If we learned nothing else from the 1960s (and judging by how some grandparents cavort 'pon the stage as though they were still wearing youth's full bloom, we haven't), we learned that secret agents and law enforcement officers, in order to be cool, must have cool music. Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin, Jim Phelps and his Impossible Mission task force, Frank Bullitt, Harry Callahan, Dave Starsky and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (Season One only) all turned to one man, Argentine pianist, composer and conductor Lalo Schifrin, in order to make sure that no matter what else happened, they would sound cool.
That they did, and your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to wish a happy birthday to Mr. Schifrin, who turns 78.
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