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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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._
"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."
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Missed a bit of trivia Ashleigh. Quarrel Senior was Bond's fisherman friend in "Doctor No"(he sadly got cooked by No's "Dragon"). Dr.Kananga survived his encounter with Bond and went into space as a trucker years in the future, lol.
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.
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.
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
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.
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....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
🔔 ASHLEIGH @ 9:05 ➡ That's Geoffrey Holder, who was also famous for his "7Up, The Uncola Nut!" ads. Later, Eddie Murphy parodied him in the train compartment scene in the great comedy classic "Trading Places"! 😉 25:41
@@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.
@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.
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).
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.
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......"
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.
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.
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).
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.🐊
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
No, check the making of documentary, all the crocodiles (pointed snouts, alligators are more round) were tied down, there were 5 takes and it wasn't a stuntman, it was the farm owner, Ross Kantanga, who they named the main villain after.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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 RUclips is to be entertaining and interesting.
This is Roger Moore's first but definitely not his last stint as James Bond. He's the actor who stuck with it the longest up until the middle 1980's. After that is Timothy Dalton, who you saw in Flash Gordon a couple weeks ago. Roger had just finished a stint as "The Saint" who was a secret agent of sorts on British TV in the 1960's. He is the best with the puns and the gadgets and his take on Bond is rather fun. This movie was one of the more interesting. They actually broke a record with the longest boat jump in the boat chase in the bayou scene. I believe it was 106 feet if I remember the entry from Guiness correctly. I grew up with him as Bond so he the more familiar to me. This one was a good start for him, but he gets better as he goes along. Man with the Golden Gun is much better. And I love Christopher Lee in that one. Looking forward to more Bond reactions from you.
If I feel like a Roger Moore Bond movie, it's Moonraker for first pick. And Brosnan is still my fav too. Ashleigh's reactions are fun - great laugh, very insightful, and mostly good taste in movies.
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.
🔔 @ 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...:
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.
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.
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.
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 🔥
"Is that a car elevator? I didn't know those existed." Yes you did, the topic came up in _Diamonds are Forever."_ You talked about them in the last movie.
Then in the _Mrs. Doubtfire_ reaction you said you've never seen Sally Field that young, now it comes out you've already watched _Smokey and the Bandit._ I can't trust you anymore.
I'm glad you like Moore's Bond, or at least don't hate him, because you'll be seeing a lot more over the next couple of months, along with the same sort of campy humour and zany side characters (regrettably, we're not done with J.W. the cop). I personally see the run from OHMSS to Golden Gun as the low point of the series as a whole, but it very much depends where you like your Bond on the scale from gritty to witty. In any case, thanks for these reactions Ashleigh, and please do keep it up for the whole franchise - I'll be massively impressed with the commitment!
@@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.
Ashleigh, if you like sweet cocktails and the taste of licorice/anise, you might like the Sazerac. (From Wikipedia) Main alcohol: Rye whiskey, Cognac Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Rye whiskey or Cognac, 1/4 oz Absinthe, One sugar cube, Three dashes Peychaud's Bitters Preparation: Rinse a chilled old-fashioned glass with the absinthe, add crushed ice and set it aside. Stir the remaining ingredients over ice and set it aside. Discard the ice and any excess absinthe from the prepared glass, and strain the drink into the glass. Add the Lemon peel for garnish. Served: Straight up; without ice Standard garnish: Lemon peel Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass Base spirit: Cognac
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.
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".
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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 😢.
Honestly, Live and Let Die is my favorite Bond movie. I loved the humor throughout. I know there are those who don't like for that same reason, but it's just the most fun, with Man With the Golden Gun a close second.
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.
I love this reaction. Outside of Sean Connery, Roger Moore is the best. The string of Bond films with him will definitely grow on you. I can't wait to see the up and coming Bond reactions.
The thing about Roger Moore as James bond, is that for anyone not old enough to have grown up with him, as "their" Bond, he often gets quickly dismissed. For not being a tough macho man, such as Connery or Craig. But to do so, is to completely miss the whole genius point of what he was purposely doing. He played James bond, with the lightest, most comedic touch of any of the bonds (Brosnan attempted to take a bit of the Moore approach too, but wasn't half as good at doing so) and he did so completely self aware of what he was doing.... He knew he wasn't a macho man and could never be, so he took things 180 degrees from what both Connery and Lazenby had done before him.... And played it for laughs, all the while with a knowing wink, rather than serious and tough. And he got it spot on. After all, he himself once said in an interview, that how the hell could you take James bond seriously... He was meant to be the ultimate super spy in the shadows, and yet everyone he met in some casino, in every film, already knew his name, and what his favourite drink was 😁 And the thing to enjoy the most about his performances, is his top drawer eyebrow mastery. Nobody, but nobody, raised a sceptical, humourous, good natured, single eyebrow, with such panache, as Roger did..... He was the master. And best of all, he was a really nice fella in real life. A gentleman, who everyone who ever worked with him, said was a really lovely person. Sure, most folks under about 40 now don't really know much about him, but back in the day, he was a beloved legend and institution. Especially in the UK. Oh, and regarding your question, asking whether he was a solitary bond movie guy or not...... He made the most bond films of all the actors who played him..... Seven in total. So I guess he can't have been too shabby, eh 😊
Geoffrey Holder played Baron Semedi. While I remember him for this role especially. He was also in "Annie" And the orignal "Doctor Dolittle". His voice acting was used as the narrator in "Charlie and the Cocolate Factory". His laugh was always brining smiles. He was 6'6" and will always be fondly remembered as a consummate supporting actor. There are no small roles only small actors He was also a staple of the 70's tv ads for 7/Up This was always my favorite Bond Movie. Not only because Wings wrote the title track. But for the action and the slight tinges of humor thrown in.
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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."
What a completely charming story! How lucky to have two such great memories! 🙂
That was a most excellent story! Thank you for sharing it, Daniel.
That’s a wonderful story.
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.
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.
And his initial thought was Phuket.
How many bigoted Louisana sheriffs take vacations in Thailand?
shhhhhh!!!!!
We all love a nice trip to Thailand
@@Avatar2312with a souvenir of a nice elephant
“Who's Ben Hur?”
A movie that won 11 Oscars and is on AFI’s top 100 movie list. 👀
"What's AFI?" ;-)
American Film Institute
Yeah. Ben Hur 1959, not the remake of 2016. ;)
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.
@@rubensalvador9422 No. the 1959 remake of the 1925 remake of the 1907 original short.
"Who's Ben Hur?"
*as my Gen X self dries up to a pile of dust and is blown away*
After four years and hundreds of movie reviews she comes out with gems like that.
And the fact she thought a device was a mobile phone in 1973 😂
Lol, imagined it like the movie version of Voldemort.
Can hardly wait for Ashleigh's reaction to "Moonraker"
"I think he's attempting reentry" 😂
Moonraker is my favorite Bond film. It's not the best one, but it's still my favorite.
That, this, and A View to a Kill are easily among the worst.
Don't ruin it! There's always one....
OCTOPUSSY
Well, don't ruin it for her (and us), you ass.
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.
Yeah, he done the saint I think it was.
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.
"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._
"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."
That’s right! He was in Annie! I liked the scene with him flying the little airplane around the room with his mind.
Never had it ..
Never will...
I think the WWE wrestler Papa Shango was also inspired by Baron Samedi.
The voodoo priest role here (Geoffrey Holder), with the laugh, remains iconic. Perfect casting! Also, Jane Seymour as Solitaire.
RIP, Yaphat Kotto, Geoffrey Holder, and Juilus Harris, for playing some of the scariest Bond Villains in the world.
RIP to Roger Moore as well!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot think of Geoffrey Holder without hearing an entire "un-cola nut" commercial go off in my head.
@@ejtappan1802 Me too!! One of the most famous commercials of all time. Like the Dr Pepper ad.
And Clifton James.
I remember Julius Harris from 'Salty the Seal'.
The Man With The Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me are absolute classics.
Don't for Octopussy.
@@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.
I really like Octopussy, and For Your Eyes Only. Great Bond women.
Moonraker was the highest grossing of all Roger Moore's Bond movies. For Your Eyes Only is good too.
Funny, I thought Golden Gun had one of the lower reputations.
What I like about this movie is that it's like James Bond was dropped into a "Blaxploitation" movie like Shaft or Superfly.
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.
Very true.
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.
I just want to do Geoffrey Holder some justice here, he was not just the 7up guy, but an important dancer and choreographer
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.
Holder also famous as Island King William Shakespeare X(the 10th) in 60s Dr. Dolittle movie
Charisma prescence galore
8:45 Solitaire is played by Jane Seymour, who Ashleigh saw in Somewhere In Time with Christopher Reeve.
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.
Also, among other roles "Dr Quinn".
And the original Battlestar Galactica.
Now THAT'S a great underated flick! (Somewhere in Time)
Also the star of Dr Quinn medicine woman @AsleighBurton
Missed a bit of trivia Ashleigh. Quarrel Senior was Bond's fisherman friend in "Doctor No"(he sadly got cooked by No's "Dragon").
Dr.Kananga survived his encounter with Bond and went into space as a trucker years in the future, lol.
Traditionally, the band plays sombre music on the way to the cemetery, and upbeat music on the way back.
It's called a "dirge".
Good to know.
Thanks! I couldn't come up with a short way to say it!
The upbeat tune is "The Second Line", and also the name for the parade/dance.
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!"
He is also famous for Island King William Shakespeare X(the 10th) in Dr. Dolittle movie of 60s
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.
Sweet.
That's so cool.
Your wife's grandmother's house? *_On whose side???_*
So your wife is Roger Moore's granddaughter?
@@pistonburner6448 her father’s mother lived on Bayou Liberty at the time.
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.
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.
😂😂😂😂😂
Good one. 😂😂😂
You are correct! LOLOLOL
"See you later Alligator"..."After while, Crocodile"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
That stunt running on the crocs was done for real several times, with the stunt man falling once or twice.
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
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.
Another fun fact, Paul's first name is James.
Initially the producers were only expecting Paul to write the song - not perform it. Then George Martin reminded them who they were dealing with....
Then wrote and recorded the whole thing in a weekend.
Fortunately, he kept the lyrics vague enough that it wasn't a problem.
Vague, but also possibly grammatically dodgy, depending on whether you hear "in which we're living" or "in which we live in".
"Who's Ben Hur?" LOL - Next movie for sure!
14:13 the son of Quarrel, Doctor No
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.
Nice continuity.
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....
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.
Roger was a class act.
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?
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.
I grew up watching Roger Moore as 007. I personally think he was the best and had the most gadgets.
Yaphet Kotto, remembered mostly for "Homicide: Life on the street", but also Parker in "Alien".
... Idi Amin in "Raid on Entebbe".
@@TesseRact7228 believe or not, for me his most traumatizing role was in "Blue Collar"(1978). Those who remember, will agree.
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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)....
He'll always be Alonzo Mosley to me.
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.
I first saw this aged ten, the ending with Baron Samedi sitting on the train laughing creepily gave me the chills.
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.
Jane Seymour was in the Bus when they did the skid.
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.
@@MGower4465 how would they get up there in the first place? xD
@@DanVibesTV Stair lift.
"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!
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.
Not a stunt-man, the owner of the Gator farm did the stunt himself
There outtakes on RUclips. Great watch. One take his foot went right into the Gadors mouth.
@@reesebn38 And it took 5 attempts to do the stunt right.
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.
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.
Yes! Onto the Roger moore bond films which are my personal favourite. My all time favourite is the spy who loved me
🔔 ASHLEIGH @ 9:05 ➡ That's Geoffrey Holder, who was also famous for his "7Up, The Uncola Nut!" ads. Later, Eddie Murphy parodied him in the train compartment scene in the great comedy classic "Trading Places"! 😉 25:41
I love how Solitaire's cards all have "007" on the back.
a card maker made an Official licensed deck of cards for James Bond.
Dang good eyes! I never noticed that and I"ve seen all the Moore Bonds a dozen times
@@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.
@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.
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).
And he was a real life badass.
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! 🤬
@@mass4552 Was he ever!!
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.
On his DVD audio commentary, Sir Roger Moore considered this to be his second best Bond movie after The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
well he's wrong. for your eyes only is easily 2nd best moore bond even with low stakes and macguffin.
Either way, it's a low bar! 🤣
@@robgeach8105 it was his favorite movie
Good to know.
@@TTM9691 get outa here! 🤬
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......"
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.
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.
@@reesebn38 Simon Templar trivia: in the radio show, Vincent Price played Templar.
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).
@@rcrawford42 So cool!
@@tranya327 Well Said! Thanks.
Solitaire is Jane Seymour- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
You can tell the difference between an alligator and crocodile is if you will see them later or in a while
And then there's the British Spygator from Octopussy...
But only if wanna, iguana.
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.🐊
Alligators don’t have that fringe on their hind leg.
@ingibingi2000 See you later Alligator or in a while Crocodile 🐊 yes i got it . 😄
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.
„Who’s Ben Hur?“
Alright, that’s one more movie to add to your watchlist.
Easter…..Save it for Easter
@@shawnmiller4781 That's my thought
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.
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.
@@Gameflyer001 I know, I was trying to keep it simple. :)
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.
Moore's lighthearted run is a lot of fun and he fights almost all my favorite henchfolk.
I always crave 7Up after watching this film.
The Spy Who Loved Me is getting closer.
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
No, check the making of documentary, all the crocodiles (pointed snouts, alligators are more round) were tied down, there were 5 takes and it wasn't a stuntman, it was the farm owner, Ross Kantanga, who they named the main villain after.
You asked "Who's Ben Hur?" It's an epic, a classic movie starring Charlton Heston in the title-role....
And it's the movie that saved MGM from bankruptcy.
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It deserves its place as one of the greats, don't you think?
@@TesseRact7228 And an Ashleigh reaction.
@@theman4884
Would she go for a 3+ hour movie, though?
@@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.
Live and let die is one of my favorite Bond movies
When filming the boat jumps, they broke the world record for the longest boat jump.
the '70s was a time for spectacular stunt work. All gone now due to CGI
@@stankulp1008 Remember watching The Fall Guy TV series as a kid?
@@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.
@@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.
Jane Seymour, my favourite Bond girl. 💕
Roger Moore is the bond I grew up with
The best in my book👍👍
Me too!
Me too, the best
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.
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 RUclips is to be entertaining and interesting.
This is Roger Moore's first but definitely not his last stint as James Bond. He's the actor who stuck with it the longest up until the middle 1980's. After that is Timothy Dalton, who you saw in Flash Gordon a couple weeks ago. Roger had just finished a stint as "The Saint" who was a secret agent of sorts on British TV in the 1960's. He is the best with the puns and the gadgets and his take on Bond is rather fun. This movie was one of the more interesting. They actually broke a record with the longest boat jump in the boat chase in the bayou scene. I believe it was 106 feet if I remember the entry from Guiness correctly. I grew up with him as Bond so he the more familiar to me. This one was a good start for him, but he gets better as he goes along. Man with the Golden Gun is much better. And I love Christopher Lee in that one. Looking forward to more Bond reactions from you.
I grew up on Roger too. In real life it seems he was one hell of a nice guy. The Spy Who Loves Me second favorite Bond. First Golden Eye.
And she’ll eventually get to Pierce Brosnan who she was so taken with in Mrs Doubtfire.
@@singbluesilver1973 The moment She said he was hot I jumped up and down. "He's Bond!"
If I feel like a Roger Moore Bond movie, it's Moonraker for first pick. And Brosnan is still my fav too. Ashleigh's reactions are fun - great laugh, very insightful, and mostly good taste in movies.
Why are you spoiling all this for her? Let her figure it out as she goes. I'm here for her reactions, not for YOU to tell her what's coming.
The first introduction of Jane Seymour to many of us fans, Thank you. 😎❤
Ben Hur is a famous movie starring Charlton Heston that takes place during Biblical times. There's a great chariot race in it.
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.
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.
It would also make a fantastic reaction video as not a whole lot of people have done it.
🔔 @ 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...:
Quarrell Jr is the son of the sidekick from Dr. No. Just a fun callback.
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.
Only in film continuity. In the books they were the same character. The books were adapted out of order.
"Ben Hur" ...... absolute brilliant film starring Charlton Heston
She said smack “the living daylights “ out of her which is, ironically, an upcoming bond movie.
It’s the Timothy Dalton one though. 😮
@@traveldoc1234 figured she’ll get there eventually
Came here to day the same thing 😂
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.
@@Replicaate Dalton was my first Bond so he’ll always be one of my favs
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.
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.
I especially liked her in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) with Anthony Andrews & Ian McKellan.
She was also Serina in the original "Battlestar Galactica." Great actress.
Wedding Crashers 😉 Call her... Kitty Cat
@@les4767 THank you -- I was worried no one would remember or mention it.
Oh Heavenly Dog with Chevy Chase
For most of us, this was the first time seeing Jane Seymour, an event that would last a lifetime.
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 🔥
"Is that a car elevator? I didn't know those existed."
Yes you did, the topic came up in _Diamonds are Forever."_ You talked about them in the last movie.
Then in the _Mrs. Doubtfire_ reaction you said you've never seen Sally Field that young, now it comes out you've already watched _Smokey and the Bandit._
I can't trust you anymore.
Honestly 'take your meds I love you' is what everybody needs to hear.
I'm glad you like Moore's Bond, or at least don't hate him, because you'll be seeing a lot more over the next couple of months, along with the same sort of campy humour and zany side characters (regrettably, we're not done with J.W. the cop). I personally see the run from OHMSS to Golden Gun as the low point of the series as a whole, but it very much depends where you like your Bond on the scale from gritty to witty. In any case, thanks for these reactions Ashleigh, and please do keep it up for the whole franchise - I'll be massively impressed with the commitment!
James Bond having sex with Rosie Carver was an issue in some markets. They didn’t want to show a movie with interracial sex.
Little did they know that a decade later they’d be watching 007 getting (almost) pegged by Grace Jones herself.
@@8bitdiediecowgirl is not even close to pegging, but I see your point
When you say Some markets, there's only one where race was and sadly is a prevalent issue
@@Tommy-he7dx this is a strange comment. You could be talking about countries and regions all over the world.
@@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.
Roger Moore was to be the original James Bond , but he was contractually tied to the television series “The Saint”
"who's Ben Hur" That hurt, it's a must watch movie from 1959. The Ten Commandments 1956 is also a great movie.
Ashleigh, if you like sweet cocktails and the taste of licorice/anise, you might like the Sazerac.
(From Wikipedia)
Main alcohol: Rye whiskey, Cognac
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Rye whiskey or Cognac, 1/4 oz Absinthe, One sugar cube, Three dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Preparation: Rinse a chilled old-fashioned glass with the absinthe, add crushed ice and set it aside. Stir the remaining ingredients over ice and set it aside. Discard the ice and any excess absinthe from the prepared glass, and strain the drink into the glass. Add the Lemon peel for garnish.
Served: Straight up; without ice
Standard garnish: Lemon peel
Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass
Base spirit: Cognac
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.
WHY are you spoiling this for her? Shut up!
@@trekkiejunk im not
YESS YOU CONTINUED WITH BOND roger is my favorite ❤😊 i hope you will like him if i was a bond id be him
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".
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
Can’t believe Ashleigh missed the ‘lick you into shape’
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.
Hey Ashleigh, car elevators are the way to go in New York City for secure parking. They pretty much stack the cars up, for a hefty fee.
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.
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.
I have to recommend Jen Murray's channel-she did a great job with all of the Bond films.
I'm going to assume Sheriff JW Pepper was probably too southern for Ashleigh
Not just too Southern. Lou'siana Southern...
Unfortunately, not the last we see of JW.
@@Reepicheep-1 Just remember, Roger Moore loved the character of JW and thought he added something special to the films he was in
@@jrneal1220 There ain't a different to this Yankee
FYI: Solitaire was played by Jane Seymour, in her big screen debut.
OH YES!! Just the thought of this and A View to a Kill gives me the tingles. I crushed on Solitaire so hard. Ashleigh you are in for a real treat now.
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.
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."
And in the US!
Ashleigh: I need to bring back 70's fashion. everyone else; NO! NO YOU DON'T!
Indeed, the scariest thing about Tee Hee was his suit.
"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 😢.
Save it for Easter though
Definitely an Easter movie
Honestly, Live and Let Die is my favorite Bond movie. I loved the humor throughout. I know there are those who don't like for that same reason, but it's just the most fun, with Man With the Golden Gun a close second.
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.
Don't forget he played Oddball in Kelly's Heros
Space Cowboys might be a fun one for her.
He was in Animal House, too.
And Klute!
Kelly's heroes in honor of Donald for sure!
🔔 ASHLEIGH @ 0:10 ➡ Dear, FYI that's why makeup was invented. "A little dab'll do ya" (rather than point out "Mount St. Helen").
6:15
Ashleigh casually predicting one of the silliest Bond jokes ever.
14:08 doesn't remember Quarrel from Dr. No.
She pre-empts a lot of plot points in a lot of movies. I think she was a scriptwriter in a past life
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.
Finally getting to the Roger Moore James Bond movies. It's about to get nuts 😆
I love this reaction. Outside of Sean Connery, Roger Moore is the best. The string of Bond films with him will definitely grow on you. I can't wait to see the up and coming Bond reactions.
When 007 is held captive in a chair by Tee Hee, Sir Roger Moore's quip "Butterhook" was improvised.
The thing about Roger Moore as James bond, is that for anyone not old enough to have grown up with him, as "their" Bond, he often gets quickly dismissed.
For not being a tough macho man, such as Connery or Craig.
But to do so, is to completely miss the whole genius point of what he was purposely doing.
He played James bond, with the lightest, most comedic touch of any of the bonds (Brosnan attempted to take a bit of the Moore approach too, but wasn't half as good at doing so) and he did so completely self aware of what he was doing....
He knew he wasn't a macho man and could never be, so he took things 180 degrees from what both Connery and Lazenby had done before him.... And played it for laughs, all the while with a knowing wink, rather than serious and tough.
And he got it spot on.
After all, he himself once said in an interview, that how the hell could you take James bond seriously... He was meant to be the ultimate super spy in the shadows, and yet everyone he met in some casino, in every film, already knew his name, and what his favourite drink was 😁
And the thing to enjoy the most about his performances, is his top drawer eyebrow mastery.
Nobody, but nobody, raised a sceptical, humourous, good natured, single eyebrow, with such panache, as Roger did..... He was the master.
And best of all, he was a really nice fella in real life.
A gentleman, who everyone who ever worked with him, said was a really lovely person.
Sure, most folks under about 40 now don't really know much about him, but back in the day, he was a beloved legend and institution.
Especially in the UK.
Oh, and regarding your question, asking whether he was a solitary bond movie guy or not...... He made the most bond films of all the actors who played him..... Seven in total.
So I guess he can't have been too shabby, eh 😊
"Who's Ben Hurr?" Yer killin me.
Geoffrey Holder played Baron Semedi. While I remember him for this role especially. He was also in "Annie" And the orignal "Doctor Dolittle". His voice acting was used as the narrator in "Charlie and the Cocolate Factory". His laugh was always brining smiles. He was 6'6" and will always be fondly remembered as a consummate supporting actor.
There are no small roles only small actors
He was also a staple of the 70's tv ads for 7/Up
This was always my favorite Bond Movie. Not only because Wings wrote the title track. But for the action and the slight tinges of humor thrown in.