Get Smart

Get Smart was an American comedy television series that ran from September 18, 1965 to May 1970, and from January to February 1995. It satirized the secret agent genre, which was quite popular in the late 1960s. It ran on the NBC television network from 1965 to 1969, on CBS from 1969 to 1970, and on Fox in 1995, airing a total of 145 episodes.

Distinctive sayings

Many catch phrases and schticks have endured:

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Catch phrase - Schtick

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• Max: (After causing yet another disaster for the Chief) "Sorry about that, Chief."
• Chief: "Now listen carefully ... ... did you get that?" Max: "Not all of it." Chief: "Which part didn't you get?" Max: "The part after 'Now listen carefully'."
• Max: (Used when his enemies call his bluffs and he ineffectually resorts to more desperate ones) "Would you believe..."
• Max: "Missed it by that much."
• Max: "Don't tell me I asked you not to tell me that."
• 99: "Max!" (cry of anguish)
• Max: "The old......trick" (often followed by "that's the second time this month")
• Chief/99/somebody else: "Max, you'll be in extreme danger every minute!" Max: "...and loving it!"
• Max: "That's the second biggest ...(whatever)... I've ever seen."
• Siegfried: (usually to silence his sidekick, Shtarker who is doing something silly) "Shtarker! Zis is KAOS, Ve don't... ... here!"
• Max: "Good thinking, 99."
• Max: "Yes, well..." (often followed by an explanation; Max frequently began his responses to others' questions or comments in this way)