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Frustrated at doing police work by the book, detective Wade Preston likes to hark back to the cops he idolizes: "Baretta, Starsky and Hutch, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin -- those guys had fun!" His partner replies impatiently, "Those are TV cops. They're not real." Whines the TV junkie: "Who says everything has to be real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hill Street Blues on Happy Juice | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...that is projected by the two lead spies, Bill Cosby and Bob Gulp. The Monkees' story line defies logic, but the show is a hit with the kids. U.N.C.L.E. swings chiefly through gimmickry aided by action-not to mention what Keld calls the "tactile, TV hair" of Illya Kuryakin. Some of NBC's custom-shot movies (World Premiere) de-emphasize plot; yet they get remarkable ratings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming: Getting the Message | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

Monday, October 2 THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). In the first of a two-part adven ture, Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and lllya Kuryakin (David McCallum) set out to steal "the thermal prism," a new weapon of mass destruction. Guest stars in "The Prince of Darkness Affair" include Bradford Dillman, Lola Albright, Carol Lynley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 29, 1967 | 9/29/1967 | See Source »

...many a family has found itself getting almost as far ahead of its original spending estimates as, say, Defense Secretary McNamara. This Christmas season, G.I. Joe is still the bestselling single new toy around, despite the competition of other dolls such as Stone Burke, paratrooper, James Bond, Illya Kuryakin and Captain Action, who can be dressed as Batman, Superman or Steve Canyon. Keeping the troops faithful to Joe are a brand-new G.I.-Joe Mercury capsule with solid silver space suit ($10), a G.I.-Joe Sea-Sled that operates under water ($14), and a six-man international task force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toys: Front & Center | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

...FROM U.N.C.L.E. (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Illya Kuryakin. (David Mc-Callum) nearly takes the deep six in a sea of soapsuds when he turns beatnik to trace the source of a gas that causes its victims to hiccough to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Oct. 21, 1966 | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

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