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[When In Egypt]

A VIEW TO A KILL - When Roger Moore rustles up a tasty quiche using some simple ingredients in Stacey's kitchen.

[AMC Hornet]

J.W. Pepper in the car (what kind was that?) in Bangkok in TMWTGG vs Jaws' entire appearance in MR (except possibly following Bond through the Mardi Gras parade).

[Yellow Pinky]

My votes would have to be:

Snowboarding to the Beach Boys in AVTAK.

Telling a tiger to "Sit" in OP.

Swinging on a vine to the Tarzan yell in OP.

[Grard Bond]

Roger as Bond as Tarzan (incl. Tarzan yell) in Octopussy.

[AMC Hornet]

Also from MR:

 

Driving a hovercraft - with no visible means of forward propulsion - uphill out of the Venice canal and through St. Mark's Square, to the bemusement of animals and tourists alike.

 

Then, in AVTAK, hanging from a SFFD ladder truck like something from a Mack Sennet comedy short, up to and including dodging between two converging cable trolleys.

[Blofeld's Cat]

A VIEW TO A KILL - When Roger Moore rustles up a tasty quiche using some simple ingredients in Stacey's kitchen.

This is the exact scene I was thinking of when I first read the title of this thread.

[SecretAgentFan]

Vesper (sobbing): "You´re more of a man in your little finger..."   

[Odd Jobbies]

SF: middle-aged man says "He's in a hurry to get home" after Craig jumps onto the rear of the train.

 

However, Roger's quiche is hard to top for sheer inappropriate detail.

[AMC Hornet]

"Not only do real men eat quiche, but the manliest man of them all knows how to cook the stuff!"

 

Take that. 1980s!

[Double Naught spy]

Oddjob performing such a physically-impossible stunt like crushing a golf ball with his bare hands was too over-the-top.

Edited by Double Naught spy, 24 August 2016 - 04:36 AM.

[Gobi-1]

Diamonds Are Forever - Cross dressing Blofeld.

 

 

"Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in.."

[AMC Hornet]

That and Wint & Kidd ("Wooooooooo!"), are usually the first instances to crop up in threads like this.

[hilly]

 "The President's suite"  Bond checking into his Rio hotel in Moonraker and being shown round by the campest character since Charles Gray's Blofeld

Speaking of Charles Gray. His entire scene in You Only Live Twice.

Silva pouting "Oh. Mr Bond" during his first scene

Largo glaring at the traffic warden and flouncing off down the street in Thunderball.

LALD - The guy in the leather jacket who appears to be giving Bond the eye in the Harlem Fillet of Soul

Vargas in Thunderball, who seems to be checking Connery out in the post-bedroom scene with Fiona

[Jim]

Young Brosnan mincing down the stairs in the pre-credits of that GoldenEye.

 

Sorely let down that he didn't continue in that vein.

[hilly]

The "ahhh SURPRISE!" hotel porter in TMWTGG

Hussein in TSWLM

Connery's white suit and pink tie combo in DAF

[plankattack]

DAF again:

 

"You just killed James Bond!"

"Really, is that who it was?"

 

WTF.......

[Tiin007]

DAF again:

 

"You just killed James Bond!"

"Really, is that who it was?"

 

WTF.......

 

It's interesting. After the events of Dr. No, "James Bond" became known by SPECTRE. Yet we received little to no indication that Bond was "well known" in the business otherwise, at least during the Connery (and Lazenby) years. 

 

Starting with DAF, and on into the Moore years, "James Bond" became somewhat of a celebrity in the intelligence world. Just watch TMWTGG or TSWLM. It's very strange. 

[AMC Hornet]

When in Egypt:

 

How many of these contributions so far meet your definition of 'camp'?

[S K Y F A L L]

Diamonds Are Forever - Cross dressing Blofeld.

 

 

 

"Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in.."

Definitely an odd sudden moment. Don't let those girls fool you!

 

Young Brosnan mincing down the stairs in the pre-credits of that GoldenEye.

 

Sorely let down that he didn't continue in that vein.

I've rewinded that part a dozen times, wish it was on youtube.

[When In Egypt]

When in Egypt:

 

How many of these contributions so far meet your definition of 'camp'?

 

 

Only about a quarter, but I've enjoyed reading them all and some made me guffaw.

 

A few misinterpreted 'camp' as 'stupid', while others went straight for moments that were blatantly homoerotic (or homophobic), which isn't really what I meant.

 

It's quite hard to define camp, but I think the film director John Waters said it best.  His definition of camp is two older gentlemen discussing Rita Hayworth in an antiques shop.  I've never experienced that, and yet I know exactly what he means.

 

I think Roger's quiche is definitely the winner!

[Double Naught spy]

When in Egypt:

 

I agree that "campy" is a hard one to pin down.  It's one of the words that is easier to say what it is 'not,' than what it 'is.'  

 

I've always took it to mean (think: the 1960's Batman TV show) having the characters respond to something or someone so impossibly fantastic in a serious, deadpan manner,   That's why I chose Oddjob crushing the golf ball as my example.  

 

Whether or not I'm correct in my definition of "campy," if nothing else, the golf ball scene was chronologically the first time the franchise drifted into "insanely impossible" territory.   It was all cross-dressing Blofelds and quiche from there! 

Edited by Double Naught spy, 26 August 2016 - 11:41 PM.

[AMC Hornet]

I think of the Carry On films, Batman, Austin Powers and - to a much lesser extent - the Avengers (Steed & Peel, that is). It's definitely a 60s thing.

[When In Egypt]

You're right about the 60's Batman being camp and all those other shows and films.  They have a sort of 'flamboyant heightened reality'.

 

The late Connery era and most of Moore's films were like that.  Although they may not have literally done it, there was a lot of winking at the audience and a 'we're all having fun!' attitude.

 

It all comes back to that quiche, though.

[Mr_Wint]

That quiche scene in AVTAK is not what I would label as "camp". You might say that it is inappropiate for Bond to wear kitchen gloves. But still, it is a such a brief and trivial scene. It is hard to see why this should bother anyone.

[Odd Jobbies]

You're right about the 60's Batman being camp and all those other shows and films.  They have a sort of 'flamboyant heightened reality'.

 

The late Connery era and most of Moore's films were like that.  Although they may not have literally done it, there was a lot of winking at the audience and a 'we're all having fun!' attitude.

You've got to wonder what else was happening in society at the time that might have created a context for this....

 

Oh yes, drugs - everyone getting off their faces from LSD to valium. I'll bet mother's little helper was the perfect date for movies with a flamboyant heightened reality

[Dustin]

I'd say Brosnan's day cravat veered just that bit into affected camp territory. When you wear that there ought to be a crinkly old throat underneath, otherwise it's just posing. I know what I'm talking about, I wear crinkly old skin...

[When In Egypt]

That quiche scene in AVTAK is not what I would label as "camp". You might say that it is inappropiate for Bond to wear k

itchen gloves. But

still, it is a such a brief and trivial scene. It is hard to see why this should bother anyone.

It certainly doesn't bother me. In fact, it's a highlight!

[SecretAgentFan]

Absolutely.  And he just believes that Stacy should gain some weight.

 

Also, as the perfect secret agent he makes do with what he finds to take care of the nutrition situation.

[Odd Jobbies]

When Harry Palmer knocked up breakfast it makes him interesting. When Bond does it makes him camp. Somewhere in there a the kernel of what makes Bond.

[Dustin]

Perhaps interesting in the context: Robert B. Parker's Spenser, a popular P.I. of the times and as tough as they come, is a dedicated cook and on-the-spot improvises meals in exactly the manner shown in AVTAK. I used to think the quiche was a wink in Spenser's direction.

When Harry Palmer knocked up breakfast it makes him interesting. When Bond does it makes him camp. Somewhere in there a the kernel of what makes Bond.

I suppose this is because up to AVTAK Bond has always been shown as the guy to order things rather than preparing them himself. I have in fact trouble seeing the literary Bond donning an apron and doing his breakfast himself, despite giving precise recipes for eggs Benedict and his martinis.