by Greg McCambley | Apr 13, 2014 | #Bond_age_TV, #Bond_age_TV, Live Tweet Digests, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
In our second Man From UNCLE episode, “The Brain-Killer Affair,” Napoleon and Ilya race to prevent valuable UNCLE information from being drained out of Mr. Waverly via an evil THRUSH device. They must contend with brutal THRUSH agents and an empty-brained goon with a hammer. Luckily, they have Yvonne Craig and Rosie Grier on their side. Enjoy the mission report!
INITIATE “THE BRAIN-KILLER AFFAIR”!
by Greg McCambley | Apr 13, 2014 | #Bond_age_TV, #Bond_age_TV, Live Tweet Digests, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
This past Wednesday, the boys and girls of #Bond_age_TV got together to enjoy some more fun times with The Man From UNCLE. First off, we watched as Napoleon Solo, trapped behind the iron curtain, battled THRUSH agents, a nationalist superspy, and annoying American teenagers, to get important information back to UNCLE. It was “The Dove Affair,” and a good time was had by all! Enjoy the field report!
INITIATE “THE DOVE AFFAIR”!
by Greg McCambley | Apr 6, 2014 | #Bond_age_TV, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Greetings, all!
#Bond_age_TV continues its look at Season 1 of Man From UNCLE this week with two more fun episodes. First, in “The Dove Affair,” Napoleon is trapped behind the Iron Curtain with information vital to UNCLE’s fight against THRUSH. Can he make an escape by train, or has he reached the end of the line? Guest stars in this episode include Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island) and June Lockhart (Lost in Space, Lassie). Then, in “The Brain-Killer Affair,” Napoleon and Ilya have to prevent Mr. Waverly from being brainwiped by a mad scientist in the employ of THRUSH. Guest stars in this episode include Elsa Lanchester (The Bride of Frankenstein) and Yvonne Craig (Batman (1966), One Spy Too Many). Join us for the fun this Wednesday, starting at 9pm EST! Remember to use the hashtag #Bond_age_TV!
See you there!
by Greg McCambley | Mar 30, 2014 | #Bond_age_TV, Live Tweet Digests, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The second episode of the evening was “The Project Strigas Affair.” Taking a page out of the Impossible Missions Force playbook, the plot this time had Solo and Illya seeking to completely destroy an Eastern European politician’s political future without killing him. The guest cast included Werner Klemperer as the politician. What truly makes this episode stand out, though, is that it’s the first onscreen pairing of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner.
INITIATE THE MAN FROM UNCLE LIVE TWEET: “THE PROJECT STRIGAS AFFAIR”!
by Greg McCambley | Mar 30, 2014 | #Bond_age_TV, Live Tweet Digests, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Greetings, #Bond_age_TV readers! Welcome to the first Man From UNCLE livetweet digest. It should have been the second, but unfortunately, due to an oversight on my part, the first livetweet session for UNCLE appears to be undigestable. So we begin the digests with the 2nd doubleshot of UNCLE eps. First up, Napoleon Solo finds himself imprisoned by THRUSH, and UNCLE invaded by a lookalike: it’s “The Double Affair.”
INITIATE the MAN FROM UNCLE LIVE TWEET DIGEST: the “Season 1, Part 1 Live Tweet Affair”!
by Greg McCambley | Mar 23, 2014 | #Bond_age_TV, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
With the pilot episodes of Man From UNCLE firmly behind us, #Bond_age_TV now heads into the series proper, starting with season 1.
It was never my intention with these live tweets to do every single episode of the show, as that would be too time consuming. My plan is to focus on the two-parter episodes from the series, as those were the ones which were later redone as feature films. Season 1, however, had no two-parters. Instead, the feature films were made from the Solo pilot (featured last session), and from episode 8 of season 1, “The Double Affair” (released as “The Spy With My Face” in 1965.) So “The Double Affair” was always on the program. Joining it this week on the #Bond_age_TV live tweet session is the episode that immediately followed it, “The Project Strigas Affair.”
“The Project Strigas Affair” is notable for its guest cast, which included William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy working together almost two years before Star Trek. So, this Wednesday, I hope you’ll join #Bond_age_TV in live tweeting these fun episodes starting at 9pm EST, using the hashtag #Bond_age_TV.
Join us for the Man from UNCLE live tweet for Season 1.
