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| Don Adams AKA Maxwell Smart Dead at 82 |
| 2005-09-26 |
| The the wry-voiced comedian starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s television spoof of James Bond movies, "Get Smart." His friend and former agent, Bruce Tufeld, said Adams died of a lung infection last night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He says the actor broke his hip a year ago and had been in ill health. As the inept Agent 86 of the super-secret federal agency CONTROL, Adams captured TV viewers with his antics in combatting the evil agents of CHAOS. When his explanations failed to convince the villains or his boss, he tried another tack: "Would you believe...?" It became a national catchphrase. Get Smart twice won the Emmy for best comedy series with three Emmys for Adams as comedy actor. Adams married and divorced three times and had seven children. He also served as the voice for the popular cartoon series, "Inspector Gadget." In 1980, he appeared as Maxwell Smart in a feature movie, "The Nude Bomb," about a madman whose bomb destroyed people's clothing. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #16 "...nothing special to had served in the military and be patriotic" - try doin' that now. with half of the LeftLooney policrats, treason-crats and wafflers labeling our warriors as baby-killers while AL SHARPTON laments how over 50% of America's young people are unable to support themselves cuz they are denied from joining the military. RIP, DON, YOU AND THE CHIEF AND GILLIGAN, etal characters and stars SHALL BE REMEMBERED AND BELOVED. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-09-26 23:29 |
| #15 What a brilliant entertainer. Don Adams rules. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-09-26 23:28 |
| #14 CF: I just hope they have the telephone booth working right when he dials in the number. He doesn't deserve to go Down. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-26 20:16 |
| #13 Raj: Back then, it was nothing special for an actor to have served in the military and be patriotic. What I found amazing was that after he came back from the 'canal, he was a Drill Instructor. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-26 20:15 |
| #12 Argh. They misspelled "KAOS"! Hopefully Sigfried will get them for that. Oh, the memories. The Chief, Larabee, the Cone of Silence, Hymie the robot, all the subtle jabs at LBJ, the shoe phone, the invisible wall and the laboratory with all their stupid inventions. All those CONTROL agents: http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/cagents.html And all of those KAOS agents: http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/kagents.html |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-09-26 20:12 |
| #11 ima worried about chumley, i hope the go go gophers will visit and support. |
| Posted by: halfEmpty 2005-09-26 17:49 |
| #10 I did not know this - Don Adams was in the Marine Corps. Semper Fi, Mr. Adams... |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-26 17:24 |
| #9 And now for a moment of (The Cone of) Silence. |
| Posted by: Curt Simon 2005-09-26 17:11 |
| #8 and they left out his work in Tennesee Tuxedo... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-26 16:32 |
| #7 A moment of silence is requested: http://www.tvacres.com/images/cone_silence.jpg |
| Posted by: Penguin 2005-09-26 16:31 |
| #6 New series, "Get Dead" |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-26 16:22 |
| #5 I hope he watches his nose as the Pearly Gates close..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-09-26 16:17 |
| #4 Didn't realize he was still alive. All those, family and celebrity alike, who we knew and enjoyed watching in our youth are leaving us.... :( |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-26 16:03 |
| #3 How is 99 doing? About 10 years ago she did the narration for a PBS special on dinosaurs. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-09-26 15:50 |
| #2 Didn't realize he was still alive. Godspeed, Maxwell. Careful of the door.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-26 15:47 |
| #1 Oh baby - Agent 99 Now that was television! |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2005-09-26 15:29 |