Saturday, October 8, 2005

TIP O' THE HAT SQUAD: DON ADAMS

MISSING HIM BY SO MUCH
I've pulled out my files from the old Tubeworld Dynamic website for April of 2002, when Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 were both inducted into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame, and I will be reprinting some of the articles around the middle of this coming week.

In the meantime, let this list of his contributions to Toobworld stand in tribute to a force of niceness.

TV SERIES
"Get Smart" (1995) TV Series .... Maxwell Smart
"Check It Out" (1985) TV Series .... Howard Bannister
"Don Adams' Screen Test" (1975) TV Series .... Host
"The Partners" (1971) TV Series .... Det. Lennie Crooke
"The Hollywood Palace" (1964) TV Series .... Guest Host (1969)
"Get Smart" (1965) TV Series .... Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 (1965-1970)
"The Bill Dana Show" (1963) TV Series .... Byron Glick

THE TOONIVERSE
Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets (1999) (V) .... Inspector Gadget
"Gadget Boy's Adventures In History" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Gadget Boy
"Pepper Ann" (1997) TV Series (voice) .... Principal Hickey
"Inspector Gadget's Field Trips" (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Inspector Gadget
"Gadget Boy and Heather" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Gadget Boy
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (1992) (TV) (voice) .... Inspector Gadget
"Inspector Gadget" (1983) TV Series (voice) .... Inspector Gadget
"Underdog" (1964) TV Series (voice) .... Tennessee Tuxedo
"Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales" (1963) TV Series (voice) .... Tennessee Tuxedo

TV MOVIES
Get Smart, Again! (1989) (TV) .... Maxwell Smart
Murder Can Hurt You (1980) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
The Love Boat (1976) (TV) .... Donald Richardson

TV RELATED THEATRICAL MOVIES
Inspector Gadget (1999) (voice) .... Brain
The Nude Bomb (1980) .... Maxwell Smart

TV SPECIALS
Joys (1976) (TV) .... Don Adams
Saga of Sonora (1973) (TV)
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" in episode: "Murder at N.B.C." (episode # 4.5) 19 October 1966
"Startime" playing "Himself" in episode: "Soldiers in Greasepaint" (episode # 1.29) 26 April 1960

TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" playing "Principal" in episode: "Gargoyle Guys" (episode # 1.13) 8 January 1997
"Empty Nest" playing "Himself" in episode: "Charley's Millions" (episode # 6.20) 8 March 1994
"The Fall Guy" playing "Sheriff" in episode: "Losers Weepers: Part 1" (episode # 4.1) 19 September 1984
"The Love Boat"
in episode: "Rose Is Not a Rose, A/Novelties/Too Rich and Too Thin" (episode # 7.24) 17 March 1984
in episode: "Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/The Final Score" (episode # 6.20) 12 February 1983
playing "Sidney Williams" in episode: "Doc Take the Fifth/Safety Last/A Business Affair" (episode # 5.13) 2 January 1982
"Bill Robinson" in episode: "April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three" (episode # 3.17) 12 January 1980
playing "Lenny Camen" in episode: "Isaac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines" (episode # 1.14) 14 January 1978
"Fantasy Island" playing "Cornelius Wieselfarber" in episode: "The Red Baron/Young at Heart" (episode # 3.6) 27 October 1979
"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "The Exterminator" (episode # 2.5) 6 October 1973
"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "Don for the Defense" 1973
"It's Happening" playing "Himself" (episode # 1.1) 15 July 1968
"The Danny Thomas Hour" playing "Harry" in episode: "Instant Money" (episode # 1.1) 18 September 1967

MAXWELL SMART
"Get Smart" (1995) TV Series .... Maxwell Smart
"Get Smart" (1965) TV Series .... Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 (1965-1970)
Get Smart, Again! (1989) (TV) .... Maxwell Smart
"The Fall Guy" playing "Sheriff" in episode: "Losers Weepers: Part 1" (episode # 4.1) 19 September 1984
Perhaps Sheriff Maxwell Smart? After the fiasco working for PITS, Smart might have taken a job in law enforcement on a local level, until he was accepted back into the folds of CONTROL.
The Nude Bomb (1980) .... Maxwell Smart
Joys (1976) (TV) .... Don Adams
I remember seeing this, but as to whether or not he was appearing as himself or as Maxwell Smart..... I think my brain mercifully wiped the slate clean.
"The Bill Dana Show" (1963) TV Series .... Byron Glick
It's always been my contention that Byron and Maxwell were cousins, identical cousin.

INSPECTOR GADGET
Inspector Gadget (1999) (voice) .... Brain

These were two different Inspector Gadgets. There was the one from the Tooniverse, and then the live-action figure in the Cineverse, which had no connection other than as an alternative version.
Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets (1999) (V) .... Inspector Gadget
"Gadget Boy's Adventures In History" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Gadget Boy
"Inspector Gadget's Field Trips" (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Inspector Gadget
"Gadget Boy and Heather" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Gadget Boy
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (1992) (TV) (voice) .... Inspector Gadget
"Inspector Gadget" (1983) TV Series (voice) .... Inspector Gadget

PRINCIPAL HICKEY
"Pepper Ann" (1997) TV Series (voice) .... Principal Hickey
"Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" playing "Principal" in episode: "Gargoyle Guys" (episode # 1.13) 8 January 1997
These two school principals are the same man, but in two different TV dimensions.

THE LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES
"Empty Nest" playing "Himself" in episode: "Charley's Millions" (episode # 6.20) 8 March 1994
"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "The Exterminator" (episode # 2.5) 6 October 1973
"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "Don for the Defense" 1973
Along the same lines as with Principal Hickey, there is the tele-version of Don Adams in the main Toobworld, who also hosted 'Screen Test', and then there's the pen-and-ink version from the Tooniverse.

BCnU.....
Tele-Toby

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