Can a man savvy enough to have a telephone in his shoe decades before the invention of the cell phone ever be out of touch?

Sadly, Don Adams-the comedian who brought the goofy but ever-triumphant Maxwell Smart to life in the 1960s TV show “Get Smart”-has passed into the next world, where even the latest in technology cannot reach.

Don Adams, was born Donald James Yarmy in New York on April 13, 1923. Like many a young actor, he went West. He was still a resident of Los Angeles when he died on Sept. 25, 2005. And, unfortunately, Adams did not quite live up to his famous Maxwell Smart number-Agent 86-as he died at the age of 82 from various ailments. Or, as Smart frequently would say: “Missed it by that much.”

Adams' last will and testament, executed Dec. 18, 2000, and amended by a codicil on March 12, 2004, are relatively short documents showing that Adams lacked for neither wives nor children and he remembered them all.

There is nary a Baby Boomer who doesn't remember Adams and the epic struggle waged on TV every week between the forces of good and evil with agents from CONTROL (the CIA) battling those from KAOS (the KGB). The show-which ran from 1965 to 1970-let a nervous nation laugh at the Cold War. Smart was the bumbling Agent 86; his sidekick Agent 99, played by actress Barbara Feldon, was depicted as the smart one.

But Don Adams once said in an interview that he didn't mind playing dumb; after all, he was getting a third of the profits from the hit TV series. His heirs may still be getting the last laugh: One can only imagine the residuals.

So how exactly did Don Adams dispense his CONTROL payola? Apparently all those years of playing a Cold War spy stuck: his will is mum about the extent of his fortune. While a probate document filed with the court values the estate at $770,000, that could be a clever way of distracting KAOS from a real fortune tucked inside trusts, which, under California law, do not have to be mentioned in wills. (The codicil to the will does mention one trust for a granddaughter, although it doesn't specify an amount.)

In California, unlike New York, wills begin with a recitation of the names of the decedent's children and previous wives (no doubt a boon to celebrity biographers), so Adams's is peppered with the names of an impressive seven children from three wives. Divorced at the time of his death, Adams apparently remembered his ex-wives with equal fondness, leaving a bequest of $50,000 to each. The residuary estate is divided equally among Adams' seven children. The trust for Adams' granddaughter was made in view of the prior death of her mother, Adams' daughter, Cecily Adams. There are no bequests for Barbara Feldon, or for the actor who played Maxwell Smart's “Chief,” Edward Platt. As Smart would always say: “Sorry about that, Chief.”

One small oddity about the will is that its witness clause states, “We are acquainted with DON ADAMS. At this time, she is over the age of eighteen (18) years… and is not acting under duress … or undue influence.” [emphasis added]

As Maxwell Smart often said before launching into improbable explanations to the Chief: “Would you believe” that the “she” was actually Agent 86 in drag acting as Adams at the signing of the will?

“No, I wouldn't,” the Chief would invariably say.

“Then,” an unabashed Smart would retort before concocting an entirely new and equally ridiculous tale, “would you believe…”

Cue the laugh track-there is no more fitting farewell to Don Adams.