Just to make a some of this us feel really old, I read that one of my favourite shows debuted on September 22nd 1964, a mere 45 years ago yesterday.
My 1st exposure to UNCLE was during its run on BBC television on I think Thursday nights. A school friend Christopher Gaskill and I would always act out the previous nights adventures in the school playground and the fact his father owned a tailer's shop added to the mystery of it all as we often went there after school looking for the elusive way into UNCLE HQ!
My love of film of Film and TV music started about this time and I was delighted when I finally tracked down an 'Soundtrack' album but although I liked it and wore it out I was devistated it didn't sound the same as it did on television. I could go on and on but won't, I just wondered what others memories of the show are and how well we think it holds up after all this time?
Just in case anybody in the UK didn't pick up the complete DVD box set,all 4 seasons are now avaliable to download on itunes and also avaliable as individual episodes.
Just to make a some of this us feel really old, I read that one of my favourite shows debuted on September 22nd 1964, a mere 45 years ago yesterday.
My 1st exposure to UNCLE was during its run on BBC television on I think Thursday nights. A school friend Christopher Gaskill and I would always act out the previous nights adventures in the school playground and the fact his father owned a tailer's shop added to the mystery of it all as we often went there after school looking for the elusive way into UNCLE HQ!
My love of film of Film and TV music started about this time and I was delighted when I finally tracked down an 'Soundtrack' album but although I liked it and wore it out I was devistated it didn't sound the same as it did on television. I could go on and on but won't, I just wondered what others memories of the show are and how well we think it holds up after all this time?
Just in case anybody in the UK didn't pick up the complete DVD box set,all 4 seasons are now avaliable to download on itunes and also avaliable as individual episodes.
I seem to have vague memories of the series on a Saturday night on BBC1 (I could be wrong about this), also watching the film versions on ITV during the school summer holidays.
I've enjoyed the FSM releases of the scores for years now, but I STILL haven't seen an episode! I even missed it when TNT aired them in the late eighties/early nineties.
I've enjoyed the FSM releases of the scores for years now, but I STILL haven't seen an episode! I even missed it when TNT aired them in the late eighties/early nineties.
I've never seen it either. I suspect after I get through Mission: Impossible, this will be the next '60s spy show that I visit. Interestingly, I remember that my grandparents had a Man from UNCLE board game when I was a kid!
I had lots of Man from Uncle toys since it premiered when I was 7. Loved the show, but didn't remember too much about it when I grew up. I re-watched the whole series earlier this year on DVD. Liked the first and last seasons while I thought the comedy of the second season and camp of the third season were just OK and pretty painful, respectively. Still it was a phenomenon in its day thanks to the Bond craze. The music is definitely a standout. Thanks again FSM!
I've been happy to commemorate MFU at this place as I've made my way through the series since Christmas of '07.
And as usual, it's up to the fans of any vintage TV show to keep hope alive. Some shows that lasted only a few short years have loyal and fervent followings, whereas popular and long-running programs vanish without a trace...odd how that works.
As for MFU, I've noticed that many of the fans' stories sound the same: the show was an obsession during their childhood, then as they grew up their thoughts and interests turned elsewhere and then around 45 years of age--they suddenyly remember how much fun they had watching it. It was almost like a small window of time that closed and wasn't opened for decades. This seems to be unique to MFU.
I am currently watching my season 1 set. Tonight, I watched "The Green Opal Affair", guest starring Carol O'Connor and Milton Selzer. Amusing story about brainwashing. Channel D Out.
And 45 years later David McCallum is co-starring in a highly rated tv series. That would be NCIS by the way. McCallum's coroner ranks up there with Robert David Hall on CSI and Robert Joi on CSI New York as part of the club started by Jack Klugman as Quincy. CSI Miami doesn't have a coroner or medical examiner so far this year. I hope the role is not going to turn into a murphy Brown's "secretary of the week" gig.
If "The Flintstones" was the first heavily merchandized US TV show, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" must have been the second.
I was a little too young to remember the show, but my older brother had all kinds of stuff - the gun, bubble gum cards, etc. I remember as a little kid how cool those guys looked.
Years before I ever caught the show on videotape, I picked up the first Hugo Montenegro UNCLE album on RCA. I got beat up on the other message board not too long ago for singing this album's praises. The second one isn't all that special, but the first is a gem from top to bottom, and IMHO trumps the soundtrack versions. IMHO.
I seem to have vague memories of the series on a Saturday night on BBC1 (I could be wrong about this), also watching the film versions on ITV during the school summer holidays.
You could be right, but I remember it as a mid-week show. It created quite a splash when it started in England. I always loved it. A very American show in the best possible way, so stylish & so sixties. I haven't seen it for ages, I wish a TV station would pick it up over here. With the new movie coming (which doesn't interest me at all), maybe Warner will think about doing some HD transfers of the TV series.
I seem to have vague memories of the series on a Saturday night on BBC1 (I could be wrong about this), also watching the film versions on ITV during the school summer holidays.
You could be right, but I remember it as a mid-week show. It created quite a splash when it started in England. I always loved it. A very American show in the best possible way, so stylish & so sixties. I haven't seen it for ages, I wish a TV station would pick it up over here. With the new movie coming (which doesn't interest me at all), maybe Warner will think about doing some HD transfers of the TV series.
Isn't the suitcase boxset still limited to the U.S.?
I am currently watching my season 1 set. Tonight, I watched "The Green Opal Affair", guest starring Carol O'Connor and Milton Selzer. Amusing story about brainwashing. Channel D Out.
The Man from UNCLE yielded a bonanza of related toys, games and books during it's four year run. But, what amazed me was the publicity campaign that produced over 2000 photos from the tv shows (and movies). I tried to get them all, but failed miserably.
It's now the 50th anniversary of this show, as well as I DREAM OF JEANNIE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY and THE MUNSTERS. I was only five years old then, just starting kindergarten, but I remember the premieres of these.
