Get Smart at 50: Shrewd and Still Intelligent
By David Cranmer
August 7, 2015In “Mr. Big,” the debut episode of Get Smart (1965-1970), there’s an opening shot of the US Capitol as a deep monotone voice-over melodramatically states: This is Washington, DC. Somewhere in this city is the headquarters of a top secret organization known as CONTROL. Its business is counter-espionage. The scene switches to an audience enjoying…