THE MAN FROM A.U.N.T.I.E.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C. L.E.
1964-1968 NBC

TV series that was part of the secret agent fad of the mid sixties featuring Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Ilya Kuryakin (David McCallum) who worked for the secret agency United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. The acronym part was spoofed in numerous places, most notably on Get Smart.

This was a lunchbox for the show drawn by Mad artist Jack Davis. There might have been art on the Thermos inside but I don't have that.

THE MAN FROM A.U.N.T.I.E.
MAD #96, July 1965
w: Arnie Kogen
a: Mort Drucker

The rival organization was THRUSH, Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.

Their boss was played by Leo G. Carroll.

The enemy is Sean Connery as James Bond.

RIVAL T.V. SHOWS CRY U.N.C.L.E.
Cracked #46, September 1965
a: McCarthy (John Severin)

Marshall Dillon (James Arness) was the lead in Gunsmoke.

VAUGHN-MCCALLUM ROLES OF THE FUTURE
Cracked #58, February 1967
a: John Severin