# Sorry about that, Chief. Don Adams dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537 "2005-09-26T18:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/21 "2005-09-26T19:23:05Z")
I asked you not to tell me that! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/22 "2005-09-26T19:24:15Z")
Gone to the eternal Cone of Silence. RIP! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/23 "2005-09-26T19:41:19Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Craw? Not Craw! Craw! He gave me a lot of laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/24 "2005-09-26T19:44:58Z")
> [@](#): > > CNN is reporting that Don Adams has died of a lung infection. He was 82. I thought he was 86. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/25 "2005-09-26T19:54:59Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I thought he was 86. Missed it by _that_ much. Yeah, I know that one’s been driven into the ground; but if only he could have lived another four years… Before I left L.A. I was driving home north on the 405. There was a red Sunbeam Tiger (in need of restoration, but complete) with this license plate: GETSMRT. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/26 "2005-09-26T19:55:25Z")
Does anybody else remember **Don Adams’ Screen Test?** (mid-70s) It was a game show, sort of, in which contestants would team up with celebrities (usually Don’s pals; Don Rickles was a frequent guest) to recreate famous movie scenes. Don would “direct” the scenes amidst much tomfoolery and shenanigans. It wasn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/27 "2005-09-26T19:56:44Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I thought he was 86. Well, he’s 86_ed_ anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/28 "2005-09-26T20:00:19Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > That’s so sad, but at least he will be spared watching the remake. > I now head for the cone of silence[sup]TM[/SUP] WHAT? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/29 "2005-09-26T20:09:31Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > Does anybody else remember **Don Adams’ Screen Test?** (mid-70s) It was a game show, sort of, in which contestants would team up with celebrities (usually Don’s pals; Don Rickles was a frequent guest) to recreate famous movie scenes. Don would “direct” the scenes amidst much tomfoolery and shenanigans. It wasn’t bad. Yeah, I saw that. Syndicated, so a lot of people may not have seen it. The one I remember most, for some reason, is the beach scene from _From Here To Eternity_. They kept dumping water on the two actors over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/30 "2005-09-26T20:19:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > WHAT? [Get Smart (2006)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/) Steve Carell … Maxwell Smart Production Notes/Status: Status: Announced Comments: In active development I am expecting it to be painfully bad. I remember Screen test vaguely. Get Smart was my second favorite show after Star Trek as a kid. I still enjoy seeing it on the occasions it shows up on TV Land. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/31 "2005-09-26T20:21:27Z")
In the AP article it mentions three different years of birth having been listed at different times. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/32 "2005-09-26T20:23:42Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > In the AP article it mentions three different years of birth having been listed at different times. Link please, and if that is the case, we should just decide he was 86 then. It just seems right. I hope Ms. Feldon gets to make it to 99. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/33 "2005-09-26T20:34:00Z")
I bet Ziegfried was behind this. Who’s going to talk to Agent 13 now? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/34 "2005-09-26T20:39:45Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > [Get Smart (2006)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/) The “WHAT?” was a follow-up joke to your “Cone of Silence” remark. The first two times I almost posted it, I removed the bit about the remake, but of course when I finally got around to doing it, I forgot. The other two years in the New York Times obit - it’s all the same AP story, but much longer than what you’d find on CNN - were 1926 and 1927. I also got to know _Get Smart_ on Nick at Nite, although I saw many more episodes of _Inspector Gadget_. The phrase “hop to it, Hymie” has been in circulation in my house for many years. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/35 "2005-09-26T20:48:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The “WHAT?” was a follow-up joke to your “Cone of Silence” remark. …snip… :smack: oops I get it, I thought you were shocked by the remake remark. Sorry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/36 "2005-09-26T20:50:02Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > :smack: oops I get it, I thought you were shocked by the remake remark. Sorry. 😃 Actually I should have said: Would you believe, I thought you were shocked by the remake remark. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/37 "2005-09-26T21:19:12Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Would you believe, I thought you were shocked by the remake remark. 🙂 Ahh yes, the old ‘shocked by the remake remark’ ploy. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/38 "2005-09-26T21:44:36Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Don Adams dead. “And _loving_ it!” Sorry. _Get Smart_ is one of my favorite shows, and the only thing I was looking forward to regarding the upcoming movie was the possibility of Don Adams making a cameo. At least now that I don’t even have that, I can spare myself from seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/39 "2005-09-26T21:59:20Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > “And _loving_ it!” > > Sorry. > > _Get Smart_ is one of my favorite shows, and the only thing I was looking forward to regarding the upcoming movie was the possibility of Don Adams making a cameo. At least now that I don’t even have that, I can spare myself from seeing it. Don’t be sorry, its actually appropriate. We should celibrate his life by celibrating his humor. (At this point Mary Richards would break out crying). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/40 "2005-09-26T22:01:04Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > “And _loving_ it!” > > Sorry. I have to admit, this is probably the most appropriate celeb tribute thread I’ve ever seen on this board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537.md?page=3)