Tuesday 10 January 2012

NAPOLEAN SOLO....THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and the CORONATION STREET AFFAIR!!!!



hen i were a snotty kid and loved spies and all kinds of guys who shot baddies and blew up secret bases, JAMES BOND,obviously....GARRISONS GORILLAS a wartime telly version of the DIRTY DOZEN....But another favourite was the adventures of ILYA KURYAKEN and NAPOLEAN SOLO in the MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and their unending battle against the evil organisation THRUSH! The main character was NAPOLEAN SOLO,but ILYA KURYAKEN,originally a side character became an equal team. Solo was played by ROBERT VAUGHN who has appeared in every film and television show ever made....A real Hollywood star, currently he's been on a ruck of British telly stuff ,most recent being 'HUSTLE',which i have to confess never seeing. But he'll always be NAPOLEAN SOLO,THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. to me.


I don't know if its a move ,up ,down or sideways for a Hollywood star to become a member of the cast of ....CORONATION STREET!!!!.......I can see him outside the corner shop, or the 'Rovers' speaking into his little pen radio, saying those immortal words,"OPEN CHANNEL D"....Every show title was 'the something ,or oher AFFAIR!'.....So this is 'THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. in the CORONATION STREET AFFAIR!'


Whats next?......WILLIAM SHATNER/CAPTAIN KIRK in EMMERDALE(its life,Jim,but not as we know it!).......ADAM WEST/BATMAN in EASTENDERS,he managed GOTHAM CITY,but could he handle ALBERT SQUARE?


Its totally insane, but wonderful!

9 comments:

john said...

Great stuff Tim...laughed out loud at this...

Simon Ellinas said...

Love your original use of spelling, grammar and punctuation!

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

CHEERS jOHN AND SIMON ,I'M AN ORIGINAL ...RULES ARE MADE TO BE BUSTED!

Thud said...

I'd sooner see Kirk take on Phil Mitchell; my money would be on kirk.....as an aside I thought I was the only person who could remember Garrisons!

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

No way, my son,,,,Actor,Goniff, Chief n 'Casino ,i've even got the Dvd's ,how sad is that, eh? Very ,judging by the expression on the missus's face when i'm rolling round the floor making schmeisser machine gun noises and throwing underarm knives like Chief from his wrist holster while its on the telly. I loved it as a kid!

Thud said...

My Dad bought me the annual or at least he said it was for me just like all the commando and battle picture library mini books where for me....then he introduced me to Sven Hassel!

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

I remember the annual i can still visualise the cover ,but yeah now we're talking ,Sven Hassell;...Wheels of terror and liqidate Paris as we were waiting for school to break up and we could bring our games and books to read.

Thud said...

Ah the joys of childhood in the 60's and early 70's,,,explains quite a bit about the two of us.

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

It didnt end in the 70's i'm still reading me comics etc, your still reading your sci fi and making model planes ,nothings changed....up top we're still the snotty little kids, sadly down below we're the sad ol' farts.