Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Season 5, Episodes 9-13

 Physician Impossible (Episode 9)

Bayonne, NJ?

 

Most likely Throckmorton Avenue in Mill Valley, CA. Here it is in the 1940s:

 

And today:

 

According to IMCDB, this is the original Leave it to Beaver house. 

 

It certainly looks like it could be.

 

One-Way Al's car is polished so well that you can see the reflection of the lighting.

 

Despite the cover that says "Beer", Cortez is clearly holding a can of Budweiser.

 

Apes of Rath (Episode 10)

A lifeboat from the the S.S. Minnow from Gilligan's Island.

 

The small TV in Webster's trunk is actually an Ohio Art toy TV.

 

Here's an example of one of the toys. Either there was also a much more realistic model made by Ohio Art, or the art department did a great job of making this one look real.

 

Dodgers star Maury Wills is CONTROL Agent Roberts, and he appears to have a baseball bat in his umbrella stand.

 

Chucko destroys a Miller Meter. Miller was one of the leading brands of parking meters.

 

Here is a similar meter. A few years later the Miller company was bought by the Duncan Yo-Yo company.

 

A city street at night. No idea where.

 

Age Before Duty (Episode 11)

Caruthers's body is laid out on a Match Bowler game.

 

This was produced by Chicago Coin in 1952. The same machine can be found in the bar in Ice Station Siegfried.

 

Felix retouching a 99 photo.

 

Here is almost the exact same Barbara Feldon headshot.

 

We don't usually see an exterior shot for KAOS Headquarters. Looks like a nice respectable city apartment building.

 

Is This Trip Necessary (Epsiode 12)

The opening image of Dartfoot Springs. Presumably a warehouse in California, possibly even CBS Studios.

 

Later in the episode when Max and 99 enter Dartfoot Springs, it's clearly the same location as the TV station in The Impossible Mission - the side entrance to the CBS Studio Center, 4115 Radford Avenue. 

 

Here it is today, still looking largely the same.

 

A few shots later we get to look down Radford.

 

It looks like the chain link fence with barbed wire has been replaced with more brick sections.

 

Here's a look from the front. You can even see some of the dirt that Luden would eat.

 

The building looks the same today, though a newer building has gone up next to it.

 

Perhaps appropriately enough for a pharmacist, Jarvis Pym has a poster with the International Metric System hanging in his lab.

 

Ice Station Siegfried (Episode 13)

The episode starts off with shots of Washington landmarks all scene in other episodes, but this time in a blizzard. Starting off with the Capitol.

 

Senate.

 

Supreme Court.

 

State Department.

 

Whitehorse, Canada is actually Mackinac, Michigan, as evidenced by the sign for Famous Mackinac Fudge.

 

The Mackinac Island website has a shot from almost the exact same location today.

 

 For completeness sake, here's the Google Maps view as well.

 

Earlier we had a Budweiser can. Here's a Dos Equis bottle - no attempt to hide it, either. A Mexican beer in Canada!

 

A photo of Queen Elizabeth II can be seen in the bar.

 

A Rand McNally World Portrait Map hangs in Professor Stanislavsky's lab.

 

Here's an example of a complete map.

 

 

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