"You know, 99, if we could get out of this trap, I'd marry you."
- Maxwell Smart
Get Smart Episode #87, Season Four #1.
Plot[]
Maxwell Smart is assigned to prevent KAOS's top agent, The Leader, from getting Dr. Albert Hellman's Theory of Hellmanivity out of the country or the human race will be faced with extinction through Hellmanitis.
Synopsis[]
Characters[]
CONTROL[]
- Maxwell Smart - Don Adams
- Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
- Chief - Edward Platt
- Larabee - Robert Karvelas
- Dr. Simon - Ann Elder
KAOS[]
- The Leader aka Herb Talbot - Aron Kincaid
- Drummer - Eddie Hice
Others[]
- Musician - Jamie Farr
- Record Store Customer - Rose Michtom (uncredited)
- Dr. Albert Hellman (mentioned)
- Phil Fellini (mentioned)
Weapons and Gadgets[]
Locations[]
Trivia[]
- Dr Hellmans professions are gerontologist [a scientist who studies old age], bacteriologist [a scientist who studies bacteria] and orthodontist [Dentist]
- Max and 99 finally become engaged in this episode. However, it has been pointed out that he never actually proposes.
- Anne Elder (Doc Simon) went on to be a regular on Laugh-In for two seasons in 1970-72.
Reality Check[]
- This episode is a parody of the TV series Mission: Impossible including such tropes of that show as Max receiving his orders via tape recording and selecting the agents from a stack of photographs; among the rejects are the Mona Lisa, Jimmy Hoffa, entertainer Tiny Tim and Alfred E. Neuman of MADD Magazine!
- On the tape recording, the Chief follows the usual Mission: Impossible warning that "Should you decide to accept this assignment, this department will disavow any knowledge of your actions" with "Should you decide not to accept it...YOU'RE FIRED!"
- Likewise, the self-destruct of the tape backfires, destroying all the lockers...except the one the recorder is in!