TV series · 1965ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Get Smart

Name: Get Smart
Released: 1965

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The Verdict

*Get Smart* (1965) is a classic, harmless spy-genre spoof from Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. It contains zero identity messaging — Agent 99's competence is a comedic device, not a political statement. Completely clean by modern standards.

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Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.

Identity Swaps

A 1960s original spy spoof with no established characters being swapped.

Girlboss & Male Demotion

Agent 99 is competent and often smarter than the bumbling Maxwell Smart, but this is classic comedic foil dynamics, not message-driven male demotion.

Agent 99 frequently rescues or out-thinks Max

LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content

No LGBTQ+ content in this era spy comedy.

DEI Casting

Standard 1960s casting with no agenda-driven diversity.

Preachiness

Pure comedic satire of the spy genre with no sermonizing.

Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West

Max is a bumbling male hero for laughs, but this is comedic, not an anti-masculinity message.

Maxwell Smart's incompetence played for gags

Source Betrayal

Original creation, no source material to betray.

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Details

Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV series
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Synopsis

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.

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