security doritothis episode begins with Napoleon Solo looking right down the camera to introduce himself and I feel surprisingly uncomfortable???
as the KJB folks pointed out, Henry Cavill went above and beyond on his Robert Vaughn impression for the movie?? which I really have to wonder how many people actually cared about at the time
wait do the introductions happen EVERY episode
did anyone know how television worked in the 1960s
the mountains of Yugoslavia sure look a lot like Korea from M*A*S*H......
I was so excited when I saw THE SHARK AFFAIR and then immediately knocked down when they credited the guest star as Captain Shark
look I really enjoy the ways KJB has rewired my brain but I've gotta stop giving out their honorary awards as I watch this show
omg Illya HATES Napoleon's girlfriend
"[DEVICES BLEEPING AND BUZZING]"
they make an evil double of Napoleon Solo and you can tell it's not the real guy because this rizzless idiot is only ever appropriate with women in the office 
GUEST STARRING
WILLIAM SHATNER
they've got Robert Vaughn doing an accent in this one and it's A Lot
Ricardo Montalban?????
they're going undercover and Napoleon Solo's cover identity is a man from Idaho "who disappeared at sea...while attempting to smuggle small arms and ammunition into Southern Rhodesia"
this episode aired in 1964 so I'm on a Wikipedia rabbit hole trying to figure out EXACTLY how racist this makes him
me, an idiot, getting into a show with a character named Illya at the same time everybody's feeling bonkers about a show with a character named Ilya
Always Be Escaping!! Just walk out!!
just two guys on a vacation to Rome together, normal-style
an old flame of Napoleon's comes out of the woodwork to ask him for help, and they keep having this conversation with meaningful pauses and eye contact,
and then Illya literally goes AND I AM ALSO HERE, ME, ILLYA
knowing that someday Illya will retire to start a dress business makes this scene where he bullshits the fashion house even funnier
Napoleon Solo appears to be wearing a cardigan sweater over a polo shirt?? with an ascot??
some guy just did a drone 9/11 on the UNCLE headquarters with a model airplane
getting to say all kinds of new sentences with this show
a half-naked woman has accidentally fallen into UNCLE headquarters! they've wrapped her in a sheet, for modesty, and then PINNED A SECURITY DORITO ON THE SHEET
guy's like, Napoleon, why are you here
and Napoleon's like, UNCLE can't send me officially but I trust you and want to help
and guy's like, okay but why is ILLYA here then
and Illya's like, shrug????
Mr. Waverly has sent Illya to help his cousin, and Illya has just been introduced to the room as "the man from cousin"
Solo tells the woman to change into something more comfortable and she says "now what would you like me to change into"
and he says "anything...but a boy"
I am hoping that in the next scene she is a horse
felt absolutely looney tunes about this sequence where Solo is at the woman's apartment and she's trying to get him shot, which I remembered from an episode of KJB but not in this context at all
turns out they padded out an episode for The Spy with My Face (1965) and then reused some of the new scenes in later episodes (including this one)
Napoleon comes back to the room with sandwiches, says "they didn't have prosciutto"
one assassination attempt later, Illya finally bites into his replacement sandwich and makes a face and says "must you put ketchup and mustard on everything"
was...was he going to do that to the prosciutto sandwich too.......
the evil doctor woman is monologuing about their evil plan (this episode is not called "the brain-killer affair" for nothing) and as she starts, her colleague annoyedly goes "I *know* all this"
my girl will not be deterred from exposition!!
the description of this episode includes the phrase "Illya tries to infiltrate the auction disguised as a Mongolian warlord" and I am FILLED with dread
the thing about this stupid show is that you turn on an episode and sometimes you get a great romp but sometimes you clock in for a shift at the racism factory
Seiðr@carithlee Replied like a true Soviet Russian.
Coles Street Pothole@carithlee I watched this show as a child, like when I was 8 or 9. That may have been the audience level they were shooting for.
@ColesStreetPothole I am not expecting greatness! I am having fun!
@carithlee I am a tad envious. I remember enjoying the show.
@ColesStreetPothole I have been getting the DVDs from my local library! I'm sure there's ways for you to revisit it if you'd like
@carithlee Oh that’s a good idea, I’ll try.
みやくモード@carithlee photoshopping on a lil snake plissken eye patch