# Man from U.N.C.L.E. swish-pan decoded at last **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896 "2013-09-15T07:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/41 "2014-04-02T02:28:53Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Now that’s a surprise. I doubt if a b & w scene was colorized, so it must have been color to begin with, but made monochrome when needed. I wonder if the entire first season was filmed in color (perhaps to anticipate future TV), but made monochrome for broadcast? This is entirely possible. I know that there were both color and B&W versions of the first _ **Star Trek** _ pilot; for many years, it was thought that all color prints (or negatives) of it had been lost, and it was the B&W version that I saw when Roddenberry spoke at the College of St Catherine in St Paul in 1986 or '87. A color print (or negative) was discovered in a vault by happy accident a couple of years later and was released on video under its original title _ **The Cage** _ (to avoid confusion with the _ **TOS** _ two-parter “The Menagerie”). Some markets in those days (the 1960s) required different prints for broadcast; I know Canadian television used 16mm prints instead of the American 35mm. Whether they had to be in B&W as well, I can’t say. It’s possible, though, since there were so few color home sets up until 1966 or '67 even in the US, and those that were available were highly expensive and of mediocre quality. ---
**Author:** ![LD50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@LD50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LD50)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/42 "2014-04-02T02:36:07Z")
Interesting. Too bad there isn’t a clip of Espionage on Youtube. And now that I know where the ‘Fritz Weaver’ thing is in the Man From Uncle wipes, I don’t even have to go in slo-mo to see it. I see it for an instant at regular speed. If you imagine the entire wipe takes, say, 100 frames, it’s somewhere in the first 10 - 20 frames… very close to the start of the wipe. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/43 "2014-04-02T02:46:06Z")
> [@LD50](#): > > Interesting. Too bad there isn’t a clip of Espionage on Youtube. Yes, it is; I’d love to see some of the episodes myself. The full cast list contains a remarkable collection of period talent that includes Ian Fleming (!), Sian Phillips (Livia in _ **I, Claudius** _), Martin Balsam, Louise Sorrel (Rayna in _ **Star Trek** _), Bradford Dillman, Steven Hill (the original leader of the IMF on _ **Mission: Impossible** _), Anthony Quayle, Donald Pleasance, Bernard Lee (“M” of James Bond fame), Millicent Martin, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Neal, Diane Cilento (Sean Connery’s wife) … the list goes on and on! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/44 "2014-04-02T02:53:18Z")
One I find particularly amusing: Andrew Sachs (Manuel on _ **Fawlty Towers** _) is credited as “German Sergeant” in a 1963 episode! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LD50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@LD50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LD50)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/45 "2014-04-02T13:12:38Z")
Andrew Sachs as a German Sergeant!!! That I gotta see! He was great in Going Postal. ---
**Author:** ![LD50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@LD50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LD50)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/46 "2014-04-02T13:51:16Z")
Holy moly! I just watched Disc 5 of season 3. The Fritz Weaver lettering is reversed (mirrored) on a few wipes. But the background picture isn’t. The mystery continues. (I got the entire Man From Uncle collection as a b-day present from my kids this year. They knew I used to watch the shoe religiously with my dad back then.) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/47 "2014-04-02T21:52:30Z")
> [@LD50](#): > > They knew I used to watch the shoe religiously with my dad back then.) And your dad was Ed Sullivan? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/48 "2014-04-02T22:05:03Z")
^^:p ---
**Author:** ![LD50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@LD50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LD50)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/49 "2014-04-02T22:21:32Z")
That’s Mr. Edward Sullivan to you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/50 "2018-02-25T04:52:03Z")
Just in case anyone remembers this thread, the Tower Bridge with Fritz Weaver’s credit was cribbed from the unaired pilot for the series, originally titled ‘Solo.’ Instead of Mr. Waverly, played by Leo G. Carroll, the head of UNCLE is portrayed by Will Kuluva. I’m inferring from the posts above that this was not included with the DVD collection. And it was in color. I have a copy. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/51 "2018-02-25T05:19:32Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Just so long as the swirl is counter clockwise. Do we all get this one now? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/52 "2018-02-25T16:11:10Z")
That’s cool. I always liked Fritz Weaver. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/53 "2020-08-02T22:18:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > > [@TBG](#): > > > > Just so long as the swirl is counter clockwise. > > Do we all get this one now? 😉 No. . ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/54 "2020-08-02T22:38:01Z")
It’s a Seinfeld reference. Try Googling it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896/55 "2020-08-02T22:49:57Z")
Okay, I did. I found a video where George mentions a counter-clockwise swirl. Thanks. But I don’t like being reminded of Seinfeld characters “doing it”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-swish-pan-decoded-at-last/668896.md?page=2)