Spy Stuff

Since I recently came out of the closet to you all as a rabid Man From U.N.C.L.E. fan, you might guess that the news I read in this morning's LA Times had me drooling. Opening this weekend at the Queen Mary in Long Beach is SPY-Fi, what is thought to be the world's largest collection of props from spy movies and TV shows.

From the private collection of Danny Biederman there are more than 400 items on display including Maxwell Smart's shoe phone from Get Smart, Jim West's blue suit from The Wild, Wild West, Emma Peel's leather pants and John Steed's bowler hat from The Avengers, Dr. No's tarantula, a self-destruction tape reel from Mission: Impossible, Kelly Robinson's tennis racket from I Spy, Dr. Evil's ring and the cryogenic chamber from Austin Powers and a pen communicator, a THRUSH rifle, THRUSH uniforms, U.N.C.L.E. pistol, badges and cigarette case tape recorder all from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The exhibit will be on display from this Saturday through sometime in September. I can't wait to go.