Get Smart was an American
comedy television series that
satirized the secret agent genre. Created by
Mel Brooks with
Buck Henry, the show starred
Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86),
Barbara Feldon (as Agent 99), and
Edward Platt (as Thaddeus, the Chief). Henry said they created the show by request of
Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with
Leonard Stern and
David Susskind, of the show's production company,
Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—
James Bond and
Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy."