?
Answer: The James Bond/spy boom
Knowing the target of the parody explains why its tone, gadgets, and villains feel like a comic mirror of mid-60s spy fiction.
