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The Man From UNCLE Episodes 30 & 31: "Alexander the Greater Affair"

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The Man From UNCLE Episodes 30 and 31 The Alexander the Greater Affair Writer: Dean Hargrove Director: Joseph Sargent Guests: Rip Torn (Alexander the Greater), Dorothy Provine (Tracey), David Sheier (Parviz), David Opatoshu (Dr Kavon) Filmed: 15 July - 05 August 1965 Premieres: 17-24 September 1965 Places: Fort Winning NJ, Washington DC (USA), Athens and Minos Island (Greece) The Affair The US Army Biological Warfare Division (in Fort Winning, NJ) runs a demonstration of BG30, a gas that neutralizes the will to fight. One of the observers, Alexander the Greater, steals the gas and escapes with guard Parviz. At UNCLE HQ, Waverly talks to Illya and Napoleon about industrial magnate Alexander (nicknamed Alexander the Greater) having stolen the BG30 gas. Napoleon Solo's mission is to recover the gas. Solo finds Tracey, Alexander's ex-wife. At the University of Athens (Greece), Illya interviews doctor Kavon about a mysterious plate with the number 8.

The UNCLE Press Files #3: September 29, 1964 - "The San Bernardino County Sun "

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September 29, 1964 The San Bernardino County Sun  San Bernardino CA USA  Page 015 You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr Amazon Netherlands-  http://goo.gl/y1t4KO Amazon Spain -  http://goo.gl/ph9s0Z Amazon UK-  http://goo.gl/RDkUxB  

Music inspired by The Man From UNCLE: Cleaners From Venus - "Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me"

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"The most extensive of singer/songwriter Martin Newell's various projects, Cleaners from Venus recorded some of the finest -- and most neglected -- British pop/rock of the 1980s. The Cleaners' failure to find a wider audience is due at least in part to their unconventional method of distribution. After a short, bitter experience in the music business recording for a large label, Newell retreated to his home studio at the beginning of the '80s, determined not to have to play by the usual compromising music business rules. As the chief of Cleaners from Venus, he and cohorts recorded several albums on their own, and distributed them via self-produced cassettes that were chiefly available by mail. There were thousands of such acts working in this manner in the cassette underground, but most of them were either off-puttingly amateurish or forebodingly avant-garde and experimental. Cleaners from Venus were distinguished from the usual lot because they specialized in ext

Some scenes from episode #29, "The Odd Man Affair"

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Illya, Napoleon & Alexander. Some scenes from Episode 29 - "The Odd Man Affair", set in London. You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr Amazon Netherlands-  http://goo.gl/y1t4KO Amazon Spain -  http://goo.gl/ph9s0Z Amazon UK-  http://goo.gl/RDkUxB  

"Odd Man Affair": the complete Man From UNCLE 29th episode

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The Man From UNCLE Episode 29 "The Odd Man Affair" Writer: Dick Nelson Director: Joseph Sargent Guests: Martin Balsam (Albert Sully), Barbara Shelly (Bryn Watson), Mister Zed (Ronald Long) Filmed: 01-08 March 1965 Premiere: 19 April 1965 Places: English Channel, New York (USA), London (UK) Acts Titles: 1 - "Paris to London Airdrop" 2 - "The Hyde Park Debate Society" 3 - "Look at Her Hands" 4 - "You're Mad - All of You"  Guest stars Martin Balsam and Barbara Shelley The affair: On a plane to Paris, Illya Kuryakin is observed by Marcel Raymond. The pilot is ordered to hold Raymond, who locks himself in the bathroom, explodes a bomb and gets out through the hole. In New York UNCLE HQ, Alexander Waverly says Raymond was on his way to London for a meeting with left-wing extremists. Solo and Kuryakin goes to Albert Sully, a master of disguise. Sully once worked for the former OSS (the pre-CIA american intelligence organiz

Episode # 29 Guest Star: Barbara Shelley

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Barbara Shelley (born Barbara T. Kowin; 13 February 1932) is a retired English film and television actress. She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's No. 1 female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960). Although she is known as a scream queen, her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer. Martin Balsam and Barbara Shelley in The Man From UNCLE episode # 29 "The Odd Man Affair" Her television appearances include the very first Danger Man episode, 'View From A Villa' (1960), plus a subsequent episode that season, 'The Traitor' (also 1960); The Saint (TV series) (1962), two episodes of 12 O'Clock High (1965 and 1966); The Avengers episodes 'Dragonsfield' (1961) and

The UNCLE Press Files #2: September 22, 1964 - "Premiere!"

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The News Frederick MD USA 1964, September 22 You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr Amazon Netherlands-  http://goo.gl/y1t4KO Amazon Spain -  http://goo.gl/ph9s0Z Amazon UK-  http://goo.gl/RDkUxB  

Entertainment Weekly: "Rip Torn, Larry Sanders Show and Men in Black actor, dies at 88"

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Rip Torn, Larry Sanders Showand Men in Black actor, dies at 88 By Lauren Huff July 09, 2019 at 11:38 PM EDT Rip Torn, the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor known for his work on The Larry Sanders Show and in the Men in Black movies, has died. He was 88. His publicist confirmed to EW that Torn died Tuesday afternoon at his home with his wife, Amy Wright, and daughters Katie Torn and Angelica Page by his side. No cause of death was given. Born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. in Temple, Texas, in 1931, the actor played the loyal late-night producer Artie on Larry Sanders, which aired from 1992 to 1998 and also starred Garry Shandling and Jeffrey Tambor. Torn was nominated for six Emmys for his work on the beloved sitcom, winning in 1996. He also earned Emmy noms for The Atlanta Child Murders in 1985, Chicago Hope in 1996, and 30 Rock in 2008. His other TV credits included Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Lyon’s Den, Will & Grace, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In addition to

Book Riot: "I Read the Unpublished Man From UNCLE Novel and I Must Scream"

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I READ THE UNPUBLISHED MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. NOVEL AND I MUST SCREAM EILEEN GONZALEZ 07-09-19 Airing from 1964 to 1968, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. combined humor and action (and more subtext than you can shake a Special at) to become one of the decade’s most popular and enduring spy shows. Like any popular property, it inspired an avalanche of merchandise, including a series of tie-in novels. One of those novels had a more difficult journey than the others, and since dissecting books based on ’60s TV shows is apparently a thing I do now, that’s the one I’m discussing today. Grab your scuba gear, amigos, because we’re going in for a deep dive. As you may have guessed from the title, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was originally supposed to have just one star. Napoleon Solo, played by Robert Vaughn, was a Bond-esque super spy with the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. And for the first two episodes, it was indeed a solo act (lol). Then another U.N.C.L.E. agent, the oddly spe

Episode # 29 Guest Star: Martin Balsam

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Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of renowned film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965) (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). Martin Henry Balsam was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, to Russian Jewish parents, Lillian (née Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, who was a manufacturer of women's sportswear. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he participated in the drama club. He studied at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the German director Erwin Piscator and then served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Martin Balsam

The Man From A.U.N.T.I.E. - the complete Mad magazine parody

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The satirical magazine Mad, founded by entrepreneur William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952 announced the end of its publication after 67 years of activity. In 1964 it was inevitable that the magazine made its satire to the series The Man From UNCLE, written by Arnie Kogen and illustrated by the incomparable Mort Drucker. Here's the full version of this parody. You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr Amazon Netherlands-  http://goo.gl/y1t4KO Amazon Spain -  http://goo.gl/ph9s0Z Amazon UK-  http://goo.gl/RDkUxB