Mission Impossible's Tape Recorders (#3)
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2024
- The final part of a three part series looking at the tape recorders used in the 60s/70s Mission Impossible TV series.
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VIDEO UPDATE/CORRECTION: I'd forgotten that in a number of episodes (especially the early ones) the photos in the folder were taken back to Jim's pad and used in the team briefing. Ironically this error means that my video self destructs at the end too.
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VIDEO UPDATE/CORRECTION: I'd forgotten that in a number of episodes (especially the early ones) the photos in the folder were taken back to Jim's pad and used in the team briefing. Ironically this error means that my video self destructs at the end too.
My laptop exploded!!!! My lawyers will be in touch ;) x
i went back and watched your old videos that i had somehow missed. you talked about there being a different grating infront of the tape recorder in the early shots of a photobooth when destroid off screen. and looking at this video that smoke shot must have been from this later shot of a different photobooth. the grating matches. :)
Heh.
😆😅🤣😂
Thank you for all the great, entertaining videos that you have made Matt. We`re so lucky to have you![
Ah, we finally see this “Storage unit” you speak of…
No spoilers! I still gotta watch the video! 😂
@@EvenTheDogAgreesit's literally the first thing you see
@@SmokeyEdits whoosh
@@EvenTheDogAgreesthe joke would have landed if it were better
@@SmokeyEdits oh boy, you're a ray of sunshine, aren't you? Please do fix whatever is wrong with your life. Nobody should be this miserable on a Saturday morning.
" ... aged ten years in the last five" That part genuinely made me LOL!
We all have aged 10 years during the last 5 years. It's been a wild 5 years.
Hey, the 2020s have been tough...😉
Having a beard generally adds 5 years and 25 pounds to a person.
@@MrTeijocame to the comments to say literally, exactly that
Didn't we all? :)
Holding up the Cryobank had me crying 🙂
Never stop being Mat.
"we will freeze your assets"
Never go there for a deposit!
Which has often made me wonder, what happens when a cryobank goes out of business? Whether it’s eggs, embryos, or bodies?
@@caramelldansen2204 Don't trust banks - I keep mine under the mattress.
@@glennacIt's none of those three, it's a bit... Gooey-er
I don't care how out of date it is: Reel to reel tape will ALWAYS look awesome on camera. It's hypnotic to watch.
I remember how strange 8 track tapes seemed at that time. It was the only music format (except when playing the rare see-through cartridges) in which there was no spinning object visible while the music played. They just didn't seem natural.
I've been wanting to see that storage unit for years. What a treasure trove.
It has taken just over 5 years, but finally the trilogy is complete.
It's only the start of another increasingly incorrectly named trilogy!
Yes but it will be a quadroligy like all the others.
Ikr! Been waiting forever!
Just hope there are no sequels or spin off shows to ruin it all.
Well it's a year quicker than the original Star wars trilogy!😂
That storage unit is all that I have dreamed of. Truly a wonder to behold
Truly an embarrassment of riches!
A lad in his cave.
What a stash, I will spend the rest of the morning identifying all the kit, Mat's level of investigation is incredible especially recalling the sound clip from Snoopy and a brilliant intro.
Looks to be a green screen
He really needed to play the Get Smart theme as he worked through a dozen doors.
That's what I love about this channel. The videos are never boring. This might be the funniest video Mat has ever done. And we also get to see that mythical Storage Unit.
Absolutely brilliant intro, 10/10. Some really nice cinematography and editing. And that groovy music? Excellent.
Yeah I mistook that for the real thing!
I second that!
I especially appreciate the way the tape self-destructed. So realistic, so much effort went into that!
I think he used to be a sound editor for the BBC, How he gathered all this information on a 3" reel to reel tape recorder is simply mind blowing. Imagine if he were a journalist how much the news would be so much more interesting and factual :)
@@NeatNit Yeah, the cgi and special effecs were a true masterpiece!
What a blast from the past. My Grandma bought me one of those National Panasonic models, on the left at 13.51 in the video. It was a two speed machine with an ingenious capstan that you could unscrew for half-speed recording. The outer sleeve unscrewed to reveal a half-diameter capstan. I wish I still had some of the tapes. The reels were an awkward in-between size (5" I think) which weren't available in New Zealand, so I had to use the smaller sized reels that you could get. I recorded several episodes of "Not Only... But Also" (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) off the telly, which the moronic BBC later wiped for re-use, along with a tranche of "Doctor Who" episodes. My home recording was sound-only, of course, but better than nothing. I was the bees knees with that tape recorder. Unfortunately it fell down the hole in the world a long time ago, along with the rest of my childhood.
My brother had a 1967 RCA with the unscrewable capstan too. I still have it but it does not run, I think the belt is broken.
I recall my family had a National RQ-503S when I was a child - exactly the same speed change method. It used a neon lamp as a level indicator (of sorts) and had optional automatic gain control on recording, somewhat confusingly labelled as "non error sw.".
Mission Impossible was truly ahead of it's time. I didn't know that you could like and subscribe to a TV show back then.
Sure! Lots of people liked all kinds of things back then: foods, activities, books, etc.
@@TheGreatAtario Guess they had to mail the likes in back in the day. Boy the internet really has revolutionized things.
The likes and comments came in sacks of “fan mail”. We could subscribe to fan clubs and no one ever clicked anything (not a biro, tongue, nor fingers) to unsubscribe from the newsletter. Jumpers for goalposts etc. Happy days.
@@clarewillison9379indeed, you instead had to write in and ask them to stop mailing you! Usually at least 2 or 3 times in my experience… though that was the 90s, not the 60s.
Mat, one of your "hammiest" (but best) intro sequences, but I get the impression that when you were pointing out the "continuity errors" and such, apart from the nostalgia aspect, there is the appreciation from one who has learned single-handedly what it takes to put a film (i.e. what we call a video these days) together.
Compelling viewing!
Actually, it's kind of the other way round. What we call a "film" many times these days is in fact most of the time video.
With film referring to photographic film, that captures images photo-chemically giving you the classic sprocketed film strip, while video refers to capturing moving pictures electronically; originally analog video on e.g. magnetic tape but the term naturally expands into capturing it digitally and on solid state media.
Many modern "cinema cameras" are basically really fancy digital video cameras, but with features that make it handle more like the film cinema cameras of yore. Most "films" you see in the theater today are captured digitally and projected digitally, so if you go to the theater today chances are you are actually (technically) watching a video projected by a video projector.
@bountyjedi shooting feature film entirely on digital is a fairly new concept. They've only done it 100% digital for 10-15 years or so, but there are still the occasional movie that's shot on film. Star Wars ep. III from 2005 was incidentially the first movie to be shot entirely digitally, and no other movie was shot that way for a few years, which says a bit about how new that concept is. Anything shot on film was still scanned to be edited digitally and it's not uncommon that they still have to print the movie on film after editing, since there are a lot of old and small cinemas that can't afford to invest in digital projectors - after all the cinemas make basically no money from showing the movies
90 day warranty?
"yes, hello, my tape recorder blew up."
“…yes, all that remains of the city block where my storage unit once stood is a smoldering crater… uh, yeah, the city did press charges, I am being held in custody whilst awaiting trial…”
Oh man, I had hoped the tape would "explode" and we'd see Matt with soot all over his face and the hair blown backwards but maintaining the facial expression and he'd just leave the complex completely unfazed as if he was used to it. :D That's just my Acme upbringing nudging my brain.
Love the intro, love the tidbits about the inconsistencies in the show and the demonstration. It's all very good.
That would’ve been perfect! It really suits Matt’s style of deadpan delivered British humor.
Mat finally gets smart.
just needs to bring in 99
I love your analysis of the different blunders in the original series.
Especially because the top notch MI Team members were always on time right to the second, life or death hanging in the delicate balance, and "pulled it off" just at the end of every show.
So. Many. Memories! I owned one of these machines when I was a kid. It was a Christmas present from my parents. They ordered it from the JC Penney Christmas catalog, so it had JC Penney branding on it. Otherwise it was exactly the same machine. I remember watching Mission: Impossible, just to see if "MY" tape recorder was going to be used in that episode. I noticed that they unusually "played" the tape backwards in rewind mode. I often read newspaper articles into the machine, pretending I was on the radio. It served as my introduction to the recording industry. I am now an audio/video editor and voice talent. And it all started with THIS machine!
You must look at the larger capacitors in the player, if they have a symbol of a triangle with arrows in the 3 tips, then it is a National player. It is the brand of the Matsushita group and the components were not sold in bulk.
Fun to see your electronics stock!
You might also see the Matsushita triangle logo on the copper of the board.
In the early episodes there is an extended choosing the team scene, once the team is chosen, they meet and look at the 'target' folder, before planning the mission.
You’re absolutely right - that’s my error. 🤦🏼♂️
Yes - Jim listens to the assignment then goes to an office and selects his team from a set of files. I remember that the team all had cool day jobs like magician singer and weight lifter
@@Mute_Nostril_Agony Sometimes the team selection seemed to happen in his home. There were usually a couple he would bypass.
@@kensmith5694Fun fact: one of the people pictured a few times but never chosen: Mission: Impossible creator Bruce Geller in a black turtle neck and glasses.
@@Mute_Nostril_Agony Besides having to re-enlist, how do I make weight lifting gainful employment…? 🧐
I absolutely love the opening bits: funky looking fella, cool music, & we finally see the storage unit!
"You've aged ten years in the last five." Brutal!
I love the artistic effort that went into making this.
To have a functional tape recorder in that tiny size back then was a HUGELY cool thing. This was pretty high tech for the time especially at a common consumer level product.
I’m most impressed that anyone actually has all the original MI episodes on hand which to do such detailed comparisons!
its amazing it still functions pretty well today.. Japan's reputation for quality is truly well deserved
Very true. I own lots of 60's tape machines that were made in Japan, and all of them still work very well.
Hi Mr. Techmoan, just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos. Cheers!
Geze! Has it been five years! Life is short.. Thanks for always bringing us interesting and entertaining videos. Loved the intro!
I’m to the point where if I see Techmoan posts a vid I just watch it even if it sounds boring. He’s earned that from me.
For some it’s just a storage unit, for us, a cave of dreams.
No flying carpet provided, but Mat brought his own flying rug with him.
For Mat it's CZcams content for the rest of his life, even if he somehow lives to be 150 years old
@@Raven_Nightwind He’ll be letting us all down very badly if he doesn’t.
I'd like to see another series on the tape recorders from Kolchak: The Night Stalker. A sort of precursor to the X-Files, a reporter uncovers supernatural stories. He often dictates reporting notes on some sort of portable tape recorder and documents his discoveries with a Rollei 16 camera.
Great idea, excellent. The little camera and recorder were as much a part of the Kolchak characterization as his hat and suit.
That storage unit must be the Matt Cave. Secret headquarters of the Dark Moan.
“Perhaps it’s just a TV series and not real life”. 😂
I used to watch this show as a kid. That intro theme music ! And the often used facial disguise !
Always a good time when a new techmoan video drops.
As a kid back in the late 70's , I would find these at flea markets and buy them for a few dollars. They were fun to play with. The cassette player had replaced the reel to reel unit, so these sold cheap enough a kid like me could buy one and eventually disassemble it.
Personally I love the extra effort you make to do the silly intros and puppets etc. noted and appreciated! its certainly so much easier to do the basic content but this is what separates the great from the good.
at 10:00, not only is it a different tape player, but it seems to be playing in the opposite direction (counterclockwise in the wide shot, clockwise in the close-up)
Maybe they reversed the footage, sometimes you see that in water features, water running backwards. It's so short the average viewer won't notice. Usually used to reverse the shots direction.
That storage unit is well stocked. Mat has years worth of channel content in there.
I used to own the same tape recorder as used in Diamonds Are Forever - blew my mind when I saw it.
Just a few months ago, I watched the entire MI series, and I wondered about those tape recorders....
"Talking letters" I have two from my Grandad to my Grandma, He emigrated to the US after the TSR2 disaster (Preston) and my Grandma followed a year later. Now I know why the reels are small and what they were probably made on, My Grandad was slightly bonkers as my Grandma never heard them cos the family had nothing to play them back on.
My best friend in school during that time had a father in the Air Force, so during one year when his father was in Vietnam, he would get talking letters every couple of weeks. It was great for someone his age who was still just barely able to read.
My first tape recorder as a kid was a Seavox, same kind of thing, rim drive, but made much more cheaply than the one you featured, bought from Headquarters and General Supplies Ltd in Romford, (remember them?). I remember it needed a PP3 9v battery for the amplifier and one or two C cells to power the motor.
Nice intro, funny stuff. Thats a big storage unit! Gonna watch the rest now.
Hope your health allows you to make videos for many years to come.😊
I love this series. Thanks for another great video!
Fun fact: the theme to Mission Impossible wasn't the only spy related TV theme to be in 5/4 time. The orignal theme to Man from UNCLE was as well.
MI theme is not in 5/4...
@@Tim091I love time signature arguments. I’ve seen people say the original Mario underground theme switches between 3/4 and 5/4, while the composer says it was always 4/4 and just didn’t hew that closely to the bars.
@@Tim091Yes it is. It totally is. 1Dedo2luu3uuu4uuu5uuu, 1Dedo2luu3uuu4uuu5uuu, 1Dedo2luu3uuu4uuu5uuu, 1de de2 3 4 5 .
@@kaitlyn__LThat's what I think the oldest UNCLE theme I found does. But maybe there's an even older version that sticks to just 5/4? MI theme is undoubtedly 5/4 though.
@@Ascyltos You are correct, my bad.
Yes!!! Been waiting for this for so long! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Been waiting for part 3! Awesome! The Concord F-20 was always my favorite of the tape recorders they used on the show. I own one now, and a cool feature not many people know, is the volume knob acts as a level control when you're recording. Also, the microphone jack can be used to plug into a phone or computer so you can record audio off one of those devices. This comes in handy if you want to record the Mission Impossible messages onto your F-20 lol.
Well done Matt, love the creativity here
I'm glad to see the continuation!
Incredible attention to detail as usual.
WOW. Excellent opening sir!
The start of this series is what brought me to your channel. The third instalment is a nostalgic surprise and a great way to wake up in my part of the world!
Loved this episode, thank you!!!
YES!! I love this series!
What a brilliant video. I love it. Best start of a CZcams video EVER!!! Great work!!!
Production values-- love it!!
Fantastic work, just watched the first two episodes as well.
Love your videos.
Been binge watching them for the past couple of days.
Thanks for providing such great content!
Nicely done opening.
Great job of showing the TV show portions.
☮
Long awaited! Thank you.
im waiting for part 4 for the 1990 series device...
Also im pretty sure the guy just keeps the folder with the pictures
I was so excited to see this drop! I got some good laughs and loved seeing another cool small reel to reel recorder. Thanks Matt!! ❤❤❤
I love the intro and the music! Awesome job!
I love the little pastiches you do! They're so charming :)
I got to know the cassette technology a few years ago and for a few months now I have been recording cassette via a cassette alarm clock! I really enjoy it!
Ich lernte die Kassettentechnik vor paar Jahren kennen und seit paar Monaten nehme ich Kassette über einen Kassettenwecker auf! Es macht mir sehr viel Spaß!
Brilliant intro, brought back very happy memories of a really good TV show. Love your channel, I look forward to every new episode, keep up the good work!
Smart looking recorder. Good show, thanks!
Thanks for doing another Mission Impossible ep. I love that series! And it is cool to see your storage unit too.
Brilliant. Those first two Mission Impossible Recorder videos are my fave Techmoan videos. Mainly due to The Tape Sequence being fascinating to me as a child. Thank you Techmoan.
One of your best videos yet.
I thorougly enjoyed the first 2 parts and rewatched them several times over the years.
To get an unexpected part 3 is just great!
I am glad to have lived long enough to see a third part to this series.
Really appreciate all your detail devoted efforts!!
This Video was truly a work of art Matt.
Really well done.
Thanks Much. Mike M.
Very cool! I was just beginning to watch TV when the reruns of this series were fading out.
This video of yours appeared, and when I opened it, I saw your links to parts 1 and 2 in the description. Opened part 1 and watched all three parts. Loved these! Thanks for taking the time to do this series. It was very enjoyable.
Well, here we are a couple of months on into the series, and I'm glad to see part 3.
Digging up some fond memories here - thanks!
The intro deserves a BAFTA
Your best episode so far!
Thanks for finally including the last video in the trilogy! Thanks for mentioning the Concord F-20 Sound Camera, which I didn't see mentioned in your previous videos, despite it being an important tape recorder in the series.
I'm unreasonably happy this series got a conclusion many years later! Some of the most interesting videos on the channel, well done Mat!
So cool to see the storage unit….looks like heaven. Great show Mat!
Brilliant bit of acting at the beginning. The ones with the skits are the best! I really loved the open ended interview video so funny.😅
I had this machine given to me as a boy back in the 70's. My sister and I still laugh all these years later about how we would record our voices in the slowest speed and listen to it sped up.
Best openning ever ! CHEERS !
As always, you make something I normally couldn't care less about into a must-listen.
I love so much this simples and little tape recorders. I have two Transicorders TR-300 one of them in mint condition
I've been looking forward to the conclusion to this series. The episode didn't disappoint!
Thanks for another great video! We especially enjoyed the skit at the beginning :)
Thank you for your intro skit, I always enjoy when you add these! And I'm always happy to see a new episode. I was fascinated how inconsistent and full of discontinuities the shows were, I certainly didn't notice when I watched as a kid.
Even when I was a kid watching them for the first time I thought that they were kid-level entertainment. I wondered how adults could handle the obvious plot holes and continuity errors.
Of course I didn't have the perspective that it was really all brand new. TV shows were only a few years removed from radio serials, made with cartoonish levels of sound effects to convey the background scenes with just sound. Carefully constructed scripts, scenery and acting was the domain of movies, not throw-away TV episodes.
Great video, Sir! I absolutely loved this show.
Great intro @Techmoan a worthy contender for a golden globe. You got my vote.... and thanks for the help with the step down converter it helped more than you'll know :) LOVED you picking out bits of mistakes in the filming... we use to have a show in Australia that had a segment in it that would do the same its great fun seeing them....
Sorry, Matt, but during you walking down the corridors in your opening, I kept thinking of the theme from "Get Smart"!
Thank you, i waited five years for this 😂 ❤
Cracking opening Mat - loved it :)
Appreciate the dedication
Cool series, appreciated, greatly.
Thank you Mat! I've waited for the third part since the two original videos!
And I really loved to finally get a look at your storage unit! It was quite a bit larger than I'd imagined. I don't know why I'm surprised though. :D
Your creativity with the intro is stellar, love your videos as usual :)