This week at Flashbak, I also remembered young Kurt Russell's stint as Agent Zero-M in a series of early 1960s TV commercials.
Here's a snippet and the url (http://flashbak.com/kurt-russell-mattels-agent-zero-m-37967/):
"Although
some folks may point to the Beatles as the hottest pop culture phenomenon of
the 1960s, I would direct your attention instead to a gentleman with a license
to kill: James Bond, 007.
Think
about it. During the 1960s, President John
F. Kennedy was (famously) reading From Russia with Love by Ian
Fleming, Sean Connery became a mega-star after the third 007 film, Goldfinger
(1974), and many new TV series and films qualified as (politely-speaking) Bond
knock-offs.
Before
long, fans of secret agents could enjoy movie like those in the Dean Martin-fronted Matt
Helm franchise (1966-1969) or James Coburn’s Our Man Flint (1966) and In
Like Flint (1967).
And
on TV, the post-Bond spy boom gave the world The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968),
Get
Smart (1965-1970) and Mission: Impossible (1966-1973) to
name just a few spy-oriented productions.
But
there is one other secret agent of the 1960s worthy of mentioning today. He is much younger than Flint, Helm, or even Bond.
He
is agent Zero M…and he was memorably brought to life by none other than Kurt
Russell on no less than three occasions..."
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