All you want to know about Get Smart! This book is really fun as well. It is about 30 years old now, as it was first published in 1993. The good thing about it is Mr. Joey Green gets to talk to all the principle players who were still alive then. He also didn't have to endure the short lived- seven whole episode- of the 1995 sequel series, Get Smart (wow, clever title there, Fox). The book is written in the style of an actual spy handbook, and it's very funny. I never knew it was written, but got the first two season pretty cheaply from Amazon and wanted to know more about the creation of the show. This popped up right away. My copy is complete, but definitely well loved, so it was worth the price I paid for it.
Speaking of DVD sets, my season one disc three had an issue- the last 3.5 episodes wouldn't play on either Blu Ray player. That kind of sucks, and the sets are now almost 15 years old so I doubt I can get a replacement copy. Be that as it may, I can live with it. It's not like they had much continuity between episodes, especially in the first season.
Back to the book- it's really a fun read. There is a lot of information in there, but everyone interviewed really has fun with the book and the show itself. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry are both well represented with quotes as well as the late Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Bernie Koppel and more. This is highly recommended.
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