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[Napoleon Solo]

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[mra]Moore

[malaysian_bond]

Here's one from Dogma:

Azrael: Oh no, I've seen way too many Bond movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter how close you may think you are to winning.

It's funny to see that in every Kevin Smith film, he has referred to every pop culture icons, including Bond.

Porch monkey 4 Life

[erniecureo]

There were a few references in Trainspotting, including Sickboy (was that the blond kid's name?) doing a Connery imitation before he shoots the dog in the park with the pellet gun...

[Mark_Hazard]

If we're going to get technical about that, in "Cannonball Run" Moore plays a rich man-boy who thinks he's Roger Moore, not James Bond (though he had the requisite Bond paraphenalia). At one point, he tells a biker as he gets into a karate stance "I must warn you, I'm Roger Moore".

If memory serves, I think Roger's character's name as Seymour Goldfarb.

Another nod to Bond was made in Shaft in Africa, but I'll have to let someone else come up with the quote as I haven't seen it in donkeys years. I think the reference was made when Shaft was given his radio equipped staff.

[dunmall]

let's not forget the kid in The Goonies!!

[Loomis]

How in the name of Daniel Craig did I forget LOST IN TRANSLATION? Shooting a commercial, Bill Murray is instructed to act like Roger Moore, not Sean Connery, and the singer at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo treats us to a somewhat strangling-the-cat-esque "Nobody Does It Better".

I believe there are also some Bond references in LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN, but not having seen the film I've no idea what they are.

[Jaws0178]

Like it or not, there are a few references to our man Bond, in xXx

[DaveBond21]

Yes, I didn't like "Lost in Translation", but I did like that scene where Bill Murray's character, is asked to pose like James Bond.

The director of the ad says "Roger Moore..." "Roger Moore? I always think of Sean Connery..." "Roger Moore".

And yes, as someone else mentioned, Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) references Bond often, and in one episode was preparing to watch a Bond marathon over the entire Bank Holiday weekend.

Also, in that Simpsons episode with Scorpio, they make fun of the fact that Bond villains never just shoot Bond, by having Homer tackle Sean Connery, and then Scorpio's guards stand over him and just shoot him!

Also is there a reference to Bond at the beginning of XXX, when a man in a tuxedo is killed?

Edited by DaveBond21, 24 August 2006 - 12:09 AM.

[dunmall]

XXX doesn't really count since it isn't exactly a Bond reference that "noone ever mentions, The forgotten refs"

[DaveBond21]

Oh sorry.

I meant it as one that no-one has mentioned to me.


Which of course, is all I can go on.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

There were a few references in Trainspotting, including Sickboy (was that the blond kid's name?) doing a Connery imitation before he shoots the dog in the park with the pellet gun...

Ah, how could I forget that one. The character of Sick Boy is pretty much a walking, talking Bond reference throughout the film, such as when he makes an analysis of the films' box office statistics at the beginning of the movie, the Connery impression that you mention, and talking about the Bond Girls to a high-as-a-kite Renton (On Honey Ryder: "I mean, let's face it. She shags one bugger from Edinburgh, she shags the whole lot of us.").

There's also a small one from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, when Ferris walks into the kitchen in a suit and introduces himself to his friend Cameron as "Bueller. Ferris Bueller."

[Napoleon Solo]

Well, of course, there was that arc of episodes from The Beverly Hillbillies.

It all began when Jethro (Max Baer) saw Goldfinger. He comes home, excited, and proceeds to tell Jed the plot. When Jethro finishes, Jed asks, "Why didn't he just shoot him?" Bear in mind, this is 1965 or so. I can't say if this is first such joke, but it predates Austin Powers and The Simpsons by a good many years.

Anyway, this began muliple episodes where Jethro wishes to be a "double-naught spy." He converts the Clampett truck into a "spy car," including an old metal wash tub as the "bullet proof shield" and an ejector seat. Granny, naturally, goes flying because of that seat.

TBS, when it first began running Bond movies in the 1990s, promoted them as "Seven Nights of 007" or something like that. The first time this occurred they also had a promotion, "Three Nights of Double-Naught Jethro."

[Napoleon Solo]

A few Bond references from Mad magazine:

-- "007" by (I think) Mort Drucker and Frank Jacobs. A James Bond musical (or James Bomb, as he's called here), with all of the songs sung to the tunes of songs from "Oklahoma!" The concluding number is simply "007"* and goes like this:

00000000000hhhhh-Oh Seven
is the world's greatest spy there is today;
When the going's rough,
He gets mighty tough,
So you better not get in his way!

*sung to the tune of the title song from Oklahoma.

In the story, James Bomb is sent to stop ICECUBE, which is towing the British Isles to the North Pole. The leader of the group is revealed to be Mike Hammer, who's annoyed with James Bomb for eating into his book sales.

-- "The Man From A.U.N.T.I.E," also illustrated by Drucker. In this parody of The Man From UNCLE, the villain appears to be James Bond (Connery version, of course). It's revealed he was hired by Illya Kuryakin.

-- In 1973 or '74, Mad did a parody of the first seven Eon-produced Bond films, again illustrated by Mort Drucker.

[OHMSS Spion]

I'm suprised that no one's mentioned Looney Toones: Back In Action, where Timothy Dalton plays Damien Drake, an spy undercover as an actor who portrays a spy in movies. And of course there's the requisite spy car, and even a "Shaken, not stirred" reference.

[dunmall]

Has anyone mentioned Connery saying "you have all the time in the world" at the climax of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Not too mention the presence of "M" in both the film and the orginal graphic novels.

Also in Kill Bill Vol 1 Uma hides up above a door way as the little School Girl Assassin comes out of a room. (Ala Bond in Goldfinger)

[Jaws0178]

Has anyone mentioned Connery saying "you have all the time in the world" at the climax of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Not too mention the presence of "M" in both the film and the orginal graphic novels

Yeah, but can you really count that since he said it earlier. Also, Sawyer says that its too far.

[DaveBond21]

Interesting.

[Cruiserweight]

A personal favorite Bond reference of mine comes in Friday the 13th part 6. After his first appearance (shockingly well done for the franchise), Jason Voorhees picks up his mask and puts it on. After turning around there's a series of cuts to his eye which opens up into a parody of the gunbarrel opening, only with Jason slashing away with his machete. It's a amusing moment that hel;ps set the pace fopr a fun entry in the series.

I also get a kick out of Tom Hanks delivering the signature "Bond, James Bond" line in Bachelor Party.

Anybody else have any?

I love that opening

[Safari Suit]

Obvious gag but well done:

[Loomis]

There's a nice surprise for Bond fans at the start of HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE.

[jimbo bond 007]

I caught a rather dodgy episode of The A Team last week that was very Bondian with Murdoch in the Bond role.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Well, of course, there was that arc of episodes from The Beverly Hillbillies.

It all began when Jethro (Max Baer) saw Goldfinger. He comes home, excited, and proceeds to tell Jed the plot. When Jethro finishes, Jed asks, "Why didn't he just shoot him?" Bear in mind, this is 1965 or so. I can't say if this is first such joke, but it predates Austin Powers and The Simpsons by a good many years.

Anyway, this began muliple episodes where Jethro wishes to be a "double-naught spy." He converts the Clampett truck into a "spy car," including an old metal wash tub as the "bullet proof shield" and an ejector seat. Granny, naturally, goes flying because of that seat.

TBS, when it first began running Bond movies in the 1990s, promoted them as "Seven Nights of 007" or something like that. The first time this occurred they also had a promotion, "Three Nights of Double-Naught Jethro."

Those were probably the funniest Bond sppofs of all along with Get Smart.

In "Catch Me If You Can" there's a very obvious reference with DiCaprio watching Goldfinger, buying a grey 3 piece suit that's identical to Connery's, and his imitating Connery's accent.

In Our Man Flint, Derek Flint meets a fellow agent known as "0008" who tells him the villainous organization Galaxy is "bigger than SPECTRE." The film's femme fatale Gila also reads a book called "The Adventures of 0008". How 20th Century-Fox got away with this and didn't get sued by EON or UA is beyond me.

[Napoleon Solo]

--The Omega Man (based on "I Am Legend"). Charlton Heston saves woman. He pulls off soem kind of maneuver on a motorcycle. "Who do you think you are, James Bond?"

-- Strange Tales No. 164, the Nick Fury Story. Connery/Bond shows up outside of the barber shop that is a SHIELD front.

-- The FBI, "The Assassin" (season 2, episode 3), an assassin who's a middle aged man (William Windom) in effect asks his contact if he was expecting James Bond.

-- Get Smart (original series), had an episode where a villain was named "Dr. Yes."

-- Strange Tales No. 154, the Nick Fury story. Fury picks up some new gadgets from a character named "Boothroyd."

[Mr. Blofeld]

The entirety of Johnny English was just one long Bond reference that nobody ever mentions...

Seriously, the gag of throwing the coat on the coatrack was a nice touch (and reference to the early Connery Bonds), as well as John Malkovich in a very Hugo Drax-esque role...

[NotAnAcronym]

There was a reference in one of the Bridget Jones movies where the TSWLM theme was played during a skydive. I noticed that bit while switching channels so I can't elaborate on this

[Daddy Bond]

In Agent Cody Banks, when Cody is at the local CIA office, the loud speaker announces "Will the owner of a silver Aston Martin..."

[Joey Bond]

Notting Hill, when they were in a car and they were lost and someone says something like "James Bond never had to go through this"

[Vauxhall]

Just watched an episode of THE SIMPSONS entitled Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes, and it parodies the parkour chase from CASINO ROYALE, with Homer being chased by Ned Flanders through a building site and up a crane.

[Safari Suit]

On "Highlander: The Series" episode "Revenge of the Sword", Robert Ito's Tong boss character asks Duncan MacLeod his name with some line ending in "Mister...", and MacLeod replys with a wry smirk "Bond. James Bond." (Adrian Paul did the same thing in a tux in a "Highlander" blooper reel).

I watched this episode the other day. And it just so happened that a character nearly got cremated alive in it too!

[David_M]

Well, of course, there was that arc of episodes from The Beverly Hillbillies.

Ha! I loved those episodes! The best part was that Jethro made himself an Oddjob-inspired bowler that was entirely metal, not just the brim. So every time he put his hat on, he knocked himself out!

"Remington Steele" had a couple more Bond references. It's been over 25 years, so forgive me if I get the details wrong, but in one Steele and Laura are in a wagon trying to escape some villains. Famous for applying scenes from old movies to whatever situation he finds himself in, Steele says, "Into the back and throw the oil drums into their path!" Laura Holt says, "Right! ... Oil drums? There aren't any oil drums!" and Steele answers, "There were in From Russia With Love!"

In another episode, Steele is terrified to find himself involved in a case involving secret agents. "You know, spies!" he says, "Microdots, guns with silencers, big fat guys with razor-sharp hats they throw at your neck!"

Oh, and another great one! Throughout the Beatles film, Help!, there is a very Bondian guitar riff every time the bad guys appear on screen. At one point one of the baddies (maybe Leo McKern himself?) takes off his turban and throws it, Oddjob-style, at Ringo, even adding a "shhishhhh!" sound effect with his mouth. Unfortunately for him the turban merely unravels into one long strip of cloth and flutters harmlessly to the floor!