The Worst Best Man

Hymie: "How come you never asked me [to be your best man]? I always thought I was your best friend."
Max: "Yes, well, you are my best friend, Hymie, but you're a robot . . . it wouldn't be legal . . . I need someone who can sign the marriage certificate and be a witness."
Hymie: "I can sign it, Max. I can also make copies."

The Worst Best Man
Original Air Date	October 26th, 1968
Writers	Chris Hayward Allan Burns Arne Sultan Leonard Stern
Director	Gary Nelson
Season	Four
Episode Number	92
Villain	Oleg
Previous Episode	Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend
Next Episode	A Tale of Two Tails

Get Smart Episode #92, Season Four #6.

Plot

Maxwell Smart is searching for an agent to serve as Best Man at his and 99's wedding, but every agent he asks is targeted by KAOS.

Synopsis

Max is searching for an agent to serve as Best Man at his and 99's wedding, but every agent he asks is targeted by KAOS. At first, it is thought that KAOS has a double-agent within CONTROL, and are seeking to ensure that Max asks the double-agent to serve as Best Man. However, Max runs through his entire list of possible candidates, and all are eliminated as soon as they accept. The Chief therefore insists that Max ask the indestructible robot Hymie to serve as Best Man instead.

Unfortunately, it is in fact Hymie that KAOS wants to have as Max's Best Man. KAOS agents kidnap Hymie and fit a bomb inside him, intending to kill Max and all the other agents at his bachelor party. The bomb is discovered and removed just in the nick of time.

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart - Don Adams
• Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
• Chief - Edward Platt
• Hymie - Dick Gautier
• Larabee - Robert Karvelas
• "Tiger" Schlermer - Ron Masak
• Novak - Hal De Windt
• Harry "Kitty" Karvelas (Agent 38) - Karen Arthur
• Holloway - Paul Hahn
• Prewitt - Bill Bradley
• Finch - Hal Huber
• Bannister (uncredited)
• Carmichael (uncredited)
• Simpson (mentioned)
• Aldrich (mentioned)
• Snyder (unseen)

KAOS

• Oleg - Avery Schreiber
• Stanislaus - Bernard E. Barrow

Others

• Pete "the Kid" Melnick (uncredited)
• Abdul Lububdul Amir (mentioned)

Weapons and Gadgets

• X-22 Computer (mentioned)
• Fudgecicle Ice-Cream Transmitter (KAOS)

Locations

• Davis Arena
• Follies Theatre

Trivia

• The dialogue in this episode is somewhat confusing (Schlermer is the first potential Best Man seen onscreen but is never mentioned again while the much-mentioned Simpson is never actually seen; Snyder is never mentioned at all but the name appears in the list on the blackboard; Karvelas refers to being third choice but that is clearly not the case) so, for the record, here is the full list of Max's Best Men, in order: Asked before the start of the episode - Simpson (1), Aldrich (2) & Snyder (3); asked during the teaser - Schlermer (4), Novak (5) & Karvelas (6); then we see Holloway (7, asked by phone), Prewitt (8, asked by letter) & Finch (9, asked via tape recorder) and, finally, Hymie (10).
• Although Hymie remains Best Man at the end, it is established in Episode #94 "The Return of the Ancient Mariner" that Hymie was sent out of the country, and that Admiral Hargrade (11) would assume the role.
• Final appearance of Dick Gautier as Hymie on the original series.
• 99 declines Max's offer of ice cream. This is consistent with the fact that back in Episode #25 "The Amazing Harry Hoo, 99 says she didn't like ice cream in answer to a question from the titular Harry Hoo. In fact both "The Amazing Harry Hoo" and "The Worst Best Man" were directed by Gary Nelson.