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unusual facts about Maxwell Smart



Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man

The joke used by Crosby and Hope was also attempted by Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and his old army buddy, Sid (Don Rickles) in the Get Smart (1965–70) episode, "The Little Black Book"; in their case, it failed.

Pogo Joe

Most of the level names are clever allusions to 1970s and 1980s popular culture, including references to Frank Zappa, Maxwell Smart, Pee Wee Herman, Baumrucker's friend, Stuart Troutman, and Japanese culture.


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Get Smart, Again!

The script is littered with typical Maxwell Smart verbal gags, and large portions of the plot serve only as set-ups for Get Smart!-style sight gags (such as a duel between Max and a KAOS hitman using remote controlled file cabinet drawers).