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The Writers |
The following is a list of all of the writers for Get Smart, as they appeared in the credits. It should be noted however, that in all episodic television, most scripts are rewritten/added to by the producers and story editors. I think it's safe to assume that Leonard Stern, Buck Henry, Arne Rosen, and Arne Sultan also helped out on most scripts, even if they didn't receive credit. I've tried to add a little bit about each of the writers, but it's by no means complete. For more information on them, check out the Internet Movie Database.
Chris Hayward
(1925- 2006) and Arne Sultan (1925 - 1986)- 13
Hayward worked on Bullwinkle, and the
Munsters. Sultan worked on The Steve Allen Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, and The Nude
Bomb. Sultan passed away in 1986.
Hurray for Hollywood
Tequilla Mockingbird
Absorb the Greek
To Sire With Love, I
Shock it To Me
Greer Window
The Not So Great Escape I & II
Pheasant Under Glass
And Baby Makes Four, I & II
Ice Station Siegfried
What's it all About, Algie?
Stan
Burns and Mike Marmer - 12
Burns and Marmer wrote for Ernie Kovacs before
coming to Get Smart. They also did Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, among other projects,
after Get Smart. Unfortunately, both men passed away in 2002.
School Days
Our Man in Toyland
Satan Place
Kisses for KAOS
The Dead Spy Scrawls
I'm Only Human (with McCormick & Friedman)
Hubert's Unfinished Symphony
The Last One in is a Rotten Spy
A Spy for a Spy
Rub a Dub Dub, Three Spies in a Sub
Kiss of Death
Arne Sultan, Leonard Stern, Allan Burns (1936- ), Chris Hayward - 11
The Impossible Mission
Closely Watched Planes
The Secret of Sam Vittorio
Diamond's Are a Spy's Best Friend
The Worst Best Man
A Tale of Two Tails
Return of the Ancient Mariner
With Love and Twitches
The Farkas Fracas
Temporarily Out of CONTROL
Schwartz's Island
Lloyd Turner
(1924 - 1992) and Whitey Mitchell (1932 - 2009)- 11
Turner and Mitchell worked on Bullwinkle
with Chris Hayward. They also wrote some fabulous Odd Couple scripts. Before writing,
Mitchell played with Benny Goodman and is still playing in a jazz band today.
One Nation Invisible
Leadside
Ironhand
Widow Often Annie
Smart Fell on Alabama
Physician Impossible
The Apes of Rath
Rebecca of Funny-Folk Farm
Witness for the Execution
Smartacus
I am Curiously Yellow
Gerald Gardner
and Dee Caruso - 10
Buck Henry brought this duo
to Get Smart. They had worked on That Was the Week That Was and also worked on the
Monkees.
Diplomat's Daughter
Washington 4, Indians 3
Too Many Chiefs
Weekend Vampire
All in the Mind
The Amazing Harry Hoo
Hoo Done It
The Greatest Spy on Earth
Cutback at CONTROL
The Expendable Agent
Arne Sultan - 7
Shipment to Beirut
The Only Way to Die
The Man From YENTA
Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho
Pussycats Galore
The Spirit is Willing
And Only Two Ninty-Nine
C.F. L'Amoreaux
- 6
L'Amoreaux is the pen
name of actor Gary Clarke, who appeared in Hondo and The Virginian.
Back to the Old Drawing Board
Anatomy of a Lover
It Takes One to Know One
Appointment in Sahara
When Good Fellows Get Together
Run, Robot Run
Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan - 5
That Old Gang of Mine
The Little Black Book, 1 & 2
The Hot Line
Die, Spy
William
Raynor (1920-94) and Myles Wilder - 5
Among the other shows they worked on were McHale's Navy, The Ghost &
Mrs. Muir, and The Dukes of Hazzard.
Dr. Yes
The Mild Ones
The Mysterious Dr. T
99 Loses CONTROL
Spy, Spy Birdie
Chris Hayward - 5
Moonlighting Becomes You
House of Max, I & II
The Mess of Adrian Listenger
Do I Hear a Vaults?
Leonard Stern - 4
A Man Called Smart, 1,2,3
The Reluctant Redhead
Joseph and
Carol Cavella - 3
Joseph Cavella wrote for several
outstanding TV shows and taught creative writing at USC. He also wrote a book
and maintains
a
website on comedy writing.
Double Agent
Casablanca
The Girls From KAOS
Budd Grossman -
3
Grossman went on to
become a producer with Three's Company and Different Strokes.
Smart, the Assassin
Strike While the Agent is Hot
The Mummy
Mike Marmer - 3
How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really
Trying
Snoopy Smart vs. The Red Baron
The Laser Blazer
Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill (1917 - 2002)- 2
Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
Maxwell Smart, Alias Jimmy Ballantine
Arne Sultan and
Marvin Worth (1926 - 98) - 2
Worth went on to have
a successful career as a film producer, with Malcom X probably his best known work.
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
My Nephew the Spy
Pat McCormick
(1927 - 2005) and Ron Friedman - 2
McCormick worked as a gag writer on a
number of shows, including The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and The Gong Show. Friedman
worked a great deal in animation, doing both the Transformers and G.I. Joe movies.
The Day Smart Turned Chicken
I'm Only Human (with Burns and Marmer)
Don Adams and Gloria Burton - 2
Gloria Burton was the sister of Don Adams.
The King Lives
To Sire With Love, II
Leonard Stern and Buck Henry - 2
Ship of Spies, I & II
Lila Garrett
and Bernie Kahn - 2
Garret also worked on
Bewitched and My Favorite Martian, while Kahn directed many episodes of Spencer For Hire.
Bronzefinger
The Whole Tooth.
Hal Goldman (1919 - 2001) and Al Gordon
KAOS in CONTROL
Mel Brooks and Gary Belkin
Our Man in Leotards
Robert C.
Dennis (1915 - 83) and Earl Barrett
Dennis also worked on Batman,
Dragnet, Kojak, and Charlie's Angels.
Aboard the Orient Express
Mel Brooks and Ronny Pearlman
Survival of the Fattest
Sydney Zelinka
(1906 - 81) and Ronald Axe
Zelinka was Leonard
Stern's writing partner on The Honeymooners and other projects.
The Decoy
Buck Henry, William Raynor, and Myles Wilder
Island of the Darned
Martin A.
Ragaway
Ragaway worked on almost all of the
Ma and Pa Kettle movies.
Perils in a Pet Shop
Nate Monaster (1911 - 90)
Somebody Down Here Hates Me
Barry E.
Blitzer and Ray Brenner
Among their other projects were The
Phil Silvers Show and Gomer Pyle.
Where-What-How-Who Am I?
Bill Idelson,
Sam Bobrick, and Norman Paul
Idelson worked on M*A*S*H and The
Andy Griffith Show.
Bobrick wrote Jimmy The Kid, which featured Don Adams.
Paul also worked on Gomer Pyle and Good Times.
Viva Smart
Sam Bobrick and Bill Idelson
Witness for the Persecution
Phil Leslie and Keith Fowler
The Spy Who Met Himself
Elroy Schwartz
Schwartz is the brother of famed
producer Sherwood Schwartz. He also wrote the pilot script for Gilligan's Island.
Maxwell Smart, Private Eye
Ben Joelson
(1926 - 96) and Art Baer (1925 - )
The duo also worked on The Love Boat.
Supersonic Boom
Jess
Oppenheimer
He virtually invented the sit-com,
creating and directing I Love Lucy.
One of Our Olives is Missing
Dave Ketchum and Bruce Shelly
Classification: Dead
Norman Paul and Burt Nodella
The Groovy Guru
Phil Leslie and Norman Paul
Don't Look Back
James Komack
(1930 - 97)
Komack was a regular on The Courtship
of Eddie's Father, but as a director/producer he's probably most famous for Welcome Back
Kotter.
The Wax Max
Norman Paul
Operation Ridiculous
Burt Nodella
I Shot 86 Today
Rick Mittleman
He also wrote for M*A*S*H, Gomer
Pyle, and MacGyver.
The Day they Raided the Knights
Les Colodny and
Ed Haas
Haas wrote The Disorderly Orderly and
helped create The Munsters.
Valerie of the Dolls
Chris Hayward and Bob DeVinney
The Treasure of C. Erol Madre
Bob DeVinney
Age Before Duty
Dale McRaven
He also worked on The Dick Van Dyke
Show, Gomer Pyle, and The Odd Couple.
Is this Trip Necessary
Gloria Burton
How Green Was My Valet
Pat McCormick
Hello Columbus, Goodbye America
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