The Man from U.N.C.L.E

[Ryazan]

Anybody else remember this comedy spy series, with secret agents battling against the evil T.H.R.U.S.H.?

 

[harpo scruggs]

Ilya Kuriakan et al. I used to love watching that as a kid

 

[Lava]

Fucking cool show.
I remember seeing one of the films on tv a few months ago and they kept dubbing THRUSH out with sommat else.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Who can forget?

The united network command for law enforcement.

As a kid, the question was, did you want to be Napoleon, or Ilya?

 

[Ryazan]

David McCallum, yes....

There were some books, novels before the series, but I have never read them. I just watched the colour episodes when they were repeated on the telly when I was a young boy.

Turtleneck sweaters have never been so

 

[Ryazan]

..... they kept dubbing THRUSH out with sommat else.

 

[jugularvein]

robert vaughan was the man....

a consumate professional. very debonair. from bullitt to a-team.

 

[tobyjug]

Anybody else remember this comedy spy series, with secret agents battling against the evil T.H.R.U.S.H.?

It is still being shown on some obscure TV channels.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

 

[Ryazan]

It is still being shown on some obscure TV channels.

I might buy them on DVD. A box-set or summat. Just fucking funny, that series.

 

[Ryazan]

Who can forget?

The united network command for law enforcement.

Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.

 

[harpo scruggs]

Then there was Sapphire and Steel...Joanna Lumley, yes please

 

[Ryazan]

Not now though. Well, depends on what she is wearing.....

*shallow bastard*

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.

You got that from Wikipedia: it was never revealed on the TV show.

 

[Ryazan]

No I didn't. It was mentioned in the Dagger Affair of the books series.

Here

If you went to wikipedia to check up then that is your problem.

Are you still feeling a little sore because you have proven yourself to be pig-ignorant about Soviet history?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

No I didn't. It was mentioned in the Dagger Affair of the books series.

Here

If you went to wikipedia to check up then that is your problem.

Are you still feeling a little sore because you have proven yourself to be pig-ignorant about Soviet history?

I hold no grudges, and how would a commie like you get ahold of the Dagger series anyway?

 

[Ryazan]

I am not a Communist myself. But I do have a few sympathies with some aspects of far left politics. I don't own any of the books, I have never read them, that information provided in the my second post on this thread. I got the info on the THRUSH organisation from that site, and other fansites going into detail about the series and the whole U.N.C.L.E. thing.

 

[Ryazan]

I hold no grudges

Good, then neither do I.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I am not a Communist myself. But I do have a few sympathies with some aspects of far left politics. I don't own any of the books, I have never read them, that information provided in the my second post on this thread. I got the info on the THRUSH organisation from that site, and other fansites going into detail about the series and the whole U.N.C.L.E. thing.

Well, I had the soundtrack

and most of the bubble gum cards

Dude, you may be a scholar of the potemkin village et al, but don't cross swords with me on trivial american pop culture.

 

[Ryazan]

Fair dos my man, but I wasn't pontificating about The Man from UNCLE at all, my earlier posts show that. I only watched the colour episodes as a child, and loved them, when they were shown on BBC 2 in the early 1990's. I have trawled through a few internet fansites since then, and with recently being tempted to buy the series on DVD, I started this thread to see if there is any other interest about it from other fans. Because it was great. America has produced some decent genre bending things.

I like the theme tune....

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Fair dos my man, but I wasn't pontificating about The Man from UNCLE at all, my earlier posts show that. I only watched the colour episodes as a child, and loved them, when they were shown on BBC 2 in the early 1990's. I have trawled through a few internet fansites since then, and with recently being tempted to buy the series on DVD, I started this thread to see if there is any other interest about it from other fans. Because it was great. America has produced some decent genre bending things.

I like the theme tune....

The bubble gum cards were good. We chewed a lot of gum.

There was a photo on each one, but the backs could be combined together into a large, puzzle-style picture. I never could quite get all the puzzle pieces.

It was our saturday afternoon obsession.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Man from uncle was like James Bond without the sex.

 

[Ryazan]

The Man From UNCLE was better though, in my opinion, than Our Man- can't be bothered to save the world until I've shagged this chick- Flint.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

The Man From UNCLE was better though, in my opinion, than Our Man- can't be bothered to save the world until I've shagged this chick- Flint.

Nah, our man flint was cool.

Ever see The President's Analyst?

 

[Ryazan]

I haven't, no.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I haven't, no.

It's a good movie.

About all I can remember from a Flint movie, was James Coburn being attacked by american-hating eagles.

You have to admit, that is cool.

 

[Ryazan]

Americans are so paranoid.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

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Derek Flint: Say, why does that eagle attack me?
Galaxy worker: He's been trained to recognize and attack Americans.
Derek Flint: An anti-American eagle. It's diabolical.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059557/quotes

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Americans are so paranoid.

btw, why are you always up so late. Do you live in Vladivostok or something?

 

[Ryazan]

Mr Cramden: Flint, the world's in trouble!
Derek Flint: Well, it usually is, but it manages to extricate itself without my help.

Pity Bush isn't so humble.