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Characters appearing on one show to promote another from the same producers on the same network goes back to 1960s, beginning with The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction.
It was also TBH that pioneered the multi-story arc concept, even though it was a sitcom. A good example of this is the 5-part story in which the Clampetts buy a castle in England, before returning to Beverly Hills where Jethro runs through the woods dressed as Robin Hood! There were a number of others such as when Jed bought a movie studio in 1964, and the women's lib storyline in 1971 when Granny, Ellie May, Jane Hathaway and other women go on strike!
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'s second season introduced agents April Dancer and her partner Mark Slate, as played by Mary Ann Mobley and Norman Fell in "The Moonglow Affair". Next year The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. series premiered with Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison as April and Mark.
On the original series, in one episode "The Galatea Affair" guest-starring Joan Collins in two roles and Harrison, Mark Slate teamed up with Ilya Kuryakin in that story. Napoleon Solo wasn't seen until the end when he walks into Mr. Waverly's office with his arm in a sling, since Solo had been injured on an another assignment.
Meanwhile, in one of the funniest episodes of the spinoff series "The Mother Muffin Affair", 79 year-old Boris Karloff appeared in drag as the villianous Mother Muffin! Robert Vaughn guest-starred as Napoleon Solo, helping April on her latest case. None of these were crossovers, however. Now if only both U.N.C.L.E. series would be released on DVD!! 46 of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'s 104 episodes were released on 23 VHS tapes back in the 1990s, and back in New Jersey I have most of them in cold storage.
While on break from filming The Man from U.N.C.L.E. a year later, Robert Vaughn played a former CIA agent in a movie ironically called "The Venetian Affair". Frequent U.N.C.L.E. hottie Luciana Paluzzi co-starred along with Boris Karloff.
It was also TBH that pioneered the multi-story arc concept, even though it was a sitcom. A good example of this is the 5-part story in which the Clampetts buy a castle in England, before returning to Beverly Hills where Jethro runs through the woods dressed as Robin Hood! There were a number of others such as when Jed bought a movie studio in 1964, and the women's lib storyline in 1971 when Granny, Ellie May, Jane Hathaway and other women go on strike!
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'s second season introduced agents April Dancer and her partner Mark Slate, as played by Mary Ann Mobley and Norman Fell in "The Moonglow Affair". Next year The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. series premiered with Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison as April and Mark.
On the original series, in one episode "The Galatea Affair" guest-starring Joan Collins in two roles and Harrison, Mark Slate teamed up with Ilya Kuryakin in that story. Napoleon Solo wasn't seen until the end when he walks into Mr. Waverly's office with his arm in a sling, since Solo had been injured on an another assignment.
Meanwhile, in one of the funniest episodes of the spinoff series "The Mother Muffin Affair", 79 year-old Boris Karloff appeared in drag as the villianous Mother Muffin! Robert Vaughn guest-starred as Napoleon Solo, helping April on her latest case. None of these were crossovers, however. Now if only both U.N.C.L.E. series would be released on DVD!! 46 of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'s 104 episodes were released on 23 VHS tapes back in the 1990s, and back in New Jersey I have most of them in cold storage.
While on break from filming The Man from U.N.C.L.E. a year later, Robert Vaughn played a former CIA agent in a movie ironically called "The Venetian Affair". Frequent U.N.C.L.E. hottie Luciana Paluzzi co-starred along with Boris Karloff.
