Mini-Max (TV Series) / Episode List
This is an episode listing of the Mini-Max television series . Mini-Max is an American agent parody produced by NBC (seasons 1-4) and CBS (final season) from 1965 to 1970 and won a total of seven Emmy Awards .
Produced by NBC
1st season (1965–1966)
The season started on September 18, 1965 and was broadcast on Saturday evenings from 1965 to 1966. It earned producer Leonard B. Stern an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series . It was also Don Adams as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. The episode Diplomat's Daughter was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Director for a Comedy Series (Paul Bogart), and Buck Henry and Mel Brooks for Outstanding Screenplay for a Comedy Series for the pilot Mr. Big .
13 episodes were dubbed for ARD in Germany between 1967 and 1968 ( written in italics ). Later they were all re-dubbed by ZDF .
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast ( D ) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | (not synchronized) | Mr. Big ( pilot episode ) | September 18, 1965 | (not broadcast) | Howard Morris |
Mel Brooks , Buck Henry |
001 |
Maxwell Smart has the assignment to stop the sinister Mr. Big ( Michael Dunn ) from KAOS, who is threatening New York City with the special device "Inthermo". | ||||||||
2 | 2 |
Princess incognito blondes for the Far East |
Diplomat's Daughter | September 25, 1965 |
September 20, 1967 January 6, 1988 |
Paul Bogart | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
002 |
Several blondes have been kidnapped and Max has to protect the beautiful daughter of a Scandinavian diplomat. He discovered the KAOS camp and arrested “The Claw” (Leonard Strong) and his followers. | ||||||||
3 | 3 |
At the school desk You never stop learning |
School Days | October 2, 1965 |
December 13, 1967 January 5, 1988 |
Paul Bogart | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
003 |
Max goes undercover to the CONTROL spy school. A KAOS spy has sneaked in there and Max is now supposed to expose him. | ||||||||
4th | 4th |
Incident in the department store Our man in the toy department |
Our Man in Toyland | October 9, 1965 |
November 29, 1967 July 6, 1990 |
Don Richardson | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
004 |
As was discovered in 99, KAOS smuggled secret information out of the country by sending dolls via a department store that divulged the information when a string was pulled. When Max and 99 are caught by KAOS, they try to free themselves with the help of toys. John Hoyt has a guest appearance as Mr. Bunny (a parody by Ernst Stavro Blofeld ). | ||||||||
5 | 5 | I can see what you can not see | Now You See Him ... Now You Don't | October 16, 1965 | January 7, 1988 | Paul Bogart | Arne Sultan, Marvin Worth |
005 |
A doctor shows up at Max and tells him that he managed to escape using an invisibility spray from KAOS. When Max tries to find out if the spray is real, KAOS kidnaps him. | ||||||||
6th | 6th | Great Chief Mini-Max | Washington 4, Redskins 3 Washington 4, Indians 3 (DVD) |
October 23, 1965 | January 8, 1988 | Richard Donner | Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner |
006 |
Indians want to start a war if they don't get all of their land back. Smart should go to their camp and prevent the war. The English title was changed to “Washington 4, Indians 3” for the DVD release: “Redskins” (“Redskins”) is now considered offensive. |
||||||||
7th | 7th |
The secret conference The child within a man |
KAOS in CONTROL | October 30, 1965 |
January 24, 1968 January 4, 1988 |
Don Richardson | Hal Goldman, Al Gordon |
007 |
A conference with the most important scientists on the planet is to take place at CONTROL headquarters. KAOS wants to prevent this with a special device that resets a person's psyche to the level of an eight-year-old. Barbara Bain plays a scientist in the CONTROL laboratory. |
||||||||
8th | 8th | What is crows there? | The Day Smart Turned Chicken | November 6, 1965 | January 10, 1988 | Frank McDonald | Ron Friedman, Pat McCormick |
008 |
Smart will testify against KAOS shortly; therefore it tries to portray Mini-Max as crazy. Simon Oakland and Howard Caine play KAOS agents. |
||||||||
9 | 9 | A proud price | Satan Place | November 13, 1965 | November 2nd 1971 | Frank McDonald | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
009 |
KAOS kidnaps the boss and tries to control his psyche. Max pretends to be a doctor in order to free his boss. Len Lesser has a small role as a KAOS agent. |
||||||||
10 | 10 |
Caution poison! Dance in the message |
Our Man In Leotards | November 20, 1965 |
January 10, 1968 January 9, 1988 |
Richard Donner | Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks |
010 |
The master thief Emilio Naharana steals a new drug developed by CONTROL, called Immobilo, to be used against an ambassador. Max and 99 are ordered to save the situation. | ||||||||
11 | 11 | Always these bosses | Too many chiefs | November 27, 1965 | November 16, 1971 | Bruce Bilson | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
011 |
Alexi Sebastian, a contract killer and master of disguise, tries to kill someone who wants to reveal the secret of the KAOS coding system. Alexi disguises herself as the boss to further confuse the situation. | ||||||||
12 | 12 |
The shoe salesman nephew Max, the shoe salesman |
My Nephew the Spy | 4th December 1965 |
February 7, 1968 January 11, 1988 |
Bruce Bilson | Marvin Worth, Arne Sultan |
012 |
Max stumbles across a shoe store that appears to be KAOS quarters. He is pursued by a KAOS agent ( Conrad Janis ) who tries to kill him. The surprising visit from Smart's aunt (Maudie Prickett) and uncle ( Charles Lane ) complicates the whole thing considerably. | ||||||||
13 | 13 | Orient Express meeting point | Aboard the Orient Express | December 11, 1965 | November 30, 1971 | Frank McDonald | Robert C. Dennis, Earl Barret |
013 |
Several CONTROL agents who were carrying important information were murdered on the Orient Express. Max and 99 get in a difficult position while solving the mystery. A cameo has Johnny Carson as a platoon leader. | ||||||||
14th | 14th | Vampires are only human too | Weekend vampires | December 18, 1965 | January 12, 1988 | Bruce Bilson | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
014 |
CONTROL agent was found murdered. They all had mysterious bite marks on their necks. The investigation leads Max and 99 to the eerie Dr. Drago. | ||||||||
15th | 15th |
The Oriental Prince Fat or Fit? |
Survival of the Fattest | December 25, 1965 |
March 6, 1968 January 13, 1988 |
Frank McDonald | Mel Brooks, Ronny Pearlman |
015 |
Max has to protect an Arab prince who has to stay fat to keep his powers. | ||||||||
16 | 16 | Chaotic conditions | Double agent | January 8, 1966 | 7th December 1971 | Frank McDonald | Joseph C. Cavella, Carol Cavella |
016 |
Max has become a desperate, drinking agent, so KAOS tries to poach him. The whole thing was just a trick from CONTROL to smuggle Mini-Max into KAOS. | ||||||||
17th | 17th | 99 weapons of a woman | Kisses for KAOS | January 15, 1966 | January 14, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Mike Marmer, Stan Burns |
017 |
After important buildings were inexplicably blown up, CONTROL followed the trail to an art gallery where former chemist Rex Savage collaborated with painter Mondo and produced a number of explosive paintings. 99 poses as an art expert with Max as her butler and tries to get fingerprints and photos of Savage, but it turns out to be more complicated than expected. | ||||||||
18th | 18th |
Message in cement billiards at half past ten |
The Dead Spy Scrawls | January 22, 1966 |
November 15, 1967 January 15, 1988 |
Gary Nelson | Mike Marmer, Stan Burns |
018 |
CONTROL tries to find out the location of a KAOS district that is located in a billiard room. Leonard Nimoy has a small role as a KAOS agent. |
||||||||
19th | 19th |
The robot robot with a heart |
Back to the Old Drawing Board | January 29, 1966 |
October 18, 1967 January 16, 1988 |
Bruce Bilson | Gary Clarke | 019 |
KAOS wants Dr. Kidnap Shotwire, a brilliant scientist whose work has been delayed for six months thanks to his bodyguard's helping hands. This is none other than agent 86. The commissioned KAOS agent, Natz, still has an account with Smart, as he once brought him to prison. It is the first episode with the KAOS-built robot Hymie (played by Dick Gautier) that Max can get on his side. |
||||||||
20th | 20th | Go see a psychiatrist! | All in the Mind | 5th February 1966 | December 14, 1971 | Bruce Bilson | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
020 |
Max poses as a sick colonel to expose a psychiatrist who is asking his patients about KAOS. In this episode, Kaos uses a phone booth as a secret weapon that drowns the inmate. |
||||||||
21st | 21st | Retired agent | Dear Diary | February 12, 1966 | December 21, 1971 | Murray Golden | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
021 |
Max has to find the secret diary of an agent who lives secluded in the CONTROL retirement home. Burt Mustin and Ellen Corby have guest appearances as retired CONTROL agents. |
||||||||
22nd | 22nd |
Checkmate Checkmate at midnight |
Smart, the assassin | 19th February 1966 |
4th October 1967 17th January 1988 |
Bruce Bilson | Budd Grossman | 022 |
Max is hypnotized by KAOS and is supposed to shoot his boss at a chess tournament at midnight. But the plan fails because Max thinks carefully about every move and thus delays the tournament. | ||||||||
23 | 23 | Totally on the dog | I'm only human | February 26, 1966 | January 18, 1988 | Murray Golden | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer, Pat McCormick, Ron Friedman |
023 |
Some CONTROL agents are killed by their dogs. Max convinces the boss to call back the dog Fang from retirement in order to find out in the kennel where the dogs of the dead were housed. They were brainwashed there. Oscar Beregi Jr. makes a guest appearance. |
||||||||
24 | 24 |
The Mini-Max atomic bomb is a bomb -proof solution |
Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain | March 5, 1966 |
December 27, 1967 January 19, 1988 |
Murray Golden | Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill |
024 |
A lot of KAOS agents suddenly fly to Washington. Everyone has a piece of a bomb with them. With the help of Agent 44, Max and the boss manage to catch a KAOS agent and extract confidential information from him. Ted Knight makes a guest appearance as a KAOS agent. |
||||||||
25th | 25th | Who is where? | The Amazing Harry Hoo | March 12, 1966 | January 20, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
025 |
"The Claw" is back and wants to lure Max into a deadly trap. Max and 99 follow the Chinese agent number 3 to San Francisco, as they hope to come across "The Claw" there. This is behind a smuggler's ring that is hiding in a laundromat. The Chinese police inspector Harry Hoo (Joey Forman) offers Max his help. | ||||||||
26th | 26th |
Hubert's Unfinished Hubert's Unfinished |
Hubert's Unfinished Symphony | March 19, 1966 |
November 1, 1967 January 21, 1988 |
Gary Nelson | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
026 |
Max and the boss want to speak to Hubert, a CONTROL agent and violinist. Hubert gives them a sign on stage that he has problems. They eventually find him dead in his dressing room. Hubert only leaves behind a piece of music he composed himself, in which he has hidden a reference to the perpetrator. | ||||||||
27 | 27 | Mini-Max on a long journey (part 1) | Ship of Spies (Part 1) | April 2, 1966 | January 22, 1988 | Bruce Bilson | Leonard B. Stern, Buck Henry |
027 |
KAOS stole the plans for a nuclear warship and hid it on a freighter. The informant who is supposed to give Max the details is shot in front of his eyes. Max can only hear a strange noise that the shooter makes when he escapes. When Max and 99 book a trip on the ship, they notice that almost all of the passengers seem to be making the noise. Agent 44 is also on the ship. | ||||||||
28 | 28 | Mini-Max on a long journey (part 2) | Ship of Spies (Part 2) | April 9, 1966 | January 24, 1988 | Bruce Bilson | Leonard B. Stern, Buck Henry |
028 |
Max and 99 continue their search for the plans. After the unsuccessful search of the freighter, Max asks old Captain Graumann for help. Harold J. Stone plays Captain Graumann. |
||||||||
29 | 29 |
Model dresses for Beirut Who, how, where, what, when? |
Shipment to Beirut | April 23, 1966 |
March 20, 1968 September 14, 1990 |
David Alexander | Arne Sultan | 029 |
KAOS smuggles plans through the textile designer Richelieu. One of Richelieu's models wants to sell Max information. But when Max shows up at her place, she has turned into a mannequin. The boss furiously forbids Max to work on the case. Without the boss's knowledge, 99 (as a model) and Max (as a mannequin) go to Richelieu to clarify the case. | ||||||||
30th | 30th | Sharks in the swimming pool | The Last One In Is a Rotten Spy | May 7, 1966 | September 21, 1990 | David Alexander | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
030 |
Max is contacted by a member of the Russian swim team that has a list of KAOS agents. However, Max forgets the name of his informant and tries to discover him disguised as a swimming coach. 99 and the boss support him. Alice Ghostley makes a guest appearance as a member of the Russian team. |
2nd season (1966–1967)
The second season was also broadcast on Saturday evenings.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast ( D ) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 | 1 | My friend hymn | Anatomy of a Lover | 17th September 1966 | December 28, 1971 | Bruce Bilson | Gary Clarke | 035 |
KAOS reprograms Hymie to kill the boss. After Max thwarted the assassination attempt, he fails to destroy Hymie and hides him in his apartment. When Hymie pretends to be Max's cousin, he meets the boss's niece, who immediately takes a liking to him. KAOS programs Hymie again, this time to kill Max. | ||||||||
32 | 2 | On the 15th is the 1st | Strike While the Agent is Hot | September 24, 1966 | 4th January 1972 | Gary Nelson | Bud Grossman | 033 |
A CONTROL spy is shot dead while contacting Max. Shortly before he dies, he assigns Max the task of representing the spies' union at the next collective bargaining negotiations. | ||||||||
33 | 3 | Tit for tat | A Spy for a Spy | October 1, 1966 | July 13, 1990 | Bruce Bilson | Stan Burns, Mike Marmer |
031 |
Siegfried (Bernie Kopell, who plays the recurring character here for the first time), Vice President of the Department for Public Relations and Terror at KAOS, kidnaps the boss. In retaliation, Max kidnaps KAOS 'best hit man. After that, the kidnappings escalate into war, which ends with only Max and Siegfried being free. | ||||||||
34 | 4th | Every year again | The Only Way to Die | October 8, 1966 | September 28, 1990 | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan | 032 |
After Max was nearly killed by KAOS agents Perry and Carter, his boss made it appear to the world as if he had died so that Max could continue to trace the identity of the KAOS agent "Blaster", who works every year in Washington, DC blows up a national monument. | ||||||||
35 | 5 | Maxwell Smart aka Jimmy Ballantine | Maxwell Smart, aka Jimmy Ballantine | October 15, 1966 | October 26, 1971 | Gary Nelson | Arnie Rosen | 034 |
Max has to pretend to be a recently released criminal, namely Jimmy Ballantine, the safe cracker. CONTROL lets KAOS believe that Ballantine burned his face so that Max can wear face bandages and thus remain undetected at KAOS. CONTROL considers a barber shop to be a secret meeting place for KAOS. 99 poses as a manicure expert and Agent 13 lurks in the steam machine for hot towels. The KAOS agents ask Max to open a Bundesbank safe. Since 99 knows which of the safes it is, the boss has to set it up so that all of them remain unlocked. After Max opens the vault, the KAOS agents steal the money and want to get rid of Max, but their plan backfires as he can outsmart them. 99 appears with the boss, whom Max then accidentally locks in the safe. | ||||||||
36 | 6th | Pretty hot in Casablanca | Casablanca | October 22, 1966 | January 11, 1972 | William Waird | Carol Cavella, Joseph C. Cavella |
037 |
The strangler kills a man Max was supposed to protect. After the boss sends him on vacation, Max decides to pursue the strangler to Casablanca instead. What is remarkable about this episode is that Don Adams imitates Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Feldon sings the two songs There'll Be Some Changes Made and the well-known chanson La vie en rose by Édith Piaf . |
||||||||
37 | 7th | The decoy | The decoy | October 29, 1966 | January 18, 1972 | William Waird | Ronald Ax, Sydney Zelinka |
041 |
CONTROL makes KAOS believe that Max has a secret code. People from KAOS kidnap him and use their truth drug on him. | ||||||||
38 | 8th | A South Seas paradise | Hoo Done It | 5th November 1966 | January 25, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
039 |
Max and Harry Hoo try to solve the murder of an agent in a tropical hotel. This episode is a parody of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie . |
||||||||
39 | 9 | Maxwell Smart in the wrong boat | Rub-a-Dub-Dub ... Three Spies In a Sub | November 12, 1966 | July 20, 1990 | Bruce Bilson | Mike Marmer, Stan Burns |
040 |
Max and Agent 99 pursue the dangerous job of rendering a KAOS computer stationed on Iceland harmless. You find yourself as a prisoner in a KAOS submarine, where Siegfried is acting as the commander. | ||||||||
40 | 10 | Such a circus ... | The Greatest Spy on Earth | November 19, 1966 | January 25, 1972 | Joshua Shelley | Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner |
038 |
In order to find a smuggling ring controlled by KAOS, Max and Agent 99 are undercover investigations in a circus. The guest star is Paul Dooley . Mickey Manners also appears as Gerald-Gertrude, half man and half woman. |
||||||||
41 | 11 | The stuffed agent | Island of the Darned | November 26, 1966 | July 27, 1990 | Gary Nelson | Myles Wilder, William Raynor, Buck Henry |
044 |
86 and 99 are stranded on an island controlled by KAOS and have to fight for their lives. Guest star Harold Gould plays the psychopathic man hunter Hans Hunter. This episode parodies Graf Zaroff - Genius of Evil . |
||||||||
42 | 12 | Greetings from Goldfinger | Bronze finger | 3rd December 1966 | January 26, 1988 | William Wiard | Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn |
042 |
To catch bronze fingers, a thief, and smuggler of bronze statues, Max has to become an art expert. | ||||||||
43 | 13 | Kille, kille, killer | Perils In a Pet Shop | December 10, 1966 | February 1, 1972 | Bruce Bilson | Martin Ragaway | 045 |
Max follows a KAOS agent who is smuggling a parrot. When Max wants to interrogate the parrot, his lawyer frees him. Max and 99 follow him to a pet shop that acts as a cover for the "smiling killer" Melnick, as Max discovers. When they try to break into the store after the store closes, Max, 99, and their dog Fang are overwhelmed. They realize that the parrots must memorize secret information and then use it to smuggle it out of the country. The episode shows Fang's last appearance in the series. |
||||||||
44 | 14th | Say "AAA" | The Whole Tooth and ... | December 24, 1966 | February 8, 1972 | William Wiard | Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn |
043 |
While Max has plans for a nuclear reactor with him, he comes across agents from KAOS. He slides the plans on to an unsuspecting stranger who turns out to be a criminal on the transport to the Joliet Correctional Center . As a result, Max has to be delivered to prison as a criminal to get the plans back. | ||||||||
45 | 15th | Give kisses | Kiss of Death | December 31, 1966 | February 15, 1972 | Bruce Bilson | Mike Marmer, Stan Burns |
036 |
A wealthy lady from high society tries to get revenge on Max by showing him that she is in love with him. Max had killed her father, a KAOS employee, the year before ... | ||||||||
46 | 16 | Robots are humans too | It takes one to know one | 7th January 1967 | February 22, 1972 | Earl Bellamy | Gary Clarke | 046 |
KAOS agent Octavia kills every vice of CONTROL and so Hymie becomes the new vice. As it turns out, Hymie is exactly the right “person” for this post, because Octavia is a robot. | ||||||||
47 | 17th | Somebody's got something against me | Someone Down Here Hates Me | January 14, 1967 | 5th October 1990 | Earl Bellamy | Nate Monaster | 047 |
KAOS puts a bounty on Max and announces that they will skip the year-end party if no one murders him. | ||||||||
48 | 18th | Cost-cutting measures at CONTROL | Cutback at CONTROL | January 21, 1967 | October 12, 1990 | Earl Bellamy | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso |
048 |
When a Senate committee threatens to shut down CONTROL, Siegfried Max offers to become an agent at KAOS. | ||||||||
49 | 19th | The princes are loose in the harem | The Man From YENTA | January 28, 1967 | October 19, 1990 | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan | 049 |
CONTROL works with Israeli agent number 498 (Alan Oppenheimer) to protect an Arab prince, but everything goes wrong. (The working title was "He Should Live and Be Well". "He should live and be comfortable".) |
||||||||
50 | 20th | Wrapped up properly | The mummy | 4th February 1967 | January 27, 1988 | Earl Bellamy | Budd Grossman | 050 |
Max investigates a Washington museum where KAOS is using sarcophagi to smuggle agents into the country. | ||||||||
51 | 21st | Miss KAOS | The Girls From KAOS | February 11, 1967 | January 28, 1988 | William Wiard | Joseph C. Cavella, Carol Cavella |
051 |
Miss America, who happens to be the daughter of an important American researcher, turns to Max because her life is in danger. Max has to guard her for the duration of the next competition and find out that one of the competitors is actually the killer of KAOS. (The working title was "The Girl From KAOS", "The Girl From KAOS".) |
||||||||
52 | 22nd | The walls of Jericho | Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho | February 18, 1967 | January 29, 1988 | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan | 052 |
When an agent from CONTROL falls victim to a murder disguised as an accident during an undercover investigation, Max is tasked with investigating the circumstances of his death and finds out how a man named Frank Lloyd Joshua sets off explosions in tall buildings. This episode introduces CONTROL agent Charlie Watkins. |
||||||||
53 | 23 | How, where, what? | Where-What-How-Who Am I? | February 25, 1967 | January 30, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Ray Brenner, Barry E. Blitzer |
053 |
86 overhears plans to kill scientists, but Max suffers memory loss in a car accident. KAOS uses creative means to protect information. (The working title was "The New Car".) |
||||||||
54 | 24 | Two gentlemen from London | The Expendable Agent | March 4th 1967 | January 31, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner |
055 |
A British researcher who came to America to present a new kind of rocket fuel is hiding in Max's apartment. | ||||||||
55 | 25th | It all depends on the nose | How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying | March 11, 1967 | October 26, 1990 | Gary Nelson | Mike Marmer | 054 |
Max and 99 are saved by Siegfried, who pretends to change sides. This episode first presents King Moody as Siegfried's incompetent assistant Shtarker. |
||||||||
56 | 26th | Meeting point Sahara | Appointment in Sahara | March 25, 1967 | 3rd August 1990 | Don Adams | Gary Clarke | 056 |
KAOS gains access to atomic bombs and threatens to blackmail the world into disarmament. The boss finds a trace of the location of the bombs and sends Max and 99 to the Sahara desert to avert a disaster. Vic Tayback as a guest star. |
||||||||
57 | 27 | Cocktails and perky cats | Pussycats Galore | April 1, 1967 | February 1, 1988 | Sydney Miller | Arne Sultan | 057 |
Max is told that important researchers visit the Pussycat Club and then disappear. The boss instructs Max and 99 to sneak into the club by covertly investigating married German scientists, while Charlie Watkins positions himself as an employee of the club. Ted Knight guest star. (Working title: “The Disappearances”, “The Disappearance”.) |
||||||||
58 | 28 | Mini-Max against KAOS (1st part) | A Man Called Smart (Part 1) | April 8, 1967 | February 2nd, 1988 | Earl Bellamy | Leonard B. Stern | 058 |
After KAOS agents steal the DRY-UP water evaporation formula, they threaten to destroy the United States' water supply. Max has to investigate disguised as a KAOS informant in order to save the country. Howard Caine , also known as Hogan's Heroes Major Hochstetter, plays a double role: CONTROL scientist Dr. Smith and the traitorous actor Russell Bediyoskin. |
||||||||
59 | 29 | Mini-Max against KAOS (2nd part) | A Man Called Smart (Part 2) | April 15, 1967 | 3rd February 1988 | Earl Bellamy | Leonard B. Stern | 059 |
The 91-year-old Admiral Hardgrade (William Schallert), chief executive of CONTROL, has been assigned by President Johnson to personally command CONTROL during the crisis. The boss, Max, and 99 go into action to expose the people behind the DRY-UP attack. When they are ambushed by KAOS in a hospital, the boss is wounded. | ||||||||
60 | 30th | Mini-Max against KAOS (3rd part) | A Man Called Smart (Part 3) | April 22, 1967 | 4th February 1988 | Earl Bellamy | Leonard B. Stern | 060 |
After 99 prevented an attempted murder on the boss in the hospital, Max and 99 finally find themselves in the Panamint Studios in Los Angeles during the investigation into the DRY-UP attack. You must expose the ringleader before KAOS drains the Mississippi. |
3rd season (1967–1968)
Like the previous ones, the third season was broadcast on Saturday evenings.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast ( D ) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 | 1 | You don't kiss doppelgangers | The Spy Who Met Himself | September 16, 1967 | 17th August 1990 | Gary Nelson | Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler |
063 |
The KAOS impostor guard wants to take over CONTROL from within by exchanging agents for impostor doppelgangers. They even have one from Max. | ||||||||
62 | 2 | Viva Smart | Viva Smart | September 23, 1967 | August 10, 1990 | James Komack | Norman Paul, Sam Bobrick, Bill Idelson |
061 |
Max and 99 are sent to Latin America to free a president who has been overthrown and imprisoned by an army general now ruling as a dictator. | ||||||||
63 | 3 | Prosecution witness: Maxwell Smart | Witness for the Persecution | October 7, 1967 | 5th February 1988 | James Komack | Sam Bobrick, Bill Idelson |
062 |
Max has to testify against a known, recently arrested KAOS agent. Two weeks before the start of the trial, KAOS tries to kill him beforehand using various methods to ensure that he does not make it to court. The result is a reference to Witness for the Prosecution (ger .: Witness for the Prosecution ) by Agatha Christie . |
||||||||
64 | 4th | The mind is willing | The Spirit is Willing | October 14, 1967 | August 24, 1990 | Norman Abbott | Arne Sultan | 064 |
When Max discovers that an informant was dead before she could have met him, he thinks that supernatural forces are at work here. In order to gather enough evidence, Max has to take part in a necromancy. Len Lesser (Uncle Leo from Seinfeld ) makes his second appearance in the series as the adjutant of Paul John Mondebello, the chief executive of KAOS. |
||||||||
65 | 5 | The private detective | Maxwell Smart, Private Spy | October 21, 1967 | February 29, 1972 | Bruce Bilson | Elroy Schwartz | 065 |
Due to savings measures, all agents at CONTROL only work part-time. Max decides to open a private detective agency at 99 as a secretary. This episode is notable because of the fact that Don Adams once again mimicked Humphrey Bogart for the series , this time with a parody of his role as Sam Spade in The Falcon's Trail , and because of the parodic characters Mr. Sidney and Mr. Peter, referring to Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre . The episode also features a guest appearance by Buddy Hackett as the myopic killer from KAOS. The episode won an Emmy Award for Best Director for a Comedy Series in 1967 . (The title is "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" in the printed list for the DVD, but is "Maxwell Smart, Private Spy" in the spoken introduction by Barbara Feldon; the latter is also mentioned in the NBC bonus material on the DVD.) |
||||||||
66 | 6th | The sound-bang-boom machine | Supersonic boom | October 28, 1967 | November 9, 1971 | James Komack | Ben Joelson, Art Baer |
066 |
After a powerful demonstration in the boss's office, KAOS threatens to use its new supersonic cannon to reduce New York City to rubble. Max and 99 need to find out where the gun is, but KAOS already has a plan to mislead the agents. | ||||||||
67 | 7th | This woman has it all | One of Our Olives is Missing | 4th November 1967 | February 6, 1988 | Jess Oppenheimer | Jess Oppenheimer | 067 |
KAOS has placed a listening device that is located in a seemingly normal olive. But the olive is accidentally nibbled by a country singer. Guest star of this episode: Carol Burnett . |
||||||||
68 | 8th | I tell my robot that | When Good Fellows Get Together | November 18, 1967 | March 7, 1972 | Sidney Miller | Gary Clarke | 068 |
KAOS builds the super robot Groppo in order to destroy Hymie, the robot from CONTROL. Max has to teach Hymie self-defense, but Hymie is too "nice" to want to use violence. | ||||||||
69 | 9 | KAOS shows the claws | Dr. Yes | November 25, 1967 | February 7, 1988 | James Komack | Myles Wilder, William Raynor |
069 |
After US rocket launches went wrong recently, Max and 99 have to disguise themselves as vacationers to avoid the cunning Dr. Yes, who is the leading man behind the KAOS sabotage. The episode is a nod to James Bond - 007 is chasing Dr. No . (Working title: "Señor Si".) |
||||||||
70 | 10 | Scar face and Co. | That Old Gang of Mine | 2nd December 1967 | November 23, 1971 | James Komack | Jack Hanrahan, Phil Hahn |
070 |
Max takes on the identity of the safes cracker "Scar" in order to sneak into the thief gang "Scorpion Gang" in London and thus to help the British department of CONTROL. Guest appearance by Danny Thomas as a curious Englishman. The episode is a parody on Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus . |
||||||||
71 | 11 | The purple knights | The mild ones | December 9, 1967 | November 2, 1990 | Gary Nelson | Myles Wilder, William Raynor |
071 |
A foreign prime minister is kidnapped by a surprisingly well-read band of hippies who speak in medieval languages, ride motorbikes and consider themselves the modern version of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table . Max and 99 have to be accepted as new gang members to save the Prime Minister. Guest appearance by Steve Allen as Assistant to the Prime Minister. A parody of The Wild (Engl .: The Wild One). |
||||||||
72 | 12 | What does he have to take the pill? | Classification: Dead | December 23, 1967 | March 14, 1972 | Norman Abbott | David Ketchum, Bruce Shelly |
072 |
Max is poisoned by an agent from KAOS and only has to live until one in the afternoon. Guest star John Fiedler plays the poison assassin and fitness expert Mr. Hercules. It is a parody of the 1950 film Victims of the Underworld . |
||||||||
73 | 13 | The mysterious Dr. T. | The Mysterious Dr. T | December 30, 1967 | February 8, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Myles Wilder, William Raynor |
073 |
A scientist under the protection of CONTROL is poisoned while Max is guarding him. As he dies he confesses that he stole all of his important scientific discoveries from another scientist, a Mr. T. Neither Control nor KAOS know which scientist it is; Max and Siegfried compete to reveal the identity of this researcher ... | ||||||||
74 | 14th | Long live the king | The King Lives? | January 6, 1968 | February 9, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Gloria Burton, Don Adams |
074 |
In order to expose the group that attempted an assassination attempt on him shortly before the coronation of the King of Coronia, Max poses as King of Coronia, whom he looks very much like. This episode is a parody of The Prisoner of Zenda and is notable for Don Adams' imitation of Ronald Colman (the star of that film). The episode also features Johnny Carson's second guest appearance (as the King's Messenger). |
||||||||
75 | 15th | Hippie hippie | The Groovy Guru | January 13, 1968 | March 21, 1972 | James Komack | Norman Paul, Burt Nodella |
075 |
A hippie radio host named Groovy Guru (guest star Larry Storch ) tries to get teenagers' thoughts under control with his show. A parody of the German legend Pied Piper of Hameln . | ||||||||
76 | 16 | The Little Black Book (Part 1) | The Little Black Book (Part 1) | January 27, 1968 | March 28, 1972 | James Komack | Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan |
076 |
Sid (guest star Don Rickles ), an old comrade from Max's army service, is visiting town, but Max is working on a case. Sid stumbles upon a black notebook full of women's names and suspects that it contains a complete list of Max's girlfriends. In reality, it is a list of cover names from KAOS, so that when Sid makes a call based on this book, he and Max have no idea about the property makes far more planned intrigues. (Working title: "The Visiting Fireman".) |
||||||||
77 | 17th | The Little Black Book (Part 2) | The Little Black Book (Part 2) | 3rd February 1968 | April 4th 1972 | James Komack | Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan |
077 |
After finding out that Max is an agent, Sid takes part in the search for the black book and the infamous maestro, one of the most dangerous killers in the service of KAOS. Joey Forman, who previously played Harry Hoo on the series, is returning here as a CONTROL attorney. |
||||||||
78 | 18th | Double the max | Don't look back | February 10, 1968 | February 10, 1988 | Don Adams | Norman Paul, Phil Leslie |
078 |
Max is tricked by KAOS and has to escape police custody to prove his innocence. This is a parody of On the Run . (Working title: "The Fugitive".) |
||||||||
79 | 19th | Not a man for 99 | 99 Loose CONTROL | 17th February 1968 | April 11, 1972 | Bruce Bilson | William Raynor, Myles Wilder |
079 |
Agent 99 says goodbye to CONTROL because she wants to accept a marriage proposal from Victor Royal, the owner of an international casino. Out of pure jealousy, Max follows her to the casino. But Royal is actually an agent of KAOS. Guest appearance by Bob Hope as the Royals bellhop. |
||||||||
80 | 20th | KAOS makes the puppets dance | The Wax Max | February 24, 1968 | February 11, 1988 | James Komack | James Komack | 080 |
At a shooting range in an amusement park, Max and 99 get a baby doll from an unsuspecting employee. In fact, KAOS had intended the doll to smuggle plutonium abroad. KAOS quickly learns about it, tries to hunt down 86 and 99 in the amusement park and in the end drives them into the arms of the wax man - a villain who transforms his victims into wax statues. Parody of Professor Bondi's Cabinet . |
||||||||
81 | 21st | Everything for the press | Operation Ridiculous | March 2nd, 1968 | April 18, 1972 | James Komack | Norman Paul | 081 |
A journalist is working on a report on CONTROL. His article could give CONTROL a good image and thus lead to CONTROL receiving more funding from the government. A negative presentation would mean the abolition of CONTROL and thus help KAOS to realize their evil plans without resistance. To achieve this result, KAOS comes up with everything possible to make Max appear as if he is even more incompetent, clueless and ridiculous than usual. | ||||||||
82 | 22nd | Noisy cities die quietly | Spy, spy, birdie | March 9, 1968 | November 9, 1990 | James Komack | William Raynor, Myles Wilder |
082 |
A man who hates noise creates a silently detonating explosive. When he realizes that CONTROL and KAOS are both unwilling to support his plans, he uses the silent explosive against both espionage organizations. Max and Siegfried have to form a team to face him. Parody of Bye Bye Birdie . |
||||||||
83 | 23 | Being there isn't everything | Run, Robot, Run | March 16, 1968 | February 12, 1988 | Bruce Bilson | Gary Clarke | 083 |
At a major sporting event for the free western world, Hymie has to compete against the challengers from beyond the Iron Curtain , as KAOS manipulates the course with all its might. KAOS sets its agents Mr. Sneed and Mrs. Neal (parodies of John Steed and Emma Peel from With Umbrella, Charm and Melon ) to slow down Hymie at all costs. | ||||||||
84 | 24 | Here the boss will serve you personally | The hot line | March 23, 1968 | February 13, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Red Benson, Jack Hanrahan, Phil Hahn |
084 |
A KAOS (John Byner) voice impersonator fires the boss by posing as Lyndon B. Johnson on the phone . Max becomes the new boss; the real boss is downgraded to his old status as Agent Q and realizes that he can only get his previous job back if he finds the KAOS communication center. | ||||||||
85 | 25th | With ping-pong racket and mini-max | The, Spy | March 30, 1968 | February 14, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan |
086 |
In this episode, Max cooperates at CONTROL with a colleague named Samuels, who is supposed to compete as champion at a table tennis tournament in Istanbul in order to defeat "ACB" (the third spy network). This episode parodies tennis rackets and cannons ( I Spy ); Samuels is a parody of Bill Cosby's role as tennis pro Alexander Scott. Robert Culp , his co-star on this series, has a cameo as a Turkish waiter. (Working title: "That's the Way the Ball Bounces".) |
||||||||
86 | 26th | Are the statues real? | The Reluctant Redhead | April 6, 1968 | April 25, 1972 | James Komack | Leonard B. Stern | 085 |
Control discovers the strong similarity between a children's book author named Mimsi Sage and the deceased wife of a Mr. Kinsey Krispin ( Cesar Romero ), whose list of KAOS informers CONTROL would like to receive. Max trains Mimsi to pretend to be the deceased wife; no easy task, as the inconspicuous author has to behave like Mrs. Amanda Krispin. (Working title: "Smart's Waterloo".) |
4th season (1968–1969)
The fourth season continued to air on Saturday evenings.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast ( D ) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
87 | 1 | Do you want to be woman 86? | The Impossible Mission | September 21, 1968 | May 2, 1972 | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
087 |
Max and 99 infiltrate Herb Talbot's Tijuana Tin (a parody by Herb Alperts and his Tijuana Brass) in order to stop the KAOS agent “The Leader” who wants to smuggle the Hellman theory out of the country. In this episode, Max reveals his feelings for 99 and the first kiss occurs, whereby the two agents promise to get married if they survive the mission. A spoof of Cobra, take over . |
||||||||
88 | 2 | The potato war | Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron | September 28, 1968 | July 7, 1995 | Reza Badiyi | Mike Marmer | 088 |
KAOS has developed a new method to destroy the American potato crop, which is why Max and 99 are investigating. The trail leads to Siegfried and Shtarker and a dogfight ensues over Twin Falls, Idaho - where the mother of 99 (Jane Dulo) lives. Max and 99 both have to fight KAOS and make sure that Max makes a good impression on the future mother-in-law. The original English title of this episode refers to the then popular music title Snoopy vs. the Red Baron of The Royal Guardsmen . |
||||||||
89 | 3 | Hello, boss, we're getting married | Closely Watched Planes | 5th October 1968 | May 9, 1972 | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
089 |
After CONTROL couriers disappear from board the aircraft during the flight, Max is appointed as the next courier. He is supported by 99, who is on the plane as a stewardess . Max and 99 have to find out which of three suspicious passengers is behind the matter. The title of the episode alludes to the film Love according to a timetable ( Closely Watched Trains ). |
||||||||
90 | 4th | Departure for an outbreak | The Secret of Sam Vittorio | October 12, 1968 | May 16, 1972 | Gary Nelson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
090 |
The gangster Sam Vittorio is dying and only wants to entrust the hiding place of his last prey to his protégés Connie and Floyd - who look similar to 99 and Max. The episode is a parody of Bonnie and Clyde . |
||||||||
91 | 5 | Lift your scalp! | Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend | 19th October 1968 | May 23, 1972 | Jerry Hopper | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
091 |
Max goes to a jeweler to buy an inexpensive engagement ring for 99. The jeweler is blackmailed by KAOS and slips a ring into Max that is worth $ 275,000. The discovery of the KAOS smuggler's ring leads Max and 99 into a bowling hall. The title alludes to the song Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend from the musical Blondes . |
||||||||
92 | 6th | Groomsmen live dangerously | The Worst Best Man | October 26, 1968 | February 15, 1988 | Gary Nelson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
092 |
One by one, KAOS removes the people who have agreed to be at Max and 99 groomsmen's wedding. Ultimately, Max opts for Hymie as his best man. But KAOS builds a bomb into the robot in order to blow up all CONTROL agents at Max's bachelor party. | ||||||||
93 | 7th | The top secret secret | A tale of two tails | 2nd November 1968 | August 29, 1972 | Jerry Hopper | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
112 |
Max helps out at the CONTROL spy school for a day and has to deal with agents 198 ( Fred Willard ) and 199, whose shadowing skills are poor. For practice purposes, Max has the two 99 shadowed, who has her day off and is supposed to do shopping for the wedding. But since 99 has to procure the components of a scientific formula on behalf of the boss on this very day, the inexperienced agent appears suspicious. 99 for her part presumed to be behind the two KAOS agents. The original title of the episode refers to A Tale of Two Cities ( A Tale of Two Cities ) by Charles Dickens . |
||||||||
94 | 8th | The chameleon is going around | The Return of the Ancient Mariner | November 9, 1968 | November 23, 1972 | Gary Nelson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
093 |
Max has to protect Admiral Hargrade from the KAOS agent Chameleon, who is a legendary disguise artist. At the boss's behest, Max should choose the admiral as his best man so that he can always keep an eye on him. Since nobody knows what the chameleon looks like, there is paranoia and confusion (for example, Mr. Bob ( Jack Cassidy ), the interior designer of Max's apartment, is mistaken for the chameleon). The episode's original title refers to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge . |
||||||||
95 | 9 | Agent wedding | With Love and Twitches | May 30, 1968 | June 6, 1972 | Gary Nelson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
094 |
The KAOS scientist Dr. Madre (Alan Oppenheimer) gives Max information about the location of the Melnick uranium mine in the form of liquefied paper. For the card to appear on Max's chest 48 hours later, he has to stand up straight the whole time. But it is exactly in this period of time that the wedding between Max and 99 takes place. | ||||||||
96 | 10 | You're wearing blazers again | The Laser Blazer | November 30, 1968 | June 6, 1972 | Jay Sandrich | Mike Marmer | 095 |
Max is assigned to pick up a new secret weapon from a tailor (Leonard Strong) in Hong Kong. This is a men's blazer with a button that triggers a powerful laser beam. Max doesn't know the blazer is the weapon; confusion arises when various people accidentally activate the weapon. Julie Newmar makes a guest appearance as 99's new maid who is actually a KAOS agent. |
||||||||
97 | 11 | It tastes better at home | The Farkas Fracas | 7th December 1968 | June 13, 1972 | Jay Sandrich | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
096 |
Max and 99's neighbors, the Farkas couple ( Tom Bosley and Alice Ghostley), work for KAOS. When KAOS needs the contents of the boss's briefcase, Mrs. Farkas slips 99 in a dessert for dinner. It is a poisoned mousse. While Max and the boss suffer from the consequences of the dessert, Mr. Farkas tries to get the briefcase. | ||||||||
98 | 12 | Honeymoon overboard | Temporarily out of CONTROL | December 14, 1968 | February 16, 1988 | James Komack | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
097 |
Max and the boss are called up by the Navy for reserve duty on a Navy ship just as Max and 99 are planning their honeymoon. Max is made an officer, but the boss is just a simple seaman named John Doe . Now 99 has to take care of his Spanish secret service colleague Vargas. | ||||||||
99 | 13 | The 1001st island | Schwartz's Island | December 21, 1968 | November 30, 1990 | Bruce Bilson | Arne Sultan, Leonard B. Stern, Alan Burns, Chris Hayward |
098 |
Max and 99 are spending their honeymoon on a sailing ship. When it explodes, they save themselves on an island in the Caribbean. However, the island is artificial and was created by KAOS scientist Schwartz. Siegfried and Shtarker are stationed there and operate an electromagnetic machine with which they want to attract the entire US Sixth Fleet. The episode parodies Gilligan's Island . |
||||||||
100 | 14th | Cuckoo where am i | One Nation Invisible | December 28, 1968 | June 20, 1972 | Harry Falk | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
099 |
Max should Dr. Protecting Canyon, who invented an invisibility spray and is invisible herself. Max is supposed to use the spray to penetrate the KAOS headquarters. But since the inventor is an attractive young woman, she arouses the jealousy of 99. | ||||||||
101 | 15th | Plenty of theater | Hurray for Hollywood | 4th January 1969 | June 27, 1972 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
100 |
Max and 99 hire out incognito as actors for a theater company to find out how KAOS smuggles scientific information out of the country. But they are discovered by KAOS and are supposed to die a dramatic death on stage. | ||||||||
102 | 16 | Can the radio shoot too? | The Day They Raided the Knights | January 11, 1969 | 4th July 1972 | Reza Badiyi | Rick Mittleman | 101 |
Due to budget cuts at CONTROL, 99 is dismissed for the time being. She finds a job in a shop that turns out to be a KAOS ammunition depot. When most of the CONTROL agents are out of town because of a wrong track, KAOS wants to distribute the new secret weapon to its agents: a shooting radio. 99 must try to thwart the plans. | ||||||||
103 | 17th | Caramba, I am Señor 86! | Tequila Mockingbird | 18th January 1969 | July 11, 1972 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
102 |
The tequila mockingbird (a statue similar to the Maltese falcon ) was found by Esperanza, a CONTROL agent who works as a showgirl in the Mexican city of Mira Loma. KAOS has Esperanza killed during a performance, but she had already hidden the statue. Max (as a failed doctor) and 99 (as a Spanish singer) follow the clues, which leads to a Mexican standoff between Max and two KAOS agents. The episode parodies Two Glorious Scoundrels . The original title alludes to Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird . |
||||||||
104 | 18th | Golf with a handicap | I Shot 86 Today | 1st February 1969 | July 18, 1972 | Jay Sandrich | Burt Nodella | 103 |
Max and 99 visit a golf club after receiving a tip that the nearby space center is about to be blown up. Two rocket launching bases near golf courses have recently been attacked, so the boss suspects a threat this time as well. | ||||||||
105 | 19th | The stolen mother-in-law | Absorb the Greek | February 8, 1969 | July 25, 1972 | Richard Benedict | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
104 |
The boss is dating a young Greek woman who looks suspicious in a higher position. So Max and 99 are supposed to shadow the boss. But the woman is the wife of the scientist Dr. Paponickolini and gives the boss information about her husband's new findings on her dates. The scientist is working on a fountain of youth formula. The episode alludes to Zorba the Greek . |
||||||||
106 | 20th | Max, the first | To Sire, with Love (Part 1) | 15th February 1969 | August 1, 1972 | Gary Nelson | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
105 |
The King of Caronia (already known from the episode Long Live the King , Season 3) is in the USA on state affairs. When Rupert von Rathskeller (played by James Caan ) intrigues against the king, Max has to step in for his doppelganger. But Max fears 99 might find the king better than him. The original title alludes to the film adaptation of To Sir, With Love . |
||||||||
107 | 21st | Max, the last one | To Sire, with Love (Part 2) | 22nd February 1969 | August 8, 1972 | Jay Sandrich | Gloria Burton, Don Adams |
106 |
Max is jealous of the king, so there is a distinct coolness in the Smart household. In the meantime Rupert von Rathskeller has kidnapped the king. Max finds a network of underground tunnels beneath the Embassy of Caronia where the king is being held prisoner. Rupert plans to get rid of both Max and the King. | ||||||||
108 | 22nd | The big truck stealing | Shock It to Me | March 1, 1969 | 7th December 1990 | Jay Sandrich | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
107 |
Max works undercover as a truck driver with valuable electrical goods, as three similar transports have already been robbed by KAOS. When the attack actually takes place, Max can identify the perpetrator, but the boss explains that the named man has already passed away. The trail leads to a mad KAOS scientist, Dr. Zharko (played by Tom Poston , originally slated for the role of the Maxwell Smart) who may have figured out how to revive dead KAOS agents. Max and 99 go to the scientist's hiding place in Newfoundland to stop him. | ||||||||
109 | 23 | Always these art dealers | Leadside | March 8, 1969 | 15th August 1972 | Gary Nelson | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
108 |
After being caught by Max during an art heist, a wheelchair-bound KAOS agent named Leadside declares that he will break out, destroy CONTROL and destroy Max. After its actual outbreak, there is chaos. A parody of Raymond Burr's Ironside . |
||||||||
110 | 24 | Max, the window-gazer | Greer Window | March 15, 1969 | 22nd August 1972 | Edward Ryder | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
109 |
Max is shot in the rear. In order to recover, he has to spend several weeks at home, where he spends the time reading newspapers and looking out the window with binoculars. He observes the boss and 99 in the Greer Industries office opposite. A parody of Hitchcock's Rear Window . |
||||||||
111 | 25th | Save the boss (1) | The Not-So-Great Escape (Part 1) | March 22, 1969 | December 14, 1990 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
110 |
Within six months, 20 CONTROL agents disappeared and Max has to protect agent Michael Kendall, who has to board a plane. But Kendall and shortly afterwards the boss are kidnapped. Max lets himself be kidnapped to find out the method. It turns out that all of the abductees are being held in a KAOS detention center near New Jersey operated by Siegfried and Shtarker. Disguised as a KAOS officer, Max gains access to the camp. A parody of The Great Escape . |
||||||||
112 | 26th | Save the boss (2) | The Not-So-Great Escape (Part 2) | March 29, 1969 | December 21, 1990 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
111 |
Max is discovered and captured. Together with the boss he tries all possible escape methods, but Siegfried knows how to prevent any attempt. The boss realizes that there must be an informant in the camp and now tries to outsmart the informant. |
Produced by CBS
5th season (1969-1970)
After the series switched to CBS , the final fifth season was now broadcast on Friday evenings.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast ( D ) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
113 | 1 | Professor in the glass | Pheasant Under Glass | 26th September 1969 | August 22, 1995 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
113 |
Professor Pheasant is held captive in an indestructible glass dome by KAOS. Smart and 99 try by all means to destroy the glass, but are routed by KAOS agents. 99 tells Max that she is pregnant. The boss puts a CONTROL singer on the dome because she can destroy glass with her voice while Max accompanies her undercover on the piano. But because Max has revealed his secret identity after discovering that he is going to be a father, he has to use plastic surgery. Martin Landau and Phyllis Diller make guest appearances as the results of Max's operations. |
||||||||
114 | 2 | Plan 3 A 2 R | Ironhand | 3rd October 1969 | 23rd August 1995 | Don Adams | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
114 |
IH Industries, led by Ironhand, buys KAOS. Ironhand is a man with an iron fist. He manages to infiltrate CONTROL, but doesn't find what he was looking for: the anti-anti-anti-missile-missile plans. The boss wants to secure the plans and sends Max and 99 to Operation Baby Buggy Switch. A parody of the Ironside TV series . |
||||||||
115 | 3 | Save Los Angeles | Valerie of the Dolls | October 10, 1969 | August 24, 1995 | Jay Sandrich | Ed Haas, Les Colodny |
115 |
CONTROL discovers that KAOS wants to destroy California with a powerful bomb, the formula of which is transported in three parts. Max and the boss are tracking a portion of the Valerie School for Expecting Fathers, where they enlist as students to find out how the formula is transported. A parody of Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann . |
||||||||
116 | 4th | May death do us part | Widow Often Annie | 17th October 1969 | August 25, 1995 | Charles R. Rondeau | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
116 |
The boss instructs Max to approach the beautiful widow Ann Cameron; she is suspected of murdering her twelve men, all of them CONTROL agents, because of life insurance. She should donate the money to KAOS. Max is supposed to marry her - unfortunately the wedding takes place at the same time as the first anniversary of the wedding of Max and 99. A parody of Little Orphan Annie . |
||||||||
117 | 5 | The treasure of C. Erroll Madre | The Treasure of C. Errol Madre | October 24, 1969 | August 29, 1995 | Don Adams | Bob DeVinney, Chris Hayward |
117 |
KAOS steals salaries, which leads to severe financial problems at CONTROL. The boss sends Max, disguised as the recently deceased gold digger Frogsie Debbs, to Mira Lodo, Mexico, to find Debbs' old partner C. Errol Madre. Debbs and Madre had made a treasure map leading to a gold deposit and they both kept half of the map. So Max has to play a convincing Debbs for Madre to help him find the gold. A parody of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre . Some of the footage was reused in episode 25 The Book of Books : When Max and Larrabee are in an armored car, Max sees a policeman in sneakers, an ice cream seller and a little boy (all CONTROL agents). |
||||||||
118 | 6th | Secret Command Maxwell Smart | Smart Fell on Alabama | October 31, 1969 | August 30, 1995 | Alan Rafkin | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
118 |
Because Max failed to get a little red code book from a KAOS courier, he has to train three cunning criminals (pickpocket, handyman and safe-cracker) to break into a high-security building where the code book is kept. However, the building belongs to Colonel Kirby, who also owns a successful chain of restaurants. A nod to Colonel Sanders ' restaurant chain , the title is based on the Stars Fell on Alabama jazz standard by Frank Perkins and Mitchell Parish . |
||||||||
119 | 7th | Simon the Lovable (Part 1) | And Baby Makes Four (Part 1) | November 7, 1969 | August 31, 1995 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
119 |
CONTOL has been looking for the new KAOS headquarters for four months. A new lead leads Max to the KAOS agent Simon the Amiable ( Jack Gilford ), whom he is expecting at a bus stop. The agent has the instructions on how to get to headquarters in his raincoat hanging on a coat hook. When Max announced that the baby is on the way and they have to go to the hospital, Max catches Simon's raincoat. Believing that the directions contained therein lead to the hospital, Max and 99 land at the KAOS headquarters. | ||||||||
120 | 8th | Simon the Lovable (Part 2) | And Baby Makes Four (Part 2) | November 14, 1969 | September 1, 1995 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
120 |
When Max finds out that they are heading for the KAOS headquarters, he escapes to the hospital at the age of 99, pursued by KAOS. Safe, gives birth to 99 twins. Meanwhile, in the hospital waiting room, there is a showdown between CONTROL, KAOS and the mother of 99. | ||||||||
121 | 9 | Operation Big Eddie | Physician Impossible | November 21, 1969 | 5th September 1995 | Alan Rafkin | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
121 |
Max has captured Big Eddie Little, but he is freed by his friends. Max manages to wound him. When Max and 99 are in the hospital with the newborns, they are mistaken for a doctor and a nurse and kidnapped to treat Big Eddie's wounds. The original title of this episode is a parody of the television series Cobra, Take it over , in the American original Mission: Impossible . |
||||||||
122 | 10 | At banana murder | The Apes of Rath | November 28, 1969 | September 6, 1995 | Richard Benedict | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
122 |
Six CONTROL agents were murdered by someone incredibly powerful. The only clue is that they all received a banana in the mail on the morning of their death, leading to the conclusion that the killer is a monkey. When Max also receives a banana, the boss hires Agent 77, Chuck Armstrong, to guard him. A parody of King Kong . The original title of the episode alludes to The Grapes of Wrath , the German title to Beiruf Mord . |
||||||||
123 | 11 | Honey i'm getting older | Age Before Duty | 5th December 1969 | September 7, 1995 | Harry Falk | Bob DeVinney | 123 |
Max has to watch as his 28-year-old contact suddenly dies of old age. It turns out that KAOS paid $ 100,000 to a person who developed voodoo color. The effect of this color is that if a victim's photo appears coated with it, he or she will immediately age. Over time, everyone at CONTROL begins to age, with the exception of Larrabee. A parody of The Portrait of Dorian Gray . The original title ("age before service") refers to the phrase age before beauty . |
||||||||
124 | 12 | Have a nice dream America | Is This Trip Necessary? | December 12, 1969 | September 12, 1995 | Ron Joy | Dale McRaven | 124 |
KAOS pharmacist Jarvis Pym ( Vincent Price ) threatens to contaminate Washington's water supply with a hallucinogenic drug. This drug causes bad dreams. The original title (“Is this trip necessary?”) Alludes to a saying from the Second World War . |
||||||||
125 | 13 | America on the Rocks | Ice Station Siegfried | 19th December 1969 | September 13, 1995 | Reza Badiyi | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
125 |
The weather is going crazy and Max and the boss get snowed in in Miami even though it's August. To find out who is manipulating the weather, Boss 99 and the CIA hires Agent Quigley ( Bill Dana ). The duo follow a trail to Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan. There the two mounted officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police meet , namely Siegfried and Shtarker. A parody of Ice Station Zebra . It is noteworthy that Don Adams only appears at the very beginning of the episode. |
||||||||
126 | 14th | Radio play with a side effect | Moonlighting Becomes You | 2nd January 1970 | September 14, 1995 | Alan Rafkin | Chris Hayward | 126 |
99 just wants to do simple jobs because of her marriage and motherhood. So the boss asks her to find out how coded messages are transmitted to KAOS via a radio play. The original title refers to the well-known song Moonlight Becomes You from the film Road to Morocco (1942). |
||||||||
127 | 15th | Monsieur Duval's wax museum (part 1) | House of Max (Part 1) | January 9, 1970 | September 19, 1995 | Anton M. Leader | Chris Hayward | 127 |
Max and 99 head to London to investigate an alleged new Jack the Ripper . A parody of The Cabinet of Professor Bondi (English: House of Wax ). |
||||||||
128 | 16 | Monsieur Duval's wax museum (part 2) | House of Max (Part 2) | January 16, 1970 | September 20, 1995 | Anton M. Leader | Chris Hayward | 128 |
After surviving the attack of a wax werewolf, Max infiltrates the wax museum. To watch Monsieur Duval bring his characters (including WC Fields and Laurel and Hardy ) to life and send them to kill, Max poses as a replica of Hitler. | ||||||||
129 | 17th | Mrs. van Hooten's secret | Rebecca of Funny-Folk Farm | January 23, 1970 | September 21, 1995 | Charles R. Rondeau | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
129 |
Max throws a courier package off the plane and it lands on the roof of a house. To get the parcel back, Max and 99 have to sneak into the house and communicate with the eccentric residents. The household matriarch, Mrs. Van Hooten, believes 99 is her missing sister Rebecca. A parody of the children's book Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin . |
||||||||
130 | 18th | There were only two left | The Mess of Adrian Listenger | January 30, 1970 | September 26, 1995 | Charles R. Rondeau | Chris Hayward | 130 |
During the funeral of the last CONTROL agent killed, Max, 99, and the boss, to their horror, find a tombstone with Max's name on it. It is believed that Adrian Listenger (Pat Paulsen), who was kicked out of the CONTROL spy school, systematically eliminates agents; Max and the boss are also on his list. A parody of the 1963 thriller The List of Adrian Messenger . |
||||||||
131 | 19th | The exterminator | Witness for the Execution | February 6, 1970 | September 27, 1995 | Alan Rafkin | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
131 |
The KAOS agent Dietrich has decided to overflow and work as an informant. The boss is concerned that no informant has survived long enough to testify. He plans to employ Dietrich as a nanny for the Smarts. Meanwhile, KAOS hires the top killer Exterminator, who tries to get Dietrich out of the way with a huge supply of weapons. A parody of Witness for the Prosecution . |
||||||||
132 | 20th | A faithful servant of his master | How Green Was My Valet? | February 13, 1970 | September 28, 1995 | Dick Carson | Gloria Burton | 132 |
Max and 99 sneak into the Bulgarian embassy as valets and chambermaids to find stolen samples of rocket fuel. In the meantime, the boss and Larrabee have to take care of the twins - with devastating consequences. A parody of National Velvet . Jonathan Harris makes a guest appearance as Bulgarian ambassador. |
||||||||
133 | 21st | 2 × 99 or Who is my wife? | And Only Two Ninety-Nine | 20th February 1970 | 4th October 1995 | Don Adams | Arne Sultan | 133 |
When Max comes home one evening, he finds 99 in bed with one black eye. In reality, she is Sonja the cheater - the real 99 (who gave Sonja the black eye) was kidnapped by KAOS. 99 escapes and seeks out the boss, who tells Max to continue pretending to have fallen for the trick to find out what KAOS is up to. | ||||||||
134 | 22nd | Conditions like in ancient Rome | Smartacus | February 27, 1970 | 5th October 1995 | Charles R. Rondeau | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
134 |
Max and the boss are investigating a number of security vulnerabilities that are believed to be linked to a chain of Roman spas. A parody of the movie Spartacus . |
||||||||
135 | 23 | Let flowers speak | What's It All About, Algie? | April 24, 1970 | October 10, 1995 | Don Adams | Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan |
135 |
Max pretends to be a gardener and ends up in a nursery that sends plants with hidden bugs to important people in Washington. Algie DeGrasse ( John van Dreelen ), the owner of the nursery, is suspicious; he wants to feed Max to his newest acquisition, a huge carnivorous plant. A parody of the film Alfie . |
||||||||
136 | 24 | Hello Columbus, goodbye America | Hello, Columbus - Goodbye, America | May 1, 1970 | October 11, 1995 | Alan Rafkin | Pat McCormick | 136 |
CONTROL has discovered that Gino Columbus, the direct successor of Christopher Columbus, is the legal owner of the USA. Max is assigned to guard Gino when he comes to Washington to finalize the surrender agreement with the president. But Max and Gino are captured by KAOS, who would like Gino to transfer the USA to them. A parody of the book Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth . |
||||||||
137 | 25th | The book of books | Do I Hear a Vaults | May 8, 1970 | October 12, 1995 | Alan Rafkin | Chris Hayward | 137 |
The boss and Max look for a special book in a public library. The book is a list of CONTROL agents; unfortunately the hiding place was betrayed. Max and Larrabee take the book in an armored car to a bank vault, in which Max accidentally locks Larrabee and the boss in there. There's little air to breathe in the safe, so Max and 99 want to hire a trapped safe cracker, but catch a convicted master forger. A parody of the musical Do I Hear a Waltz? (1952). |
||||||||
138 | 26th | Under the spell of the whip | I am curiously yellow | May 15, 1970 | October 17, 1995 | Nick Webster | Lloyd Turner, Whitey Mitchell |
138 |
When he investigates a criminal named Der Leitscher, Max is hypnotized by him so that he is under his command at certain times. Max then has to steal the powerful new weapon NARCO 5-12 from the boss's safe. He notices the theft, but Max doesn't know anything. A parody of the 1967 film I Am Curious (Yellow ). The German title alludes to the Edgar Wallace films Im Banne des Unheimlichen and The Monk with the Whip . |
Web links
- Get Smart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Carl's complete Get Smart website
- Episode guide to the series
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i NBC Broadcast and Standards Memos , included as an extra on the bonus DVDs for seasons 2 and 3 (in the original)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.