"GET Smart" Actor ELECTROCUTES Crew Member & Sends them to the Emergency ROOM!!

[@sallyn2393]

That’s crazy. She was quite the professional! Glad he got the role though. I loved Johnny Carson. He was so naturally funny. No one can ever top him as host of The Tonight Show, he was the best!

[@videolabguy]

The casting director received an electric "shock". The term "electrocution" is used when the victim is permanently injured or actually killed by the shock.

[@YourFoodBank]

Del Close is occasionally still “on” …. willed his skull to the Goodman Theatre

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Lots of actore do that but then the skull is neverused due to the squeemishness of other actors. It was a big deal when David Tennant used a real skull in Hamlet, though it had been left to the theatre company fir that purpose!

[@kevinangley1308]

The casting director was shocked by electricity, not electrocuted. No one has ever survived an electrocution by definition.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

You need to look up the definition of the word then, electrocuted can be death or severe injury by electric shock, his use of the word is correct unless they only had a minor shock with no injury.

[@wisteela]

@@oo0Spyder0oo Seems the definition has changed over the years due to misuse of the word.

[@goodmaro]

@@wisteela Yes, I've been hearing it in the past few years this way and it's vexing, because we have a perfectly good word, "shock", and "electrocute" is modeled after "execute" and is confusing to use in a non-fatl sense.

[@richparsons4205]

Not true. “Electrocution” can also mean “severely injured”(Webster’s), altho it is mostly used as a deadly punishment for hardened criminals. Many have been “electrocuted” by lightning bolts, etc. and have lived to tell the tale.

[@kevinangley1308]

@@richparsons4205 Even if that meaning of "electrocuted" is accepted as correct (and since it differs from the OSHA definition, I claim not), there is no evidence that the shock received in this story required any medical attention, much less severe injury. In Buck Henry's telling of the story, there is no mention of seeking any medical attention.

[@alanr4447a]

Now THAT really IS *_SHOCKING!!_*

[@MST3Kfan1]

The legendary Mel Brooks co created Get Smart…explains why it was so great and hilarious.

[@peterrollinson-lorimer]

No question, and on he goes. A true legend.

[@sharongeorge3336]

No other like Mel Brooks

[@peterc.810]

Rick, Great story! I am friends with Leonard Sterns daughter. she will enjoy this.

[@jenlemon4294]

Well, that is a very forgiving casting director! I’m not sure what he was thinking, but he got the part. Looks like a fun episode to watch. I enjoy episodes of shows that take place on trains. Remember the I Love Lucy that takes place on a train and there’s a jewel thief? That’s a great episode ❤

[@deadalready7467]

Carson was always awesome in the skits they ran on the Tonight Show. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t awesome on Get Smart. Many Blessings 🙏🇺🇸

[@johndurham2459]

I can't even watch late night TV talk shows anyone. Leno was the only one that came close to Carson.

[@TroySR71]

@Rick Nineg: Enjoyed the content. Just wanted to point out that when someone is electrocuted, that means they were killed by the event. What actually happened in this content was individual(s) that were in fact only shocked.

[@ricknineg]

Electrocution Dictionary definition: “injure or kill someone by electric shock.” This literally sent someone to the hospital and injured someone. So it is a correct statement.

[@shortsrus6832]

@@ricknineg - Actually, you need a better source for the definition of the word electrocuted.

[@shortsrus6832]

@@ricknineg Many people use the terms interchangeably, but: Electric shock is a non-fatal electrical injury. Electrocution is a fatal electrical injury.

[@ricknineg]

Yea, right? Nothing better than the dictionary.

[@ricknineg]

Is this by your own definition?

[@allanl.591]

How did I miss Johnny in this episode? Another great nugget, Rick! Johnny was one of a kind.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

allanl-Johnny also made a guest appearance in the season three episode To Sire With Love as the announcer who announced the arrival of Princess Marta. And you're right-nobody topped Johnny as the host of The Tonight Show. In fact I watch Carson every night at 10 pm on Antenna TV.

[@robertrachels1870]

I missed it too. And l own all 5 seasons. The pilot was filmed in black and white and featured the small guy from The Wild Wild West!

[@anthonylowder6687]

Oh….sorry about that chief.

[@ricknineg]

Haha. Chief responses to Max always make me laugh

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

It's a wonder the Chief didn't develop ulcers putting up with Max. But at the same time Don Adams made it work. He was ten times better than what Tom Poston would have been, and I don't think 99 would have been as adoring as she was for Max. All the same, Tom was great as Dr. Zarko (see Shock It To Me).

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

And I just realized that Zarko is Ozark; just the letters were rearranged.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

😂

[@billmarshall8438]

She was not electrocuted. If you've been electrocuted, you are dead; the word is a combination of "electric" and "executed." She was shocked. You can hate me now.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

❤❤❤

[@eloiseockert9233]

Why? You are right on.

[@Derpy1969]

Stop correcting people!!

[@billmarshall8438]

Only one exclamation point is needed here.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

I remember reading that Bernie Koppel (Of Love Boat fame as the Doctor) suffered a significant injury while guest staring on McHale's Navy! The script had him locked in a room and he's banging on the door and when the door gives way, it falls to the ground like a big domino and he is basically spreadeagled across the door as it falls. He landed on his elbows and this caused a jarring in his neck I believe and he dealt with that injury for the rest of his life to one degree or another. As always, very interesting Rick! Great work and keep 'em coming!! Happy Easter!!

[@gregorymcmahon876]

Get Smart had great guest stars.

[@sgeorge1701]

"This isn't made up, this is according to Buck Henry" (I love that quote! :-) Also, I know a few casting directors - it is "possible" she was testing him to see how he would handle his prop failing. And he obviously passed - cuz she hired him for the role! And Johnny Carson - always a class act

[@JLRJ]

Of course he went too far since it sent Pat to the hospital. She could have died!💯

[@frednitney5831]

You can't make an omelette without electrocuting a few eggs.

[@theda850two]

A bit of an Alec Baldwin move. 😮

[@partyon5374]

'Missed it by that much!'

[@ricknineg]

😂

[@JLRJ]

Now where have I heard that before?❤️😂

[@stevegrepps4600]

😆😂

[@brianholden2609]

Just an assumption but I'm thinking that Pat Harris cast him in the role because he was so convincing in his audition that she believed him to the point of touching a dubious device and receiving an electric shock.

[@signet9542]

Did you know that Johnny Carson was an amateur magician?

[@ricknineg]

Yes, he was and a good one at that

[@Pygar2]

@@rickninegWhich is why Uri Geller failed on his show. As a magician, he knew how to set up the requested props so Geller couldn't monkey with them.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Cool!

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Home made "shockers" was a thing back then. The voltage was high but it was in milliamps.

[@gailwatson4927]

I loved this episode. Never realized Johnny was in this episode. Thanks for the information. Glad he got the job even after he hurt director.

[@FishHeadSalad]

I loved the "Soviet *_Russian_* and also member of KAOS" *_German_* Shepherd, Krochanska. As to Carson, he also appeared in another episode of Get Smart in the episode called "The King Lives?"

[@johnproctor464]

You should look up the word electrocuted.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

He did- in a bad dictionary

[@markiangooley]

Electrocution means death. It’s a compound word, relatively new, made from electric plus execution. Almost everyone in a KZbin video uses it to mean “getting an electric shock, fatal or not.” I think it must be a law of nature.

[@wisteela]

Shocked, not electrocuted.

[@cadeevans4623]

Wasn't aware of this thanks for the information and facts I never knew very detailed thanks Rick great video

[@randytim512]

Johnny Carson had charisma and was a scene stealer. As for the electrocution incident just a bizarre story but an integuing tid bit.

[@artistjoh]

The Orient Express operated on several different routes, including a starting point in London which has now ceased due to Brexit. While there is still a private luxury train called the Orient Express from Paris. Tickets start at around $3,000. However, the original Orient Express which ceased in 2009, is currently refurbishing its historic cars, and is expected to resume operations in 2025.

[@curtprasky3440]

transitive verb To kill with electricity. "a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire." To execute (a person sentenced to death) by means of electricity. To execute or put to death by electricity. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik No one who is electrocuted ever recovers. Perhaps you meant "shocked"?

[@MsBackstager]

I fondly remember this ep well and swell. BTW -- it would have to be 'NEAR ELECTROCUATION" or the person would have died.

[@ricknineg]

Electrocution Dictionary definition: “injure or kill someone by electric shock.” This literally sent someone to the hospital and injured someone. So it is a correct statement.

[@MsBackstager]

@@ricknineg Hubby was nearly electrocuted on a construction job and that was the term that the emergency room doctor said to him. In this case, happy that both survived.

[@davescrimshaw7781]

Get smart - don't touch!

[@johndurham2459]

"We are now entering Luxembourg" two seconds later "we are now existing Luxembourg".

[@eloiseockert9233]

Yes. This man did 'go too far."

[@Jared_Wignall]

It’s crazy looking up some of the stuff that happened behind the scenes on some of these old shows. Good to know she was alright in the end, but that’s still crazy that this happened to begin with. It’s also cool to see Johnny Carson on Get Smart. Thank you for the video Rick, hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and take care!

[@ricknineg]

I truly appreciate your support Jared

[@LibArtie]

Rick, you mean shocked, not electrocuted which results in death.

[@ricknineg]

Electrocution Dictionary definition: “injure or kill someone by electric shock.” This literally sent someone to the hospital and injured someone. So it is a correct statement.

[@LibArtie]

@@ricknineg I stand corrected. Thank you for your reply!

[@buzzerguy]

@@ricknineg This is one of those cases like "flammable," where misuse over decades eventually led to the wrong usage being declared correct because it was so common. It's literally a portmanteau of "electric" and "execution," and in older dictionaries refers only to death by electric current. Sometimes it seems "drowned" will suffer the same fate and eventually also mean "submerged." Either way, I remain sure that the non-word "excitedness" (from this video) is in no danger of replacing "excitement."

[@DocDoccus]

@@LibArtie I have YET to hear of someone survive an electrocution.

[@sproctor1958]

​@@ricknineg​ According to OSHA and the NEA, "electrocute" means death has occured. My 1980 Oxford dictionary also defines it as being fatal, not an injury. I would assume the source you referenced was an online resource. May I respectfully recommend you consider alternatives in the future...? Otherwise, much appreciate the information on one of my favorite shows growing up. Something I didn't know. Many thanks!

[@caziontherise]

What about Dick Van Dyke show and Bewitched and Andy Griffith show

[@caziontherise]

I can watch these shows all day as well. Never gets old

[@Steven-e2g]

Pretty sure she was badly shocked, not electrocuted, which implies achieving room temperature.

[@ricknineg]

Electrocution Dictionary definition: “injure or kill someone by electric shock.” This literally sent someone to the hospital and injured someone. So it is a correct statement.

[@kevinangley1308]

@@ricknineg First, I really love your content. But in this case, I believe the shocking title (pun intended) was a little over the top. See my reply in another comment about the word electrocution, but further, I would ask what source you have that described the incident as resulting in severe injury. The interview Buck Henry had with Vice magazine where he told this story did not mention any injury or seeking medical attention.

[@andrewvelonis5940]

My guess is that the device was only supposed to give a mild shock, like rubbing your feet on a carpet and then touching a doorknob.

[@nathanwoodruff9422]

In the very early 1970's you could buy a plastic box that had "Candy Cigarettes" printed on the top of it with two metal tabs on the side of it. Inside of this plastic box was a 9 volt battery and not "Candy Cigarettes." Pulling the palm sized box open, connected a metal switch to an induction coil producing 15k volts. It gave a health jolt but had a large resistor in series to limit the current from killing someone. People started getting smart and removing this in series resister making people jump about 1 foot off the ground. Everyone in the class room would laugh. That was until we found out that people were being killed by this toy box. This was either 1970 or 1971. All sales of this device were banned. The actor was probably using a similar device in the middle 1960's.

[@markg7030]

There were a lot of novelty items like that. In the 1960's I remember a book with the title "Famous Nudes" that would jolt you with electricty when the cover was opened.

[@jeffw1267]

There used to be a fake book you could buy that worked on the same principle, around 1980. I saw one at Zeezo's Magic Castle in the Cinderella City mall. It appeared to be a porn book. You'd open it up, hoping to see some pornography, and the electronics were exposed inside so you'd have a fraction of a second to realize you had made a mistake. Then you would get a healthy shock. I recall that it also used a 9V battery.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

You were smoking in the classroom?!

[@lazyhomebody1356]

oh, CANDY cigarettes. Seems like a weird idea today

[@nathanwoodruff9422]

@@lazyhomebody1356 _"You were smoking in the classroom?!"_ No, but when I was in high school there was a smoking section out the back doors of the cafeteria.

[@PaulHarris-sl1ct]

The original (first) bondmobile, used by Sean Connery in "Dr. No", was indeed a Sunbeam Alpine. This was the same movie where "M" makes Bond give up his preferred Beretta for the Walther PPK.

[@martykarr7058]

Did they use the same train set (interiors) as "Hogan's Heroes"?

[@Bailey-y9b]

Here's one for ya Eddie Albert with mr hatch goes fishing where andy and opie fishing with the mayor with many clips from thr fishing hole

[@robertlworley]

If he knew how powerful the device would be when touched, he should never have been given the part; that could have been fatal to Pat!

[@jerrysolomon7623]

The great unsung character was agent 13 he was always stuck in a trash can or a even a toilet.

[@davewhite4206]

He went too far....surprised he did this!

[@mamas.8259]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@wiseguymaybe]

Oh yeah, he went to far. That's taking method acting to another level, and if someone get's hurt that is way to much. Still I've never seen thsi episode, it looks like it is paroding the James Bond movie From Russia With Love,. Have to watch it. Great comedy in Get Smart,

[@JohnLancaster-b5x]

Is this the Del Close, founder of Second City?

[@JJP316]

NOT the founder. Acting teacher/director at The Second City for years.

[@PerAllwin1963]

Another accident that happened on the set of “Get Smart”, and one that many people don’t know about, involved Don Adams jumping into a convertible car one leg in first, followed by the other. He was supposed to make the jump look smooth and easy, but as he leapt in his groin hit the top edge of the closed passenger door. Adams said that this wasn’t staged, and his balls got hurt. In the show, Adams makes a slightly “pained expression”, but that wasn’t an act. He had actually hurt his testicles. I don’t know what episode this was from, but I remember seeing it when I was a kid. I wonder if anyone can tell me the episode.

[@anno250]

How many more people are going to use the word ELECTROCUTE and not know what it means . Please look up what Electric shock means then Electrocute . The electric chair is used to Electrocute someone .Does that give you some idea. Where someone who gets a jolt and lives is an electric shock . Its not hard .

[@meanunclebob1819]

Of course he went too far. A stupid childish thing to do. Even if it had only been enough to startle her it could be damaging. Hell, I bet that in those days there were lots of dangerous things on a set that under 'normal' conditions would be easily avoided so even just jumping back from something could be dangerous.

[@ddavenpAZ]

Dang dude! The show is called Get Smart, not Be Stupid! Close call for everyone involved no doubt. (See? I can pun too) This was a well researched video and your work paid off. I’m telling a lot of people about this one. 😮

[@tj921able]

It was a little far to go, but at least a great person was cast in the role.

[@saltraker9652]

pictures change in lab sequence

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

The Orient Express will, once again, be operating. I think it will return to service in 2025.

[@chriscoleman6956]

Yes but he was in charter

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Shocking!!

[@JJP316]

Del Close had a history of going too far with things in his life. Look him up.

[@MARIASIEGEL-oc4qp]

Why didn't he know how powerful it was? Or the prop department?

[@ricknineg]

🤷‍♂️

[@John-cr2tn]

I hate to be that guy but the term electrocute means death by electricity. She was shocked , not electrocuted as was I. I was shocked unconscious and the doctor corrected me on that

[@ricknineg]

Incorrect! Electrocution Dictionary definition: “to injure or kill someone by electric shock.” This literally sent someone to the hospital and injured someone. So it is a correct statement.

[@joeanderson9852]

❤❤

[@ardathbey4150]

Close...far... ?

[@acelarson1872]

DB Cooper 1:48 cameo

[@stevendunn264]

And he still got the part???

[@ricknineg]

Yes which makes it mad mad crazy. I think that’s method acting at its best. Trust us stranger than fiction

[@rager1969]

Talk about Method Acting. Yeah, he went too far. Johnny was still doing the Tonight Show in New York at the time, so I wonder if this cameo was impromptu because he happened to be in LA or if they scheduled it.

[@jaytiarks2592]

I am going to bet for impromptu as johnny was a spot on kinda guy, he was used to reacting to the audience. He loved comedy, as did John Wayne, probably over some drinks was talked into it.

[@randyc9818]

Way to far.

[@danohimm22]

stills and old news ,,, really

[@ricknineg]

This channel is literally a commentary on classic TV shows. So yes, the news will be often decades old. Surprise, surprise!

[@guypuccio3129]

Great reply,Rick. 👍

[@joeenglert]

cant stand the lisp

[@ricknineg]

Use the spray: lisp-away

[@jaytiarks2592]

​@@ricknineg wow l commend you for putting up with unwarranted and excessive criticism. Your show hits the spot, l grew up in front of TV thru 60's and 70's.

[@lrich8181]

Shocked,not electrocuted.