Quoted: Major Suckage. The original Maxwell Smart, despite being bumbling and goofy, had a core of integrity, and occasional flashes of insight and skills. This new one is just going to be played for idiotic laughs, and I GUARANTEE you that the chemistry between Max and 99 is going to be a hollow shell of the original. Sad, really... |
From Don Adams Wiki, ( I know, Wikipedia is not 100% reliable)
Adams was born Donald James Yarmy in New York City to William Yarmy, a Hungarian Jew, who worked as a soda clerk, and Consuelo Morgan, a Roman Catholic struggling housewife, who was of both Dutch and Irish heritage;[1] he was not raised in any religion but became a practicing Catholic.
After Don dropped out of New York City's DeWitt Clinton High School, at aged 18 (his senior year) in 1941, one of his first jobs was a theatre usher, and later worked as a comic and mimic, taking the stage name of Adams after marrying singer Adelaide (Dell) Efantis, who performed under the name Adelaide Adams. After their divorce, he still went by the stage name "Adams," explaining (perhaps comically) that he kept it because he got tired of being last during alphabetical auditions.
Adams served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. He was wounded during the Battle of Guadalcanal, nearly dying. In fierce hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Guadalcanal, he was the only member of his platoon to survive. Also, he got blackwater fever.[2] Upon his recovery and return to the States, he served as a drill instructor.[3] As a Marine Corps drill instructor he was commended by his superiors for being able to exceed the performance of his recruits at every required physical task.