There's a really lovely story about Roger Moore from a scripwriter named Mark Haynes "As a seven-year-old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed. I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld." I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man."

@creech54

Ай бұрын

What a completely charming story! How lucky to have two such great memories! 🙂

@Fremen1971

Ай бұрын

That was a most excellent story! Thank you for sharing it, Daniel.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

Ай бұрын

That’s a wonderful story.

@TheNorthernSkeptic

Ай бұрын

I had the honour of meeting Roger Moore in the museeum in Cairo back in 99. I was 15 at the time, just bought the entire Bond Collection. He was happy someone recognized him, game me his autograph which I sadly lost. But the memory remains.

@robertgibson1156

Ай бұрын

That is PHENONENAL! I don't usually read long comments but that was the best.

That poor sheriff. So traumatized. He’s going to have to take a long, foreign vacation to get away from it all.

@jrneal1220

Ай бұрын

And his initial thought was Phuket.

@robfinlay8058

Ай бұрын

How many bigoted Louisana sheriffs take vacations in Thailand?

@shawnmiller4781

Ай бұрын

shhhhhh!!!!!

@Avatar2312

Ай бұрын

We all love a nice trip to Thailand

@Wells306

Ай бұрын

@@Avatar2312with a souvenir of a nice elephant

"Who's Ben Hur?" *as my Gen X self dries up to a pile of dust and is blown away*

@bradmcmahon3156

Ай бұрын

After four years and hundreds of movie reviews she comes out with gems like that.

@whitecompany18

Ай бұрын

And the fact she thought a device was a mobile phone in 1973 😂

@phousefilms

27 күн бұрын

Lol, imagined it like the movie version of Voldemort.

Casting Roger Moore proved to be a masterstroke for the Bond series. He was already a famous actor thanks to television. That gave Moore the confidence to play 007 entirely different than his good friend, Sean Connery. As evident from Diamonds Are Forever, the series was becoming more humorous so Moore's llight-hearted approach fit perfectly. His popularity in the role would extend the life of this series for over a decade.

@system3008

13 сағат бұрын

Yeah, he done the saint I think it was.

“Who's Ben Hur?” A movie that won 11 Oscars and is on AFI’s top 100 movie list. 👀

Ай бұрын

"What's AFI?" ;-)

@kevinmoore2929

Ай бұрын

American Film Institute

@rubensalvador9422

Ай бұрын

Yeah. Ben Hur 1959, not the remake of 2016. ;)

@-Perene

Ай бұрын

Judah Ben-Hur, shortened to Ben-Hur, is a fictional character, the title character and protagonist from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The book covers the character's adventures and struggle against the Roman Empire as he tries to restore honor to his family's name after being falsely accused of attacking the Roman governor. Judah encounters Jesus Christ and becomes a Christian.

@theman4884

Ай бұрын

@@rubensalvador9422 No. the 1959 remake of the 1925 remake of the 1907 original short.

Can hardly wait for Ashleigh's reaction to "Moonraker" "I think he's attempting reentry" 😂

@BigNWide

Ай бұрын

Moonraker is my favorite Bond film. It's not the best one, but it's still my favorite.

@darrenheideman2546

Ай бұрын

That, this, and A View to a Kill are easily among the worst.

@MikePhillips-pl6ov

Ай бұрын

Don't ruin it! There's always one....

@labratamber

Ай бұрын

OCTOPUSSY

@trekkiejunk

Ай бұрын

Well, don't ruin it for her (and us), you ass.

I just want to do Geoffrey Holder some justice here, he was not just the 7up guy, but an important dancer and choreographer

@MarkCalise

Ай бұрын

He also directed and did the costume design for the original Broadway production of The Wiz. He was the first black man to be nominated for best costume design and best director for that production, and he won both awards, too.

@user-qj6fk9px8l

28 күн бұрын

Holder also famous as Island King William Shakespeare X(the 10th) in 60s Dr. Dolittle movie

@user-dl3uo3we2z

21 күн бұрын

Charisma prescence galore

The Man With The Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me are absolute classics.

@davidneel8327

Ай бұрын

Don't for Octopussy.

@ryanoneill3192

Ай бұрын

​@@davidneel8327 I absolutely love Octopussy lol and think that its poor reputation basically comes down to its silly name, the Tarzan yell and the clown costume. It actually received strong reviews upon release and has a great cold war plot. I always see it towards the bottom of Bond lists, but I'm convinced that such list makers haven't seen it in years and are merely going along with the consensus. It's not Die Another Day - a legitimately bad Bond movie.

@WedgeOfSpite

Ай бұрын

I really like Octopussy, and For Your Eyes Only. Great Bond women.

@donkey3187

Ай бұрын

Moonraker was the highest grossing of all Roger Moore's Bond movies. For Your Eyes Only is good too.

@ThreadBomb

Ай бұрын

Funny, I thought Golden Gun had one of the lower reputations.

Easiest way to tell an alligator from a crocodile, is that an alligator will see you later, and a crocodile will see you in a while.

@annmariemills1554

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@44excalibur

Ай бұрын

Good one. 😂😂😂

@bryantkeller9278

Ай бұрын

You are correct! LOLOLOL

@okrookra6542

Ай бұрын

"See you later Alligator"..."After while, Crocodile"

@ThreadBomb

Ай бұрын

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

What I like about this movie is that it's like James Bond was dropped into a "Blaxploitation" movie like Shaft or Superfly.

@bennychristensen4314

Ай бұрын

This movie exploits both the then trending Blaxploitation movies and Burt Reynolds Southern movies like The Longest Yard and White Lightning. The advantage here is that they use the tropes to make Bond a fish out water in both environments.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

Ай бұрын

Very true.

@cashflowhustles

Ай бұрын

That was the actual intent. 70s blaxploitaition films were just beginning to blow up so The Bond franchise incorporated that hot new cool trend back in the early 70s.

The voodoo priest role here (Geoffrey Holder), with the laugh, remains iconic. Perfect casting! Also, Jane Seymour as Solitaire.

Geoffrey Holder made a career with his laugh and smile. He was so identifiable and they helped him become the spokesman for 7-up, "The Un-Cola!"

@user-qj6fk9px8l

28 күн бұрын

He is also famous for Island King William Shakespeare X(the 10th) in Dr. Dolittle movie of 60s

RIP, Yaphat Kotto, Geoffrey Holder, and Juilus Harris, for playing some of the scariest Bond Villains in the world.

@gersonribeiro374

Ай бұрын

RIP to Roger Moore as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ejtappan1802

Ай бұрын

I cannot think of Geoffrey Holder without hearing an entire "un-cola nut" commercial go off in my head.

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

@@ejtappan1802 Me too!! One of the most famous commercials of all time. Like the Dr Pepper ad.

@ajivins1

Ай бұрын

And Clifton James.

@ajivins1

Ай бұрын

I remember Julius Harris from 'Salty the Seal'.

Traditionally, the band plays sombre music on the way to the cemetery, and upbeat music on the way back.

@creech54

Ай бұрын

It's called a "dirge".

@BarryHart-xo1oy

Ай бұрын

Good to know.

@rpgober3048

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I couldn't come up with a short way to say it!

@Cybrludite

Ай бұрын

The upbeat tune is "The Second Line", and also the name for the parade/dance.

"Who's Ben Hur?" LOL - Next movie for sure!

That stunt running on the crocs was done for real several times, with the stunt man falling once or twice.

@christianwise637

Ай бұрын

The crocodile farm scene wasn't even in the original script, they just happened to stumble across it while location scouting and quickly wrote it into the script. And the stunt was done by the guy who owned the farm, whose name (Ross Kananga) ended up inspiring the name of this film's villain

New Orleans native here. The boat chase scene was filmed on Bayou Liberty in Slidell,LA and went right past my wife’s grandmother’s house. Her grandmother crashed a party down the street and got to meet Roger Moore.

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

Sweet.

@coryspang7548

Ай бұрын

That's so cool.

@pistonburner6448

Ай бұрын

Your wife's grandmother's house? *_On whose side???_*

@pistonburner6448

Ай бұрын

So your wife is Roger Moore's granddaughter?

@33Keith33

Ай бұрын

@@pistonburner6448 her father’s mother lived on Bayou Liberty at the time.

Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi (an important figure in Voodoo tradition, and yes, the same figure seen in "The Princess and the Frog"). Iconic voice. I remember him from the old 7-Up commercials.

@ElliotNesterman

Ай бұрын

"These are un-cola nuts." He had a long career in the theater as a dancer, director, and costume designer. He won Tony Awards for Best Director of a Musical and Best Costume Design of a Musical for the original production of _The Wiz._

@YouLousyKids

Ай бұрын

"Crisp and clean, and no caffeine! Never had it, never will! Ha ha ha!" (Jeez, I'm so old I'm from when everyone in America knew the same commercials.). Geoffrey was also great as Punjab in "Annie."

@roddmatsui3554

Ай бұрын

That’s right! He was in Annie! I liked the scene with him flying the little airplane around the room with his mind.

@jamesfischer2427

Ай бұрын

Never had it .. Never will...

@MrDman21

Ай бұрын

I think the WWE wrestler Papa Shango was also inspired by Baron Samedi.

Live and Let Die, and Moonraker were my favourites as a kid. We had them on VHS recordered off the TV, along with Star Wars, and no other blank tapes. So my brother and I watched them endlessly.

I grew up watching Roger Moore as 007. I personally think he was the best and had the most gadgets.

14:13 the son of Quarrel, Doctor No

@Pikachu132

Ай бұрын

In the novel it's the same character. The movie had to change it because they adapted the two books in the opposite order, and he dies in Dr. No.

@darthroden

Ай бұрын

Nice continuity.

8:45 Solitaire is played by Jane Seymour, who Ashleigh saw in Somewhere In Time with Christopher Reeve.

@MissMarchHare

Ай бұрын

This was Jane Seymour's big break, and Roger Moore made fun of her earnest acting calling her 'Baby Bernhardt' after the great stage actress of the early 1890's Sarah Bernhardt.

@zvimur

Ай бұрын

Also, among other roles "Dr Quinn".

@KevynJacobs

Ай бұрын

And the original Battlestar Galactica.

@BradSimsCPT

Ай бұрын

Now THAT'S a great underated flick! (Somewhere in Time)

@MrMarvelous1973

Ай бұрын

Also the star of Dr Quinn medicine woman @AsleighBurton

And THAT is where I learned to start a fire with hairspray. Seriously, I saw the snake fry in the theater, went "ooooh!" And all my mom said to me was, "if I catch you doing that......"

I worked at an aquarium for 12 years, and what I would like to say is the guy came up with their names had dyslexia because an alligator has a snout shaped like the letter C and a crocodile has a snout shaped like the letter A.

„Who’s Ben Hur?“ Alright, that’s one more movie to add to your watchlist.

@shawnmiller4781

Ай бұрын

Easter…..Save it for Easter

@jonathanross149

29 күн бұрын

@@shawnmiller4781 That's my thought

I love how Solitaire's cards all have "007" on the back.

@markplott4820

Ай бұрын

a card maker made an Official licensed deck of cards for James Bond.

@MGower4465

Ай бұрын

Dang good eyes! I never noticed that and I"ve seen all the Moore Bonds a dozen times

@wiccalady9948

Ай бұрын

@@markplott4820 Which is ironically how I discovered this movie in the first place. I was making my own deck and was searching for inspiration. I stumbled onto that and was intrigued. I knew who Bond was from pop culture and my dad and grandad really liking him. So I checked out the movie and soon became a fan. Maybe its nostalgia, but this remains my favorite Bond movie- and I've seen all of them. Yes, even the original Casino Royale. With Peter Sellers. I kinda want to see Ashleigh watch that. Just for laughs.

Saw this movie as a little kid in the theater...and the we thought the theme music was by the Beatles...we had no idea it was ALMOST the Beatles in that it was Paul McCartney!! We didn't have the intertubularnets or smart fonez to look up things back then. I didn't realize it until I heard a DJ say who it was and played the song on AM radio....

🔔 @ 19:39 Solitaire: "I know he'll be looking for me and he'll never stopl" 007: "Darling, when we get out of our current predicament, let me refer you to a friend of mine who serves aboard a ship called the Battlestar Galactica. It'll take you very, very far from here. Now, about our sleeping arrangements...:

The Spy Who Loved Me is getting closer.

Fun fact: When Paul McCartney wrote the theme song, there wasn't a script available, so he read the book (which is very, very different) for inspiration.

@Theycallmejugzy

Ай бұрын

Another fun fact, Paul's first name is James.

@dabe1971

Ай бұрын

Initially the producers were only expecting Paul to write the song - not perform it. Then George Martin reminded them who they were dealing with....

@Kaddywompous

Ай бұрын

Then wrote and recorded the whole thing in a weekend.

@CaptHayfever

Ай бұрын

Fortunately, he kept the lyrics vague enough that it wasn't a problem.

@donaldb1

Ай бұрын

Vague, but also possibly grammatically dodgy, depending on whether you hear "in which we're living" or "in which we live in".

I always crave 7Up after watching this film.

Well now Ashleigh needs to see Ben Hur.

Yaphet Kotto, remembered mostly for "Homicide: Life on the street", but also Parker in "Alien".

@TesseRact7228

Ай бұрын

... Idi Amin in "Raid on Entebbe".

@zvimur

Ай бұрын

@@TesseRact7228 believe or not, for me his most traumatizing role was in "Blue Collar"(1978). Those who remember, will agree.

@TesseRact7228

Ай бұрын

@@zvimur I was going to say "A Soldier's Story" but remembered it was Howard Rollins in that movie (and a young Denzel Washington, I might add)....

@janehollander3843

Ай бұрын

He'll always be Alonzo Mosley to me.

@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude

Ай бұрын

And the role of Jean-Luc Picard was written with him in mind. I love Patrick, but imagine how amazing Yaphet would've been in the Chair of the D.

No candy-ass CGI or rubber lizards in those days. A crazy stuntman ran across real 'gaters. The tall bald man with all the flair was famous for his soda commercials. I remember them well: 7-Up I think.

@LordVolkov

Ай бұрын

Not a stunt-man, the owner of the Gator farm did the stunt himself

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

There outtakes on KZread. Great watch. One take his foot went right into the Gadors mouth.

@milanbujna2957

Ай бұрын

@@reesebn38 And it took 5 attempts to do the stunt right.

@WilliamTheMovieFan

20 күн бұрын

Yes, an actual stuntman did several takes, 5 I believe, and really ran across the crocodiles. He was paid $60,000 to do the stunt and was injured. He needed many stitches after one of the crocs bit his foot and leg.

@AshleighBurton With Live And Let Die there are a number of firsts: - This is Roger Moore’s first outing as 007, and as you’ll see over the next few weeks he would not be just one and done. - Jane Seymour makes her film debut in Live And Let Die. You might remember her from Somewhere in Time (1980) with Superman himself, Christopher Reeve. - This film and Dr. No (1962) are the only times where you don’t see Q, played by Desmond Llewelyn. - The character of Quarrel, Jr. is meant to serve as a connection to the character of Quarrel who was in Dr. No (1962). - The music for the Bond pictures takes a big leap with Paul McCartney & Wings singing the title song; a trend that would continue over the next few films with a popular singer/group hired to perform the title track.

"Too much of a good thing can make a good thing a bad thing real quick." He was never good in the first place lol. He comes back!

When filming the boat jumps, they broke the world record for the longest boat jump.

@stankulp1008

Ай бұрын

the '70s was a time for spectacular stunt work. All gone now due to CGI

@ThreadBomb

Ай бұрын

@@stankulp1008 Remember watching The Fall Guy TV series as a kid?

@stankulp1008

Ай бұрын

@@ThreadBomb The Fall Guy came out about the time I got married so I wasn't watching much TV by then. I have watched some episodes over the last couple years on Prime. I had been interested in the movies that Burt Reynolds was doing prior to that that fed into the more stunts attitude. His movie Hooper, about an aging and rookie stuntman, came out about three years before Fall Guy. Buddy Joe Hooker, who did the rocket car jump near the end of the movie, spent a day with a friend of mine scooping out filming locations in western Kansas for a movie that was never funded.

@RealMagi732

Ай бұрын

​@@stankulp1008that's one thing I love about most of the Bond films (with one very glaring exception) virtually every stunt has to be able to be done in real life. That tradition throughout the series until Pierce's last movie.

One of my favourite James Bond movies, glad we made it here. The great thing about Moore's Bond movies is they leaned harder into the comedic angle of Bond, playing up the goofy villains with absurd schemes and wacky gadgets. Moore himself was quoted in an interview saying that he couldn't take Bond seriously, since he introduced himself to everyone with his real full name.

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

Roger was a class act.

@trekkiejunk

Ай бұрын

Well, let her figure that out instead of you telling her, ok? Why do people constantly want to tell reactors what they are going to watch? Is it ego?

@WedgeOfSpite

Ай бұрын

I can't take Bond seriously either. And if I do, I don't like him. So Moore's James Bond is my fave for that reason.

The funny thing is that alligator sound when he ran across all the Alligators was an actual real stunt man who did that and got it right on the first take without getting bit by any of them which is pretty amazing

Ashleigh: I need to bring back 70's fashion. everyone else; NO! NO YOU DON'T!

Roger Moore is the bond I grew up with

@Anthony-ss8ob

Ай бұрын

The best in my book👍👍

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

Me too!

@andyt7427

Ай бұрын

Me too, the best

@johnw8578

Ай бұрын

I grew up with him too, but I think I like Brosnan better but we'll see as we get to re-experience these with these reactions.

She said smack “the living daylights “ out of her which is, ironically, an upcoming bond movie.

@traveldoc1234

Ай бұрын

It’s the Timothy Dalton one though. 😮

@MrRawwd

Ай бұрын

@@traveldoc1234 figured she’ll get there eventually

@tomasjallen

Ай бұрын

Came here to day the same thing 😂

@Replicaate

Ай бұрын

Can't wait till she gets that one. Personally it's one of my favorites, and Tim Dalton might well be my favorite Bond but I realize I am very much in the minority there.

@MrRawwd

Ай бұрын

@@Replicaate Dalton was my first Bond so he’ll always be one of my favs

Interesting trivia, Yaphat Kotto was 33 when he played Mr. Big, making him, to date, the youngest actor to play a James Bond villain. According to Yaphet Kotto, he was not allowed to do any press for this movie, nor was he allowed to attend the premiere. Kotto states the producers told him they were afraid of the public's reaction to the villain being black. Personally, I think he did a spectacular job as the villain.

Ashleigh provides great commentary. So many "first time watching" wannabes just sit there and go "Wow." or "Okay." The whole point of posting one's reactions for people to watch on KZread is to be entertaining and interesting.

Man With the Golden Gun will be one of the highlights of the series. Sir Christopher Lee, he of Saruman of The Lord of the Rings series, Count Dooku of Star Wars, and the best ever to portray Dracula, is the main bad guy and title character of the film. It will be a wild ride, knight v. knight (Sir Roger Moore).

@mass4552

Ай бұрын

And he was a real life badass.

@timamherst-clark2699

Ай бұрын

Well don't tell her! It was going to be far more fun watching her trying to remember where she'd seen/heard him before! You big ole spoilsport! 🤬

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

@@mass4552 Was he ever!!

You asked "Who's Ben Hur?" It's an epic, a classic movie starring Charlton Heston in the title-role....

@charlieeckert4321

Ай бұрын

And it's the movie that saved MGM from bankruptcy.

@TesseRact7228

Ай бұрын

@@charlieeckert4321 It deserves its place as one of the greats, don't you think?

@theman4884

Ай бұрын

@@TesseRact7228 And an Ashleigh reaction.

@TesseRact7228

Ай бұрын

@@theman4884 Would she go for a 3+ hour movie, though?

@theman4884

Ай бұрын

@@TesseRact7228 It would likely need to be a two- parter, but well worth it. She should also do The Ten Commandments and Gone with the Wind as two-parters.

Ben-Hur is a classic movie and considered one of the biggest movies of its era. You should definitely have it on your watch list.

Can’t believe Ashleigh missed the ‘lick you into shape’

Ben Hur is a famous movie starring Charlton Heston that takes place during Biblical times. There's a great chariot race in it.

@trekkiejunk

Ай бұрын

It was a lot more than just the 1959 film. That was a remake. The original was one of the biggest and most important movies of the silent era. Before that, it was the best-selling novel of all time for 50 years, until Gone With the Wind was published.

@ThreadBomb

Ай бұрын

1925 Ben Hur was a super epic when it was released. And thanks to the non-existent OH&S regulations of the time, several people died while making it.

@blueamaranth9419

Ай бұрын

It would also make a fantastic reaction video as not a whole lot of people have done it.

London busses are designed to allow a 28 degree tilt without falling over - they are tested doing skids like that with the top deck fully loaded. They're really safe.

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

Jane Seymour was in the Bus when they did the skid.

@MGower4465

Ай бұрын

Try the skid test with an upper deck full of today's American tourists. On second thought, the top deck woukd probably pancake into the lower under all thst weight before it was half filled.

@DanVibesTV

Ай бұрын

@@MGower4465 how would they get up there in the first place? xD

@ThreadBomb

Ай бұрын

@@DanVibesTV Stair lift.

FYI: Solitaire was played by Jane Seymour, in her big screen debut.

FYI - for many years, that long boat jump in the bayou chase was in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest speedboat jump

On his DVD audio commentary, Sir Roger Moore considered this to be his second best Bond movie after The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

@robgeach8105

Ай бұрын

well he's wrong. for your eyes only is easily 2nd best moore bond even with low stakes and macguffin.

@TTM9691

Ай бұрын

Either way, it's a low bar! 🤣

@Mediawatcher2023

Ай бұрын

@@robgeach8105 it was his favorite movie

@BarryHart-xo1oy

Ай бұрын

Good to know.

@TylerD288

Ай бұрын

@@TTM9691 get outa here! 🤬

You can tell the difference between an alligator and crocodile is if you will see them later or in a while

@TarossBlackburn

Ай бұрын

And then there's the British Spygator from Octopussy...

@stephenolan5539

Ай бұрын

But only if wanna, iguana.

@botz77

Ай бұрын

This film taught me how to spot a gator from a croc. No doubt. Might not know the difference between them otherwise even though I live in Gainesville Florida, the home of the Florida Gators football team.🐊

@pmvonhoffer1

Ай бұрын

Alligators don’t have that fringe on their hind leg.

@harveylee51

Ай бұрын

@ingibingi2000 See you later Alligator or in a while Crocodile 🐊 yes i got it . 😄

I'm glad you are doing these. They are fun to relive first seeings and you are one of the few that has tackled them. Keep doing it, because I love your sense of humor added to it.

@kellysquirrelk

Ай бұрын

I have to recommend Jen Murray's channel-she did a great job with all of the Bond films.

For most of us, this was the first time seeing Jane Seymour, an event that would last a lifetime.

I'm going to assume Sheriff JW Pepper was probably too southern for Ashleigh

@jrneal1220

Ай бұрын

Not just too Southern. Lou'siana Southern...

@kaneo1

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, not the last we see of JW.

@fredcasdensworld

Ай бұрын

@@kaneo1 Just remember, Roger Moore loved the character of JW and thought he added something special to the films he was in

@fredcasdensworld

Ай бұрын

@@jrneal1220 There ain't a different to this Yankee

I was indifferent to Roger Moore growing up, but he and his Bond films have really grown on me over the years. He's more tongue-in-cheek than most Bond actors, and he was too old by the time he retired from the role, but I still love him.

@LordVolkov

Ай бұрын

Moore's lighthearted run is a lot of fun and he fights almost all my favorite henchfolk.

"Ben Hur" ...... absolute brilliant film starring Charlton Heston

I'm always amazed at the things Ashleigh doesn't know or never heard of

@johnw8578

Ай бұрын

I work with dogs at a kennel and we got a collie dog in the other week. My young coworkers asked what kind of breed was this dog. I told them that he was a collie just like Lassie. They asked: " Who is Lassie?" I part of me inside just wept.

6:10 Oh you'll be saying that a lot with the Moore era. 😂Roger knew he couldn't match Sean in the 'Macho' stakes so he decided not to even try but instead he bumped up the humour level. He's "my Bond' as he was the first I was old enough to see in the Cinema. I had some interactions on social media with him and he seemed to be a thoroughly nice bloke too. Did loads of good work for kids across the world with UNICEF too.

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

Ya man I love Roger Moore. We are the same age I think. People forget Roger in the 70s was super famous for his classic tv show (Simon Templar) "The Saint". It was on in the 60s but played everyday in the 70s in syndication.

@rcrawford42

Ай бұрын

@@reesebn38 Simon Templar trivia: in the radio show, Vincent Price played Templar.

@tranya327

Ай бұрын

After he passed away, an article appeared calling Roger Moore "The Man Who SAVED James Bond" - and I think that's correct. That's pretty high praise - and it's deserved. People forget that, starting in the late 60s, the Bond films went through a streak of entries that were simply not as strong as the first five films. And, that same string of weaker films also changed the actor playing Bond with each film: with George Lazenby, then Sean Connery,, then Roger Moore in his first Bond film. Not surprisingly, this group of films made less money than the previous set of Bond films. It wouldn't have been in any way unreasonable to conclude that the Bond film era had waned and was on its last legs. It was only the large critical and commercial success of the big gamble taken on Roger Moore's third Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me," that persuaded audiences that EON Productions could still make Bond films as good as (or better than) what they'd created a decade previously, and that Bond was still worth one's attention. If 'The Spy Who Loved Me' had been a bad film, that may well have been the end of the Bond franchise. Thankfully, this did not happen! So Roger Moore gets the credit not only for his own films, but for all the films that were created after he retired from playing Bond - those films wouldn't exist if Moore's Bond had failed. It was Moore who established not only that another actor - who wasn't Sean Connery - could play Bond and make it seem authentic, but also that each new Bond actor could only succeed in the role by bringing his own individual acting strengths to the job (rather than merely copying Sean Connery).

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

@@rcrawford42 So cool!

@reesebn38

Ай бұрын

@@tranya327 Well Said! Thanks.

Sir Sean Connery turned down the then astronomical sum of $5.5 million (close to $32 million in 2019 dollars) to play James Bond for a seventh time. Connery gave Sir Roger Moore his personal seal of approval for inheriting his role, calling him "an ideal Bond".

@christianwise637

Ай бұрын

I remember hearing how all five previous actors came to Daniel Craig's defence when he was being slated by the press after being cast in the role, it's always rather sweet to hear stories about how all the Bond actors have supported and stuck up for each other over the years

Missed a bit of trivia Ashleigh. Quarrel Senior was Bond's fisherman friend in "Doctor No"(he sadly got cooked by No's "Dragon"). Ross survived his encounter with Bond and went into space as a trucker years in the future, lol.

The whole boat chase was filmed in my hometown (Slidell, LA) in 1972, so a few years before I was born, but there are still a lot of residents who remember the production. I'm friends with some folks who were hired as "bayou guides" to lead the actors and film crews into the swamps for their location shoots. Everyone still remembers how friendly both the cast and crew were, especially Mr Moore, with all the locals.

In honor of Donald Sutherland, you have a LOT of choices, a _few_ suggestions: The Dirty Dozen, MASH, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Backdraft, Pride & Prejudice (2005), & of course The Hunger Games series. RIP, such talent deserves to be celebrated.

@johnkolb6717

Ай бұрын

Don't forget he played Oddball in Kelly's Heros

@kiyaaniandress5481

Ай бұрын

Space Cowboys might be a fun one for her.

@kellysquirrelk

Ай бұрын

He was in Animal House, too.

@RobertStallings-kx5ug

Ай бұрын

And Klute!

@richardlonn2098

Ай бұрын

Kelly's heroes in honor of Donald for sure!

Quarrell Jr is the son of the sidekick from Dr. No. Just a fun callback.

@derworfnet

Ай бұрын

This is also Filmmakers working around the fact that they adapted the Novels out of Order: The Book Live and let die is set before Dr. No and in that one it was actually the original Quarrel.

@ToylandChairman666

Ай бұрын

Only in film continuity. In the books they were the same character. The books were adapted out of order.

Yaphet Kotto was Mr. Big. He was also in Alien. He is great in Midnight Run. You should check that out. I don't know if any other Bond movie has incorporated the theme song so thoroughly into the film. Not just the woman singing it, but throughout the score as well. Roger Moore looks younger than Sean Connery, but was actually three years older than him. RIP to both men.

"He always did have an inflated opinion of himself" (and Ashleigh's reaction! 😅).

Not sure if anyone had mentioned this before but that "little circle" at the start with James bond walking on... Is actually inside the barrel of a gun... The lines spiralling around are the rifling in the barrel.

6:15 Ashleigh casually predicting one of the silliest Bond jokes ever.

@theman4884

Ай бұрын

14:08 doesn't remember Quarrel from Dr. No.

@IanM-id8or

Ай бұрын

She pre-empts a lot of plot points in a lot of movies. I think she was a scriptwriter in a past life

The main villain, Kananga, is played by Yaphet Koto, he's also in Alien, Star Chamber, with Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook, and midnight run with Robert Dinero, Charles Grodin, and John Hoyt from Beverly Hills Cop.

Ben Hurr 1959 is probably the best movie ever made. Nominated for 12 Acadamy awards and won 11 of them. The greatest Epic ever filmed in my opinion.

Yes! Onto the Roger moore bond films which are my personal favourite. My all time favourite is the spy who loved me

When 007 is held captive in a chair by Tee Hee, Sir Roger Moore's quip "Butterhook" was improvised.

Did you know that Jane Seymore's debut movie was Live and Let Die as Solitaire? If you don't know who Jane Seymore, then, research or watch Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.

This the first James Bond movie that my dad saw in theaters. He tells me that at the time it was a strikingly "modern" James Bond movie, loaded with the then-current style and themes of the 70s - drugs, Voodoo/cults, wide trousers, Blaxsploitation, and a former Beatle doing the (excellent, iconic) theme song. Of course, he and his buddies loved it for all those reasons. It's also interesting that though Moore was a decent chunk older than Connery, he seems so much more "fresh" and modern - his age would definitely tell on him later in the series, however.

I'm not sure if you ever saw it or not, but Jane Seymour (Solitaire) would later star in the TV series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", which aired on CBS from 1993 to 1998.

@persephonebasilissa5109

Ай бұрын

I especially liked her in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) with Anthony Andrews & Ian McKellan.

@les4767

Ай бұрын

She was also Serina in the original "Battlestar Galactica." Great actress.

@LordVolkov

Ай бұрын

Wedding Crashers 😉 Call her... Kitty Cat

@johnw8578

Ай бұрын

@@les4767 THank you -- I was worried no one would remember or mention it.

@DeeWaterlily

Ай бұрын

Oh Heavenly Dog with Chevy Chase

Only James Bond movie with Sir Roger Moore in which Felix Leiter appears. David Hedison, who played Felix, played the role again in Licence to Kill (1989), becoming the first actor to reprise the part.

@trekkiejunk

Ай бұрын

WHY are you spoiling this for her? Shut up!

@Mediawatcher2023

Ай бұрын

@@trekkiejunk im not

Sir Connery returned to Bond role once more, for last time, in movie Never Say Never, which is remake of Thunderball. This movie isn't part of official Bondiana, but still worth to watch it (and because it's remake of Thunderball you can watch it anywhere after Thunderball).

"Just a little off the top." OMG!!! Ashleigh you are right on point with the James Bond puns. Almost six decades ago, when I was a young tween I somehow got hold of one of those carved, voodoo looking coconut heads with one eyeball. I of course put it in my sister's bed (on the pillow) with the sheets and bed cover pulled up over it. Came bedtime and hilarity ensued! 👹😱🤪

"Who's Ben Hur?" Hope you're ready to watch a long film to find out 😂. One of the most epic of epic films though and from a time long ago. When the word was used appropriately 😢.

@shawnmiller4781

Ай бұрын

Save it for Easter though Definitely an Easter movie

Sean Connery will always be James Bond, but Rodger Moore is my favourite version of 007 because he was the one I grew up with. Live & Let Die, Moonraker, The Man with the Golden Gun & Octopussy are masterpieces 🔥

The "stuntman", a local crocodile farmer called Ross Kananga, performed the "running across crocodiles" stunt five times for the film. However, after each time he performed it, the crocodiles got wise to what he was doing and so caught him more than a few times. He is said to have received 93 stitches about his legs and face. He was paid $60,000.

@Gameflyer001

Ай бұрын

That is who the villain's named after. Some well-known behind the scenes footage shows him running across the crocodiles and getting bitten in the foot by one at the end.

@GreyHulk2156

Ай бұрын

@@Gameflyer001 I know, I was trying to keep it simple. :)

Solitaire is Jane Seymour- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Now we're in the Moore era and with puns and punch lines, more gadgets for later films. People were upset Q wasn't in this movie so they decided to keep him in later films.

James Bond having sex with Rosie Carver was an issue in some markets. They didn’t want to show a movie with interracial sex.

@8bitdiedie

Ай бұрын

Little did they know that a decade later they’d be watching 007 getting (almost) pegged by Grace Jones herself.

@CallOfCutie69

Ай бұрын

@@8bitdiediecowgirl is not even close to pegging, but I see your point

@Tommy-he7dx

Ай бұрын

When you say Some markets, there's only one where race was and sadly is a prevalent issue

@danerex76

Ай бұрын

@@Tommy-he7dx this is a strange comment. You could be talking about countries and regions all over the world.

@roaringviking5693

Ай бұрын

@@danerex76 He's obviously talking about the USA. At least in the Western world, it's the only place where race really is such a big deal. Sure, there's bigotry all over, but in Europe, for example, it's mainly about culture and religion. You almost never hear anything about actual race.

Fun Fact: The scene where the boat jumps over a road broke the record for longest boat jump in recorded history. That jump was 110 ft. long and stood for 3 years. The Roger Moore era of Bond movies has some of the most interesting villains. The end of the Sean Connery era wasn't as painful as many thought it would be, primarily because Roger Moore fit the role so perfectly. Basically, Roger Moore was born to play James Bond.

This is the movie that made me realize how frequently James bond has fist fights on trains. Pay attention, I think it's in literally half the Bond movies.

Finally getting to the Roger Moore James Bond movies. It's about to get nuts 😆

Honestly 'take your meds I love you' is what everybody needs to hear.

"Who's Ben Hur?" OMG. Ben Hur is a movie. About a race vehicle driver named Ben Hur. His racecar only had two horsepower but he still won races. In ancient Rome.

Can't wait for Ashleigh's reaction to seeing the Sheriff again in The Man with the Golden Gun. 😉

Roger Moore: The Saint (TV series) "The Saint is a British crime television series that aired in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1962 and 1969."

@arthurerickson5162

Ай бұрын

And in the US!

You vibed out to the theme exactly as you should have. You have an appreciation of a DJ. Solitaire, aka The Best Bond Girl Ever, is played by Jane Seymour. That's right, Ashley. You've been watching Baby Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. IMO Jane's one of the most beautiful women who has ever lived and at age 73, she still is.

🎶 Chicken pot pie... chicken pot pie 🎶 😂

The first three Bonds film didn't had Sean Connery in the gunbarrel, but rather stuntman Bob Simmons. *"Thunderball"* was the first to have Connery in the gunbarrel. *"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"* gunbarrel had George Lazenby (his first film as an actor).

"Who's Ben Hurr?" Yer killin me.

This led to years of seven up commercials. "Cola nut? UN-cola nut? Hahahahahahahaha!"

really enjoying you taking on the bond films... such an amazing journey. def keep at it. they only get bigger.

I was 14 years old (I'm 54 now) in 1984 and lived in an apartment complex in Burbank, CA where both Julius Harris (mechanical hand guy) and Clifton James (country sheriff) also resided. I used to see them out at the pool and stuff. I would routinely play billiards in the rec room with Mike James (Clifton James son). Julius was also in King Kong 1977 and Clifton was also in another Bond film reviving the same role and the movie Superman II where he also played the country sheriff!