# The Mission Impossible Franchise

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763 "2025-04-07T23:46:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763/21 "2025-04-08T16:46:12Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> and then we can have films with a new character Dan Briggs who uses disguises and runs missions like con jobs.

I miss the old, intricate plots from the TV version. I’d love to see a M:I movie done in that style, but there probably aren’t enough like me to make it worth their while.

Saw an old rerun of Match Game with Greg Morris recently, and he mentioned that his son’s name was Philip. He grew up to be an actor, of course, including the late-80s revival of _Mission:Impossible_.

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763/22 "2025-04-08T16:52:33Z")

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So, when he got the phone call at the beginning, did a bellboy run out and say “Call for Phillllip Morrrris!”?

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763/23 "2025-04-08T16:53:55Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> that his son’s name was Philip.

Did the casting director

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/19F3Zu56LCE/hqdefault.jpg "Philip Morris Cigarette Commercial #3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19F3Zu56LCE&t=73)

I liked the revival. Phil played the son of Barney, and there was the episode where they got Barney out of some hell-hole prison.

> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Saw an old rerun of Match Game with Greg Morris

On Password Plus he was often the celebrity, and they sure seemed to like to emphasize “black” clues or puzzles there. It got really weird and awkward to this modern viewer.

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763/24 "2025-04-08T17:02:02Z")

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It came up during the bonus round. The clue was \_\_\_\_\_\_ MORRIS, and one of the celebs offered Philip Morris, which I think turned out to be the $250 response. And then Greg said that was his son’s name. No one knew at the time that Phil would grow up to be famous in his own right.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763/25 "2025-04-08T22:08:50Z")

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Anyway, as for the new trailer, I am troubled by Nick Offerman’s lack of facial hair.

… wait, is that Mr. Milchick?

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