Mr. Big (Get Smart) Mr. Big (Get Smart) "Mr. Big" is the first episode of the first season of "Get Smart" and originally aired on September 18, 1965. In it, Maxwell Smart must rescue Professor Dante, whose device (the Enthermo) is being used by KAOS to menace the world. Max is told to rescue the professor, and bring back the Enthermo. Produced as the pilot episode of the series, this episode was filmed in black and white in early 1965. All other episodes that followed were in color. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) is called up during a concert by his shoe-phone, and is then
Get Smart 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