With the real life crisis involving actor Ross Martin, who had suffered a heart attack, the Producers of WWW needed to act quickly. Martin could not appear on the show, so the first order of business was to find a temporary replacement for character "Artemis Gordon".
We get character "Jeremy Pike", well played by actor Charles Aidman. Pike will show up in some four episodes of the Wild Wild West; this is his first.
And for this story, the Producers also bring on guest star Pat Paulsen. He plays new-to-the-field Secret Service Agent "Bosley Cranston", who possesses a photographic memory ("The Camera").
It is hard to overstate the enormous popularity of Pat Paulsen in the late 1960's. Paulsen was a regular on "The Smothers Brothers" comedy/variety show. But his major claim to fame started as a spoof. "Pat Paulsen for President of The United States" was a humorous satire that suddenly took on real political significance. Automobiles all over the country sported "Paulsen For President" bumper stickers.
So bringing in Pat Paulsen was a master stroke for the Producers of WWW. It would ensure a large viewership.
Now, some fifty years later; the late Pat Paulsen doesn't have the recognition that he held in 1968.
So this episode is watchable, but at times it drags a bit. Especially when Cranston and James West are climbing the scaffold to the second floor of the mansion, then hanging from their drop lines as the bad guys enter the room. It takes too long.
It's not a spoiler to say that the clumsy, timid Bosley Cranston will win in the end, but it takes a long time to get there.
Very watchable, I rate "The Night of the Camera" 7 stars.