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Another Don Adams

Not to be confused with sep11:Donald Adams.

Emmys

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)

Addition

Perhaps a filmography would be appropriate?

Get Smart

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[reply]

USMC drill instructor

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)[reply]

Sean Adams

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)[reply]

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

Quotes section?

What's this doing here? It seems completely out of place. The Last Melon (talk) 04:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

Donald James Yarmy should redirect to this article. Proxy User (talk) 00:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alzheimers?

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)[reply]

Find a citation from a valid source. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots13:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Main index

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)[reply]

Why does this person get favorited to be on the main page? --Rodejong (talk) 11:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguation policy says that where a primary topic exists for a name then that should be the article you get. Looking at the others with this name it seems that Don Adams the actor is by far the primary topic for this name. --Errant Tmorton166(Talk) 12:21, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CBS or ABC?

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)[reply]