Yes. My favorite also. It has such a cool feel to it. Less is more.

The style and the class also reflected that during its first seasons, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (the letters stood for "United Network Command for Law and Enforcement," which was "thanked" at the end of each installment "without whom (those installments) would not have been possible") had not degenerated into self-parody and were still being written to take themselves seriously. F. Robert Vaughn's Napoleon Solo was a former U. S. Army G-2 officer from the Korean War era, for crying out loud! And David McCallum's Illya Nicolaevich (NOT "Nickovetch;" that's NOT how Russian patronymic middle names are written) Kuryakin was the son and, I believe, only child of two former anti-Soviet Mensheviki ("Minorityites") who had fled with their infant son to Scotland (McCallum's actual birthplace) to escape Stalinism in the Russias, and he was reared there.

Pure Goldsmith.

Robert Vaughn will ALWAYS and FOREVER be known as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. God Bless You Mr. Vaughn, R.I.P. Mr. Solo

rob I so agree, as a kid I thought he was the esscence of cool. then came james west in the wild wild west, two of my favorite childhood men I wanted to grow up to be it's a shame there is no one like that on television anymore. feel bad, kids are being cheated.

@@josephagnello4795 Robert was suave as Napoleon , but David McCallum was the classy, cute man. Still is.

No way Illya was cool without trying to be. He is a Brit thats why.... Lol 🇬🇧🇺🇸

@@steffanhoffmann8937 He is a Brit but first and foremost he is a Scot.

Theme music by Jerry Goldsmith.

And now David McCallum gone in October 2023.

David McCallum was just as popular, if not more popular. Everyone loved Illya Kuryakin, and having a Russian character that was so popular and a hero on American TV at the height of the Cold War was something quite groundbreaking for American television at that time.

@@PerthTowne Vaughn was "The Star," but blonde, Beatle-cut Illya,was the real breakout character (such as the secondary TV series characters like "Spock" and "Fonzie" after him).

@@lads.7715 Absolutely!

I won't differentiate between Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, as both characters made a great pairing here for this weekly acting scene. I'm not the afficianato on the changes every season, as I gave up TV entirely when I discovered astronomy as a 13 or 14-year-old buying my first telescope in 1967. Who would have known that I'd become a background extra actor in TV and movies for the past 20 years, but I still do not watch television today nor even go to movie theaters for many years. What I also really liked about the Man from U.N.CL.E. program was the intro music and I noticed they play about four different versions here - it's the second version starting a two minutes on the time bar that was my favorite; the flute as the lead instrument and the bongo drums just sounded so much more sophisticated. The opening sequence to this program and some others in that era, say, The Avengers from England, and the James Bond films opening music, and a few other of these special secret agent investigative programs, say Mission Impossible, is where we probably first discovered Jazz music as kids, as we were otherwise only listening to the Beatles music then. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/acV-rNej09Wtj4U.html

@@MarkSeibold The first MFU theme has always been my favorite. I've been into jazz since I heard the Modern Jazz Quartet on some show my mother had on while she was making dinner. I was like 6 years old. I remember it vividly being riveted to the tube while they played. (On Merv Griffin, maybe?) Been a jazz fan ever since. The big brass in a minor key always gets me going. Mysterioso!

Robert Vaughn (always an activist!) couldn't tolerate [the prospect of] life under Trump!

Think about that for a moment... he died on 11/11 and his badge number, chosen by himself, was...????

@@joelholmes1260 That's because agent Napolean Solo has hella much more intell literally, than this present corrupted, worldly stupid & morally shit stained reality show buffoon, that's literally destroying this nations gov't to shreds imo. And btw, do you remember the mid 60's political events show called "Firing Line" hosted by conservative leaning William F Buckley???. Well then if not watch the YT interview with him & Robert Vaughn & notice how smoothly Vaughn had intellectually swept the dusty floor with Buckley as the somewhat pompous & highly dismayed & stunned broom. Uc Robert Vaughn trully had good INTELLIGENCE to debate with him on then global current events matter's on that memorable night telecast imo.

@@joelholmes1260 Big deal. No big concern for David I suppose.

@@x-1584 No wonder I prefer David. He's much kinder and more private. He's lasted longer on a tv series ("NCIS") than Robert did.

Something You Said the best..I was around ten, when this program was on..I could hardly wait..!

Wasn't there an episode of THE OUTER LIMITS entitled COLD HANDS-WARM HEART that also featured them, with Shatner as an astronaut, and Nimoy as a scientist for the space agency that supervised the interdtellar

. .....interstellar voyage to Venus

@@nealbradleigh5069 Nimoy was in a few Outer Limits episodes. I, Robot was a really good one. He played the reporter.

Sherman I've seen Nimoy in a 50s movie (may have been titled KID GALAHAD) and portraying a notorious gunslinger in an ancient syndicated western series called 26 MEN. Like Vaughn, Nimoy's roles sometimes included handguns. You can see how accutely the gun reports affect Vaughn. I think the constant exposure to the handgun reports took its toll on Nimoy's hearing, as well!

@@liman42 An Asimov classic. The production company did a great job with these episodes, giving the new company for the revival series a very high standard to meet, or beat

I'm trying to recall why there were budget constraints, which trickled down to costs for incidental music. Jerry Goldsmith was out, and Lalo.Shiffrin came on board.

The original was always my favorite. More mysterious than the other jazzed up versions. We had a record of themes and TV music from this show, Star Trek, JB movies (the cover photo was of Sean Connery in Goldfinger behind the bullet riddled windshield of the DB5). I've been looking for it all over but can't seem to find it or anyone that remembers that record. It had Nichelle Nicole's "Beyond Antares" on it. Loved that record.

Yes. The bongos edge it.

I realize Im pretty randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to stream newly released movies online ?

@Ares Coleman flixportal :D

My best friend and I gave each other those Kits for Xmas!

@@MeanGeneSanDiego How much did they cost ya nowadays.? Uc back in the 60's my dad paid under 10 dollars ea for me & my brother I'm certain. He had the thrush rifle & that man from uncle pistol model i had was all black with no safety orange on the barrel & with a short flash suppressor on the P-38 That included a functional target pistol scope, a silenced barrel extension, a extendable handle stock with included, the yellow man from uncle badge just like on TV. And from what i remember is that depending on the toy co that made them, some looked more realistic than the other. Btw mine fired low output powered blanks, thats prohibited nowadays in gun toys depending on the state your living in.

@@x-1584 Bought them back then! Probably under 5 bucks, I imagine.

YOU can go online and find and buy your dream ordnance. There are at least two companies that sell re9licas of the WALTHER (not the Mauser) as well as the holster, badge etc. Years ago, I interviewed one of the armorers for MGM, and he explained the origin of the carbine design, their issues with the Mauser (which got scrapped) the logic behind the selection of the Walther. The production company also had a bit of a snit with ATF, since they violated federal laws, in modifying the pistol barrels.

I had the Man From uncle gun back in 1966. Would be worth a fortune today.

Same here, The Man From Uncle was an iconic series indeed!

Executive Decision -- I disagree with you. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was best in its first season and in b&W -- the same for The Wild, Wild West. The theme music for U.N.C.L.E. was unarguably better at its first outing. Most shows at the time didn't know what the hell they were producing and were probably shocked that they lasted more than one season. Color was a gimmick to sell color television sets, and it did nothing to enhance the quality of most television programs that hardly imagined they might become an actual series.

Executive Decision -- The technology for color may have dated back quite a few years but most people still had b&w TV sets and were rather slow to make the transition to buy a new set. This is where I see the "gimmick." It's like the unfortunate marriage between software and hardware in computers. If you want better quality/resolution/speed to keep up with evolving software, at some point you break down and buy a new PC. You may have been happy with your old PC but ultimately you want to experience the best performance and output as possible. One side forces you to go out and buy new hardware. Sometimes it's not even a choice. Microsoft has more than once said it will stop supporting previous OS systems, and this means that the programs running on this system will become dated, or even unusable. We see the same thing happening with wide-screen TVs. The resolution keeps improving, so if you want the best picture and sound, you have to consider whether what you have is sufficient. But, this is all really an entirely different argument because this particular video is just about the various themes from U.N.C.L.E. that changed season to season. If you listen to them one after the other, I think each new iteration was worse than the original.

Executive Decision -- You remember a lot more from the series than myself. I'd have to buy the whole DVD set to become re-acquainted with all the particulars. I was an avid follower and felt crestfallen when the series was cancelled. But, maybe it's just as well. I sometimes wonder if some of these old shows would be considered classics if they went on for ten-twelve seasons. It's not impossible. You look at shows like "Bonanza" or "Gunsmoke," and they just went on and on. But, what if "Star Trek" went on for ten seasons? Yet, even today you can find a series like "Lost" that collects a following, and people keep tuning in no matter how convoluted the plot may become. I think the great thing about shows like U.N.C.L.E. was that they were standalone episodes. They didn't have a soap opera feeling to them. Even programs like "The Fugitive" which had an overhanging theme, each story hung on its own and didn't require anyone to follow a plot line that went on season after season. I've read where the industry wants to create a new "Star Trek" series. That's great, but they should follow the example of some of these earlier shows and make each episode -- just an episode. Mix up the cast, take the stories outside the box of The Enterprise. Then you might have something.

Guy Rickie fucked up the film Is was no more Man from uncle than mork from ork. Man from Uncle was cool hip slick which the movie wasnt it sucked

Executive Decision They dont want to be associated with it. Its rubbish as its mortifyingly boring. It has no connection with the Man from uncle as we know it You can watch it on putlocker .is

As a trumpet, french horn, and baritone horn player the I love the Goldsmith version best. The trumpet trill is so difficult to do. My lips were never strong enough to do it. The theme is symphonic cool!😉

He can't hold a candle to Henry Mancini.

@@tonylauria8496 Mancini was great, but Goldsmith carved out some memorable music as a film and TV composer.

John Reece I had the UNCLE badge, suitcase and pen

My parents didn't have two nickels to rub together so I had to make my own props. We did alright though.

I belonged to the club. I had the decoder ring etc.

Lonnie Cavenee We liked to pretend that an ordinary pen was a communicator. The fun was in our imaginations. I wonder if anyone in the world joined up with a spy organization because of this show. :)

I've read that a few fans did join the CIA.

I agree that the original theme was the best. The second was pretty cool, too; jazzed it up a little. Didn't care so much for the third & fourth; went a bit overboard. Yes, we could use such a force with agents from both sides, who can set aside their differences, and unite for the good of all mankind. A bit late, but RIP, Mr.Solo.

Agreed!

And the best theme tune ever. Still get chills after all these years...

It aired in reruns on Cable TV on CBN and later TNT before Turner South, GoodLife TV and Me-TV

Agree.Season 3 opening was best,in my opinion

??? Why, yes! (I think...)

Closest you can get is an episode of "The 'A' Team (season 5, episode 6) entitled "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair. It featured both Robert Vaughn (in a recurring role as General Hunt Stockwell) and David McCallum (as the bad guy of the week). General Stockwell even answered the phone on his plane with "Open Channel D". The episode was obviously done largely as paying homage to U.N.C.L.E.

@@philbarker4607 I will definitely have to look that one up. Thanks

Great idea. Too bad it didn’t happen.

@@suziecreamcheese211 I love your user name.💚 Reminds me of the old Frank Zappa song.

And let's not forget T.H.E. Cat, also by Lalo. That show had more music than dialogue. Where's the soundtrack?

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I still do !!

Good catch!

That's Agent Napoleon Solo!

The second is clearly the best and the one most associated with the show.. That's why the revisited it for the most part in the 4th season when they were trying to get the series back on track.

I agree with you.

+Herbert Wells What's interesting is watching the progression in the opening styles, which is reflective of how fast culture changed in the 60s in a very few years. By the last season, when the anti-war movement was starting to hit its stride, traditional Cold-War spying was becoming very uncool.

The Original Title For The Girl From U . N . C . L . E . Was The Girl From A . U . N . T . I . E . The Acronym For Associated Unified Nations Taskforce for International Enforcement .

Well he did apprehend the other guy, which was cut out of this video.

The U.N.C.L.E. film looks like it's gonna be a whole lot of fun! The 60's are still swinging! ;-D

Wasn't David actually a British actor playing a Russian on this series?

Or my favorite show with Rip Torn in it, The Larry Sanders Show. He was great!

+Raul Martinez naa the movie is actually very cool, but the iconography was missing, shame eh?

What move he he I don't think soo