Too old to play Young Bond...but still Bond enough to boogie!
Happy birthday, RB.
Happy Birthday Raymond Benson
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zencat
, Sep 06 2005 05:12 PM
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:12 PM
A very happy birthday to Raymond Benson who celebrates his 50th birthday today.
Too old to play Young Bond...but still Bond enough to boogie!
Happy birthday, RB.
Too old to play Young Bond...but still Bond enough to boogie!
Happy birthday, RB.
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:16 PM
A very Happy Birthday Mr Benson!!!.
Hope you have a great time.
All the best,
Cheers,
Ian
Hope you have a great time.
All the best,
Cheers,
Ian
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:23 PM
Happy Birthday Raymond!
The Bedside Companion was the first introduction to Fleming analysis and scholarship for many of us.
Many happy returns and congratulations on half a century!
The Bedside Companion was the first introduction to Fleming analysis and scholarship for many of us.
Many happy returns and congratulations on half a century!
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:28 PM
Happy Birthday Raymond!
Your contributions to the world of Bond have always been and continue to be excellent and are greatly appreciated.
Put your feet up, put on some jazz and enjoy the day.
The doors always open for you in LA.
Your contributions to the world of Bond have always been and continue to be excellent and are greatly appreciated.
Put your feet up, put on some jazz and enjoy the day.
The doors always open for you in LA.
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:41 PM
My gift to you, Raymond:
Steven Spielberg presents
Sean Connery
in
Raymond Benson's
Evil Hours
produced by Steven Spielberg
screenplay by Raymond Benson
directed by Richard Schenkman (well, as Stanley's no longer with us... )
Have the best time and we'll share a Ruby Murray next time you're over.
Regards to the family.
ACE
Steven Spielberg presents
Sean Connery
in
Raymond Benson's
Evil Hours
produced by Steven Spielberg
screenplay by Raymond Benson
directed by Richard Schenkman (well, as Stanley's no longer with us...
)Have the best time and we'll share a Ruby Murray next time you're over.
Regards to the family.
ACE
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 05:44 PM
Happy birthday, Raymond! Hope it's a good one!
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 06:14 PM
Happy Birthday, Raymond. 
Thanks for the great reads.
Thanks for the great reads.
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 07:15 PM
Happy Birthday! Love your books!
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 07:16 PM
Happy Birthday, Mr. Benson! Your James Bond novels are great! 
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 07:26 PM
Happy Birthday Raymond! Thanks for not writing like Gardner! 
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 07:27 PM
A nice birthday present from the IFP would be his short stories and memoirs released in a collection. 
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 07:58 PM
Many Happy Returns, Raymond
Have a great day.
Have a great day.
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 08:13 PM
In the early 1980s there were three Bond bibles for me:
Brosnan's "James Bond in the Cinema"
Rubin's "The James Bond Films: A Behind the Scenes History"
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Benson's "The James Bond Bedside Companion"
Thanks for providing me with many happy hours and hours of reading and making the Bond-universe a much richer environment. Also thanks for being so willing to answer fans questions with good humor and grace..
Happy Birthday to you RB...and many more to come!
Brosnan's "James Bond in the Cinema"
Rubin's "The James Bond Films: A Behind the Scenes History"
and
Benson's "The James Bond Bedside Companion"
Thanks for providing me with many happy hours and hours of reading and making the Bond-universe a much richer environment. Also thanks for being so willing to answer fans questions with good humor and grace..
Happy Birthday to you RB...and many more to come!
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 08:18 PM
Yes yes.. Happy Birthday to Mr. Benson!
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Posted 07 September 2005 - 12:37 AM
Happy Birthday Raymond! I'm one of the old timers who used to correspond with him when he was bp of the James Bond Fan Club. I miss those days. A simpler time, so to speak.
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Posted 07 September 2005 - 01:34 AM
Me, too! Benson always replied to my questions. I got to meet him at a book signing years later and he was a nice guy. Happy b-day!Happy Birthday Raymond! I'm one of the old timers who used to correspond with him when he was bp of the James Bond Fan Club. I miss those days. A simpler time, so to speak.
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Posted 07 September 2005 - 05:48 PM
Happy 50th Birthday, Raymond!
Too old to play Young Bond...
but still Bond enough to ride death deifying roller coasters! 
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Posted 07 September 2005 - 08:15 PM
Happy Birthday, Raymond, from one of the old newsgroup voices who would always pick that amazing, Bondian brain of yours. Thank you for keeping Fleming's man alive for so many of us when no one else would.