{"id":18475,"date":"2017-08-03T05:10:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T09:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=18475"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:25:27","slug":"18475","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=18475","title":{"rendered":"3 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE’!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Me-TV had a post titled 14 TOP SECRET THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE’! Sadly the article is no longer available.\u00a0 Below are three of my favorites that it listed.<\/p>\n

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THE FAKE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SEEN ON THE SHOW WAS REFERRED TO AS “GELLERESE.”
\n<\/strong>Vaguely German, vaguely Romanian, a phony foreign language can be seen on signs in the show. The letters are peppered with accents, S’s are liberally replaced Z’s. So as not to offend any actual nationalities, the language was entirely made up, and the crew referred to the fictional tongue as “Gellerese” in tribute to the show’s creator.<\/p>\n

IN EARLY EPISODES, THE TAPE WOULD LITERALLY SELF-DESTRUCT.
\n<\/strong>Initially, the special effects crew applied a chemical to the tape to make it smoke and decompose. This was not only costly and tricky, it wasn’t quite as dramatic as they had hoped. Eventually, the crew resorted to piping smoke through the reel-to-reel player through a hidden hose. Yes, they were just blowing smoke, so to speak.<\/p>\n

THE SHOW SHARED A STUDIO AND SEVERAL ACTORS WITH ‘STAR TREK.’
\n<\/strong>Both Mission: Impossible and Star Trek were the work of Desilu Productions, the production house run by Lucille Ball. As both shows were of the same family, cast members could be seen in both productions. After Landau left the series following the third season, Leonard Nimoy filled his shoes (well, masks and wigs) as “Paris.” It was ironic, as Landau had previously turned down the role of Spock! William Shatner and George Takei can also be seen on M:I, as well as dozens of Star Trek guest stars like Ricardo Montalban, Joan Collins, Michael Ansara, Willian Schallert, Gary Lockwood, Lee Meriwether and more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I used to watch this show with my grandfather and I had forgotten that Peter Graves didn’t star in the first season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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