In 2007, an aspiring singer stepped onto the soundstage of England's enormously popular TV program Britain's Got Talent, flashed an adorable gap-toothed smile and instantly won the heart of the notoriously crusty Simon Cowell yes, that Simon Cowell as well as the British viewing public. In just a couple of minutes, a true star had been born. In the past year that young lady has become an international phenomenon, with millions of YouTube views, glowing media coverage and a best-selling album a feat made all the more remarkable by the fact that Connie Talbot is all of 7 years old.
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![Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets [VHS]](/51QTMHRZR2LSL500.jpg)
The famously inept crimefighter stumbles through three animated adventures in this full-length video, rescued--as always--by his clever niece Penny, her dog Brain, and those ingenious gadgets. In "The Capeman Cometh," the inspector teams with Capeman to fight Dr. Claw's team of ninjas and hoodlums over a mint of gold. Then it's on to Romanovia, a Bavarianesque enclave, in "Prince of the Gypsies." Gadget's assignment: retrieve the royal seal from MAD agents posing as gypsies and return it to the grateful king. But the inspector faces his fiercest challenge in "Gadget's Gadgets," when Dr. Claw's hired gun Dr. Noodleman abducts Gadget and Capeman and puts them through a battery of exercises designed to remove all gadgets. The pair cooperates, believing they're participating in an official test. Is Noodleman successful or does Penny rescue the oblivious pair? Let's put it this way: Gadget and Get Smart's Maxwell Smart don't share the same voice (Don Adams) for nothing. Ages 3 and up will give a rousing cheer of "Go Go Gadget!" to this 64-minute video. --Kimberly Heinrichs