Max must retrieve something from a member of the Russian women's swim team, but can't remember her name.Max must retrieve something from a member of the Russian women's swim team, but can't remember her name.Max must retrieve something from a member of the Russian women's swim team, but can't remember her name.
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- TriviaThis episode contains one of the first-ever prime-time scenes shot with an underwater camera.
- GoofsWhen the phone rings at the beginning of the episode max picks it up and only his thumb is on the receiver.
But in the next scene when he puts it down all his fingers are on the receiver.
- Quotes
Greco: You don't look like a trainer to me.
Maxwell Smart: Is that so. Well, I happen to be an expert. Why, I once trained a girl to swim across the English channel four times. Would you believe it, four times!
Greco: I find that hard to believe.
Maxwell Smart: Would you believe three times across the Mississippi?
Greco: I don't think so.
Maxwell Smart: How about twice around the bathtub?
[Greco walks off]
Maxwell Smart: [to 99 and the Chief] Once around the bathtub?
- ConnectionsReferences Thunderball (1965)
When this series first aired, I would watch it with my Dad, who was fond of it. The humor is very broad, and tonight I was trying to figure out: what was the appeal of the series? It dawned on me that this show is very much like an issue of the old Mad magazine, come to life. The emphasis is on puns, visual humor, and producing some mild chuckles. Episodes often featured a pretty guest actress, such as Elisa Ingram. The show wasn't grounded in reality at all; it was entirely a spoof. If you come to it expecting no more than that, it's entertaining. It probably helped the series to last so long--5 seasons!--that there weren't a lot of other shows like it; and it was probably very inexpensive to make. I rate this episode as typical for the series--mildly enjoyable.
- shakspryn
- Jun 7, 2024