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The Hot Number Affair
Singers Sonny and Cher portray garment-center employees who are swept up in a frantic quest for a THRUSH world-conquest report. Solo: Robert Vaughn. Illya: David McCallum. Parkaginian: George Tobias. Sighn: Ned Glass. Jay: Kelton Garwood., Sonny and Cher make their joint “dramatic” TV debut in this silly Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode. Sonny Bono is cast as Jerry, a fabric cutter and aspiring dress designer in New York’s garment district, while Cher plays a model named Ramona, who can’t remember what happened to a dress in which a coded version of a T.H.R.U.S.H. report was hidden. U.N.C.L.E. agents Solo and Illya try to prevent Jerry and Ramona from falling into the hands of the enemy — though judging by the quality of the duo’s acting, that might not have been such a bad thing. The episode’s biggest laughs are provided by those old pros George Tobias and Ned Glass as eternally kvetching business partners Parkaginian and Sighn. For the benefit of those not interested in international espionage, Sonny and Cher’s hit songs “I Got You, Babe” and “The Beat Goes On” can be heard in the background. Written by Joseph Cavella and Carol Cavella, “The Hot Number Affair” originally aired on March 10, 1967.
