Another TV Legend Leaves Us
"Sorry about that, Chief." - Maxwell Smart ("Agent 86"), TV Series "Get Smart".
Not too long ago, we lost Gilligan (Bob Denver)... now Maxwell Smart leaves us. :(
Yesterday, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, legendary comic actor Don Adams of "Get Smart" fame died of a lung infection. He was 82. Please click here for the news article.
In my mind, I can still see the opening to "Get Smart", where Don Adams, as CONTROL "Agent 86", goes through a corridor of multiple heavy doors that slam behind him... and then he steps into a phone booth, dials the phone (back before touch-tone), and then drops down a chute.
For those of you who may not know, "Get Smart" was a 1960's sitcom spoofing spy movies (i.e. James Bond) that were very popular during that particular time period.
Adams played the main character, Maxwell Smart ("Agent 86"), a bungling secret agent who used a phone that was built into one of his shoes (similar to a bulky 1980's hand-held cellphone) and constantly got on his boss's nerves... everytime apologizing by saying, "Sorry about that, Chief."
His sidekick was the brilliant and gorgeous "Agent 99", played by Barbara Feldon.
Their main nemesis was a group called CHAOS.
After the series ended its final season in the early 1970's, Adams brought back his famous role as Maxwell Smart in the 1980 movie "The Nude Bomb" (a.k.a. "The Return of Maxwell Smart"), and in 1995, he and co-star Feldon reunited in a new but very short-lived "Get Smart" on Fox. I watched all three (the original series, the movie, and the 1995 series) and remember them to be pretty entertaining IMHO.
Here's something I just learned... during World War II, Adams was a Marine who fought at Guadalcanal and later ended his military career as a drill instructor. Who'd've thunk it. :)
Mr. Adams, thank you for sharing your gift of comedy with us and for serving your country with honor. May you rest in eternal peace.
That's all for now. Thanks for visiting and please come again.
Not too long ago, we lost Gilligan (Bob Denver)... now Maxwell Smart leaves us. :(
Yesterday, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, legendary comic actor Don Adams of "Get Smart" fame died of a lung infection. He was 82. Please click here for the news article.
In my mind, I can still see the opening to "Get Smart", where Don Adams, as CONTROL "Agent 86", goes through a corridor of multiple heavy doors that slam behind him... and then he steps into a phone booth, dials the phone (back before touch-tone), and then drops down a chute.
For those of you who may not know, "Get Smart" was a 1960's sitcom spoofing spy movies (i.e. James Bond) that were very popular during that particular time period.
Adams played the main character, Maxwell Smart ("Agent 86"), a bungling secret agent who used a phone that was built into one of his shoes (similar to a bulky 1980's hand-held cellphone) and constantly got on his boss's nerves... everytime apologizing by saying, "Sorry about that, Chief."
His sidekick was the brilliant and gorgeous "Agent 99", played by Barbara Feldon.
Their main nemesis was a group called CHAOS.
After the series ended its final season in the early 1970's, Adams brought back his famous role as Maxwell Smart in the 1980 movie "The Nude Bomb" (a.k.a. "The Return of Maxwell Smart"), and in 1995, he and co-star Feldon reunited in a new but very short-lived "Get Smart" on Fox. I watched all three (the original series, the movie, and the 1995 series) and remember them to be pretty entertaining IMHO.
Here's something I just learned... during World War II, Adams was a Marine who fought at Guadalcanal and later ended his military career as a drill instructor. Who'd've thunk it. :)
Mr. Adams, thank you for sharing your gift of comedy with us and for serving your country with honor. May you rest in eternal peace.
That's all for now. Thanks for visiting and please come again.
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