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[] and Robert Culp appear on the cover of the new 2007 I SPY: A History to the Groundreaking Television Series.]]

I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and teamed Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott. The characters' travels as ostensible "tennis bums", playing talented tennis as amateurs with the wealthy in return for food and lodging, provided a cover story concealing their roles as top agents for the Pentagon. Their real work usually kept them busy chasing villains, spies, and beautiful women.