Mission Impossible (TV Series 1966) 🚨 THEN AND NOW 2022

[@taffykins2745]

Loved this show! No remake can touch the original

[@brianjones7907]

👍👍

[@Johnnycdrums]

Agreed.

[@Johnnycdrums]

I love the whole team, especially Cinnamon. Martin Landau was a very lucky man.

[@robm3074]

I always found Barbara Bain to be very attractive. She was beautiful, mysterious, classy, and smart.

[@melenatorr]

A pity you didn't mention Leslie Ann Warren (sp), who joined the cast when Nimoy did. She also has a nice resume to talk about, and it would have been interesting to compare her characterization with Cinnamon's, and the concepts behind the difference.

[@lavernegarrett1136]

I loved the original cast and still watch it whenever they air the 1st 3 seasons. The show was not the same without Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, they were my favorite. I look forward to seeing the original cast whenever they air it . I would love to meet Barbara Bain , she's still going strong in her 90's .

[@georgehenderson7783]

Peter Graves was iconic as Phelps.

[@daveroche6522]

Brilliant as Captain Oveur..... ✈✈✈

[@madjidhamdini1977]

@@daveroche6522 Hahaha yeah the airplane yes ! all my childhood ^^

[@daveroche6522]

@@madjidhamdini1977 "Ever been in a Turkish prison..........?".

[@madjidhamdini1977]

@@daveroche6522 ME ? oooh no brother absolutely not ! i'm from Belgium , growed in Algiers ^^ Watched turkish prison in mission impossible or other movie "Midnight express" that's all ;)

[@daveroche6522]

Just going through Captain Oveurs questions - "Do you like hanging 'round the gymnasium?", "Ever seen a grown man naked?", "Ever been in a Turkish prision"......and yes, some of us still ask these when we meet up for a few beers every so often. Why? Because we like silly.....

[@Hero4Hire4]

I loved that show. Growing up there were few people on TV back then that looked like me unless they were butlers, janitors, field hands or foolish lackeys. Greg Morris was a role model to look up to.

[@Hero4Hire4]

Onye nzuzu!

[@Riogi]

I agree with you. Greg Morris always stood out in any role he took on.

[@Benzijune]

As a very young man I was glued to tv when Mission Impossible show came on!😂 I loved all the episodes and the entire cast. May good Lord have peace and blessings on their souls.🙏❤️

[@sheilaholmes8455]

I loved the show and watched the reboot. Favorite character was Cinnamon, a strong geo man who used her looks but also her brains.

[@kennethfiley3746]

I still watch this series.!!!!

[@vincepeterson5761]

they were all great, I would say Martin landau was probably the best actor of all of them , in my opinion he was just phenomenal

[@memeishere1]

loved the original series, we watched every week when i was a kid , would love to find it somewhere streaming

[@taffykins2745]

Me too! Loved this show

[@phillipsarrazine9072]

I have the first two seasons of it on DVD. One of my favorite shows.😊💯

[@Wdbx831]

It's streaming on Paramount+

[@dicksanders8206]

Yes, that's where I watch it. Great show.@@Wdbx831

[@daveroche6522]

Greg walking out halfway through the premier? LEGEND (with great taste).

[@brianjones7907]

🥰😍

[@thomarch81]

Agree as the movies not on parvwith the original vTV series & great actors back then!!!

[@chriss1152]

My favorite shows Growing up

[@JuanMartinez-Mont1]

One of the best Tv series ever. Talented and innovative. Excellent acting. My favorite along with MASH.

[@TCO342]

MI was Thrilling and Spunky ... INTENSELY Deflying Best Secret Spies Ever. AAA

[@andybonneau9209]

Interesting connection between Graves and Arness.

[@noahellis3672]

MI was one of my favorite series on TV and I couldn't wait to see what new piece of technology that the IMF team would use in accomplishing their missions. I never get tired of the opportunity to see any of the old reruns and though I didn't see all of the reboot episodes I thought that they were good but not as good as the original series.

[@dougmilne8425]

Too right!

[@MrEab2010]

a trip down memory lane. M:I was my favorite tv show growing up and remains so to this day.

[@veteranbroad8802]

Loved this show!! I had that poster of Peter Lupus on my wall. My father made me take it down ☹️

[@veteranbroad8802]

Sorry, I guess I'm going to miss out...I don't know how to "telegram"

[@isabellind1292]

LOL! The Playgirl pose? 😍😍😍😍

[@loneyhearts]

Never seen the Tom Cruise version. I linked to watch this show in re-runs. I always like Mr. Phelps. To find out he was a traitor; seems fitting to put John Voit in that rolle.

[@leonacardenas5552]

Watch every week ❣️. Nobody has the magic they did❣️❤️❤️❤️

[@wandakohl7811]

Love IMF!,,the original. The film efforts I find sadly lacking. Favorites... Nimoy , Morris, Landau.

[@SwannOG]

Big fan of the original Mission Impossible and a hater of the Tom Cruise versions of it. I thought having Voight being a traitor killed it as far as I was concerned. Never watched the others because of that alone. Would love to see the IMF on late night reruns on one of the cable networks.

[@jimroscovius]

The movies are better than the original shows. So, you didn't like the first movie? Didn't mean they are all bad, gee whiz!!

[@emeretepairi823]

Charles Swann, I totally agree with you about the Tom Cruise version it was nowhere near the original and the reboot. I didn't like it one bit 😕

[@miguelmolina.]

One of my best shows growing up my childhood 70's great time to be alive miss forever good shows 🎼🎶👌😃😎

[@darryl3422]

Linda Day George and Leslie Ann Warren should be mentioned both were talented and pretty

[@_XR40_]

Best thing about the original _Mission Impossible_ is that they didn't assume the audience was dumb...

[@monicasievert7141]

The original cast has always been my favorite. As far Tom cruise ,the less I see or hear about him the better!

[@daveroche6522]

Always amazed me when Spock, sorry, '"Paris" or Rollin put the mask 'n wig on, it also changed his B.M.I., height, accent/voice, distinguishing features, hands, shoe size, strength, socks - everything. Wow!

[@tchin2020]

I thank pluto tv for dedicating a 1966 Mission Impossible channel...even tho i have the full tv series on dvd...Barbara Bain made Mission Impossible...no other female replacement had her talent and demeanor... Loved this series growing up and now growing older...

[@emeretepairi823]

I loved Mission Impossible and Greg Morris (Barney) was my favourite star 🌟 in Mission Impossible he was the most calm and collective actor ever besides Clint Eastwood ❤

[@LoneStarLawman]

This show was iconic, for its time. The first three seasons were the best. The show after that, was still very good, but the ratings slipped when Landau and Bain left. Still worh watching, even today.

[@r.a.mancillas812]

the best show on TV

[@richposports7030]

Great series back in the day. 😊😊

[@vincepeterson5761]

and it's amazing that Barbara bain is still alive everyone else is been gone for a while good for her ☀️☀️☀️

[@willieg7895]

One of my favorite TV shows from back in the day before I was born. I own the entire series on dvd and the 2 seasons from the 80s but those weren't near as good.

[@daveroche6522]

Yep. Y'know, one of the funnest things about watching the original - original - Thunderbirds (not that Frakes insult) every week was anticipating which Pod T2 would be using for that mission. Similarly with MishImp, we tried to guess which way the Batsignal/carrier pigeon/dictaphone/parchment/record/shoephone/tape/U.N.C.L.E. pen/whatever would self-destruct that week. GREAT! Plus Lalos music - still legend. As for Cruises effort - ugh! No thanks - "All spectacle, zero joy".

[@GregHallArt]

I watched the show, as a kid, and really liked it, I mean how could you forget the theme song. I went to see the first Mission Impossible movie and thought it was really good, and it played an updated version of the theme song a few times throughout. I understand why they made Phelps the bad guy, because they wanted to update things. I continue to watch each new movie as they come out, liking them for what they are, and getting a new version of the theme song almost every time. 🎇 💣 Du du du-du... 🎵 du du du-du... 🎵 Du du du-du... 🎵 du du du-du... 🎵 danana 🎶 danana 🎶 du-du ...... 🎇🎇

[@joanne3049]

Quite possibly the best TV show ever made. The difference between the version with Cruise is like the difference between eating top cuisine and looking in the garbage bin for scraps. No comparison.

[@dicksanders8206]

That's too harsh, but the Cruise MI's are geared for a modern audience. Not as good, but far more action.

[@joanne3049]

@@dicksanders8206True but it's a shame they had to steal the MI name to cover up for the lame lead actor.

[@dicksanders8206]

My favorite show of all time is The Fugitive, which ran from 1964 through 1967@@joanne3049

[@RYNT1157]

Have the DVD boxsets watched the series when it came out and I am watching the DVDs now. A classic.

[@josephtucker9612]

The original theme music is much better than the music in the movies.

[@daveroche6522]

Damn tootin! Lalo trumps U2/Clayton/Evans/Hewson/Mullen each and every time - they're crap, so when Clayton and Mullen couldn't come up with anything nearly as good/original themselves they simply 'updated' Lalos theme for the movie. Shitheads!

[@blakepace]

I still harbor a long lasting resentment of the 1st Movie destroying Phelps.

[@auntymar-marjustme]

I was really little when this was on; Mission Impossible, Mod Squaud & Star Trek form some of my "oldest" tv memories where I could follow the story lines I was like 5 or 6; & now that i think about that these shows would come to be the bases of the type of tv & movies I would love as a person. I never watch t.c.'s m.i. just never seemed right that none of the OG'S didn't want anything to do w/it; but I didn't know about the plot stwist.

[@aqacefan]

The lack of mention of Leonard Nimoy as the host of "In Search Of..." was pretty glaring.

[@truthwarrior4412]

My father and I would watch MI quite a bit because he went to school with Peter Lupus here in Indianapolis. My dad would comment that they never gave Peter any lines to speak other than an occasional “Right Jim”.

[@daveroche6522]

We loved Peter as ever-so-slightly-dopey Norberg in the Police Squad series (yep, 1982 - a good year). Myself and my eldest STILL sometimes spontaneously do that 'stop-moving-or-speaking-like-it's-a-freezeframe' moment - pretty much drives everyone else bonkers so it's FUN! Real Fun - great series (and movies)!

[@timothyday8193]

I love the original show ❤ and I always will and the biggest mistake they made was not including the original cast!!!

[@petersdotter1]

Glued t the TV every time M.I. came on. It was classy, smart , thrilling. Never have seen the Cruise movies. Don't intend to.

[@rafanifischer3152]

Mission Impossible, my favorite TV series of all time. But I prefer the 60's series to the 80's series.

[@mrbr549]

Loved the MI tv series, and love the MI movies with Tom Cruise.

[@j.sterling9167]

The new versions of Mission impossible, unlike the original TV series is basically over enhanced with CG (Computer graphics) the script has the characters doing the most ridiculous and physically impossible stunts, after a short while of watching them you lose interest. The original series was written plots that built up the suspense to the end, while maintaining a story line that kept your attention. Having the full TV DVD series, is a trip back in time ,when imagination and creative writing, ruled good TV shows.

[@kimkelly5512]

The real Mr. Phelps wouldn't have turned out to be crooked.

[@MrHeadbanger366]

Leonard Nimoy also hosted and narrated In Search Of in the 70s.

[@netwrkguy]

I would love to see an updated version of Space1999

[@alancrisp1582]

🤔 No,no .Absolutely not. The original will always be the best version!. When ever they try and remake these classic shows, they always make a real mess of it.Keep enjoying watching the best original version....................

[@daveroche6522]

PLEASE say you mean Season 1 only (S2 remains skinpeelingly awful). Have to say - the Eagles are STILL pretty cool. Can't beat U.F.O. though.

[@daveroche6522]

Dang - I've now got the urge to watch a few episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - starting with that bonkers one with Vincent Price and the puppets (The Deadly Dolls) - pure fun.

[@alancrisp1582]

@@daveroche6522 🤔Dave Roche, I understand where you are coming from, in regards to season one versus season two. But both seasons or series have there fans.I enjoy watching both, for different reasons!..

[@daveroche6522]

Just thinkin' - it's a pity Barbara wasn't allowed actually act on Space 1999. She was NOT a happy bunny there as a result.

[@Samtheman85844]

I love this show.

[@isabellind1292]

Nice Willy! I've seen it...oooh lah lah...😍

[@ktlam195512]

Mission Impossible was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. Don't care too much for the movies.

[@medievil1]

Nimoy was also well known for hosting "In Search Of.." where they talked about a different subject each week (aliens, bigfoot, atlantis, etc....)

[@medievil1]

80's show, not to be confused with the reboot also hosted by a "spock" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ-1g3h8i5J5apY

[@donaldcharlton2569]

It is playing on the Pluto channel I watch it all the time!!!

[@CG-gp2gc]

Love the TV show, hated the movie. I say movie because I tried to watch the first one and did NOT like it. It was a bunch of "flash" and seemed more about Tom than the actual story line that had been laid by the series. Hollywood seems to not have any new ideas, but only piggy-backs off of very well made TV shows.

[@jimroscovius]

The movies only got better as they went on. I think they are great!!

[@gregjo5141]

I agree but I could only make it part of the way through the first movie yes I too have not watched any of the other ones. And I don't miss them🤷

[@theoddfather8782]

Many years ago I met a guy who was a Cameraman on the set of this series and he told me Barbara Bain was something of a Diva.

[@madjidhamdini1977]

I have all of this tv movie ^^the 60s and other 80s also and everyday i watch 2/3 of them ^^ The second version of this (80s version) the son of Barney collier / Greg morris (grant collier) his real son in real life is in (his father also in 3 épisodes ^^) Grettings from Belgium ;)

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Please cover the 1988 reboot also at sone stage

[@conradeddie3776]

My favorite actor on the show was Leslie Ann Warren THE ONE YOU DID NOT SHOW🥶!

[@ThisWorks4Me]

Leonard Nimoy also did the voice over for one of the Civilization video games.

[@ThisWorks4Me]

@DoYouRemember11 Love to claim it, but I don't use Telegram.

[@JulianneRemley-l2q]

Loved this show not the movies and may the one who passed away may they rest in eternal peace. Loved Peter graves in winds of war and war and remembrance.Barbra Bain was in an episode of scarecrow and Mrs.king . And Martin Landau in baps.my favorite character was cimammon

[@scottiehall8695]

Every time I see Peter Graves, all I can think of is "Do you like movies about gladiators? Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

Lol yep. Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

[@tdotjazzberryram61]

🤣🤣🤣🤣That was hilarious !!! 🛩

[@sandrataylor7892]

The original with Peter Graves was the best with good writing and actions. I also like Tom Cruise too but always the original is the best.

[@Johnnycdrums]

I had no idea Peter Lupus was a strongman in real life.

[@edwardchrishooks9918]

Mission Impossible the TV series is the best show ever. I have the entire series on DVD including the reboot 88 aeries. I do not care for the Tom Cruse films. Just like the original cast I boycott all the films. As for my favorite charter from the series I live them all but being a man I had a crush and still do on Barbara Bain. In a nut she'll it burned me up and mad me mad that the films made Peter Grave's charter (Jim) a villain. On another note: It seems to me in the films Tom Cruse is a one man show, it's all him. As for the TV series it was a team effort.

[@larryfisher5796]

I have never watched Tom Cruise mission impossible .I don't care for the new ones .

[@edwardpike3386]

My favorites were Martin Landau and Graves.

[@sladest72]

Nick...you forgot Sam Elliott,Leslie Ann Warren & that Nimoy also was the narrator on In search of for 9 seasons.

[@lesnyk255]

I was 16 when the show premiered, and it took me by storm - the writing, its intricate plotting, the clever use of reverse psychology, and (of course) Lalo Schifrin's music, esp. the now iconic theme. My all-time favorite episode was the 3rd one aired, "Operation Rogash". Like many long-running shows, it had started showing its age by the time Nimoy arrived, but still had its moments. By season 6-7, it had pretty much devolved into just another cop show. The reboot of the 80s was IMO pretty weak. I've only seen the 1st MI movie and haven't bothered with the rest.

[@deborahpolk1854]

I loved Steven Hill season 1

[@michaelstaunton1632]

📺👌👌👌

[@BenzeneHex57]

I’ve just about watched every episode and really enjoy them. I thought Nimoy only played one season. Didn’t realize there was more than one woman in the series.

[@reidnewton9527]

The original mission impossible was awesome it was a lot of suspense it was interesting it kept your attention and it kept you amused the Tom Cruise version was boring and it was just nothing like the original I won't say that it's not something to watch I will just say that it wasn't for me

[@nicholassheffo5723]

Great video, but you forgot his other big TV hit, narrating IN SEARCH OF..., replacing Rod Serling at the last minute because Serling passed away. The 1988 M:I series was mixed, as the Cruise films are, but the first three seasons of the original show are still the best of all.

[@mikiev77]

I enjoyed the Mission Impossible TV series a lot and I enjoy Tom Cruise movie Mission Impossible quite a bit. Still waiting for the next Mission Impossible movie that was supposed to be out in 2022. Let's go! Is it out yet?

[@tiredlawdog]

Don't like remakes. There was an old comedian by the name of Brother Dave Gardner. He once said, have you ever heard anyone say, let's do that again. Friends once you do something you can't do it again, just something similar. Loved the original, never missed it.

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

I watched the show as a kid when it was already in syndication and had a huge crush on miss Carter. As far as the movies go the 1st one played non stop in a video Store I worked at and what they did with Jim's character was utter garbage so I ignored the rest of them.

[@krga94c]

This was a scheduled weekly watch in our home growing up. The whole family, all six of us would huddle down together, glued to the tube. The spin-offs with Tom Cruise are interesting enough, I suppose. But I was definitely not down with Phelps character being written as a traitor villain in the first release.

[@dicksanders8206]

Yeah, that was not cool.

[@vincentglass5990]

They all were good but Greg Morris who played Barney was the best to me.

[@chriscahill6897]

Stephen Hill cool talent actor

[@1fires1]

Its telling that all the orginal cast hated Tom Cruise lol

[@richardrosenthal9552]

I watched Mission Impossible because it was so different from other tv series at that time. The characters were relatable and the episodes were fun to watch. I had no real favorite character in the tv shows because I liked the whole ensemble cast. I saw the reboot and did not like the use of Phelps as the villain.

[@davidclark8879]

you forgot to mention Leslie and Warren and also Linda day George who came on the last 2 years of the series thank you

[@garystreile9143]

I watched the original series when it was first on TV in the 60s, and I really liked it. I also watched the reboot series, and thought that was also pretty good. I really don't like the Tom Cruise movies. They have way too much CGI special effects and outrageous stunts. These were so "spectacular" that they were totally implausible and phony looking. I also thought it was a TERRIBLE idea to make Jim Phelps the bad guy in the first movie. That made me an enemy of the movies right from the get go. (Many times when people turn TV shows into movies, it seems like they have no idea what really made the TV show special in the first place.)

[@surfside16]

I loved the original and saw every episode. Probably Peter Graves was the most iconic. He was my favorite. I thought he was great in Airplane the movie.

[@laurence-tw7su]

Yes, me too, but the sequel is a close 2nd. The Tom Cruise's films a big No, no. Jim Phelps a villain! Ridiculous! Not in a million years! I watched, or rather I tried to watch another of Cruise's films only yesterday. So formulaic! So predictable! A bigTom Cruise's action movie fest. Managed 25 minutes of it, maybe 30, and then got too bored and switched off. In fact, I am rewatching the 80's series. Don't seem to find the 60's originals, but I will keep looking. I'm not surprised that they didn't like the films!

[@millardfillmore241]

Great piece! One note the photo at 7:51 is not Martin Landau with his two daughters only his daughter Julie is in it. The second photo at 7:56 does include is older daughter Suzy. really enjoyed this vid.

[@wayneleonard6434]

Cinnamon.

[@kimothy1701]

Agree with the OG cast about Jim becoming the villain in the movie always said that there should have been a twist at the end when Ethan was on the plane and received his next mission tape. That his name, Etan Hunt should have been deleted an replaced with Jim Phelps, making that character a code name and distancing John Voight from Peter Graves so not being the same person

[@rxpro19]

you forgot to mention Peter Lupus was Nordberg in the police squad tv show

[@johnnyho8765]

How come there’s no mention of Leslie Warren?

[@julianneremley4430]

Loved the show hated the tom cruise movies, favorite character cinnamon carter

[@georgechalhoub4484]

Great review, the Best so far I agree Tom Cruise MI was nothing like the original. It was a one man show vs team work more lime James Bond.I wish you had covered a bit more the remake of MI with Jim phelps of the early 90s that was great too, still a bit short of the original.

[@ronnyb5890]

i loved and still love the original series and the reboot,not so keen on the tom cruise version,certainly not the first one where they discredit mr phelps,tom cuise is also more a loner than working as a group like in the original,but its good enough as a action movie if you dont compare it with the original series,think of the TC movies as something stand-alone,a mission impossible wich has nothing to do with the original series,thats how i see and view these movies,they should have used other names,ohh well..

[@albertosojuaco]

Original series Jim is the ‘mastermind/planner’ , Barney the tech, landau/nimoy the impersonator , Lupus the muscle man, cinnamon/etc for Beauty , others as needed. The new mi everything is Ethan like a superhero who can do everything (with cgi) like helicopter and mountain climbing as practice. Barney with slide rule makes good stories unlike cgi with no stories at all. I’ll rather watch Superman or Jason Bourne. Cruz is lucky to get the franchise but he could have at least just replace Jim and not make him a traitor.

[@Spsuperstar]

You forgot Sam Elliott, Lesley Warren, and Linda Day George joined the cast.

[@allan9603]

Nick tell us your favorite character on the old Mission Impossible. How about the new MI?

[@daveroche6522]

Favourite part of the MI movies? The credits at the end - FINALLY we can get back to NOT wasting our lives.....

[@allan9603]

@@daveroche6522 , the question was directed to Nick.