Monty Python's Life Of Bond

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• Dan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent

  February 2007 edited February 2007

  Big, my only response is a NOOOOOO. I like Monty Python but I think they should stay as far away from Bond as humanly possible.

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• darenhat The Old PuebloPosts: 2,029Quartermasters

  February 2007

  Well, after tackling the Holy Grail, I suppose anything would have been possible. The Monty Python films are more a venue for lunacy, no matter what the subject matter, so a "Bond" film would have been great, and certainly better than Austin Powers, IMO.
• Dan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent

  February 2007 edited February 2007

  Would it be an official Bond film? I don't mind the idea of a spoof or an unofficial one-off, but would it be an proper Bond film? That I'm not too excited about.

  "He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
• bigzilcho Toronto, ONPosts: 245MI6 Agent

  February 2007

  Dan Same wrote:

  Would it be an official Bond film? I don't mind the idea of a spoof or an unofficial one-off, but would it be an proper Bond film? That I'm not too excited about.

  
  Dan, this would not have been part of the series...it would be another Python comedy epic...this time about 007.
  
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• PUCCINI Posts: 70MI6 Agent

  February 2007

  Monthy Python would make a great bond spoof, better than that fiascos like Austin Powers, Johnny English, etc etc etc...
  But I also think they should stay in the kind of wacky comedy they know how to make, and keep away from our favorite secret agent, who has already thousands of imitators...
• JennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent

  February 2007

  PUCCINI wrote:

  Monthy Python would make a great bond spoof, better than that fiascos like Austin Powers, Johnny English, etc etc etc...
  But I also think they should stay in the kind of wacky comedy they know how to make, and keep away from our favorite secret agent, who has already thousands of imitators...

  
  In Austin Powers's defense, it was more spoofing the unofficial spoof film Casino Royale (1967).
• Predator Posts: 790Chief of Staff

  February 2007

  Well ... perhaps it could have been fun, but after Brian and Grail, a spy spoof would have been somewhat hackneyed in my opinion.
  
  Still, Agent Nudge Nudge could have succumbed to the charms of the great Mata Pepperpot, while exchanging microfilms strapped to Norwegian Blues.
• Hardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff

  February 2007

  The Pythons already spoofed Bond--anyone remember the Pantomime Horse? How could they ever have topped that?

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• Agent Wade Ann ArborPosts: 321MI6 Agent

  February 2007

  I think that the troupe would have done a much better job with Casino Royale '67 that those clowns who originally did it came up with.

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• Moore Not Less Posts: 1,095MI6 Agent

  February 2007

  Hardyboy wrote:

  The Pythons already spoofed Bond--anyone remember the Pantomime Horse? How could they ever have topped that?

  
  No Pantomine Horse, but there's more than a hint of Bond in this sketch.
  
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• Barbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff

  February 2007

  Moore Not Less wrote:

  No Pantomine Horse, but there's more than a hint of Bond in this sketch.

  
  Very true, and even a John Gardner reference too. I hadn't seen that one, well found MNL.