Trivia: Born in a multicultural New York City neighborhood, comedian Don Adams joined the Marines upon the outbreak of World War II. After Guadalcanal, Adams saw little action due to a life-threatening bout of blackwater fever (malaria) that kept him out of commission until the end of the war. As a civilian, Adams tried at first to carve out a career as a professional artist, taking outside jobs to support himself and his family. Blessed with a gift for mimicry, Adams and a friend teamed up for a comedy act but response was minimal, and soon Adams was involved in the cartographic and engineering business. Then in 1954, on a whim, he auditioned for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts; his routine went over, and he was on his way. Collaborating with his close friend Bill Dana, Adams developed a topnotch act full of "inside" showbiz references that fortunately never went over the heads of the audience. His best monologue was "The Defense Attorney," wherein Adams adopted the clipped speech cadence of actor William Powell. Though he would be seen in a variety of sketches during his nightclub years and his early-1960s stint as a regular on The Perry Como Show, it was the Powell imitation that scored highest. Adams would use this voice for the cartoon character of Tennessee Tuxedo in 1963, and that same year expanded on the impression in the role of inept house detective Byron Glick on The Bill Dana Show. The "spy cycle" of 1965 enabled Adams to refine the Byron Glick character into the magnificently self-confident but monumentally inept secret-agent Maxwell Smart on the hit TV sitcom Get Smart, which ran until 1970. In addition to providing Adams a conduit for his beloved movie parodies, the series also gave him an opportunity to direct. In 1971, Adams moved onto another genre-spoof TV series, The Partners, in which he played police detective Lennie Crook. Hampered by weak scripts and a death-valley timeslot opposite All in the Family, The Partners perished after thirteen weeks. After this debacle, Adams found the going rough for a while, though he made a comfortable living with nightclub appearances and guest spots on such TV series as The Love Boat. He made no fewer than three attempts to revive Get Smart between 1980 and 1994, one of which actually resulted in a (very short-lived) weekly Fox network sitcom. Adams is best known to children of the 1980s as the voice of cartoondom's bionic blockhead, Inspector Gadget. Don Adams was the brother of another comic actor, the late Richard Yarmy; Adams' cousin Robert Karvelas played secret agent Larrabee on Get Smart.

Trivia: Trained with the improvisational comedy troupe The Second City. First major voice role was playing Hello Kitty in the 1987 animated television series Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater. Was housemates with actor Neve Campbell early in their respective careers; she even auditioned for the role of Julia on the '90s teen drama series Party of Five, a role which Campbell ultimately received. Co-created the babababy baby bottle system, the world's first built-in calendar bottle, with her husband, fellow actor Craig Strong. Volunteered for the charity Bronies for Good, helping to raise funds for a family whose daughter had a brain tumor.

Trivia: To those familiar with Canadian television, actor Patrick McKenna will be most commonly associated with his comedic portrayal of nerdy, buck-toothed Harold Green, nephew of Possum Lodge handyman Red Green, on the madcap CBC sitcom The Red Green Show.McKenna officially debuted on film in 1980, with a bit part in Robert Downey Sr.'s raunchy teen farce Up the Academy, but subsequently broke away from entertainment for around a decade before returning to big- and small-screen productions in the late '80s. In terms of theatrical outings, the actor racked up bit credits in films including the John Candy farce Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) and the Canadian social issue drama Ordinary Magic (1993), starring Paul Anka. On network television, McKenna did guest bits on programs including Eerie, Indiana and Due South, but Red Green remained his bread and butter; he remained with that program throughout its long run, from 1991 through 2006. In 2007, McKenna tackled a small supporting role in Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon's disturbing psychological thriller Stuck.