Comments on: The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. http://www.tvobscurities.com Keeping Obscure TV From Fading Away Forever Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:48:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Benzadmiral http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/girl_from_uncle.php/comment-page-1/#comment-15281 Benzadmiral Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:15:44 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?page_id=1217#comment-15281 Good article! Yes, the plots on GfU made the silly ones of third-year MfU look like Shakespeare. It was the producers' campy direction, not the writers, as more than one of GfU's writers also wrote more sensible stuff for MfU (and other TV shows then and later). Personally I've always thought that the team of Mobley and Fell would have been vastly better and more interesting -- the contrast in their lives, their generations, and their knowledge would have made for good character comedy and drama. Oh, and you have a typo: The GfU pilot was completed in 1965, not 1964. In December '64 MfU was wobbling on the edge of cancellation, not firing off a spinoff! Good article!

Yes, the plots on GfU made the silly ones of third-year MfU look like Shakespeare. It was the producers’ campy direction, not the writers, as more than one of GfU’s writers also wrote more sensible stuff for MfU (and other TV shows then and later). Personally I’ve always thought that the team of Mobley and Fell would have been vastly better and more interesting — the contrast in their lives, their generations, and their knowledge would have made for good character comedy and drama.

Oh, and you have a typo: The GfU pilot was completed in 1965, not 1964. In December ‘64 MfU was wobbling on the edge of cancellation, not firing off a spinoff!

]]> By: RGJ http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/girl_from_uncle.php/comment-page-1/#comment-11625 RGJ Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:35:32 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?page_id=1217#comment-11625 It seems that critics who didn't respond well to Stefanie Powers in person weren't able to step back and analyze the show -- and especially her character -- in an objective manner. On the other hand, April Dancer was an unusual woman, very cool or even glum. That could have turned off a lot of reviewers (and viewers). I actually thought it was an interesting way to play the character. It seems that critics who didn’t respond well to Stefanie Powers in person weren’t able to step back and analyze the show — and especially her character — in an objective manner. On the other hand, April Dancer was an unusual woman, very cool or even glum. That could have turned off a lot of reviewers (and viewers). I actually thought it was an interesting way to play the character.

]]> By: Vicki Sherlock http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/girl_from_uncle.php/comment-page-1/#comment-11621 Vicki Sherlock Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:02:46 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?page_id=1217#comment-11621 Wow, they were really down on Stefanie Powers. I remember as girl loving her and the show. I saw it recently on ALN and enjoyed the campy feeling of the show. I think I was simply in awe of her hip beauty. I wanted to be April Dancer when I grew up. Of course, we all loved The Man from U.N.C.L.E. so liking this show was a given. We were such "TV kids" that instead of cops and robbers or army, we played "Man from U.N.C.L.E. in our basement! Illya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo are still like old friends that conjure up warm memories. It's amazing how old TV shows can have that impact. Wow, they were really down on Stefanie Powers. I remember as girl loving her and the show. I saw it recently on ALN and enjoyed the campy feeling of the show. I think I was simply in awe of her hip beauty. I wanted to be April Dancer when I grew up. Of course, we all loved The Man from U.N.C.L.E. so liking this show was a given. We were such “TV kids” that instead of cops and robbers or army, we played “Man from U.N.C.L.E. in our basement! Illya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo are still like old friends that conjure up warm memories. It’s amazing how old TV shows can have that impact.

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