Anybody remember/watch "Secret Agent" ("Danger Man")?

[Benzadmiral]

With the release of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. DVD set at last imminent, I'm thinking about comparing it to its contemporaries. Amazon, for example, has sets of the 1960s Patrick McGoohan vehicle "Secret Agent" ("Danger Man," in the U.K.) with 4 eps per set. From everything I've heard, they featured tricky plots, John LeCarre-style characters, great acting from McGoohan and others, and focused on a more realistic look at the spy game than did MfU and the early Bond films.

Anybody have these and/or watch them recently?
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[LaRondo]

Maxwell Smart?

[Dee8go]

I remember that show. I loved it.

[LaRondo]

77 Sunset Strip

[MTI]

McGoohan's role dovetailed nicely with the later "The Prisoner" series, which ran as a summer replacement in the US.

[Bill Wood]

Originally Posted by LaRondo

Maxwell Smart?

That video shows him driving a Fiat.
I thought he drove a Sunbeam Tiger in the original opening scenes.

[Dee8go]

Originally Posted by LaRondo

77 Sunset Strip

Don't forget Route 66 either. I think one came on right after the other, didn't it?

[PaulC]

Originally Posted by Benzadmiral

With the release of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. DVD set at last imminent, I'm thinking about comparing it to its contemporaries. Amazon, for example, has sets of the 1960s Patrick McGoohan vehicle "Secret Agent" ("Danger Man," in the U.K.) with 4 eps per set. From everything I've heard, they featured tricky plots, John LeCarre-style characters, great acting from McGoohan and others, and focused on a more realistic look at the spy game than did MfU and the early Bond films.

Anybody have these and/or watch them recently?
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I was a seven-year-old sitting cross-legged on the living room floor watching the show from an Admiral black-and-white TV. I still remember the shot of the 1958-60 T-Bird driving away in the opening credits. It also had the best theme song ever produced. Very dry humor, very British in style.

[cmac2012]

Haven't seen Secret Agent Man in ages but I did teach the guitar part of the theme song to my nephew when he was about 7 and now he's a budding young guit-box player at 17.

There's a man who leads of a life of danger,
Everyone he meets he stays a stranger,

(whoops) dar-da-dar-da-ta-dar, da-ta, darrrrrrr, dar, to dar, (guitar bit, I forget the rest of the words) We played it in my Jr. High rock n' roll band in the mid 60s.

[LaRondo]

Originally Posted by Webmaster

That video shows him driving a Fiat.
I thought he drove a Sunbeam Tiger in the original opening scenes.

I dunno about the Sunbeam, but in this clip it's a Alfa Romeo Spider.

[LaRondo]

The soundtrack is rippin' ... an iconic classic:

Secret Agent Man nice guitar riff ...

[PaulC]

In the original "Get Smart" series. Smart drove a Sunbeam Tiger, then the mini-Corvette Opel GT.

[MTI]

Will you accept Steve Carell as the new Maxwell Smart?

[Mark DiSilvestro]

In the mid '60s, I used to watch that show as "Danger Man' when my Dad was stationed in Lisbon, Portugal.
I especially remember the neat instrumental opening theme music, which unfortunately was replaced for the US-market by the corny rock 'n roll theme-song 'Secret Agent Man' by Johnny Rivers. A local bookstore recently had 'Danger Man' availible on DVD, but for around $120!

As for 'Get Smart', I seem to recall, Maxwell Smart also drove a Karmann-Ghia in some of the episodes.

Happy Motoring, Mark

[Bill Wood]

Originally Posted by LaRondo

I dunno about the Sunbeam, but in this clip it's a Alfa Romeo Spider.

You are correct. I don't know what possessed me to call it a Fiat!