Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini-Ep #87: James Bond Movies

Episode Date: November 24, 2016

Each week, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedy writer Frank Santopadre share their admiration for lesser-known films, underappreciated TV shows and criminally underrated performers -- discussing, di...ssecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: R.I.P. Napoleon Solo! Sammy Davis Jr's lost cameo! Six Degrees of Yaphet Kotto! And Gilbert sings "License to Kill"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:45 Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried begging you for money. Give me money to make more. Cut. Take two. Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried saying to you, give me money. I want money. to you, give me money. I want money. Just give me money to make more Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. It costs money, believe it or not. You're over there saying, but it still takes money. So it's patreon.com slash Gilbert Gottfried. Patreon.com slash Gilbert Gottfried.
Starting point is 00:01:38 And there are rewards in it. I can't even say reward. Rolling. And there are on Cut. And, you know, like signed posters. And I'll some of you, if it's enough money,
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Starting point is 00:02:50 Once again, we're at Nutmeg, and our engineer is Frank Ferdarosa. You're surrounded by guineas. Yeah, exactly. You just can't get around it. Yeah, this is like... I just want to do a little quick housekeeping. We lost a couple of people this week. Robert Vaughn, Napoleon Solo, who we had asked to do the show. And he turned us down.
Starting point is 00:03:13 We're deeply hurt, but we tried hard. He said, everything I have to say is in my book, which we respect. We lost two great musicians, Leon Russell and the great Leonard Cohen. And this one that a lot of people tweeted about and put on our Facebook is Lupita Tovar. Yes, she was in the original Spanish language version of Dracula that they shot at the same time that they were doing the Lugosi version. And when the Lugosi people would be wrapped up for the day, they would leave and they'd bring in this Spanish cast and they would do all the scenes that way. Some people
Starting point is 00:03:55 feel like the Spanish version cinematically was better. I mean, the Lugosi version, for the most part. It's a little stagey, the Lugosi version. Very, very theatrical. There are parts of the Lugosi version that look great. But it seems like the minute they started doing something to make it look great, it's almost like a studio had probably said, no, we want the stage version on film. I think we talked about that movie with Joan and David. Do you remember? Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:04:27 With David Healy? Yeah. Yeah. But she died, Tova Felchia. Yes. No, Lipitor. Not Lipitor. Lupita.
Starting point is 00:04:38 Lupita Tova. Lipitor. It's the Spanish for Lipitor. She died at 106. That's about right in our range. Yeah, yeah. 106, I suspect, foul play. You do.
Starting point is 00:04:51 Yeah, yeah. It was either that or drugs. That Jeff Ross joke he does about his nana dying in her 90s, and his cousin says, how'd it happen? And he says, her chute didn't open. His cousin says, how did it happen? And he says, her chute didn't open. Yeah. And there was, let's see.
Starting point is 00:05:12 Oh, I forget now. But, oh, no, I remember we were thinking of getting her for the podcast. Of calling her? Did she speak English? Well, who cares at this point? Yeah, yeah. I said she was 105. What's the rush?
Starting point is 00:05:27 Exactly. Yeah. She was the grandmother, I believe, of the director of American Pie. Oh, wow. Chris Weitz. Isn't that interesting? And she was married. Wasn't she married to the son of the head of Universal?
Starting point is 00:05:44 I believe so. Yeah. What was his name again? Conor. Fuck. No, not Conor. Oh, you mean she was married to a Lemley. A Lemley.
Starting point is 00:05:53 Yeah. Like Carl Lemley's son. Yeah. I think her son was Paul Conor who represented Billy Wilder. Oh, okay. Yeah, which is also good trivia. Yeah, she was very hot back then
Starting point is 00:06:03 when she was in the Spanish Dracula. 106. Missed out on her. And so R.I.P. Lupita Tovar and also Robert Vaughn. And it's important to remember Robert Vaughn was also in Teenage Caveman. Yeah, somebody on Facebook said if you bring up Robert Vaughn, in fact, he said maybe that's why Robert Vaughn was avoiding the interview. Gilbert would bring up Teenage Caveman. In fact, he said maybe that's why Robert Vaughn was avoiding the interview. Gilbert would bring up Teenage Caveman.
Starting point is 00:06:27 But also Bullet and so many other great movies. Bullet was packed with actors like that. We talked about it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I want to thank quickly Steve Binder, our last two guests, Steve Binder and John Amos for giving us wonderful shows.
Starting point is 00:06:42 And thank Jeff Abram for bringing us Steve and Paul Baldessari for bringing us John. And I want to welcome Greg Pair, who is to the family, to the podcast family, who's our new Twitter master. To John Amos, two things. One, thank you for doing the podcast. And two, damn, damn, damn. You were kicking yourself. You didn't get to that. Our paul rayburn is here with us now this is interesting occasionally we get requests from from uh listeners why don't you do this kind of show why don't you do that kind of show a guy named wally
Starting point is 00:07:16 cisniak i hope i'm getting his name right wrote me that sounds like a Groucho Marx parody. Well, he's Professor Cisniak. He wrote me on Facebook, on our Facebook page, and he said, why don't you guys do a Bond episode? And I thought, is there a reason for us doing a Bond episode out of the blue? So I just Googled. It never stopped. No. You said Gary U.S. Bond? No, no, James Bond.
Starting point is 00:07:48 I was looking for a reason to do a James Bond episode, and I stumbled onto November 11th, which was this week. Apparently, it's James Bond's birthday. The character was born in 1920. Did you know this? I did not know this. Yes. So, I thought, well, there you go. There's a name for a birthday.
Starting point is 00:08:00 There's a reason to do this. Now, James Bond was actually based on a real-life character. I believe he was. You mean the the name how he named yeah yeah well not the name but there was out was actually some secret agent right or spy right who was doing these things well ian fleming lived in that world oh yeah creator of bond so i think it was based on a real person look Look that up. Make yourself fucking useful. You're coming here. I'm still wondering what your point is. What do you pay the guy? I don't mind.
Starting point is 00:08:31 I don't mind you're asking that. My problem is I don't have an answer. Well, we can fill. Look it up. Look up who the real live James Bond. I have a sort of answer. For the namesake, apparently the story is. You have what?
Starting point is 00:08:42 I have a sort of answer. He's got an answer. Frankie's got an answer frankie's got an answer so there's an nbc show called timeless i don't know if you've seen this thing now uh i've heard of it it's like a time travel and they got to go there's this big chase through time there was an episode where they end up in germany and they stumble upon a uh i guess a you know soldier and it's ian fleming ah oh i saw that advertiser yes so apparently he was at some point because it's based a lot on actual stuff so from what i'm to understand is he was
Starting point is 00:09:10 actually an agent himself and a lot of his stories are based on his own actual events but but i think there was yet another one interesting so there's a there's a w entry called Inspirations for James Bond. Yeah, let's hear it. Believe it or not. So many, many names have been suggested. The code number 007 referred to the breaking of a World War I German diplomatic code. That's cool. Which is cool. And some of Bond's activities replicate those of Ian Fleming himself.
Starting point is 00:09:44 Let's see. So there's lists of people and no real clear evidence that any particular person, but it could have been. He was a composite of- A pastiche. Yeah, a pastiche. Yes. An amalgam, if you will. An amalgam in the middle.
Starting point is 00:10:01 A conglomerate. An amalgam in the middle. An amalgam in the middle. A conglomerate. Amalgam in the middle. Yes. So here's some fun James Bond trivia. You know, in previous episodes, we've talked about Matt Helm. Well, most importantly, there were two Jewish Bond villains.
Starting point is 00:10:16 Oh, well, we've established one, I know, on the show, which was, go ahead. Joseph Wiseman. Doctor No. As Doctor No. And who was the second one? This is interesting. Herschel Bernardi? Yeah. No, And who was the second one? This is interesting. Herschel Bernardi? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:27 No, Arnold Stang. Oh, really? Yeah, I know. And then, of course, the one where Alan King. I would have killed to see Alan King as a Bond villain. The other one is Yafit Khodo. Oh, well, yes. Who converted to Judaism.
Starting point is 00:10:49 That's right. We covered that with John Amos. Yes. Yeah, Kananga in Live and Let Die. Oh, yes. Who has the worst Bond villain death? Oh. When he inflates.
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Starting point is 00:12:07 Order now. Alcohol in select markets. Product availability may vary by Regency app for details. And now back to the show. The day after we record this, by the way, and I'm sorry that I know these kind of things, that they're at my fingertips, but Yafit Koto's birthday is tomorrow. Oh! So there you go.
Starting point is 00:12:25 The day after. Everybody knows that. Happy belated birthday, Yafit Koto's birthday is tomorrow. Oh! So there you go. So there you go. Today, Yafit. Everybody knows that. So happy belated birthday, Yafit Koto. Actors once considered for the Bond role. Okay. Go ahead. There was Adam West.
Starting point is 00:12:36 That's who told us that. Yeah. Himself. Adam West. Right. Oh, God. I have the other ones right. Oh, God. Well, once other ones right. Oh, God.
Starting point is 00:12:46 Well, somebody we talk about on this show a lot, a Brit who always played villains and monsters. Christopher Lee. Christopher Lee. He wound up playing a villain. He did. He played Scaramanga. Yes. The man with a golden gun.
Starting point is 00:12:58 Yes. Yeah. Other actors considered for Bond include Cary Grant, who was probably too old and right near retirement. I think he made his last film. I mean, when he was young, he would have been a great Bond. Patrick McGowan. Ah, who later on. Secret agent man.
Starting point is 00:13:14 Yeah. And then the president. Here's a man who leads the life of danger. You heard the saying. I know. Everyone he meets is a stranger. I love that one. With every move you make, another heart you break.
Starting point is 00:13:31 Chances I chanced you that you won't live to see tomorrow. Secret agent man. Secret agent man. Well, they take away, they're giving you a number, and they take away your name. Boom-dee, boom-dee, boom-dee, boom-dee, boom-dee, boom-dee. With apologies to Johnny Rivers. Yeah, and it was embarrassing when Johnny Rivers sang boom-dee, boom-dee, boom-dee, boom-dee. You know, on the subject of misheard lyrics, as a kid, I thought that was Secret Asian Man.
Starting point is 00:14:09 It was not a show about Jack Siu. I have a maybe deceptively easy trivia question. Yeah, okay. I'll talk about the people who were considered. Sure. How about just naming all the actors who played James Bond? Oh, well, I think the first actor... I think I have them all here.
Starting point is 00:14:23 Oh, David Nelson? Yeah the first actor... I think I have them all here. David Nelson? Yeah, Nelson is his last name. Why is his first name jumping out of my head? I thought it was... The guy that's in The Shining. Nelson. It is Nelson. It's Casino Royale, the TV movie. Barry Nelson.
Starting point is 00:14:40 Barry Nelson. Jesus, Frank. That was Casino Royale, the TV version. Right. Is that right? Yeah, he was the first Bond. All right, then who played, then the next Casino Royale, the funny one we were talking about. Well, there was Woody.
Starting point is 00:14:52 There were a bunch of them old playing. David Niven. David Niven. David Niven. Yeah. And then Woody Allen. Here's a name I don't know, although I saw the story, Honor Majesty's Secret Service. George Lazenby.
Starting point is 00:15:03 George Lazenby. Who's still alive and we want him for the show. One of those people that only you guys know. Come on. In Her Majesty's Secret Service, Donald Pleasence, not Donald Pleasence, is it? Donald Pleasence is the villain. Yeah. And I think that's where they got the idea for Dr. Evil.
Starting point is 00:15:24 For the cat? Yeah. Yeah. And also like the scar going got the idea for Dr. Evil. For the cat? Yeah. Yeah. And also, like, the scar going down the face. Right. But isn't Mike Myers doing Lorne Michaels? Yeah. It's a Lorne Michaels voice and mannerisms.
Starting point is 00:15:34 Right. But the look looked like Donald Pleasance. Right. Well, the other ones would be Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore and Sean Connery. So Timothy Dalton, yeah. And then Pierce Brosnan. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery. So Timothy Donovan. Yeah, that's right. And then Pierce Brosnan. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and.
Starting point is 00:15:47 Of course, Daniel Craig. Daniel Craig. And, you know, I heard George Lazenby was like attacked for years and it's made out to be, oh, that movie bombed severely and they fired him. It's pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. And I heard actually maybe the dumbest move of his whole life. He they asked him they wanted him back to be James Bond and he didn't want to do it.
Starting point is 00:16:12 Right. And then they went to Moore, who I think had been considered earlier. Oh, yeah. He played the saint. Oh, yeah. Roger Moore. So he had a whole secret. And Roger Moore was also in that TV show with Tony Curtis. The Persuaders. Ah, yes. The BBC show. Yes. Remember that show? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:27 That was a wild show. Yeah. Did we get them all? We got them. Are you counting the comedians at Casino Royale? I remember on The Persuaders, Roger Moore and Tony Curtis are in a hotel lobby. Yeah. And the woman behind the desk goes over the loudspeaker, paging Bernie Schwartz.
Starting point is 00:16:46 Oh, that's great. Yes, that was Tony. That's a great inside joke. Tony's real name. The other thing I have actors here who were considered, the rest of that list would be Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, can't imagine a non-Brit, Tom Jones, Liam Neeson, your favorite.
Starting point is 00:16:59 Oh, yeah. Sam Neill and Hugh Grant and I guess Will Smith, according to this, according to BuzzFeed. And I know they were recently considering Idris Elba. Idris, yeah. He's in everything now.
Starting point is 00:17:14 He is in everything. Do you want to run through the cast of... Idris Elba is the actress from Dracula. The same woman. Same person. Same person. What do you want to run through, Paul? The cast of the goofy Casino Royale.
Starting point is 00:17:27 Well, it was a great cast. Oh, my God. It was unbelievable. So, Woody Allen, we mentioned. David Niven. Yeah. Ursula Andress. Right.
Starting point is 00:17:34 William Holton. Ursula Andress was in Dr. No. Orson Welles. Yes. Yes. John Huston. Who was also one of the directors. John Huston.
Starting point is 00:17:43 And as some of these start to get more, Deborah Carr. Sure. Joanna Pettit. Joanna Pettit. I know the names. It is. Dahlia Lavi. There seem to be a lot of women in this movie.
Starting point is 00:17:54 Jacqueline Bessette, Barbara Boucher, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Oh, and Jacqueline Bessette's voice was dubbed in. No shit. Really? Why? Yeah. For some reason, they didn't like her voice. But, yeah, I think her voice was dubbed in that movie.
Starting point is 00:18:10 We could spend the rest of the episode on this, but William Holden, Charles Boyer, George West. I know. It's incredible. It's amazing. And let's not forget, they've got guns and knives. We're fighting for our lives. Have no fear.
Starting point is 00:18:25 James Bond is here. He's going to save the world at Casino Royale. That's almost as good as Goldfinger. Not quite. The music's good. The opening music, when they play that, it's one of the greatest openings ever. Yeah. And it's got, of course, ever yeah yeah and it's got of course herb albert
Starting point is 00:18:46 herb albert yeah and with that horn going that's great it's a great theme oh it's unbelievable really falls apart quickly the movie the movie is a complete mess yeah i one person didn't know what i don't think they knew from scene to scene what the other scene was. Well, there were four directors. Oh, yeah. Yeah, at least four. And Peter Sellers walked out on the movie. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:19:16 But boy, that opening theme, Burt Reynolds being played by Herb Albert. So listeners should get the DVD, play the theme, and turn the damn thing off. Exactly. Yeah, I haven't seen it in years. Here's some more fun Bond trivia
Starting point is 00:19:30 that I found on this BuzzFeed article. Stuntman Bob Simmons is actually the figure who appears in the opening gun barrel sequence for the first three Bond movies. It's actually not Connery. Here's a good one you guys will enjoy.
Starting point is 00:19:42 The five pilots flying the planes in Pussy Galore's Flying Circus in Goldfinger are actually men in blonde wigs. That's a good one. Did you know that? Oh, that's great. That's kind of ahead of its time. Yeah. Here's one.
Starting point is 00:19:55 Richard Keel, who played Jaws. Love Richard Keel. Oh, yeah. I wish he'd still been here. We'd have him on the show. Oh, he would have been great. He could only keep his metal teeth in his mouth for about a half a minute at a time and the chain that he bites through in the spy who loved me was made of licorice now here's one gill that i'm not sure you would know or not know sammy davis filmed a deleted
Starting point is 00:20:17 cameo for diamonds are forever did not know that accordingFeed, he was at the casino playing roulette. Wow. Isn't that cool? Yeah. You didn't have that, Mr. Researcher. I did not. I did not. Once again, what the fuck are you doing here?
Starting point is 00:20:38 I thought I could count on Frank at least in these times of trouble, but apparently not. You can't count on the Red Cross at this point. See what you can find us about Sammy's cameo. All right, Sammy cameo. In Diamonds Are Forever, which has, I think that's the one with Crispin Glover's father. Oh. Bruce Glover as one of the heavies. Oh. Do you remember the two guys?
Starting point is 00:20:55 Oh, yeah. With the flaming, the shish kebab. Oh. They deliver the room service. Oh, and one of the villains from a Bond film, well, I mean, like a henchman, was Robert Shaw. Well, of course, yeah, from Russia with Love. Russia with Love. And then, of course, there's your personal favorite henchman, Nick Nack.
Starting point is 00:21:14 Nick Nack. Oh, yeah. He was a little kid. How could we forget? Well, that's obviously where Mike Myers got the idea for Mini-Me. Yeah, sure, sure. So there's a different description of the Sammy Davis cameo. Yeah? What do you got?
Starting point is 00:21:35 I got before Mr. Wint and Mr. Kid murder Shady Tree. One of those is Crispin Glover's dad. There was a scene with Sammy Davis Jr., it says, before, and that was right at the beginning of the movie, wasn't it? I don't know why they snipped it out. Yeah, Sammy Davis. Yeah. Interesting.
Starting point is 00:21:53 I don't know. Interesting. I think because he sang the All in the Family theme to the movie, and they didn't see how that matched. Well, they were in the desert. You try to do a soft shoe in the desert, I think, and it just didn't. Here's another good one.
Starting point is 00:22:09 Stuntman Bill Cumming, I love this, was paid a $450 bonus to jump into Largo's shark-infested pool in Thunderball. Oh, my God. He's like, here you go. There's sharks in the pool, but here's 450. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:22:24 Jump in there, you bastard. I think Gilbert would have done it for half that. I think, yeah. Absolutely. I would have done it for lunch. Yeah. Here's another one. From Dr. No, this article only goes up to Quantum of Solace, so I apologize.
Starting point is 00:22:41 But from Dr. No to Quantum of Solace, James Bond has killed three hundred and fifty two people and slept with fifty two women. Same as Gilbert. Yes. So that's some fun. That's some fun. James Bond trivia. I also want to bring up this is also fun. Roger Moore apparently suffered from something called, you know this? Have you heard this trivia? No. He suffered from something called hoplophobia. Hoplophobia.
Starting point is 00:23:14 I liked all his cowboy movies. Hoplophobia? Fear of hoplophobia. Hoplophobia. I'm probably mispronouncing it. It was a fear of firearms. Oh, my God. It dated back to a childhood accident where he was shot in the leg by his brother with an air rifle.
Starting point is 00:23:33 Oh, my God. Yeah. Now, who was the—now, I get this from my wife, Elizabeth, but I only have half the information. Yeah. Roger Moore was in one of them. He was opposite a well-known model, I think, who later complained that she couldn't stand kissing this old guy, that it was just gross and disgusting. Oh, it might have been Tanya Roberts in A View to a Kill. That might be it.
Starting point is 00:23:55 Tanya Roberts was a Jew. There you go. Oh, she's still alive. She's still a Jew. Next week, I want you to come in with a list of all the Jewish Bond girls. Oh, Barbara Bach. Barbara Bach. Yeah. Now. Now, next week, I want you to come in with a list of all the Jewish Bond girls. Oh, Barbara Bach. Barbara Bach. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:09 Now, now. Spy who loved me. Here's my favorite Bond song. Okay. Hit us. Oh, baby. Now we got someone. Now you got someone who stands out by your side.
Starting point is 00:24:24 Oh, baby. Now you got someone on who you can rely. And that night, you'll never be lonely. When I put my sights on you, got a license to kill. Oh, man. And you know I'm going straight for your heart. Got a license to kill. And you know I'm going straight for your heart. Got a license to kill. Got a license to kill. Do anybody tries to tear us apart? Wow. You picked a Dalton movie. Yes. And it was, I remember, also what I like at the beginning, there was like, I think it was like this Chinese Playboy centerfold that they have basically jumping on a trampoline looking like her silhouette
Starting point is 00:25:13 looks naked, but they'll do like these gun sounds like, and she like will throw her arms back and like she's been hit. So talk about sexist stuff. Here you not only are jerking off about a naked Asian model on a trampoline, but taking some weird joy in her being shot to death. Well, all I can say is thank God we have you, Gilbert, to point out these instances of horrible sexism. Did you know the naked Asian model was the B-side to secret Asian man?
Starting point is 00:25:53 I can't understand why that song never took off somehow. License to Kill. License to Kill. Yeah, that was the first of the, maybe the second one. It was some like female black singer who sang that. Look that up. License to Kill. License to Kill.
Starting point is 00:26:08 The Dalton films don't stay with me very well. I mean, they were trying to grow grittier after Moore, because the Moore films had jumped the shark. I mean, Moonraker and View to a Kill, he was 72. Yeah, and he was just like comedy at that point. Yeah, with Christopher Walken as the heavy in A View to a Kill. Oh, another person who was scared of firearms I heard was Edward G. Robinson. No kidding.
Starting point is 00:26:35 And I heard in like Little Caesar when he fires the gun, they had trouble because he kept shutting his eyes because he got scared. But did he have hoplophobia? Hey, he played an Indian. Okay, you put us on a good one. Go ahead, go. Okay, so initially two people were asked to compose the theme, Eric Clapton and Vic Flick. Do we know who Vic Flick is? Vic Flick.
Starting point is 00:27:04 We're asked to write and produce the theme song. You can hear a guitar riff in the beginning that was played by Flick. I know Bella Fleck. The song was performed and written by the same person. Gladys Knight. Oh, Gladys Knight. That's who it is.
Starting point is 00:27:21 I know Tina Turner did one of the Brosnan themes. That's a good one. That's good, Gilbert. I know Tina Turner did one of the Brosnan themes. That's a good one, though. But that's good, Gilbert. Did Della Reese have two of these? No, Whitman Mayo did one. The end credits featured a song by Patti LaBelle at the end of the movie. Really? So they brought up the heavy hitters.
Starting point is 00:27:40 They really did. They had Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight for that one. One of the Bond themes was sung by Scatman Crothers. I didn't know that. All right, since you brought up the Bond theme. And I think Scully Mitchell sung that. Also, he was the center square on Black Hollywood Square. Here's a little trivia.
Starting point is 00:28:01 We'll take us out with a little trivia here because we're running off at the mouth here on this one. What was the only Bond theme to top the Billboard Hot 100? Oh, was it Paul McCartney? No, you would think. That would be my guess. I would go with Goldfinger. You'd both be mistaken. It was A View to a Kill by Duran Duran.
Starting point is 00:28:21 Hmm. How about that? Oh, wow. The last of the Roger Moores. I thought it would have been, yeah, what was that name of the Paul McCartney? Live and Let Die. Live and Let Die. Yeah, that's a good guess.
Starting point is 00:28:32 That's a good one. That's a good guess. What writer, most famous for children's books, wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice? Was it that guy who did Willy Wonka? You are correct, sir. Raul Dahl. Now, I heard Raul Dahl was an anti-Semite. That's a whole different episode.
Starting point is 00:28:51 And it stars Gene Wilder. Frankie, can you put down on the ledger there that we're going to do an all anti-Semite episode? See, now with Frank here, it's only one anti-Semite. Okay, here's one. You're just giving me segues. Here's one you'll love. Israel's 1976 operation to rescue hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda was named after which Bond movie?
Starting point is 00:29:19 Operation? Oh, God. You're the one with the iPhone. Operation GoldenEye. No. No. Nope. Nope.
Starting point is 00:29:30 Would have been before GoldenEye. Oh, God. Operation. I don't have to look it up. 1976 was the year of the operation, so long before GoldenEye. Operation Thunderball. Operation Thunderball. Isn't that cool?
Starting point is 00:29:42 That is cool. And one of the Aunt Debbie movies playing- Yafit Kodo. Yafit Kodo. The Jew himself. Yafit Kodo. Six degrees of Yafit Kodo. I think Curly of the three-
Starting point is 00:30:01 No, he wasn't in any of the Bond films that I know of. Are you sure? This is the end of you, Mr.'t in any of the Bond films that I know of. Are you sure? This is the end of you, Mr. Bond. Knock, knock, knock. And he was... I think as a child, he got... It was a shotgun or something. He shot himself in the...
Starting point is 00:30:23 He got shot in the leg or in the foot and they say if you watch those movies he limps really well yeah that's cool stuff yeah this episode is packed with information i got two more questions and we're gonna jump uh the shark what you'll get we jump the shark uh what unique body feature does Christopher Lee's villain Scaramanga possess in The Man with the Golden Gun? Wait, it's something with his private parts, isn't it? More or less. Not really. A little above.
Starting point is 00:30:54 Oh, oh. Jesus. He has a superfluous third nipple. Ah! As does Krusty the Clown, by the way. Oh, that's right. Oh, the Simpsons. Well, there's a third nipple episode coming up maybe.
Starting point is 00:31:12 There you go. Oh, yeah. Speaking of the Simpsons, there's a wonderful Bond parody with Albert Brooks playing a villain called Hank Scorpio. Oh, yeah. Yeah, and I think I can't remember the season, but latter-day Simpsons, and it's wonderful. Two more. Which Bond actress won a Razzie for worst supporting actress? Oh, Denise Richards.
Starting point is 00:31:34 Nicely done, and I'll take you out with this one. Crooner Wayne Newton played crooked televangelist Professor Joe Butcher in which Bond movie? Oh, God, I remember, and I don't even remember who played Bonds in the movie. Crooked televangelist Professor Joe Butcher in which Bond movie? Oh, God, I remember, and I don't even remember who played Bonds in the movie. Now, you really should know after that song you just sang. Oh! License to Kill? Correct.
Starting point is 00:32:00 See, I'm still jerking off over that Asian centerfold to a shot. Which one was that? License to Kill. License to Kill. Okay. I'll tell you, Timothy Dalton played a good villain in The Rocketeer. Oh, yes. Which is another good trivia question. What does Timothy Dalton have in common with Peter O'Toole?
Starting point is 00:32:15 Oh, both Jewish? This is taking on a decided... No, they both played characters based on Errol Flynn. Oh, my God, yes, yes. We just talked about that. We just talked to Norman Steinberg about my favorite year. Yes, my favorite year. So there you go.
Starting point is 00:32:36 And yeah, and with Dalton and the Rocketeer, they bring out that rumor that Errol Flynn was a Nazi spy. A Nazi spy. Yeah, based on the comic book. So there you go, Wally Cisniak. And they had a guy in a Rondo Hatton mask in the movie. Correct. We talked about the Rocketeer on a previous episode.
Starting point is 00:32:57 I recommended it back when we were doing movies. Rondo Hatton I just saw in some movie recently. Well, it was in a recent movie. But he had a voice like that. Yeah. He was in a movie with Mickey Dolan's mother. Mickey Dolan's mother. Oh, jeez.
Starting point is 00:33:12 We figured that out when Mickey was here. So, Wally Cisniak, thank you. You got your damn Bond episode. Yes. That was fun. That was. Great suggestion. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:33:21 That really was. I'm out of bullets. Want to take it out? Okay. Yeah, that really was. I'm out of bullets. Want to take it out? Okay. This has been Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. Thank you, Frankie. Thank you, Paul.
Starting point is 00:33:35 Thank you, Wally. Here we go. One, two, one, two, three, four. Gilbert and Frank's Colossal Obsessions. Thank you. Colossal Obsessions

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