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Faceless spy?
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yes its those guys, but which one is it?
Is it the snooper wearing the coloured thing on his head?
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Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin in…
"Abbott & Costello Meet The Man From…"
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Something originally made for TV.
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Jul 16, 2016 - 11:37 AM
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RoryR
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I have split feelings on Man from Uncle. As blah as the series itself is, had I been ten years old in 1965 I would have worshiped the show. I loved reading a cousin's MFU Magazine and "The Calcutta Affair" Big Little Book. In fact, MFU actually reads better than it plays on TV.
But the music? The music is magnificent. Fun, suspenseful, humorous, and a delightful reminder of the mid-to-late-60a fantasy world.
The show was as popular as "Batman" for a little while there back in '65/'66. I was fairly into it as just a seven and eight-year-old. I had the dolls and toys and at one point called myself "The Boy from U.N.C.L.E.," but like many things back then, it rose and fell pretty fast. I can't recall being bothered when it was cancelled (and replaced by "Laugh-In"), but I did come to miss it a few years later, but not seriously.
I bought the entire series on DVD, but found that much of it now bores me. It was all shot on the old MGM backlot and local areas around L.A. It looks pretty cheap now. The music remains the best legacy of it.
Still, it has its nostalgic value.
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Jul 16, 2016 - 12:10 PM
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Jim Phelps
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I hate to say it, but I have mixed feelings on many "classic" 1960s TV shows. Whenever my wife and I start watching an episode, invariably we stop paying attention to the plot and start talking about fashions, haircuts, and decor of apartments or offices. It's still a lot of fun, but not what was intended.
My wife and I do the same thing.  I've always been fixated on this era, at least as how it is presented in film and television, because let's face it, many of the storylines are fairly predictable or I've seen these episodes more than enough times to not pay attention to what's going on, plotwise. Dialogue and characters have always interested me more anyway.
Last night we were watching the Columbo episode which had Louis Jourdan as the food critic/murderer. Most of our "commentary" revolved around Peter Falk's brilliance but also the "state" of gourmet food circa 1977 and that air compressor cartridge wine corkscrew device which comes off as much more modern than anything today!
I'm hopelessly addicted to what I term "The '65-'75 Era." Since childhood, in fact.
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