U.N.C.L.E. on Region 2 DVD. U.N.C.L.E. in popular culture Television and film Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (which replaced U.N.C.L.E.) in its premiere episode Jan. 22, 1968 one week after the final episode of U.N.C.L.E. aired during the cocktail party sketch has Man From Uncle as the punch line of the final joke, prompting Leo G. Carroll in a cameo as the bartender to pull out a radio pen and say into it, "Kuryakin, get over here fast. I think I've found THRUSH headquarters at last!" MGM's 1966 production The Glass Bottom Boat contains a scene in which Paul Lynde dresses up as a woman so that he can follow Doris Day, whom he suspects is an enemy agent, into the Ladies' Room. As he makes his way through a crowded party, he passes the bar - at which Robert Vaughn is standing in evening dress. The musical score strikes up the Man from U.N.C.L.E. theme as Napoleon Solo gives the Lynde character a bemused once-over. In 1967, MGM released a theatrical Tom & Jerry short produced and directed by Chuck Jones titled "The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R." paid homage to the show, with Jerry as a secret agent JERRY-AKIN 00 1/7", [a pun on both Illya Kuryakin and James Bond] tasked with the mission of retrieving a sizeable stash of cheese from the villainous Tom Thrush (portrayed by Tom). References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled "The Man from My Uncle". References in other television shows have continued over the years, including a 2010 episode of Mad Men called "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword". It has also been referenced in other television shows including Get Smart and Angry Beavers,. The TV show My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) also used CRUSH as the name of the evil spy organization, spoofing THRUSH in two episodes. In the season two episode "006 3/4", Tim finds a distress note from Agent 006 of Top Secret, who is being tracked by CRUSH. Top Secret asks Tim to assist Agent 004, to save 006. In the season three episode "Butterball" Uncle Martin must rescue Tim who is kidnapped by Butterball. A 1966 episode of The Avengers was titled "The Girl from AUNTIE". AUNTIE was the name used by Mad Magazine in its parody of the Man From U.N.C.L.E.