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Don Adams|Get Smart

Get Smart

Don Adams

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This 45-minute CD, assembled from Don Adams' 1960s-vintage United Artists recordings, is only intermittently funny. The basic problem is that Adams' humor, although verbal in nature, is also distinctly visual -- it needs that image of his fidgety, angular presence to make the jokes really work. Moreover, his voice in the wraparounds for the segments lifted from the program itself gets tiresome very fast, and although the sections from the program are chosen for their distinctly verbal humor, without the images to support them, they seem pale and anemic. Perhaps the CD's shortcomings are also reflective of a certain obsolescence; in the 1960s, before anyone thought of home video and before it was even clear that a major, steady marketplace for reruns of sitcoms existed, the original LP release of this material was the only conceivable way that audiences could preserve and enjoy anew the best segments of the show -- stacked syndicated reruns and the VCR have altered that equation. As an added bonus on this disc, Raven Records has included a pair of songs recorded by series co-star Barbara Feldon, "Max" and "99," referring to the two lead characters from the series (though they seem to have gotten their order wrong on the CD track listing). Both songs were produced by Elliot Mazer, whose other credits include Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield, the Byrds, and Barclay James Harvest. Neither track is anything to write home about musically, although they are funny artifacts of the era. And the notes by Adams' longtime friend Bill Dana are entertaining.

© Bruce Eder /TiVo

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1
Washington 4 - Indians 3
00:05:10

I. Szathmary, ComposerLyricist - Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

2
School Days
00:02:18

MILDRED HILL, ComposerLyricist - Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Patti Hill, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marmer, ComposerLyricist - Stan Burns, ComposerLyricist - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

3
Satan Place
00:03:53

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Marmer, ComposerLyricist - Stan Burns, ComposerLyricist - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

4
Cone Of Silence
00:01:16

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, Composer - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Budd Grossman, ComposerLyricist - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

5
Too Many Chiefs - Countersign
00:02:40

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

6
The Latest Devices
00:02:59

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

7
All In The Mind
00:02:35

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

8
The Incredible Harry Hoo
00:06:57

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

9
I'm Only Human
00:02:47

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Marmer, ComposerLyricist - Stan Burns, ComposerLyricist - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

10
Kisses For KAOS
00:01:40

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, Composer - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

11
Plane Sequence
00:02:47

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

12
Too Many Chiefs - Hotel Sequence
00:02:23

Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

13
Weekend Vampire
00:03:17

Ben Ryan, Composer - Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Dee Caruso, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Gardner, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

14
Sorry 'Bout That
00:01:08

I. Szathmary, ComposerLyricist - Burt Nodella, Producer - Buck Henry, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Adams, MainArtist

(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC

Album review

This 45-minute CD, assembled from Don Adams' 1960s-vintage United Artists recordings, is only intermittently funny. The basic problem is that Adams' humor, although verbal in nature, is also distinctly visual -- it needs that image of his fidgety, angular presence to make the jokes really work. Moreover, his voice in the wraparounds for the segments lifted from the program itself gets tiresome very fast, and although the sections from the program are chosen for their distinctly verbal humor, without the images to support them, they seem pale and anemic. Perhaps the CD's shortcomings are also reflective of a certain obsolescence; in the 1960s, before anyone thought of home video and before it was even clear that a major, steady marketplace for reruns of sitcoms existed, the original LP release of this material was the only conceivable way that audiences could preserve and enjoy anew the best segments of the show -- stacked syndicated reruns and the VCR have altered that equation. As an added bonus on this disc, Raven Records has included a pair of songs recorded by series co-star Barbara Feldon, "Max" and "99," referring to the two lead characters from the series (though they seem to have gotten their order wrong on the CD track listing). Both songs were produced by Elliot Mazer, whose other credits include Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield, the Byrds, and Barclay James Harvest. Neither track is anything to write home about musically, although they are funny artifacts of the era. And the notes by Adams' longtime friend Bill Dana are entertaining.

© Bruce Eder /TiVo

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