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Campanella's great, too bad his character got canned after S1, he has that awesome booming/commanding voice ala Robert Stack.

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Geller was notorious for going over budget and over schedule on Mission Impossible, but CBS looked the other way because their biggest star at the time was Lucile Ball (who owned Desilu). As a result Geller pretty much had a free hand. It didn't hurt of course that Mission was a huge hit.

Interestingly NBC wasn't as enamored of Lucy and as a result Star Trek got no such leeway.

Doug

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Yeah but didnt geller get fired from mission impossible after season 4? Was it cbs that fired him or desilu? Anyhow mannix is loads of fun and geller producting style is very prominent on mannix s1

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It would not surprise me if Geller got fired or quit after Paramount took over. Paramount was not happy at all with the cost of the shows being produced at Desilu and cut the budgets on all of their shows.

Doug

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as a kid, i remember Mission Impossible as taking place all over the world. Now I see how many times they merely shot around the soundstage. It wasn't even close to the exotic action of I Spy. Hard to think of them cutting the budget other than reduce that amount of tape that catches fire.

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Mission Impossible was one of the most expensive shows done for television at the time. Much of it had to do with the fact that they frequently shot 10 or 12 days on a show that was supposed to be shot in 7. Geller was also something of a perfectionist and would have things re shot for shows that that had wrapped weeks before.

Interestingly I Spy was also shot at Desilu studios, although Desilu didn't produce that show. Sheldon Lenard who did produce the show was brilliant, and he knew how to stretch a dollar.

He had an unprecedented deal with NBC that allowed him to get half a season of scripts approved before shooting started. This allowed them to go to a particular location, say Hong Kong and film all of the location shots for the first half of a season in in about 6 weeks. You may notice that many of the shows for the first half of a season would be in again say Hong Kong, where the second half would be in Spain. Then they would return to Hollywood and shoot all of the interiors at Desilu.

I have to say that although I love Mission Impossible, I think I Spy is a better show.

Back on topic I'm really enjoying Mannix. I had forgotten how good this show was.

Doug

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If I remember correctly, there's an oblique reference to Intertect (not by name) in the dialogue of an early second season episode; Mannix tells a client something along the lines of having gone out on his own because he's a loner by nature. Otherwise, there's no further mention of Intertect or Campanella's character, and no diegetic explanation of the format change.

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Honest I agree Im a bigger fan of I Spy than mission impossible both were good shows. But MI for me was very depended on the caper they were going to pull off especially after season 3 . I Spy on the other hand had the great all time buddy teams of robert clup and bill cosby and some times a so so script could be saved by the acting talents of RC and BC and kelly and scottie were more real and devolped characters than any of the regulars in MI. Which honestly it one of the reasons why I like mannix more than MI. Joe Mannix is character we get to more and more about as the season 1 goes on , he's much more like a real person as time goes by you learn more about them as you get to know them over time, IM was never that inviting to viewer more distant. Well that my 2 cents why I enjoy mannix more than MI

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I'm now a proud owner of season 1 of mannix now it would be nice if paramount would get the show on the road with releasing season 2 of mannix

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I'm now a proud owner of season 1 of mannix now it would be nice if paramount would get the show on the road with releasing season 2 of mannix
for christmas at least

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This is Paramount, so you'd probably be more likely to get Season 2, Volume 1.

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"Mannix" luckily seems to be getting the full season treatment, like "Hawaii Five-O", whereas others inexplicably get split up in volumes. Most annoying fo those shows. They ought to do whole seasons only, and quit this vol. nonsense.

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SSSSHHHHH! dont let the cat out of the bag if cbs finds out we like full season of manix , the might start splitting them lol. So far on mannix the only cost cutting they done is the sliver disk labels and the 6 in 1 case which I can live with because the episodes looks and sounded fablious. So I cant really complain, just keep the set rolling out

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That's a shame. I looked at Peggy Fisher's IMDb page a few days ago. I think I'd read about her having passed away before but had forgotten about it. I do hope Paramount can find some archive interviews. I don't know what she sounds like but I have watched a clip or two of her in the Mannix title sequence on YouTube.

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Perhaps she made an apperance on MIKE DOUGLAS? Those shows are now owned/co-owned by CBS via their purchase of "Group W" years ago. Most of them exist! (If not all!)

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I didn't know this until going on the IMDb website earlier. It's Mike Connors' birthday today. He's 83. Many happy returns.

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More Mannix is coming! S2 wings its way Jan 6.

Mannix DVD news: Announcement for Mannix - The 2nd Season | TVShowsOnDVD.com

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Excellent news, Michael! And no split seasons!

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This is great news. So many cop shows from that era are one season and done, and I was afraid Mannix would suffer that fate.

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No split seasons?! I'm stunned!

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Ok this is great news, Mannix season 1 must have sold suprising well for CBS to kick a full S2 set so soon. Very cool news it a must buy for me.

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Am I the only one disappointed with the cover art for Season Two? I realize there's time for it to change, but yikes! Is Mannix just wearing socks in that picture?

Guess I can't complain too much, though...this is a rare Paramount/CBS series getting full season releases. I may Netflix this season - I love Season One, but I don't know how I'll enjoy the new dynamic without Joseph Campanella. The interplay between Campanella and Connors is fantastic, and I really dig the hard-boiled PI in a computer-driven world vibe of the season.

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Whew! You had me scared there for a moment! Thankfully, he's also wearing a shirt, slacks, and a jacket

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LOL

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Yikes, thanks! Everybody can agree that would be too much Mannix!

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A new news article was posted on TVShowsOnDVD yesterday about Mannix's second season DVD set. Revised front cover artwork was the subject of the new news article. It looks much better. More in the style of the Season 1 front cover artwork.

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Yeah I like the new cover too, it shows peggy and show Mannix holding a colt revolver as apposed to the Walther PP he used in season one. So I like the change too.

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This is definitely better cover art. Damn shame the format had to change. Campanella was brilliant in S1. Still, this is on my short list.

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I've read this on here a couple of times, about the change in Mannix's format and it seems like the show wasn't as good. I have not watched the Season 1 DVDs yet. I've only read about Mannix, tested the Season 1 discs out and watched a Mannix title and end credits sequence on YouTube. After Season 1 he worked for himself. That lasted seven seasons so something must have worked. Did the show not look as good (less on location scenes?)? Was it not as detailed and it became more empty of character?

In the Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier book it says in the section for the Season 5 premiere "The Killer" that guest star Robert Conrad previously appeared in an episode of Mannix as someone who was in the movie business. I'll check this out on the IMDb but it will be an episode from any of the first three seasons as Season 5 of Mission: Impossible was shown during the 1970-71 US TV season and Mannix started during the 1967-68 US TV season.

Will there be any edits to episodes in the Season 2 boxset and were there any edits to episodes in the Season 1 set (I think I read here that as the first season isn't shown much in syndication the episodes weren't edited, yet there's the usual CBS/Paramount episode edits warning on the back of the Season 1 set. I think I also read here that Seasons 2-8 have been shown more in syndication)?

Will there be six or seven discs in the Season 2 boxset, being as there are 25 episodes this time?

I'm hoping the quantity and quality of the extras will be the same on the Season 2 set. Hoping Mike Connors will record episode intros. They're a neat extra on the Season 1 set. The following I assume will be the list of episodes on each of the seven discs (a guess) in the Season 2 boxset:

Disc 1:

1. The Silent Cry
2. Comes Up Roses
3. Pressure Point
4. To the Swiftest, Death

Disc 2:

5. End of the Rainbow
6. A Copy of Murder
7. Edge of the Knife
8. Who Will Dig the Graves?

Disc 3:

9. In Need of a Friend
10. Night Out of Time
11. A View of Nowhere
12. Fear I to Fall

Disc 4:

13. Death Run
14. A Pittance of Faith
15. Only Giants Can Play
16. Shadow of a Man

Disc 5:

17. The Girl Who Came in with the Tide
18. Death in a Minor Key
19. End Game

Disc 6:

20. All Around the Money Tree
21. The Odds Against Donald Jordan
22. Last Rites for Miss Emma

Disc 7:

23. The Solid Gold Web
24. Merry Go Round for Murder
25. To Catch a Rabbit.

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Hmmmm no mannix season two is different but not in a bad way. Belive it or not s1 ratings were not the greatest and mannix was almost canceled after s1. Cbs though by making a mannix a more tradition stand alone PI it would improve the ratings and give them more stories to tell than if if he was a corperate PI? Thats the long standing story told by cbs , the producers and mike conners himself for the formate change. Honestly I like both formates although I do agree its a bummer not to have the regular appreances of Joe Campnella after s1.