Don Adams aka Maxwell Smart has passed

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Sad, but true. RIP.

I haven't seen the reruns in years. As for the cone of silence, I've been calling the hallway in my building, here on the 8th floor, that for years.

[catesta]

Then I just heard on the Radio that Agent 99 died years ago. I totally missed that !

Nope--still alive at 73.

Barbara Feldon "Dead or Alive Info" Page

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I'm glad she is still around.

A fine looking lady.

I would have never guessed she was 73.

Edited September 26, 2005 by catesta

[JSngry]

With that picture, you never would.

[7/4]

Then I just heard on the Radio that Agent 99 died years ago. I totally missed that !

Nope--still alive at 73.

Barbara Feldon "Dead or Alive Info" Page

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I'm glad she is still around.

A fine looking lady.

I would have never guessed she was 73.

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She doesn't look it.

[Ron S]

A more recent photo--still lookin' mighty fine:

BTW, some sites list her birth year as 1932, while others list it as 1941.

[Aggie87]

Ouch!!! That looks like it hurts!! Is she able to still close her mouth??

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Ouch!!! That looks like it hurts!! Is she able to still close her mouth??

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[Ron S]

Ouch!!! That looks like it hurts!! Is she able to still close her mouth??

Let's see how you look at 64 or 73.

[graaspiano]

Don Adams' daughter Cathy was my "suite" mate (We shared at bathroom between our two rooms) at the University of Redlands. When we would go out late at night to a coffee shop, she only had $100 bills and this was 1967! She was a very nice person and we had a lot of fun - I lost touch with her after college.

[Chuck Nessa]

I think Don used to post here under the name of Weizin.

[catesta]

With that picture, you never would.

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Don't get all technical on me.

You knew what I meant.

[catesta]

I think Don used to post here under the name of Weizin.

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We lost him to the upgrades.

[SEK]

Not Craw; CRAW!

[Dan Gould]

But Max, you'll be in terrible danger!

And, loving it!

[AllenLowe]

anybody ever notice how much the Get Smart theme sounds like "Walkin'" ?

[JSngry]

Now that you mention it, no.

[Ron S]

Would you believe, "A Night In Tunisia"?

[AllenLowe]

similar intervals, last part VERY close - somebody shoulda sued someboday - of course. this is typical TV - Odd Couple Theme sounds just like Bag's Groove - and Inspector Gadger theme is a direct ripoff of Topsy -

[JSngry]

Odd Couple Theme sounds just like Bag's Groove

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And New Mexico looks just like Colorado.

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Odd Couple Theme sounds just like Bag's Groove

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And New Mexico looks just like Colorado.

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I noticed. What's up with that?

[Jim Alfredson]

Sounds like a song lyric....

"New Mexicooooooo looks just like Coloradooooo

When we're driving through in our 60s Elderadooooooooo.... YEAH!"

Thank you, I'll be here all night!

[JSngry]

similar intervals, last part VERY close - somebody shoulda sued someboday -

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C to F to E to F

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F (to C to E to F) to B to C

An E over a dominant C+ is the same as a B over an tonic F7?

I'm tempted to say that you shoulda sued your theory teacher, but I respect you too much to do it!

And it's that respect that's gonna let me give you a pass on that "last part" business. There's a rough similarity in rhtymic/melodic contour, but a rough similarity is all it is.

Edited September 27, 2005 by JSngry

[JSngry]

Inspector Gadger theme is a direct ripoff of Topsy -

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If by "Topsy" you're using code for "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", then I'll agree with you!

[BruceH]

similar intervals, last part VERY close - somebody shoulda sued someboday -

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C to F to E to F

vs

F (to C to E to F) to B to C

An E over a dominant C+ is the same as a B over an tonic F7?

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Would you believe....?

Man, I was startled to learn Don Adams was 82!! I always kind of assumed he was born in the 30's.

I can remember seeing the opening to Get Smart when I was a little kid and thinking it was a serious drama. The opening made it seem so exciting and cool. Later I used to watch repeats obsessively. (I'm talking about the color episodes. I never even knew they had a black & white season until much later when some obscure local channel showed a few.) I had kind of a thing for Babara Feldon's Agent 99----as much a kid in elementary school can have a thing for anyone, that is.

[AllenLowe]

1) getting back to this late - the whole feel of the Get Smart theme, the way it phrases etc etc is a real ripoff of Walkin - don't have the music in front of me but listen to both and you know the Get Smart composer ripped it off - listen to the opening phrase of Get Smart and the end - it doesn't have to be note for note to be a steal -

2) Inspector Gadget is almost exactly Topsy - I got a call from Eddie Durham's daughter about 10 years ago on this and she was talking about suing but I don't think anything ever came of it -

3) and Bag's Groove/Odd Couple Theme are absurdly close - Neal Hefti shoulda sent Milt Jackson some money on this one -

we're not talking theory but a theft of feeling and basic melodic material -