Maxwell Smart, Private Eye

Mr. Peter: "A man like you should die gallantly."
Max: "That's the way I always die, fat man."

Maxwell Smart, Private Eye
Original Air Date	October 21, 1967
Writers	Elroy Schwartz
Director	Bruce Bilson
Season	Three
Episode Number	65
Villain	Mr. Peter and Mr. Sydney
Previous Episode	The Spirit is Willing
Next Episode	Supersonic Boom

Get Smart Episode #65, Season Three #5.

Plot

When CONTROL suffers another budget cutback and all agents are put on part-time, Maxwell Smart sets himself up as a private eye with 99 as his secretary.

Synopsis

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart - Don Adams
• Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
• The Chief - Edward Platt
• Agent 34 - Ralph Leabow
• Larrabee - Robert Karvelas
• Agent 72 (Sam) (Uncredited)

KAOS

• Mr. Peter (Fat Man) - Berry Kroeger
• Mr. Sydney (Little Man) -Phil Roth
• Wilbur - Buddy Hackett (uncredited)

Others

• Trinka Markoff - Roxane Berard
• Mrs. Weatherly (Girl) - Lynn Borden
• Reporter - Don Ross
• Man in Cab - Gordon Jump
• Lubella Markoff (mentioned)

Weapons and Gadgets

• Shoe Phone
• Closet of Silence

Locations

• Alledon Arms Hotel
• Boravia (mentioned)

Trivia

• Director Bruce Bilson won the 1968 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for this episode.
• The actual title of the episode still remains a mystery. While the episode is called "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" on the DVD releases, in the introduction to the episode, Barbara Feldon, who was involved in the production of the DVDs, considers the title to be "Maxwell Smart, Private Spy".

Reality Check

• Hiding behind the generic title this episode is a parody of hard-boiled detective movies, especially 1941's The Maltese Falcon, giving Don Adams his second of three opportunities to show off his Humphrey Bogart impression (the others being Episode #36: "Casablanca" and Episode #117 "The Treasure of C. Errol Madre").

• The "Big Man" and "Little Man" villains are caricatures of frequent Bogart co-stars Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre with the twist that their names have been reversed (a similar pair appear in the earlier Casablanca-themed episode) while "Wilbur" refers to Maltese Falcon character "Wilmer Cook" and "Mrs. Weatherly" to "Miss Wonderly", the femme fatale of the movie.

• 99's line, "If you want me just whistle", is taken from Lauren Bacall's dialogue in To Have and Have Not.