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MichaelKeith · 01-26-2014, 02:19 PM

I was just re-watching my fifth season of Get Smart on dvd and there is one episode where his friend Bill Dana substitutes for Don Adams. I didn't like this episode much and it would have been better with Adams in the role Dana took. I like Bill Dana okay and the episodes where he guest stars alongside Don Adams are good, but this solo outing wasn't as good to me. It's the episode where Dana and 99 go to the North Pole to stop a huge fan from freezing over the United States.

Willbo · 01-26-2014, 06:20 PM

I believe that Don Adams missed this episode due to a salary dispute. I guess it was cleared up quickly since he only missed the one episode.

ph1l · 01-28-2014, 04:36 AM

I agree. I quite like Bill Dana but something didn't quite gel in this outing. The episode was far more suited to Don Adams.

getsmartbeaver · 03-08-2014, 09:40 PM

I actually liked "Ice Station Siegfried." One of my favorite parts was when Agent Quigley kept mixing up the names of the admiral, the general and the colonel. And it had Siegfried, Shtarker and Agent 44.

dougiezerts · 05-05-2014, 06:41 PM

No Smart on Get Smart? Horrors!

JL82 · 05-05-2014, 08:39 PM

The biggest problem was, they changed NOTHING except having Dana replace Adams. So you have 99 talking to a (most likely) virtual stranger as if he were Max: "Oh, Quigley, I'm so proud of you?!"

I also don't get why they couldn't have made Dana another male CONTROL agent...there are supposed to be lots of them.

getsmartbeaver · 05-09-2014, 11:35 PM

Adams was on this episode very briefly, at the beginning at the episode. Max and the Chief were stuck in Miami on account of a snowstorm!

01-26-2014, 02:19 PM	#1
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	5th season episode lacking Don Adams I was just re-watching my fifth season of Get Smart on dvd and there is one episode where his friend Bill Dana substitutes for Don Adams. I didn't like this episode much and it would have been better with Adams in the role Dana took. I like Bill Dana okay and the episodes where he guest stars alongside Don Adams are good, but this solo outing wasn't as good to me. It's the episode where Dana and 99 go to the North Pole to stop a huge fan from freezing over the United States.

01-28-2014, 04:36 AM	#3
ph1l Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1,362	I agree. I quite like Bill Dana but something didn't quite gel in this outing. The episode was far more suited to Don Adams.
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01-26-2014, 06:20 PM	#2
Willbo Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 10, 2012 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 866	I believe that Don Adams missed this episode due to a salary dispute. I guess it was cleared up quickly since he only missed the one episode.

03-08-2014, 09:40 PM	#4
getsmartbeaver Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 07, 2014 Location: United States Posts: 133	I actually liked "Ice Station Siegfried." One of my favorite parts was when Agent Quigley kept mixing up the names of the admiral, the general and the colonel. And it had Siegfried, Shtarker and Agent 44.

05-05-2014, 06:41 PM	#5
dougiezerts Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 20, 2012 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 204	No Smart on Get Smart? Horrors!

05-05-2014, 08:39 PM	#6
JL82 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 14, 2009 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 189	The biggest problem was, they changed NOTHING except having Dana replace Adams. So you have 99 talking to a (most likely) virtual stranger as if he were Max: "Oh, Quigley, I'm so proud of you?!" I also don't get why they couldn't have made Dana another male CONTROL agent...there are supposed to be lots of them.

05-09-2014, 11:35 PM	#7
getsmartbeaver Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 07, 2014 Location: United States Posts: 133	Adams was on this episode very briefly, at the beginning at the episode. Max and the Chief were stuck in Miami on account of a snowstorm!