The Apes of Rath

Max: "Are you trying to tell me that there's an ape roaming around the streets of Washington, feeling free to kill CONTROL agents whenever he wishes and nobody notices him?"
Chief: "That's right, Max."
Max: "I'll buy that."

The Apes of Rath
Original Air Date	November 28th, 1969
Writers	Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell
Director	Richard Benedict
Season	Five
Episode Number	122
Villain	Chuck Armstrong Dr. Mathew Rath
Previous Episode	Physician Impossible
Next Episode	Age Before Duty

Get Smart Episode #122, Season Five #10.

Plot

Six CONTROL agents are murdered after receiving a banana in the mail and the evidence suggests that the killer is an ape.

Synopsis

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart - Don Adams
• Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
• Chief - Edward Platt
• Larabee - Robert Karvelas
• Chuck Armstrong aka "Chucko" (Agent 77) - Charles Bateman
• Webster - John Barbour
• Roberts - Maury Wills

KAOS

• Otto Cronin - Bob Carroll

Others

• Dr. Mathew Rath - Reuben Singer

Weapons and Gadgets

• Fake Fingertips

Locations

• Pittsburgh (mentioned)
• Kensington Building (mentioned)

Trivia

• After yielding 5 seasons' worth of 138 KAO-tic missions that began on NBC, the heavy iron doors within the hallowed halls of CONTROL were shut forever on Get Smart on Friday, September 11, 1970, with a repeat of "Apes Of Rath" on CBS. It was replaced by the short-lived medical drama The Interns.

Reality Check

• The title refers to the 1939 novel and 1940 film "The Grapes of Wrath".
• The episode's closing scenes parody those of the 1933 film "King Kong" in which a giant ape carries the leading lady to the top of New York's Empire State Building.