Mission: Impossible Opening Montage 3

Here's another Mission: Impossible opening montage. This one features episodes from Season 3 exclusively, including an exciting two-part boxing story with special guest star Sugar Ray Robinson.

[@leftcoaster67]

I hear this theme and I feel like saving the world.

[@steve_p828]

This is by the far the BEST version of the opening theme I've found on youtube...even the top 40 version on Dot records is no where near as slick as this one...

[@flymast1]

I truly loved this show. Used to watch with my Mom no Saturday nights while my Dad was out working his second job.

[@MrRJMGREEN]

+Fly Mast That is so cute. Your dad sounds awesome.

[@MrAntiSellOut]

RIP Martin Landau, Peter Graves, and Gregory Morris

[@craigfoye6674]

And Bruce Geller, the man who invented both “Mission: Impossible” and “Mannix”

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

One of the best TV themes of all time!

[@TAKR287]

You're absolutely correct!

[@LB99971]

You have to watch this show from the beginning otherwise you have no idea what's going on. Great show!

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

One of the hottest TV themes ever. This one has withstood the test of time.

[@TWoods-ub2lg]

Amazing theme song and arrangement!

[@outoftheirskulls5676]

One of the best TV shows of all time.

[@ramipo1]

PROBABLY RHE BEST TV THEME EVER MADE

[@BiggJ1969]

R.I.P. Greg Morris (Barney Collier) 1933-1996 and Peter Graves (Jim Phelps) 1926-2010. Thanks for all your work.

[@mitchellhodgemeyer]

Season Three contained some of the best ever episodes of Mission: Impossible (THE EXCHANGE, THE MIND OF STEFAN MIKLOS) and some incredible performances from Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. The show was extremely well shot and directed, and never insulted the intelligence of the audience. You were expected to concentrate and piece things together, unlike today where shows like CSI repeat everything a gazillion times and Captain Exposition is always at hand to spell out every plot point.

[@LB99971]

the montages were always as exciting as the episodes were. Great show.

[@sillyone52062]

RIP Martin Landau. You helped make a very entertaining show.

[@Seflizon]

Remember forever for this TV classic film

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1967 {December 31st} "Mission - Impossible" by Lalo Schifrin entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #41 and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100... He won the 1968 Grammy Award for 'Best Original Score - TV Show' {he has been nominated twenty-one times and has won four times}... Besides 'Mission - Impossible' he has composed the score for twelve other TV series and a 'unbelievable' 164 movies... Mr. Schifrin, born Boris Claudio Schifrin, will celebrate his 82nd birthday come next June 21st...

[@MrValiant61]

Just love the idea that Gregg Morris couldn`t be trusted to wire a plug correctly.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Just one of the best shows of its time. Can't think of many contemporary shows that were as good. Star Trek does come to mind. Just good tv, which is totally lacking, today!

[@crocoboxer]

Star Trek guest stars crossed over on Mission: Impossible very frequently. Both shows started in 1966 and were Desilu productions that were later acquired by Paramount. There were many actors who appeared in both shows.

[@susantherestorer]

Plus the actors who appeared in MI myriads of times.

[@jay55also]

I was a big fan of this show when I was a kid. Just cool stuff.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

The montage still here. Haven't seen it in quite some time. The Mission Impossible cut scene intro often fed into the scene of a quiet park or shop that Phelps would get the recording. It was a perfect setup for all the action and intrigue to come.

[@MrRJMGREEN]

The very best one they ever did was when they melted the gold down. I loved that one.

[@hanoc101]

+MrRJMGREEN I don't even know if that would work but I loved it anyway.

[@Suzywriter]

This has to be the coolest theme song ever written.

[@patrickhughes8164]

All my friends liked Man.From.Uncle. But I was IMF all the Way. They had the coolest theme song and the best secret agents on the planet. The show was more cerebral than most television of that day.They don’t make television like this anymore. Except quite possibly Blacklist.

[@Buckleigh]

I wish some network would air this show. I really loved while growing up.

[@HerrEllsworth]

Nobody in the original cast was happy with the "plot twist". Morris was the most vocal, however, when asked. Graves just wished he had done one scene, given the Cruise character some advise and left it at that. Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, when interviewed, thought it was a lousy idea otherwise they would have considered being in the film since they had been asked.

[@ValerieprimcessAmanda]

Awesome my favorite show of all time

[@perryberman2824]

Cadillac Fleetwood Then you'll love Burn Notice.

[@Banner1979]

Another show I watched and loved as a kid.

[@LB99971]

One of the best television ensemble cast ever.

[@nicfewer8393]

Rest in Peace, Martin Landau.

[@David-zh7zc]

Very good theme and very great show

[@TheFacefinder]

These guys are awesome! I was a pup then but it made me want to be a spy and a cop. I was both and still love this music and concept. The beginning cut is a masterpiece and copied many times over the years. Kudos!!!!!

[@jamiehanrahan4705]

Gerry Anderson's _Thunderbirds_ also used a montage of clips from the episode, three years earlier. :)

[@budiharjono9610]

Barbara Bain wearing glasses... look so beautiful

[@rayssonation]

Season 3 also had Barbara Bain in a riveting episode where her character Cinnamon Carter is captured and brainwashed by sadistic madmen and is programming as an assassin to terminated and killed the head of the IMF-Jim Phelps!!! Barbara Bain had nerves of steel and beauty to boot in the time of bad guys and world conquest that is Mission:Impossible.

[@cirvine11]

Mr. Phelps... you will be missed.

[@ernestoconcha5567]

Por excelencia el clasico de los clasicos de las series de tv incluso insuperable por la version del cine.Chile

[@tommytillman]

If I remember this episode (and it's been YEARS ago since I saw it), she is accidentaly captured because a pigeon flies into her room and sets off an alarm. The mission is abandoned and a new plan is put into place to save her. The trick a government into releasing a terroist to them, they trick him into revealing his secret infomation to them, and then exchange him for Cinnamon. During the exchange, they try to gun her and Mr. Phelps down, but Mr. Phelps ( continued below)..

[@aloneshadowrosa5300]

I love this show.. we need full episodes.

[@talktalk2]

Sugar Ray Robinson...Lee Grant...great stuff!

[@ericboyles7208]

This is my theme song when I'm loading my truck up with tools for a concrete pouring job

[@David-zh7zc]

Great actors

[@MsTexas73]

I feel ya...you know who always gets me...Ashley Judd...I think she's pretty cool...and her acting is solid.

[@TWoods-ub2lg]

Theme song is amazing

[@jerico641]

Now see, THAT'S how to do a montage; Miami Vice had 4 seasons in the 80s to figure it out and never did get it right..

[@hanoc101]

the great thing about mission impossible is that where other spy shows of the 60's went campy after a while Mission Impossible stayed intelligent and dramatic. The fact that they were an ensemble of spies was also unique for the time. The one thing about the movies with Tom Cruise that I did not like is that TC is such a big star that he could not subordinate himself to let his movie be about the other IMF members like the show did.

[@Ragnemalm]

I agree, and would like to add "Space: 1999" to the shows with superb openings (not to mention starring Landau and Bain).

[@FandangoMan]

Season 4 saw Leonard Nimoy join the IMF force as "Paris" after Star Trek wrapped up production. RIP LN.

[@hanoc101]

+T. Taylor Yeah he wasn't out of work for long.

[@crocoboxer]

Yes, seasons 1-3 are out now on DVD.

[@mcd1727]

Barbara Bain was Hot Hot Hot!!!

[@TheTarbender1]

Smokin' hot, that is.

[@MarmaladeStex]

This Music should be Played every time I try to Argue with The Missus!.

[@MrSherlockWatson]

@crocoboxer such as Leonard Nemoy

[@belair344]

Classic song

[@saml760]

RIP PETER GRAVES !!!!

[@MrSherlockWatson]

Thumbs up if you want them to make a reboot of this tv show, with a new cast and stuff.

[@iamladeegee8032]

They tried to bring it back in the 80s and it was a major fail...so no. Why fix what aint broke? Leave it be.

[@prog4evr]

Season 3 of M:I might have been the BEST! Thanks for this montage...

[@Derriso1]

I love barbara bain in all of her three seasons of mission impossible

[@ukamerica8]

They show it on .. Me Tv, oh my gosh what memories.

[@krnstrong]

it could work out if the movie could make it at least like Ocean Eleven, not one man show with Tom the one who did most of the "action" stuff

[@FxHnd05]

Good lord TV intros were long back then. LOL

[@retroguy1976]

@crocoboxer I saw an episode on netflix with george mr sulu takei

[@susantherestorer]

One of my favorite episodes! (Season 1 Episode 10: "The Carriers")

[@vultureqn]

When I mentioned the B&W episodes I was talking about other old shows airing now, such as Perry Mason or the Adams Family.

[@Orsley]

Good point about the original M:I -- so much story was told without dialogue, which was very unusual and demanded a lot of attention. To show the orig series on cable with a modern commercial load, they could time-compress and pitch-correct it, a common practice, but you'd be better off watching the series on DVD... I think all 7 seasons have been released now, and the ones I've seen (seasons 1-4) are uncut and they look and sound great.

[@georgesenda1952]

I once dreamt about Cinnamon Carter as a child.

[@sclogse1]

Ooh. Lee Grant. Man, I had a thing for her. I guess I always will.

[@TheTarbender1]

Barbara Bain was prettier, but Lee was sexier. IMHO.

[@sclogse1]

imho always makes me think somebody is going to start talking Arapaho.

[@olivierdutheil7086]

Que montage excellent sa a dû vous donner des heures de travail

[@vultureqn]

No doubt at all you are a true experienced fan of this show, so is it possible to ever bring it back to the television? They've already brought back a few black and white ones.

[@iamladeegee8032]

CBS tried to reboot M:I in the 80s and failed horribly. To do it again now would be another epic fail. Some things are best left alone. Those BS movies that Tom Cruise made shouldn't have seen the light of day...JMO

[@Salcedostube]

I hear the mission impossible theme and I'm ready to join the team's og M.I.

[@chalismulanda3294]

good film

[@timnorrisrealtor]

the good old days

[@user-yc6yb1om3q]

懐かしいな～♪子供のころは日曜日にわくわく((o(^-^)o))楽しみにしてましたスパイ大作戦！

[@olesol8620]

Outstanding work. 5 stars. Bravo!

[@lemonjapp]

Yes, poor ol tomato, and he didn't even wear a red shirt!

[@banner74]

R.I.P,Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves 1926-2010).

[@belair344]

My mom and dad probably watched it back then not me

[@chloezlatoun7677]

c'est une musique parfaite bravo !!!!!!!!!

[@deborahdyess2158]

Great show loved it

[@ne12bot94]

Hmm? I didnt know bruce geller is related to michelle sarah geller?

[@catchaser52]

Great Edit Job ! Nice scenes, love it !

[@vultureqn]

He was such a great guy. So why did Phelps choose to kill his team members?

[@georgesenda1952]

No Steven Hill ?

[@CoolBlue71]

Steven Hill-who died this past August at age 94 (and who played Adam Schiff on NBC's "Law & Order" from 1990-2000)-was on only with the first season of "Mission: Impossible." That was the 1966-67 season. (The CBS series lasted seven seasons, from 1966-1973.) This uploaded video is apparently from the series' third season (1968-69). Martin Landau, in fact, was not a regular in the opening credits of the first season. (Hill was billed first with that first season.) He was moved up with the second season (1967-68). This third season was the last for Landau and Barbara Bain (who won three consecutive Emmys, in all her seasons, for lead actress in a drama series).

[@leftcoaster67]

Bad guys beware the bongos are in the air.

[@goback3spaces]

Hey, STAR TREK TOS fans: notice Lt. D'Amato, chief geologist from "That Which Survives" in this montage?

[@TheTarbender1]

Barbara Bain was a beauty. As a young boy, I often "entertained" thoughts about her.

[@MerleOberon]

Same here.

[@lilianasalayadediattanasio1298]

TheTarbender1 de

[@Agent-xn1hr]

Lee Grant and Barbara Bain 2 of the most delicious looking ladies on TV in the 60’s.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

What really got me was Carol O Conner (Archer Bunker) as the dictator in that one episode. That and the other episode where they made the racist president of another country think he was black (kid you not). :)

[@perryberman2824]

Chris McWilliams Also the episode where Barry Williams (Greg Brady) dresses up as a girl.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Perry Berman I don't remember that one, wish I did. :)

[@jerrybarbier4612]

Tom cruise take a seat homey!!!!!the real imf are here!!!!!

[@tamaspapp8560]

Barbara Bain you are beautiful women, i love you!

[@walterjimenez3241]

buen tema y serie ....

[@johnmolina3284]

RIP MARTIN LANDAU.

[@lamontburton1233]

Mr.Landau turned down Leonard Nimoy's signature role of Mr.Spock while Hawaii Five O's Jack Lord turned down William Shatner's signature role of Capt.Kirk.But in the end all worked out for those guys.Landau & Nimoy were close friends & had the same agent represented them at that time.

[@stevesattlerfilms]

The original - Impossible Mission Force - Is Jim! Then is Hires - Barrney , Electrician- CIA agent , smart. Barbara - Smoothe chick> , Peter Lupus ! Strong Guy! Martin Landaue / Paris, is played by ( Spock! ) Leneardo Nimo !

[@stevesattlerfilms]

best TV EVER !

[@sha11235]

Long opening, but worth it.

[@susantherestorer]

Made it unique.

[@richardclarke376]

I just can't believe how hot Barbara Bain is. Who looks like that in TV now?

[@born2grooveu]

no one

[@born2grooveu]

Cinnamon babe.

[@Buckleigh]

I think it was more Desi, than Lucy...

[@leelevingate]

Hi, I'm Peter Graves- is this Biology 101 at the University of Minnesota?

[@MsTexas73]

I agree...but I must also add Angie Dickinson into this.

[@EngelBros]

yeah. tom cruise wasn't a team like the force was. when you think of mission impossible the movies, you think of tom cruise, not like the show, you think of all of them, Barney, Willie, Cinnimon, Rollin, and Jim.

[@retroguy1976]

@MrLunitunz I so agree

[@frankstola9854]

I WAS THE MUSICIAN HERR MAESTRO FRANKENSTOLLER

[@frankstola9854]

NOT CHAPPY UNCLE BOO WHATCHA AFRAID OF

[@johnerwin981]

what was the premise or idea of the series? anyone know?

[@patrickhughes8164]

John Erwin: they would do missions that no one else could do. Hence the name of the Group, IMF(Impossible Missions Force). They were super spies and basically they were ghosts. And if they were caught or killed no one would acknowledge their existence.

[@zazaranger5]

@ 0:39 Was that Wo Fat from Hawaii Five-O?

[@iamladeegee8032]

Yup!