DON ADAMS LOST TOY COMMERCIAL -RARE

[westport17782010]

"INSPECTOR GADGET"

[mercythecall]

What year did this commercial air?

[devtrev]

And loving it....

[dawoool]

Missed it by THAT much!

[BlueCougar]

Spade and Acher: Taken from the Maltese Falcon. Adams loved doing Bogart impersonations. He did them (I think) four times on Get Smart.

[BlueCougar]

"Right?" - "Wrong!" - "Wrong. WRONG?" Another classic line from Get Smart!

[WasteTime4Passwords]

I love that "of course" after getting lost in the rapid fire details of the '38 and '45. Agent Smart.

[RocktheStageNYC]

He also did TV commercials for an electronics store and White Castle hamburgers

[gregorkrause]

It's nice to see an unanimated inspector gadget lol, meaning the actor who voiced him.

[canadiankev7]

the man filled my youth with real comedy to laugh at . God Bless Don

[toysbyus1]

Ha ha ha: I actually designed the Electronic Detective for Ideal Toy back in 78-80!! I haven't seen this ad since then.

Thanks for the memories!

Steve

[Pilsky]

Great post! And happy to know that the man with the hat was really Joey Forman - the Harry Hoo chinese detective, a 'old friend' of Maxwell Smart: Episodes The Little Black Book: Part 2 (1968) … Attorney/Agent 17 /// Hoo Done It (1966) Harry Hoo /// The Amazing Harry Hoo (1966) … Harry Hoo

[tryithere]

@Pilsky Hoo was he? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Craw, not Craw.

[jennsboys]

What was the name of the actor with the hat? He was a character actor who was in lots of comedies...

[edisone1]

 Almost as much fun as the income tax returns !

[1niftyjay]

Inspector gadget and Max Smart. Oh, yeah, Tennesee Tuxedo, too. To me, Don Adams, along with Rod Serling have the most distinctive voices in television. They are instantly recognizable by whole generations of tv fans.

[TheHellee]

Lolz! This is funny! I love Don Adams. "Lucy is the killer." "Wrong" "Wrong. WRONG?!?!?"

[faffaflunkie]

It looks like they put more money into the commercial than they put into the product.

[agormanvideos]

From what city is the accent of Don Adams?

[Jsd8675]

@agormanvideos ny

[agormanvideos]

@Jsd8675 LOL really funny, I like it!

[MegaCrowman]

R.I.P Don thank you for the memories

[theSEVENFOLDisLIFE]

Would you believe that it WAS Lucy with a candlestick?

[robertrivasphotos]

I guess that was a Saturday morning Radio Shack toy?

[ctdsnark]

I thought this was going to be that ad he did for "Skittle Pool".

[tryithere]

@ctdsnark I have one of them. With wood pins.

[tryithere]

@tryithere Well Skittle Bowl anyway.

[a4d2d0]

Looks like fun

[theknowbody]

They should make strategy games like this, but better, today for the Consoles. Not everything needs to be shoot 'em or jump 'em.

[hamletmiss]

What year was this from?

[Neville6000]

@hamletmiss: Early to mid-'70's, by the looks of it, or maybe mid to late '70's.

[ObiWanBillKenobi]

As I recall, either right before or right after the 1995 Get Smart revival, Don Adams had a cameo at the very end of a commercial where he only turned to the camera and spoke the end tag. I think it was a beer commercial, but that's all I remember. Does anyone else have any more info on what that commercial was or can post it?

P.S. I got to visit his grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2007 and 2009. He's honored with a U.S. Marines plaque.

[pdm28cin]

This toy looks like it missed the mark, by just "that much." Lol, go ahead Don!

[darkhoarse820]

If I'm not mistaken, the other detective (his soon-to-be former partner) is the actor who played Harry Hoo in the original series and the Chief in the Nude Bomb just a year later.

[actonbath]

Did we know....

Don Adams was a Marine and fought on Guadalcanal and was wounded there. As was Lee Marvin who was a Marine Sniper and also wounded in the same battle.

[rangeclerk]

Rod Serling was also a Marine in the South Pacific. Gene Roddenberry flew around 86 combat missions--he was a pilot of a B-17

[MrRackensack]

does anybody remember Don Adams in a commercial for a electronics chain Save Mart?

[ortonsucksballs1]

gotta love don adams

[4thtroika]

I would've liked to have had this.

[eagsterama]

no matter what don adams gets put into, he always says something that reminds me of maxwell smart

[melollylolly]

ahhh,inspector gadget; maxwell smart; great!

[djchestfire]

OMG we had one of these. I couldn't ever get it working for very long and when i did, i couldn't understand how the fuck it worked! lol

[luvindogadis411]

Don Adams was a comedic genius. He was hilarious in "Get Smart". His legendary voice was great as Inspector Gadget and Tennessee Tuxedo. He played himself in an episode of "The New Scooby Doo" movies.

[teedeeiss]

luvindogadis411 - you ain't kidding! COMEDIC GENIUS is right! A LEGEND!!! IMHO "Get Smart" was the BEST show even to this day. They have crap out now. It was the ONLY show we watched (besides "Looney Tunes") as kids growing up in Queens, NY. 5:58 pm Feb. 6 2010

[Teflon65]

@luvindogadis411 Don Adams was also in an animated cartoon series, called "Inch High Private Eye". Do you remember that one?

[jettj12]

@luvindogadis411 he was in inspecctor gadget?

[luvindogadis411]

@jettj12 He did the voice for Inspector Gadget on the cartoon.

[PhoenixRising2145]

I wonder if you can still find this on ebay... hmmm..

[Neville6000]

@PhoenixRising2145:Probably for a $120 bucks, or something higher.

[bravodeverdad1984]

Grande Smart, Maxwell Smart.

[DeathsNotoriousAngel]

Ironic how the guy that played Maxwell Smart in Get Smart was the lead guy in this commercial

[greypilgrimone]

Irony has nothing to do with it. "Get Smart" run on TV from 1965-1969. The Ideal toy "Electronic Detective" debued in 1979. This was just smart marketing - part of the same reasoning that helped get Don cast as the voice of Inspector Gadget.

[subtitleman2]

I remember seeing this commercial. Guess that dates me.

[pewmanfustudios]

Awesome commercial!!

[Cherstars]

Yes inspector Gadget, this is brilliant I want this game! lol

[tapeafriend]

Inspector Gadget???

[ryanschroer]

Yes, Don Adams was Gadget.

[Mash9060]

He was agent 86 on Get Smart, not Gadget.

[mrblondnyc]

Someone needs to start using Google.

[Staszu13]

he was both!

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

He was the voice of the cartoon Gadget. Also, he was the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo in the 1960s cartoon.

[Mash9060]

Nope. He played Maxwell Smart on Get Smart.

[MBava67]

Also the voice of Inspector Gadget.

[slashingraven]

Mash, he DID voice Inspector Gadget.

[Number1MileyMontana]

WOW i had no idea he stared in a commercial!! is that harry hoo next to him??

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

YES....very good!!!

[DeathByHomicide]

OMG I've played that game!! it is the best game EVER!!!

[antivert]

I NEED THIS

[jpe19940]

Wow thanks for putting this up - we did not get to see this stuff in australia

Great to see Harry Who also with him in the commercial.. Don ahas never failed once to bring a smile to my face...RIP...

[Silvia1826]

Oh wow! I never knew there was a detective game! Too bad they don't make them anymore. Heh, Max always guessed the wrong suspect. XD

[143AC]

Sadly,this was Mr.Foreman's last tv appearance..he

would pass away after this tv plug aired.

[EricV1]

This message will self destruct...xD

[HunterMann]

Get Smart was a brilliant show! Thanks to Don Adams and the brilliant writing of greats like Mel Brooks.

[dbouffard25]

Brilliant writing, but not by Mel Brooks. He wrote only three episodes: "Mr. Big" (pilot) (pretty good); "Our Man in Leotards" (pretty good); and "Survival of the Fattest" (turkey). He was on for only half of the first season. Some of the greatest writers on GS were Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, Arne Sultan, Leonard Stern, and a variety of others who contributed only a few scripts.

[Lyokofreak101]

How can you disrespect his memory like that jrg? He was a great and hilarious man that will be missed by many people.

[vonbontee]

Idiot.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

The only one obnoxious, here, is you.

[mrmoore1970]

LOL! I remember this game! My cousin had this game and we played it a lot in the early 80's. But I remember a much shorter version of this commercial during afternoon and Saturday Morning Cartoons. Thanks for the memories!

[SpaceLady79]

Oh I like this! Cool! I *so* love Don's expressions! [as always] :)

Thanks for uploading!

[kaptainkaraoke]

very nice commercial

i want one of those games

[Ba101]

Where do I get this game, lol

[143AC]

Mr.Adams was also the voice of

"Tennesse Tuxido".

[califgirl101]

Very intresting clip! Long live Agent 86! Great stuff! Thank you. :)

[fromthesidelines]

Note that Don's good friend Joey Forman (who occasionally appeared as "Harry Hoo" on "GET SMART") plays "Archer". This commercial first appeared around 1975, 'Mesterius", around the time the "DON ADAMS SCREEN TEST" was produced for syndication.

[Mesterius1]

When exactly is it from?

[Neville6000]

@Mesterius1:1979.

[MariGfromthaNYC]

Inspector Gadget

[batlrar]

Correct, he also did the voice for Inspector Gadget in the cartoon that came out in 1983. He also had a cameo voice appearance in the live action movie. Most of us know him as Agent 86 from "Get Smart".

[canuckamuck]

Wasn't he the voice of Inspector Gadget as well ?? :-)

[NDW85]

Yes, Don Adams was the voice of Inspector Gadget.

[canuckamuck]

Thank you ! God rest hhis soul ! Hilarious performer

[QBCNetwork]

Don Adams also did commercials for Aurora Games (Skittle Bowl).

[heine71]

I used to have the Electronic Detective game from Ideal in the early 1980's.

[59fastfret]

"Would you believe" a 60 second ad. rare these days.

[60sThru80s]

We had attention spans back then. Plus fewer remote channel changers. :)

[batlrar]

How about 80 seconds, like this one is?

It is a very different type of commercial from what we have today. A truly excellent commercial from one of the best comedians of the time.