U.N.C.L.E
Have been watching the first season of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" on DVD (yes, this is another show from long-ago childhood that I remember watching and enjoying, though I'm surprised I don't remember it as well as I did "The Prisoner". Must've been the rovers....) The first season ran in 1964. I was two years old, so probably the bits I remember are from the third season; "The Prisoner" ran in the U.S. in 1966.

Anyway, while enjoying the show, I've been making mental notes for "Adventure", etc., and have come to the following conclusions:

* Doc Archer didn't karate-chop enough people.

* We definitely didn't use poison/knock-out gas frequently enough.

* Nothing says "scenery-chewing" like William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Werner Kemperer (yes, the Commandant from "Hogan's Heroes") in the wonderfully whiplashed plot of "The Project Stigas Affair."

* Villains with secret installations must all use the same contractor for their ventilation systems.

* The 1963 Corvette was a very sexy car.

* American housewives make very good spies. (No surprise, really. It was the 60s, after all.)

* Reanimating Hitler has always been a bad idea.

* Never put the villain's radio tracker device on the collar of a dog who likes you.

* Griffith Observatory makes a great exterior set for a supervillain hideout. Heck, the road up the mountain even goes through a tunnel suitable for car chases and fight scenes.