The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

September 22, 1964 –

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, who kept the world safe on The Man from U.N.C.L.E, made their first appearance on NBC-TV on this date.

There was a dispute over what the name of the villainous spy agency would be. The original name was THRUSH, but it was felt that this was too close to the name of the Russian spy agency SMERSH, so the studio ordered a name change for the film version. Hence, the name was replaced by “WASP” for the film version, and Robert Vaughn dubbed the word into the dialogue for all characters. The name THRUSH, was used for the rest of the series though.