I met Don Adams on Sun Set Blvd. Before he stared in the movie " THE NUDE BOMB" I asked him for his autograph, & he opens the trunk of his car, & with a smile on his face, rips out the cover sheet to the script "THE RETURNE OF MAXWELL SMART" that also reads, property of Universal Studios" naturally between my friends, & the girl I was with that late night, we couldn't find a pen or pencil. So the girl I was with say's will an eyebrow pencil work? And that's how I was given not only Don Adams name, but an entire paragraph back before May 9th 1980, before they changed the title of the movie, & I still have it to this day ! What a TREASURE TO STILL HAVE AFTER ALL THESE'S YEARS !
@Bojangles5-23 ай бұрын
What a wonderful gift from Don!
@williamb.8059Ай бұрын
Dom was awesome!
@DeadAbeVigoda5 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this video on my shoe.
@onetrueslave4 жыл бұрын
@@leannevandekew1996 I see preCISELY what you did there.
@petezzzz4 жыл бұрын
Would you believe on my briefcase?
@RedcoatsReturn4 жыл бұрын
Stephen Hogan Its the only real way to watch a video! 😉
@homoerectus7444 жыл бұрын
" ohhhhh Max."
@g2rc4 жыл бұрын
Oh your on the toilet! 😷🤭💩
@lastmanonearth715 жыл бұрын
Don Adams, had perfect timing and his delivery was superb, he was and forever will be "Maxwell Smart", always..........
@marksitts22904 жыл бұрын
He was Tennessee Tuxedo, Inspector Gadget, Maxwell Smart, and a host of others.
@marianobruno7491 Жыл бұрын
@@marksitts2290 I grew up watching Get Smart but doubled to spanish, and the Inspector gadget to. I didnt know until some months ago that he did the voice of Inspector Gadget. so now. I will watch it all over again in original language :)
@johnronane1504 Жыл бұрын
He was a class actor and comedian
@MrMZaccone5 жыл бұрын
I was going to watch this all the way through but I missed it by that much.
@thomaslauffenberger57955 жыл бұрын
But while you were watching, you...were...LOVING IT!
@MrMZaccone5 жыл бұрын
@@thomaslauffenberger5795 Is that a reference I've missed somehow?
@thomaslauffenberger57955 жыл бұрын
@@MrMZaccone Yes; when the Chief would tell Max about the perils of an upcoming mission, he'd answer by saying, "...and loving it!"
@MrMZaccone5 жыл бұрын
@@thomaslauffenberger5795 Thanks for that. I haven't seen the show in so long, I didn't remember that one. I'll have to find it somewhere and watch again.
@TheDarkelflover5 жыл бұрын
Would you believe..That Don Adams could be so funny!!!
@claude8788788 жыл бұрын
Nobody but nobody could've played the role of Maxwell Smart.. Secret Agent 86 of Control better than this man here. RIP donny boy.. Thx for the great memories and all the laughs.
@realaussiemale5678 жыл бұрын
claude878878 exactly correct.
@brainsareus7 жыл бұрын
B4 he Got Smart......... ;)
@walterkoziol38225 жыл бұрын
And don't forget Tennessee Tuxedo. Awesome Sat mornin cartoon.
@kelownascott5 жыл бұрын
I understand he was a bitter man in his retirement. Too bad. I thought he was funny
@commentfreely54435 жыл бұрын
this naturally brings us to the topic of football.
@ComedianBobFarrell8 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Don Adams did stand up comedy. Funny stuff. This video should have 86 likes
@markwatson67835 жыл бұрын
Which actor voice the half-robotic law-enforcement android Inspector Gadget? Was it Don Adams or Ivan Sherry?
@markwatson67835 жыл бұрын
Don Adams voiced the legendary Saturday morning animated penguin, Tennessee Tuxedo, and the part-human being/part-cyborg law enforcer Inspector Gadget. He was filled in the shoes left by the new voice of Inspector Gadget, Canadian character actor Ivan Sherry.
@magnificentfailure23905 жыл бұрын
Barbara Feldon celebrated a birthday two days ago. 99 is 86 now.
@normantrombon5 жыл бұрын
Magnificent Failure ...get out of town! I’ll take your word and run with it!
@JS-ob4oh5 жыл бұрын
You probably also didn't know he was a US Marine during WW2; fought at Guadalcanal and later served as a Marine drill instructor.
@TomPauls0075 жыл бұрын
how many can tell this is Don by just the distinctive voice?
@keplergelotte72075 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Tennessee Tuxedo 🤔
@robertsprouse92825 жыл бұрын
Adams did Tennessee Tuxedo, while Dayton Allen, Steve's bro, did Chumley. Dayton Allen himself did many cartoon voices, and was a regular on Steve Allen's old shows.
@walterkoziol38225 жыл бұрын
All phenomenal tv shows. The cartoons are far far better than 99% of the junk that's on now as for Get Smart it's also far far better than 99% of the primetime comedy shows that are on now.
@gertraba44845 жыл бұрын
@dandanthetaximan I thought it was his DON ADAMS SCREEN TEST
@jamesvickers94764 жыл бұрын
I thought it was the chief
@AntipodianMusic6 жыл бұрын
My Dad still uses that electric car joke to this day lol.
@jeffroegner14994 жыл бұрын
Because electric cars are still a joke. 😄😄
@spiromlb4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffroegner1499 And Tesla took his joke seriously ! "That's he second biggest extension cord I've ever seen !"
@steverakes61824 жыл бұрын
@grodhagen CO2 is not classified as a pollutant and we need it to survive. You would think that the leftist Obama would be all over that climate change B.S. but ironically he just purchased a 15 million dollar home right on the water front in Martha's Vineyard. I guess he's not to worried about climate change.
@beegee222 жыл бұрын
@@sammushroomman4211 Well ... this " fill up for under $30" didn't age well .... 🙄😠😒
@youmaycallmeken Жыл бұрын
I heard that or a similar joke on George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950-1958) so I don't know who said it first, Don or Gracie.
@martintaper79974 жыл бұрын
Would you believe, this is the first time I've seen Don Adams doing a "monologist" routine, 63 years after he did it - missed it by "that" much.
@timthemailman75812 жыл бұрын
That's the 2nd funniest comment I have ever read. LOL
@martintaper79972 жыл бұрын
@@timthemailman7581 Get Smart is the second funniest US TV show I ever saw, and I can't think of the funniest. Brilliant writers and brilliant actors, never to be repeated.
@timthemailman75812 жыл бұрын
@@martintaper7997 LOL
@grapefruitm00n Жыл бұрын
??? Don't tell me you've never seen this video before??
@martintaper7997 Жыл бұрын
@@grapefruitm00n I have, when I made the comment above. 😄
@elisolomon87415 жыл бұрын
Watching this, enjoying the nostalgia and.......... LOVING IT! Thank you 86.
@readmore36345 жыл бұрын
Thank you for defending us from Kaos too....
@RedcoatsReturn4 жыл бұрын
Kaos won after he went off air. He was great!
@muxux48 жыл бұрын
What a great entertainer he was. I enjoy watching the "Get Smart" DVD's when I feel blue. He always makes me laugh!
@markwatson67835 жыл бұрын
Don Adams died at what age?
@paulpolpiboon95355 жыл бұрын
Same
@DavidALovingMPF1024 жыл бұрын
@@markwatson6783 82 back in 2005
@Neville60001 Жыл бұрын
@@DavidALovingMPF102, and his daughter, Cecily (who was an actress in her own right-she was Quark's mom on _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ )-died around the same time.
@jamesfrost33468 жыл бұрын
I've never seen his stand up before. He was great!
@RedVynil2 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure I have one of his comedy albums.
@TheRealLaughingGravy4 жыл бұрын
_One of America's brightest new monologists._ Boy, those were the days.
@googoo-gjoob4 жыл бұрын
Steve Allen... the creator of and my fav host of The TONIGHT Show.
@MMendelG4 жыл бұрын
@@googoo-gjoob Steve Allen was the most creative person and gave many their start a comics. He was so understated, almost came off as "nerdy" and yet he knew how get us laughing.
@StrongnBeautiful2 жыл бұрын
I had no idea what that meant 😄
@jpsned2 жыл бұрын
@@StrongnBeautiful Only Steve would use a word like that! 🙂
@lorenzomagazzeni54252 жыл бұрын
The other one was Carlin, both from NY.
@stevenkoehler60185 жыл бұрын
Wow-Don Adams was a very good actor in general. Very precise, very good timing. Very talented guy.
@rickpatrick4685 жыл бұрын
Maxwell Smart let's not forget he was the first one with a cell phone he kept it hid in a shoe
@JokerDon15 жыл бұрын
A year before Star Trek and it's communicator
@gertraba44845 жыл бұрын
@@JokerDon1 CIA and the feds visited the set with the writers wondering where they got their info from on the TOP SECRET INVENTIONS they had
@sheilamacdougal99485 жыл бұрын
Dick Tracy preceded him with a wrist phone, which would be called today a "wearable". Earlier and more advanced than the shoe phone. But very prescient for Smart, in an early episode his shoe causes an embarrassment by ringing at a concert. I guess there was no announcement at the beginning reminding patrons to please turn off their shoe phones.
@fluxcapacitor16214 жыл бұрын
There's a black and white episode of him disrupting a movie theater audience when his shoe phone rings. It was the first in history it ever happened.
@harrymills27704 жыл бұрын
Dick Tracy had wireless t.v. in his wristwatch, and Dick Tracy kicked off in 1931.
@johnmaki30464 жыл бұрын
One of the TRULY GREAT comics just hitting his stride....We MISS YOU, DON!!!!
@paulclarke75714 жыл бұрын
Chief: Max you will always and only be known for one character your entire life. Max: And loving it!
@terrylandess60724 жыл бұрын
Tennessee Tuxedo?
@damc84154 жыл бұрын
What about Inspector Gadget! And Tennessee Tuxedo from the Underdog show?
@bobe75595 жыл бұрын
I didn't know he was a U.S. Marine! Gives me a whole new level of respect for him.
@jacobmcandles17455 жыл бұрын
So was Lee Marvin & Captain Kangaroo.
@VictorRcp5 жыл бұрын
So was mr rodgers
@PapagenoMF5 жыл бұрын
I have less respect.
@joeschizoid77624 жыл бұрын
He was also a drill instructor for a time.
@LJY087 жыл бұрын
Oh, I love this. As a comedy purist myself? It's all about stand-up, and I love watching these old-timers. I don't' see them as better than what we have today, as comedy has evolved and has gotten stronger and stronger, but their brand of comedy was so classy and so very subtle. I really enjoy watching the old stuff.
@tonybarfridge43694 жыл бұрын
LJY08 i see it has evolved into smut. Only some one off routines are free of it
@hurricanesteve654 жыл бұрын
There is no comedy nowadays, to many snowflakes get triggered.
@redhead441519614 жыл бұрын
They say laughter is the best medicine. This was priceless... Watched it in the midst of the COVID-19 Story.... This was so good for the soul. One of my favourite shows as a kid growing up in Canada, “Would you believe...”. What a line..., :)
@aussiebornandbred4 жыл бұрын
Me too jaja loved the show 😁😁😁, they just dont make comedy shows like they used to😩😩
@MMendelG4 жыл бұрын
Tears streaming down my face with laughter. Don, we miss your voice and brand of humor.
@jaewok5G5 жыл бұрын
i never would've believed that Tennessee Tuxedo coached college football
@rayellinwood28824 жыл бұрын
jim ewok Howard Stern’s dad produced his Tn. Tuxedo
@emmabradford01374 жыл бұрын
and they did NOT fail
@jamesb81933 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣Alot of people nowadays have no clue who Tennessee Tuxedo was.
@jaewok5G3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesb8193 the deuce, you say? what do they even teach kids these days?
@jimgilligan11675 жыл бұрын
My two favourites from Get Smart: My craw not my craw! Get your knee of my chest. Great comedic writing and acting.
@linkinthedescription1135 жыл бұрын
I believe it was the craw not the Craw!
@jsivco3sivco7855 жыл бұрын
"Not the Craw. The Craw!" See the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j33EaWaipqd-gbc
@TheDarkelflover5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget bronze finger cause a thumb is a finger.
@gertraba44845 жыл бұрын
@@TheDarkelflover and HYMIE the ROBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ernestcerami4 жыл бұрын
Jim Gilligan - Zigfried - I don’t have. Suicide pill I have a suicide ring - Smart: A Suicide Ring??? How does that work? Zigfried - if I take it off my wife kills me
@marksalot6555 жыл бұрын
He was also great as cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo. 👍
@Jeff-NORCAL5 жыл бұрын
As soon as I read this a vision of Tennessee appeared before me.
@NBK11225 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Inspector Gadget
@obrheadcyclinggnome5 жыл бұрын
Inspector gadget was sooo good
@Scott-hr7bn5 жыл бұрын
"Phineas J. Whoopee, you're the greatest!"
@alkelenson6482 жыл бұрын
I was hoping someone else would remember T Tuxedo!
@democratactivist5 жыл бұрын
Don Adams Rest In Peace. Without question one of the most talented comedians of the 20th Century.
@Monkofmagnesia7 жыл бұрын
Change your shoes punchline had me laughing!
@josemeda45924 жыл бұрын
Fuse
@icanseeherkidneys45705 жыл бұрын
Missed it by that MUCH 😞
@charliesimar75414 жыл бұрын
Yes, Steve actually said "monologist". That's a word we don't hear much anymore.
@swordoff74 жыл бұрын
Charlie Simar Steve Allen had unusual cranial credentials, didn't he. He was a modern Renaissance man.
@garbism4 жыл бұрын
Since than we have grown Stereologists :)
@Foggy_Morning2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because it has more than two syllables and wouldn't be understood today, lol
@Fool3SufferingFools Жыл бұрын
Common term in the vaudeville days, not so much anymore.
@jamesdarling5559 Жыл бұрын
There is a reason for that.
@tomitstube5 жыл бұрын
hilarious, last couple days i've seen both don knotts and don adams stand up bits, they both were very good and have aged brilliantly.
@presto7094 жыл бұрын
He couldn't have known that night that he would forever be known for his "Mr Football" voice.
@JBM4253 жыл бұрын
He derived that staccato, precise diction voice from his drill instructor duty in the Marine Corps. Can you picture him demanding recruits, “Now, I expect this squad bay to be spic-and-span in 15 minutes. Do you understand?”
@stevendimmock47919 ай бұрын
Having been born in England 1960 I loved Don as agent smart. Seeing this video has been an eye opener. What a great stand up!! I shall be looking for more of him.
@howardmoore13328 жыл бұрын
I love how his imitation of the football coach is his "Maxwell Smart" voice (which was based on his impression of William Powell)...!
@MoeGreensRightEye7 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was based on Ronald Coleman
@EJP286CRSKW7 жыл бұрын
MoeGreensLeftEye Not if you've ever heard Ronald Colman. He does Colman in the If I Were King episodes.
@trusso117835 жыл бұрын
The voice also sounds like Tennessee Tuxedo
@scottr9395 жыл бұрын
@@trusso11783 Don Adams *was* the voice actor for Tennesee Tuxedo
@trusso117835 жыл бұрын
Scott R I know. That’s why I wrote that.
@thetruerekkermum33104 жыл бұрын
Wow I love don't Adams for centuries. Would u believe. ... gd thinking 99....
@realaussiemale5678 жыл бұрын
Quite calm in his delivery and not jumping around swearing profusely looking for attention.
@RustyWood5 жыл бұрын
Imagine, a comedian saying funny stuff!
@Musique614145 жыл бұрын
Yeah, when they didn't rely on that crutch. It will be over soon, everyone is so foul mouthed now, that the shock will be gone.
@dorinriki5 жыл бұрын
In night clubs, the club owners made him use risque humor in his act, but he was never comfortable with it.
@scottr9395 жыл бұрын
Stop it with your ‘back in the old days' nonsense. There have always been ‘blue’ comics, but they weren’t allowed on TV. They were very common in comedy clubs. In the 1950s you weren’t even allowed to say the words ‘pregnant’ or ‘toilet’ on TV. Norms have changed since then, thank goodness. The real world was never truly like ‘Leave ito Beaver’. Get over it. If you don’t like a comedic style, change the channel.
@plywoodcarjohnson54125 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@asmodeus0454 Жыл бұрын
Easy to see where Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, came from. Great comedian and comedic actor was Don Adams. His monologues and dialogues were razor sharp and his timing was perfect. Brilliant!
@worldsgreatestimpressionis64627 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the best comedic actors/ stand up/ television comedians of all time..Get Smart was genius mostly because of Don.
@TheLocoUnion5 жыл бұрын
Wow... at 5:13, a gay joke in 1957!!! That’s amazing!
@sothca200015 жыл бұрын
WE of that era knew they ARE a joke!
@RedcoatsReturn4 жыл бұрын
Men were men, women were women...and thats complicated enough! 😉
@joshdrayton12304 жыл бұрын
Not really. It's a homophobic joke. So totally in tune with the era.
@jeffroegner14994 жыл бұрын
And electric cars are still a joke 60 years later. 😁😁
@King_Conan4 жыл бұрын
@@joshdrayton1230 Waaaaaaahhhh!
@karaterocks997 жыл бұрын
The birth of Maxwell Smart..
@jovanvasic68024 жыл бұрын
I’m glad that this was recommended at 12:51am. Thanks for the laughs, Don 😂
@amandajstar8 жыл бұрын
I LOVED this!
@GalaxyJazzGirl8 жыл бұрын
He's always had a handsome smile. :) *looks to Heaven* We LOVED you! And we will always remember you.
@olive640510 жыл бұрын
I've never noticed how much he resembles Rod Serling before.
@GalaxyJazzGirl8 жыл бұрын
+leo powers A little. Cause Don has his hand in his pants pocket. Serling did the same pose for opening of Twilight Zone.
@GalaxyJazzGirl8 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Don knew Serling
@cathompson585 жыл бұрын
Lol a little like Lee Harvey Oswald too
@ricklopez45025 жыл бұрын
leo powers everyone looked the same in the sixties , it’s the suits.
@TimeStrider5 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing too.
@ralex658 жыл бұрын
And loving it!
@chado30005 жыл бұрын
Two years before i was born.. love the electric car joke.
@patdecesare90964 жыл бұрын
I love the GET SMART sitcom, it made me laugh so much that "would you believe" I bought the entire DVD collection. He was brilliant for his time. Thanks for wonderful memories secret agent 86, RIP.
@kyllmall94333 жыл бұрын
Missed it by that much
@tmariepi14725 жыл бұрын
He's so funny and likable! This is great. He was a genius! Loved him in Get Smart. Thank you for the video.
@rainicascadia55144 жыл бұрын
As a little girl I watched Get Smart. Too bad the young today don't get to watch the great actors like we had!
@dixztube8 ай бұрын
Isn’t all this stuff on KZbin or most definitely on some streaming service … kids today have everything literally everything
@raccuia14 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the football coach was doing the Maxwell Smart audition. Marvelous stuff.
@Nick-ty9us Жыл бұрын
It’s also the inspector gadget voice
@Geekman3338 жыл бұрын
All class.
@ArchieThomas3seesea5 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the tv series Get Smart and the phone in the shoe was very cool. I didn't know he ever did stand up.
@joshgellis32922 жыл бұрын
"Four thousand for the _extension cord._ " THAT aged INCREDIBLY WELL! ROFL.
@ROCKINGMAN5 жыл бұрын
Love him, I thought he was really very funny in a dry appealing way, great upload.
@billybabu4 жыл бұрын
Watching this in Lock down here in the UK.
@kali36655 жыл бұрын
It's funny hearing his normal voice at the start without the inflections he applies to his Maxwell Smart voice.
@victorj.martinez60195 жыл бұрын
Thank you Don ! Brought back old memories when I was a little kid! I've always liked you ! Great delivery!
@mahermahran72618 жыл бұрын
RIP you always made me smile
@peterpiper74418 жыл бұрын
I don't think he's reading the comment section.
@Jiltedin20074 жыл бұрын
Does any of you remember Don Adams as The Voice of Tennessee Tuxedo?
@ismailabdelirada95315 жыл бұрын
"Which naturally brings us to the subject of football." 😁
@superdavid0024 жыл бұрын
Would you believe...missed it by that much!
@karaterocks997 жыл бұрын
Byron Glick was the name of the Hotel Detective he played on the Bill Dana Show..
@leonardohummel86585 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the great character-comics of all time. pretty good stand-up too.
@brainsareus7 жыл бұрын
His accent,was a combo of Brooklyn and Mid Atlantic[which is an extinct accent];a sort of odd mix of lower & upper crust vernacular.
@dorinriki5 жыл бұрын
He was from New York, but that voice he created (and later used in Get Smart) was based on an actor he saw in the movies. That wasn't his natural accent.
@watermelonlalala5 жыл бұрын
That's why I clicked on this, to hear his accent. I don't hear an accent until he says. All right, Men. I would have guessed Chicago Jew accent for his regular voice.
@joenewman74745 жыл бұрын
He attended De Witt Clinton high school in the Bronx.
@domainofthesun44004 жыл бұрын
@@dorinriki William Powell to be exact
@robertbriggs71004 жыл бұрын
What a funny man! You can see Maxwell right there and under that shirt is a purple heart and a bronze star. God bless him!
@stefanosprokopis69744 жыл бұрын
The best part of his routine is the timing.
@hollytaylor16555 жыл бұрын
And I always thought that was his normal voice not an accent! Pure genius!
@chuckcookus5 жыл бұрын
Adams was a good standup, particularly for the 50s
@calripplebear12932 жыл бұрын
i remember being a kid and absolutely loving the Get Smart intro and outros.
@paulpolpiboon95355 жыл бұрын
This guy is a MARINE. Fought enemy soldiers, saw combat, nearly died in the field. @4:20 Maxwell just arrived lol! First time I finally got to see his stand up, nice
@PapagenoMF5 жыл бұрын
What's so great about Marines?
@readmore36345 жыл бұрын
@@PapagenoMF ....the shmoe... (that's a stupid question) What's not great about defending the USA?
@vestibulate5 жыл бұрын
@@readmore3634 Out of curiosity, in what targeted nation did he defend the USA? Because it seems that American forces are always enacting their "defense" in someone else's country- moreover, a country that hasn't attacked them. An impartial observer could be forgiven for wondering whether these dozens of foreign wars can't more accurately be described as criminal adventures- wars of aggression rather than defense.
@jaredwblack5 жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate It was Guadalcanal. World War II. The USA was, in fact, attacked by the country they were fighting in that theater. The US had been avoiding involvement until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
@readmore36345 жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate I'm no expert on Don Adams' bio... Or US history for that matter... I thought his show was funny when I was a kid.... I do know that I'd rather bring the fight to them...than fight the war within my country's borders. That would be terrible!..So...If a country is powerful enough to do that, they must have their shit together...and know better than to just go around fighting countries for no reason. Which country are you from?
@jk35214 жыл бұрын
Great impression of William Powell . LOL
@ruiseartalcorn5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant!!!This stuff is timeless!!! A total genius!!! :):):)
@TheMikester3074 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@WolverinePete8 жыл бұрын
How prophetic it was fifty years before we got the electric car but with inflation the car will cost you $50,000. That's $10,000 for the car and $40,000 for the extension cord.
@MrLikeke8 жыл бұрын
Add a few more zeros. A nice 3 bed home was $12,000 then. So the electric car would have cost half that of a nice home.
@scottty5007 жыл бұрын
2001Horatio...So you're the one who voted for Jimmy Carter. Could you explain and perhaps expand upon the economic and political conditions of the late 70s that led to the Reagan landslide?
@Cyallaire5 жыл бұрын
@@scottty500 The *October Surprise* got Reagan in office. In 1980, the same percentage of adults voted for Reagan as believed that the sun orbits the earth - no joke. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXLTiGdtma6Kh5I Gary Sick, a retired Naval Captain, served on Ford's, Carter's, and Reagan's National Security Council, wrote a book on US-Iran relations, *All Fall Down* - In "October 1980 officials in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign made a secret deal with Iran to delay the release of the American hostages until after the election and in return for this, the United States purportedly arranged for Israel to ship weapons to Iran. Sick had interviewed a witness who saw members of the Reagan election team in Paris in negotiations with the Iranian government. According to Sick, Oliver North was the administration's scapegoat, taking responsibility to conceal the "treason" of Reagan and Bush." www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says The problem with the US public being ignorant hasn't improved in nearly 40 years. "...Ron got 50.7 percent of the popular vote...Ron got a scant 27.3 percent of the eligible vote..." www.straightdope.com/columns/read/123/what-u-s-presidents-won-in-the-biggest-landslides/
@mikeskidmore67545 жыл бұрын
hey @Wolverine Pete Baker Electric 1909 was very popular you did not have to hand crank it .. Jay Leno has one www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z11282/baker-electric.aspx
@utapao745 жыл бұрын
The first electric cars were in the late 1800s. President Taft owned a Baker electric car around 1913.
@RustyWood5 жыл бұрын
Always loved Don Adams, especially in Get Smart!
@331SVTCobra8 жыл бұрын
Pretty interesting to see how standup was in those days. FWIW Don Adams was a Marine in WW2... I think he saw combat in Guadalcanal.
@planitsreality8 жыл бұрын
What I thought was interesting was Steve Allen referring to him as a "monologuist." I wonder if the term "Stand up comic" hadn't been introduced yet (or if Allen was just being snooty).
@gmaqwert7 жыл бұрын
331SVTCobra he caught malaria there and almost died.
@Monkofmagnesia7 жыл бұрын
I think he killled a Japanese soldier with his bare hands. Not joking.
@fabianpatrizio28657 жыл бұрын
where does that info come from? interesting...
@Monkofmagnesia7 жыл бұрын
One of the many bios I read about him when he died
@shazlee1005 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, Thankyou!
@chuckitaway4664 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this inside a vending machine
@foghornleghorn86745 жыл бұрын
Many good laughs watching maxwell smart as a kid one of my favorite shows back then rip don.
@NCLUSA5 жыл бұрын
Just think this was long before Laugh In, SNL, and before a lot of the great comics, he was way ahead of his time, no wonder they chose him for Get Smart.
@NCLUSA5 жыл бұрын
Great minds (: thanks, @Jim McCracken
@mfitch544 жыл бұрын
Can we just marvel for a moment at Steve Allen's introduction: "monologist"!
@you24495 жыл бұрын
Just read that he was a Marine for 4 years. During the war it looks like... More Respect.
@user-eh5gj1hx9z4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this ... ever notice how large his hands were? RIP Mr. Adams you were great! Thanks for all you did to entertain EVERYONE!
@Del-Mondo4 жыл бұрын
I am watching this show on my Toaster.
@trevorgale11765 жыл бұрын
After a nervous start, the inner Max was there in all it's glory. I like this, this much, would you believe it!, this much!.. Thank you Don.
@presto7095 жыл бұрын
The football coach was pretty close to his Maxwell Smart voice.
@joeking49434 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a really great bast from the past! So many great comments below. To bad the last one before mine was a year ago.
@mugens5 жыл бұрын
Wow that was cool. Thank you for that.
@LapinDebogues10 ай бұрын
Don Adams was to Maxwell Smart what Jason Alexander is to George Costanza. Two comedy geniuses who nailed their characters so perfectly that they could never really escape them.
@tfranken15615 жыл бұрын
Sounds like his coach was Tennessee Tuxedo.
@2dashville5 жыл бұрын
T Franken he did the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo
@patriciawalters67785 жыл бұрын
Or Maxwell Smart! 😂
@stevegirardmedia22555 жыл бұрын
2dashville I think he knew that!
@stevegirardmedia22555 жыл бұрын
... or Inspector Gadget!
@tfranken15615 жыл бұрын
Steve Girard Media you're right I did know that. Sometimes people just don't get the humor, over their head maybe, I just let them have their moment in the sun. That may have been the only chance they get to feel superior so let them have it. Plus they made their point without being derogatory. Thanks for backing me up though.
@gpan624 жыл бұрын
Love that he used that Max voice for the football coach.
@Nick-ty9us Жыл бұрын
He also use that voice for Tennessee Toscano and inspector gadget which came out 20 years apart from each other. Tennessee came out 1963 Inspector gadget premiered 20 years later in 1983.
@davidkastin42404 жыл бұрын
Hold on a minute, my other shoe is ringing 😆
@lindsey6074 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@abcbatman19667 жыл бұрын
Adams was in a comedy team with Larry Storch's brother, Jay for several years, but they had little success. He bumped along as a solo, but was not good at writing material, so his agent sent him to Bill Dana, whom he paid $20 wk for routines. You're listening to some of Dana's material now, which made him famous.
@michael.53604 жыл бұрын
abcBatman 1067 My name José Hemanez
@emmabradford01374 жыл бұрын
the electric car joke cracked me up
@jamesb81933 жыл бұрын
Really I didn't know that Wow
@josephgodfrey84685 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant.
@pillettadoinswartsh49744 жыл бұрын
Steve Allen. The last "hip" talk-show host.
@MEDINAHSHRINER5 жыл бұрын
Truly a great comedian not trash, of today, comedians should stand up take a look at Don Adams, no one can ever duplicate him as Get Smart, but you may try. LOL
@larryeisenberg18955 жыл бұрын
Funnier then than any late nite "comic" now!
@pepperwilliams44284 жыл бұрын
Who's watching this in 2020?...............me:) Don Adams was truly an 'original'. Just like a great musician, as soon as you hear his voice, you know who is speaking. Tidbit: Don could memorize his lines (and others), just after reading it once.
@slantsix63449 жыл бұрын
Don was a Marine Corps WW2 Vet. He was wounded and came down with Malaria.
@coryburns19055 жыл бұрын
A truly good caring man who felt bad about those who didn't come back