To his credit, Robert Vaughn never resented David McCallum’s popularity and was a team player and both of them remained friends for years. Robert Vaughn also was correct when he said the series featured the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
@bigstuff52
11 ай бұрын
amen to the best looking women..
@kibblenbits
11 ай бұрын
On the YT channel 'FoundationInterviews' there are many interviews with David McCallum. In one, David stated they worked well together, but that they had completely different personalities, had nothing in common, and only went to dinner together once. Robert was vegetarian, into politic's, and academia, while David was not. They were not friends off set, just co-workers during the time the show was on air. David was friend's with Charles Bronson, who ran off with David's first wife, Jill Ireland. Jill leaving him was good for David, in the long run, as he was married to his second wife for 56 years, until his death. RIP David
@gravelydon7072
11 ай бұрын
@@bigstuff52 And Stefanie Powers ( Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ) both back then and now still is.
@williamhoole2065
11 ай бұрын
Robert Vaughn was an accomplished and serious academic ...
@muzmason3064
11 ай бұрын
They both carried the show and the chemistry was there until the scripts died a slow death.
@virginiaconnor8350
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I met David McCallum 2x. He was so warm, friendly, and I could tell he cared about me as a fan. I thanked him for making me so happy as I was growing up and appreciated his work. I also told him that my parents liked him too and the story how my dad got me to watching "MFU". I think my parents and he were alike in some ways and I miss them as I'll miss David too.
@FromSagansStardust
11 ай бұрын
I got to meet him once, backstage when he was doing Agatha Christie's 'the Mousetrap' in Millburn, NJ! We had the same birthday, September 19, 25 years apart.
@carollido8742
Жыл бұрын
David died today and I am putting tributes up on LinkedIn and we are celebrating his life and his extraordinary acting. Thank you for this. I am amazed at how great big grown men are crying because they were so in love with him in the Man from U. N C.L E. One of the toughest guys I know dropped me a personal note and said I just love this man and had a terrible crush on him Thank you this is a wonderful and informative and fun video ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️ 9:26
@verasmith4767
Жыл бұрын
Both of our favorite spys are gone now. 😢 Fighting the bad guys together again.
@jerrywood4508
Жыл бұрын
I loved the show in the first two seasons. I watched every episode and the repeats, too. I thought it was the height of sophistication. But, of course, I was in 5th grade when it premiered.
@nigeh5326
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for another video that brings back memories 👍 As a kid I loved Sean Connery’s Bond but the man from uncle was a tv favourite. David Macallum and Robert Vaughan were both great casting for a tv spy show with a good blend of humour and action and a sprinkling of gadgets all adding up to a family show that appealed to mom dad and the kids.
@speedracer1945
2 жыл бұрын
The 60s gave us many tongue in cheek as this and comedy Get Smart even Bullwinkle was an adult / kid cartoon series .
@onlythewise1
2 жыл бұрын
its so sad they all gone world is different now
@tomsenior7405
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! This one really caught me off guard. I was not expecting the sudden rush of Nostalgia, accompanied by that warm, fuzzy feeling. It is bit bit like waking up in a puddle of your own pee, after being Tasered. Nice one Stam. Cheers.
@speedracer1945
2 жыл бұрын
Your showing your age talking about laying in your own pee . Kidding. I dug this show as a kid. I had the first season on disc but boxed with many others at a friend's house up north. The first episode was cool as Thrush agent breach Uncles station as the scene where the Thrush guy shoots at Solo but he's behind the bullets glass . Also the show was called Solo but changed.
@tomsenior7405
2 жыл бұрын
@@speedracer1945 Excellent. You got me. It has been so long since I watched the Show, I had actually forgotten just how much fun it was.
@virginiaconnor8350
Жыл бұрын
Stefanie Powers was better in "Hart to Hart". Is she the last of the UNCLE actors alive?
@jg-ec6iz
2 жыл бұрын
i’m just finishing college, so unlike most people in the comments i didn’t watch this as a kid but just last week! this video was fantastic, it was a great summary and review of the show and sleek in its humor and editing. You so succinctly describe why i’m digging into nearly 70 year old archives in a time when most people my age are watching Euphoria or Tiktok. It’s just a silly fun old show and i had a great time watching it.
@amanzeihedioha
2 жыл бұрын
👊🏿Respect👊🏿
@papadopp3870
Жыл бұрын
Much respect here, too! Seasons 1 & 2 are superb. Season 3 fell victim to Batmania and isn’t worth watching except for completist. Season 4 tried to save the series by going back to the original premise- too little, too late.
@pauld6967
Жыл бұрын
@@papadopp3870 I have said almost the exact same thing to people, word for word. :-) I grew up watching the shows and have the DVDs, so I am one of those "completists" who watches season 3. :-)
@papadopp3870
Жыл бұрын
@@pauld6967 lol! Yeah, I own them, but they are sooo painful. I wanted to introduce my son to how cool the show was. Unfortunately, the one that came on was an S03 episode with a 60s bubblegum/surf version of “Pop Goes the Weasel” as the background mu of every action scene! GAK! If he hadn’t known better, he would’ve consigned me to the file of the terminally uncool.
@pauld6967
Жыл бұрын
@@papadopp3870 Murphy's Law strikes again. At least now you know, you can only depend upon your own DVD/Blu-ray collection. Streaming services can alter or drop from the 'available list' or favorite movies and shows when they decide we shouldn't be able to share things with the next generation.
@mikavirtanen7029
2 жыл бұрын
Damn...U.N.C.L.E sure had lots of good actors as guest stars. Angela Lansbury, Jack Palance, William Shatner, Edward Albert, Kurt Russell, Ricardo Montalban, Cesar Romero, Martin Balsam etc...It's also one of the few classic series that had a decent reboot with 2015 Guy Ritchie film...and of course nobody went to see it, cause it had no superheroes and it was set in the 1960's.
@patriciajrs46
2 жыл бұрын
They just weren't smart enough to know what they were missing.
@greendeane1
2 жыл бұрын
you missed lenard nemoy and cher
@railtrolley
2 жыл бұрын
@@greendeane1 It's a long guest list, add these: William Shatner, (as well as Leonard Nimoy) Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Leon Askin (Hogans Heroes), Barbara Feldon (99 get smart), Edward Mulhare (The ghost and Mrs Muir, Von Ryans Express, Knight Rider), Michael Pate (Matlock Police), Martin Landau (Space 1999), Terry Thomas (lots of UK comedies), Telly Savalas (Kojak, 007 OHMSS), Vincent Price. Probably missed noticing some.
@jeffturnbull9661
Жыл бұрын
That wasn't the reason, those of us who stayed away did so because there was very little U.N.C.L.E. in it, as mentioned in the video, the paradigm of 2 ordinary looking men who would blend into any crowd was replaced by behemoths who stand out in a crowd, Solo went from an army officer to a skilled thief and Kuryakin a giant with anger issues, no U.N.C.L.E. gadgets, no U.N.C.L.E. weapons, no U.N.C.L.E. music (almost), we all got that the U.N.C.L.E. organization didn't exist yet, this was meant as an origins movie, but some kind of bone of concession should have been offered to fans of the show, otherwise why even call it that?
@redd605
Жыл бұрын
That was the mistake setting in the 1960s,
@johnlavery6116
2 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my school days,..great memories.....Ireland.
@cathleanjohnson675
Жыл бұрын
Forever apart of my 60s childhood viewing, just wish channels like TVLand or Me TV would show the series from beginning to end, there will never be another duo like them-Solo handsome and so cool and Kuryakin that voice and he was objectively so smoking hot, RIP Robert you are missed and so glad David is still here and on "NCIS" if you weren't around when this show ran it was truly unique the likes of which we won't see again sadly..
@paulholley8138
Жыл бұрын
Bought the complete seires on line Amazon!
@brucegoatly
8 ай бұрын
A fun summary - thanks! The Jon Heitland book is the definitive work on the series. An excellent read for fans of the series. Myself, I was also a fan of the music - at least from the first season and some of the second (some of Gerald Fried's was fine but some was ... not; Robert Drasnin's was classic; Richard Shores's music in the fourth season was amazing). Farewell, David McCallum; your memory lives on.
@JameJames-pt6zp
8 ай бұрын
The Jon Heitland book "The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Book" published in 1987. With an introduction by the late Robert Vaughan. Apparently contains quite a number of small and not so small mistakes. A pity because it's an interesting and entertaining read.
@langleymneely
Жыл бұрын
RIP DAVID MCCALLUM… 💔🥺 The man was a legend. 🫡
@Ugly_German_Truths
4 ай бұрын
DUCKY!!!! 🥲
@jaysinha0
2 жыл бұрын
I was a big fan when I was a kid. I still remember talking into my pen, pretending that it was a communicator. 🙂
@avantegarde7797
11 ай бұрын
I remember this series most fondly.
@geneobrien8907
9 ай бұрын
I just turned 14 when the first episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E aired. I lived in Brooklyn and I'd go upstairs to my grandparents apartment every Friday night to watch it. I saw every episode as it first aired except for The Vulcan Affair. My father sent me to the pharmacy minutes before the show started and I rode my skateboard there as fast as I could. Unluckily, on my way home I ran over a very small piece of loose asphalt*, I went flying forward and broke my wrist. It was much later, when the show was in reruns that I was able to watch the episode. *The early versions of skateboards had wheels that, if anything was in your path, like a pebble, it would stop as if you slammed on the breaks! Manufacturers later corrected that flaw, too late for me unfortunately!
@originaluddite
2 жыл бұрын
Part of Kuryakin's appeal is that the character is of another culture. Contrary to our sometime prejudices, we often find difference interesting and attractive. In that sense, he's the Spock of the show.
@virginiaconnor8350
Жыл бұрын
My dad introduced me to "Star Trek" by asking me "why the UNCLE agent in 'The Project Strigas Affair' was now a starship captain and the THRUSH agent in the same episode was his pointy-earred First Officer. We were both hooked on "Star Trek". I was reading the Ace "MFU" PB and James Blish "ST" PB books just about every day!
@margaretford1011
10 ай бұрын
That is true. But there are also a lot of fans who are more attracted to the quieter, less showy, non- womanizing character in a cast. It was like - “let the other girls fight over Napoleon- I’ll take the quiet one with the deadly wit.“
@shallendor
2 жыл бұрын
I so loved this series and its female counterpart Girl from UNCLE! Having 2 likable stars as your leads really helped!
@paulforder591
11 ай бұрын
From the early episodes I've seen, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was unique in its own right, with its action sequences, gadgetry, and wry humour. It toed the fine line between drama and light entertainment. In other words, it was at times serio--comic without getting too heavy. 😅😎😆
@verasmith4767
Жыл бұрын
For those of you to young to be around you missed a great time. I had all the UNCLE toys. And lunch box. And novels and digest books. And comic books. UNCLE was that big and popular. Illya was my first crush. David's passing is hitting hard. Thanks for the memories.
@FromSagansStardust
11 ай бұрын
Same here to everything you said!
@2msvalkyrie529
5 ай бұрын
Bubble gum cards from A & BC are collectors items now. Wish I'd kept mine..😢😢😢
@fronk140
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on a binge of your classic TV reviews and I was so excited when I saw this on my feed lol. I wasn’t even born when most of these shows aired but it’s fun to learn about the early days of tv imo
@rollotomassi6374
2 жыл бұрын
UNCLE had some big stars in it……thank you for this.
@arthurcrunden6107
Жыл бұрын
I’ve knew David since I was a kid and am friends with his son Peter he was a very nice person and believed in keeping his kids out of the spotlight he was not only an actor but musician author and designed the house they built in the early 80’s. And as I said before a super nice guy
@Kaden10
Жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace David Mccallum.
@deborahwilson4684
11 ай бұрын
OMG I was so in love w David McCallum as a child! I couldn't believe Jill Ireland left HIM for Bronson! Rejection is God's protection. I'm so glad his 2nd marriage lasted till he passed. RIP Mr McCallum. You were wonderful-on & off screen!
@garywonggaryyh2039
2 жыл бұрын
One of my "must watch" TV shows those days, feeling nostalgia watching it again now!
@scottanderson2458
Жыл бұрын
Growing up in 1960s Edinburgh, this show was a huge favourite. A neighbour claimed that McCallum was his cousin ( not as many as people who claimed that Sean Connery had been their milkman ) which seemed believable as David is from Glasgow. The movie versions ( The Karate Killers etc ) were great for summer cinema trips and later in the 70s a tv staple too. We couldn't afford a Bond Aston Martin ( from Goldfinger )matchbox toy but we did manage a Man From Uncle car. This had Solo and Ilya in opposite front car door windows and with a click top mechanism which, when pushed, caused the agent leaning from the car window to alternate between Solo to Ilya seemingly firing their guns. A pal had an UNCLE suitcase with plastic guns - so cool with silencer and stock change available. By the late 70s I was more interested in girls but the show helped here too - a coded reference to body parts e.g. Man From Uncle Badge was rhyming slang for a girls pubic region ( which worked also because the aforementioned badges were triangular - hey! don't judge it was the 70s. ) I wont go into " open channel V "😊
@michaelmcchesney6645
11 ай бұрын
I was too young to watch this show when it originally aired, but unlike many other 1960s shows, I never saw it in syndication. I don't recall the show ever airing in syndication when I was a kid. I do remember watching the Return Of The Man From UNCLE movie in the 1980s. My mother explained who the characters were. I purchased a DVD set of The Girl From Uncle a few months ago, but I haven't watched any of it yet. But this video has me more motivated to pop in a disc.
@browngreen933
2 жыл бұрын
I had the Man from Uncle pistol-carbine kit set as a kid. Loved the TV show too.
@jeffseven2194
2 жыл бұрын
Got one for Christmas back then, it was the best
@browngreen933
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffseven2194 Yep. I don't think the pistol part was based on any real handgun, but since I also had a German Luger and other toy guns it didn't matter.
@AB-wd1zp
2 жыл бұрын
So did I! The pistol could be turned into a rifle, and there was a triangular U.N.C.L.E. badge.
@axiomist4488
11 ай бұрын
I just found out here that David died . I'm painfully shocked. He was always dear to me and I always kept track of him. I saw him many times, first on 2 Outer Limit episodes and many times on NCSI as "DUCKY". Of all the people from my time who passed away, David was the first to make me cry. He was always my favorite UNCLE agent. Charles Bronson actually stole David's wife, Jill Ireland, from him, Shortly after, Jill married Bronson in '68. David soon met a woman and they fell madly in love. In an interview, David said he'd always be grateful to Bronson for stealing Jill, so he could meet the love of his life. They were together since '68 till he passed away on Sept.25, at 90, just 6 days after his birthday . RIP, David, Godspeed, my friend .
@SethTyrssen-o7l
Жыл бұрын
Saw all the spy-related stuff when it was new! That was fun.😀
@yedme666
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent quality, as always. Comment mostly for algorithm so this channel blows up
@csjames69
7 ай бұрын
There was an episode of NCIS where Kate Todd asks Agent Gibbs what Ducky looked like when he was young. Gibbs replied, Ilya Kuryakin. One of those Easter eggs in the script which I doubt many would have understood.
@lalkayy.9541
7 ай бұрын
The Episode was Entitled " The Meat Puzzle " From 2005 .
@williamschultz8470
2 жыл бұрын
I was watching Man from Uncle when I think I was about 8 or 9 years old it was a great series still is I've got all the DVDs but the most fond memory I have is well we were in school all the boys were talking in our pens as we're running around on the playground. I was really upset when it got replaced by laugh in
@richarddennis3793
2 жыл бұрын
met robert vaughn at a comic con in uk i had a long day went to the bar there was robert sitting i totally geeked omg your napolean solo so he is sat doing a crossword as he is writing he go,s open channel d
@RodFleming-World
5 ай бұрын
It ran from 64 to 68. I remember in 67 many of the boys in my class had fabricated shoulder holsters in which we carried toy guns, to be like Agents Solo and Kuryakin. We wore these to school and NOBODY said a word. Not one. Could you imagine that today?
@Leslie-fc2xe
11 ай бұрын
Great Love for David Maccallum❤RIP also l met Robert Vaughn at a Chiller event and with great charm and pleasure he autographed his terrific photo which hung in my home for many years until I gave it to my daughter 💕 to cherish in her home perhaps to pass down to her daughter one day 😊 Open Channel D
@AdmiralNelson1000
2 жыл бұрын
LALKAYY Thank you for that reminder! My (real) Uncle (no joke) does have a set of paperbacks and I'll check on your tip. Thanks again!
@terrywilliams7827
2 жыл бұрын
Never missed an episode, when I was a kid
@tyrssen1
2 жыл бұрын
I loved this show!
@jeffnettleton3858
11 ай бұрын
Pretty fair and accurate assessment of the series. Only thing I would add is that one of the reasons you didn't see April Dancer with a gun is that would have made it harder for her to end up tied up, all of the time. Stephanie Powers may hold some kind of record for getting tied up, in Hollywood productions, between The Girl From Uncle, Hart To Hart and film roles, like Die, Die My Darling.
@richardclarkson1990
2 жыл бұрын
There was also a series of books taken from the shows. I still have them somewhere. I seem to remember liking them when I was young.
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
Yes There Was 23 Man From U.N.C.LE. Novels Published in The USA , and 16 Published in The United Kingdom .
@AllanGildea
2 жыл бұрын
Always top class. Thank you.
@robvangessel3766
2 жыл бұрын
2 sci fi oriented series premiered in 1964 that were distinct and unique at the time: Man from UNCLE and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (whose 1st season featured tense espionage character-driven stories). The former would be followed by copycat and parody shows and the latter anticipated Mission: Impossible whose head writer began on Voyage.
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
Both TV. Series Were Premiered on The Same Month , Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Monday 14th of September 1964 , and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Tuesday 22nd of September 1964 .
@AdmiralNelson1000
2 жыл бұрын
Rob Van Gessel LALKAYY Thank you for acknowledging those two series (UNCLE, Voyage/Sea) which must have been incredible novelties upon their introduction . There's been so much of everything since but this incredible potential was seemingly brand new at the time. What amazing shows these were.
@James-dt7ky
Жыл бұрын
I was 6 when this show came out. I loved it. I had a THRUSH toy rifle back then. No idea what happened to it unfortunately.
@Panzer4F2
2 жыл бұрын
Even Kurt Russell. Great work compiling the clips.
@pauljames5826
11 ай бұрын
This young (6-9yo) was strongly attracted to Kuryakin throughout the run of the show. My best friend and I would watch it together - religiously
@macsnafu
2 жыл бұрын
I eventually was able to watch The Man from UNCLE episodes, and they're enjoyable enough, but I really liked the novel series that was published that was based on the show. I was given several of them back when I was a teenager, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. 23 novels were published, but I've most recently discovered that there was also a magazine that printed additional stories. Interestingly, the first novel does treat Illya Kuryakin as more of a sidekick, while later novels played him up as an equal partner to Napoleon Solo.
@jamesfranciswalsh7091
2 жыл бұрын
hello macsnafu, how can I get the episodes? Jim.
@janach1305
Жыл бұрын
The best novels were by David McDaniel. They captured both the adventure and the humor.
@franblaye9639
10 ай бұрын
I had a number of those novels myself. I especially liked the one set in San Francisco. They tied a guy to the cable car cables to get information from him.
@michaelwhalen2442
5 ай бұрын
Captain Kirk, Colonel Klink, Maureen Robinson, Khan, Dennis Mitchell's father from Denis the Menace, Mr. Spock, Kurt Russell...
@indrekkpringi
2 жыл бұрын
The first spy TV series was Dangerman. It was also supposed to based by the United nation but was mostly a British production and it was a success before James bond became even known,
@HeronPoint2021
8 ай бұрын
it was sydicated in Canada. I saw it in 1961?? but I don't think it was sydicated well in the USA. It morphed into "Secret Agent Man" in the mid-sixties and took off in the US. Patrick McGoohan and similar scripts.
@indrekkpringi
8 ай бұрын
@@HeronPoint2021 I saw McGoogan in Los Angeles in the 90's... That is I noticed him but didn't want to look at him, at 6 AM in a bar that I was painting. He was drinking a Scotch and reading a newspaper... He died an alkie, alone and unnoticed
@HeronPoint2021
8 ай бұрын
@@indrekkpringi He always struck me as a loner, for sure. He got an Emmy for that episode he did with Columbo. Lots of talent, but alcohol rules the mind.
@indrekkpringi
8 ай бұрын
@@HeronPoint2021 The bar owner wanted me to paint the bar early before the customers came in... The bar was open 24 hrs a day... I was behind the bar painting the walls... He was probably reading a casting report to see what productions were being started and what roles were open. He was the only customer in the bar. I felt ashamed for him so I pretended I didn't know him and ignored him.
@PAUL-ej1dm
2 жыл бұрын
groovy !! stefanie powers as april dancer in the GFU.
@NoosaHeads
11 ай бұрын
A good presentation. Thank you. The 2015 movie was superb, in my humble opinion. I was around at the time. (11 yrs. old, when it came out). The ambience of the 60s was actually more realistic in the 2015 movie than it was **at the time** in the TV series, because they used dound stage sets, and they looked nothing like how things were. (Think of some 60s Batman sets. They were zany, bizarre, and stylised - nothing remotely le real life.)
@deadeye566
2 жыл бұрын
Several years ago I was watching an episode of NCIS, and one of the characters asked Mark Hammill (Gibbs) what Ducky looked like when he was younger. Without missing a beat, Gibbs replied that he looked like Ilya Kuryakin. You have to be pretty old to get that one.
@franblaye9639
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, I almost fell out of my chair when he said that. I was 12 when Uncle originally aired, so yes, I'm old.
@LaDanaWendy
8 ай бұрын
I LUV’d the early seasons of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. especially the Black & White episodes but never really got into The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. although I have to admit, overall it was a fun show and I was glad to find full seasons on Prime.
@ivane5110
2 жыл бұрын
I just missed seeing this show when I was a kid. But boy was its effects still around. Aside from the toys still being around at yardsales and mom and pop shops, every comic had an alphabet soup going on: S.H.I.E.L.D., T.H.U.N.D.E.R., A.I.M., K.A.O.S., H.I.V.E., etc. And even when not using acronyms, evil wolrd-spanning criminal spy orginizations were sure to pop up at least once in each series. Its still a common trope.
@robjones2408
2 жыл бұрын
I have just finished reading a 1960s collection of "Nick Fury, Agent Of SHIELD" a few days ago, and there is a comment by one of Fury's colleagues about watching "The Man From UNCLE" on TV! In another story, James Bond aka Sean Connery turns up at SHIELD H.Q and gets turned away. Great stuff. The spy genre simply saturated the 1960s culture, from Get Smart, Our Man Flint to Callan.
@franblaye9639
10 ай бұрын
The "Flint" movies were extremely funny. I loved all 2 or 3 of them.
@iestyndavies2675
11 ай бұрын
Vaughan...Super Smooth McCallum..Super Cool I had all the gear ...gun..tyre pressure(perfect for a 'Solo' transmitter Waverley' showed 'Cubbie'..'Q' Brilliant combination...favourite jigsaw...'kuriarken' &Solo leaning out of a jeep ,chased by 'thrush' motor bikes 'showering gun fire! "Why couldn't it be now!
@buxycat
2 жыл бұрын
Hold Me Closer April Dancer.
@aussiedownunder4186
2 жыл бұрын
Great series as a kid I bought the UNCLE toy kit with bagged picture of Illya the works 😂😂😂
@the5thmusketeer215
Жыл бұрын
6:09 That HAS TO BE a ridiculously young, Kurt Russell… 😳😂
@lalkayy.9541
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is Kurt Russell at 6:09 . From an Episode Entitled " The Finny Foot Affair " 1964 .
@the5thmusketeer215
Жыл бұрын
@@lalkayy.9541 Thanks for confirming that. 🤝 That prompted me to check out Russell’s career on Wikipedia, where his biography page includes a Black & White photograph with Robert Vaughn, credited as having been taken from “a 1964 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” - but you have to look through his list of TV appearances to find the name of the episode, which is just as you say… 😊👍
@James-dt7ky
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is. He was also "jungle boy" on an episode of Gilligan's Island if I recall correctly.
@NealKlein
2 жыл бұрын
Always educational and funny. I think you're brilliant.
@SG-jw8mo
2 жыл бұрын
From early on in your video I loved spotting the guest stars, most of whom appeared in 60s shows I've watched or re-watched in recent years. June Lockhart, Barbara Feldon, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Cesare Romero, Victor Buono, Vincent Price, Yvonne Craig. I'd love to see the Man from U.N.C.L.E, it was one of those shows I always knew of growing up in the 70s and 80s, but it was never re-run on tv until a brief period in the 90s, when I was a young man working. I think I taped one episode. I'm currently watching Get Smart on dvd, maybe I'll search for this one too.
@Madmanmarque
2 жыл бұрын
Also Leslie Parish, Susan Oliver and Kathryn Hayes.
@SG-jw8mo
2 жыл бұрын
@@Madmanmarque I just saw Susan Oliver on an episode of Father knows best. But I have no idea who the other two are.
@Madmanmarque
2 жыл бұрын
@@SG-jw8mo Both of them were staples on 60's TV. Ms. Hayes just passed away.
@franblaye9639
10 ай бұрын
@@SG-jw8mo -- I don't recognize those 2 names either, but I betcha we'd recognize the faces.😊
@hollingsworth_hound
3 ай бұрын
09:12 - Oh that's right, there's an episode that has both Shatner and Nimoy in it.
@Mishima505
2 жыл бұрын
In The Man from UNCLE book 6 The Dagger Affair, THRUSH was revealed to stand for The Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity. So now you know…
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
The Dagger Affair 1965 By David McDaniel , Book Number 6 in The United Kingdom and Book Number 4 in The USA .
@Laffingbooda777
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed ... First Time I see The whole name ... I was 5 years old Then but love The show
@blktauna
2 жыл бұрын
@@lalkayy.9541 the McDaniel books were hilarious and well done.
@curiousindependent3458
2 жыл бұрын
I believe their called the world economic forum now.
@Mishima505
2 жыл бұрын
@@curiousindependent3458 sounds about right
@kevincraighead6993
Жыл бұрын
I watched and played as a kid. I even had the toy Attache Case, with the weapons and spy gear. I wish I had it now.
@richardmattingly7000
2 жыл бұрын
When the first Bond Film Dr No launched the Spy Genre into orbit culturally, TV already went there with mixed success and the first season of The Avengers just aired a year before. The effect of Bond was seismic as even Gilligans Island did a spoof of it in an episode and films even Dean Martin had a go as Matt Helm along with James Coburn as Derek Flint. Whether is was a parody like Get Smart or Mission Impossible, series like Man from Uncle flourished in the mid 1960s and in the UK The Prisoner was truly psychedelic in its look hiding its menace. However by the end of the decade it was all but over on the small screen and it was in syndication that these series found renewed interest. As the future of the genre found more life in movies with even Schwarzenegger playing a Spy in True Lies with tongue in cheek take films owe a debt to its TV predecessors over 50yrs ago by its sheer volume and rediscovery of its 1960s flavor in reruns\streaming.
@nicholasnickson7254
Жыл бұрын
There was a time I realised the Man from Uncle communicator looked like a Tyre Pressure Guage. So I used one to "Open Channel D"
@James-dt7ky
Жыл бұрын
:-)
@lalkayy.9541
Жыл бұрын
" The Vulcan Affair " Which Was The Pilot Episode Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Was Broadcast on September 22 1964 . The Producers Decided on WASP and Not THRUSH For The Protagonists in The Show . The British Television Series " Stingray " Also Used WASP = World Aquanaut Security Patrol . Therefore For Legal Reasons WASP Was Changed To THRUSH .
@James-dt7ky
Жыл бұрын
"Standby for action. We're about to launch Stingray. Anything can happen in the next half hour."
@chrishansen9357
10 ай бұрын
In one of the MFU novels, T.H.R.U.S.H. was identified as the Technological Heirarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.
@lalkayy.9541
10 ай бұрын
The Novel Was Entitled " The Dagger Affair " Published in 1965 By David McDaniel .
@englishmaninfrance661
11 ай бұрын
I used to try never to miss the Man From Uncle ; but I was in school at the time . I had to watch what my parents would let me ;)
@darylcheshire1618
11 ай бұрын
I would say into my mobile “Open channel D overseas relay” I wish I had a mobile that resembled their transcievers. I probably could use the ring tone.
@shibolinemress8913
11 ай бұрын
I've always wondered why it wasn't The MEN from UNCLE, with a logo featuring both stars?
@don-lucpicard9411
Жыл бұрын
WOW, that's the first time I've seen a C.O.P. .357 anywhere on TV or the movies!!!!!!!
@johnshields6852
2 жыл бұрын
I had a man from uncle briefcase with a gun in it, I was like 6 years old, 1966.
@parcm
2 жыл бұрын
9:13 I just realized Kirk and Spock probably visited the 60's through a wormhole.
@frankcolumbo3447
2 жыл бұрын
THRUSH stands for Technological Heirarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subrogation of Humanity. I am pretty sure this was explained in the series at some point.
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
What THRUSH Stood For Was Never Divulged in The Series or The Feature Films . What THRUSH Stood For First Appeared in a Novel Entitled The Dagger Affair 1965 By David McDaniel .
@frankcolumbo3447
2 жыл бұрын
@@lalkayy.9541 Well there you go. I'm surprised I knew what it stood for as I only ever watched the TV show. I remember hearing it on the show but it must be the Mandela effect, like Dolly's braces in Moonraker..
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
@@frankcolumbo3447 Yes The Meaning is Rather Flamboyant , Quite Difficult To Recall . WASP is More Straightforward . Worldwide Authority for the Subjugation of People .
@e.woodwitch2925
11 ай бұрын
Was totally an Illlya fan
@christophergaff6992
2 жыл бұрын
99 from Get Smart,rangler Jane from f troop,seargant Schultz,the guy from marriage on the rocks and ducky from ncis
@nalyom99
2 жыл бұрын
Great reviews. I was wondering if you recall a series called The Fantastic Journey, a bunch of people stuck in the Bermuda triangle. If you do, please review it. It was my favourite from the 70's
@StamFine
2 жыл бұрын
It's on the list!
@nalyom99
2 жыл бұрын
@@StamFine Hurrah! Red Dwarf and Voyagers might be cool to see you talk about too. Keep up the great work. Thanks 😊
@nalyom99
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Red Dwarf was my next suggestion!
@cliffedward
2 жыл бұрын
I always imagined the UN in UNCLE stood for United Nations. You do see the building in the opening credits. I do believe Solo is mentioned in one of Fleming's books.
@thepayne7862
2 жыл бұрын
There is a Man from Uncle movie called the 15 year later affair or something like that. In it George Lazenby has a cameo and in it he is driving a tricked out spy car. The movie doesn't mention his name but implies he is James Bond.
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
When The Show Began Quite a Number Of People Thought The Same . So The United Nations Organisation Contacted The Shows Producers To Come Up With an Acronym . So That's How The Acronym United Network Command for Law and Enforcement Came About .
@chrischeshire6528
2 жыл бұрын
"The United Nations Command for Law and Enforcement". Was the original title for the UNCLE organization. It was designed to be the police arm of the United Nations however the United Nations told NBC that they did not have a police arm. So the change was made but the next problem was telling the audience what UNCLE meant. So the end credits came up with thanking the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement for their assistance.
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
@@chrischeshire6528 Ultimately Neither The Titles of Ian Fleming's Solo , Mr . Solo , or Plain Solo . Plus The United Nations Command for Law and Enforcement Were Ever Used , United Network Command for Law and Enforcement Won Out .
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
@@chrischeshire6528 Originally Sam Rolfe Chose Not To Divulge What U.N.C.LE. Stood For , He Wanted it To Be a Mystery . Eventually He Chose The Acronym United Network Command for Law and Enforcement .
@AdmiralNelson1000
2 жыл бұрын
HD Beird Turgid C Frogswell LALKAYY Rob Jones Doctor Lolchicken Thank you for interesting and informative comments. It's said that the newer UNCLE movie wanted to lay another foundation but I did want to give it a chance. Just miss at least a little gadgetry like the pen radios and a computer alley "manned" by pretty girls in those yellow sweaters. And maybe a "director" in front of a high tech gizmo screen. Elements like that always gave UNCLE its flavor. Girl From UNCLE paperbacks: Those from Man From....were fun as I recall. Unless I'm NOT recalling very well, there wasn't much carnage or real ugliness in the many I've found. I didn't initially recall just how many Girl From...paperbacks there were. But one, maybe the first, went for "dead serious" that included some nasty violence within. Others may have differing opinions on this but I've figured that one of the "charms" of the franchise was that it recognized that it was to be "enjoyable pulp fiction" and pass on the nasty stuff that permeats "real world " detective fiction like Mike Hammer fare, etc. There was of course the issue of Delicate Balance in laying out the format.
@sorshiaemms5959
2 жыл бұрын
season 214 3 in that order of years all the movies were great thanks for the video
@poppaspank
Жыл бұрын
I've seen the "movie" they made my editing and adding footage to the UNCLE pilot episode. Interestingly enough, in that version the leader of the organization was Mr. Allison and the protagonist group was WASP. Imagine UNCLE agents battling White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. In that feature David McCallum was something like ninth billed in the credits and Illya had two short scenes in the film. The fourth (of 22) UNCLE novels did provide an acronym for THRUSH but it was quite a stretch and hardly worth looking up. Oh, in addition to the name Mr. Solo (which he had previously used for a minor gangster character in Goldfinger), Ian Fleming also contributed the name April Dancer (the Girl from UNCLE).
@lalkayy.9541
Жыл бұрын
THRUSH = Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undersirables and the Subjugation of Humanity . WASP = Worldwide Authority for the Subjugation of Peaple .
@timbaugh4034
Жыл бұрын
I really liked the 2015 movie.
@James-dt7ky
Жыл бұрын
I found it a huge disappointment. They didn't even use the theme song.
@genever_lover
2 жыл бұрын
good stuff! really appreciated the contextualisation of the show, setting it alongside its tv and movie peers.
@doorran
2 жыл бұрын
lol .."the very little man from UNCLE". I had a "man from UNCLE" lunch box when I was in grammar school.
@James-dt7ky
Жыл бұрын
I had a THRUSH rifle.
@JJJBRICE
2 жыл бұрын
In January 1968 THE MAN FROM UNCLE was replaced on NBC by LAUGH IN . This was the only time a successful show was replaced by another successful show I can recall on the same network .
@AdmiralNelson1000
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting point. I'm hard pressed to think of another example but I may try. Thank you for this.
@franblaye9639
10 ай бұрын
I can only think of one other one that was even close. Linda Ellerbee and another (male) journalist had a Saturday news and talk show for at least a few months, if not longer. It ran at 11:30 pm on NBC. Suddenly, that news show was replaced by a new sketch comedy show produced by a Lorne Michaels. Yes, the replacement show was SNL. A moderately successful show.
@JJJBRICE
10 ай бұрын
@@AdmiralNelson1000 Perhaps you are refering to Lloyd Dobyns... and so it goes.... Anyway I thought thet SNL replaced reruns of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on NBC .
@AdmiralNelson1000
10 ай бұрын
JJJ Bryce. Interesting question. Thank you. Will have to look in on that.
@robertc2413
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@cathleanjohnson675
2 жыл бұрын
I saw the movie , it was ok but of course it could never match the original TV show, without Vaughn and McCallum, eh...
@daveroche6522
Жыл бұрын
Still a surprisingly good movie, though.
@donh7909
Жыл бұрын
As a kid, I had my toy U.N.C.L.E. gun and add-ons...
@bcjnk
Жыл бұрын
Man from uncle was popular when I was a kid I was a member of the fan club and had my own special i.d card
@hasimhodzic9649
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see full episodes.
@ravenglennhomestead
2 жыл бұрын
As a kid of about 10 years old I absolutely loved this show...lol...I had the gun, if it wasn't from this but another I had the SixFinger gun thingy...lol...also the U.N.C.L.E. ID card and some other stuff...that with Get Smart was my TV fun...oh...dont forget Star Trek...it was on the air about the same era...I still like this show but didn't like the movie remake...it was as bad as Ghostbusters 2016...which was an insult to true Ghostbusting...I won't have that in my collection because it was disgracefull...at least Ghostbustered Aftermath redeemed the Franchise...other fantastic shows were Ripcord, Rat Payrol, and Seahunt with Lloyd Bridges...I learned to swim very effectively watching that show...I first started in the shallow end and practiced hyperventalateing, then when I could swim the width of the olympic size pool under water on a single breath I knew I was ready for the deep end...got in at the deep and did the same thing across and back...Success!...my world changed that day!...lol...
@floydvaughn836
2 жыл бұрын
OMG. Now I must You Tube Boris Karloff in drag.
@AdmiralNelson1000
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's THE MOTHER MUFFIN AFFAIR, which has Robert Vaughn crossing over to assist Stefanie Powers in an early Girl From....episode (9.66?) Though there are many naysayers, I've got to vote for it as a weird, imaginative entry.
@lalkayy.9541
2 жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralNelson1000 " The Mother Muffin Affair " Was Broadcast on NBC on Tuesday The 27th of September 1966 .
@AdmiralNelson1000
2 жыл бұрын
LALKAYY.95 Thank you! An EARLY outing for GIRL FROM... it had amazing Gothic overtones to it that gave it a special look seemingly all to itself. As noted some comments in the past haven't been always favorable but my vote goes out to it as a highly imaginative and somewhat complex entry. One of GIRL 's best.
@TheFrog767
2 жыл бұрын
👏👏🍾🥂 a great show
@atomikotita
9 ай бұрын
Robert lobbied for Callum’s role. Callum was a young father.
@robertenyart9982
2 жыл бұрын
United Network Command for Law Enforcement.
@Noland55
Жыл бұрын
1st black & white season was great. When the original developer left, it started to get more & more silly.
@stephaniehand503
2 жыл бұрын
thank you
@erraticuk
2 жыл бұрын
Fingers crossed for Sapphire & Steel.
@Interislander957
2 жыл бұрын
I loved S & S. Even on rewatches it still holds up.
@henrykujawa4427
2 жыл бұрын
I'm currently watching the entire series on DVD, most of the episodes for the first time. I used to watch occasionally when it was first-run, but never that steady, and never after. Season 1 really impressed me, and I felt many of the guest-stars got some of their best-ever scripts. As I slowly get closer to the end of season 2, I'm reminded of WHY the show NEVER really became a favorite of mine. Which, by comparison, "GET SMART" did. I came in a few weeks late, but from the very first time I watched, that one I got HOOKED on big-time, and it remains one of my top-favorite sitcomcs ever. Funny enough, I'm also plowing thru "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA", and now, early in season 3, the show was becoming more and more unbearably stupid. Which is odd, as "LOST IN SPACE", at the same time, got EVEN STUPIDER... and yet, "LIS" I find fun to watch, "VOYAGE", just annoying. Go figure.
@briang.7206
2 жыл бұрын
Voyage to the bottom of the Sea was excellent first year black and white episodes. Lost in Space was too but then both Dr Smith and the robot became so silly I couldn't stand it. Check out the episode "The Anti-matter Man". Great episode but the Robot acts Silly.
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