Surely he must have said "Inspector" in one of the films. A job for Calvin. If you can't find it he does says it in the awful Pink Panther fillm he was in.
@@calvindyson definitely not beyond the realms of possibility, after all Tom Cruise has been playing Ethan Hunt for the best part of a quarter of a century!
Imagine if both Sean and Roger played their respective roles 9-12 years earlier... We would maybe have more years of Bond movies and younger looking Bonds...
@@benjaminschmidt7208 Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film). Ι don't believe him from O.H.M.S.S. His era has not yet come.
I feel like Moore as Bond is an acquired taste. I wasn't a big fan to begin with, but having watched all his films again recently, he really has grown on me as a great Bond.
Same. The first time I watched the series was in random order. So imagine me having started with Goldeneye and Casino Royale 2006, then going right into The Spy Who Loved Me and being really confused. I did warm up to Moore's take on the character - Octopussy is my personal favorite - but my take on Moore's tenure is informed largely by that initial reaction.
I get the charm, but he's still my least favorite Bond. Just not as big of a fan of the more whimsical, campy nature of his films. I get why some people love that though
The 'Just a dab will do' line it the advertising tag for Brylcream; basically the waiter had overly greased/Brylcreamed hair. The equivalent of Pierce Brosnan saying 'Because I'm worth it'
Seems like one of those famous slogans that people might know even if they don't know the product. I heard the phrase growing up without even knowing what it was from
I thought it was pretty clear from the context of his reaction after grabbing the waiter's hair that it was a reference to an advertising slogan for hair product.
I always took the 'Mr. Smith' bit as a reference to anonymity, like John Doe. Bond is on a calm holiday, and he's trying to stay unnoticed. So when the waiter announces him loudly as 'Mr. Bond', Bond's 'Yes, well, I am on holiday' seems to convey 'Don't shout my real name, you idiot!', to which the waiter sarcastically replies 'Yes, Mr. Smith' as in 'I'll call you Mr. Smith if you like, but that won't do any good, as everybody knows who you are already'. Bond not tipping the waiter much is an unrelated side gag, I think. I agree some of the jokes fall flat, but Moore already has that charisma he has as Bond. The guy just oozes charm, even when his characterisation is meant to come across as hard edged. I adore his improvisational skills. Speaking of jokes, that Kevin McClory skit was so, so funny! I love that running joke, and the Wizard of Oz reference on the bike was just great!
It's funny, the idea's really funny in description, but some reason doesn't take off here. Maybe with more rehearsing. It's funny that Moore would say years later that he thought it was a gag that Bond was a spy, but known by name by every bar man in the world. This confirms it!
I think its pretty obvious thats all the joke is, I duno why Dyson is confused, I think its a joke about how James Bond introduces himself with his own name when surely as a spy he should be using fake ID's. The waiter was probably calling him Smith as a joke on how he'd just called himself Bond so the waiter was doing what he shouldve done in the first place and given him an alias. But then that does leave the question of why the waiter knows Bond is a spy I guess.
Funnily enough, in a 1964 episode of The Saint guest starring David Hedison (Felix Leiter himself), Simon Templar pretends to be a spy partway through. At the end, the character who Templar pretended to be a spy in front says (paraphrasing) 'Me, working for James Bond. It's true, isn't it? You really are James Bond?' When I first saw that episode, I was absolutely stunned and amazed when that happened!
The episode you want is "Luella" from season 2, which aired 9 years before "Live and Let Die" was released. So I'm sorry, but that episode (well, The Saint did in it's entirety, but that episode in particular) forshadowed Moore's turn as Bond more than a comedy sketch.
Before Roger Moore could say Bond, James Bond he would say Templar, Simon Templar, I’ve always thought The Saint was Roger Moore training to be James Bond whilst Connery and Lazenby where doing the actual role of James Bond. Roger Moore played an iconic movie character in British history in James Bond and play an iconic tv character in British history in Simon Templar, who were both let’s be fair two of his most iconic roles that he ever did. RIP Roger Moore. 👍🏻
Roger Moore, in the role of Simon Templar, has been, ever since I was a child, my cultural icon. R.I.P. Sir Roger Moore, and my deepest gratitude for so many pleasant memories. "For all the Saints, who, from their labour's, rest."
There was a popular TV commercial at the time from the Brylcreme Company that proclamed, "A little dab will do ya!" Meaning, you only needed a small amount of their fantastic hair creme to properly style your hair.
During the 60's, Roger Moore was always considered as a possibility to play James Bond. But, his commitment to "The Saint" sort of dashed it. I hoped this awkward teleplay was not a means to delay it much further.
Wow this is something completely unique that I never knew about!! I do remember that Moore was selected because he was a “name”and after the experience of Lazenby they did not want to go with an unknown again. This was at the time of “The Saint”so maybe someone important saw this and remembered it when casting for a new 007 years later?! Who knows? Great video-one good thing that has come out of this Quarantine is.... much more content from Calvin!!👍🏻
Moore was considered by EON for Dr No, and he was Ian Fleming's choice after David Niven. I don't know whether it was in the culture of the time that Moore should play Bond (newspapers suggesting it for instance), what with him playing Simon Templar, but Moore claims in his autobiography that he knew nothing about being considered for Dr No, and the first time he heard about being Bond was when EON approached him just after You Only Live Twice came out. At that point The Man With The Golden Gun was to be the next film, and Moore said yes, although he didn't sign anything. Filming was to take place in Cambodia, but this was halted by the war there. By the time EON had arranged a replacement film, OHMSS, Moore was signed to another series of The Saint, and so couldn't accept. For Diamonds Are Forever, he couldn't accept as he was signed to The Persuaders. After that he deliberately didn't sign for another series of The Persuaders, as he heard on the grapevine that EON wanted him as Bond. It was a risk, as he was making himself unemployed on the chance he'd get the role that had eluded him. Luckily Cubby (who Moore knew socially) phoned.
David James I was young at the time but I remember being happy that he was going to be James Bond since I used to love “The Saint” He played 007 completely different from Sean Connery so at first it was definitely a bit strange. But the movie was so colorful and had so much cool stuff in there that I got used to the new James Bond right away!
@@johnrigs6540 I grew up with the Roger Moore films (on TV), so when I saw my first Connery, I really didn't like it, as he was so different! But I soon grew to like all the Bond films for their own qualities. It's funny how EON first had Moore play the role as Connery, but soon learned to adapt it to Roger's strengths.
David James Yes if he had just done a Sean imitation it just would not have worked at all. He was successful because he brought his own sense of humor and style to it. I remember when he left,Dalton was so serious it was jarring lol!
@@johnrigs6540 I think EON were trying to get Roger to be Connery esque in the first couple of ones. In Man With The Golden Gun in particular. There's some of that in his performance in this sketch. But by The Spy Who Loved Me, they'd nailed his style, and the style of film he'd be in. It's funny how different Dalton was, esp in Licence To Kill, a real change.
I often think how amazing it would be to see the Bond actors in the first 007 films they were considered for. Roger Moore in Dr No/OHMSS/Diamonds Are Forever. Timothy Dalton in OHMSS. Pierce Brosnan in For Your Eyes Only (he was visiting his wife on set, and Cubby 'cast' him as Bond on first sight), and The Living Daylights. Somehow each seems to inhabit their own world and it's look, so it's weird to see them in another Bond's. Here, Moore is very different to his Bond films, and it's funny how this is closer to the nasty Bond he played in The Man With The Golden Gun. That EON soon realised was not the best fit for Roger. Thanks very much for all these videos, Calvin. They're a wonderful treat during Isolation.
The joke is, that the waiter didn´t believe Bond to be on holiday and believed, he was in a mission. So he covered him and called him "Smith" instead of "Bond", as on a mission he needed a cover name. Edit:I find it interresting that Roger Moore calls Wodka out as a communist drink, when in reality Roger Moores´ Bond never drank the traditional Martini.
I remember an episode of Remington Steele were Pierce Brosnan played a 007 type character. I remember saying to the wife at the end, "I feel like we are being trained to like our good ol' Mr. Steele as a future 007!" I also remember an episode of The Saint where Simon Templar was a 007 type character as well.....
Moore was a contender for Bond for Dr No. He says he was under contract as The Saint. Moore as Bond in 'Dr No' would have played it very similar to Connery.
That actually seems to be commonplace. Brosnan was initially considered for The Living Daylights but was under contract from a TV show in 1987, I also heard from unofficial sources that Timothy Dalton was a contender for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service but he felt he was too young
Would he have? Moore's strengths were in a lighter approach [as show by his discomfort in playing the hard, Connery style scenes in Golden Gun]. I think the Bond character would have taken a much lighter tone if Moore had been in there from the start and we'd have a slightly different film series.
@@jamesatkinsonja We will never know. Moore was a bit of a tough guy in The Saint. People said the only difference between Temple & Bond was that Templer worked for himself. In The Persuaders he played it less tough.
I saw this many years ago. Just as Brosnan was wanted for the Bond role instead of Dalton, but couldn't because of a TV contract - there were persistent rumors that Moore was wanted as Bond prior to Connery, but Moore was contracted to the "Saint" and unavailable.
According to Roger he wasn't aware of the Dr No links [maybe he also too expensive at the time] but the Saint [OHMSS] and Persuader's [Diamonds] were a factor in him not being able to do Bond until Live and Let Die.
Just a quick question -I was under the impression that Roger Moore was considered for the part in 1962 for Doctor No but was under contract for The Saint , does anyone know if this is correct ?
@@jamesatkinsonja Ive never heard anything about him being considered, Fleming himself didnt even want Connery let alone another smalltime TV actor, he was too busy thinking of people like David Niven or older more well known actors of that era.
Jared Griffiths It’s a cartoon sitcom. Animation’s not really a genre, it’s a medium. ‘Genre’ is more for what the story is (comedy, drama, sci-fi, thriller) than the way in which the story is told.
I used to hate Moore as bond. Most of his movies are bad but god damn Octopussy might be my favorite Bond film ever. Great locations and action and holy moly Khan is a magnificent villain. Also some of the best 1 liners. "You have a nasty habit of surviving" "you know what they say about the fittest"
I totally forgot about this. The "A Little Dab'll Do Ya!" was used in the advertising for Brylcreem, a men's hair grooming product that was big in the 50s & 60s & is still around.
If I remember rightly, the Little Dab'll Do Ya line comes from 1950s Brylcreem adverts (it's where Fred Flintstone got Yabba Dabba Doo from)--and my God, I laughed way too hard at the Kevin McClory bit! Happy Easter!
I took him calling her a communist out of spite being she knew that was his signature drink and she was just being a brat to him. 2nd the part where he tugs on the other waiters hair, imo I feel the audience was laughing because after the first waiter being a fake waiter but under cover agent with a wig, he was a genuine waiter. More then likely the "They just say a little dab will do you." Is in response to the pomade the actor has in his hair after Roger messes it up. It was just a witty response on Moore and the writer's end.
good evening mr. dyson...very cool video...i am a big fan of milicent martin...and yes...this was live on television back in the day...the 'dab ' joke is from a product men used on their hair called brylcreem...their slogan was 'a little dab'll do ya''....thank you for showing this...be well...be safe...peace always...rocky
How interesting, which Live and Let Die DVD's? I have the special edition and thought I would have noticed this lol but I will check. I think my favourite part of this is when the lady falls over and they have to recover, sometimes the unintentional funnies are the funniest, although the guy throwing himself over the railing is quite amusing too and the lady going to see then walking casually away like you said lol. Also no views or comments? Am I really that early? I feel so privileged XD
Ahhh it's on the two disc ultimate edition and the blu ray. I think the full clip might actually be here on YT still so search for it if you want to see it in its entirity!
The reference in the tip being a coin and not a note is the UK currency crisis of 1964. Harold Wilson put in place deflationary measures in the autumn that devalued people's cash. It didn't work. By 1967 things were so had he had to devalue the pound. His speech about it not affecting "the pound in your pocket" was a reference back to 1964.
How about covering the first actors to play Bond, Barry Nelson in "Casino Royale" (on TV) and Bob "Blockbusters" Holness in "Moonraker" (on the radio)?
Brilliant review and send up I laughed out loud several times..not at the original sketch but your reactions to it. Kevin McClory coming for you with the lawsuit was inspired. This Roger skit is much appreciated extra on the disc even if it its not the best ever skit you get an idea of how Roger might have played the character back then. Like you say it was before Goldfinger and not all the trademarks had been established.
I think it helps that he has a youthful hairdo. Funny seeing 'Bond' as a Teddy Boy esque. It was 1964, but the 60's hadn't properly started, and Moore was carrying over a style from the 50's. Interesting that Connery's Bond had the more Mod mop top from 1962. Although as pre-Beatles, I don't how deliberate it was. It just looked cool on Connery.
This video caused me to look up when the first episode of The Saint was first aired and when Dr No was released in the cinemas. Moore as Simon Templar beat Connery as James Bond by ... 2 DAYS!!!
In a 1979 episode of Charlie's Angels titled "Fallen Angel," the bad guy played by Timothy Dalton is described as James Bondian. This was eight years before Dalton played James Bond.
Was raised on bond thanks to my dad, I was the roger Moore era and the older I get the Moore (yes groan) I love moonraker, saw it at the drive in 1980 🇦🇺 thought it sucked at the time but campy goodness. Goldeneye is my ultimate bond film, sheer perfection
Youre showing your age alot here Dyson, they couldnt do a second "take" on British TV in 1964 on any show, they were all filmed live so if actors made mistakes or jokes didnt land then they stayed in. They definitely didnt have the luxury of second takes for the sake of nailing it better, that had to be done in rehearsal. Also the little dab line was just a reference to brylcreem a common british men's hair gel of sorts that's still available today. The line in the jingle was "A little dab will do ya"
It is a fun foreshadowing but I think there was one even freakier. In the Live and Let Die documentary (That's quite a coincidence), there is mention that the major cast members went to see a real Medium, to get a more proper feel for the Voodoo theme. The one prediction that sticks out to me is the Medium said Moore would be a Humanitarian. Still though, this certainly seems a bit better than the Casino Royale from the 50's.
Mr. Smith is implied to be a fake name as if it’s meant to be a secret that he’s there Also in those days most British TV was recorded in long takes as if it was live so there wouldn’t really have been opportunities to retake bad line reading etc unless a truly bad mistake happened
I think it might have been live. I know That Was The Week That Was, this was kind of a spin-off of (same writers, MM was in TW3) was live. I think the fall is a tip-off it's live.
Rodger Moore played James Bond in The Saint. In order to get info he pretended to be MI5 and the middle aged women gave him the info and asked you really are James Bond! the episode was in black and white.
There is also a black-and-white episode of 'The Saint' from around the same time where Simon Templar is mistaken for James Bond by an old lady character. Edit: you can watch it here: ruclips.net/video/sCpnXVU6JgI/видео.html&feature=emb_title
There’s plenty of footage and photos of Roger driving an Aston Martin in The Persuaders though - it’s a DBS V8; kind-of the interim model between the Astons Lazenby and Dalton drove.
For your consideration, there's an episode of The Flintstones which starts with Fred and Barney watching a James 'Rock' Bond movie on television later meeting a real life Madame Yes. And if you can find it, an episode of Jim'll Fix It in which a young black boy asked to be James Bond and they acted out brief sketch for him.
James Bond Fans, Which death do you think was more sadistic? Vespers death in Casino Royale or M’s Death in Skyfall. Like the comment if you think Vesper, reply if you think M
"Sadistic" means "taking pleasure or satisfaction in the pain of another". So unless you mean the film itself is sadistically dwelling on their deaths (which I don't think is accurate or fair), I'm not sure that's the word you are looking for.
Calvin, since you are doing Bond Myths, you should check out the myth of On Her Majesty's Secret Service being the first Bond Film, a test film of a potential new series not yet called 007.
Casino Royale on American TV, with Berry Nelson staring as James bond, a C.I.A. agent. Cheaply made, with lots of changes in characters (Felix's is the British agent.) & plot! On a TV show Nelson said that he had been told that if the show got any kind of ratings, it would become a series. Barry jokingly said that he personally blamed the last minute rewrite of the script ( at the Networks demand); but said that someone, ( possibly Jack Lord, ) told him after Dr. No was a smash hit; that Ian Fleming had been infuriated by Nelson's performance in the TV show & vowed never again to sell a bond movie to a studio with out retaining some control over the casting of 007! Sorry, but I can not remember the talk show host, only Berry's comments.
@@donaldsmith6814 Dr No was based on a pilot for a TV series Fleming would be involved in but never was made. Some of the stories in For Your Eyes Only [such as 'From a view to a kill] were ideas for episodes for that series.
It was the glue on the toupee which was the joke.....because if the waiter was a spy, he may have worn a toupee to desquise himself.... very nice video though...
Great RUclips channel!!! Been watching the 4k remasters in 1080p on my fire 10 tablet as well as on hulu is the hulu version in 4k or 1080p? I own goldfinger die another day in dvd and on bluray and digital 1080p skyfall. Casino royale I have on dvd never cared for qos and spectre. Goldeneye I have on vhs. One day we will see 007 uncensored
Smith seems to have been commonly used in the old days as a false name, whether joining the army under an assumed identity or signing into a hotel with a woman for a bit of hanky pank
It could have been recorded live but in the early days of television a lot of shows were film with limited takes as they had limited film they could use.
I'm currently half way through my next "big" video which is TWINE for the PS1 and after that the next "big" one I'll focus on will be TSWLM. I usually have one larger video edit on the go (the ones that are plus 30 mins) along with smaller ones and top 10's etc.
The only time Moore said SPECTRE.
#Mindblown
Oh wow that never even occured to me but yeah, you're right!
Surely he must have said "Inspector" in one of the films. A job for Calvin. If you can't find it he does says it in the awful Pink Panther fillm he was in.
Bloody hell, that doesn't feel right at all!
Only if Roger Moore looked this young and was this young in his movies
He could have continued the role for another 10 years
It's crazy to think he could have been Bond from 1962 all the way up to 1985 in some alternate universe...
I would have loved if he had played the part from OHMSS onwards
@@calvindyson definitely not beyond the realms of possibility, after all Tom Cruise has been playing Ethan Hunt for the best part of a quarter of a century!
Imagine if both Sean and Roger played their respective roles 9-12 years earlier... We would maybe have more years of Bond movies and younger looking Bonds...
@@benjaminschmidt7208 Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film). Ι don't believe him from O.H.M.S.S. His era has not yet come.
I feel like Moore as Bond is an acquired taste. I wasn't a big fan to begin with, but having watched all his films again recently, he really has grown on me as a great Bond.
Same. The first time I watched the series was in random order. So imagine me having started with Goldeneye and Casino Royale 2006, then going right into The Spy Who Loved Me and being really confused. I did warm up to Moore's take on the character - Octopussy is my personal favorite - but my take on Moore's tenure is informed largely by that initial reaction.
I get the charm, but he's still my least favorite Bond. Just not as big of a fan of the more whimsical, campy nature of his films. I get why some people love that though
@@jasonshaneyfelt1039 who’s your favourite?
The 'Just a dab will do' line it the advertising tag for Brylcream; basically the waiter had overly greased/Brylcreamed hair. The equivalent of Pierce Brosnan saying 'Because I'm worth it'
p0rtp0rt Or “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”. 😂
Seems like one of those famous slogans that people might know even if they don't know the product. I heard the phrase growing up without even knowing what it was from
I thought it was pretty clear from the context of his reaction after grabbing the waiter's hair that it was a reference to an advertising slogan for hair product.
My dad always said it when he saw me doing my hair as a kid! I'm forty now! A little dab'll do ya!
"A little dab'll do ya" is the exact line for BrylCREEM (2 E.s)
"Daniel Craig is the longest serving Bond actor"
*Moore: *laughs in comedy sketch**
sgtfrozty
Connery: *laughs in Never Say Never Again*
@@JakeOO7 Actually, it's
Connery: *laughs in the From Russia With Love video game*
When did Daniel Craig play James Bond?
FloBraMan geez if we start in 1962 and the FRWL games came out in 2004(?), then Connery was in the role over the course of 40 years!
sgtfrozty he is the second greatest bond soooo
I always took the 'Mr. Smith' bit as a reference to anonymity, like John Doe. Bond is on a calm holiday, and he's trying to stay unnoticed. So when the waiter announces him loudly as 'Mr. Bond', Bond's 'Yes, well, I am on holiday' seems to convey 'Don't shout my real name, you idiot!', to which the waiter sarcastically replies 'Yes, Mr. Smith' as in 'I'll call you Mr. Smith if you like, but that won't do any good, as everybody knows who you are already'. Bond not tipping the waiter much is an unrelated side gag, I think.
I agree some of the jokes fall flat, but Moore already has that charisma he has as Bond. The guy just oozes charm, even when his characterisation is meant to come across as hard edged. I adore his improvisational skills.
Speaking of jokes, that Kevin McClory skit was so, so funny! I love that running joke, and the Wizard of Oz reference on the bike was just great!
It's funny, the idea's really funny in description, but some reason doesn't take off here. Maybe with more rehearsing.
It's funny that Moore would say years later that he thought it was a gag that Bond was a spy, but known by name by every bar man in the world. This confirms it!
I think its pretty obvious thats all the joke is, I duno why Dyson is confused, I think its a joke about how James Bond introduces himself with his own name when surely as a spy he should be using fake ID's. The waiter was probably calling him Smith as a joke on how he'd just called himself Bond so the waiter was doing what he shouldve done in the first place and given him an alias. But then that does leave the question of why the waiter knows Bond is a spy I guess.
Funnily enough, in a 1964 episode of The Saint guest starring David Hedison (Felix Leiter himself), Simon Templar pretends to be a spy partway through.
At the end, the character who Templar pretended to be a spy in front says (paraphrasing) 'Me, working for James Bond. It's true, isn't it? You really are James Bond?'
When I first saw that episode, I was absolutely stunned and amazed when that happened!
Same thing happened on Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan!
The episode you want is "Luella" from season 2, which aired 9 years before "Live and Let Die" was released. So I'm sorry, but that episode (well, The Saint did in it's entirety, but that episode in particular) forshadowed Moore's turn as Bond more than a comedy sketch.
'Brylcreem - a little dab will do you' a hair product of the time.
You can still find it at CVS
it still exists. but it isnt good, doesent hold your hair in place. no way roger was able to style his hair like that with it haha
That McClory bit had me in stitches! Brilliant work!
Before Roger Moore could say Bond, James Bond he would say Templar, Simon Templar, I’ve always thought The Saint was Roger Moore training to be James Bond whilst Connery and Lazenby where doing the actual role of James Bond. Roger Moore played an iconic movie character in British history in James Bond and play an iconic tv character in British history in Simon Templar, who were both let’s be fair two of his most iconic roles that he ever did. RIP Roger Moore. 👍🏻
Not forgetting, Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders.
Roger Moore, in the role of Simon Templar, has been, ever since I was a child, my cultural icon.
R.I.P. Sir Roger Moore, and my deepest gratitude for so many pleasant memories.
"For all the Saints, who, from their labour's, rest."
6:37 I do love it when Calvin does little cut away gags like this
Feel that Moore played it tougher as The Saint. Bond at the time was also very tough. So Moore played it tough.
There was a popular TV commercial at the time from the Brylcreme Company that proclamed, "A little dab will do ya!" Meaning, you only needed a small amount of their fantastic hair creme to properly style your hair.
I guess Grandpa Rog's Bond timeline goes from 1964-1985 now. That's 21 years of Moore Bond
1987 actually :D
@@grimsbybrazilianjiu-jitsu7423 No? Moore stopped being Bond in 1985.
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During the 60's, Roger Moore was always considered as a possibility to play James Bond. But, his commitment to "The Saint" sort of dashed it. I hoped this awkward teleplay was not a means to delay it much further.
I’m guessing this is why Roger Moore wouldn’t let go of the role
Wow this is something completely unique that I never knew about!!
I do remember that Moore was selected because he was a “name”and after the experience of Lazenby they did not want to go with an unknown again.
This was at the time of “The Saint”so maybe someone important saw this and remembered it when casting for a new 007 years later?!
Who knows?
Great video-one good thing that has come out of this Quarantine is....
much more content from Calvin!!👍🏻
Moore was considered by EON for Dr No, and he was Ian Fleming's choice after David Niven. I don't know whether it was in the culture of the time that Moore should play Bond (newspapers suggesting it for instance), what with him playing Simon Templar, but Moore claims in his autobiography that he knew nothing about being considered for Dr No, and the first time he heard about being Bond was when EON approached him just after You Only Live Twice came out.
At that point The Man With The Golden Gun was to be the next film, and Moore said yes, although he didn't sign anything. Filming was to take place in Cambodia, but this was halted by the war there. By the time EON had arranged a replacement film, OHMSS, Moore was signed to another series of The Saint, and so couldn't accept. For Diamonds Are Forever, he couldn't accept as he was signed to The Persuaders.
After that he deliberately didn't sign for another series of The Persuaders, as he heard on the grapevine that EON wanted him as Bond. It was a risk, as he was making himself unemployed on the chance he'd get the role that had eluded him. Luckily Cubby (who Moore knew socially) phoned.
David James
I was young at the time but I remember being happy that he was going to be James Bond since I used to love “The Saint”
He played 007 completely different from Sean Connery so at first it was definitely a bit strange.
But the movie was so colorful and had so much cool stuff in there that I got used to the new James Bond right away!
@@johnrigs6540 I grew up with the Roger Moore films (on TV), so when I saw my first Connery, I really didn't like it, as he was so different! But I soon grew to like all the Bond films for their own qualities.
It's funny how EON first had Moore play the role as Connery, but soon learned to adapt it to Roger's strengths.
David James
Yes if he had just done a Sean imitation it just would not have worked at all.
He was successful because he brought his own sense of humor and style to it.
I remember when he left,Dalton was so serious it was jarring lol!
@@johnrigs6540 I think EON were trying to get Roger to be Connery esque in the first couple of ones. In Man With The Golden Gun in particular. There's some of that in his performance in this sketch. But by The Spy Who Loved Me, they'd nailed his style, and the style of film he'd be in.
It's funny how different Dalton was, esp in Licence To Kill, a real change.
I often think how amazing it would be to see the Bond actors in the first 007 films they were considered for. Roger Moore in Dr No/OHMSS/Diamonds Are Forever. Timothy Dalton in OHMSS. Pierce Brosnan in For Your Eyes Only (he was visiting his wife on set, and Cubby 'cast' him as Bond on first sight), and The Living Daylights.
Somehow each seems to inhabit their own world and it's look, so it's weird to see them in another Bond's.
Here, Moore is very different to his Bond films, and it's funny how this is closer to the nasty Bond he played in The Man With The Golden Gun. That EON soon realised was not the best fit for Roger.
Thanks very much for all these videos, Calvin. They're a wonderful treat during Isolation.
That McClory sketch killed me, bravo!
And then George Lazenby walks through the door at the very end.
"Oh bugger, am I late again?"
The joke is, that the waiter didn´t believe Bond to be on holiday and believed, he was in a mission.
So he covered him and called him "Smith" instead of "Bond", as on a mission he needed a cover name.
Edit:I find it interresting that Roger Moore calls Wodka out as a communist drink, when in reality Roger Moores´ Bond never drank the traditional Martini.
This is what I thought, it seems a bit like an after-thought. Maybe he mis-timed his line.
To be fair, Vodka came from Russia
I remember an episode of Remington Steele were Pierce Brosnan played a 007 type character. I remember saying to the wife at the end, "I feel like we are being trained to like our good ol' Mr. Steele as a future 007!" I also remember an episode of The Saint where Simon Templar was a 007 type character as well.....
Something MOORE out of this....GODDAMMIT.
I'm glad someone got that ;)
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Moore was a contender for Bond for Dr No. He says he was under contract as The Saint.
Moore as Bond in 'Dr No' would have played it very similar to Connery.
That actually seems to be commonplace. Brosnan was initially considered for The Living Daylights but was under contract from a TV show in 1987, I also heard from unofficial sources that Timothy Dalton was a contender for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service but he felt he was too young
Would he have? Moore's strengths were in a lighter approach [as show by his discomfort in playing the hard, Connery style scenes in Golden Gun]. I think the Bond character would have taken a much lighter tone if Moore had been in there from the start and we'd have a slightly different film series.
@@jamesatkinsonja We will never know. Moore was a bit of a tough guy in The Saint. People said the only difference between Temple & Bond was that Templer worked for himself.
In The Persuaders he played it less tough.
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Moore was a great Bond before he was Bond. In general, he's my second favourite Bond actor because he was just so wholesome.
I saw this many years ago. Just as Brosnan was wanted for the Bond role instead of Dalton, but couldn't because of a TV contract - there were persistent rumors that Moore was wanted as Bond prior to Connery, but Moore was contracted to the "Saint" and unavailable.
According to Roger he wasn't aware of the Dr No links [maybe he also too expensive at the time] but the Saint [OHMSS] and Persuader's [Diamonds] were a factor in him not being able to do Bond until Live and Let Die.
A scene in The Saint has a woman mistaking Simon Templer for James Bond.
Is Calvin losing it in quarantine? Well, he did paste Kevin McClory’s head on the Wicked Witch of the West, so-
I mean, if there are better things to do during self-isolation I'd like to hear them...
A fitting portrayal lmao
@@calvindyson Count yourself lucky. If you still had Bond novels to read, we'd be demanding a 12 hour long reaction video of you reading one
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Happy Easter Mr Dyson ! :)
And the same to you too Bertrand :)
" a little dab will do ya" was the marketing slogan for a men's hair gel . i forget which brand.
7:57
maybe I'm mistaken, but the little dab seems to be a reference to the overuse of hair gel
Just a quick question -I was under the impression that Roger Moore was considered for the part in 1962 for Doctor No but was under contract for The Saint , does anyone know if this is correct ?
Even Roger Moore himself couldn't answer that.
I seem to recall Roger Moore saying he wasn't considered back then somewhere and only when OHMSS was he first approached.
@@jamesatkinsonja Ive never heard anything about him being considered, Fleming himself didnt even want Connery let alone another smalltime TV actor, he was too busy thinking of people like David Niven or older more well known actors of that era.
That wouldn't surprise me. Wasn't Brosnan stopped from succeeding Moore due to a TV Contract?
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Yes, for the show 'Remington Steel' [which was cancelled soon after anyway].
Frasier is probably my favourite American sitcom too unless you count The Simpsons as a sitcom.
Why wouldn’t you?
@@BenCol I consider The Simpsons more in the cartoon genre than the sitcom genre.
Jared Griffiths It’s a cartoon sitcom. Animation’s not really a genre, it’s a medium. ‘Genre’ is more for what the story is (comedy, drama, sci-fi, thriller) than the way in which the story is told.
@@BenCol I don't care if animation isn't a genre. I still don't really consider The Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park part of the sitcom genre.
The Simpsons is a sitcom.
6:42 Oh, no! The spectre of defeat!
Your luck's about to change!
I used to hate Moore as bond. Most of his movies are bad but god damn Octopussy might be my favorite Bond film ever. Great locations and action and holy moly Khan is a magnificent villain. Also some of the best 1 liners. "You have a nasty habit of surviving" "you know what they say about the fittest"
Very appropriate film for Easter weekend too! I am also a big Octopussy fan.
Khan was also good when he took on Kirk
Its all in the wrist
@Jack The Film Fanatic Some Bond films are better than others, but all are good.
Octopussy makes the fatal mistake of starting in India. The film really isn't that good until the location shifts to Germany.
"A little dab will do you" was the tag line for Brill Cream which was a men's hair care product.
I totally forgot about this. The "A Little Dab'll Do Ya!" was used in the advertising for Brylcreem, a men's hair grooming product that was big in the 50s & 60s & is still around.
'a little dab will do' that's also said in Only fools and horses but it comes from Brylcream a men's hair gel.
If I remember rightly, the Little Dab'll Do Ya line comes from 1950s Brylcreem adverts (it's where Fred Flintstone got Yabba Dabba Doo from)--and my God, I laughed way too hard at the Kevin McClory bit! Happy Easter!
I did not know about this! During his Saint days! I always wonder what his Bond would look like if he had the role earlier in the 60s.
I took him calling her a communist out of spite being she knew that was his signature drink and she was just being a brat to him. 2nd the part where he tugs on the other waiters hair, imo I feel the audience was laughing because after the first waiter being a fake waiter but under cover agent with a wig, he was a genuine waiter. More then likely the "They just say a little dab will do you." Is in response to the pomade the actor has in his hair after Roger messes it up. It was just a witty response on Moore and the writer's end.
good evening mr. dyson...very cool video...i am a big fan of milicent martin...and yes...this was live on television back in the day...the 'dab ' joke is from a product men used on their hair called brylcreem...their slogan was 'a little dab'll do ya''....thank you for showing this...be well...be safe...peace always...rocky
Huge Throwback to 2 and a half years ago to my first Bond DVD
"You've killed Monsieur? (cough, cough) I mean, You've called Monsieur?"
"Just a little dab will do you" was an advertising tag line at the time for Brylcreama men's hair care product. (reference at roughly 8:00 mark)
Nice job Calvin
How interesting, which Live and Let Die DVD's? I have the special edition and thought I would have noticed this lol but I will check. I think my favourite part of this is when the lady falls over and they have to recover, sometimes the unintentional funnies are the funniest, although the guy throwing himself over the railing is quite amusing too and the lady going to see then walking casually away like you said lol. Also no views or comments? Am I really that early? I feel so privileged XD
Ahhh it's on the two disc ultimate edition and the blu ray. I think the full clip might actually be here on YT still so search for it if you want to see it in its entirity!
Decided to give it a rewatch before this.
Millicent Martin? Gertrude Moon on “Fraser”!
“A dab will do ya” is from a hair tonic advert.
The reference in the tip being a coin and not a note is the UK currency crisis of 1964. Harold Wilson put in place deflationary measures in the autumn that devalued people's cash. It didn't work. By 1967 things were so had he had to devalue the pound. His speech about it not affecting "the pound in your pocket" was a reference back to 1964.
How about covering the first actors to play Bond, Barry Nelson in "Casino Royale" (on TV) and Bob "Blockbusters" Holness in "Moonraker" (on the radio)?
Brilliant review and send up I laughed out loud several times..not at the original sketch but your reactions to it. Kevin McClory coming for you with the lawsuit was inspired. This Roger skit is much appreciated extra on the disc even if it its not the best ever skit you get an idea of how Roger might have played the character back then. Like you say it was before Goldfinger and not all the trademarks had been established.
Perhaps next do Pierce Brosnan's Diet Coke commercials? I also think it's more than coincidental that James Bond Jr resembles Brosnan.
And George Lazenby as JB in The Return Of The Man From UNCLE.
Youthful Roger. His only 36 here. And he looks so much, younger then sean connery, plus has his own hair.
I think it helps that he has a youthful hairdo. Funny seeing 'Bond' as a Teddy Boy esque. It was 1964, but the 60's hadn't properly started, and Moore was carrying over a style from the 50's. Interesting that Connery's Bond had the more Mod mop top from 1962. Although as pre-Beatles, I don't how deliberate it was. It just looked cool on Connery.
2:10 That sounds like something they do at Spectre meetings when Blofeld’s finished talking
When the waiter called him Smith, I was hoping Moore woulda replied "Smythe!"
This video caused me to look up when the first episode of The Saint was first aired and when Dr No was released in the cinemas.
Moore as Simon Templar beat Connery as James Bond by ... 2 DAYS!!!
In a 1979 episode of Charlie's Angels titled "Fallen Angel," the bad guy played by Timothy Dalton is described as James Bondian. This was eight years before Dalton played James Bond.
This could be the Man Who Haunted Himself. Instead of Mr Pelham we have a James Bond version.
Bond gives smaller tips to waiters when holiday. The money is HIS instead of from his MI6 expense account.
It was broadcast live with very little time for rehearsal.
This is amazing, I wish he was this age when he starred in Live and Let Die. My favorite bond hands down.
James Bond was also mentioned in the film The man who haunted himself staring roger Moore….
Was raised on bond thanks to my dad, I was the roger Moore era and the older I get the Moore (yes groan) I love moonraker, saw it at the drive in 1980 🇦🇺 thought it sucked at the time but campy goodness. Goldeneye is my ultimate bond film, sheer perfection
Great video. Have you seen the Stephen Colbert sketch with Daniel Craig?
How does this guy only have 23k subs?
Millicent Martin
Absolute beauty .
Youre showing your age alot here Dyson, they couldnt do a second "take" on British TV in 1964 on any show, they were all filmed live so if actors made mistakes or jokes didnt land then they stayed in. They definitely didnt have the luxury of second takes for the sake of nailing it better, that had to be done in rehearsal. Also the little dab line was just a reference to brylcreem a common british men's hair gel of sorts that's still available today. The line in the jingle was "A little dab will do ya"
Mr Smith, ( Smyth ) is James Bonds nom de plume/ pseudonym, when checking into hotels
I'm guessing the "just a little dab will do" line was implying the waiter had greasy hair because he applied too much gel.
It is a fun foreshadowing but I think there was one even freakier. In the Live and Let Die documentary (That's quite a coincidence), there is mention that the major cast members went to see a real Medium, to get a more proper feel for the Voodoo theme. The one prediction that sticks out to me is the Medium said Moore would be a Humanitarian. Still though, this certainly seems a bit better than the Casino Royale from the 50's.
Mr. Smith is implied to be a fake name as if it’s meant to be a secret that he’s there
Also in those days most British TV was recorded in long takes as if it was live so there wouldn’t really have been opportunities to retake bad line reading etc unless a truly bad mistake happened
I think it might have been live. I know That Was The Week That Was, this was kind of a spin-off of (same writers, MM was in TW3) was live. I think the fall is a tip-off it's live.
Rodger Moore played James Bond in The Saint. In order to get info he pretended to be MI5 and the middle aged women gave him the info and asked you really are James Bond! the episode was in black and white.
Daphne's mother from Frasier?
EDIT: 3:24 Yes
There is also a black-and-white episode of 'The Saint' from around the same time where Simon Templar is mistaken for James Bond by an old lady character.
Edit: you can watch it here: ruclips.net/video/sCpnXVU6JgI/видео.html&feature=emb_title
My favorite Bond. I love all of em but Moore was a true gentleman
Roger Moore is my favorite bond. My favorite movie is For Your Eyes Only. I liked Roger Moore's syle and he's the only bond to not drive Aston Martin
No one ever talks about it but he drove a Ford LTD in A View to a Kill. That was positively Matlockian.
There’s plenty of footage and photos of Roger driving an Aston Martin in The Persuaders though - it’s a DBS V8; kind-of the interim model between the Astons Lazenby and Dalton drove.
@@BungleBare Thanks I'll have to check it out! I know I saw some reruns of the Saint . But I don't know if the Persuaders
Very interesting! Moore looks like Morten Harket of Aha in his youth.
For your consideration, there's an episode of The Flintstones which starts with Fred and Barney watching a James 'Rock' Bond movie on television later meeting a real life Madame Yes. And if you can find it, an episode of Jim'll Fix It in which a young black boy asked to be James Bond and they acted out brief sketch for him.
There was also that time Roger Moore played Bond in The Cannonball Run.
I can't wait to cause absolute consternation with this on the next Zoom quiz.
James Bond Fans, Which death do you think was more sadistic? Vespers death in Casino Royale or M’s Death in Skyfall. Like the comment if you think Vesper, reply if you think M
"Sadistic" means "taking pleasure or satisfaction in the pain of another".
So unless you mean the film itself is sadistically dwelling on their deaths (which I don't think is accurate or fair), I'm not sure that's the word you are looking for.
Johnathan Campbell I mean which death was more sad as a James Bond fan to watch.
Calvin, since you are doing Bond Myths, you should check out the myth of On Her Majesty's Secret Service being the first Bond Film, a test film of a potential new series not yet called 007.
Casino Royale on American TV, with Berry Nelson staring as James bond, a C.I.A. agent. Cheaply made, with lots of changes in characters (Felix's is the British agent.) & plot! On a TV show Nelson said that he had been told that if the show got any kind of ratings, it would become a series. Barry jokingly said that he personally blamed the last minute rewrite of the script ( at the Networks demand); but said that someone, ( possibly Jack Lord, ) told him after Dr. No was a smash hit; that Ian Fleming had been infuriated by Nelson's performance in the TV show & vowed never again to sell a bond movie to a studio with out retaining some control over the casting of 007! Sorry, but I can not remember the talk show host, only Berry's comments.
@@donaldsmith6814 Dr No was based on a pilot for a TV series Fleming would be involved in but never was made. Some of the stories in For Your Eyes Only [such as 'From a view to a kill] were ideas for episodes for that series.
@@jamesatkinsonja Thank you; I never knew about this.
You are awesome
8:25 "Well, it was a nice trip." Oh, James... 🤣
It was the glue on the toupee which was the joke.....because if the waiter was a spy, he may have worn a toupee to desquise himself.... very nice video though...
Great RUclips channel!!! Been watching the 4k remasters in 1080p on my fire 10 tablet as well as on hulu is the hulu version in 4k or 1080p? I own goldfinger die another day in dvd and on bluray and digital 1080p skyfall. Casino royale I have on dvd never cared for qos and spectre. Goldeneye I have on vhs. One day we will see 007 uncensored
Have you reviewed the movie Cannonball Run, featuring Roger?
Bit surprising how long it took you to get to this one tbh. But glad to see it all the same! :)
Smith seems to have been commonly used in the old days as a false name, whether joining the army under an assumed identity or signing into a hotel with a woman for a bit of hanky pank
Didn't Roger Moore also do a little wink to 007 while he was Simon Templar?
Calvin the little dab will do ya has a catch phrase from Brycream Hair Paste.
I saw this on the blu ray for one of the moore movies
One spy movie parody (Go For It, 1983) has this line: "Does James Bond ever take a vacation? ...Neither do I." - seems to be incorrect though.
please review License to Kill again since your opinion on it has changed so much!
And to think, his last film was over 20 years later...
It could have been recorded live but in the early days of television a lot of shows were film with limited takes as they had limited film they could use.
You should do a ranking of the book or a ranking of the video games!
When will your the spy who loved me review come out?
I'm currently half way through my next "big" video which is TWINE for the PS1 and after that the next "big" one I'll focus on will be TSWLM. I usually have one larger video edit on the go (the ones that are plus 30 mins) along with smaller ones and top 10's etc.
@@calvindyson Thanks. Im looking forward to it🤗
Cant wait for your livestream. You did say i could drop in 😉
I wonder how things would have turned out if Roger Moore had made the early Bond films, instead of the Saint.