Get Smart

Don Adams passed away yesterday. For those not in the know he was Maxwell Smart, the nerdiest guy to ever land the hottest wife, Agent 99. I grew up watching these in syndication. He would drive up to that building and walk through what seemed like a million doors until a got in that phone booth and dropped out of sight. He was the Peter Sellers of the small screen and the show was a laugh a minute. I do not know one kid growing up who did not do the 'shoe phone' or during Dodgeball or baseball or just goofing around say "Missed it by that much" holding up thumb and forefinger millimeters apart. He later resurfaced as the voice of Inspector Gadget, basically an animated version of Maxwell Smart. Interesting note, he was the voice of the Reindeer Coach in the Christmas Classic Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer.

In a time when most comedy is canned, off color, gay or the combination of the three I for one miss the funny shows of yester year and will miss this comedic genius.