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FReeper Canteen ~ Most Excellent Adventures in TV Land ~ 7 April 2006
April 6, 2006 | Serving the Best Military

Posted on 04/06/2006 5:55:14 PM PDT by beachn4fun

TIME TRAVEL

ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time.

If you're brave enough, climb aboard, no ticket required……we're about to take off.

Come on, hop in, watch your step ...... The controls are set.

Buckle up. Now don't be afraid....I know how to fly this thing.......Here we goooooooooo.......Lift off.

WHOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH

Here we are. Let me turn on the television to see what is on.

Do any of you remember these shows?

Mission Impossible

9/17/1966 - 9/8/1973 - CBS

Color - 60 minutes

168 total episodes

Mission Impossible Cast

Peter Graves as Jim Phelps (1967-1973)

Greg Morris as Barney Collier

Peter Lupus as Willy Armitage

Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter (1966-1969)

Martin Landau as Rollin Hand (1966-1969)

Leonard Nimoy as Paris (1969-1971)

Steven Hill as Daniel Briggs (1966-1967)

Lesley Ann Warren as Dana Lambert (1970-1971)

Sam Elliott as Dr. Doug Robert (1970-1971)

Lynda Day George as Lisa Casey (1971-1973)

Barbara Anderson as Mimi Davis (1972-1973)

Bob Johnson as Voice on Tape

Mission Impossible Theme Song

"Mission:Impossible" by Lalo Schifrin”

Mission Impossible Tidbits

Mission Impossible Intro: "Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is... As usual, should you or any member of your I.M. Force be captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."

Poof! The tape went up in smoke! However much or little people may recall of Mission:Impossible, no one could forget the tension packed opening augmented by Lalo Schifrin's jazzy theme music.

In the first season, it was "your mission, Dan" as Steven Hill (real name, Solomon Krakovsky) played Daniel Briggs, leader of the Impossible Mission Force. Reportedly, Hill's contract restrictions which limited the days and hours he would work in order for the Orthodox Jew to strictly observe his religion became a problem. In 1990, these limitations were accomodated by producer Dick Wolf as Hill began his 10 year run as D.A. Adam Schiff on Law and Order.

In the second season, the team is headed by Peter Graves as Jim Phelps. Graves, brother of Gunsmoke star James Arness, is the leader we remember. In the first seasons the self-destructing tape came with a packet of pictures of potential agents to use on the assignment. Since Jim always picked the same people, this seemed sort of silly and was eventually dropped.

The plots were always very complicated and usually involved the overthrow of some dictator or the theft of secret papers. In short, the kind of thing we imagine the CIA really does but doesn't want to get caught doing. In later seasons, having reorganized a significant number of third world nations, the Mission Impossible Force turned its attention to crime syndicates in America.

The original cast included Greg Morris as Barney Collier, the electronics wiz, and Peter Lupus as Willie Armitage, the muscle. Barbara Bain was the obligatory female agent, Cinnamon Carter.

Bain's real life husband Martin Landau was cast as Rollin Hand, the master of disguise. Originally this was to have been a brief appearance but his work so impressed producers, that he was signed as a permanent cast member.

Things went well for the first three seasons but then salary disputes with Paramount caused Bain and Landau to be replaced. Star Trek was finishing its run on the very next soundstage, which made Leonard Nimoy, who looks a bit like Landau, available. In what must be Nimoy's destiny, he was given another one word name, Paris, and assumed Landau's IMF duties.

Martin Landau turned down the part of Mr. Spock on Star Trek (fascinating decision) and was replaced on Mission Impossible by Leonard Nimoy, who accepted the role (wholly logical).

Starsky & Hutch

9/2/1975 – 8/21/1979 ABC

Color - 60 minutes

Starsky & Hutch Cast

David Soul as Detective Sergeant Kenneth "Ken Hutch" Hutchinson

Paul Michael Glaser as Detective Sergeant David "Dave" Michael Starsky

Antonio Fargas as "Huggy Bear" Brown

Bernie Hamilton as Captain Harold C. Dobey

Theme Song

Not found. But, not too worry. If you really need it, I’m sure one of our wonderful DJs will find it.

Starsky & Hutch Tidbits

'Starsky & Hutch' brought much of the streetwise grit, the violence, and the sheer excitement from hit movies such as 'Dirty Harry' to the small screen. There had been Police series virtually since then beginning of television, but 'Starsky & Hutch' had something else – this show was undoubtedly "hip". A huge hit at the time, it now stands as one of the iconic cop shows of the 1970s, particularly thanks to the fashions and infamous car chases that went with it.

On the surface, plain-clothes Detectives Starsky and Hutch were like chalk and cheese. Ken Hutchinson opted very much for the quiet life, being well read, a deep thinker, and enjoying fine cuisine. Dave Starsky, on the other hand, was louder, more brash, enjoying street life and a diet of junk food. Their personalities might have contrasted, but once together, they meshed perfectly, practically operating and thinking as one, as they ridded the streets of muggers, drug pushers, murderers, rapists, racketeers, and similar such scum. Their methods weren't always the most orthodox and they weren't afraid to bend the rules, but they always got results. Huggy Bear was the duo's ultra-hip, jive talking, streetwise informant. It was sometimes lightly hinted that Huggy was a pimp, but this was never really confirmed (or denied) in the series.

That's the end of the ride for today. Please watch your step on exiting the time machine. Now that I've shown you a few, how about you share something from your memory. Or, if one of these were your favorite show then, share a memory of the best episode for you.

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To: LUV W
Good Evening Luv
How are you? Did you have a good day? I'm ok. Had a nice afternoon hanging with Booboo.
81 posted on 04/06/2006 6:16:10 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

82 posted on 04/06/2006 6:16:21 PM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun; All


Ray Charles~America The Beautiful


83 posted on 04/06/2006 6:16:49 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: carlr

Good evening, carlr

How are you tonight? Have you been getting any storms?


84 posted on 04/06/2006 6:17:28 PM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Hello.


85 posted on 04/06/2006 6:17:43 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

You know how to get to the ladies!


86 posted on 04/06/2006 6:18:20 PM PDT by fanfan ( We have become the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world.)
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To: beachn4fun
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87 posted on 04/06/2006 6:18:21 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: gate2wire

Pat on the back.


88 posted on 04/06/2006 6:18:23 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: LUV W

Excuse me. But you didn't bring popcorn. Have you lost it? Your mind, I mean. bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa


89 posted on 04/06/2006 6:18:23 PM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Evening Tonk.


90 posted on 04/06/2006 6:18:52 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: mylife

LOL! Aside from it knocking me off-line, it sorta looked like we might in 4 weeks...with all that firepower! ;o)

How are you tonight?


91 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:11 PM PDT by luvie (A free Iraq . ... will serve as an amazing example for people who are desperate for freedom! GWB)
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To: TASMANIANRED

They were too cool.


92 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:14 PM PDT by gate2wire
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To: mylife

Howdy, My.


93 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:20 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: GodBlessUSA

Why, that's the craziest thing I've ever seen.

94 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:32 PM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun; MoJo2001

She got married, she didn't go blind.


95 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:51 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: TASMANIANRED

Evenin Taz!


96 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:57 PM PDT by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: beachn4fun

LOL that one is cute.


97 posted on 04/06/2006 6:20:07 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

Had a good day. And then I had a nap and it got even better!

Glad you had fun hanging out with your daughter! (((hugs)))


98 posted on 04/06/2006 6:20:12 PM PDT by luvie (A free Iraq . ... will serve as an amazing example for people who are desperate for freedom! GWB)
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To: LUV W

Smooch Sis.


99 posted on 04/06/2006 6:20:16 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: acad1228

Good evening, acad


100 posted on 04/06/2006 6:20:24 PM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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