Don 'Get Smart' Adams Dies- RIP Agent 86

[buzzsaw_23]

http://smh.com.au/news/people/get-smart-actor-dies/2005/09/27/1127586821325.html

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 yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, his friend and former agent Bruce Tufeld said today, 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 combating 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 popular catchphrase.

Smart was also prone to spilling things on the desk or person of his boss Thaddius (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.

http://smh.com.au/news/people/get-smart-actor-dies/2005/09/27/1127586821325.html

[henslee]

1. I must say this, along with Soupy Sales he was my first comedy god.

And to reference another thread about early crushes, his girl Agent 99 Barbara Felden was my first crush. And lets not forget Don's immortal voice work for.... Tennesee Tuxedo, another early crush.

[Spinzonner]

2. Another comic giant -after Bob Denver - gone

Well, would you believe ...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Eddie Albert, Bob Denver, Don Adams...they say these things happen in 3s.

I've seen EVERY episode of Green Acres, Gilligan's Island, and Get Smart...at LEAST a half-dozen times EACH.

We have plenty of living ACTORS and ACTRESSES, but we've run woefully short on living LEGENDS.

:toast:

[buzzsaw_23]

6. Remeber the 'cone of silence'

Smart insisted on using it and Chief never wanted the malfunctioning spy tool used.

Cracked me up.

Dick Gautier as Hymie the robot was hilarious

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. "Cone of Silence" was the "more cowbell" of its day.

Totally original, never got old.

:toast:

[Cha]

4. It just doesn't seem right that

Maxwell Smart/Don Adams is 82?!

Time has a way of getting away from me..I must have been a very young girl when Get Smart was on tv!

RIP~Don Adams O8)

[brettdale]

5. This Topic

Should only be held under the "Cone Of Silence"

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Aw.. I loved him! :^(

[getmeouttahere]

8. Maxwell Smart walking down the corridor....

with the various doors opening will be etched in my memory forever...and beyond!

Rest in Peace, Don

[Dudley_DUright]

9. Would you belive...

... he is just resting?

[PSPS]

11. Would you believe ... left the building?

Get Smart was one of the best shows of its time. Adams as Maxwell Smart and Ed Platt as "The Chief" in the "cone of silence" was one of the funniest bits ever. You could see the genius of both Mel Brooks and Buck Henry (both producers) in that show. David Ketchum as the always-hidden "Agent 13" was a riot too.

Don Adams really seemed to lose it after Get Smart. Does anyone remember that ultra-creepy "Don Adams' Screen Test" show that lasted one season in 1975? Ugh! It was nothing more than an excuse to have hottie teenage "aspiring actresses" come on and re-enact some famous movie scene with middle-aged men. The scenes would always end with a romantic clutch. It was nothing more than a device for these geezers to french the naive little hottie. Since these hotties were my contemporaries, it really creeped me out!

[NNN0LHI]

12. I was in love with Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) when I was a little kid n/t

[Jazzgirl]

13. This was one of my favorite shows back in the 60's.

I used to look forward to the shoe phone and all his other props. RIP Maxwell.....:cry:

[npincus]

14. RIP Great One. where to see re-runs?

[DinahMoeHum]

15. "Missed it by THAT much !!!!"

RIP, Don Adams. We loved you.

:cry: