Mission Impossible opening titles

[pyrogyra72]

This is the REAL Mission Impossible. Not those movies!

[lesassassins]

Sad that Tom Cruise ruined the reputation of the name Mission: Impossible.

[BeeABaw]

@lesassassins i dont think Cruise did at all... it think its more down to the writers and directors. Mission Impossible 1 was amazing in my book. all the others were just terrible.

[lesassassins]

@BeeABaw Cruise + the writers and directors ruined it. The first one was very dissappointing to me because Brian De Palma directed, actually it was the beginning of his decline. I think Nº 3 is the best one, only because Fat Hoffman is in it and plays an spectacular villain.

[distar97]

When you to need to come up with a way to do something really tough, think... what would MI do? Problem solved. (original MI that is)

[pfcwar5150]

6 people found the mission to be impossible

[Sultuxes]

0:27

That´s the first time i see a young Steven Hill.

[savecoupons]

wow! i love you tube thank you found some great old tv show caroline

[starlionblue]

This is WAAAYYYY better than the one from the mega-confusing movie.

[kennethamoultry]

The greatest television drama series of all time.

[MovieXeon]

The new mission impossible 4 is now available at MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE.EU.MN

[uffir]

great show

[shiningturtle]

It just irritates me to hear a misdiagnosis. Especially when it's Peter Lupus.

[KYKIN89]

Great cast all the way around.

[GreenArrowM]

Just added this video 2 my PLAYLIST of American TV Programme Intro's :)

[retroguy1976]

@cha5 you can always watch the whole mission impossible series if you have Netflix I forgot about the show till I watched it on there

[cha5]

I always remember this opening of the show from when I was a kid with the lit fuse, sadly I don't remember much else about it. :-(

[Sociologist66]

WOW !!! I've never imagine how gorgegous Barbara Bain was !!!

[retroguy1976]

@Sociologist66 shes a class act she can give the gals of today a run for their money

[retroguy1976]

lalo schifrin is a genuis for this theme and making thise paramount jingles at the time shame you will never see it again since they plastered it with the cbs paramount crap

[smartcooky99]

Steven Hill. the DA in Law & Order?

[swatch71]

@smartcooky99 The very same...

[Danjo60]

@smartcooky99

I loved Steven Hill in this series. Unfortunately, he had a near nervous breakdown over the repetative schedule and stopped acting for years after he left this series. Of course, Peter Graves was also fantastic.

[MrGENOSTV]

Peter Graves was a class act here and in real life.

[orbitring]

I'm getting OLD !

[ttlms]

From Season 1, Episode 1. Steven Hill was replaced by Peter Graves the second season, and Martin Landau was added as a regular rather than a frequent "guest star'.

[klisher]

they used to get Barney to do everything

[B17Boy]

@klisher - That's very good, because when Lalo Schifrin was asked to do extra music for the show, the title he chose for the piece of music written for Barney was called "Barney Does It All."

[srb9]

From the pilot!

[tubesoxabc]

this song is such a classic as was the tv series.

i just watch a video of a band that does this song mixed with J. Tull's Living in the Past. can not believe how well the 2 go together. aMaZing! ck it out.

search  nutty epk

[HeartPiece4u]

it needs more wood block. :P

[MasterAceman123456]

Absolutely retromagnificence!

[knight130985]

This show awesome. Steven Hill was the leader of the IMF in the first season. He did a very good job in my opinion. But I like Peter Greaves as well. R.I.P Peter Greaves.

[Blairpark]

This show was fast paced, well cast, and had one of the best theme songs ever. Spy type shows were still big having been spearheaded by the James Bond books and movies. MI was a huge hit on college campuses and pretty much in the rest of the country in 1966.

[JollyRodders]

@Blairpark "MI was a huge hit on college campuses and pretty much in the rest of the country in 1966">>> You forgot the whole of the western world at that time too.

[ftsjr]

Among the most recognizable TV themes ever. By just listening to it, you get a feeling of intrigue.

[mig189189189]

Cool video!

Thanks for posting!

[gangadarits]

first i didnt know what the musics name was but then i saw it from jwcfree sungha jung dude ya but he is a awsome guitar player he is so ittle u know u start to play guitar when your 15 or18 but this little dude plays so good WOW SUNGHA JUNG RULES PS GANGADARI

[lenny536]

barbra bain in that towel enough said beautiful

[sabinoson]

There was an episode (or maybe episodeS) where Martin Landau engages in a karate fight with one of the baddies. If anyone can tell me the name of that episode, it would be much appreciated.

[AgentXPQ]

@sabinoson I don't know about Karate, but I think he did an immense amount of fighting in an episode called "The reluctant Dragon". That's one of the best episodes I remember from the first season.

[sabinoson]

@AgentXPQ "The Reluctant Dragon?" That certainly sounds right! :-)

Thanks, I'll look for it.

[itschelseabxtch95]

This must have been the first year of the series. Martin Landau must not have been on contract, yet. He was definitely the best actor in the series, sort of like an early day Eddie Murphy, with all of the face changes like in the pre Nutty Professor days.

[rolex452]

@itschelseabxtch95 Yes, this is the first season. Steven Hill, being a Orthodox Jew was unable to work Friday nights or Saturdays and certain Jewish Holidays, and this made the shooting schedule difficult for the production company. He left the series after one season, being replace by Peter Graves.

[AgentXPQ]

@itschelseabxtch95 This is actually from the Pilot episode, which also starred Wally Cox, Marlon Brando's best friend.

[TVClassicsATYuToob]

awsome show!

[shadowdwellercat]

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[TheKingofSlots]

Look how young Steven Hill looks. Compare this with his appearance on Law & Order. Fine actor.

[Tonin41992]

That and The Avengers are the best series ever

[Frost770]

I was so hopeful that the Mission Impossible movies would revive this franchise...

Boy was I wrong!

[GoldGollum]

Forget Tom Cruise who just ruin this series in cinema, this is the real Mission Impossible!

[mattyhOVashton]

wow!!! well never knew there was a tv series

[shadowdwellercat]

my faveriot live tv show

[CaptainBuckRogers]

Man did Barbara look HOT coming out in a towel! Lucky Martian..her husband at the time...I believe.

[Whyisthisthat]

WASN'T SPOCK IN THIS?

[saxesisme]

@Whyisthisthat Leonard Nimoy (Spock) was in the show after Barbara Bain and Martin Landau left. He played a man named Paris, who did impressions and such like Martin Landau did. He was able to take the job because Star Trek had been cancelled the previous year.

[cbak12sg]

No Martin Landau, I see. Anyway, this is my favourite TV theme. It exudes cool. Shame the "proper" version seems only available on the TV series (the TV theme compilations feature a re-recording.

Only slight quibble: the title is wrong. The missions were clearly NOT impossible!

[smoothpoppa2007]

@cbak12sg I'm quite sure how to put this....BUT, every episode of MI that I've seen made with say "There's NO way that anyone could have possibly done or gotten away with this...and lived to tell about it". James Bond 007 movies are in the same category. IMO (In both cases, they have to be exceptionally cunning, crafty, and resourceful..not to mention brave, to pull off these Impossible Missions).

[DAngelo136]

For your information; Steven Hill was the first leader of the IMF force before Peter Graves. You will see Steven Hill as the District Attorney in "Law & Order". He gave up TV work because of his religious convictions-he's an Orthodox Jew.

[hanoc101]

@DAngelo136 Didn't make the connection between this and Hill's Law & Order role. Time really changes people don't it.

[CaptainBuckRogers]

@DAngelo136 I Shame Steven left. I liked his better than Peter!

[RandyAKing]

Where's Martin Landeau?

[Noodles37UK]

Cool Moroccan percussions.

[49bobbyk]

Great! From the first episode! The mission to Santa Costa. One of my favorites. This show had class and was slick as ice. I liked Steven Hill very much in the role of Dan Briggs. Thanks for the trip back.

[yambo59]

@49bobbyk Iike your "slick as ice" comment, rally says it all. this was one of the best shows of its day, used to love it when they would pull off one mask, then another --and another!! It was very imaginative for the time, they had little to work with in props, I remember one show where they melted the gold in a vault through a hole in the floor into molds and cleaned the vault out by making new bars one the spot-- how freaking cool and imaginative-! Ahead of its time for sure.

[gadzooks004]

This is from the series` pilot.

However, I`m confused. When the pilot did air back in 1966, it was the only episode NOT to have a beginning theme. The episode just began with Act One with the actors`names shown on the screen one at a time.The same theme-less print was always used in syndication in the 70`s and early 80`s. I distinctly remember this! The end theme of the pilot actually had the leads`names!

Hey real IMF fans, anyone else also recall this? If you do, then you are a TRUE fan!

[Gossage54]

Wow, got caught in the youtube spider's web again and wound up enveloped into Mission Impossible, a show I haven't seen in years. I grew up watching this in reruns as a kid in the 70s and 80s and loved the show. They never play it anymore and haven't seen an episode in so long I completely forgot there was season 1 w no Peter. This has made me feel the need to go get a DVD box set for this great show, this was head and shoulders above a lot of what was on TV at the time.

[yambo59]

@Gossage54 Hey Ive been caught in the tubes "web" also for about three hours looking at old shows- (im 51) and it just never stops-lol Im in a serious dead heat between best opening theme, its between Hawaii Five-0 and Mission Impossible-!

How do ya make that call-!! I loved M-Imp. -- I still remember when barner would bring out one of his advanced little electronic gadgets, and it was full of now outdated components such as tubes and old style transistors etc, -lol still a great old show

[g5uk]

If I can't have Barbara Bain I will self destruct in 30 seconds

[sternumagnum]

Peter Lupus was the head bodybuilder in the 1964 Frankie Avalon-Annette Funicello movie "Muscle Beach Party". A remarkable actor with a tremendous range, who missed his calling in Shakespearean drama to do television shows.

[TheBlueyedblond]

@sternumagnum I would watch him play Shakespeare just to see him in tights.

[ryoushii]

First season, years before Steven Hill decided to settle down as the DA for New York.

[ftsjr]

Among the greatest theme songs EVER!

[thomfleming]

Greg Morris and Peter Lupus had something in common besides being on the same series...

[smoothpoppa2007]

@thomfleming

Hmm? Both were suave and debonair as well as mellow fellows who were a real coolness about them. But I have a feeling you're talking about something else...Care to enlighten us??

[thomfleming]

@smoothpoppa2007 they appeared nude in Playgirl magazine in the 70's

[Lateralus8808]

Man im 21 and finally started watching this show. I am fuckin loving it and it makes me sick to see the mission impossible with dumbass tom cruise. It seems like Hollywood loves to shit on anything good by remaking it into bullshit.

[Iluthra]

Why is this never shown in reruns????

[CaptainBuckRogers]

@Iluthra Prabably costs too much! Sci-Fi Channel use to play old stuff like Dark Shadows, Battlestar, Buck, Planet Of The Apes and old movies like Fantastic Voyage. Now they settle for crap that went straight to DVD.

[599ferrari]

This Series is awesome!! Every episode is comparable (or maybe better) to a movie!! but I always love the first season, there always something on the way, something not going according to plan, but they handle it like how an IMF agent should!!

[montyite]

Barbara Bain was hot! Peter Lupus looks like a relative of Sylvester Stallone! LOL

[ericinwisconsin]

Barbara Bain.... Yum, yum!!

[SmokingOneTwo]

Tom Cruise is gay. The New York Times said so.

[RevengeFreddys]

@SmokingOneTwo I don't care if he's a terrorist, Cruise is twice the guy any of us will ever be, that includes you.

[SmokingOneTwo]

@RevengeFreddys Actually, he's half the guy that most of us are, and you're lucky I'm not a woman or I would have really proved you wrong.

[Lateralus8808]

@RevengeFreddys Man it's people like you that make me ashamed to be a human. Cruise, the scientologist whiney little bitch of a man, is twice the guy of any of us? Oh yeah i forgot, he's rich and famous and therefore a better person. Thanks, i'm gonna go build a Cruise shrine now.

[RevengeFreddys]

@Lateralus8808 Nah I'm a nice guy.

This is youtube, sir.

[ReginaldL]

I've listened to all the different variations of this theme song including the newer remixes and this one is the best (but for it being too short). Not sure if this is the original or not but it just sounds so much more richer and complex and clearer. It's a great tune, Lalo.

[scalibruh]

@ReginaldL

I listened to all the other versions too, and none of them even came close to being as good as this one. I'm pretty sure this is the original one.

The thing I didn't like most about the other versions is that they toned down the bongos. Hell, that was the best part ! That bongo player was awesome.

And the theme music for the Tom Cruise versions of MI are awful,... especially compared to the original.

[jamesbooty]

I agree. not only did Cruise and company hijack the series and turn it into a James Bond clone, but in the first film they ruined the music too, by taking what was a unique 5/4 theme song and remaking it in 4/4 time.

[dggd]

I agree!...the original theme was indeed the best. These scenes were from the very 1st episode with Mr. Briggs. The 70's themed version seemed weaker.

[sre2464]

@ReginaldL

I agree. I think it's the rich percussion sound that really puts this above the others.

[Dava1000]

What is really amazing is how the editors of a weekly episode managed to splice the action to fit the tv theme into a montage each week.

[banner74]

Rest In Peace,Mr.Phelps

[Yann022]

R.I.P Mr Phelps alias Peter Graves

[baddmanaz]

RIP Peter Graves

[VanWADebbie]

We already know!

[TheJomogogo]

@wachutalkinboutbitch

yer tinfoil pyramid hat's on too tight better loosen it up

[wachutalkinboutbitch]

learn to spell and i might consider it.

[Cool2BCeltic]

Condensed cheese.

[theloniousMac]

They always stuck the black guy in the air conditioning duct.

[yuritim]

where he belonged.

[beatlesquarrymen]

Hisnameisntblackguyitslalofish­ermanyoudickky

[zardoz1961]

This is the REAL theme the first one and

the Best !

[sondano]

Peter Lupus ehem now that is a healthy name

[Catel1]

Never could such a show being broadcasted nowadays. Too well written and complicated for the modern audiences...

[gabrielj1986]

i beg to differ. 'Lost' is arguably one of the best written shows of all time, and is extremely complex. it also happens to be extremely successful critically as well as commercially.

[FanBrazil1]

24 is clearly Mission Impossible of the 21st century. Both amazingly well written. I love both shows.

[frank787922]

24 is the best show on tv right now.M.I. was ahead of its time.The acting and plot lines were great.

[kossmikham]

Agreed. It'll never fly today. Way too complicated for today's average moron. Somewhere this country took a wrong turn in its development.

[CrazyHeliDude]

Holy sh*t ain't that the truth! It actually took a brain to watch/understand a show like this. Something that's sorely lacking in many people today.

[Tubernaut]

@Catel1 Sad but true.

[hanoc101]

@Catel1 Agreed. Also I forgot that there was an IMF leader before Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves)

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

@Catel1 what like NCIS?the people who made shows like mission impossible are STILL making these shows. You just gotta know where to look.

[Maoszman]

@Catel1 The Cold War gave a lot of plots for television to focus on.

[jamesthemaniac]

@Catel1 There are still a few out there. Community and Mad Men come to mind.

[jebeja]

@Catel1, I don't know about that as I think it could be done, if you find the right cast, and leave out the majority of cuss words used on tv today.

[tiger355]

@Catel1 I agree. In order to write MI you have to develop a story that causes the bad guy's

org's political structure and leadership to self implode, then work backwords from there to get

to that endpoint.

Nowadays, stories are more linear, and simply written by mere mental midgets. You just have to

come up with a stupid crime, and randomly pick a bad guy then spend the film chasing after

them, plus insert CGI. Oh yeah, plus have detectives go around asking questions.

[0121Andreas007]

Now where's the opening titles to the Film with Tom Cruise? All 3 of them!

[YoungTeufelhunden]

As far as the Movies are concerned; the first one was the best simply because it was most like the tv shows: The emphasis was more on them solving a mystery and bringing the bad guy to justice like actual secret agents, rather than MI: 2 and 3 which were more like James Bond, the 2nd one being the most like James Bond + The Matrix. But that's just my humble opinion ;)

[Dreaklock]

I absolutely LOVE the first Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. It is by far the best! MI2 sucked. MI3 was bland and was basically an Alias rip off. I really hope they make MI4 more like the original TV show and less like a second rate James Bond rip off. The original MI film was fabulous! But the other two were really inferior.

[Roger007Poore]

Definitely! M:I 1 is an amazing espionnage thriller. other two are second-rate action movies that can easily be forgotten.

[daveinrome]

We often forget that people like them exist in real life, and protect us without we know...

[mcwald20]

That is why the show was canclled. IT was something the government was doing back in the 60s and 70s. Amazing.

[BadNews88]

Note to telecastor69:

AGREED!

And to the provider of the clip..

Thanx fer it, m8..

[telecastor69]

Lalo Schifrin: an argentine talent , composer of some of the best music ever for TV shows and movies! Unforgettable!

[45p1r1n]

Oh my childhood!!! Where are you?

[VultusMorMortis]

Indeed!

[Roger007Poore]

This show aged really really well. Thats fantastic!

[cirosuperiore]

probably the very best tv music theme ever...those 60 and especially 70's shows were great. we can only imitate them , never duplicate them.

[NVanWendy]

Some of the ingenuity in this show was amazing. You were shown all the pieces beforehand and left to guess how the mission would unfold. They usually took place in countries with names like Goramia or Foruvia whose government was "unfriendly to the interests of the United States" or something like that. That was enough to justify meddling in their affairs!

Eventually, they relied too much on flawless disguise masks made in seconds by a machine they had. It dumbed down, and lost its key people.

[savages9]

Barbara Bain? Didnt she appear in Android Planet with Martin Landau?

[Quisyfrottesypique]

How about Space 1999?

[mollytherealdeal]

Perhaps you are thinking about Space 1999.

[kayAbee]

The Avengers... John Steed and Emma Peel.  Cool music there.

[noacronym]

Pull up The Rookies and then decide that.

[hanoc101]

The Rookies theme was cool but might I suggest you pull up the theme song to "The Name of the Game"

[THYCHANIE]

Greg Morris' kid Philip Morris was in the Updated reattempted television show....fyi...Philip Morris is the (ex)Krytonian on "Smallville" Who turned Human and assume a police detective role to help Clark out in concealing his abilities.....

[achornes]

My greatest fantasy!!!

[emmmizzle]

hey thanks for posting this.. steve hill is my grandad it's cool to see this :)

[wrtwertwr]

i need to know the name of a cartoon TV show which was some kind of parody of Mission Impossible-the old TV show-yet with 5 animals this time !, the funny cartoon was made in the 1970s i think, it was nice with a smart cat as the leader. So WHAT WAS THIS SHOW'S NAME !

[Sandbag209]

Top Cat?

[wrtwertwr]

nop!

[sharkey4123]

sean connery was the best mi guy!

[1400deadwood]

One of the best TV shows of all time.

[ebrown2112]

I'm used to seeing Steven Hill on L&O. He's barely recognizable (to me)!

[Orsley]

Great main title, from the Pilot episode, 1966. Martin Landau was not yet a series regular, so didn't appear in main title. He became a regular in second season, when Peter Graves joined cast as Phelps, replacing original IMF leader Steven Hill as Mr. Briggs. Landau & Bain were only in the first 3 seasons. Thus, the "classic" Mission cast members (Graves, Landau, Bain, Morris, Lupus) were only together for two seasons, the second and third, out of a total of 7 seasons.

[estelle715]

LOVE this show! The music,the plots,the actors! Just the best! Thanks!

[violin99]

The greatest tv show intro ever!!

[luisGB17]

lol

[king205956]

lol

[richintalent]

Wait...waitwaitwaitwait - where's Peter Graves???

[DeltaS5]

and martin landau

[titanb15]

Lalo fucking rocks!

[jman1960]

Agree 100%- totally kick-ass opening theme (and kudos to the bongo player). The fuse burning down while playing the action shots is a cool touch, also.

[Nachtjager02]

This video will self destruct in 5 seconds.........good series in a socially better time, modern life has all of the technology and no spirituality.4/5.......

[sihingjimo]

Watched them everytime they were on!! Barbra, Greg, you guys Really Did rule the TV waves!!!

[jgdesign]

Face it man, the 60's had the best TV shows before or since.

[Jantv81]

Absolutely. I loved Cold War politics.

[nygiantsfan6]

Same here. It's a lot more fun watching James Bond or some other TV/movie character fighting Soviets. Newer bad guys are clichéd and not as cool. :)

[hamtrak]

Lalo Schifrin's the MAN!

[dramaticguy]

Its funny seeing Barbara Bain and Martin Landau on this,to me they'll always be Dr.Helena Russell and John Koenig from classic,sci-fi show Space 1999!

[berserkley]

Man, it's weird seeing Steven Hill so young. He's always been the grouchy old bastard DA on Law and Order. The bongos definitely make the theme!

[Juliaflo]

Mr. Hill left Mission Impossible after one season because of religious conflicts with the show--he's an Orthodox Jew and did not want to work on Sabbath.

[Jantv81]

Rollin was my personal favorite but of his many disguises.

[irish89055]

lupus guy always creeped me out.. thanks for the theme, not relooping it like that clown on here..

[joel1975]

Barbara Bain is too sexy...

[ilurvekimba1967]

Wow, i remember this episode crystal clear :)

[vegasGB]

they don't make them like this anymore

[ilurvekimba1967]

i agree