Get Smart
Mr. Big
TV Flash files “Mr. Big” as the hour the catalog opens — Get Smart (1965–1970) on NBC/CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 1965-09-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 138 in the Get Smart guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1965-09-18 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Diplomat's Daughter” (S01E02).
The contract in one night: Smart, 99, CONTROL, KAOS. Farce and stakes announced together, which is the whole trick.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mr. Big is blackmailing CONTROL: unless they pay him $100,000,000 he will use the "Inthermo Ray" to destroy the Statue of Liberty. Max teams up with Fang and a new partner, Agent 99, to stop Mr. Big.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mr. Big sit in the Get Smart guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 138 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Get Smart S01E01 air?
Mr. Big aired 1965-09-18 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch Get Smart in order?
Mostly no. It is episodic spy farce. Recurring gadgets and the Smart/99 partnership reward a little sequence, but you can hop after the pilot grammar clicks.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch a spy satire that loves its gadgets enough to mock them. Adams' timing, Feldon's cool, and farce that still understands tension — proof a laugh can share a frame with a ticking briefcase without dropping either assignment.
The cone still matters more than the catchphrase. Get Smart, 1965, is a spy novel that keeps tripping on its own gadgets and somehow still completes the mission. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry built a CONTROL agent who is both the punchline and the plot: Don Adams's Maxwell Smart, Barbara Feldon's Agent 99, Edward Platt's Chief. Bond mania had already sold the tuxedo. This series sold the gag without throwing away the thriller's timing. That dual assignment is the craft. Plenty of satires love the joke and forget the…
Filed against
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- Barbara Feldon as Agent 99
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- Edward Platt as The Chief
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