Get Smart on Home Entertainment
Original Airdates: Jan. 26-29, 2024
TVC 635.3: Greg Ehrbar joins Ed for a look at Get Smart (NBC/CBS, 1965-1970), the long-running spy satire starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon and co-created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, including the excellent complete series DVD box set, produced by Paul Brownstein and Susan Kesler for Time-Life, that was designed specifically with Get Smart fans in mind. Greg describes the box set as “Barbara Feldon Presents Get Smart,” not only because she introduces every episode of every season (as well as provides many audio commentaries throughout), but because it makes you feel as if Barbara is watching the entire series with you.
Don Adams, Before and After Get Smart
Original Airdates: Jan. 26-29, 2024
TVC 635.4: Greg and Ed continue their look at the various home entertainment releases of Get Smart (NBC/CBS, 1965-1970), including the made-for-TV reunion movie Get Smart, Again! (ABC, 1989, available on Amazon Prime), the 2008 reimagining starring Steve Carell, and the ill-fated 1979 feature motion picture The Nude Bomb. Other topics this segment include a look at some of Don Adams’ television work before and after Get Smart, including his appearances on The Bill Dana Show, his starring roles in the animated series Inspector Gadget and Tennessee Tuxedo, his short-lived series The Partners (NBC, 1971), and his special A Couple of Dons (also starring Don Rickles). Each season of the original Get Smart is available both on both DVD and streaming on demand, while the excellent complete series DVD box set is available at Amazon.
