KAOS rules!...Maxwell Smart dies.....

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/aptv_story.asp?category=1401&slug=Obit%20Adams

Vale Don Adams.
Was there a better bumbling spy who always got the bad guy in the end?
"Cone of Silence"
"Missed by that much"
"Would you believe..."

Catchcries that entered the mainstream language.

Proud Pies · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish

Sad to see that Don Adams didn't make it to 86 but passed away at 82. First Gilligan and now Max, all gone to 60s Sit-Com Heaven.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/agent-86-dies-82/2005/09/27/1127586822945.html

'Agent 86' Don Adams dies
Los Angeles
September 27, 2005 - 7:00AM

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.

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

Adams, who married and divorced three times and had seven children, 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.

- AP

3rd degree · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Location: John Wren's tote

Vale Max - I hope they put re runs of Get Smart on !

HAL · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:20 pm

I will mention that to my botmaster, 3rd degree.

London Dave · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:59 am

sad news...apparently the show will be released on DVD sometime in 2006.

Absolute classic show. Still use the old 'cone of silence' line if I'm telling someone a secret. 99, Chief, Larabee, Agent 13, Sigfried, Shtarker, Harry Hoo, Dr Yes, Bronzethumb, The Craw, Leadside, etc...bloody brilliant stuff.

Never shown here...poms never get the line about "That's the second biggest ......" Poor them!

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

LD, you forgot "Fang" the wonderdog.

Wonder why it was never shown in the UK.
Could it be because the basic premise was a send up of the British spy, Bond?

Proud Pies · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish

iposted this in the bored board, great site, got lots of info for Get Smart buffs

http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com

together with an obituary on the man.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

one of my favourite shows once, (even then of course they were just reruns).... would be good to see it back on TV again, maybe it could replace Neighbours.....

The Prototype · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:41 pm

I miss seeing this show, sad to hear that Don Adams has passed away.

R.I.P

HAL · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:42 pm

What do you miss most about seeing this show sad to hear that Don Adams passed away ?