Get Smart is in the insurance business, and on one occasion, that he works for the "Bureau of Internal Revenue". Smart served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and is an ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was played by Steve Carell in the 2008 film. In 1999, "TV Guide" ranked Maxwell Smart number 19 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. The character appears in every episode (though only briefly in "Ice Station Siegfried", as Don Adams was performing in Las Vegas for two weeks to settle gambling debts). Admiral Harold Harmon Hargrade or (William
Get Smart air new episodes (or made-for-TV films) on each of the aforementioned current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont. The different versions of "Get Smart" did not all feature the original lead cast. "Get Smart" was parodied on a sketch in the Mexican comedy show "De Nuez en Cuando" called ["Super Agente 3.1486"], making fun of the Spanish title of the series (Super Agente 86) and the way the series is dubbed. An early "MadTV" sketch titled "Get Smarty" placed the Maxwell Smart character in situations