Get Smart: Diplomat's Daughter

Get Smart: Diplomat's Daughter
NBC
September 25, 1965
Sitcom
DVD
C+

This episode is genuinely funny but is marred by stereotypes, not just about amorous Swedish girls but "Orientals," including some yellowface.  It's not as offensive as, for instance, Vito Scotti playing Japanese on Gilligan's Island the season before, but it does take away from things like watching the regulars try to Frug.  Note that #99 shows jealousy, although there is no commitment or even admission of feelings at this point.

Bernard Sell makes his first of four uncredited appearances, this time as the Doorman, while Jerry Rush's first of three is as a Club Patron.  Lee Kolima would again be Bobo, while Frank De Vol (yes, the Brady Bunch composer) would again be Carleton.  Leonard Strong would return as the Claw, here pronounced as the Craw.  Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso would write ten more episodes each, I assume together.  Paul Bogart would direct two more episodes, including the following one.

This is the 100th C+ on this project, and that's the minimum grade that means I'll keep watching a particular series.