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Not to be confused with sep11:Donald Adams.
This page says that Don’s mother Consuelo was Catholic. But his brother’s says she was Jewish. I personally have no idea which is correct, but seems to me they can’t both be correct. (If she converted from one to the other, I would assert they are both wrong, not both correct. :-) I give slightly more weight to Catholic as that one has a citation, but that does not seem definitive to me. Sbauman ( talk) 16:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Re: the paragraph on Emmy Awards. Three was not the record at the time ( Don Knotts won five for his work on The Andy Griffith Show, for instance), so I edited this paragraph to reflect that. AnDrew McKenzie 18:25, 2005 July 31 (UTC)
Perhaps a filmography would be appropriate?
The section GET SMART is unreadable! I hope there is someone knowledgeable on the subject who could rewrite it with clear sentences, using correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
71.124.200.121 ( talk) 04:21, 18 November 2007 (UTC)Barry Oremland
The biography of Adams on IMDB says that he joined the marines, served in the battle of Guadalcanal, was ill for a year with blackwater fever, and became a drill instructor after recovering. And that makes sense, given that he was either 16 or 18 at the beginning of 1942, small, and inexperienced. So I have changed the sentence that stated that he was a drill instructor before serving on Guadalcanal.
Agemegos 09:01, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I edited the page a few weeks ago to reflect that Don Adams's son, Sean, is deceased, and my edit was reverted without explanation. I'll be glad to cite an obituary for Sean Adams if somebody disputes that he's deceased.
I'd be interested to see an obituary - Google doesn't seem to show up much info on Sean, and no info at all about the fact that he is deceased.
Here's a Usenet post about Sean's death: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_frm/thread/584fa283cf0cf4ef/99e9a7b4ab5bf58e?lnk=st&q=sean+adams&rnum=1#99e9a7b4ab5bf58e 68.38.127.139 00:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
This is Sean's Wife...
I did not post an obituary, as Sean and I were awfully sick of his family's life in the media spotlight and tended to shy away from it. Yes, this information is accurate that my brother in law, Jim posted. Sean passed away June 28th, 2006 at 6:52am while holding my hand. He went very peacefully, with his sisters (Stacey, Beige, and Kenya) and I by his side. He is deeply, DEEPLY Missed.
--- Anna Heilig-Adams
What's this doing here? It seems completely out of place. The Last Melon ( talk) 04:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Donald James Yarmy should redirect to this article. Proxy User ( talk) 00:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The last few years of his life Adams suffered from Alzheimers. I remember seeing him on TV, he was being featured in a segment after getting a star on the walk of fame and was very slow to respond. The studio commentator mentioned Don is suffering from Alzheimers. This isn't mentioned anywhere in the article, though. -- RyanTee82 ( talk) 08:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I have changed this page. Don Adams refers to too many people. People who look up Don Adams, should not head directly to any favored person.-- Rodejong ( talk) 19:13, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
According to a taped interview posted on YouTube, Get Smart writer/producer Leonard Stern and Tom Poston both say that the Get Smart pilot (starring Tom Poston) was first pitched to, and rejected by, ABC. This goes against this article that claims that the series was pitched to CBS. Here is the URL to the inteview for review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiuHZLquz8w&feature=fvw 173.76.32.100 ( talk) 02:29, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
@ General Ization: Per MOS:MILTERMS, "Formal names of military units, including armies, navies, air forces, fleets, regiments, battalions, companies, corps, and so forth, are proper names and should be capitalized. However, the words for types of military unit (army, navy, fleet, company, etc.) do not require capitalization if they do not appear in a proper name. Thus, the American army, but the United States Army." And the way a source capitalizes something does not trump Wikipedia's Manual of Style (see WP:SPECIALSTYLE). Chris the speller yack 23:10, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
I recently regained access to Ancestry.com through the Wikimedia Library after a long hiatus. I immediately ran a search on Adams and found a number of references to him that conflict with secondary sources. If I understand the information correctly: His enlistment date appears to have been 1942, and he served as a guard in a prison barracks on Hart Island, New York City. I hesitate to use this material for fear of misinterpreting it in addition to it being OR. I urge persons with a greater grasp of military records to replicate my search and see what can be done. Figureofnine ( talk • contribs) 21:47, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Adams appeared on the show in 1966, playing himself/Smart, dialoguing with Williams and one other fellow. There's a youtube video of the bit, presumably taken from the Season One, disk 5 extras (part of the complete Get Smart series DVD collection). If you want an RS reference, one is provided on The Andy Williams Show. 2607:F470:E:22:D588:5D27:AA04:CB8F ( talk) 16:44, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
The following paragraph is lifted from [2]
A Don Adams/Maxwell Smart only version of this special appears on the Season One, disk 5 extras (part of the complete Get Smart series DVD collection). That is, there are various moments when Adams flicks some device at the viewer, swirly waves appear on the screen, and then you're right back to Don Adams. In the actual show, the swirly waves were a segue into scenes from the just-mentioned coming attraction.
This is of separate interest, since this is in fact Maxwell Smart's first appearance, before the black-and-white pilot! The closet mentioned above is the one Smart was stuck in at the beginning of the pilot. 2607:F470:E:22:D588:5D27:AA04:CB8F ( talk) 16:55, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
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Not to be confused with sep11:Donald Adams.
This page says that Don’s mother Consuelo was Catholic. But his brother’s says she was Jewish. I personally have no idea which is correct, but seems to me they can’t both be correct. (If she converted from one to the other, I would assert they are both wrong, not both correct. :-) I give slightly more weight to Catholic as that one has a citation, but that does not seem definitive to me. Sbauman ( talk) 16:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Re: the paragraph on Emmy Awards. Three was not the record at the time ( Don Knotts won five for his work on The Andy Griffith Show, for instance), so I edited this paragraph to reflect that. AnDrew McKenzie 18:25, 2005 July 31 (UTC)
Perhaps a filmography would be appropriate?
The section GET SMART is unreadable! I hope there is someone knowledgeable on the subject who could rewrite it with clear sentences, using correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
71.124.200.121 ( talk) 04:21, 18 November 2007 (UTC)Barry Oremland
The biography of Adams on IMDB says that he joined the marines, served in the battle of Guadalcanal, was ill for a year with blackwater fever, and became a drill instructor after recovering. And that makes sense, given that he was either 16 or 18 at the beginning of 1942, small, and inexperienced. So I have changed the sentence that stated that he was a drill instructor before serving on Guadalcanal.
Agemegos 09:01, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I edited the page a few weeks ago to reflect that Don Adams's son, Sean, is deceased, and my edit was reverted without explanation. I'll be glad to cite an obituary for Sean Adams if somebody disputes that he's deceased.
I'd be interested to see an obituary - Google doesn't seem to show up much info on Sean, and no info at all about the fact that he is deceased.
Here's a Usenet post about Sean's death: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_frm/thread/584fa283cf0cf4ef/99e9a7b4ab5bf58e?lnk=st&q=sean+adams&rnum=1#99e9a7b4ab5bf58e 68.38.127.139 00:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
This is Sean's Wife...
I did not post an obituary, as Sean and I were awfully sick of his family's life in the media spotlight and tended to shy away from it. Yes, this information is accurate that my brother in law, Jim posted. Sean passed away June 28th, 2006 at 6:52am while holding my hand. He went very peacefully, with his sisters (Stacey, Beige, and Kenya) and I by his side. He is deeply, DEEPLY Missed.
--- Anna Heilig-Adams
What's this doing here? It seems completely out of place. The Last Melon ( talk) 04:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Donald James Yarmy should redirect to this article. Proxy User ( talk) 00:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The last few years of his life Adams suffered from Alzheimers. I remember seeing him on TV, he was being featured in a segment after getting a star on the walk of fame and was very slow to respond. The studio commentator mentioned Don is suffering from Alzheimers. This isn't mentioned anywhere in the article, though. -- RyanTee82 ( talk) 08:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I have changed this page. Don Adams refers to too many people. People who look up Don Adams, should not head directly to any favored person.-- Rodejong ( talk) 19:13, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
According to a taped interview posted on YouTube, Get Smart writer/producer Leonard Stern and Tom Poston both say that the Get Smart pilot (starring Tom Poston) was first pitched to, and rejected by, ABC. This goes against this article that claims that the series was pitched to CBS. Here is the URL to the inteview for review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiuHZLquz8w&feature=fvw 173.76.32.100 ( talk) 02:29, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
@ General Ization: Per MOS:MILTERMS, "Formal names of military units, including armies, navies, air forces, fleets, regiments, battalions, companies, corps, and so forth, are proper names and should be capitalized. However, the words for types of military unit (army, navy, fleet, company, etc.) do not require capitalization if they do not appear in a proper name. Thus, the American army, but the United States Army." And the way a source capitalizes something does not trump Wikipedia's Manual of Style (see WP:SPECIALSTYLE). Chris the speller yack 23:10, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
I recently regained access to Ancestry.com through the Wikimedia Library after a long hiatus. I immediately ran a search on Adams and found a number of references to him that conflict with secondary sources. If I understand the information correctly: His enlistment date appears to have been 1942, and he served as a guard in a prison barracks on Hart Island, New York City. I hesitate to use this material for fear of misinterpreting it in addition to it being OR. I urge persons with a greater grasp of military records to replicate my search and see what can be done. Figureofnine ( talk • contribs) 21:47, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Adams appeared on the show in 1966, playing himself/Smart, dialoguing with Williams and one other fellow. There's a youtube video of the bit, presumably taken from the Season One, disk 5 extras (part of the complete Get Smart series DVD collection). If you want an RS reference, one is provided on The Andy Williams Show. 2607:F470:E:22:D588:5D27:AA04:CB8F ( talk) 16:44, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
The following paragraph is lifted from [2]
A Don Adams/Maxwell Smart only version of this special appears on the Season One, disk 5 extras (part of the complete Get Smart series DVD collection). That is, there are various moments when Adams flicks some device at the viewer, swirly waves appear on the screen, and then you're right back to Don Adams. In the actual show, the swirly waves were a segue into scenes from the just-mentioned coming attraction.
This is of separate interest, since this is in fact Maxwell Smart's first appearance, before the black-and-white pilot! The closet mentioned above is the one Smart was stuck in at the beginning of the pilot. 2607:F470:E:22:D588:5D27:AA04:CB8F ( talk) 16:55, 20 October 2023 (UTC)