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Mr. Big

  • Episode aired Sep 18, 1965
  • TV-G
  • 26m
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Mr. Big (1965)
ActionAdventureComedy

Maxwell Smart must stop Mr. Big from blowing up the Statue of Liberty with his new inthermo ray. Max's team includes Agent K13 (Fang) and his new partner the beautiful Agent 99.Maxwell Smart must stop Mr. Big from blowing up the Statue of Liberty with his new inthermo ray. Max's team includes Agent K13 (Fang) and his new partner the beautiful Agent 99.Maxwell Smart must stop Mr. Big from blowing up the Statue of Liberty with his new inthermo ray. Max's team includes Agent K13 (Fang) and his new partner the beautiful Agent 99.

  • Director
    • Howard Morris
  • Writers
    • Mel Brooks
    • Buck Henry
  • Stars
    • Don Adams
    • Barbara Feldon
    • Michael Dunn
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    • Director
      • Howard Morris
    • Writers
      • Mel Brooks
      • Buck Henry
    • Stars
      • Don Adams
      • Barbara Feldon
      • Michael Dunn
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Don Adams
    Don Adams
    • Maxwell Smart
    Barbara Feldon
    Barbara Feldon
    • #99
    Michael Dunn
    Michael Dunn
    • Mr. Big
    Vito Scotti
    Vito Scotti
    • Dante
    Janine Gray
    Janine Gray
    • Zelinka
    Kelton Garwood
    • Garth
    Karen Norris
    • Mother
    Edward Platt
    Edward Platt
    • Chief of Control
    Steve Carruthers
    Steve Carruthers
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Stuart Hall
    Stuart Hall
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Harris
    Sam Harris
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Horvath
    Charles Horvath
    • Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Hoy
    Bob Hoy
    • Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Ron Nyman
    Ron Nyman
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Monty O'Grady
    Monty O'Grady
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
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    • Fang - Agent K-13
    • (uncredited)
    George Tracy
    • Scientist
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Howard Morris
    • Writers
      • Mel Brooks(with)
      • Buck Henry
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    • Trivia
      Tom Poston was scheduled to play Smart when the pilot was first offered to ABC. When ABC turned it down, NBC picked it up on condition that Don Adams play the role of Smart. Barbara Feldon was the producers' first and only choice to play 99.
    • Goofs
      As Max and Agent 99 drive from Long Island to NYC, palm trees are clearly seen in the background.
    • Quotes

      Chief: Max, let me give you a quick briefing. First of all, do you know what this is?

      [hands over a picture of Dante's Inthermo ray]

      Maxwell Smart: I believe it's a photograph.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Get Smart (2008)

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    7/10
    Mr. Big marks a very amusing beginning for the classic comedy series "Get Smart"
    In this, the pilot episode of "Get Smart", CONTROL agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) gets a call from the Chief (Edward Platt) to rescue a scientist who's invented something that's in the hand of the criminal organization called KAOS. He is to meet Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) at a certain place. From there, the fun begins...With today being the general release day of the new movie version of "Get Smart" with Steve Carell in the title role, I thought I'd finally watch the very first episode of this classic television comedy series that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created some 43 years ago. And yes, there's a "and" instead of a "with" in the writing credits when the two get credited here. This is where we first see the shoe phone and the cone of silence, hear Max's famous lines "And loving it!" and "Would you believe..." (while Smart says sorry a few times, there's no "...about that, Chief!" yet) And it's here that he-and we-first see 99 and though we know it's a woman, Max doesn't realize it yet since she's in uniform with a cap on. Plenty of funny lines abound with some of my favorites during the cone of silence sequence which turns into a "Who's on First?"-type of confusion dialogue concerning the number "57" and "Hong Kong". Also loved the code sentence being about the Mets winning so when Max hears a little boy say it, he asks if he's 99. "No, I'm six and a half," comes the reply. And then there's the meeting with Mr. Big... If there's some quibble here, it's that 99 seems a bit too kowtowed to Max for my tastes and the fights are soooo fake here. Still, this was quite an entertaining beginning for the beloved comedy series that lasted five seasons on the air. P.S. Was that female enemy agent called Zelinka named after executive producer Leonard Stern's former writing partner Sydney Zelinka when they wrote for "The Honeymooners"?
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    • Release date
      • September 18, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Talent Associates-Paramount
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    • Runtime
      26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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