Don Adams dead...

[travis2]

per WOAI...

For those of you too young to remember, Don Adams played bumbling agent Maxwell Smart in the spy-spoof TV series "Get Smart"...

http://valdefierro.com/gets6.jpg

[batman2883]

ah i loved that show, damn.......another bites the dust i suppose, tip my 40 for all my dead homies in the gangsta lean

[JoeChalupa]

Loved that show.....time to put up the shoe phone.

[Jimcs50]

:depressed

I am sorry about that, Chief.

[Slomo]

Loved that show never knew it was called "Ger Smart" I knew it as "Max la Menace".

[FromWayDowntown]

Missed it by that much.

Along with Get Smart, Adams was also cast (as Maxwell Smart) in "The Nude Bomb," which was titilating to me as an adolescent, despite its lack of nudity.

[Taco]

"I missed it by that much"
RIP

[batman2883]

"missed it by that much"????

[travis2]

Don Adams of 'Get Smart' Dies at 82
(http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-obit-adams,0,4068253.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)

By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer

September 26, 2005, 2:45 PM EDT


LOS ANGELES -- Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s television spoof of James Bond movies, "Get Smart," has died. He was 82.

Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his friend and former agent Bruce Tufeld said Monday, adding the actor broke his hip a year ago and had been in ill health since.

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 Kaos. When his explanations failed to convince the villains or his boss, he tried another tack: "Would you believe...?" It became a national catchphrase.

Smart was also prone to spilling things on the desk or person of the Chief (actor Edward Platt). Smart's apologetic "Sorry about that, chief" also entered the American lexicon. The spy gadgets, which aped those of the Bond movies, were a popular feature, especially the pre-cell-phone telephone in a shoe.

Smart's beautiful partner, Agent 99, played by Barbara Felden, was as brainy as he was dense, and a plot romance led to marriage and the birth of twins later in the series.

Adams, who had been under contract to NBC, was lukewarm about doing a spy spoof. When he learned that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry had written the pilot script, he accepted immediately. "Get Smart" debuted on NBC in September 1965 and scored No. 12 among the season's most-watched series and No. 22 in its second season.

"Get Smart" twice won the Emmy for best comedy series with three Emmys for Adams as comedy actor.

[ObiwanGinobili]

I always wanted the shoe phone.
When I was 8 or so I would pretend that my jelly sandles had a built in phone....

[Kori Ellis]

"missed it by that much"????

I thought you watched the show?

[batman2883]

I did but you gotta remember i saw this show when i was really really smaller with my father, on nick at night....i dont remember everything but i do remember the shoe phone

[2pac]

I was once in a musical where I had to speak and sing in a voice that mimiced his voice. I practiced by talking like that all the time because it was so hard to keep my voice like that and my castmates couldnt keep a straight face.

I loved that show. Used to watch it all the time with my dad.

[Spurminator]

Wow, first Gilligan then Maxwell Smart... Who will be the Third Nick-at-Nite casualty?

[Jimcs50]

I must be getting old.

:(

[batman2883]

Desi arnez...oh wait im too late...:(

[Marklar MM]

Man. The shoe phone. The Chaos Organization. Good times.

[ShoogarBear]

He's dead . . . AND lovin' it!

[Taco]

:depressed

[Shelly]

Aww! I loved Get Smart!

[FromWayDowntown]

Man. The shoe phone. The Chaos Organization. Good times.

KAOS and CONTROL. I read that Mel Brooks came up with the names and intended them to be acronyms, but could never figure out how to make them work.

Get Smart was classic.

[Vashner]

RIP he was funny.

[greywheel]

He was also the voice of Inspector Gadget on the cartoon of the same name.

"Go Go Gadget Umbrella"

[ShoogarBear]

The Cone of Silence.

That show was basically the same six or seven jokes repeated over and over . . . and I couldn't stop laughing.

[Shelly]

Did we ever learn 99's real name?

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, they did say what it was around the time they were getting married . . . don't remember it, though.

[Shelly]

They said Susan, but...

gent 99 has an even more mysterious past then Agent 86. She calls herself a "country girl", having been raised forty miles north of Twin Falls, Idaho. Her father is dead, but when alive he claimed to be a greeting card salesman, although he was really a spy. He also looked exactly like the KAOS Agent Simon the Likable.

Before becoming a spy, 99 worked as a high fashion model. She joined CONTROL just two weeks after Max, by which time Max had driven the Chief bald.

99Her talents as a spy are numerous. She won three straight Lamont Cranston Awards for Shadowing. She speaks Chinese, German, and French. 99 is an accomplished dancer, as well as a violin and harp player. In several episodes 99's cover is that of a singer and she reveals herself to have an excellent voice.

From the moment they met, 99 has been in love with Maxwell Smart. For years she tried to get him to notice her, but he refused to think of her as anything but a fellow spy. Finally, she gives up on Max, quits CONTROL, and gets engaged to Victor Royal. Jealous beyond words, Max follows her to Royal's casino and reveals him to be a KAOS agent. She returns to CONTROL feeling depressed about Royal, but more secure about Max's feelings for her.

That episode (99 Loses CONTROL) has caused a great deal of confusion among fans, as 99 tells Victor that her name is Susan Hilton. Many people have mistakenly said that is her real name. However, at the end of the episode, she quite clearly states that Susan Hilton is a fake name. The exact lines:

Max: That's all right Susan.
99: It's 99, Max. Susan isn't my real name.

Doesn't get any clearer then that!

Finally, when they're on a case and escape seems impossible, Max confesses his love and tells 99 that he'd marry her if they could only escape. With that motivation, 99 thinks of a way out of the KAOS trap and they become engaged. She gets several engagement rings, with one of them shattering like glass when Rosa LaCosta sings. A little more than a year after their wedding, 99 gives birth to twins. Like her, the twins real names are never revealed.

[whottt]

Would you believe...

Adams served in the Marine Corps during WWII and fought in the battle of Guadalcanal.

[whottt]

Yeah, they did say what it was around the time they were getting married . . . don't remember it, though.


I always thought it was "number".

[SpursFanDan]

Well, I guess this makes the remake that much more appealing, or less..not sure.

Maxwell Smart will be played by Steve Carrell

[ShoogarBear]

He was also the voice of Inspector Gadget on the cartoon of the same name.

"Go Go Gadget Umbrella"

Well, if we're going to talk about his cartoon characters:
http://www.jrj-socrates.com/Cartoon%20Pics/Underdog/Tennessee_Tuxedo_300.gif