The Wild Wild West is an American television set Produced in a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy music, that this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as"James Bond on horseback." Establish during the government of President Ulysses Grant, the string followed closely Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved offenses, secure the President, also foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the USA. The show featured a number such as the advanced devices employed their adversaries and by the agents. The combination of the era time frame and the usage of Verne-esque style technology have moved some to give the show credit.