Post #490906 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 7:27 PM

OK, I have got a story for you....

Growing up in the 60s I loved Spy shows, when other kids were watching cartoons I was watching Secret Agent, I Spy, Avengers, etc.
But I loved the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." & "The Prisoner" blew my mind, I really dug these shows & caught them when first run.

So fast forward to the early 70's, My family had moved to Newport Beach, Ca. I am now a teenager, We had a family friend named
Kevin Donnelly who was at the time an A.D. on many TV shows, later he would do Stunt & 2nd Unit Director duties on movies like, Point Break,Navy seals, Blue Thunder and later Temple of Doom, etc.

My Parents get a call from Kevin saying he is down the street with a production crew filming an episode of Columbo, He wanted to know if I would like to help out on the set for a couple of days, After about a 100th of a second, thinking about it, I agreed & rushed out to meet him.

The set was just at the end of the street I lived on, so minutes later I am being entroduced to the director "Patrick McGoohan" YES star of "The Prisoner" Star Peter Falk & Guest star "Robert Vaughn" Yes Napoleon Solo himself.

MY MIND WAS BLOWN!!!

I did not get all fanboy on them, I was very nervous being around my childhood hero's but I was there to work on a TV set for a couple of days
It was as cool as Flint, and one of the moments you always remember.

Just thought I would share with you all.