Comments on: A Poetic Obituary for Don Adams http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/ Thu, 31 May 2012 17:03:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cynthia Bartlett http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-911091 Cynthia Bartlett Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:42:25 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/#comment-911091 I used to watch "Get Smart" a lot. agreed type casting can be a double edged sword. I saw the movie, the guy wasn't bad still Adams will always be Agent 86 and his death made me very sad. I used to watch “Get Smart” a lot.
agreed type casting can be a double edged sword.
I saw the movie, the guy wasn’t bad
still Adams will always be Agent 86 and his death made me very sad.

]]> By: Morgana http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-578707 Morgana Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:46:16 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/#comment-578707 I can't say I know who he exactly was---------but you made him sound terribly funny- I can’t say I know who he exactly was———but you made him sound terribly funny-

]]> By: thestickman http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-578705 thestickman Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:49:00 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/a-poetic-obituary-for-don-adams/#comment-578705 Does anyone remember the TV program "Don Adams' Screen Test?" He would bring participants from the live studio audience on-stage to rehearse briefly in short a chosen short 'classic' movie skits ("Robin Hood", etc.), then in costume, they PERFORMED these roles for the audience whom then voted upon the merit of 'acting skills' learned in the previous few minutes... The 'winner(s)' would then move-on to a REAL studio screen test, to chance to be in a movie or commercial!<br /> <br /> A fitting tribute would be to see if anyone whom got that far actually BECAME a known actor due to this show...<br /> -Sounds like a job for "History Detectives."<br /> <br /> -thestickman Does anyone remember the TV program “Don Adams’ Screen Test?” He would bring participants from the live studio audience on-stage to rehearse briefly in short a chosen short ‘classic’ movie skits (”Robin Hood”, etc.), then in costume, they PERFORMED these roles for the audience whom then voted upon the merit of ‘acting skills’ learned in the previous few minutes… The ‘winner(s)’ would then move-on to a REAL studio screen test, to chance to be in a movie or commercial!

A fitting tribute would be to see if anyone whom got that far actually BECAME a known actor due to this show…
-Sounds like a job for “History Detectives.”

-thestickman

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