Monday, September 26, 2005

Another TV Legend Passes Away, This Time Don Adams

The legendary Don Adams passed away late Sunday of a lung infection. Mr. Adams was world famous for his role as Maxwell "Agent 86" Smart on the hits 1960's sitcom Get Smart. He won three Emmy awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for that role. The show itself won two Emmy's as well.

Later Don went on to star with Dick Van Patten in the short lived 1971 sitcom The Partners. Don revived Maxwell Smart in the 1980 big screen movie The Nude Bomb.
Don returned to stardom in the '80s with two series. One was an animated series that is probably just as popular as Get Smart. That is of course, Inspector Gadget. Personally, I grew up on that animated series, so that is what I will best know him as. After his voice stint as Gadget, he went on to star in the Canadian sitcom Check It Out for three years. But it was Get Smart that kept calling him back he came to that role two more times, once in a reunion movie in 1989 and once on a revival series for FOX in 1995, that only lasted seven episodes. Inspector Gadget also kept calling him back with various series and specials over the years, including a big screen movie.

He also guest starred on many series such as Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Flip Wilson Show and Empty Nest.

Read more about Mr. Adams and his brilliant career here. We will all miss Don but we can relive Get Smart on DVD in 2006 from HBO Entertainment. Don "missed it by that much" on the DVDs. "Would you believe..." that? TV Land will pay tribute to Don with on-air promos and an online tribute at tvland.com. Don was 82 years old.
Posted by Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com at 4:05 PM

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Tuesday, October 21

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Tuesday, October 21

  • Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Catch Kumail on a repet of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Reneé Rapp (The Sex Lives of College Girls) - Reneé is a musical guest on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Michael J. Fox (Family Ties/Spin City/The Michael J. Fox Show) - Michael appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Larry David (Curb Your Entusiasm/Seinfeld) - Larry stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Joel Kim Booster (Loot/Shrill) - Joel appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Allison Williams (Girls) - Andy Cohen interviews Allison on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
  • Brie Larson (United States of Tara/Raising Dad) - Brie talks about Party People: A Cookbook for Creative Celebrations with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This/GLOW) - Jackie dishes on Nobody Wants This on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
  • Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This/Burning Love) - Adam talks about Nobody Wants This on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
  • Angela Kinsey (The Office/The Hotwives of Orlando) - Angela and her husband Josh Snyder talk about You Can Make This in the 9am hour.
  • Brittany Snow (Ben and Kate) - Brittany is telling Drew about her new crime series Murdaugh Murders and her hit show The Hunting Wives on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.

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