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ja2ke t1_izoiy68 wrote

Reply to comment by ZanyDelaney in TIL that the theme song from Mission Impossible get is it's iconic beat of "long long short short" from the Morse code of "M" and "I", which is long long short short. by pango3001

For some other examples: Battlestar Galactica (original and new series), Murder She Wrote, Space: 1999, Magnum PI all do this as well. It was a popular “stay tuned to this show!” technique from the 60s through the early 80s.

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