Adam Klugman

{{short description|American media strategist and campaign consultant}}

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|birth_name = Adam Somers Klugman

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|7|11}}

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|nationality = American

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|party = Democratic{{Cite web |title=Why Be a Democrat? |url=http://www.smithdems.org/whybe.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224303/http://www.smithdems.org/whybe.htm |archive-date=2012-04-18 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Smith County Democratic Party}}

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|occupation = Media strategist, campaign consultant

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|parents = Brett Somers
Jack Klugman

|relatives = Jim Fyfe (brother-in-law)
Brian Klugman (first cousin once removed)

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Adam Somers Klugman (born July 11, 1963) is an American media strategist and campaign consultant. He and his older brother David are the sons of stage, film, and television actor Jack Klugman and actress, singer, and comedian Brett Somers.{{Cite web |last=Ventre |first=Michael |title=Spotlight can burn children of the famous |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35694178 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916205417/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35694178/ns/today-entertainment/37872131 |archive-date=2012-09-16 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Today Entertainment}} He had an older half-sister Leslie Klein (d. 2006) from his mother's first marriage. As a child, Adam appeared with his father on The Odd Couple.

He was a top-10 finalist in the 2003 MoveOn.org "Bushin30Seconds" contest{{Cite web |title=Bush in 30 Seconds |url=http://www.moveon.org/bushin30seconds/finalists.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923133233/http://www.moveon.org/bushin30seconds/finalists.shtml |archive-date=2010-09-23 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=MoveOn.org}} and winner of the 2004 Democratic National Committee (DNC) Video Contest{{Cite web |last=Stahl |first=John |date=2004-07-31 |title=Oregonians win DNC video contest |url=https://jstahl.org/archives/2004/07/31/oregonians-win-dnc-video-contest/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819035913/https://jstahl.org/archives/2004/07/31/oregonians-win-dnc-video-contest/ |archive-date=2011-08-19 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=John Stahl's Journal}} with "America's Party".{{Cite web |title=DNC Video contest winner - America's Party |url=https://archive.org/details/dncamericas_party |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Internet Archive}} His more recent projects include Mad As Hell Doctors{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Bill |date=2009-09-09 |title=Angry Oregon doctors take health care message on tour |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2009/09/angry_oregon_doctors_take_heal.html |website=Oregon Live}}[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/angry_oregon_doctors_take_heal.html Angry Oregon doctors take health care message on tour]. OregonLive.com. and First Freedom First.{{Cite web |title=Celebrities, Religious Liberty Heroes Headline National Simulcast For Church-State Separation |url=http://www.firstfreedomfirst.org/simulcast-event/learn-more/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116184445/http://www.firstfreedomfirst.org/simulcast-event/learn-more/ |archive-date=2010-01-16 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=First Freedom First}}

A resident of West Linn, Oregon, Klugman has worked on local elections, including ones for "No Growth"{{clarify|date=October 2018}} candidates in West Linn and for Oregon Ballot Measure 49.{{cite news |url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=95406 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111605/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=95406 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=TV son pitches a video anthem |date=November 26, 2007 |last=Anderson |first=Jennifer |newspaper=West Linn Tidings |accessdate=January 19, 2013}} From 2010 to 2012, he hosted a radio show called Mad as Hell in America with Adam Klugman.{{Cite web |date=2010-08-25 |title=New Talk Radio Show "Mad As Hell in America with Adam Klugman" Offers Callers One Minute to be "Mad As Hell" |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4421884.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128074930/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4421884.htm |archive-date=2022-01-28 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=PRWeb}}