Frank Adamo
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Oct 12, 2026
David Van DeusenGUEST
Is he available?" "Yep." "Have him come in." Right? Or maybe they read the first time, but once they did the first time, then they were sort of warmly welcomed back into the fold from, from then on.
David Van DeusenGUEST
One of the other chapters in my book is about a guy by the name of Frank Adamo, who was known for probably having the most bit player roles on the show.
David Van DeusenGUEST
He was actually Dick's personal assistant on the show, his dresser, his stand-in, his assistant, all that sort of stuff, and he would sit around the table read when they were reading, and he tells the story of, you know, Sheldon Leonard would say, "Well, why don't we have Frank read that part since the guy's not here yet?" "Okay," so Frank would read the part.
David Van DeusenGUEST
The next day Sheldon would say, "Well, Frank already read the part, so why don't we just have him do the part?" You know? And so Frank all of a sudden picked up this little side hustle.
David Van DeusenGUEST
And, um, Morey would say to Dick, "Hey, can you draw me so-and-so, and so-and-so?" And Dick would take out a pencil and doodle on a page.
David Van DeusenGUEST
And Frank Adamo, who was Dick's assistant, told, told me this story.
David Van DeusenGUEST
He said a couple weeks later, he said, all of a sudden, it would appear on the table, would be a figurine of this drawing that Dick did, and Morey had taken Dick's drawing and sent it overseas and had figurines made, and would start selling them as, as memorabilia.
David Van DeusenGUEST
But, you know-
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