Bond...James Bond

[staffslad]

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Going against popular opinion i have to say Roger moore was my LEAST favourite Bond, when Fleming wrote his novels he did not portray bond as a clown and an oaf, the stories were tales of espionage and meglomania but Moore with the help of the writers decided to play up the comedy to the extent that the films became a parody of themselves.
Yes the witty one liners were ok and served to show bond had a sense of humour but that really should have been the extent of the playing for laughs aspect of the films

Yes, the comedy aspect did get broader as Moore's time as Bond progressed. To be fair to Moore, though, I don't think he could have played a Connery-style Bond, but agreed that the comedy went too far and plots too silly--Moonraker, which was so obviously trying to ride the Star Wars popularity wave.

[tex]

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Yes, the comedy aspect did get broader as Moore's time as Bond progressed. To be fair to Moore, though, I don't think he could have played a Connery-style Bond, but agreed that the comedy went too far and plots too silly--Moonraker, which was so obviously trying to ride the Star Wars popularity wave.

Yes Moonraker was brought forward in order of production to ride the wave of space themed films of the time

[Twocky61]

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What make of tea does James Bond drink?



Brooke Bond lol

[staffslad]

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What make of tea does James Bond drink?



Brooke Bond lol

Hahaha

Reminded me of one of Russ Abbott's characters, Basildon Bond.

[tex]

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Hahaha

Reminded me of one of Russ Abbott's characters, Basildon Bond.

Ian fleming got the name James bond from a book he was reading called Birds of the west indies.

[zabadak]

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"The name's double-oh-seven... one-three-eight-for-five-eight-six! I'm a Premium Bond!"

[George 1978]

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That "Premium Bond" comment above reminded me of that PG Tips advert from the 1970s or 1980s where they did a James Bond spoof with the chimps, and one of them said (voiced by Michael Jayston of course) "the name's Bond - Brooke Bond".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VSTjo0i_EE

I wonder whether it was played during ad breaks of James Bond films? The irony is that I am certain that Jayston himself had played Bond himself at least once, obviously not in the films but in some other representation of that character.

[Richard1978]

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I think Michael Jayston played 007 in a BBC radio adaption of one of the novels.

[tex]

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I think Michael Jayston played 007 in a BBC radio adaption of one of the novels.

....so did Bob holness of blockbusters

[George 1978]

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I think Michael Jayston played 007 in a BBC radio adaption of one of the novels.

Yes, that's right. The fact that he wasn't an actor who played Bond in the Connery or Moore sense at least made me think of whether he did play Bond after all, or whether I was imagining things.

[George 1978]

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....so did Bob holness of blockbusters

Yes he did, but he did not play saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street - that was someone else of course.

[staffslad]

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I think Michael Jayston played 007 in a BBC radio adaption of one of the novels.

He also played secret agent Quiller in the series of that name in 1975 for the BBC.

[Richard1978]

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He also played secret agent Quiller in the series of that name in 1975 for the BBC.

He was also Peter Guillam in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but was unavailable for Smiley's People.

[tex]

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Yes he did, but he did not play saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street - that was someone else of course.

Cryptic to the max!

[sixtyten]

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Raf Ravenscroft played the sax solo

The Bob Holness story was invented by Stuart Maconie