# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/61 "2005-09-27T18:03:40Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Oh, that’s not [Gomez](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0040014/)! I heard Julia never even saw an episode of _The Addams Family_ before he made the film. Gotta admit that I like the movie better than I like what I’ve seen of the TV series… but that’s a riot for another time… ---
**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 27, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/62 "2005-09-27T18:21:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Gotta admit that I like the movie better than I like what I’ve seen of the TV series… but that’s a riot for another time… [Deliberately misunderstanding] You mean you liked the \*\*Nude Bomb \*\* better than Get Smart. What’s wrong with you. That movie blew. [/Deliberately misunderstanding] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/63 "2005-09-27T22:48:48Z")
Go, go, Gadget’s gone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/64 "2005-09-27T23:31:40Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > CNN is reporting that Don Adams has died of a lung infection. His lungs must have been weakened by fallout from a nude bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/65 "2005-09-28T13:06:17Z")
Best GS moment: Max is being held in a WWII-style KAOS prison camp, in California. A long, huge gray Mercedes ‘Nazi-mobile’ pulls in. The guards salute. The Commandant says, ‘You are late.’ VIP replies ‘We were stopped by the police on the highway.’ ‘Was there … trouble?’ ‘No, they are checking all the KAOS command cars today for some reason.’ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/66 "2005-09-28T14:29:14Z")
Mark Evanier has some nice reminicences (I know that’s spelled wrongly) and Get Smart comic book info at his website. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537/67 "2005-09-30T01:30:07Z")
From his bio, I read that after coming back from the Front, he spent some time as a DI for the Marines. Can you imagine… “Missed it by _that_ much… **YEW MAGGOTT!!!** ” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-about-that-chief-don-adams-dead/323537.md?page=3)