The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair

Episode aired Feb 1, 1965
TV-G
51m

IMDb RATING

8.8/10

240

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Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller

The mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the ... Read allThe mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the eve of an important conference where UNCLE will host leaders from around the world. Meanwh... Read allThe mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the eve of an important conference where UNCLE will host leaders from around the world. Meanwhile, Thrush's Dr. Egret and Riley, a Thrush mole inside UNCLE, conspire to assassinate the... Read all

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IMDb RATING

8.8/10

240

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The 'Laser Beam' defense deployed on the roof is a two-handed blaster 'rifle', first seen in Forbidden Planet (1956), mounted upside-down.

Goofs
When Solo & Kuryakin climb down the elevator cables, the cables not only look like rope, they are slack instead of taut and move in a way that clearly shows that they are made of fiber, not steel.

Quotes
[Kay can't explain how she got into U.N.C.L.E. headquarters]
Illya Kuryakin: I ran a check on the girl's identification. No holes in the story so far.
Napoleon Solo: Which may only mean she has a good cover. Guess we'll have to try the Jekyll-Hyde routine.
Illya Kuryakin: Well, she's an attractive girl. Why don't I be her friend and companion this time? You haven't played the villain for a long time.
Napoleon Solo: Well, that's only because you do it so much better than I do.
Illya Kuryakin: Hmm, the penalty of playing my part successfully. Now I'm typecast?
Napoleon Solo: That's right.
Illya Kuryakin: Well, I'd better go and snarl at her. You will come to her rescue soon, won't you? I'm always afraid I might get carried away with the role.

Connections
References Forbidden Planet (1956)

Soundtracks
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith

User reviews3

Featured review

9/10

RICHARD HAYDN AT UNCLE AT THEIR BEST

Richard Haydn (not, curiously, employing his "Carp" nasal intonations) plays a practical joker named Hemingway wreaking havoc on U. N. C. L. E. Headquarters.

Zoran Lampert plays an innocent bystander caught in one of his pranks who becomes UNCLE'S prisoner. The voice and attitude she adopts is annoying.

So who is the mysterious Hemingway? A THRUSH agent or someone working on his own to embarrass UNCLE just as it's preparing to host a big conference?

And is he connected to a simultaneous plot devised by the strangely underutilized Lee Meriwether?

Haydn's insoucuance is wonderful, esp. As he strolls unmolested and unconcerned through the halls of UNCLE. And asks Solo for directions. I wish they'd used him more often.

A smile-inducing episode.

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