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Get Smart - Season 1 (The Original TV Series) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Norman Abbott (ii), David Alexander, Reza Badiyi, Richard Benedict, Paul Bogart
Actors: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Ed Platt
Studio: HBO Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $13.47
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Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 1578
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Original Recording Remastered, Restored, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 900 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: HBOD40779D
UPC: 883929031085
EAN: 0883929031085
ASIN: B00005JNS8
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1965
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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The feature film may have missed it by that much, but IGet Smart/I, the TV series, still hits the target with deadly funny accuracy. The right show at the right time, IGet Smart/I brilliantly spoofed the spy genre that was all the rage in 1965, with James Bond on the big screen, and such series as IDanger Man/I, IThe Avengers/I, IThe Saint/I, IThe Man from U.N.C.L.E./I, and II Spy/I more or less playing it straight on the small screen. IGet Smart/I, on the other hand, had a license to kill#133;with laughter. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created one of TV's all-time greatest characters, Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 of CONTROL, the super-secret agency vigilantly on alert against the forces of KAOS. Smart (Don Adams in his iconic, Emmy-winning role), an American Clouseau, was not stupid. Though all evidence to the contrary, he was, in his own mind, a suave and sophisticated spy, albeit one who would inadvertently lean against a freshly painted wall while shadowing an enemy agent. IGet Smart/I hilariously deglamorized the business of espionage. Agents punch a time clock and dispute vacation time. Cool spy gadgets, such as the infamous Cone of Silence, are prone to malfunction. One running joke throughout the first season finds Agent 44 (Victor French) perched in a variety of unlikely and uncomfortable hiding places, among them a grandfather clock. Although the series would only get smarter and funnier in subsequent seasons (Bernie Kopell's KAOS mastermind Siegfried would be introduced in season two), the first season contains several essential episodes, including the Emmy-winning two-parter, "Ship of Spies," "Aboard the Orient Express," featuring a cameo by Johnny Carson as an unflappable conductor, "Diplomat's Daughter" with the arch --and decidedly non-PC-- villain, the Craw, and "Back to the Drawing Board," featuring Dick Gautier as Hymie the robot. From "Sorry about that" to "Would you believe," no show before IGet Smart/I introduced so many catchphrases into the national language, while Smart and his partner, Agent 99 (the ravishing Barbara Feldon), were perhaps TV's first "will they or won't they" couple. Brooks and Henry contribute separate commentaries for the black and white pilot episode, while Feldon provides commentary for another, and purrs introductions to each episode (beware plot spoilers). With IGet Smart/I, you will be witness to some of TV's funniest moments, sharpest writing, and expertly-executed physical comedy. And#133; loving it. I--Donald Liebenson/I
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 "Get Smart" comments July 3, 2009
William Bowles (Leonardtown, MD USA)
In nearly every episode there are actors/actresses whom I have not seen for many years. Their character parts will now be permantly shown. DVD reveals beautiful color and sharp contrast. Though I taped some of these episodes years ago, it is refreshing to see them again in such a clear format.
 Secret Agent Smart April 20, 2009
James D. Crabtree (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)
This set is great! I saw these when I was a kid and the program was in syndication. This had one of my favorite episodes, the one about the Orient Express that had cameos by Johnny Carson. Produced by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry this is great comedy and classic television. If you've never had a chance to see Get Smart before the first season is a great place to start. In this series Smart is a bumbling but well-meaning agent of Control, which fights an international organization of evil. Made in the 1960s this was one of many programs which looked at secret agents, elaborate plots and sophisticated spy gizmos.
great service March 16, 2009
Jonathan McDaniel (Murfreesboro, TN USA)
I love this show, and I bought two copies as a gift for my father-in-law and my mother, both of whom are fans as well. I remebered Get Smart as a kid, and then the recent re-make reminded me of the classic for Christmas gifts. Great service from Amazon.com as always.
A fine DVD February 23, 2009
M. Gambrelli ("Cold country" CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Smooth transaction. It's a gift so I haven't opened it but everything seems in order.
Would you believe 4 stars? February 17, 2009
S.D.S (MARYLAND)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Get smart was a great comedy that influences even todays tv. Don Adams created a beloved cross of James Bond And jaqcues Cleseau (spelled wrong om sure). This inept spy always got the job done making us laugh the whole time. Paired with 99 and always on the chiefs last nerve Special agent 86 is a gem. Bernie Kopel As Sigfried is a classic comic villan guarenteeing laughs. They made this into a movie but nothing can touch this classic comedy.
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