Don't Change
The Men From U.N.C.L.E Lyrics

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You don’t need make up to be lovely
Every hair on your head is where it’s supposed to be
Honey your such a sight
For sore eyes to see
When they say funny
Your the thing that comes to my mind
You just got that something
That heaven sent on your side

I’m gonna convince you one of these days
Lord knows I’m gonna try
When you look around
And think your not who you wanna be
Baby your perfect and one day your gonna see
Just promise me something
Don’t you change a thing
I say that your beautiful
Do you think that I’m lying
That’s the easy truth without even trying
Everything that makes you
I wouldn’t change a thing
I wouldn’t change
The way that you smile
The way that you talk
The things that you do
Or the way that you walk
I’m gonna convince you one of these days
Lord knows
I wouldn’t change a thing
When you look around
And think your not who you wanna be
Baby your perfect and one day your gonna see
Just promise me something
Don’t you change a thing
When you look around
And think your not who you wanna be
Baby your perfect and one day you gonna see
Just promise me something

Don’t you change a thing
You don’t need make up to be lovely

Overall Meaning

The Men From U.N.C.L.E's song Don't Change is an ode to the beauty and perfection of an individual. The lyrics celebrate the natural beauty and uniqueness of a person, emphasizing that one doesn't need makeup to be lovely. The singer assures the subject of the song that they are perfect just the way they are, and that everything that makes them who they are is what makes them beautiful. The singer is clearly smitten with the subject, considering them a "sight for sore eyes," and even acknowledging that they aim to convince the person of their perfection. When the person feels less than perfect, the singer assures them that they are, and asks them not to change a thing.

The song has a warm and reassuring tone, encouraging self-love and acceptance. The lyrics offer a positive message of empowerment and the importance of recognizing one's unique value in a world that may aim to undermine or belittle it. The chorus repeats, "Don't you change a thing," emphasizing the idea that the person is perfect and nothing needs to be altered or improved about them.

Overall, The Men From U.N.C.L.E's song Don't Change is a soulful and heartfelt ode to individuality, self-love, and acceptance.

Line by Line Meaning

You don’t need make up to be lovely
You don't have to wear makeup to look beautiful.

Every hair on your head is where it’s supposed to be
Your natural hair is perfect and there's no need to change it.

Honey your such a sight
My dear, you are truly a vision to behold.

For sore eyes to see
You are a soothing sight to anyone who may be feeling down.

When they say funny
When people use the word 'funny'.

Your the thing that comes to my mind
You are the embodiment of 'funny' that comes to my mind.

You just got that something
You possess a certain intangible quality that makes you special.

That heaven sent on your side
You possess a quality that is a divine gift.

I’m gonna convince you one of these days
I'm determined to help you see your true worth.

Lord knows I’m gonna try
I will try my best to convince you.

When you look around
When you take a look at yourself and your surroundings.

And think your not who you wanna be
When you feel like you are not living up to your own expectations.

Baby your perfect and one day your gonna see
You are perfect just the way you are and you will see it one day.

Just promise me something
All I ask of you is this one promise.

Don’t you change a thing
Promise me that you won't change anything about yourself.

I say that your beautiful
I want you to know that you are truly beautiful.

Do you think that I’m lying
Do you doubt my sincerity?

That’s the easy truth without even trying
The truth is obvious without any effort.

Everything that makes you
All the qualities that make you who you are.

I wouldn’t change a thing
I wouldn't want to alter any of those qualities.

The way that you smile
Your smile is perfect just the way it is.

The way that you talk
The way you talk is a part of what makes you special and should not be changed.

The things that you do
All the things you do are a part of your unique identity and should be celebrated.

Or the way that you walk
Even the way you walk is a part of what makes you special and shouldn't be changed.

And one day you gonna see
Someday, you will realize your own worth and beauty.

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Written by: Jordan Holmes

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Vera Smith

31w↑2

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.

Vera Smith

30w

I was 10.

We were ready for this show.

After President Kennedy's death the country was sad.

Only natural for this show and the Beatles to take off.

And a lot of little boomer girls to have crushes on Illya.

It was a time.

Voodoomaria

1y↑2

@ 03:37
David McCallum, Ilya Kuriyanin, he "suffered" something that occurred in several TV series in the late 60's, occasionally referred to as "The Spock Effect".
It was a fan reaction that was generally unexpected by writers and producers.
A given series would have a hero and a "Lancer".
The Lancer was the hero's devoted friend and ally, but what ended up happening was the Lancer character was made far better than the hero archetype.
The hero was... well the Hero, and he ticked all the hero boxes but the lancer could be as off-beat, quirky, flawed, deep and interesting as the writers wanted because they generally had fewer boxes to tick.
These characters, Kuryakin,, Mr. Spock, Alexander Scott in "I Spy", Doctor Smith in "Lost in Space", Emma Peel in "The Avengers", Agent 99 in "Get Smart", Kato in "The Green Hornet" became so popular with fans they had their own highly dedicated followings, affiliated merchandise etc. Their faces often appeared more frequently on the covers of various entertainment and fan media than the actual "Stars" of the shows. The fan demand at best elevated them a role equal to the Hero, but in the case of Doctor Smith, He, partnered with Will Robinson and The Robot ended up taking over the series from the intended leads [essentially destroying the career of series lead Guy Williams in the process].
In Hong Long, "The Green Hornet" was re-titled "The Kato show".
It was the freedom the writers has with characters that were saddled with fewer tropes that allowed them to create some exceptionally interesting characters.

All comments from YouTube:

Esther Garcia

30w↑12

So glad to hear so many wonderful stories of David Macallum. He was one of my first movie star crushes. My condolences to his family. ❤🙏🌹🌟

Jim Saldana

32w↑43

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.

J Sharp

29w

amen to the best looking women..

fay anne

29w↑1

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

Langley M Neely

30w↑11

RIP DAVID MCCALLUM… 💔🥺 The man was a legend. 🫡

Virginia Connor

30w↑22

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.

Buster Crabbe

2y↑25

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the Wild, Wild, West and Secret Agent Man and I Spy were all my favorites as a kid in the 1960s.

Carol Lido

31w↑25

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

j g

2y↑31

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.

Amanze Ihedioha

2y↑3

👊🏿Respect👊🏿

Papa Dopp

1y↑1

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.

Paul D

1y↑3

@Papa Dopp 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. :-)

Papa Dopp

1y↑2

@Paul D 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.

Paul D

1y↑3

@Papa Dopp 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.

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Special Android

31w↑11

RIP to Robert Vaughn and David McCallum

originaluddite

2y↑25

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.

Virginia Connor

30w↑3

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!

Tom Senior

2y↑65

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.

Speed Racer

2y↑2

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.

Tom Senior

2y↑4

@Speed Racer Excellent. You got me. It has been so long since I watched the Show, I had actually forgotten just how much fun it was.

Virginia Connor

30w↑1

Stefanie Powers was better in "Hart to Hart". Is she the last of the UNCLE actors alive?

Mika Virtanen

2y↑69

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.

Patricia Smethatsit

2y↑4

They just weren't smart enough to know what they were missing.

Green Deane

2y↑6

you missed lenard nemoy and cher

railtrolley

2y↑8

@Green Deane 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.

Jeff Turnbull

1y↑1

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?

Coat field 19

50w

That was the mistake setting in the 1960s,

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SJKPJR007

2y↑33

"You knew the show was in trouble once the composer had to bust out the kazoos" - another Stam Fine classic. Love this channel!

Paul Forder

29w↑2

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. 😅😎😆

Jerry Wood

30w↑2

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.

Nige H

2y↑38

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.

Speed Racer

2y↑3

The 60s gave us many tongue in cheek as this and comedy Get Smart even Bullwinkle was an adult / kid cartoon series .

onlythewise1

2y↑3

its so sad they all gone world is different now

daverage47

2y↑8

Wonderful campy fun. The phrase 'Open channel 'D' will always make me smile. Love this show, right down to the fantastic theme tune.

Margaret Ford

30w↑1

Leo G Carroll was a well beloved actor already when he was cast in this show, because of the hilarious role he had played in “Topper”— a banker who lived in a stuffy world but who was plagued by mischief creating ghosts who created absurd situations for him that he had to somehow explain away lest normal people thought him looney— a very lovable character.

Arthur Crunden

29w↑1

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

Jimbo B'

2y↑18

Thanks for putting this together, it was a great trip down memory Lane. Learnt a few things I didn’t know about the series too.

Vera Smith

31w↑2

phil snodgrass

2y↑5

I read somewhere that Leo G. Carroll was cast as the head of U.N.C.L.E. because the producers wanted a character like the one he played as the "Professor" in the Alfred Hitchcock film, "North by Northwest", starring Cary Grant. If you look at Carroll's portrayal of the "Professor", he very well could have been a younger Alexander Waverly. Carroll actually appeared in eight Hitchcock films.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑4

Leo G Carroll Appeared in
Rebecca 1940
Suspicion 1941
Spellbound 1945
The Paradine Case 1947
Strangers on a Train 1951
North by Northwest 1959

jlovebirch

2y↑7

Excellent video. Was a big fan of this series as a kid and this well-researched and edited docu really did it justice.

shallendor

2y↑7

I so loved this series and its female counterpart Girl from UNCLE! Having 2 likable stars as your leads really helped!

David Dorward

33w↑8

Always loved this TV classic and the two subsequent movies.

Jana CH

1y↑1

I loved the Man From U.N.C.L.E. when I was a kid. I watched it three times a week, once on American TV and twice on Canadian. One of the benefits of being a border-town kid.
I think the best episodes were not the serious spy stories or the silly slapstick pieces, but those in between: spy adventures with a large sprinkling of sly wit.
I very much preferred Illya to Napoleon, just as I preferred Spock to Kirk on Star Trek. To a young girl, a cool, restrained intellectual who has to be chased is more appealing than a hot lady killer who chases you. Years later I named one of my Russian Blue cats after Illya Kuryakin.

Joyne Freedom

2y↑3

One thing worth mentioning is that after TMFU was cancelled, with last episode airing on January 15, 1968, the time slot (Mondays at 8pm) was replaced with Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, which became an instant hit, premiering as a series the next week on January 22, 1968.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑4

Interestingly Judy Carne One Of The Stars Of Rowan and Martins Laugh - In , Guest Starred in 2 Episodes Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. . The Ultimate Computer Affair 1965 , and The Gurnias Affair 1967 .

AdmiralNelson1000

If you can, check the first installment of LAUGH IN for some hilarious (yet bittersweet) Leo G. Carroll cameos. I won't spoil them here if anyone hasn't seen these.

GEORGE KERR

2y↑8

I was about 9 years old during that 1st season in 1964. It was the best show I had ever seen.

PHANTOM BOOMER

1y↑1

I was 12.

James *

I was 6.

walter giles

51w

Same here😃

Vera Smith

30w

Cathlean Johnson

1y↑4

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..

paul holley

30w↑1

Bought the complete seires on line Amazon!

Scott Anderson

41w↑1

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 "😊

Fronk

2y↑8

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

Jeff Nettleton

29w↑1

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.

Carl Rood

2y↑3

In the 80's, there was a short lived series that took the "roping in civilians" to spy missions to its ultimate end. The show was called Masquerade and its premise was that the list of agents that spies in movies keep stealing and recovering actually gets published in a tell all book by a former agent. The head of the agentless agency (Rod Taylor) whose budget has been cut gets the idea to recruit civilians with specific skills to accomplish each week's mission. Aiding him are two former police officers played by Kirsty Alley and Greg Evigan (BJ & the Bear, My Two Dads),

Mark Atkins

2y↑1

A bit like Scarecrow & Mrs King, where suburban housewife Amanda King (Kate Jackson) gets roped into helping an unnamed government agency by Lee Stetson (Codename Scarecrow)…

Chris Cheshire

1y↑6

My favorite tv show of all time. David McCullum was considered the "Blond Beatle" or the 5th Beatle. Between filming the two would fly city to city to promote the show, and they carried their U.N.C.L.E. guns on the planes. Different times and not forgotten.

Stuart Rawe aka StuOz

2y↑16

My favourite Man from UNCLE episode was season one's "The Never, Never Affair" guest starring Cesar Romero just before 1966 Batman. Yet another great video, thanks!

Shiboline M'Ress

2y↑4

And, would you believe, Barbara Feldon! 😁

MiBones

2y↑1

@Shiboline M'Ress I missed it by that much.

Shiboline M'Ress

2y↑1

@MiBones 😉👍

MiBones

2y↑1

@Shiboline M'Ress lol

Shiboline M'Ress

2y↑1

@MiBones Sorry about that, Chief! 😁

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Spookspear

36w↑2

You know a shows in trouble when the orchestra have to bust out the Kazoos, classic!

Masuda Harris

2y↑3

My favorite episode is the one with the girl cyborgs. The background music matched perfectly and still sends a shiver down my back when I rewatch it. I remember wearing the same type of hat as Noel Harrison in the 60s.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑5

The Episode With The Girl Cyborgs is Entitled The Sort Of Do - it - Yourself Dreadful Affair 1966 .

Zia Cosmic

1y↑3

Thank You for making and posting this. I never did know the inside dope about the show, and still wonder why it is priced so high or trapped in some syndication black hole. This brought back some enlightened memories for me. Best Wishes on your Journey ahead. Sige'

Indrekk Pringi

2y↑4

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,

JMo

2y↑3

I loved this show when I was a child, I even had the lunchbox, I also had the get smart lunchbox so there is that. I lived in a time where we carried metal lunch boxes to school and a bag of marbles. Good times!

Mary Rooney

2y↑11

I discovered Man from UNCLE after seeing the 2015 movie. Now it’s one of my favorite shows. I really enjoyed this video!

Speed Racer

2y↑2

Honey West was a detective series with lovely and sexy Anne Francis who used Judo on the bad guys and the 60s British show the Avengers check out these shows.

Richard Vinsen

1y↑2

One of the books based on the series stated that THRUSH stood for the "Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity".

LALKAYY. 95

1y↑1

The Book Was Entitled " The Dagger Affair " By David McDaniel Published in 1965 .

Voodoomaria

1y↑2

Carl Rood

2y↑8

I know it's just do to being the same decade, but the number of guest actors who appeared in Star Trek and/or Batman is astounding.

Gary Wong Garyyh

2y↑2

One of my "must watch" TV shows those days, feeling nostalgia watching it again now!

axiomist

29w

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 .

thepayne78

2y↑3

There are several Man from Uncle movies that got released in theaters in Europe. They took two part episodes and turned them into movies and added new material to make them feature film length.

Also there is the tv movie the 15 year later affair. There was also a short lived spinoff called the Girl From Uncle.

MAX ERNEST

1y↑1

I remember the feature film, and the Girl from uncle, Thrush was for a great name like Smersh for secret agents

thepayne78

@MAX ERNEST yeah it was.

Em

2y↑3

What a great review! And very entertaining! I was pleasantly surprised as well by the segments on series 3 and the Girl from UNCLE - I usually find myself disappointed by how rude and dissmissive some reviewers can be about those, especially since the Girl from UNCLE is my favourite of the whole lot (sacrilige, I know). But you clearly have a lot of love for them to accompany the good-natured ribbing (which they honestly deserve). So good to see someone emphasising how fun they were for a change!
I also am pleased that you are spreading the anti-hat message to the masses. You are doing God's work. Everyone must be made aware of that courdoroy monstrosity. RIP to GFU, your second season would have been so special if it weren't for that meddling hat...

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑5

The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Was Groovy , Pity About The Title Change Though . The Original Title Being The Girl From A.U.N.T.I.E. .

Em

2y↑2

@LALKAYY. 95 true about the title, though I suppose that there's only room for so many spy organisations! Or would AUNTIE have been some kind of branch-organisation to UNCLE? Maybe even rivals! That would have made for some pretty good crossover epispdes... oh the possibilities!

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑4

@Em
The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Played By Mary Ann Mobley , Appeared in an Episode Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Entitled The Moonglow Affair From 1966 . Robert Vaughn Appeared In an Episode Of The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Entitled The Mother Muffin Affair Also From 1966 .

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Napolian Solo

29w↑1

As a kid I liked the man from UNCLE because I never saw a James Bond movie and it was as close as I could get to one.

Owen McGee

2y↑2

When I was a kid, the colour UNCLE episodes were re-rerun on TV & I liked them. Years later, I found DVDs, but only of the 1st black&white season, which I'd never seen and are different in style. They are probably the best ones to adult eyes, but I think it a pity the 2-4 seasons aren't on DVD, to see again. Two bits of trivia: when Vaughn died, Roger Moore recalled him as a friend & that he modelled his Bond partly on Vaughn's Solo: the bemused smirks, nonchalant manner, comic elements etc. When Get Smart was invented in 1965, Mel Brooks picked Barbara Feldon for 99 because he thought she was great in the semi-comic b&w episode she did in the first season of UNCLE, which also has an episode where 80s actor Kurt Russell appears as a starring 7 year old boy. Trivia and pointless comment ends.

AdmiralNelson1000

Not pointless --- thank you for that information.

Rob Van Gessel

2y↑3

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. 95

2y↑3

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

2y↑1

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.

Jeff Turnbull

1y↑1

I own the DVD series so I'm able to watch whenever the mood strikes, yet with all 4 seasons available to me, almost invariably I go to season 1, many excellent stories, wonderful guest stars, superior writing and directing, and of course the great music, occasionally I'll visit one of a few season 2 episodes, same with season 4, mostly season 3 doesn't exist for me

Rowana Forrest

31w

I've never seen a full episode of this series since I was too young for it when it first aired, and somehow never got to see it. The dry wit in this series is something I love! Everyone has their own taste in humor, and dry wit is mine (also always reminds me of my Dad).. I hope to get this on DVD someday, and maybe the Girl from UNCLE too.

Victor's Voice

2y↑3

This show was the 1960s. I loved it as a kid. A simpler time.

Angel Arch

30w

I loved this show as a kid-- loved the modern remake even more. I wish the new movie would get a sequel with at least cavill and vikander reprising their rolls.

William Giesecke

2y↑6

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.

Jay Sinha

2y↑4

I was a big fan when I was a kid.
I still remember talking into my pen, pretending that it was a communicator. 🙂

Secret Crisis: The DC Marvel Multiverse

2y↑8

Fun Fact: the show was popular in Japan and so was the commonly used. That gun was the basis for Megatron's alt-mode in Transformers.

Beatrix Wickson

2y↑1

I wondered if that was going to be mentioned explicitly but the gentle reference at 8:52 is all we get.

daverage47

2y↑1

Lol! They even labelled it as such in the 'Microman' line of toys that some of the Transformers like Megatron and Soundwave came from. Great stuff!

Janice Seagraves

2y↑10

I remember enjoying the Man From Uncle as a child. I also see a lot of familiar faces; William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, June Lockhart, Barbara Feldon (the lady that played agent 99 in Get Smart), and Angela Lansbury. And was that Barbara Eden with dark hair?

Joyne Freedom

2y↑1

To my knowledge, after checking a list of episodes and also IMDB, Barbara Eden never appeared in Man from U.N.C.L.E.

JC Howard

2y↑1

I didn't rewind to be sure, but believe that was Ann Francis (aka Honey West, she of the fashionable ocelot accessory); that cheek-dimple mole is distinctive.

onlythewise1

those was the days, now it s like earth go blown up all gone

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑3

@JC Howard
Yes That Was Ann Francis , She Appeared in 2 Episodes Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. , The Quadripartite Affair , and The Giuoco Affair . Both Episodes From 1964 .

Tim Beaton

2y↑1

And that was a (very) young Kurt Russel, if i'm not mistaken.

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macsnafu

2y↑3

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.

james francis walsh

hello macsnafu,
how can I get the episodes?
Jim.

Jana CH

1y↑1

The best novels were by David McDaniel. They captured both the adventure and the humor.

greg bolitho

2y↑2

Still one of my favorite series.

Seth Tyrssen

2y↑7

I loved this show!

Hannah

2y↑2

good stuff! really appreciated the contextualisation of the show, setting it alongside its tv and movie peers.

Leroy's Tea

30w↑1

One suggested meaning for the acronym T.H.R.U.S.H. was created in 4th novel titled - The Dagger Affair. "Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity". I had liked the movie versions of the series and some of the original season one episodes were really good. When the guns were upgraded for UNCLE agents, they shot darts that knocked the enemy out instead of killing them as an option.

LALKAYY. 95

30w↑1

Yes " The Dagger Affair " Published in 1965 by David McDaniel . The Origin of The THRUSH Meaning = Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undersirables and the Subjugation of Humanity . The Alternative Title WASP = Worldwide Authority for the Subjugation of Peaple .

SG 66

2y↑3

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

2y↑1

Also Leslie Parish, Susan Oliver and Kathryn Hayes.

SG 66

2y↑1

@Madmanmarque I just saw Susan Oliver on an episode of Father knows best. But I have no idea who the other two are.

Madmanmarque

2y↑1

@SG 66 Both of them were staples on 60's TV. Ms. Hayes just passed away.

Alice Putt

52w↑2

Ha! I was madly in love with Napoleon Solo. Had photos of him and the actual Napoleon who I thought he somewhat resembled. Illya Kuriakin was great but not my cup of tea.

Neal Klein

2y↑2

Always educational and funny. I think you're brilliant.

Film & TV

2y↑3

Great TV show, I have it on DVD plus The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Season 1 in B&W including the adapted movies in 1964 were a standout. They did unique things like creating U.N.C.L.E. which also mirrors INTERPOL. Uniforms/costume and set/props design wise they had the U.N.C.L.E. Secretaries who carried Beretta compact Pistols in a holster located on their rear right or left hip requiring them to use both arms and hands behind their back to draw their Pistol or re-holster it. They had triangular shaped Security badges (worn) which acted like a swipe card when they walked up to doors it would activate a diamond shaped sensor, opening the door. There were also T.H.R.U.S.H. Secretaries too, not to mention the U.N.C.L.E Special/Gun with it's attachments to up-gun it, a screw on barrel, longer magazine and optic sight. Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity T.H.R.U.S.H.

AdmiralNelson1000

2y↑2

I wish the THRUSH acronym hadn't been "made" (it was either fan or novels based?) because an air of mystery was lost. BUT it certainly captures the very essence of what THRUSH is all about. Diabolically clever.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑2

@AdmiralNelson1000
The Origin of The THRUSH " Acronym " . Was a Novel Entitled " The Dagger Affair " . Published in 1965 By David McDaniel .

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thebasementfilmgroup

2y↑2

The BBC showed a lot of the edited episode/movies back in the 80s - it was a few years before the full episodes were shown (I think it was picked up by Channel 4 in their early days) so I remember it fondly..... Vaughan went on to be in the brilliant BBC show "Hustle" where he really did feel at home.

Tha ks for the trip down memory lane :)

Anthony Ravallese

31w↑4

Just watched this after David McCallum passed away rest in peace

Doctor Lolchicken

2y↑5

Man from UNCLE, Dangerman, the Avengers, Man in a Suitcase - these are all some of my favorite shows. But I never heard of The Girl From UNCLE. And it has Stefanie Powers in it too, who I used to drool over as a kid in whatever it was she was in. So now I am on a mission to see The Girl From UNCLE.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑5

The Girl From U.N.C.L.E Featuring Stefanie Powers as April Dancer , Her Original Name Was Cookie Fortune , and The Original Title Was The Girl From
A.U.N.T.I.E. The Acronym For Associated Unified Nations Taskforce for International Enforcement . There Was Just 29 Episodes Produced Compared To 105 Episodes Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. .

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑3

Ian Fleming Came You With The Name April Dancer , an Improvement On The Name Of Cookie Fortune .

Rob Jones

2y↑2

There was a series of books on The Girl From UNCLE. Noel Harrison and Steph Powers make a very groovy couple on the covers.

Rob Jones

2y↑2

@LALKAYY. 95 My girlfriend found all the UNCLE novels, along with the GFU books in a charity shop. They were in mint condition.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑3

@Rob Jones
What All 23 Man From U.N.C.L.E. Novels ? .

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Jon Cavanaugh

2y↑4

This was great watching. Thanks for making and posting it. Can you do one on I Spy next?

Dave Roche

2y↑1

And The Avengers (yes, I DO mean John Steed, Pussy Galore sorry, sorry, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King - NOT the crappy film).

Jon Cavanaugh

@Dave Roche Wow, was that movie crappy with a Capital K!

Dave Roche

2y↑1

@Jon Cavanaugh Massive! Y'see, I'm Irish and have shared umpteen escorted tours in America with plenty of folks from England - it typically takes only a few days for us to realise who we wouldn't mind hanging out with - not least because we know we have a) a similar sense of humour (who doesn't love Monty Python?, for example) plus b) a certain healthy - healthy - disrespect for authority (meaning when we're called in by senior HR managers for that AAC (Attitude Adjustment Chat) we can (indeed do) go full pushback. Point being, if you're a certain age, here, you KNOW there's a certain charm in/with The Avengers, Thunderbirds, UFO (we'll forever owe Gerry Anderson, R.I.P. for those and other series - some episodes viewable on Youtube) etc. - snag is, the Frakes disaster movie (Thunderbirds) is also skinpeelingly bad because he didn't get that 'charm' - somewhat understandable as it's easy to feel but very difficult to describe - I reckon 'ya had to be there, watching every episode back in the late 60s/early 70s - it just WORKED' [and frankly still does] - I've a toy/model of Tracy Island on the bookshelf here and my nephew would love to have it - why? - because both his dad (my brother) and I still love it - he's now bought into the original Thunderbirds etc. And Robocop! Also my eldest really loves Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (something his missus can't understand - that certain, undefinable "something"). Nowadays the dreaded 'R' word (Reboot) seems intent on taking something great and pulverising it into acceptable gibberish. Just rantin'.

Jon Cavanaugh

@Dave Roche And how!

Vera Smith

31w↑1

Both of our favorite spys are gone now.
😢
Fighting the bad guys together again.

Michael Powell

2y↑4

The first season theme was the best of the lot, no question. And why was Ilya holding that sitar backwards (15:15)? I've always thought the first season was the best year of the series.

Brown Green

2y↑5

I had the Man from Uncle pistol-carbine kit set as a kid. Loved the TV show too.

jeff seven

2y↑1

Got one for Christmas back then, it was the best

Brown Green

2y↑1

@jeff seven
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

2y↑2

So did I! The pistol could be turned into a rifle, and there was a triangular U.N.C.L.E. badge.

James *

1y↑1

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.

William Schultz

2y↑5

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

Tim Buktu

2y↑1

This show was on when I was hitting puberty.
It gave me a skewed idea of how the world works.

Aussie Downunder

2y↑3

Great series as a kid I bought the UNCLE toy kit with bagged picture of Illya the works 😂😂😂

Janice Lewis

2y↑6

I loved this show. I had such a crush on Illya Kuryakin. I was over the moon when David became Ducky.

Southern Cross

2y↑4

UNCLE had some big stars in it……thank you for this.

Carl Rood

2y↑2

The re-editing of TV shows into feature length "movies" became something of a thing in the late 60's/early 70's. To try and capitalize on the success of "The Dirty Dozen", they spliced together two episodes of The Virginian that guest starred Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson, respectively. The episodes were completely unrelated and were filmed years apart, which is noticeable in the ages of the series regulars.

AlucardNoir

2y↑2

Oh, I loved this show when I saw it in reruns in the late 90's. Great show, just a great show. And the new movie thy made a few years ago wasn't bad either.

brian g.

2y↑1

Yes but they ruined the Show when it went camp like Batman I was a teenager at the time and Batman was groovy. Man from Uncle was supposed to be a drama. Batman was totally just for fun entertainment.

Dave Roche

Remember getting the MfU badges in certain cereal boxes (cornflakes or Rice Crispies, if memory serves. Possibly Sugar Puffs)? We DREADED getting the Number 1 badge (it meant you're Mr. Waverly - which in turn means all you do for the game the following Saturday morning is shout out instructions while sitting on a doorstep as everyone else actually got to chase each other around parked cards, jump over (very, very small) walls etc., using their U.N.C.L.E. cap guns and yelling 'Open Channel D' into our cheapo biros. FUN! Nowadays the Elf 'n Safety Police would stop it in its tracks. SAD!

Ivan E

2y↑2

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.

Rob Jones

2y↑2

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.

CAG1954

30w↑1

Interesting that when you were going through what these actors did later on, you didn't mention the role David McCallum played the longest; Ducky in NCIS.

Henry Kujawa

2y↑2

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.

brian g.

2y↑1

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.

Elisha Drayton

2y↑6

I love this show

MegaMagicdog

2y↑1

I didn't get to see the series proper until the reruns appeared on cable. I did hear alot about it from my parents who used to watch it first run and we were all curious to see the reunion movie (which wasn't bad for what it was). I saw the film remake on cable and I also thought it had potential (I'm a sucker for 60s spy stuff!). I think Armie Hammer was hoping to get a James Bond gig out of it - which would have worked IMO if they gave him a chance. I still would like to see more Man from Uncle in some form in the future.

viddork

2y↑1

Armie Hammer completely stole that movie! I'm as sorely disappointed as he must have been that it didn't become a franchise. Still don't understand why not.

Kevin Craighead

30w↑1

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.

Seth Tyrssen

30w↑1

Saw all the spy-related stuff when it was new! That was fun.😀

Richard Mattingly

2y↑1

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.

Hasim Hodzic

1y↑1

I would love to see full episodes.

mocrg

I used to love this show as a kid and as a kid I mean it went off the air when I was four. I’m sure it must have stayed around in re runs for a few years. As an adult I can say the music and the intro are great. The acting from the two leads was fine. The look of the black and white shows I did like. But many of the episodes looked cheap. The sets looked like plywood, the foreign scenes were obviously backlots of Los Angeles standing in for Switzerland. The overacting guest stars really hurt .

Kaden Overstreet

30w↑3

Rest in Peace David Mccallum.

John Bastian

I saw the movie with a member of my family. I thought it was hilarious when solp found listening devices in the jacket pockets planted there by the Iyllia.

Glenn Chapman

29w↑1

I watched this all the time when I was a kid, it was my favorite.

Raven Glenn Homestead

2y↑1

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...

Saltspring Railway

2y↑3

I watched them in the 60's and bought a toy Man from uncle suitcase with gadgets. I was disappointed as there was no radio pen, so obviously based on series 1. Also I wanted to be Napoleon Solo but my kit had me play the Russian who's name I still can't spell.

Nicholas Nickson

1y↑2

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"

Kokoete Antigha

2y↑3

Mercifully, the name Napoleon Solo managed to not mirror the JB initial allure to James Bond like Jason Bourne or Jack Bauer or indeed a plethora of others. Except that THRUSH came off sounding too much like SMERSH from the Bond series.

LALKAYY. 95

2y↑3

Initially The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Producers Came Up With THRUSH , But Decided To Change To WASP .
For Legal Reasons They Had To Drop WASP , and Decided To Go Back To THRUSH .