I Spy (1965 TV series)

I Spy is an American television series about the two secret agents Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott. Robinson may occur if tennis player and Scott as his trainer. This identity allows them to travel the world calmly. The series was broadcast in the United States between 1965 and 1968 and was also between 1967 and 1970 on the Dutch television. ==Plot[ Edit] == Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott as secret agent working for the Pentagon. They work undercover and have adopted the identity of a professional tennis player and his trainer. They appear as talented amateurs and playing for money against people with lots of money but little talent. In reality keep Scott and Robinson engaged in fighting gangsters and foreign spies commissioned by the u.s. Government. Scott or "Scotty" as he usually is called is the thinker of the team, he speaks its languages fluently and although he has less experience than Kelly knows he often the solution. Kelly is the more athletic agent. Except he excels in tennis in more sports. He is more experienced than Scott, and employs more often to his charms. He plays to the outside world the playboy. ==Production[ Edit] == Double Agent was clearly inspired by the James Bond movies, certainly by using multiple exotic locations. Unlike series where use was made of so-called ' stock ' recordings, the series really included in Rome, for example, Japanor Morocco. Humor played a big part and especially the chemistry between Robert Culp and Bill Cosby worked well. Initially it was intended that Culp in the series next to an older actor would get those more as a mentor-coach would occur. The producer of the series, Sheldon Leonard, however, had Bill Cosby see occur if stand-up comedian. He was so impressed that he changed the design of the series and of Robinson and Scott equivalent characters made. The fact that Cosby as African American a leading role in a television series in the late 1960s was very groundbreaking. In the series, by the way, the element "race" played no role. Although the series somewhat leaned on the success of James Bond was the series, despite the humor, realistic. Both men rely on their fists and pistol but not on all kinds of devices and gadgets. Also showed the series things like heroin addiction and played an episode in the war-plagued Viet Nam. The Dutch title of the series: double agent refers to the fact that there are two spies, but works on the other side confusing because a ' double agent ' in fact a spy who both for his own country as that of the enemy works. In the series, however, is not the case. The American Title: I Spy, is derived from the nursery rhyme that the Dutch know as: "I see, I see what you do not see". In English is that: I spy with my little eye something that begins with.. " ==Feature film[ Edit] == In 2002, there was also a feature film released by I Spy, directed by Betty Thomas and with Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson in the leading roles.