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  • Sounds rather unlikely, but The Man from UNCLE was created by Ian Fleming.

  • an American & a Russian working for a British boss.............It's the way things are meant to be! lol

  • i think this tune and mission impossible were the best tv themes of the 60's, peace out people

  • best theme ever and so 60.s

  • Circa mid 60's, Thursday night. 7-30 Top of the Pops

    8-00 Man From Uncle.

    Now that was the dogs bollocks.

  • The best of the four arrangements of the themes by a LONG way, is this one, Season 2's. New one for each season, oddly. Jerry Goldsmith was furious at how Lalo Schifrin had messed with his tune for this sophomore year, though I am positive he was just jealous that Lalo had done a far better arrangement. Best spy theme tune of them all....for TV that is.

  • I think Vaughn was in Bullitt too

  • @trdidion Yes. You are correct. Robert Vaughn did star in Bullitt. He portrayed Walter Chalmers, a self-serving politician who attempts to make friends with Frank Bullitt. When the main Mob witness dies during a Mob probe, Chalmers tries to have Lt. Bullitt fired.

    This Chalmers character ruined Vaughn's chance to enter politics.

  • 0:19

    DUCKY!!!!

    he was a handsome devil!

  • I wonder what kind of moves Napoleon Solo would put on Emma Peel to seduce her? A worthy cause for an international law enforcement exchange program.

  • Lat time i saw this show was in the 1980s sometime on my mums rented Phillips TV, i also remember having a UNCLE toy car with man out the side, great cars, lovely theme, always a pleasure.

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  • I loved this show when I was a kid.

  • @tnuh55 Me too!

  • @jacksiin1000 With the exception of the "king of Cool" Steve McQueen!

  • Back in the day.. the definition of cool was Robert Vaughn.....

  • i prefered this Man From U.N.C.L.E theme better than the ones that followed afterwards.

  • Robert Vaugh has a PhD from USC. Who would thought? ( Dr. Vaughn!)

  • Loved this series as a kid....David Callum was my Hero and I still think he's great..

  • @GlynisElgey I loved to watch David Mccallum also as i kid on "The Man From Uncle" he played the Russian Agent Illya Kuryakin-what is ironic is that he was not Russian he was scotttish he was born in Glasgow Scotland-either way he was a cool actor

  • another great opening..another great show..friday nights..NBC

  • Robert Vaughan is the star of a BBC tv series in the UK, called "Hustle". He plays the leader of a gang of conmen who pull various stunts and rip-offs!

  • When I was a kid, i wished I was Illya Kuryakin. I would wore a turtleneck shirt to imitate him. I also had the UNCLE P-38 cap pistol that came with accessories--scope, shoulder stock, extended barrel and I think even a bi-pod to turn it into a carbine. It was one awesome toy for a eight year old, I tell you.

  • I saw Robert Vaughn on some crappy Brit show the other day. He still has that little whistle when he speaks.

  • i watched this when i was a young teenger and now i am going to be a grandma soon!

  • Great video! Let’s play a little game If you were able to have your own cult TV channel what 15 series would you select? Mine would be (in no particular order) The Avengers Star Trek (Kirk of course) The Prisoner The Invaders The Man from Uncle Space 1999 Randall & Hopkirk (original) The Saint Blakes 7 The Persuaders UFO (which deserves a remake with new effects please and more alien action) The Outer Limits Sapphire & Steel Red Dwarf And just to be silly – the A Team Yours ?
  • I am looking for the name of a TV programme or film shown on British TV 1968- 1974 with... A dress in a tall glass case in a rear corner of a Victorian old ladies room or , she is sitting on a chaise lounge in the foreground, and warns a young girl who is admiring the dress, at the back of the room, on the facing left "not to open the case" .

    But the girl does when the air rushes inside in a of basic technique of film animation /time frame - the dress dramatically and rapidly falls to pieces

  • The sixties / seventies INVENTED shows (and everything else that is cool today still)! Since then, everyone else is copying what we developed! Nice to be part of that generation! Star Trek, Wild Wild West, Hawaii 5-O! All In the Family, Jaws, Exorcist, Animal House, Rob & Laura Petrie!! Are you kidding?!?!? Toss in Captain Crunch while you're at it! LOL!!

  • Correction, OUR miss Brooks

  • @bunchafives2008 Eve Arden also had a series in the late 1950's called Are miss Brooks in which she played miss Brooks a school teacher.

  • Eve Arden, she was later in Grease the movie as a teacher.

  • I used to watch this everyday after school in the late 90s! AWESOME!

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  • Napoleon Solo - was there ever a cooler name for a secret agent? 

  • @paktype Not unless you include "Illya Kuryakin" or "Alexander Waverly"

  • @paktype , YES, Mike Oxlong.

  • I had a sticker of David McCallum on my Barbie Doll case. I was so in <3

  • @pattievogt Best NCIS line ever: Abby: Who did ducky look like when he was younger? Gibbs: Ilya Kuryakin

  • In the 60's they called TV a vast wasteland, considering the absolute crap that is on

    television now I would call it the best decade of TV!

  • @179721833 I agree. There were some great shows in the '60's. I don't even watch t.v. anymore!

  • @179721833 Damn "reality" shows have taken over network TV, but there are some pretty good shows on cable. But there is a lot of crap on network TV!!!

  • @willardlockejr The reality TV shows suck.The Man from UNCLE was one of my favorite TV shows when I was a kid.Ian Fleming who created James Bond was such a big fan of the show he even wrote some episodes and act as a consultant.

  • @Isotec1 I still enjoy watching The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Now that was a show that had real actors and real scripts, lots of action and none of the B.S. that you get from watching 'reality' TV, which truly sucks!! That's great to know that Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond) was a fan and that he wrote some episodes and was also a consultant. Thanks for the info because I didn't know that. And sometimes I find myself humming the theme music (lol).

  • @willardlockejr Unfortunatley, the few good shows get cancelled very quick with bearly a few months or a year of broadcasting, like The Spectacular Spider-Man or Sym-Bionic Titan.

  • @themetalsonic94 The people that run network TV do not give shows enough time to get an audience, so if doesn't catch on right away, then it will be off the air before you know it. And that's why you can find some pretty good shows on the cable networks. Network TV continues to put out the "reality" B.S. because it's cheaper to produce than to produce a hour-long dramatic series. And that's a shame in inself.

  • Perhaps my favorite show as a younger teen. My best friend and I would gather to watch it each week, then discuss endlessly! I bought a few of the episodes a few years ago...and they seem some silly now to me; I missed the campiness at 13, I guess. You can't always go back - but it was a great show!

  • hey that guy looks like ducky mallard of ncis

  • @vaporgod That's because it is him. They even have an in-joke about it in NCIS

  • When they gonna release the whole man from uncle on DVD?!only got the films we need all the shows!!

  • iconic tv intro,loved this show as akid in the super 60s,

  • It's usually Leslie for a boy & Lesley for a girl, here in the UK

  • i loved this decade for too: persuaders, man from u.n.c.l.e (my waverley !). the avengers, the protectors..... fun plots, theme toons and good family entertainment.

  • I AM NOT 666 BUT  KAREN

  • I had such a crush on David McCallum. I used to say his U.N.C.L.E. name all the time because I loved the way it sounded...Illya Kuryakin. Best decade for TV shows IMO.

  • I was so nuts about this as a kid, and I saw Robert Vaughn on 57th Street in NYC one day and I nearly had a heart attack! Barely my size, just over five feet. Good thing I didn't see McCallum! A photo of him went on the cover of issue one of my zine, BIKINI GIRL, now in most modern museums. With Sharon Tate! cutecatfaith d com is my website. Thank you so much for this posting, uprated, faved and shared!

  • @slobomotion OMG I never knew he was THAT short!

  • @blkchk Yeah, very short. Bogart was very short, too. They had to build the piano in CASABLANCA to very small size to match him!

  • @slobomotion don't think that was Vaughn you saw. He's listed as 5'10 on imdb. and while that might be generous, he certainly is 5'8 or 5'9.

  • @spceman Oh, it was him, I indicated I recognized him and he smiled nicely back. I am just remembering the height incorrectly. My current spouse is about 5'9" and considered "grand" (tall) in France, but to me, he's "little." I also used to wear EXTREMELY high heels in NYC. I had quite a fetish, and did a fair amount of harm to my toes and back for my vanity! But it's true about Bogey and the piano. Vaughn said his favorite thing was eating pasta . . . in Venice! I thought that was great!

  • @spceman Griffin Dunne is also rather short in stature, rather little. I saw him on the subway and he got off at Prince Street in SoHo, right where AFTER HOURS took place! I followed him a bit and smiled and presented a gold pen and an envelope on which I'd written, "Your name here," with an "x" and a signature line. I still have it! I then waited for the next train. I think he was more careful about stalkers after that, ha ha! Not a word was exchanged except for my "thank you!"

  • @slobomotion Loved After Hours when it came out. Dunne was great in that.

    Checkin out your channel(s). Seems you've had and are having a most interesting life!

  • @spceman It's been a trip! I am a character in some books! There are some songs about me! Hee hee hee hee! Yeah, AFTER HOURS, I had to see it several times to "get it," and it was not a "fun" movie, but I loved it. I sort of knew the late Rockets Redglare who was in it. My website is cutecatfaith d com. See ya, I hope!

  • The 60s and 70s did have the best shows and then, they discovered they could make a shed load more money by forcing cooking shows, and make over shows and house hunting shows and talentless talent shows etc down our throats at a fraction of the cost, and that was that. But, thank god for Jerry Bruckheimer who has revitalised popular cops shows with things like CSI etc.

  • I could never get used to seeing Topper on this show.

  • I watched reruns of this on YTV (in Canada), in my teen years at 1 am every night, around '96-'97. Great guest stars, fun show.

  • The

    Man

    From

    U.N.C.L.E.

    I love the way the title appears on screen :D

  • So -- your opinion, MFU fans: Was Leo G. Carroll's turn as Mr. Waverly inspired in any way by his role as "The Professor" in Hitchcock's masterwork "North by Northwest?"

  • I agree 100% the 60s had the best TV shows

  • Wow this is just too cool. I was just thinking about finding the Man From U.N.C.L.E videos. Thank you.

  • 翻譯 : 打擊魔鬼影集

  • Another great theme song. They just don't seem to make (for TV) them this good anymore.

  • I'd love to see the 2-part episode with Joan Crawford

  • I liked Solo's shoe phone.

  • @davidls11 Wasn't that Get Smart?

  • @thevampirefrog06 I just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention.

  • These were the days 1967, playing being an UNCLE agentas a kid AND Batman with my Duffle Coat done up only at the neck without my arms in like a Bat Cape ! ; Lol i even remember The Girl From Uncle from around that time

  • awwww Ducky :)

  • I lived and breathed the Man from U.N.C.L.E. throughout junior high school.

  • 0:18 Ducky!!

  • @TheRobin53 My thoughts exactly!

  • @TheRobin53 lol...@ 15 Albert Stroller!! ;)

  • me muero muerto no lo puedo creer lo que encontre te felicito por subirlo

  • I had a Man From U.N.C.L.E. lunchbox in grade school, it was the envy of all my friends. I should ahve kept it.

  • Open Channel D

  • IMHO, this is the best rendition of the theme.

  • Wikipedia says this theme bears a resemblance to Jerry Goldsmith's later more famous score used for Star Trek the motion picture which is more commonly known as the Star Trek TNG theme song

  • Major wood attack at 10 years old after watching April Dancer/Stephanie Powers in The Girl From U.N.C.L.E in 1966. She is still very doable at 68.

  • If you watch antenna tv, Robert Vaughn is popping up on the more obscure stations in so many movies lately. Nothing wrong with that though!

  • I joined the UNCLE club when I was a nipper many years ago ! Cant imagine the kids of today doing such droll things hahaha

  • @SueChris381 Well im 14, a rare breed of youth. not the one of the so called 'teen' of my generation. I have a group of freinds who disagree on the modern teen's ethic's and culture. I mean let's face it, in about 5 years no one under the age of 17 will know of the 'classic TV' such as The Prisoner, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, The Professionals, On The Buses and many more great classics.

  • @AlistairAI Good for you! Nice to hear. Cant beat the old classics. It was a good era the 60's & 70's....in my opinion anyway. My kids are a lots older than you, but do appreciate the old stuff :)

    Try watching The Persuaders...fantastic theme tune...have it as my mobile phone ring

  • My wife's a member of Thrush

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  • Napoleon Solo, that's the fakest name in the history of fake names.

  • @Jimkaider The name was invented by Ian Fleming, who wrote the James Bond novels! He was a consultant to the creator of the show.

  • Robert Vaughn looks like William F. Buckley.

  • WTF David McCallum is 80 years old in 2013!!!

  • @sirtinycreep and still working on NCIS I think!

  • @OaGuardian - I've wondered that myself. In homage to David's appearance on "The A Team," would Robert have to be a bad guy?

  • Loved this show! It always had alot of hot women in it!!

  • i remember when my dad bought me my MAN FROM UNCLE spy kit... what a time in my life...

  • @Weaponsuser me too at 5 yrs old. I was the shit.

  • the fights were cool

  • Ducky/David McCallum is not English, that is his fault.

  • @OaGuardian wouldn`t that be something,,lol

  • @OaGuardian seeing as I just saw an episode where a girl asked what did Ducky look like when he was young and was told Ilya Kuryakin, I would think that they'd go for that idea big time, lol

  • I liked how David on NCIS told the others he once was in a boat, but he was referring to man from Uncle. haha.

  • The 1960's. Probably the best decade for television, in history.

  • @ftsjr Agreed The networks put a ton of money and talent into the 60s programs. Great theme songs, good scripts, lots of good locations, westerns and adventure shows. The 70s ushered in the decade of sitcoms, low budget stuff, and TV has never been the same since.

  • @ftsjr And music.

  • @ftsjr Damn right, my friend!!!

  • no have Ducky perform an autopsy on Robert Vaughn

  • The tittle in Spain it was EL AGENTE DE CIPOL during black and white television.

  • I had a man from uncle car, loved that thing!!

  • @OaGuardian > wouldn't that be great!

  • @OaGuardian ha ha ha. That would be an awesome idea.

  • @OaGuardian Yes, that would be funny! They have already done similar gags from other of his shows. On one episode, he came in with a trench coat and hat, exactly like the one from The Invisible Man.

  • @spideystube On an episode of the British con TV series "Hustle", of which Robert Vaughn is one of the ensemble players, mention was made of a case involving a prospective hits "uncle". A surprised Vaughn reacted: "Uncle!". Slight pause as everybody looked at him then the dislogue continued. :) Thought you'd like to know.

  • I had a uncle gun it was a gold lugar with scopic silencer clip on stock no 11 badge my mates and i played for hours &hours i was always Illya cause i had blond hair back in 66, and i met david mcCallum in 73 in Ealing when his filming Colditz brought back good memories

  • @OaGuardian They did that on the A-Team when Robert Vaughn was on that show. Great Idea you have.

  • Too young to watch the original series but i did read some old Man from uncle magazines and i loved the action packed stories. They could be rivals of the bond films. i finally did watch some episodes of this and was dissapointed . this opening theme also sucks. I wish they would make man from uncle movies as were depicted in the magazines.

  • Of course you can watch some of these here in full. I got to see them when they first aired. But some of them are really great to watch even today. this was a quality show.

  • Putin looks a lot like Illya Kuryakin especially when he's wearing the black roll-neck sweater.

  • takes me back...how i love you tube...

  • Guys, U.N.C.L.E. stands for the "United Network Command for Law and Enforcement." I hope this answers your question.

  • @ORwu Thanks just wanting to know if you are a true fan of this 60's classic.Thanks Mr.Kuriakin hahahahahahaha

  • @OaGuardian Guardian do you remember what the acronym UNCLE stood for??????

  • Time for a MOVIE neh?

  • Cool..man,

  • @OaGuardian wouldn't it also be great if David McCallum made a guest appearance in HUSTLE and have him run into Robert Vaughn? :)

  • Yeah baby, the Season 2 opening UNCLE theme -- much better than the other seasons. VERY 'cool-jazz & laid-back'. Prime example of the Swinging Sixies!

  • All the 60s series had FABULOUS music

  • I fell in love with Illya Kuryakin with this show! May David McCallum live forever! 

  • I, just liked this show The Man from Uncle those guys always killed the bad guy.Now all the bad guys are in the D.C. area.Yes, we need them back to clean up.

  • Watched this all the time on our old black and white TV.

  • ncis makes a reference to Man From U.N.C.L.E when Kate asks what Ducky was like as a kid.

  • By far, the best opening theme tune to the Man From U.N.C.L.E. So far all i've come across are the dreadful covers. Thumbs up for this vid

  • I once saw a multiple choice question, "What did U.N.C.L.E. stand for?" One of the wrong choices was "Under No Circumstances Leave Early"

  • @TnseWlms: UNCLE - Unidentified Noise Commencing Lets Eavesdrop..... yeah.

  • @TnseWlms

    united network command (for ) law (and) enforcement

  • Saw the show before I ever saw James Bond.

  • I always thought Robert Vaughn was kinda...creepy.

  • Dammit. I thought it said "The Man From Uncle opening titties"

    Waste of time

  • @OaGuardian Eh, probably not, movie remakes of the classic retro series tend to fall flat because they loose their charm that they had. Producers put more money into flashy CGI and silly gags rather than focusing on the real strengths of the series that made them so iconic, my best examples being the Thunderbirds remake and the Get Smart movie, the thunderbirds movie was unwatchable an insulting to anything thinking creature. Get Smart, fun, but again when modernized it looses the retro fun.

  • @OaGuardian That would be lovely!

  • Have you seen Vaughn's commercial on Comedy Central? Hilarious.

  • Robert Vaughn died in rehab.

  • @OaGuardian That would, indeed, be 'The Bomb'.

    Here's wishing you a Happy Easter.

  • I had a "Man from Uncle" lunchbox back then ... wonder how much it'd be worth on eBay now? Love this music; the lack of theme song music today is quite telling.

  • hey its ducky!! from NCIS! I didnt realize!

  • @henrybird famous back in the day David McCullum. Very famous

  • There is a hilarious reference to that when Dinozo asks what Ducky looked like when he was younger. Gibbs replies.

    "Like a young David McCallum."

  • Anybody know what season this intro is from?

  • Second Season (The Minus X Affair). Easily the best of the 4 seasons as far as music

  • i think this was the 1966 season when it went color.

  • One of my fondest memories was getting a man from Uncle spy gun as a 6 yr. old!

  • Man From U.N.C.L.E. spy gun! i had one of those too! lol hmmm i wonder wehre it is now?

    now days they handcuff 6 year old kids here in the USA for possession of far less real looking guns.

  • it is probably worth a few $ for nostalgia. I had strept throat and dad brought it to cheer me up!

  • @scottmanduzy lol, I had a camera that turned into a pistol and a radio that turned into a rifle, one of the best things back then was the TV shows wasn't infested with negroes

  • @shanquilla562 I do not know what that is supposed to mean. I loved the first Cosby show. He was Chet Kincaid early 70's high school gym teacher. Theme by Quincy Jones too cool.

  • @scottmanduzy Did you get the Man From Uncle Spy Briefcase?

  • Scottmanduzy, because you've been crying like a pissy little bitch about others exercising their Second Amendment right, you should be locked up for your "Uncle spy gun." Someone as ignorant and irresponsible as you has no business owning any type of gun. You're just the sort who is stupid enough to point it at the wrong people, such as the police, and get yourself shot.

  • @RadarGuidedVermin well you exercise you 2nd amendment and I will exercise my first as I please Mr. Vermin

  • Scottmanduzy, I'm not the one advocating taking away your First Amendment right to cry like a little sissy. You're the one who's all pissed off that we have a Bill of Rights. Try again, idiot.

  • @RadarGuidedVermin get over yourself verminman

  • Scottmanduzy, stop crying, loser.

  • @scottmanduzy wow i had one of those.

  • @scottmanduzy Yeah I had the "Man from Uncle" board game when was a young nipper..

  • @scottmanduzy I can't remember what year it was but I too (at my dads Christmas party) asking santa for a man from uncle gun. 

  • @scottmanduzy my husband still talks about his.

  • @scottmanduzy I got one too. I think I was 8 or 9--and all the other kids were very jealous. Great memory.

  • @scottmanduzy I had one too!!

  • @scottmanduzy

    Same here. I remember getting a small suitcase c/w gun, silencer, screw-on butt, and a badge. I was the top secret agant at school. The invisible ink went down a treat too.

  • So Great!

  • Napoleon Solo is the coolest spy ever...and i love this show...the best show ever in history!!!!!!!

  • vaughan guy looks like wfbuckley jr

  • Duck looks like illya kuriakin! Even now!