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<p><i>Get Smart</i> is an American comedy television series parodying the <a href="/facts/Spy_fiction/HSTLHhwr">secret agent genre</a> that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the <i><a href="/facts/James_Bond/FQQ7pp1y">James Bond</a></i> films. It was created by <a href="/facts/Mel_Brooks/nYvoWDPV">Mel Brooks</a> and <a href="/facts/Buck_Henry/tsRP8zbQ">Buck Henry</a>, and had its television premiere on <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a> on September 18, 1965. It starred <a href="/facts/Don_Adams/oI8d89Qo">Don Adams</a> (who was also a director on the series) as agent Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), <a href="/facts/Barbara_Feldon/C33CAgQE">Barbara Feldon</a> as Agent 99, and <a href="/facts/Edward_Platt/E31nCtVt">Edward Platt</a> as The Chief. Henry said that they created the show at the request of <a href="/facts/Daniel_Melnick/1rcdLLJ3">Daniel Melnick</a> to capitalize on <a href="/facts/James_Bond_(literary_character)/1XSvMtkQ">James Bond</a> and <a href="/facts/Inspector_Clouseau/Q3gEzPm7">Inspector Clouseau</a>, "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today". Brooks described it as "an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy". </p><p>The show generated a number of popular catchphrases during its run, including "sorry about that, Chief", "...and <i>loving</i> it", "missed it by <i>that much</i>", and "would you believe...". The show was followed by the films <i><a href="/facts/The_Nude_Bomb/A2fkgF5h">The Nude Bomb</a></i> (a 1980 theatrical film made without the involvement of Brooks and Henry) and <i><a href="/facts/Get_Smart%2c_Again!/UcuWSAdR">Get Smart, Again!</a></i> (a 1989 made-for-TV sequel to the series), as well as a <a href="/facts/Get_Smart_(1995_TV_series)/C5Ilcxyk">1995 revival series</a> and a <a href="/facts/Get_Smart_(film)/JXxN4vQ0">2008 film adaptation</a>. In 2010, <i>TV Guide</i> ranked <i>Get Smart</i>'s opening title sequence at number two on its list of TV's top 10 credits sequences as selected by readers. The show switched networks in 1969 to <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a>. It ended its five-season run on May 15, 1970, with a total of 138 episodes. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Broadcast_Communications/Dm5zkxWM">Museum of Broadcast Communications</a> found the show notable for "broadening the parameters for the presentation of comedy on television". </p>