On "Get Smart" did the Chief have a number like Max and 99 did?
Question #140213. Asked by Ilona_Ritter.
Last updated Apr 27 2015.
Originally posted Apr 27 2015 10:35 AM.
kingofmates
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kingofmates 14 year member
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Apparently no # for the Chief. His first name was Thaddeus, and he went by the cover Harold Clark, but no last name ever used and no #. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Smart
Apr 27 2015, 10:51 AM
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In the episode "The Hot Line," the Chief was demoted by a KAOS agent (played by John Byner) and Smart was made Chief. Thaddeus's agent code was Q.
Chief Smart: [the Chief has been demoted to agent and Max has been named chief] Just a moment. I don't think we should call you Chief from now on, that woudn't be proper. Eh, what was your old number?
Chief: Q.
Chief Smart: Q?
Chief: Yes, I was an agent before they switched to numbers.