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I Spy: A Tennis Pro, International Travel and Espionage! Now Streaming….

Chris Nersinger
6 min readNov 10, 2024
Above- video design for promoting the series via the streaming. Capturing all the action and thrilling elements of the series. Photo by You Tube

It’s Action, Thrills & Humor in a ’60s World…. Featuring Iconic Music by Earl Hagen-Classic TV Theme: I Spy (Earle Hagen)

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I Spy (1965-’68)-

Above- cover art for Gold Key’s long running series and adaptation for the Television show. This proving just how popular I Spy was. Photo by IMDB

Running for three glorious seasons and all in color. Starring Robert Culp as the tennis pro-Kelly and his sidekick and coach trainer played by Bill Cosby as Scotty. The latter, he is the brains and Kelly lives by his wits. The two together were dangerous, like an exploding cannonball or an unstable bottle of nitro….

Breaking tradition in many ways including a black actor in a leading role all with a globetrotting schedule that highlighted exotic locales. This was one loaded budget. High end production values on each & every weekly adventure and assignment. No stock footage. If the episode took place in Japan…

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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