While Don Adams is always good as Maxwell Smart, I find it a tad unrealistic that a bumbler like Max, who caused his Chief no end of annoyance, would have been promoted to Chief of an international spy organisation, answerable to the President. It just seems a stretch that Max would be considered for the job, considering his bumbling. What do you think?
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Really? is it that hard to believe? Think about this, George W. Bush was president of the United States. Now does that make it easier to believe.
You'd believe more in a series where a Chief was younger then Max and Max was still an active Control agent at 70ish?
shareActually,Max had already been Chief in the original series,when The Chief got kidnapped in A Spy For A Spy. To me,the original series seem to imply Max was a high ranking member of Control in spite of his clumsiness and Attention Deficit Disorder.99 complemented his weaknesses and that's why she was usually paired with him. I found his promotion to Chief almost inevitable in the new series and quite creditable as a seasoned experienced spy. I'm sure if this series had been given a chance it would have evolved into a worthwhile successor. I thought they had a good ensemble cast that WAS being fleshed as it progressed. Don Adams tried for years to bring it back. I still have a promotional artical that claimed the movie Get Smart Again was intended as a pilot for a series of TV movies. Remember - in Man From Uncle ,the boss in that series was in his seventies
shareRemember, things always turned out for Max. To an outsider looking in it would seem he was a great agent. Only 99 and the chief knew the score
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