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by Aaron Brophy | August 26, 2015 · 7:40 pm

Hot-Blooded Girls And The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’s Illya Kuryakin

David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin

The return of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. franchise has been a mixed blessing in the Risky Fuel household.

Particularly because one half of Team Fuel (Sarah) has a deep, borderline “problem” level crush on the original television show’s thoughtful, mysterious Russian spy character Illya Kuryakin, who was played by David McCallum.

In the film reboot Kuryakin is entirely different, a musclebound lurch played by Armie Hammer.

Sarah’s having a hard time accepting the new version of Illya, which may be putting her at odds with a whole new generation of U.N.C.L.E. fans.

She wrote about this quandary in her first piece for The A.V. Club.

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by Aaron Brophy | August 21, 2015 · 11:29 am

6 Best Musician Appearances On Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Sonny and Cher on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

The original Man From U.N.C.L.E. television show from the 1960s frequently featured cameos from pop stars of various sorts.

When Sarah emerged from her U.N.C.L.E.-obsessed cocoon over the last couple weeks one of the things she emerged with was a list of all the musicians who made appearances on the camp spy show.

She turned that into a list of the best musician appearances on Man From U.N.C.L.E. in an article for Paste Magazine.

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by Aaron Brophy | August 12, 2015 · 3:51 pm

Roddy Piper Remembered

Roddy Piper

When pro wrestler/actor/entertainer Roddy Piper died on July 31 it sent a whole world who grew up on his moral grey area villainy in mourning.

He was, after all, The Joker to Hulk Hogan’s Batman, a villain in name, but more like a yin to Hogan’s yang. In hindsight he was also a was more rich and awesome character than the titular head of Hulkamania.

Sarah wrote a eulogy about Piper explaining this truth and more for Fightland.