Editing Get Smart (section)

== Adaptations ==

=== Films ===
Four [[feature length|feature-length]] [[film adaptation|films]] have been produced following the end of the NBC/CBS run of the TV series:

*1980: ''[[The Nude Bomb]]'' (dir. [[Clive Donner]])—also known as ''The Return of Maxwell Smart'' or ''Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb''—was theatrically released. It was panned by critics and barely returned its budget at the box office.
*1989: The made-for-TV ''[[Get Smart, Again!]]'' (dir. [[Gary Nelson (director)|Gary Nelson]]) on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*2008: ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]'' (dir. [[Peter Segal]]) starring [[Steve Carell]] as Smart alongside [[Anne Hathaway]] as 99. Distributed by [[Warner Bros.]], the film includes a dedication to Adams and Platt, who had died in 2005 and 1974, respectively. It received mixed critical reviews but was a commercial success, earning over $230 million worldwide.
**2008: ''[[Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control]]'' (dir. [[Gil Junger]]), a [[direct-to-video|made-for-DVD]] spin-off revolving around minor characters, Bruce and Lloyd ([[Masi Oka]] and [[Nate Torrence]]), the masterminds behind the high-tech gadgets that are often used by Smart.<ref>{{cite web | title=Get Smart: DVD Sequel to Star Heroes' Oka | url= https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/get-smart-dvd-sequel-to-star-heroes-oka| work=TV Series Finale | date=April 23, 2007| access-date=October 24, 2022}}</ref>

In October 2008,{{update after|2017|10}} it was reported that Warner Bros., [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] and [[Mosaic Media Group]] were producing a sequel. Carell and Hathaway were set to return, but the status of other cast members had not been announced. As of 2019, ''Get Smart 2'' is no longer in development <ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/get-smart-2/ Get Smart-2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522085624/http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/get-smart-2/ |date=May 22, 2010 }} October 6, 2008, by Peter Sciretta</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/get-smart-steve-carell-to-return-as-agent-86-in-movie-sequel/ |title=Get Smart: Steve Carell to Return as Agent 86 in Movie Sequel |date=October 7, 2008 |access-date=October 7, 2008 |publisher=Tvseriesfinale.com}}</ref>

=== Television ===
''Get Smart, Again!'' eventually prompted the development of a short-lived 1995 weekly series on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] also titled ''[[Get Smart (1995 TV series)|Get Smart]]'', with Adams and Feldon reprising their characters with Maxwell Smart now being the Chief of Control as their bumbling son, Zach ([[Andy Dick]]), becomes Control's star agent (Zach's twin sister is never seen nor mentioned – though the new leader of KAOS, a hidden female figure, would have been revealed as the other twin if the show had continued). And 99 is now a congresswoman. The beginning teaser shows Maxwell Smart and Zach driving to Control headquarters in a car wash separately; Smart, Zach and their secretary cram themselves into a secret elevator: a soda machine which "disappears". (A cleaning lady sits down in the open space when all of a sudden the machine pops up and knocks the woman into the ceiling.) A late episode of the 1995 series shows that just as Siegfried is leaving a room, Maxwell Smart accidentally activates an atomic bomb just before the end of the show. (The teaser for the episode shows an atomic bomb going off.) This ending is similar to a device used by the ''Get Smart''-inspired series ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'' at the end of its first season. Hopes for the series were not high, as Andy Dick had already moved on to ''[[NewsRadio]]'', which premiered weeks later in 1995.

With the revival series on Fox, ''Get Smart'' became the first television franchise to air new episodes (or made-for-TV films) on each of the aforementioned current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC and [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]. The different versions of ''Get Smart'' did not all feature the original lead cast.

''Get Smart'' was parodied on a sketch in the Mexican comedy show {{lang|es|De Nuez en Cuando}} called {{lang|es|italic=no|"Super Agente 3.1486"}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHo7h-F1KM|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727022345/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHo7h-F1KM|url-status=dead|title=- YouTube|archivedate=July 27, 2013|website=www.youtube.com|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref> making fun of the Spanish title of the series ({{lang|es|Super Agente 86}}) and the way the series is dubbed.

An early ''[[MadTV]]'' sketch titled "Get Smarty" placed the Maxwell Smart character in situations from the film ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''.

An episode of ''[[F Troop]]'' called "Spy, Counterspy, Counter–counterspy" featured [[Pat Harrington Jr.]] imitating Don Adams as secret agent "B. Wise".

''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]" parodies the opening of ''Get Smart'' in the couch gag. Homer goes through many futuristic doors and passageways until he reaches the phone booth, falls through the floor, and lands on the couch, with the rest of the family already seated. This couch gag was later repeated in two other ''The Simpsons'' episodes: "[[The Fat and the Furriest]]" and "[[A Star is Torn]]".

=== Adams in similar roles ===
In the 1960s, Adams had a supporting role on the sitcom ''[[The Bill Dana Show]]'' (1963–1965) as the hopelessly inept [[hotel detective]] Byron Glick. His speech mannerisms, catchphrases ("Would you believe...?"), and other comedy bits were adapted for his "Maxwell Smart" role in ''Get Smart''.

In 1971, Adams starred as Sgt. Lennie Crooks, a bumbling police detective similar to the bumbling secret agent he played on ''Get Smart'', on ''[[The Partners]]''.  His partner and best friend, Detective George Robinson, was a not-quite-as-bumbling policeman played by [[Rupert Crosse]].  They reported to Captain Andrews, played by [[John Doucette]], a similarly harried supervisor in the tradition of Edward Platt's "Chief."  [[Robert Karvelas]], who had played Agent Larabee on ''Get Smart'', had a recurring role as Freddie Butler, who felt compelled to confess to crimes he did not commit.  The series only lasted a half-season. 

When [[WVTV-DT2|WCGV-TV]], a new [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], signed on the air in 1980, Adams did in-house promos as Agent 86 to let viewers know when the reruns of ''Get Smart'' aired on the station by using his shoephone.

In one of Adams' five appearances as a guest passenger in the series ''[[The Love Boat]]'', his character, even when he thought he had been shot, makes no attempt to visit the ship's doctor. The role of the doctor in ''The Love Boat'' was played by [[Bernie Kopell]], who played Siegfried in ''Get Smart''.

In 1982, Adams starred as Maxwell Smart in a series of local commercials for New York City electronics chain Savemart. The [[slogan]] was "Get Smart. Get SaveMart Smart."<ref>Dougherty, Philip H. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE5D61138F933A15752C0A964948260 "Don Adams Gets Smart For Savemart Spots"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 20, 1982</ref> In addition, Adams starred in a series of commercials for [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]] in 1992, paying homage to his ''Get Smart'' character with his catchphrase "Would you believe...?"

In the 1980s, Adams provided the (similar) voice of the titular bungling cyborg secret agent in the animated series ''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]''. This later became a [[Inspector Gadget (film)|feature film]] in 1999 starring [[Matthew Broderick]] in the title role of Inspector John Brown Gadget (in which Adams had a cameo), and its prequel series ''[[Gadget Boy & Heather]]''. Neither was directly related to ''Get Smart''.

In the mid-1980s, Adams reprised his role of Maxwell Smart for a series of telephone banking commercials for Empire of America Federal Savings Bank in [[Buffalo, New York]]. The telephone banking service was called SmartLine, and Sherwin Greenberg Productions (a video production company and bank subsidiary) produced radio and television ads, as well as a series of still photos for use in promotional flyers that featured Adams' Maxwell Smart character wearing the familiar trenchcoat and holding a shoe phone to his ear. The television commercials were videotaped in Sherwin Greenberg Productions' studio on a set that resembled an old alleyway which utilized fog-making machinery for special effect. The production company even secured a lookalike of the red Alpine that Adams used in the television series, making it a memorable promotion for those familiar with the series of nearly 20 years earlier.

In the late 1980s, Adams portrayed Smart in a series of TV commercials for Toyota New Zealand, for the 1990 model Toyota Starlet. While it is customary for the actor to go to the foreign location for shooting, Adams' apparent intense dislike of long-distance flying meant that the New Zealand specification car had to be shipped to the US for filming. He also appeared in another series of Canadian commercials in the late 1990s for a [[Interexchange carrier|dial-around long-distance carrier]]. In the movie ''[[Back to the Beach]]'' (1987), Adams played the Harbor Master, who used several of Maxwell Smart's catchphrases (including an exchange in which [[Frankie Avalon]]'s character did a vague impression of Siegfried).

Adams played Smart in a 1989 TV commercial for [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]]. He was seen talking on his trademark shoe phone, telling the Chief about the great selection of electronics available at Kmart. An exact replica of himself approaches him, and Smart says, "Don't tell me you're a double agent." (This was a reference to a running gag on the original series, in which Max detected some sort of setback or danger, and would say to 99, "Don't tell me..." and then 99 replied by stating a confirmation of whatever Max was afraid to hear, to which Max would always respond, "I ''asked'' you not to tell me that!")

Adams also appeared in a number of [[McDonald's]] television commercials, which also featured numerous stars of TV series viewed as classic or with nostalgia, such as [[Barbara Billingsley]] from ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'', [[Buddy Ebsen]] from ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', [[Bob Denver]] from ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' and [[Al Lewis (actor)|Al Lewis]] from ''[[The Munsters]]''.

Adams also starred in a Canadian sitcom titled ''Check It Out'' in which he played a supermarket manager. Adams' running jokes in ''Get Smart'', such as "the old [something something] trick" and "I told you not to tell me that!" were used in the show but in a supermarket setting.

=== Books and comics ===
A series of novels based on characters and dialog of the series was written by [[William Joseph Johnston (novelist)|William Johnston]] and published by Tempo Books in the late 1960s. [[Dell Comics]] published a comic book for eight issues during 1966 and 1967, drawn in part by [[Steve Ditko]].

=== Proposed movies ===
The 1966 ''[[Batman (1966 film)|Batman]]'' movie, made during that TV show's original run, prompted other television shows to propose similar films. The only one completed was ''[[Munster Go Home]]'' (1966), which was a box office flop, causing the cancellation of other projects, including the ''Get Smart'' movie. The script for that movie was turned into a three-part episode, "A Man Called Smart", which aired on April 8, 15 and 22, 1967.<ref>Leonard Stern, Get Smart Season 2 DVD commentary</ref>

During the 1980s, Dick Gautier was set to star in a Hymie the Robot Spin-off film to be made for TV. Following Hymie being recalled and then refurbished by the government. The film was never produced due to legal issues surrounding the ownership of Get Smart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE UNCLASSIFIED GET SMART SITE |url=https://www.ilovegetsmart.com/gsmovie2.html |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=www.ilovegetsmart.com}}</ref>

=== Play ===
Christopher Sergel adapted a play in 1967, ''Get Smart'', based on Brooks's and Henry's pilot episode.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NMsgPuh-TnQC&q=%22get+smart%22+christopher+sergel+1967 Get Smart] By Mel Brooks, Christopher Sergel, Buck Henry {{ISBN|0-87129-260-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-87129-260-5}}</ref>