Posted on 09/26/2005 11:12:18 AM PDT by Borges
Thank you!!
Man, I loved that show as a kid.
RIP.
I was trying to remember that robot's name! Thanks! The gags on that show always made me laugh! Here is one gag...
Agent 86: Give me a hand, Hymee
Hymee: (starts unscrewing his hand to give to Agent 86)
That about killed me! LOL
I think I'm one reply behind, but I figure you may share my fond memories of this show from our respective and concurrent childhoods. :')
And Marvin looked like a soldier!
Marvin looked like a Marine, not a soldier.
The Cone of Silence was the model of government pork projects.
Drill Instructor. One doesn't have to be a Sergeant to be a DI in the Corps.
Of course! If it happens my gut tells me it will be this Thursday - that's how they did it with Tony Randall, who passed away on a Sunday, also.
If you want a few episodes on DVD, just let me know! I have a complete collection. :-)
Great choice! Carrell is hilarious. His anchorman in Bruce Almighty was hit-the-pause-button funny, yet he did it absolutely deadpan.
That daughter was Cecily. She was an actress (best known for playing a Ferengi mom on one of the later Star Trek series) and casting pro. I knew her in college. Lovely, lovely girl-- with a sadly troubled relationship with her father, at least at the time. She died last year, age 46, of lung cancer, leaving a two year old daughter and a devoted husband (also an actor). An incredibly sad story. I'm heartened to read between the lines of some of the reportage that it seems she and her dad had made up. I sure pray so-- she was the sweetest thing.
Condolences to Mr. Adams' family and friends.
I just heard Don had passed away on the news. When Channel 4 first started over here it was one of the first things they re-ran. Loved that show (particularly 99 though Max was great too).
Chief: Max, you realize you'll be facing every kind of danger imaginable.
Max: And loving it!
To which buck henry said "Sorry, about that chief".
Wonder if the other great writer on the show Mel Brooks will write the Eulogy or speak a few words at the funeral.
Please check out my post #219.
You must have seen her very moving memorial website?
http://www.cecilyadams.com/menu1.htm
Yes, I've seen Cecily's site. It's been a quarter-century since I knew her, but she was a doll, one of those people you remember forever. I was very happy that she achieved success and recognition and had so many devoted friends and fans, but learning of her untimely death was tough. She was a lovely person.
Yes, it seems that way from the website. A life cut too short. I just found out a woman at church that I knew 15 years ago died of uterine cancer at the age of 52. I felt the same sadness. At least this lady had grown-up children, but Cecily Adams had a two-year old which she will never see grow up. Her letter to her daughter is so moving and heartbreaking.
No wonder Don Adams went into a decline after her death. I can't imagine burying my daughter. I think it would break me.
" Oct. 30, 03.
To my dearest, darling baby girl Madeline,
Oh, my sweet baby, how sorry I am for this terrible turn of events. I can't bear the idea that I have brought you into this world to leave you here to navigate it without me. I have so much that I want to share with you, show
you, teach you, love love love you. You are the greatest gift from God anyone could ever receive. How lucky I was that of all the people in the world, you came to me.
I had some sad and rough times in my childhood that I was SO determined to protect you against. I so want you to grow up feeling SURE of YOURSELF and LOVED to the core of your being.
One of the reasons we named you Madeline was because of the little girl in the Madeline books. When I was a little girl -- four or so -- I was in a Catholic boarding school. I was the youngest and smallest by far. And I
was, during my childhood, pretty sick from time to time. So I related to the little girl in the Madeline story very much. Naming you Madeline was symbolic to me: Starting over with a new little Madeline who would have a
clean slate -- who had no scars or heartache to handicap her through her journey. And I was going to protect you from it all.
Oh, my darling baby, how sorry I am!
What big plans I had for our mad love affair together! I am so grateful, for you are, along with your father, the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.
My greatest fear right now is that I may not live long enough for you to remember me. That would be heartbreaking and tragic for me. And yet, on the other hand, your tender little heart may not need the horrible memory of losing your mother.
My darling angel, how I wanted to protect you from such wounds!
I promise you the all-out fight for my life. I will take whatever drugs they have available to beat this back -- knock it out -- kill it. I will take them gladly -- I will be sick, I will fight my way toward you.
You are so special and such a miracle. You're everything I ever wanted. You.
Your father and I wanted a baby, and I so desperately wanted a little girl -- but YOU -- YOU are so far and away above any of the expectations we had! You are so magnificent a child -- so happy, loving, SMART!, eager to learn, try new things, find joy and you break my heart with the willingness you have to face your fears and deal with them creatively!
I adore you, need you, love you with all the force of the universe -- my precious angel I am fighting for you -- fighting my way toward you. I love you more than you can imagine.
--Your mother."
Very sad news.
First Gilligan, now Maxwell Smart.
At least heaven has gained a couple of funny souls.
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