Anything by Mel Brooks ages like a fine wine. The man knew how to make comedy that lasts through the ages and the right cast to make Good into Phenomenal
I remember a hosted variety show - possibly Garry Moore - that featured Vincent Price as a guest. He demonstrated how to cook fish in an automatic dishwasher. (The heat drying cycle only.)
I had forgotten how much I loved this show as a kid. Now that I'm old enough to act like a child again, I'm gonna find it and watch the whole thing again.
@@MegaVijay1 Would you believe No they really can’t kill you. But in certain Conspiracy circles it’s certainly a popular belief. Generally the only thing you need to do To determine if a conspiracy is real is to check the source documents that they are using to draw their conclusions from. You will draw different conclusions then the people quoting excerpts
Yeah, this is one of best Get Smart episodes ever, the lines were a riot, Vincent Price really pulled it off big time exchanging quips with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon. By far my favorite show in the sixties
The first episode had Michael Dunn playing a villain, again, named Mr. Big. It was a great episode and series, the reboot didn't take fortunately, nothing could replace this master piece.
The nameless artificial sweetener referenced in this clip is Cyclamate. It was widely used in the 1960's before being banned in the U.S. in 1969, the year this episode aired. It was frequently in the news at the time, which made it a topical reference for comedy bits like this. (I'm old enough to remember those times well.)
They used to put in powdered kool aid drinks. It's SUGAR FREE! The brand names were racist too like showing Asian stereotype cartoon characters on the cover, lol. There are videos on UA-cam about it.
Cyclamate, discovered by accident in 1937, is an artificial chemical sweetener that is still used today. It is used like most zero-calorie sweeteners, is heat stable, and has a long shelf life. Food factories sometimes use this as a masking agent and sweetener enhancer. Cyclamate has zero glycemic index and zero calories, and is one of the cheapest artificial sweeteners in the world. In the 1960s, studies showed that cyclamate caused development of tumors in the bladders of rodents when fed large quantities. The U.S. banned cyclamate in 1969 due to the results of the study, however, the toxic ingredient is used in many other countries up until now. A common brand name of cyclamate is Sucaryl, manufactured by Merisant, and is sold in more than 90 countries worldwide.
They wrote 99 as a paradox. On the one hand, she's a submissive sidekick to Max. On the other, she's super smart and competent and frequently outshines him. Max is the one who solves the cases and saves the day but would be lost without 99's help.
@@aaronstark5060 I only watched a couple episodes of Inspector Gadget, but my impression is that Gadget is totally incompetent and Penny is the one who saves the day.
@@joeschembrie9450 That’s pretty much spot on. I was just saying that the characters were both heavily dependent on another person to get the job done who never got any credit.
No, non they didn't. People would have realized that their "real" lives were the illusion, that in the end they were all being manipulated by "Control".
HOLY CRAP!!! I remember this episode, boy was it crazy, but I never realized who the villain was. I didn't really know who Vincent Price was at the time, but now I'm finding the guy everywhere. Man, he was awesome.
Get Smart did that thing a bit like Law and Order - having various actors that you knew from other things on as guest stars. Vincent Price was obviously a good choice for a "mad scientist" type of villain.
@@timcassaday3045 Yeah, and that was a pretty good one. Maybe the best of the 'Fly's. I don't remember if he was in the 2nd one, but I'd guess he was . .
99/Barbara Feldon nailed that hilarious and complicated scene to perfection. She oozed sexiness in every scene she was in no matter how ridiculous the situation was. Btw sodium calcium chloride is harmless. Sodium chloride is table salt and calcium chloride is put int foods to give it a more salty flavor without having to add more sodium chloride/salt. To commit suicide by ingesting it you'd have to eat a LOT more than can be put inside a ring as shown in this scene. I'm guessing at least a half a pound of it if not more..
So good! I was born in 1999 (currently 22) but my parents raised me watching things like Gilligan's Island and Pink Panther... so witty and just gold! They really don't write things this good anymore, especially with comedy. Also, everyone looks great here too!
I was born 1998, but I can relate! My dad would show me shows like Batman, Munsters, Lost in Space, Star Trek, etc. TV shows from the 60's hold a special place in my heart. I'm also glad I'm not the only twenty-something that likes these types of shows. I sure do hope there are more creative TV shows in the future just like the ones from the 60's.
This was hilarious because I loved the psychedelic nightmare! When Max was carrying around his baby and he said "That's a good baby. Now go to sleep and tomorrow Daddy will let you play in the swamp." and turns around and you see he's cradling a toy alligator😂😂😂 The music and the lights and the camera angle were just awesome during the hallucination
In a way, Get Smart was our Monty Python - silliness, wittiness, absurdity, irreverence, cleverness, at times surrealness, and just plain funny. And the host of guests who were in on it just made it that much better...
Not the CRAW...THE CRAW... I still fall out of my chair on that one. Then years later gadgets nemesis is......the claw. Coincidence? Or fan boy makes good?
I grew up in the 1960s. Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK assassination, riots burning cities, RFK assassination, Martin Luther King assassination, Black Power, Vietnam.... Better to just remember Get Smart.
He was a lot more versatile than he ever got credit for. I’ve seen some of his dramatic works and he was fantastic in that capacity as well. As much as I love his work as a horror icon, it’s a shame that’s all he was ever remembered for.
Buy the box set...I think you can get it on Amazon. I have it, and thoroughly enjoy it over and over and over again till I laugh so hard i throw up...just joking...lol
fiction is good I have the box set; it opens & opens & opens like the intro with all the doors and phone booth! Worth every cent! I also recommend The Complete Bullwinkle, Underdog, and The Prisoner boxed sets...priceless! I never tire of watching them!
Wow, that was awesome. This show stays so fresh. Reminds me the 2000s Peep Show where the star asks playing in a WW2 reenactment wearing German uniforms, "are we the baddies?". Lol
Ha Ha! That episode must have influenced the 1968 movie 'Wild in the Streets,' where LSD is put into the water supply so that politicians vote in the first under 30 President. Coincidence? I don't think so!
Huh, the first tablet by Pym (aka the unstable genius) was GIANT, but the following pills were barely bigger than an ANT. That was a GOLIATH mistake by Max at the end!
So now we know that 99 hails from California or thereabouts, b/c no roads are described as "freeways" in the DC area, or anywhere but the Los Angeles area that I'm aware of. Or, the writers just f'd up.
I'd blame the writers! At that point in the show, I think Buck Henry and Mel Brooks were (more or less) Californians. I'd bet most of the writing staff (if they used a stable) would have been LA-based. I don't know where 99 hails from, but Barbara Feldon grew-up in your neck of the woods (well, a few hours away). BTW, "freeways" seems to now be the norm in most of the West and some of the Midwest. I rarely hear "Route", occasionally "highway". In San Francisco during the 60s, I could tell who was from southern California because they always said, "we just take the 101 to the 10...." My parents, who used "freeway" generally, would say, "highway 1-oh-1". The old LA phraseology is now used in the Bay Area; most everyone (my mother included), just says, "I'll take the 2-eighty". Yup. Blame the writers! (While I'm procrastinating: Regarding toll roads, things have changed in the last 50 years, but still, ~15 westernish states have no toll roads. In Colorado, I'm aware of only one, built recently. In California, there are a few, mostly built in the late 80s and 90s. So that terminology would never be heard.)
@@jacquesdemorton5871 You should have watched *more* carefully, because at the end of that episode 99 comes right out and says that's not her real name. It was a fake name. Her name was never revealed at any point in the series.
So he's professor Pim (Pym?). And he has a giant tablet? Interesting because Hank Pym in the Marvel comics invented the ability to shrink down to very small size.
Plot-twist Pym was actually doing an MK-Ultra experiment and Smart inadvertently sabotaged the alphabet boys. #Thelefthanddoesn'tknowwhattherighthandisdoing.
I hesitated revisiting this show from my childhood because I was worried it wouldn't hold up, but I've watched a few clips and I still love it
The movie was pretty good too.
This one was actually quite funny. Great lines, and ya gotta love Vincent Price.
I am glad you do, Anthony.
Anything by Mel Brooks ages like a fine wine. The man knew how to make comedy that lasts through the ages and the right cast to make Good into Phenomenal
Enjoyed Vincent Price in comedic roles; he really knew how to camp it up.
I remember a hosted variety show - possibly Garry Moore - that featured Vincent Price as a guest. He demonstrated how to cook fish in an automatic dishwasher. (The heat drying cycle only.)
If you enjoyed that, you should see Clint Eastwood when he was in Mr. Ed.
@@mphays Love that episode where Mr. Ed Crank Called Clint Eastwood.
See 'Witchfinder General' (1968) for Price doing the complete opposite; he's the title bad guy and is believably cruel and creepy...
@@Slammerworm1 That was Probably his Best Role in that Film.
I had forgotten how much I loved this show as a kid. Now that I'm old enough to act like a child again, I'm gonna find it and watch the whole thing again.
Same here , it’s still funny
Retirement is our second childhood without parental supervision.
I really laughed out loud when Price answered "artificial sweetener".
But it is true, artificial sugars can kill.
@@MegaVijay1 Would you believe No they really can’t kill you. But in certain Conspiracy circles it’s certainly a popular belief. Generally the only thing you need to do To determine if a conspiracy is real is to check the source documents that they are using to draw their conclusions from. You will draw different conclusions then the people quoting excerpts
Same here. LOL
So did I! 🤣
Me too!! Back then the only artificial sweetner they had was saccharine, and boy, was it AWFUL!!!!
People forget how downright hilarious Vincent Price was.
Yeah, this is one of best Get Smart episodes ever, the lines were a riot, Vincent Price really pulled it off big time exchanging quips with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon. By far my favorite show in the sixties
The first episode had Michael Dunn playing a villain, again, named Mr. Big. It was a great episode and series, the reboot didn't take fortunately, nothing could replace this master piece.
The nameless artificial sweetener referenced in this clip is Cyclamate. It was widely used in the 1960's before being banned in the U.S. in 1969, the year this episode aired. It was frequently in the news at the time, which made it a topical reference for comedy bits like this. (I'm old enough to remember those times well.)
Good to know. I just assumed they were making fun of Sweet N Low or Equal. Either way it was hilarious
They used to put in powdered kool aid drinks. It's SUGAR FREE! The brand names were racist too like showing Asian stereotype cartoon characters on the cover, lol. There are videos on UA-cam about it.
Cyclamate, discovered by accident in 1937, is an artificial chemical sweetener that is still used today. It is used like most zero-calorie sweeteners, is heat stable, and has a long shelf life. Food factories sometimes use this as a masking agent and sweetener enhancer. Cyclamate has zero glycemic index and zero calories, and is one of the cheapest artificial sweeteners in the world. In the 1960s, studies showed that cyclamate caused development of tumors in the bladders of rodents when fed large quantities. The U.S. banned cyclamate in 1969 due to the results of the study, however, the toxic ingredient is used in many other countries up until now. A common brand name of cyclamate is Sucaryl, manufactured by Merisant, and is sold in more than 90 countries worldwide.
Helluva job by Barbara to get those lines out. Wonder how many takes that took?!
They wrote 99 as a paradox. On the one hand, she's a submissive sidekick to Max. On the other, she's super smart and competent and frequently outshines him. Max is the one who solves the cases and saves the day but would be lost without 99's help.
@@joeschembrie9450
That seemed to be a theme for Don Adams, i.e., Inspector Gadget.
@@aaronstark5060 I only watched a couple episodes of Inspector Gadget, but my impression is that Gadget is totally incompetent and Penny is the one who saves the day.
@@joeschembrie9450
That’s pretty much spot on. I was just saying that the characters were both heavily dependent on another person to get the job done who never got any credit.
By the look of her,she was on her 10th Vodka.
I love how Max has a anti sodium calcium chloride when he didn't even know what sodium calcium chloride even was
That is what being prepared means.
" Do you think we did the RIGHT THING 99 ?" LOL !!!
No, non they didn't. People would have realized that their "real" lives were the illusion, that in the end they were all being manipulated by "Control".
HOLY CRAP!!! I remember this episode, boy was it crazy, but I never realized who the villain was. I didn't really know who Vincent Price was at the time, but now I'm finding the guy everywhere. Man, he was awesome.
Get Smart did that thing a bit like Law and Order - having various actors that you knew from other things on as guest stars. Vincent Price was obviously a good choice for a "mad scientist" type of villain.
I'm making countless new, retro-discoveries like that . .
He was even on the Brady Bunch.
he did the original movie the fly.
@@timcassaday3045 Yeah, and that was a pretty good one. Maybe the best of the 'Fly's. I don't remember if he was in the 2nd one, but I'd guess he was . .
99/Barbara Feldon nailed that hilarious and complicated scene to perfection. She oozed sexiness in every scene she was in no matter how ridiculous the situation was. Btw sodium calcium chloride is harmless. Sodium chloride is table salt and calcium chloride is put int foods to give it a more salty flavor without having to add more sodium chloride/salt. To commit suicide by ingesting it you'd have to eat a LOT more than can be put inside a ring as shown in this scene. I'm guessing at least a half a pound of it if not more..
They probably didn’t want to give anyone ideas.
Lol I was like dying when I saw this
Hilarious!!!
@@illusionclassicrock6742 That's a very good point
Yeah, but how do we know that it wasn't really artificial sweetener in that ring.
They must have had a lot of laughs making this show.
I'd love some blooper reels....
Priceless😊 wow what a gem of comedy, superb!
No. Price was there.
Hits on so many levels. Great writing. Superb job by Barbara Feldon!
So good! I was born in 1999 (currently 22) but my parents raised me watching things like Gilligan's Island and Pink Panther... so witty and just gold! They really don't write things this good anymore, especially with comedy. Also, everyone looks great here too!
I was born 1998, but I can relate! My dad would show me shows like Batman, Munsters, Lost in Space, Star Trek, etc. TV shows from the 60's hold a special place in my heart. I'm also glad I'm not the only twenty-something that likes these types of shows.
I sure do hope there are more creative TV shows in the future just like the ones from the 60's.
Don Adams was one of the funniest men every to be on TV😂
Yes, every.
Good script writing helped!
@@markfryer9880 ...It always helps. But the actor still has to pull it off.
The wit of the writers and delivery by the actors in this series will never be matched.
If Max and 99 stopped Vincent Price from giving the people of Washington hallucinations... well, how do you explain the people of Washington today???
Matthew Hamersly maybe they shouldn’t have stopped him...
potsdam28 You're right! And maybe add some artificial sweeteners to make sure it has quick effects!
WE NEED A 21ST CENTURY
AGENT 86 KNOWN AS
MAXWELL SMART
Matthew Hamersly recreational LSD....?
Dude, Washington D.C. is actually 3rd world. -_-; TRUMP WILL BE IMPEACHED BY CHRISTMAS!
This was hilarious because I loved the psychedelic nightmare! When Max was carrying around his baby and he said "That's a good baby. Now go to sleep and tomorrow Daddy will let you play in the swamp." and turns around and you see he's cradling a toy alligator😂😂😂 The music and the lights and the camera angle were just awesome during the hallucination
I thought was talking about DC.
In a way, Get Smart was our Monty Python - silliness, wittiness, absurdity, irreverence, cleverness, at times surrealness, and just plain funny. And the host of guests who were in on it just made it that much better...
This is 1 Great Comedy Classic
It sounds like Inspector Gadget trying arrest Professor Ratigan. XD
Taylor Williams fun fact, that is the voice of inspector gadget
@@badazzmaro - You are correct, Bear. Don Adams was the voice of Inspector Gadget. Adams also did the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo.
@@scootergeorge9576 yup :'( I cried after Adams passed away.
Wish we could see full episode's. Get smart has to be one of the best
Not the CRAW...THE CRAW...
I still fall out of my chair on that one.
Then years later gadgets nemesis is......the claw.
Coincidence? Or fan boy makes good?
Very good job fellows!! Congratulations.
I really laughed out loud when Price answered "artificial sweetener".
One of my favourite scenes :)
Mine too.
R.i.p to Vincent Price and Don Adams 🙏🙏😭😭😭
A giant tablet with a carry handle! Just classic!
Oh dear. (Question at the end.)
I want a time machine that will take me back to the early 1960's. Every time 2000 rolls around I'll start it up again.
I grew up in the 1960s. Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK assassination, riots burning cities, RFK assassination, Martin Luther King assassination, Black Power, Vietnam.... Better to just remember Get Smart.
Great writing, the bits are smart and intelligent, the end about our society, "do you think we did the right thing" perfect.
Vincent Price was egghead on the Batman series. Adam West. REST IN PEACE.
Word up! My favorite batman is still Adam West. F the haters.
Let's not forget he was also Professor Ratagen from Disney's the great mouse detective.
During that part where Vincent Price appeared to be fainting, his wide blue eyes made me laugh 'till I snorted.
Vincent in the cave with the Bradys. He was hysterical.
In Hawaii.
By far, one of my favourite interactions in the whole television series ☺️
One of the best shows ever
Still in love with those eyes! 👍99 what a gal!
And that voice--Barbara Feldon is wonderful!
Vincent Price definitely had comedy chops.
The Raven and Edward Scissorhand.
He was a lot more versatile than he ever got credit for. I’ve seen some of his dramatic works and he was fantastic in that capacity as well. As much as I love his work as a horror icon, it’s a shame that’s all he was ever remembered for.
@@aaronstark5060 Ain't that the truth?
That dialog was quite a mouthful! I wonder how many takes it took for 99 to say that line...
"Oh, that makes two of us." 🤭😂
I loved this show as a kid and as an adult bought the box set....aaand loving it 😅
Get Smart is wonderful. I'm sad it isn't at the library. I haven't seen a full episode in ages. :(
Buy the box set...I think you can get it on Amazon. I have it, and thoroughly enjoy it over and over and over again till I laugh so hard i throw up...just joking...lol
www.amazon.ca/Get-Smart-Complete-Don-Adams/dp/B001E0O8DA/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1501991884&sr=8-6&keywords=get+smart+box+set
fiction is good I have the box set; it opens & opens & opens like the intro with all the doors and phone booth!
Worth every cent! I also recommend The Complete Bullwinkle, Underdog, and The Prisoner boxed sets...priceless! I never tire of watching them!
Funny I have all series on DVD and I'm not watching them LOL
@@DanielField2023 so, send them to me? I'd enjoy them.......
Thanks to Buck Henry.
Great! Classic TV!
I miss all of them...
What I would give to go back to those days with the knowlege of how society has gone I would savor every moment!
miss this kind of humour big time
Wow, that was awesome. This show stays so fresh. Reminds me the 2000s Peep Show where the star asks playing in a WW2 reenactment wearing German uniforms, "are we the baddies?". Lol
I loved this show when I was a kid!
I bet Vincent Price loved doing these shows!
I’m sure he asked to be put in an episode.
Agent 99 was my first childhood crush...
Pym: Egg-cellent work, Mister Smart.
Max: Wrong guest appearance, Pym.
Oh..... my childhood.... I remember this. It wasn't really, but life seemed simpler then.
season 5 is criminally underrated
that was a real mouthful
What "Price" was paid to get Vincent? LOL
OMG! It's Egghead from BATMAN!
Get smart is downright hilarious
Vincent Price was a comedian as well as a serious actor and a connoisseur of art founding an art museum in Monterey that one can visit for free.
Great scene in a classic tv show
Perfection and not aged a second
Ha Ha! That episode must have influenced the 1968 movie 'Wild in the Streets,' where LSD is put into the water supply so that politicians vote in the first under 30 President. Coincidence? I don't think so!
Get Smart was always so corny it was a blast to watch.
WHEN HE ASKS 99 FOR MORE INFO CAUSE HE GETS CONFUSED 🥺
Egg Head is a winner! How eggcellent!
I remember Vincent Price as Dr. Phibes.
He made Two Films in that role.
Between this, Egghead on Batman and his Dr. Goldfoot movies, Vincent played a perfect camp villain.
As he’s threatening to throw the tablet into the water I’m thinking is it an Apple or Dell or IBM??? Awww the times they have a changed!!😂
Just before the gun went off, I was thinking "Max is sure holding his gun very carelessly. 99 has him covered but Max-" *BANG!* "oh."
A styrofoam tablet! xD
I can Hear Inspector Gadget and Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective.
Considering the present state of affairs in DC, is it too late to still drop the tablet?
Huh, the first tablet by Pym (aka the unstable genius) was GIANT, but the following pills were barely bigger than an ANT. That was a GOLIATH mistake by Max at the end!
Yeah i was waiting for him to break out the antman suit
True. By the way, 99 looked great in that YELLOW JACKET didn't she?
Funny, funny show! Great characters and guest stars... she had to say the final round... cause none of the others could! lol
I did a spittake while drinking my coffee when I heard that.
Which season & episode was this 🤔 I have the Get Smart Collection but I don’t recall this one. “ Huge Fan”
He wasn’t far wrong about artificial sweetener being a poison
99 ,where are we ???.
Price fans need to see the 1951 film Champagne for Caesar to see price in what is arguably his finest comedy performance.
Vincent Price was so good at comedy.
agent 99 all scrunched up by her leading man,, lol 😆 I never knew she was taller but in the back of my mind noticed she always stands funny 🤣
Max is also Gadget
Max's is also Tennessee Tuxedo
So now we know that 99 hails from California or thereabouts, b/c no roads are described as "freeways" in the DC area, or anywhere but the Los Angeles area that I'm aware of. Or, the writers just f'd up.
I'd blame the writers! At that point in the show, I think Buck Henry and Mel Brooks were (more or less) Californians. I'd bet most of the writing staff (if they used a stable) would have been LA-based. I don't know where 99 hails from, but Barbara Feldon grew-up in your neck of the woods (well, a few hours away).
BTW, "freeways" seems to now be the norm in most of the West and some of the Midwest. I rarely hear "Route", occasionally "highway".
In San Francisco during the 60s, I could tell who was from southern California because they always said, "we just take the 101 to the 10...." My parents, who used "freeway" generally, would say, "highway 1-oh-1". The old LA phraseology is now used in the Bay Area; most everyone (my mother included), just says, "I'll take the 2-eighty".
Yup. Blame the writers!
(While I'm procrastinating:
Regarding toll roads, things have changed in the last 50 years, but still, ~15 westernish states have no toll roads. In Colorado, I'm aware of only one, built recently. In California, there are a few, mostly built in the late 80s and 90s. So that terminology would never be heard.)
If you watch the series carefully, you learn that 99's name is Susan Hilton.
@@craiglachman1379 At that point, Mel Brooks & Buck Henry had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the show.
@ZoneFighter1 Because we don't have freeways in Nebraska, only expressways.
@@jacquesdemorton5871 You should have watched *more* carefully, because at the end of that episode 99 comes right out and says that's not her real name. It was a fake name. Her name was never revealed at any point in the series.
thank you!!!!!!
On an episode of House MD. House spoke of unfulfilled dreams and said, "I never slept with Barbara Feldon."
......same..... sigh.
What is camp! 😂❤️- This my friends
Anyone know if those guns were blank shots?
I'm pretty sure that "poison" is just salt with some calcium.... like what's in milk and shit.
You don't shit out calcium.
Voice from Scooby Doo ...Vincent Price 💯
So he's professor Pim (Pym?). And he has a giant tablet? Interesting because Hank Pym in the Marvel comics invented the ability to shrink down to very small size.
Plot-twist Pym was actually doing an MK-Ultra experiment and Smart inadvertently sabotaged the alphabet boys. #Thelefthanddoesn'tknowwhattherighthandisdoing.
Not sure if they did the right thing
Chaos’s Mad Pharmacist!
I remember the anti-anti-missle-missles.
This is just a live-action version of inspector Gadget
Barbara was delightful on that show!
Feldon looks like she has to go to the bathroom the whole time.
We praise you father! Please don’t let Brandon get hold of those anti pills! Time for him to meet his maker
I'm just here for Barbara Feldon
All I could think was: "If that's a real gun, then she would break her wtist if she fired, poor actress... doing what she was told..."
Great