Exotic locations! Spy gadgets! Suave secret agents taking down enemy... zombies? With "THE VERY IMPORTANT ZOMBIE AFFAIR", an episode of the hit 1960s TV show THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., the Zombie Strains team ventures into uncharted territory: the satirical superspy genre. Napoleon Solo and his sidekick Ilya go up against a Caribbean dictator whose favorite method of oppression is zombification. Will our heroes take out the villain without becoming zombies themselves? Tune in on your shoe phone or favorite podcast app to find out.

Show Notes:

Original broadcast date: December 31, 1965

1956-66 TV ratings

Ian Flemings involvement with THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

Gerald Fried obituary

Robert Vaughn obituary

David McCallum obituary

Ian Fleming's Mr. Solo

Theme music composed by Neil Dube.

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