The A-Team: The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair

Air Date

Friday October 31, 1986

Production Code

1512

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  8.5 Great

  Is the best way to re-invigorate a show using an old show as a template? hide show

  I suppose this show is more of a homage to "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." than an A-Team episode. What strikes me is why would they do a homage to a show that starred one of the newer cast members? Really, I love Robert Vaughan as much as the next guy, but less than ten episodes in on his stint in this show we need to revisit his old show?
  
  With that said, and having never seen "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." or any of it's subsequent versions, I thought this was a fairly unique episode. Unique is not always good, and the fifth season of a show is both the time to be unique and the time to play it safe. I enjoy David Macullum (even if I spell his name wrong) and I, of course, enjoy Robert Vaughan, so it's nice to see the episode revolve around them. The A-Team gets to do all their usual stuff in the course of the episode, but the framing is a little different, the tone is a little different...the episode is, well, different.
  
  I suppose that's about the best thing that can be said. It's really different, but somehow still the A-Team (or at least fifth season A-Team.)

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• Stars

  • Robert Vaughn General Hunt Stockwell
  • Dirk Benedict Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck
  • Mr. T Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus
  • George Peppard Col. John "Hannibal" Smith
  • Eddie Velez Frankie "Dishpan" Santana
  • Dwight Schultz Captain H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock

• Guest Cast

  • Pearl Huang Chinese Maid
  • April Wayne Lydia
  • Hon Pare Assistant Director
  • David Gamburg Russian Guard
  • Wendy Gordon Anchorwoman
  • Robert Covarobins Cuban Officer
  • Debra Sandlund Train Guide
  • Eric Goldner Borofsky
  • James Saito Kwai Li
  • Toni Attel Reynolds
  • David McCallum Ivan

• Unit Production Managers

  • John Peter Kousakis Unit Production Manager

• Location Managers

  • Gary Degalla Location Manager

• Production Coordinators

  • Valerie Mickaelian Production Coordinator

• Costumers

  • Jered Edd Green Costumer
  • Joy M. Tierney Costumer

• Casting Executives

  • Simon Ayer Casting Executive

• Hairstylists

  • Elizabeth Rabe Hairstylist

• Re-Recording Mixers

  • Nick Alphin Re-Recording Mixer
  • Robert L. Harman Re-Recording Mixer
  • Jim Cook Re-Recording Mixer
  • Walt Disney Sound Re-Recording Mixer

• Executive In Charge Of Productions

  • Matthew N. Herman Executive in Charge of Production
  • Gary Winter Executive in Charge of Production

• Recurring Roles

  • Judith Ledford Carla

• Special Effects Coordinators

  • Dick Wahrman Special Effects Coordinator
Episode Cast and Crew Details

• When Murdock checked his watch stating it was o-five hundred, there was a lot of sunlight for that hour. [edit]
• Murdock's Shirts say:
  
  "Wong For The Road -- Chinese Delivery" and
  "I Love L.A." [edit]
• Goof:
  When you see the dial on the safe, it changes throughout the episode. Once it's black with white numbers and at one point it's silver with black numbers. [edit]

• David McCallum is billed as Special Guest Star. [edit]
• Music:
  Most of the music in this episode was from Frank Sinatra. The songs include:
  "It Was a Very Good Year," "When Somebody Loves You," "Call Me Irresponsible," and "Young at Heart." [edit]

• Carla: We have a major problem, general Stockwell is missing. He's been missing since 06:00, we found his car - empty.
  Hannibal: Maybe he went to the movies. [edit]
• B.A.: I can't take no more of this jukebox music!
  Frankie: Hey, be careful with that! It belongs to my cousin.
  B.A.: If you crank it up one more time, it belongs to the garbage man. [edit]
• Hannibal: I don't like party crashers.
  Thug: I have nothing to say! We are with the Russian consulate.
  Hannibal: Talk up or I'll turn you into borscht.
  Thug: We have diplomatic immunity!
  Hannibal: Not from me, you don't. [edit]

• This episode has a mulitude of references to co-star Robert Vaughn's former series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. including a guest appearence by his co-star David McCallum, the word 'Uncle' in the title, the format of the episode title ("U.N.C.L.E." episode titles were usually in the format of 'The Subject Of This Week's Episode Affair'), Vaughn opening Channel D, and the bright swirly lights which seperated the episode scenes. [edit]