Get Smart - The Complete Series Gift Set
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Robert KarvelasStudio: HBO Home Video
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Format: Box set, NTSC
DVD Release: November 4th 2008
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DVD Review
Maxwell Smart is back... And loving it! And so is Agent 99, The Chief, Fang and the rest of the fearless Get Smart gang. Here is the legendary, Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, digitally resored, remastered and brought to you for the first time on DVD. Now it's easier than ever to out-smart the world's least secret...secret agent, in this cunningly funny 25-DVD collection, featuring all 138 original episodes of Get Smart! This Get Smart Giftset is a must-have collector's item!
User Reviews
Good Times, Great Show - Rating: 5/5
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For those of you who only know of Maxwell Smart from last year's movie, let me start by saying the series is a million times better. Don't believe me? Would you believe a thousand? No, OK, probably like a hundred. But that's still a hell of a lot.
Get Smart is easily one of the funniest shows to come out of the late 60's-early 70's. While the movie does it justice, it misses it by that much. This is slapstick spy-spoofery at its finest. Parodies of the Bond movies and just about every other spy/mystery series of the time are here and hilarious.
The entire series is here, including three seasons that are not yet sold individually. That means if you want them now, you gotta buy the set (Which you can do at the top and bottom of this review: hint, hint). Unlike so many TV box sets, this one doesn't skimp on the special features either. Commentary from pretty much every major living cast/crew member, award show appearances, celebrity roasts, its all included.
The packaging looks like the doors leading into Control HQ, which gives the set a unique, possibly collectible exterior. This set cheaper than the identical one released by TimeLife, so that's a plus.
Overall, this is one of the best box sets of a TV series I've ever plunked down the cash for. If you like classic comedy, it doesn't get much better than this. Five out of five stars.
Get Smart And Get It - Rating: 5/5
I received my order within five days and I must say that everything about Get Smart-The Complete Gift Set certainly was well beyond my expectations. You get the complete Get Smart series in impeccable transfers all in vibrant color and terrific sound, loaded with special features and bonus footage, and filled with laughs and memories galore. Not to mention the wonderfully creative and durable packaging. Folks, this is a must for anyone who wants to enjoy hours of good clean and comedic fun. A Smart buy at a Smart price. Kudos to HBO for such a well conceived and wonderful tribute to a nugget of television from the tempest tossed times of the 60's.
Would you believe....... - Rating: 5/5
Would you believe this is the best theater since Shakespeare? The best cinema since Chaplin? The best comedy on TV ever?
Get Smart Fan Love It! - Rating: 5/5
I have been waiting for the Get Smart seasons to hit the market for several years. I was a fan "back when" and still think this series is a hoot. The dvds are good quality, and the price was great!
This has been a long time coming.... - Rating: 5/5
I have waited for this collection for years. I have been watching the reruns since the early 80's. I had 10 VHS tapes full to the brim with Get Smart stuff that I had taped from the TV station here in Dallas in the late 80's, early 90's. It took a while to edit the commercials and they weren't in order, but it was something. These tapes have been worn out. You must turn the sound way up to hear them and the picture is losing clarity. I knew that someday someone would compile them into a DVD collection. That day has finally come. I then had to wait a while for the price to come down so I could afford it. It finally did, and I bought the set as a birthday gift to myself. It is worth every penny. I have been laughing my head off. The extras you get are very cool. Lots of TV appearances, commercials, footage that the family submitted, really great stuff. The phonebooth box is also a great bonus. If you are a fan of Get Smart, you must buy this set.
