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I failed to mention yesterday, the passing of actor Robert Vaughn. From
1964-68 he starred in one of my favorite tv shows, The Man From
U.N.C.L.E. What started as a mostly serious James Bond imitator
eventually devolved into campiness…but for a kid in elementary
school…this was good tv. From the secret entrance in Del Florio's
Tailor Shop…to the cool gadgets like the pen communicators (“open
Channel D” became a catch phrase and had us all talking into our BICS).
The suaveness of Vaughn's character Napoleon Solo (cool name too) and
the total coolness of his Russian counterpart Ilya Kuriakin (played by
David McCallum) was like catnip. The plots got pretty silly near the end
and most of us had moved to other things by 1968…but for a couple of
years “The Man From UNCLE delivered the goods. They also had UNCLE books, toys and other merchandise available. I have a record album of the music from the show.

Have you tried the Uber Nacht beer from Bull Falls yet? Pretty tasty…only available on tap at the taproom or in large bottles available there as well.

The high school girls basketball season begins tonight. Among the matchups is Eau Claire North at DC Everest. You can hear that game on Foxsports Radio AM1390 & FM 93.9 at 7:20. My first broadcast will be Thursday night as Wausau East hosts Mosinee.

Spash grads had good nights on the basketball floor last night. Sam Hauser went 3-4 from three point range and scored 10 in Marquette's win over Howard. Trevor Anderson led UWGB with 14 points in their loss out west against Pacifac 76-58. The Phoenix played at 1am as part of ESPN's 24 hour hoops marathon. The Badgers play tonight at Creighton. You can watch the game on FS1 at 7:30 or hear the game on WSAU with the pregame at 6:30.

Songs Of The Day (from my I-pod)

Spill The Wine-Eric Burdon & War (1970) who cares what it's about when it's this damn funky…man could War lay down a groove! From the “Eric Burdon Declares War” LP.

Spin On A Red Brick Floor-Nanci Griffith (1984) A little more country added into her Texas folk roots in a tribute to Texas live music spot Anderson Fair (she recorded a live album there a few years later)…this is from the “Once In A Very Blue Moon” LP.

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