Sixty years ago, American television viewers were caught between two powerful cultural currents. In theaters, James Bond ruled with Sean Connery’s suave charisma, exotic locations and gadgets that ...

“Would you believe?,” was one of the many catch phrases generated by the popular TV comedy, the original Get Smart, created by funny guys Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and featuring a cast we loved.

Old television doesn't die; it gets recycled by Hollywood. The latest case in point? Get Smart, a big-screen version of the '60s spy spoof and a film mistaken about its own identity. It's based on one ...

There are so many ways in which a movie version of “Get Smart” could go wrong, starting with the fact that anyone would dare to make one in the first place. The TV show, which was created by Mel ...

When Get Smart premiered in 1965, its blend of Inspector Clouseau and James Bond redefined TV comedy. And rightfully so. Show creator Mel Brooks designed Get Smart to be different. “I was sick of ...

No need to engage the cone of silence, because this is news that every comedy fan needs to hear, whether they’re CONTROL or KAOS. Here’s the deal on this deal: the groundbreaking spy comedy series Get ...

Apparently there are two actors named Steve Carell. One appears in sharp-witted, humanistic “small” movies like “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Dan in Real Life” and the occasional smart comedy ...

Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, "Get Smart," has died. He was 82. Adams' friend and former agent, ...

Review: Remake of the '60s TV show is fun, but stops short of being clever. June 19, 2008— -- "Get Smart" (* * 1/2 out of four) is bright enough, but stops short of being clever. This ...

Audiences still get Maxwell Smart. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway's "Get Smart," the Warner Bros. big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie, ...

David Ketchum, a character actor, writer and familiar face on television during the 1960s and 1970s, best remembered for his recurring role as the perpetually unlucky Agent 13 on Get Smart, died in a ...