Get Smart - The Complete Series Gift Set
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Actor: Barbara Feldon, Don Adams, Edward Platt, Robert KarvelasBrand: HBO Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 3450 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-04
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: HBO Home Video
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- Maxwell Smart is back?And loving it! And so is Agent 99, The Chief, Fang and the rest of the fearless Get Smart gang. Here is the legendary, Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, digitally resored, remastered and brought to you for the first time on DVD. Now it's easier than ever to out-smart the world's least secret.secret agent, in this c
Movie Reviews of Get Smart - The Complete Series Gift Set
Movie Review: A DVD collection for the greatest TV show ever, would you beleive it, the greatest TV show ever.... errr, how bout the 60's?
Summary: 5 Stars
I've done so many reviews lately that where in a negative spotlight, that I was starting to wonder if I could say anything nice in my reviews anymore, and thought, I haven't done Get Smart, and there is absolutely nothing I can say that's bad about this set other then it's about time it finally got released.
Get Smart is one of the classic 60's TV shows that started out as a parody of the recently new to the time, James Bond films. Agent 86 was brought in as the lovable, clumsy and funny beady eyed spy for Control, named Maxwell Smart. Serving on the forces of good for a secret agency against the evil forces of KAOS.
Max was equipped with technology that was for a 60's series, somewhat futuristic gadgets... younger viewers watching today probably would think nothing about Max's shoe phone, however they did not really come into the real world for another 15-20 years or so. But the viewers before those time periods would still remembered this show as having these cool gadgets that even today some people wonder if this show had access to future plans of technology, or where the inspiration for it themselves.
A fact that surprisingly comes as a disbelief to some people is that this show was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. Not so much the Buck Henry bit, but the Mel Brooks part. It's always been there clear as day in front of people in the opening credits, but for some reason it's not that well known that Mel Brooks played a major hand in creating this show. But as to who and what he had a part in, I don't know, but he may have had a hand in helping form agent 99. Barbra Feldon plays Max's lovely side.... err, well, shes not a side kick, and not his partner, shes the Queen in the show I guess... how about the shows duchess?.... well, she was the shows leading lady anyway. She had the brains and the smarts (eventually later in the series) but she adores Max and is always happy to team up, rescue, go on assignment or just sit around and talk with Max as he's being briefed on a mission that he will face grave fear, death and danger at every turn, Kaos agents everywhere trying to kill him.... and... loving it!
Agent 99 is also considered to be a a big inspiration for women. Gotta remember this was the 60's, and womens movement groups where starting to rise and demand equal rights etc... many women drew inspiration from a smart, intelligent and strong minded woman who was out there doing the dangerous jobs that these men could do, while dressed to kill in the latest fashions, all while not being treated in sexist ways or having stereo type roles.
Other characters for Control are the Chief of control, the head honcho who would rather be dealing life and death moments on the field then have to put up with another session of Max requesting top secret information being told under the 'Cone of Silence', or some kind of way of communication that would go wrong.
Also other characters who appear from time to time are the Chiefs sideman Larrabee, a man who may actually be more annoying to the Chief then Max, Hymie the robot, agent 13 who appears in the most unusual places, and special guests who play agents for control and Kaos, or just a special guest playing a given role.
Also on the side of Kaos is The Loveboat's captain, Bernie Koplel (dunno how to spell it) who plays Max's German arch enemy, Siegfried the magnificent, who is never often seen without his side man Shtarker.
Over it's 6 seasons this team came into peoples home and gave high quality comedy value every week that is loved by the young and old even still to this day. And even people who have only just discovered this show, due the the recent (TERRIBLE) movie version of this series, have started to rediscover what made this show a classic.
Now onto the DVD's themselves. Some of the DVD quality is not the greatest, you will still get bits of grain and typical looks of 60's TV shows, but I really do not think there is anyone alive who could care less. It would be hard to clean up 60's footage and make it crystal clear for HD or Blue Ray or whatever. but the interesting thing, not much of this show seems to look all that dated. Sure, you can tell it was the 60's, but it doesn't look like a show that could have only been enjoyed while living in that time period. It has never run out of syndication since it began, least somewhere in the world, and hopefully never will.
Each season contains 5 discs, and the last disc is filled with bonus features from screen tests, behind the scenes footage, Emmy awards and even things like Don Adams playing poker with Hue Heffner at the Playboy Mansion. There is a lot of great bonus goodies here and the only thing bad you can say about it is it just leaves you wanting more.
On selected episodes there is also some commentaries from Barbra Feldon and Benrie K? And some others. Unfortunately there is none from Don Adams, but they try to make up for that in the bonus features with plenty of great clips to discover.
The differences between this box set and the single editions depend on what issues you get. Some are the same as whats in this box set, with just the episodes and selected commentaries, but some of the single season editions do have some bonus features on the disc that are from the 1 disc of bonus features from this one.
Get Smart has finally come to DVD, and they have not missed anything by ___ this much. There doesn't seem to be much more you could include apart from more bonus features. Tho, if you did love this series, you may want to also add to the collection, the two movies; "The Nude Bomb" & "Get Smart Again" and the 1995 series that only ran for 7 episodes also titled "Get Smart". The nude bomb was a movie made in about 1980 that was funny, but many dismiss it due to not having anyone else really but Don Adams, and worse yet, a different leading lady, but Get Smart Again is a terrific mid 80's Get Smart reunion movie featuring the cast members who where still around at the time or Max's non 99 love interest that I think is peoples biggest objection to the film. And then there is also the 90's series where Max is now the Chief and his, and 99's, son is the new Maxwell Smart character. The show was short lived, but it wasn't all that bad, and you should be happy with the price of it.
Till then, I'll see you next time. (walks away and smacks nose into a door)
Summary of Get Smart - The Complete Series Gift Set
Maxwell Smart is back... And loving it! And so is Agent 99, The Chief, Fang and the rest of the fearless Get Smart gang. Here is the legendary, Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, digitally resored, remastered and brought to you for the first time on DVD. Now it's easier than ever to out-smart the world's least secret...secret agent, in this cunningly funny 25-DVD collection, featuring all 138 original episodes of Get Smart! This Get Smart Giftset is a must-have collector's item!Similar DVD Movies
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