Pierre Jalbert (who played Caje on "Combat!") was the one-time "mission specialist" in this episode - the team member shown with the rap sheet. They used his expertise in robbing banks to con the James Daly character with convincingly authentic misdirection. That was a recurring motif about the show I always loved - they rarely had to force their way into the inner circle - they conned their targets into inviting them in.
Wasn't Bruce Geller himself one of the "agents" Briggs or Phelps "rejected" given the B&W photo representation? In the two-part "Council" episode, apparently the naming of Syndicate boss Frank Wayne may've been an in-joke of some kind - the real-life Wayne was a producer with Goodson-Todman, who was executive producer of their "Password" series at the time Barbara Bain and Brian Keith did a week's episodes of that show prior to the premieres of both their respective shows - "Mission," and "Family Affair."
One time it was William S. Payley, the CBS network founder! The guy, tossed aside here looks like Tom Bosley. If Cinnamon was a world-famous cover-girl, model-of-the-year, etc., etc. How could she be an IMF secret/undercover operative????
There was. I remember one where a record didn't self destruct and Bob Johnson had to say. 'Please dispose of this recording in the usual way'. Jim chucked it in the fire on rhe way out.
At 2:54, that is actor Pierre Jalbert (one of the guest stars of this episode). At 3:02 that is writer Allan Balter (who wrote many of the early episodes).
Menos mal que Peter Graves rechazó ese papel... practicamente estaban matando (y de la peor manera) al héroe principal de esta icónica serie. Con Jon Voight no se sintió ese impacto por suerte. Saludos.
the greatest T.V. show and great great actors and actresses were still watching in 2020 we did not care for the movies we love when it first came out and then they brought it back in the mid to late 80s .
Of that original cast (i.e. the first three years), only Barbara Bain and Peter Lupus are still around as of this writing. Everyone else - even Steven Hill, who was the season 1 IMF leader Dan Briggs - has since passed on. Now, as to later seasons, you can add Lesley Ann Warren, Sam Elliott, and Lynda Day George to the list of still-survivors.
Jim could choose me because I am a time traveler from the year 2021 and bring high-tech equipment and tools from the year 2020 to the time of the 1960s. That helps enhance their need for Impossible Forces. 👍🤣👍
wow! i never knew they used a 78rpm record played on a gramophone to give mr.phelps his instructions . i always remember the little miniature tape recorder. i wonder if they ever used 8 track cartridges or cassettes? i always liked the music played when jim was choosing his team.
@@thomasoaxaca9771 - No, it was a circa 1948-49 78 RPM Columbia record (one of their foreign-language or ethnic releases) - all the better to promote the label's then-owner - CBS.
Bill Hickman. I think you're right. The photographs of the rejected people were extras and sometimes members of the crew. Bruce Geller's picture was used one.
thing is Phelps or Briggs always chose the same 4 people. And why would he leave a case labeled Impossible Missions Force lying around the apartment for the cleaning lady or the opposition to find? lol
The introduction to each episode was the same. The tape scene, the dossier scene and the apartment scene. Pay attention because if you don't it won't make sense later on.
When I was a kid watching this show, I always wondered about the fictitious people who got thrown out of the packet at the start of the episode. How did they feel about never getting picked to go on a mission? Or did they go on easy or boring missions that never got made into TV episodes? Or were they happy to just sit back and collect a paycheck without having to do anything dangerous?
So did Graves. And so did Greg Morris. (Refuse to believe it, that is.) Morris - just prior to his death - actually walked out of the movie premiere, so disgusted was he by it.
@@MrEab2010 - Here's an irony for you. In "Mission's" first season, when Steven Hill was Briggs, the show was lead-in on CBS's Saturday schedule to "Gunsmoke" which starred Arness. Then, when Graves joined "Mission," that show was moved to Sunday while "Gunsmoke" went to Mondays.
@@wmbrown6 I think Graves was selected in part out of nepotism. Lucille Ball was friends with both Arness and Bill Paley, the founder/chairman of CBS and was the network's biggest star. Peter's career had stalled at the time. Did Arness go to Ball who then went to Paley and said please give my kid brother a job?
@@MrEab2010 - Not that I heard. Also, by the time Graves was cast, Ms. Ball was in the process of selling Desilu to Gulf+Western, which turned it into Paramount Television. It was largely CBS's idea to cast Graves, and Bruce Geller and then-executive in charge of production, Herbert Solow, agreed and went along. Incidentally, in 1966 Graves made a pilot that didn't sell called "Call to Danger," which had a bit of elements in it that would turn up in "M:I" during his six years with the series. (He would make another shot of that pilot after "M:I" left the air in 1973 - with the same results: no sale.)
@@wmbrown6 JMHO. He was an excellent choice nonetheless. He was too old to do the '88 sequel series but I'm glad he turned down the movie Phelps. I prefer to think that the films are part of an alternate M:I timeline.
It's nice to see that the CIA uses only the FINEST equipment. I wonder where the CIA found that old gramophone player at, maybe in the basement of the Greenbriar Hotel?
Cinamon Carter was a most incredibly gorgeous woman, especially in those knit outfits she wore so well and that super hot style in which she held and smoked her cigarettes; so seductive!
One wonders if the Cinnamon character was based at least loosely on Candy Jones, given what was revealed about her (the mind control and double agent business) after she married radio host Long John Nebel. (Ms. Jones had been a model in her younger days.)
That's such an ugly photo of the very handsome Peter "Willy" Lupus. Later episode pix showed his award-winning physique. Mr. Lupus is still going strong at, I think, 93!
@2:28. why have a whole book of people if he always picks the same team? Just once they should've done a mission with a complete bunch of rando agents... the whole thing gets screwed up and Phelps kicks himself in the ass for not picking any of the regulars.
BEST introduction of all time, still famous approx 50 years later, timeless
One of the greatest show in tv history ! And the music by the master Lalo Schifrin 😀👍
Pierre Jalbert (who played Caje on "Combat!") was the one-time "mission specialist" in this episode - the team member shown with the rap sheet. They used his expertise in robbing banks to con the James Daly character with convincingly authentic misdirection. That was a recurring motif about the show I always loved - they rarely had to force their way into the inner circle - they conned their targets into inviting them in.
James Daly (father of actor Tim Daly) and Peter Graves kind of resemble each other, IMPHO.
the music when Jim chooses his team is pure dope!!!
NO WAY nothing beats it, still famous after 50 years, beat that
One of the very best music scores and shows of all time.
The photos that Phelps "rejects" are of writers and producers of the show. A little inside joke they slipped in.
Wasn't Bruce Geller himself one of the "agents" Briggs or Phelps "rejected" given the B&W photo representation?
In the two-part "Council" episode, apparently the naming of Syndicate boss Frank Wayne may've been an in-joke of some kind - the real-life Wayne was a producer with Goodson-Todman, who was executive producer of their "Password" series at the time Barbara Bain and Brian Keith did a week's episodes of that show prior to the premieres of both their respective shows - "Mission," and "Family Affair."
One time it was William S. Payley, the CBS network founder! The guy, tossed aside here looks like Tom Bosley. If Cinnamon was a world-famous cover-girl, model-of-the-year, etc., etc. How could she be an IMF secret/undercover operative????
One of my favorites..
I didn't remember there ever being another medium besides open-reel tape for Jim Phelps to get his instructions. Awesome!
There was. I remember one where a record didn't self destruct and Bob Johnson had to say. 'Please dispose of this recording in the usual way'. Jim chucked it in the fire on rhe way out.
Pilot episode, Steven Hill recording went up in smoke.
In 1966-67 some areas of Southern California still had back yard and business trash incinerators! Certainly added to the smog problem!
At 2:54, that is actor Pierre Jalbert (one of the guest stars of this episode). At 3:02 that is writer Allan Balter (who wrote many of the early episodes).
Pierre Jalbert is best remembered as Caj from "COMBAT"
Jim's reaction to Balter's picture says "wish I had never met this dude".
Looks a lot like Tom "Happy Days" Bosley!
"Good morning Mr Phelps. You will eventually be a traiter to the IMF. Your character will self destruct in 50 years. Good luck Jim"
Menos mal que Peter Graves rechazó ese papel... practicamente estaban matando (y de la peor manera) al héroe principal de esta icónica serie. Con Jon Voight no se sintió ese impacto por suerte. Saludos.
This is the ultimate in pure cool, great shows in their day, still enjoy the re runs, t v at its best,
Reminded me of the parody The Carol Burnett show did back then. Carol was a spy named "Oregano" 😄
it came on on Sunday nights after Ed Sullivan ! Oh those were the days ! I was in first grade
Damn, you broke out the Ed Sullivan reference. Wow! Those good days are long gone.
@@RubyRed09R1 - Actually, "M:I" on Sundays came after what followed Ed Sullivan - The Smothers Brothers.
I dont know why they stopped using the part where he picks his team. I really liked it.
Why bother when it's the same team every week?
@@VonWenkbecause it’s the spot where you reveal the guest star for the week
0:19 caught you. We must disavow all knowledge of you now.
Pity it's not the full episode . Would be great to see them again !
you can get them on dvd. thanks.
You can buy the entire 7 seasons oa AMAZON
I downloaded it, it takes 121GB.
you can check the net
Fuerzas de Misiones Imposibles....(I.M.F.) wonderful logo I'm fascinated by that ! Thank you, like Daniel.
Thank you too!
Lol, funny how a super secret message is played on a LOUD PHONOGRAPH in the room next to the guy who sold it
Doesn’t get any better than that!
the greatest T.V. show and great great actors and actresses were still watching in 2020 we did not care for the movies we love when it first came out and then they brought it back in the mid to late 80s .
still famous even today 50 years
@@danielporter7773 Agree 100% we watch it on ME T.V. on Monday mornings @ 3.00 A.M.
Of that original cast (i.e. the first three years), only Barbara Bain and Peter Lupus are still around as of this writing. Everyone else - even Steven Hill, who was the season 1 IMF leader Dan Briggs - has since passed on.
Now, as to later seasons, you can add Lesley Ann Warren, Sam Elliott, and Lynda Day George to the list of still-survivors.
I've often wondered if some of the unknown faces in the IMF file were like producers and crew members?
Sunnchilde... answer is: hell no, they are jackass off the farm
Sunnchilde yes they are. Patrick J. White mentioned that in his book "The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier."
@@tombennett3827 also some wives & girlfriends
Love The Gramophone 👍
Happy Morning Mr Phelps
Picking favorites again
Jim could choose me because I am a time traveler from the year 2021 and bring high-tech equipment and tools from the year 2020 to the time of the 1960s. That helps enhance their need for Impossible Forces. 👍🤣👍
It would be funny to see fans of the modern movies watch this and wonder where Ethan Hunt is.
Exactly. 😂😂
'Rollin... do you like movies about gladiators?'
Ever seen a grown man naked?
wow! i never knew they used a 78rpm record played on a gramophone to give mr.phelps his instructions . i always remember the little miniature tape recorder. i wonder if they ever used 8 track cartridges or cassettes? i always liked the music played when jim was choosing his team.
That was a 33 record played on the gramophone.
@@thomasoaxaca9771 - No, it was a circa 1948-49 78 RPM Columbia record (one of their foreign-language or ethnic releases) - all the better to promote the label's then-owner - CBS.
When I was a kid I thought the secretary was the gal who answered the phone in the office.
I had assumed it was the secretary of state or secretary of defense.
LOL...
It could even be the press secretary for the current government. Not like they would say anything since they know nothing anyway.
Opinião democrática!!!
Já disse em outros comentários, eu adorava há série Missão Impossível. Ñ perdia um episódio. Abraços a todos
Peter Graves replaced Steven Hill for the show's 2nd season (Mr. Graves was the anti-Yiddish).
Isn't the guy from the first photo the same guy who was driving the Charger in the "Bullitt" chase scene?
Bill Hickman. I think you're right. The photographs of the rejected people were extras and sometimes members of the crew. Bruce Geller's picture was used one.
thing is Phelps or Briggs always chose the same 4 people. And why would he leave a case labeled Impossible Missions Force lying around the apartment for the cleaning lady or the opposition to find? lol
We're smart enough to realize he never left it lying around. He always opens it new each show.
@@paulastokes4803 also, why are these people agreeing to work on "impossible" missions? Adrenaline junkies?
@@MrEab2010People with no place to turn to, mission specialists not realizing the exact team they’re about to work to, the usual suspects
Is this the first appearance of Jim? Yesterday I remembered this tape scene.......
Disappointing to see it stretched sideways. Is it so difficult to keep the original format?
The introduction to each episode was the same. The tape scene, the dossier scene and the apartment scene. Pay attention because if you don't it won't make sense later on.
Was that a young Barry Williams (Greg Brady) skating by???
stars on 45, broken records
Timeless
is there a season 3 out..
When I was a kid watching this show, I always wondered about the fictitious people who got thrown out of the packet at the start of the episode. How did they feel about never getting picked to go on a mission? Or did they go on easy or boring missions that never got made into TV episodes? Or were they happy to just sit back and collect a paycheck without having to do anything dangerous?
I would like to see how THE IMF was formed and by whom!!!!!
Me watching this like, when Ethan Hunt gonna enter stage left
Forget Ethan Hunt! This is dat Mission: Impossible with Jim Phelps, for real!
Refuse to believe Peter Graves and Jon Voight played the same character.
So did Graves. And so did Greg Morris. (Refuse to believe it, that is.) Morris - just prior to his death - actually walked out of the movie premiere, so disgusted was he by it.
Kinda funny that his character name in the show is Jim and that's the name of his real-life brother, James Arness. 😊
probably intentional, the brothers were said to be competitive and practical jokers.
@@MrEab2010 - Here's an irony for you. In "Mission's" first season, when Steven Hill was Briggs, the show was lead-in on CBS's Saturday schedule to "Gunsmoke" which starred Arness. Then, when Graves joined "Mission," that show was moved to Sunday while "Gunsmoke" went to Mondays.
@@wmbrown6 I think Graves was selected in part out of nepotism. Lucille Ball was friends with both Arness and Bill Paley, the founder/chairman of CBS and was the network's biggest star. Peter's career had stalled at the time. Did Arness go to Ball who then went to Paley and said please give my kid brother a job?
@@MrEab2010 - Not that I heard. Also, by the time Graves was cast, Ms. Ball was in the process of selling Desilu to Gulf+Western, which turned it into Paramount Television. It was largely CBS's idea to cast Graves, and Bruce Geller and then-executive in charge of production, Herbert Solow, agreed and went along. Incidentally, in 1966 Graves made a pilot that didn't sell called "Call to Danger," which had a bit of elements in it that would turn up in "M:I" during his six years with the series. (He would make another shot of that pilot after "M:I" left the air in 1973 - with the same results: no sale.)
@@wmbrown6 JMHO. He was an excellent choice nonetheless. He was too old to do the '88 sequel series but I'm glad he turned down the movie Phelps. I prefer to think that the films are part of an alternate M:I timeline.
Did they jerk that needle to the center with some fishing line or what?
Hey that's the same fellow Steve McQueen was after in bullet he was in the black charger 🤔
It's nice to see that the CIA uses only the FINEST equipment. I wonder where the CIA found that old gramophone player at, maybe in the basement of the Greenbriar Hotel?
Cinamon Carter was a most incredibly gorgeous woman, especially in those knit outfits she wore so well and that super hot style in which she held and smoked her cigarettes; so seductive!
One wonders if the Cinnamon character was based at least loosely on Candy Jones, given what was revealed about her (the mind control and double agent business) after she married radio host Long John Nebel. (Ms. Jones had been a model in her younger days.)
"three ... million ... dollars"!!!
Oddest looking MP3 player I’ve ever seen!
That's such an ugly photo of the very handsome Peter "Willy" Lupus. Later episode pix showed his award-winning physique. Mr. Lupus is still going strong at, I think, 93!
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Looks like he picked them based on looks. 3:02 too ugly, 3:08 ok. Wasn't a CV invented back then lol.
#Boss
real deal
Tom Cruise ruined Mission Impossible for me
Thank you for this comment. Finally, someone brave enough to speak the truth.
My Gramaphone!!!
leftcoaster67.......... chew lie joe, that’s my gramophone
Ah, but was it a Columbia gramophone?
@@wmbrown6 Ok whew. It was RCA.
@@leftcoaster67 - Victrola, in other words, no?
Isso sim e da missão impossível não esses filmes com Ton cruz
You left out the last beat! Come on!
@2:28. why have a whole book of people if he always picks the same team? Just once they should've done a mission with a complete bunch of rando agents... the whole thing gets screwed up and Phelps kicks himself in the ass for not picking any of the regulars.
Imagine Jim getting called off on an emergency mission, and his fill-in grabs the reject pile by mistake. Everybody has acne and mullets.
Love reruns sadly there finished