Don Adams


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Reza Badiyi

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Reza Badiyi on directing Don Adams and Barbara Feldon on Get Smart
00:31

Earl Bellamy

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Earl Bellamy on directing Get Smart, starring Don Adams
02:09

Bruce Bilson

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Bruce Bilson on directing Get Smart
09:37

Paul Bogart

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Paul Bogart on directing a few episodes of Get Smart
03:53

Allan Burns

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Allan Burns on a memorable moment from the night he and Chris Hayward won an Emmy for He & She
01:50

Bill Dana with Emerson College

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Bill Dana on writing for comedian Don Adams in the voice that would later surface as "Maxwell Smart" inspired by William Powell, brought to him by his manager Mace Neufeld
01:45
Bill Dana on replacing Gary Crosby with Don Adams on The Bill Dana Show, as "Byron Glick," the hotel inspector
05:11
Bill Dana on Don Adams' "Would you believe?" routine used on both Get Smart and The Bill Dana Show
02:42
Bill Dana on his time as a page at NBC, and on Gene Wood and Don Adams
09:27

Richard Donner

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Richard Donner on directing Get Smart and Gilligan's Island
04:06

Barbara Feldon with Emerson College

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Barbara Feldon on Get Smart co-star Don Adams
01:17
Barbara Feldon on her Get Smart co-star, Don Adams
03:51
Barbara Feldon on the Get Smart writing team
01:07
Barbara Feldon on Don Adams never rehearsing on Get Smart and having a wonderful memory
01:00
Barbara Feldon on reuniting with Don Adams for the 1989 TV movie Get Smart Again and remakes of the series
03:30
Barbara Feldon on being taller than Don Adams
01:01
Barbara Feldon on how she and Don Adams were a great comedy duo on Get Smart; on being an actor performing comedy v. being a comedienne or comedian
02:04
Barbara Feldon on not socializing with Don Adams off the set of Get Smart, but having an incredible chemistry and relationship with Don Adams as "99" and "Maxwell Smart"; on the fine line between fantasy and reality
05:26
Barbara Feldon on working with Don Adams on Get Smart
02:42

Jonathan Harris

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Jonathan Harris on working with Don Adams on The Bill Dana Show, and on the end of the show
01:24

Hugh Hefner with Emerson College

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Hugh Hefner on having standup comedians at his Playboy Clubs in Chicago, and on his friendships with Lenny Bruce and Don Adams
06:02

Buck Henry

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Buck Henry on Don Adam's voice and character on Get Smart; on "Would You Believe" and other lines he contributed from his act (with writer Bill Dana)
01:43

Bernie Kopell

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Bernie Kopell on "Siegfried's" relationship with "Maxwell Smart" played by Don Adams on Get Smart
05:58

Jack Riley with Emerson College

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Jack Riley on Don Adams and his brother Dick Yarmy, and on "Yarmy's Army," and on the healing power of laughter
05:35

William Schallert

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William Schallert on working with Don Adams on Get Smart
00:26

Leonard Stern

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Leonard Stern on the creation of "Maxwell Smart" on Get Smart ; how Don Adams was chosen, having developed the character Inspector Glick on The Bill Dana Show ; the voice was based on William Powell 

Grant Tinker

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Grant Tinker on how NBC got Get Smart
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