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 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