One of the smartest shows of the 70s. Great cast, good storylines and a terrific opening theme number on par with the James Bond theme. Loved watching this show back in my teens!
Even Peter Graves himself expressed his disgust about how Jon Voight played Phelps as a traitor. They asked Graves to reprise his role for the 1996 movie, but turned it down when Jon turned the Phelps character into a traitor. Martin Landau told MTV in a 2009 interview that having Brian De Palma kill off Phelps' latest team leaving Tom Cruise the survivor, and Landau was against it. Landau states that 'Mission' is a mind game, not a action-adventure game. Landau passed on the movie, and said the script wasn't very good either.
What has happened to good shows like this? It had a real plot, was funny at times, suspenseful, everything one could ask for in a show. Can someone please bring back television like this to actual television, not pay as you go streaming services.
"This USB drive will self-destruct in 5 seconds..." If Jim Phelps continued the mission today and used current media. R.I.P. Peter Graves (1926-2010), great actor.
Some of the best TV ever. Truly incredible music and acting.....the best. No-one will surpass the brilliant Peter Graves, aka Jim Phelps, and his team.
This is the real and only Mission: Impossible. Good times watching this as a kid. I can't believe that people who watch the Tom Cruise garbage are completely oblivious to the existence of the (much better) original.
Wow, amazing -- I had recorded this exact same opening during 1972 and put a lot of stuff on that cassette tape from television and radio, playing it over and over again -- then to find this "Premiere Kurkoska and his daughter, Anna," clip all these years later out here on CZcams is simply fantastic. "Good luck, Jim."
During my college years I spent one summer on the campus. The ladies had one TV. On Sunday evenings we scooted into town ( 4miles away) to go to the Dairy Queen. We timed it so we would get back just in time to see the match lighting the fuse!! We didn't miss Mission Impossible!! I bought one season... Sure wish one of the channels would show it!! 💥💥💥
This was a great show and it won a bunch of Emmys. They had good writers and most of the espionage and infiltration ideas the team used were really well done. Unfortunately, Paramount got cheap in the 5th season and started phasing out the international missions because there were more expensive to make.
What international missions? They never left the United States to shoot that so-called international missions. This was revealed by Peter Graves himself.
@@witkamp6619 Many of the missions were international. The team would often go to foreign countries for their missions. Of course, since they never left the United States, they had to build and/or dress sets to make the locations look foreign, which is probably what the OP means. Just because they never left the country doesn't mean the show wasn't expensive to make, so don't put words in other people's mouths. Besides, the reason Peter Graves gave for Paramount phasing out international missions is that young people complained about the Vietnam War, so Paramount decided that interfering with the affairs of other countries wasn't nice, so starting in Season 5, they had the IMF facing American gangsters.
When I was a kid, the opening tape sequence really helped me understand the plot. In shows like Man from Uncle, although cool within its own framework, it was sometimes hard to understand the storyline for me at such a young age. Granted, Uncle got sillier as the series aged to appeal to youngsters, but MI could maintain a solid adult audience while having the kids right there and glued on those weekends.
The voice on the recording always said "Jim, your mission, *should you choose to accept it...* I always wondered what would happen if Jim Phelps or Dan Briggs ever declined to do a mission.
Brian Tim If the mission wasn’t accepted, they would simply shelve the episode. More often than not, the B-team which accepted the assignment were caught or killed. The government would never acknowledge any association with team members, but did do several prisoner exchanges.
Come to think of it, the Paramount should be able to resurrect Mission Impossible TV Series as the third one in near future. I also heard Daniel Craig's retirement on James Bond's biggest role. If that guy could BE a new main actor, it will be amazing. With PPK still on his hand like Bond from before.
2:05 Hold the phone!!!! THE...LEONARD NIMOY??!!! Used to watch this show just for the self destruct, now I have to watch it for Mr. Spock himself! Even without the pointed ears, you can recognize him right off.
Nimoy replaced Martin Landau in season 4 as the "master of disguise". (Landau and Bain left after season 3 following a contract dispute. ) He only stayed for 2 seasons, because the production team was going through changes of its own, and he (Nimoy) felt he wasn't being given enough to do.
They should never have tarnished the Jim Phelps character by making him the villain in MI:1. Big mistake, and unnecessary, too. It would've been just as easy to make the villain not Phelps but someone who mentored Phelps, for example, and was legendary in the IMF, someone who all IMF members knew and respected. That would've kept the Phelps name alive and also not incriminated him into the scheme of villainy from which the name is now forever linked. Sad.
Totally agree. It's an insult to the character and pretty much invalidates the entire 7 year series. These movies that are made from old TV shows almost never do the original series justice.
I agree that it was a real kick in the balls to make Phelps the villain, but I'm almost positive this was done by Hollywood so they could rid themselves of any baggage from the TV series, thereby allowing Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt) to take over as the lead character. Like so many other blockbuster films (particularly those dealing with spy action), Hollywood feels that the film won't get butts in seats if the lead role isn't young and attractive
I always separate the classic TV series from those bogus movies. The Jim Phelps of the television series and the movie Jim Phelps aren't the same person. I was disappointed when I saw the first Mission Impossible movie and the second one was worst than the first one. Those movies are the classic example of leave well enough alone. The TV series stood and stands on its own merit. Bruce Geller was a genius.
I was 10 years old, the show came on Sunday nite at 10:00pm.Loved the show so much,my parents would let me stay up to watch it.My bedtime was 9:00pm on a school nite.Looked foward to Sunday nite and staying up til 11:00pm!! What a fun time!
I remember this one "Decoy" they go behind the Iron Curtain to rescue Anna and get the document the fast hot rod rolling out the back of the hearse with Jim and Anna right under the mind protected gate at the boarder
You know that little straw-like bendy camera they had? I heard a rumor that an FBI agent approached one of the show’s producers said angrily said “HOW did you hear about that!? WHO told you!?”
*In my version if Tetsuya Nomura wishes to bring Kingdom Hearts games on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One* Good morning Mr. Nomura The Nintendo Switch sales are growing even more faster than we predicted, probably because you’ve ported Final Fantasy games on the system including the original FFVII. Some owners of the hybrid Nintendo system wish to have Kingdom Hearts on the go now that KH3 is already finished 7 months ago. We also know that the Nintendo Switch supports Unreal Engine 4 which was used for the lastest Kingdom Hearts on PS4 and Xbox one. The Nintendo Switch might not be powerful than the other systems but it will have a 64gb cartridge which might be useful to put bigger games. Your mission should choose to accept it is to first port the KH HD remix 1.5 and 2.5 on Nintendo Switch and Xbox one, same for 2.8 and making sure KH3 could run on the Nintendo system without massive graphic downgrades. As always should you or any of your SquareEnix development team members being caught or eliminated, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. The message will self destruct in 5 seconds. Good luck Tetsuya.
How would tom Cruise have made his fame and fortune if MI had flopped? Peter Graves and the tallented cast of characters and the writters and that iconic music has made Cruise his own Bond.
Great show and great writers !!! The recent 20 year idiot corruption turned Mr. Philips into a traitor, in one of the Tom Cruise movies , which should never had happened !!! Part of the Hollywoo devils to destory a good man , Mr. Philips and Peter Graves portrayal of this good man !!!
I'm wondering how many people new that Steven Hill (recently of "Law and Order" and - now, unfortunately, deceased) was Jim Briggs, the IMF leader in the first season of the show? (Graves replaced him in the second season)
Jim Phelps is majestic, relies purely on tactics, reality & brainy conduct. Ethan Hunt relies on action & playing like an unbeatable superhero. Jim Phelps is far, far more better.
It is TRULY sad that great shows like this no longer exists 🥺
um.. it does.
One of the smartest shows of the 70s. Great cast, good storylines and a terrific opening theme number on par with the James Bond theme. Loved watching this show back in my teens!
60s. Started in '66.
Greg Morris walked out of the cinema when he saw that Phelps was a villain in the first Cruise film. This clip is one reason why.
Even Peter Graves himself expressed his disgust about how Jon Voight played Phelps as a traitor. They asked Graves to reprise his role for the 1996 movie, but turned it down when Jon turned the Phelps character into a traitor. Martin Landau told MTV in a 2009 interview that having Brian De Palma kill off Phelps' latest team leaving Tom Cruise the survivor, and Landau was against it. Landau states that 'Mission' is a mind game, not a action-adventure game. Landau passed on the movie, and said the script wasn't very good either.
Peter Graves was so cool!
What has happened to good shows like this? It had a real plot, was funny at times, suspenseful, everything one could ask for in a show. Can someone please bring back television like this to actual television, not pay as you go streaming services.
"This USB drive will self-destruct in 5 seconds..."
If Jim Phelps continued the mission today and used current media.
R.I.P. Peter Graves (1926-2010), great actor.
More like this cloud storage will self-destruct never
Peter Graves was a good man, a dedicated Christian.
Some of the best TV ever. Truly incredible music and acting.....the best. No-one will surpass the brilliant Peter Graves, aka Jim Phelps, and his team.
I like all the coded conversation before Jim finding the tapes. You have to listen carefully.
Back when "Mission Impossible" meant more than just a stunt show with Tom Cruise
You mean his really long game of “Hide and seek and pull off the stunts”?
This is the real and only Mission: Impossible. Good times watching this as a kid. I can't believe that people who watch the Tom Cruise garbage are completely oblivious to the existence of the (much better) original.
That was one kool show!!
Brillant Show thank You Do Much For Posting. 🤗⚘🤗⚘🤗⚘🤗⚘
Unforgettables memories...
Brilliant series....amazing music as well.
We know!
Wow, amazing -- I had recorded this exact same opening during 1972 and put a lot of stuff on that cassette tape from television and radio, playing it over and over again -- then to find this "Premiere Kurkoska and his daughter, Anna," clip all these years later out here on CZcams is simply fantastic.
"Good luck, Jim."
You got that right Peter Graves was the best
Loved this show!
During my college years I spent one summer on the campus. The ladies had one TV. On Sunday evenings we scooted into town ( 4miles away) to go to the Dairy Queen. We timed it so we would get back just in time to see the match lighting the fuse!! We didn't miss Mission Impossible!! I bought one season... Sure wish one of the channels would show it!! 💥💥💥
@@janeiwasduncan8463
Pluto TV does show it.👍
This was a great episode!!
Those were the days!!!beautiful shows.❤👋👋👋
Still the most exciting TV and movie theme. IMO
Que chulada de serie , Gracias.
As a kid maybe 8 years old watching this it always freaked me out when they did the thing with the rubber masks.
This was a great show and it won a bunch of Emmys. They had good writers and most of the espionage and infiltration ideas the team used were really well done. Unfortunately, Paramount got cheap in the 5th season and started phasing out the international missions because there were more expensive to make.
What international missions? They never left the United States to shoot that so-called international missions. This was revealed by Peter Graves himself.
@@witkamp6619 Many of the missions were international. The team would often go to foreign countries for their missions. Of course, since they never left the United States, they had to build and/or dress sets to make the locations look foreign, which is probably what the OP means. Just because they never left the country doesn't mean the show wasn't expensive to make, so don't put words in other people's mouths. Besides, the reason Peter Graves gave for Paramount phasing out international missions is that young people complained about the Vietnam War, so Paramount decided that interfering with the affairs of other countries wasn't nice, so starting in Season 5, they had the IMF facing American gangsters.
Good morning Mr. Phelps. World politics in 2017 are almost the same as they were in 1970. Good luck Jim.
Rest in Peace Jim 🙏🕯😇❤️
Brilliant series.
When I was a kid, the opening tape sequence really helped me understand the plot. In shows like Man from Uncle, although cool within its own framework, it was sometimes hard to understand the storyline for me at such a young age. Granted, Uncle got sillier as the series aged to appeal to youngsters, but MI could maintain a solid adult audience while having the kids right there and glued on those weekends.
Peter Graves,a great friend from Buffalo NY
Jim Phelps the legendary IMF leader
Who was forever Disgraced by The 1996 Movie
There is wisdom (Graves) and youth (Cruise). DO NOT CONFUSE THE TWO. Also Mr. Graves team was INFINITELY SMARTER!!!!!!
Ethan doesn't have a team that thinks. Phelps did.
Watch Ghost Protocol. Ethan is smarter
@@strikerbowls791 I very much doubt that.
The voice on the recording always said "Jim, your mission, *should you choose to accept it...* I always wondered what would happen if Jim Phelps or Dan Briggs ever declined to do a mission.
End of the World. Which would have shortened up the run of the show. A lot.
Or another team would be briefed.
Brian Tim If the mission wasn’t accepted, they would simply shelve the episode. More often than not, the B-team which accepted the assignment were caught or killed. The government would never acknowledge any association with team members, but did do several prisoner exchanges.
Have you ever decided not to
When "Get Smart" lampooned the Mission: Impossible tape scene, the voice adds "Should you decide NOT to accept it, you're fired".
Its cool that tv show series episodes missions impossible and movies use stage illusions ideas concepts
Legend Show. They don't make good shows like this anymore. All they have is crap on tv now
I turn on TV and whole room stink like crap.
The single greatest tv opening music, ever, followed by Wild Wild West. 1 and 1A. Period!
Bob Johnson was the voice of the Tape briefing in both the orginal and revival of Mission Impossible
TheDarkwingj Bob Johnson passed away in 1993.
Best theme ever bar none!!!
THE MI TV SHOW WAS & STILL IS THE BEST. THAT'S WHY THEY BLOCKED MI FROM TV, NOW U TO CATCH IT WHEN THEY PLAY IT.
This CZcams video will self-destruct in 5 seconds...
without a good morning Jim, message, the you're on your own and the tape's self destruction, and without a Morris there is no MI.
The TV series is far better than the movies!
The movies are more like Ocean's 11.
Agreed, I'm tired of today's garbage movies. TV shows are still OK, that's where the creativity is.
I grew up watching this show and I totally agree.The theme music is 1 of the best also.
Watched it in my young days and I have a couple of DVD boxsets of it now
Come to think of it, the Paramount should be able to resurrect Mission Impossible TV Series as the third one in near future. I also heard Daniel Craig's retirement on James Bond's biggest role. If that guy could BE a new main actor, it will be amazing. With PPK still on his hand like Bond from before.
Smartphones and the Internet would make the 60s show impossible to remake.
This show could've taught Miami Vice a few things about how to do montages...
2:05 Hold the phone!!!! THE...LEONARD NIMOY??!!! Used to watch this show just for the self destruct, now I have to watch it for Mr. Spock himself! Even without the pointed ears, you can recognize him right off.
Nimoy replaced Martin Landau in season 4 as the "master of disguise". (Landau and Bain left after season 3 following a contract dispute. ) He only stayed for 2 seasons, because the production team was going through changes of its own, and he (Nimoy) felt he wasn't being given enough to do.
They should never have tarnished the Jim Phelps character by making him the villain in MI:1. Big mistake, and unnecessary, too. It would've been just as easy to make the villain not Phelps but someone who mentored Phelps, for example, and was legendary in the IMF, someone who all IMF members knew and respected. That would've kept the Phelps name alive and also not incriminated him into the scheme of villainy from which the name is now forever linked. Sad.
Totally agree. It's an insult to the character and pretty much invalidates the entire 7 year series. These movies that are made from old TV shows almost never do the original series justice.
love please bring back
I agree that it was a real kick in the balls to make Phelps the villain, but I'm almost positive this was done by Hollywood so they could rid themselves of any baggage from the TV series, thereby allowing Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt) to take over as the lead character. Like so many other blockbuster films (particularly those dealing with spy action), Hollywood feels that the film won't get butts in seats if the lead role isn't young and attractive
Why i never spent a dime on the stupid movies.
I always separate the classic TV series from those bogus movies. The Jim Phelps of the television series and the movie Jim Phelps aren't the same person. I was disappointed when I saw the first Mission Impossible movie and the second one was worst than the first one. Those movies are the classic example of leave well enough alone. The TV series stood and stands on its own merit. Bruce Geller was a genius.
this was how life was before email, iphone and text.
telegraphs are technically texts, but in papers, not digital devices
Nicholas Yeo Telex was the ancestor of emails.
tom cruise will NEVER be peter graves
THAT'S RIGHT
dont think he wants to be
Jeff Walter Exactly!
The producers of his films probably thought that too, that’s why his character wasn’t named Jim Phelps
@@manuelxavier5659 yeah and phelps died in the first MI movie. There's that.
I was 10 years old, the show came on Sunday nite at 10:00pm.Loved the show so much,my parents would let me stay up to watch it.My bedtime was 9:00pm on a school nite.Looked foward to Sunday nite and staying up til 11:00pm!! What a fun time!
1:24 this tape will self destruct in 5 seconds.
Hahaha
One of the best shows on tv I’m sorry after the first movie I quit watching the movie series
so cool!
Julie Gregg - RIP - played Anna. She played Sonny's wife in "The Godfather".
BEFORE THESE LITTLE UNFUNNY, VERY CHEAPLY BUILTED SHI COMS, THERE WAS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, VERY SMART, VERY ENTERTAINING.
So where are the 'Full Episodes' then????
Leonard Nimoy. Fascinating.
Spock
This EA game will self-destruct in five seconds. Thanks for rocking out with us.
I just noticed he had beautiful hair.
I had forgotten that Leonard Nimoy was on this.
star trek And the even bigger irony is that he replaced Martin Landau, Who a few years earlier turned down the role of Spock in Star Trek
IM FORCE WILL SENT ME A TAPE.
And they made him a villian in mission impossible 1 WTF!!! hollywood but still respect for tom cruise
Yeah. I hated them making Phelps the villain.
Oh Phelps... so sad to see the titans pass like he did in the first film.
at least he trained the best to take his place (Ethan (in a way))
masterDevis he kinda went cynical and insane though
deka W that. Wasn’t. Jim. Phelps. For all we will know, the movie and
The tv universes DO NOT INTERSECT
It's tha same thing nowadays. Do this, do that and if you have an issue... nobody knows you pal.
It's from 1970 or so. Season 5 (the series started in 1966).
Epic t shirt
I Like the Original Theme the Best.
They had cassette players back then I guess the reel to reel ones were more interesting looking.
the art of spying, the GAME of GENERALS game
Do you like movies about gladiators?
+Dan Eriksson Have you been in Turkish prison?
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
Jimmy, do you ever wonder why dogs sniff each other?
Mission: impossible will sent me a message.
I remember this one "Decoy" they go behind the Iron Curtain to rescue Anna and get the document the fast hot rod rolling out the back of the hearse with Jim and Anna right under the mind protected gate at the boarder
You know that little straw-like bendy camera they had? I heard a rumor that an FBI agent approached one of the show’s producers said angrily said “HOW did you hear about that!? WHO told you!?”
I was expecting one of the boys to say "Hey, you forgot your backpack."
Can we PLEASE have full episodes.
Brilliant series. Shame I was only 14 when it came out circa 1972?
Series premiered fall of 1966.
2:05 ... and I spit my drink. Great!
Mr. Brown! You forgot your backpack and canteen! Hey, that man is taking something from your backpack!
OG I remember this when I was still in my dippers lol!
70's
2:06 That’s also the voice of Galvatron
CAMP TUCKAHOE!?!
Damn you random codename generator!
Phelps, Marshal Dillon’s little brother...
*In my version if Tetsuya Nomura wishes to bring Kingdom Hearts games on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One*
Good morning Mr. Nomura
The Nintendo Switch sales are growing even more faster than we predicted, probably because you’ve ported Final Fantasy games on the system including the original FFVII.
Some owners of the hybrid Nintendo system wish to have Kingdom Hearts on the go now that KH3 is already finished 7 months ago.
We also know that the Nintendo Switch supports Unreal Engine 4 which was used for the lastest Kingdom Hearts on PS4 and Xbox one.
The Nintendo Switch might not be powerful than the other systems but it will have a 64gb cartridge which might be useful to put bigger games.
Your mission should choose to accept it is to first port the KH HD remix 1.5 and 2.5 on Nintendo Switch and Xbox one, same for 2.8 and making sure KH3 could run on the Nintendo system without massive graphic downgrades.
As always should you or any of your SquareEnix development team members being caught or eliminated, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
The message will self destruct in 5 seconds.
Good luck Tetsuya.
How would tom Cruise have made his fame and fortune if MI had flopped? Peter Graves and the tallented cast of characters and the writters and that iconic music has made Cruise his own Bond.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE...IMPOSSIBLE MISSION
The kids are also IMF agents.
1:10 The Fallout message has the same lines… 👉
How did Jim get the info to collect the info for the mission ?
Why didn't they just give him the mission info then. ?
JIMMYBUSHIDO He probably got a phone call with a recorded message to go to a certain place
Whoa, whoa, whoa wait a minute ... Mr. Spock was on Mission Impossible????
@ ScientificMysticism: re the shirt all I say is thanks for mentioning it. I had to go back and read it out loud. OMG what a name lmao
Why the recording this time in open place?
1:18: Sums up the 1996 movie
Great show and great writers !!! The recent 20 year idiot corruption turned Mr. Philips into a traitor, in one of the Tom Cruise movies , which should never had happened !!! Part of the Hollywoo devils to destory a good man , Mr. Philips and Peter Graves portrayal of this good man !!!
As always if you or any member of your team be caught the secretary will not know any knowledge of your actions
一番最初のところ、子供達を引率している男性とジムはなんて会話しているのですか？ 「レッツゴー キッズ」はわかるのですが。苦笑
film ini menjadi inspirasi dari film Chalie's Angels.
Inspector Gadget brought me here.
I'm wondering how many people new that Steven Hill (recently of "Law and Order" and - now, unfortunately, deceased) was Jim Briggs, the IMF leader in the first season of the show? (Graves replaced him in the second season)
His name was Dan right
Jim Phelps is majestic, relies purely on tactics, reality & brainy conduct.
Ethan Hunt relies on action & playing like an unbeatable superhero.
Jim Phelps is far, far more better.
1970-1971 season.