Mission Impossible: A Brief History

The History of Fun

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Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This week we welcome special guest Matt Patches to discuss the history of Mission Impossible, from its origins as a Cold War-era TV show to the every-4-years film franchise we've come to know and love. We thought we'd look back given that the sixth (and final? who knows!) movie, Mission Impossible: Fallout, comes out on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of fumble, we explore the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do.
0:14.2	And my name is Russ Frustick, and today I'm joined by Christopher Plant, who returns after a short hiatus.
0:19.5	Hello, Chris.
0:20.2	Hello.
0:22.8	We're also joined by Allegra Frank. Hey Allegra. Psych. Yeah, Allegra's not here. This is actually, I think,
0:29.7	correct me if I'm wrong, the very first time Allegra has not been on the show. She is currently
0:34.3	recording Pollygon show right as we record this. So it's not personal, but we do have a very even more special guest in the form of Matt Patches senior entertainment editor.
0:45.5	I want to say is what he's called.
0:47.5	And we've brought him on for a very special purpose.
0:50.1	And that is Take it Away Matt Patches.
0:54.4	Okay. You're off the show now. And that is Take It Away Matt Patches. Dun, dun, dun, dun,
0:55.2	da-da!
0:56.8	Okay, you're off the show now.
0:59.7	Mission Impossible.
1:00.5	That was great.
1:01.5	It's a TV show and the movies,
1:03.7	but mostly the movies.
1:04.7	Why are we talking about the history of Mission Impossible in this episode, Matt Patches?
1:09.5	Why are we talking about it? Well, there's a new installment of the hit Mission Impossible franchise, and I assume that's the reason we're talking about it. You never told me why. Yeah, that is why. And although you presented it, although you presented it like this was a sponsored episode, it really isn't, it'd be nice if you were getting money. Brought you by Paramount Pictures.
1:28.2	That's not true.
1:29.3	But in truth, we all just really, really like Mission Impossible as a franchise, but I don't
1:33.7	know a lot about the history of it.
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