The first time Solo ( Vaughn) breaks the 4th wall, and speaks directly to the TV audience, inviting us, the viewer to watch.
The small twin-engine aircraft the Thrush agents use is a Beechcraft Model 18, one of the world's most widely used light aircraft types in that era.
This story concerns a defecting THRUSH agent named Egon Stryker. Before deciding to pick up The Man From UNCLE, NBC considered another pilot for a possible spy series. The pilot movie was called, "Fanfare for a Death Scene," where the spy hero was named John Stryker.