Worst of Get Smart
Added 6/17/2009
This movie was terrible. The original show is one of my all time favorite comedy shows. The absence of Barbara Feldon did not help. That is like Laurel with out Hardy. The story was ok; it was typical of the goofy original, but was a bit foul. No 99 and no mention of her and foul humor took the magic away from the original. The made for TV movie with Barbara Feldon was much better.
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The Nude Bomb
Added 2/4/2009
This was a terrible movie. It revises the character of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams). Smart & his team of crime fighters do battle against an enemy with a bomb that could leave the world nude. The only good thing about this movie is the beautiful women. Don't waste your time or money on this film.
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Don't let bad writers near good comedy.
Added 2/1/2009
What to say that hasn't already been said? Okay, I am on a huge Dom adams kick, so I'm snapping up whatever I can find. I ran across this - and was disappointed. Yes, I loved seeing Don back in action as Agent 86 again, and the premise of the film was, er, interesting. Ahem.
I could forgive the absence of Edward Platt. After all, he passed away in 1974. I couldn't really overlook the absence of Barbara Feldon, and Max's resulting playboy attitude. It just made the character seem that much more flawed.
In addition, the script is not so much a coherent narrative as it is an excuse to recycle everyone's favorite gags form the original "Get Smart" series. There was way too much 12-cent slapstick. Max could be counted to run into just about every fixed object on any given set face first. Okay, so he was meant to be a bumbling detective, but this was too much, and again, it diluted the character.
There were some genuinely original moments, most notably Max's high-speed (if not exactly street-legal) desk, but they were few and far between.
The only thing that makes this film worth watching at all is Don Adams himself. Although handed a sow's ear, he manages to do a reasonably decent job of trying to make a silk purse out of it, and almost carries it off - with all the charm, aplomb, and humor we came to expect of him. I quite liked the dialogue betweem Max and Larabee - Larabee's paln to defeat the bomb is priceless. Sadly it isn't enough to save the movie.
It's a guilty pleasure for Don Adams fans, but not much else. Sorry about that, Chief.
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The Return of Maxwell Smart
Added 12/10/2008
The original "Get Smart" tv series was broadcast on NBC 1965-69 and CBS 1969-70.Get Smart: The Complete Series
It has been 10 years since we have seen Don Adams as Agent 86,Maxwell Smart. Returning for this PG-rated motion picture:
Don Adams as "Maxwell Smart", Joey Forman as "Agent 13", Robert Karvelas as "Larrabee". Bill Dana also has a small role.
We find Smart on a plane being held hostage by 18 people. His phone shoes rings. It is the Cheif of CONTROL. He tells Maxwell to get out of there and meet him at the office. Smart is able to make his get-away.
KAOS now has a new leader (Vittorio Gassman), someone with pantyhose on his head and wears thimbles on his fingers. He has invented "The Nude Bomb". When activated the bomb sends out a poof of smoke leaving people suddenly naked.
Maxwell Smart has three new female agents, Agent 22 (Andrea Howard), Agent 36 (Pamela Hensley) and Agent 34 (Sylvia Kristel).
Part of Smart's mission takes him to Universal Studios Amusement Park, Universal City, California where he is on a wild goose chase through the Old West Show, Battlestar Galactia, near the Psycho House, city facades, parting of the Red Sea and Jaws.
Will Maxwell Smart out smart KAOS again?
Also in the cast: Dick Warlock, Dana Elcar, Norman Lloyd, Robert Ball, Vito Scotti, Richard Sanders,Ceil Cabot, George Lazenby, Rhonda Fleming.
Would you believe...there is a man, Bond Gideon as a "KAOS Guard".
Shown on televison, retitled as "The Return of Maxwell Smart".
Edward Platt, who was "Cheif" in the original tv series passed away on March 19, 1974.
Bill Dana and Don Adams were childhood friends. Don Adams appeared on Bill Dana's tv show and Don returned the favor.
Andrea Howard, you may remember from,Thank God It's Friday (1978).
Pamela Hensley, you may remember from,Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - The Complete Epic Series (1979-81), Matt Huston (1982-85).
Sylvia Kristel, you may remember from,Airport '79:Concorde (1979).
Norman Lloyd, you may remember from, St. Elsewhere - Season 1 (1982-88).
Dana Elcar you may remember as far back as playing the Sheriff in "Dark Shadows" in 1966-67. He also appeared in the original "Get Smart" tv series in episodes, "And Baby Makes Four", Part 1 & 2 in 1969.
The VHS copy I had showed previews of Once Around (1991), Lionheart (1990) and Amazing Stories: Book Two (1986-tv, as well as, a preview of "The Nude Bomb" before the feature presentation.
More of "Get Smart":
Get Smart Again! (1989-tvm) with Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Dick Gautier.Get Smart Again
"Get Smart" (1995) Don Adams and Barbara Feldon re-team for 7 episodes.
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reunited on the 1 TV LAND AWARDS in 2003.
Don Adams passed away September 25, 2005 of pulmonery infection.
Get Smart (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition) (2008). Get Smart 2 will be released in 2011.
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Would You Believe.....Max Smart Is Back;without 99?!
Added 11/9/2008
This 1980 film marked the Return of Don Adams,as Max Smart Agent 86.Don is hilarious,as usual,in this semi-sequel to the Tv show Get Smart.In this film Max is now A member of A group called PITS(I don't understand why it wasn't CONTROL?)anyways Max must stop A derranged fashion designer from leaving the world naked(The Nude BomB).This film is pretty funny,but what really hurts it is that Barbara Feldon,nor Edward Platt, are in the film.Barbara Feldon/Agent 99(Who Max Married)is replaced by Andrea Howard playing Agent 22.Andrea is no replacement for Feldon.The Chief,due to Edward Platts'death,is played quite unconvincingly by Dana Elcar of MacGyver.The reason this film gets 3 stars from me,is because Don Adams is so funny in the film.But had Platt,or more importantly Feldon, been in it,it would've been 5 stars.Funny yes,but ultimately disappointing.
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Worst of Get Smart
Added 6/17/2009
This movie was terrible. The original show is one of my all time favorite comedy shows. The absence of Barbara Feldon did not help. That is like Laurel with out Hardy. The story was ok; it was typical of the goofy original, but was a bit foul. No 99 and no mention of her and foul humor took the magic away from the original. The made for TV movie with Barbara Feldon was much better.
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The Nude Bomb
Added 2/4/2009
This was a terrible movie. It revises the character of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams). Smart & his team of crime fighters do battle against an enemy with a bomb that could leave the world nude. The only good thing about this movie is the beautiful women. Don't waste your time or money on this film.
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Don't let bad writers near good comedy.
Added 2/1/2009
What to say that hasn't already been said? Okay, I am on a huge Dom adams kick, so I'm snapping up whatever I can find. I ran across this - and was disappointed. Yes, I loved seeing Don back in action as Agent 86 again, and the premise of the film was, er, interesting. Ahem.
I could forgive the absence of Edward Platt. After all, he passed away in 1974. I couldn't really overlook the absence of Barbara Feldon, and Max's resulting playboy attitude. It just made the character seem that much more flawed.
In addition, the script is not so much a coherent narrative as it is an excuse to recycle everyone's favorite gags form the original "Get Smart" series. There was way too much 12-cent slapstick. Max could be counted to run into just about every fixed object on any given set face first. Okay, so he was meant to be a bumbling detective, but this was too much, and again, it diluted the character.
There were some genuinely original moments, most notably Max's high-speed (if not exactly street-legal) desk, but they were few and far between.
The only thing that makes this film worth watching at all is Don Adams himself. Although handed a sow's ear, he manages to do a reasonably decent job of trying to make a silk purse out of it, and almost carries it off - with all the charm, aplomb, and humor we came to expect of him. I quite liked the dialogue betweem Max and Larabee - Larabee's paln to defeat the bomb is priceless. Sadly it isn't enough to save the movie.
It's a guilty pleasure for Don Adams fans, but not much else. Sorry about that, Chief.
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