RIP: Don Adams

[thewayne]

I didn't notice this, apparently he passed away on September 26th.

From Wired.com:
Passage: Don Adams, 82
Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s television spoof of James Bond movies, Get Smart, died of a lung infection late Sunday. As the inept Agent 86 of the super-secret federal agency Control, Adams captured TV viewers with his antics in combatting the evil agents of Kaos. When his explanations failed to convince the villains or his boss, he tried another tack: "Would you believe ...?" It became a national catch phrase. Smart was also prone to spilling things on the desk or person of The Chief. Smart's apologetic "Sorry about that, Chief" also entered the American lexicon.
-- Associated Press

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[ems-viking.livejournal.com]

изучаем английския язык
Первый урок, английский для начинающих:
«Три ведьмы разглядывают трое часов „Свотч“. Какая из ведьм разглядывает какие часы?»
Теперь по английски!
Three witches watch three swatch watches.
Which witch watches which swatch watch?

Второй урок, английский для продвинутых учеников:
«Три ведьмы-трансвеститки разглядывают три кнопочки на часах „Свотч“. Какая из ведьм-трансвеститок разглядывает какую кнопочку на часах „Свотч“?»
Теперь по английски !
Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watches which
Swatch watch switch?

Третий и последний урок, английский для абсолютных профессионалов:
«Три швейцарских ведьмы-сучки, желающих изменить свой пол, разглядывают три кнопочки на часах „Свотч“. Какая из швейцарских ведьм-сучек, желающих изменить свой пол,разглядывает какую кнопочку на часах „Свотч“?»

Теперь по английски !
Three swiss witch-bitches, which wished to be switched swiss witch-bitches, watch three swiss Swatch watch switches. Which swiss witch-bitch, which wishes to be a switched swiss witch-bitch, wishes to watch which swiss Swatch watch switch?

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah I caught the notice on the news. Made me feel oooold. I always loved that show, though it must've been hard for him never being able to get beyond it -- I can't recall ever seeing him act again.

[magic-rat.livejournal.com]

I've never been much of a fan of Get Smart. I preferred his other famous roles, Inspector Gadget and Tennessee Tuxedo.

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

They forgot the other famous quote:

Missed by....THAT much!