Hugh Jackes

Don Adams, RIP

Hello, Chief? Max!



Get Smart was the original must-see TV when I was a kid.

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Paul McElligott

Kirk Gunn

"Would you believe....."

Interesting tidbit from ABCNews.com:

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


RIP - hopefully we will see a series resurrection on TVLand, Nick at Nite, etc...

Todd Stout

Oh man... sad news. I was a huge fan of Get Smart as a kid.

I'll have to dig out the autographed 8x10 that my aunt and uncle got for me back in 1980 at a computer show. He was the spokesperson for some computer company back then but I don't recall which.

Keith Paynter

"Sorry about that, chief..."

So long Maxwell Smart, Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget.

WB: Please free Tin Pan Alley Cats and Coal Black an' De Sebben Dwarfs from The Censored Eleven

Robert Crawford

Here's a link to an article about his passing. One of my favorite shows of the 1960s. May he R.I.P.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050926/ap_en_tv/obit_adams

G.W. McLintock: Camille, you're on your own.

Scott D S

I was in second grade when Get Smart premiered on Nick at Night (this was way before TV Land) and I remember my mom telling me about it because she watched the show when she was a kid (either her or her sisters) and thought I'd like it. Plus I had been a fan of Inspector Gadget. Well, needless to say, I tuned in and fell in love with it in about two seconds. I loved the show, loved the opening, and pretty much became obsessed with it. I bought The Get Smart Handbook by Joey Green (I remember, at the Books-a-Million at Sawgrass Mills) and it had lists of every gadget, password, character, etc.

Then with the Internet, I discovered wouldyoubelieve.com and even more info about the making of the show. And after that, I discovered Sledge Hammer which was described by creator Alan Spencer as "Get Smart meets Dirty Harry." I only hope that, if they finally make the Steve Carell movie, I can do my part as a production assistant. (I'm a film school grad who lives in LA. It's possible.)

Nathan*W

So sorry to hear this. I had no idea he was a Marine Drill Instructor. I wonder if boot camp went like this:

"OK you maggots, you're going to drop and give me five hundred pushups!"

Platoon in unison: "We find that very hard to believe, sir!"

"Would you believe 100 pushups?..... How about two sit-ups and a jumping jack?"

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RobertR

RIP, Don Adams. You helped create a classic.

Jerry Almeida

I've been a fan of all three of these since childhood. This is certainly a sad day.

The article mentioned "Would you believe?" and "Sorry about that cheif." I was quite fond of "Missed it by that much." It makes me crack a smile even as I type it.