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[Brian Flagg]

Thanks for the info McCartney007...

[Bondian]

ROTFLMAO!!!.

Sorry, I should have written "self deprecation"!.

I'm afraid, it was a 'Bondian slip'.

I have a very high respect for Roger moore.

Cheers,


Ian

And in my opinion, I prefer him because of his stellar and self defecating approach to a very hard role.

Bondian, when you say "self defecating" approach, would this be because you feel all his roles have a manure like consistency to them; perhaps you feel he just squeezes them out between cigarette puffs; or more likely you feel his portrayal just dumps on those of all other pretenders to the role?

I'm not sure I follow but if perhaps you would be good enough to unload the true essence of your thoughts, that would better qualify your input and indeed enlighten the board members.

For which, many thanks.

[Hitch]

Wonderful slip of the tongue there, Bondian - but I seem to recall that brown was in vogue in the '70s. Reminds me of all the posts about "Rouge Agent".

The Persuaders is TV gold: two Austin Powers for the price of one! I remember absolutely loving the title sequence (the music is the great lost Bond theme, in my opinion) which managed to squeeze in the history of the two characters, an Aston Martin, a Ferrari, incoming aircraft disguised as Roger and Tony's shirt lapels, scantily clad women and two actors having a whale of a time, all in under a minute. For any young male growing up in grey 70s Britain this was irresistible.

The scripts ranged from the passable to the magnificently cheesy. Curtis and Moore were a great double act. The series itself may have been the last sighting of leather driving gloves in captivity.

And I have just this second recalled that I used to have a Persuaders annual. If memory serves the cover was a deep purple - rather fitting for the early 70s. I wonder what happened to it?

If anyone wants to gawp at one fashion riot, two classic cars and two hairy-chested actors smiling in the face of extremely ugly henchmen then grab some of those Persuaders DVDs. You'll laugh, you'll cry - sometimes both at once...

[Bondian]

Great post Hitch, and thanks for your kind words.

I love 'The Persuaders', because every episode is quite different, and Roger and Tony do a kind of 'Bob Hope and Bing Crosby' double act.

Another series I love is 'Randall & Hopkirk (deceased) or for our American friends, 'My Partner The Ghost'!.

If you can get the original series on DVD, I can highly recommend it.

Cheers Hitch,

Ian

Wonderful slip of the tongue there, Bondian - but I seem to recall that brown was in vogue in the '70s.  Reminds me of all the posts about "Rouge Agent".

The Persuaders is TV gold: two Austin Powers for the price of one! I remember absolutely loving the title sequence (the music is the great lost Bond theme, in my opinion) which managed to squeeze in the history of the two characters, an Aston Martin, a Ferrari, incoming aircraft disguised as Roger and Tony's shirt lapels, scantily clad women and two actors having a whale of a time, all in under a minute. For any young male growing up in grey 70s Britain this was irresistible.

The scripts ranged from the passable to the magnificently cheesy. Curtis and Moore were a great double act. The series itself may have been the last sighting of leather driving gloves in captivity.

And I have just this second recalled that I used to have a Persuaders annual. If memory serves the cover was a deep purple - rather fitting for the early 70s.  I wonder what happened to it?

If anyone wants to gawp at one fashion riot, two classic cars and two hairy-chested actors smiling in the face of extremely ugly henchmen then grab some of those Persuaders DVDs. You'll laugh, you'll cry - sometimes both at once...

[Brian Flagg]

[quote name='Hitch' date='19 December 2004 - 17:40']The Persuaders is TV gold: two Austin Powers for the price of one! I remember absolutely loving the title sequence (the music is the great lost Bond theme, in my opinion) which managed to squeeze in the history of the two characters, an Aston Martin, a Ferrari, incoming aircraft disguised as Roger and Tony's shirt lapels, scantily clad women and two actors having a whale of a time, all in under a minute. For any young male growing up in grey 70s Britain this was irresistible.

The scripts ranged from the passable to the magnificently cheesy. Curtis and Moore were a great double act. The series itself may have been the last sighting of leather driving gloves in captivity.

And I have just this second recalled that I used to have a Persuaders annual. If memory serves the cover was a deep purple - rather fitting for the early 70s.

Edited by Brian Flagg, 20 December 2004 - 01:14 AM.

[Simon]

ROTFLMAO!!!.
Sorry, I should have written "self deprecation"!. 
I'm afraid, it was a 'Bondian slip'. 
I have a very high respect for Roger moore.
Cheers,

Ian

I figured as much - but it was far too good an opportunity to pass up.

Best.