"Get Smart" What's It All About, Algie? (TV Episode 1970) - Edward Platt as Chief

Chief : Max, if you don't do as I say, you're fired.

Maxwell Smart : That's an idle threat, Chief. You'd never fire me.

Chief : Oh no? What makes you so sure I wouldn't?

Maxwell Smart : Because according to seniority, if I get fired from Control, Larabee moves up.
Maxwell Smart : Well, let's look on the bright side of things, Chief: it's a good thing that he gave me the list before he disappeared, rather than after he disappeared.

Chief : Just what kind of reasoning is that? How could he possibly have given you the list after his disappearance? He could have only have given it to you before his disappearance.

Maxwell Smart : Oh yeah? How about during his disappearance?
Chief : Why would you serve a German white wine with Italian food? They don't go together.

Larabee : Well, it was bottled in 1943.

Chief : What has that got to do with it?

Larabee : They went together then.
Chief : Take that tree

[the Maricoba Carnivorae - man-eating tree]

Chief : and get it down to headquarters.

Larabee : Right, Chief. Where would you like me to put it?

Chief : Right next to your desk.
Chief : Larabee, confiscate that plant.

Larabee : I can't Chief. I'm not a priest.
Maxwell Smart : [on garden hose phone] He was a little suspicious at first, until I gave him cover story 3MB. He fell for it completely.

Chief : [on other end of the hose] Fine, good luck, Max.

Chief : .

[connection is broken]

Chief : 3MB? We haven't used that since Pearl Harbor.

Edward Platt: Chief