Get Smart
Too Many Chiefs
TV Flash files “Too Many Chiefs” as hour 11 of 138 in the TV Flash guide — Get Smart (1965–1970) on NBC/CBS, season 1, episode 11, aired 1965-11-27, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 138 in the Get Smart guide, hour 11 of 30 in season 1. It aired 1965-11-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Our Man in Leotards” (S01E10). Next is “My Nephew the Spy” (S01E12).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Alexi Sebastian, a master impersonator, attempts to kill someone who was about to reveal the secret of the KAOS coding system. Alexi disguises himself as the Chief to confuse the situation even more. Max and 99 must guard Tanya Lupescu, who has memorized KAOS' codebook. An attempt to hide her in a hotel fails, so CONTROL decides to hide her in Max's apartment. KAOS hires master impersonator Alexi Sebastian to kill Lupesco. Sebastian has successfully disguised himself as Johnny Carson and Max's Aunt Rose, so CONTROL has him listed as a 101 - shoot on sight. Sebastian disguises himself as the Chief and gets inside the apartment, but the real Chief shows up and Max is confronted by two Chiefs. Can Maxie pick the correct Chief?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Too Many Chiefs sit in the Get Smart guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 138 — hour 11 of 30 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did Get Smart S01E11 air?
Too Many Chiefs aired 1965-11-27 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch Get Smart in order?
Mostly no. It is episodic spy farce. Recurring gadgets and the Smart/99 partnership reward a little sequence, but you can hop after the pilot grammar clicks.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch a spy satire that loves its gadgets enough to mock them. Adams' timing, Feldon's cool, and farce that still understands tension — proof a laugh can share a frame with a ticking briefcase without dropping either assignment.
The cone still matters more than the catchphrase. Get Smart, 1965, is a spy novel that keeps tripping on its own gadgets and somehow still completes the mission. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry built a CONTROL agent who is both the punchline and the plot: Don Adams's Maxwell Smart, Barbara Feldon's Agent 99, Edward Platt's Chief. Bond mania had already sold the tuxedo. This series sold the gag without throwing away the thriller's timing. That dual assignment is the craft. Plenty of satires love the joke and forget the…
Filed against
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- Barbara Feldon as Agent 99
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- Edward Platt as The Chief
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