favorite Siegfried episode?

[the guy in Control]

Siegfried (played by Bernie Kopell) is probably the best-known villain Maxwell Smart ever faced, though it may interest you to know that he only appeared in 14 of the show's 138 episodes...

here's a short synopsis of each of Siegfried's episodes, to jog your memory:

• A Spy for a Spy (October 1, 1966) - when Siegfried the Great kidnaps the Chief of CONTROL, Max tries to get him back by kidnapping an important KAOS agent... each side tries to out-do the other and things get out of hand...
  
• Rub-A-Dub-Dub...Three Spies in a Sub (November 12, 1966) - Max and 99 discover (and are captured on) a submarine occupied by Siegfried
  
• Someone Down Here Hates Me (January 14, 1967) - Siegfried offers a bounty on Max's head
  
• Cutback at Control (January 21, 1967) - when budget constraints cause cutbacks, some CONTROL agents go to work for KAOS
  
• How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying (March 11, 1967) - Siegfried defects to CONTROL...or does he?!
  
• The Spy Who Met Himself (October 7, 1967) - KAOS causes chaos when impersonators start replacing real CONTROL agents
  
• One of Our Olives Is Missing (November 4, 1967) - when a country singer (Carol Burnett) swallows an olive with a secret transmitter in it, Max must protect her from KAOS
  
• The Mysterious Dr. T (December 30, 1967) - just before a leading CONTROL scientist dies, he reveals that Dr. T was the real brains behind his inventions... now CONTROL and KAOS are racing to see who can find and woo Dr. T first!
  
• Spy, Spy, Birdie (March 9, 1968) - a man who only wants quiet in the world invents a silent explosive
  
• Snoopy Smart vs the Red Baron (September 28, 1968) - on a visit to 99's mother, Max and 99 learn how Siegfried is destroying the country's potato crop
  
• Schwartz's Island (December 21, 1968) - on their honeymoon, Max and 99 end up with Siegfried on a deserted synthetic island
  
• The Not-So-Great Escape, Parts 1 & 2 (March 15 & 22, 1969) - in a parody of The Great Escape, CONTROL agents (including the Chief) are captured and sent to a KAOS POW camp in New Jersey... it's up to Max to find and save them all!
  
• Ice Station Siegfried (December 19, 1969) - with Max and the Chief trapped in a snow storm in Florida, 99 teams up with CIA Agent Quigley (Bill Dana), who must battle Siegfried at the North Pole

so my question to you is: which is your favorite?

for me, A Spy for a Spy stands as one of the best of the whole series, let alone with Siegfried... several others are very good, though, also...

[colly]

this evening they had "How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying (March 11, 1967)" on TV.....and as a young, budding Get Smart fan who is only exploring Get Smart for the first time really....ive never seen Siegfried yet!

anyhow, my grandma came over to cook me dinner for my birthday (parents were out) and as we sat down, i turned off the TV out of courtesy as the Get Smart theme got rolling....

and after she left - i turned the TV back on. rolling the end credits!

Siegfried eludes me...for now!

[Shtarker]

I voted for How To Succeed because it was one of the ones that made an impression on me when I was a kid. Except for Ice Station Siegfried, I'd say they were all god episodes, though.

[colly]

finally got my first, non-Get Smart Again! glimpse of Siegfried in "Somebody Down Here Hates Me".

seemslike a great character!

[wouldyoubelieve]

My favourite Get Smart episode of all time is A Spy for a Spy but I have to say that 2/3 of my favourite episodes involve Siegfried. There was not a bad episode where Max met his arch-nemesis.

[Shtarker]

Now, when Quigley met Siegfried, that was bad, but yeah, when Max met him, there could be no wrong!

[Liz Smart]

A Spy For A Spy without a doubt! It is one of the best, if not the best episode of the series!