Exactly 50 years today, on October 5, 1962, British secret service agent 007 first appeared on the big screen in the James Bond movie Dr. No. It premiered in London that day and was in general release the following day.
Incredibly, it was not until May 8, 1963 that Dr. No, starring Scottish actor Sean Connery as007, appeared in the United States.
Based on Ian Fleming's novels, the series is one of the longest-running in history, having made $4.9 billion in ticket sales over 22 films. The 23rd Bond movie is set to premiere October 23 in London and November 8 in North America.
Shaken but not stirred, 007 has appeared in various guises in several cartoons.
The TerryToons theatrical series James Hound began in February 1966 with "Dr. Ha-Ha," directed and animated by Ralph Bakshi. In the series, James (voiced by the late Dayton Allen) is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his efforts to capture the bad guy, he winds up bagging the criminal.
In 1991, Fred Wolf Films released the syndicated series James Bond, Jr. The 17-year-old nephew of the famous British spy, James Jr. (voiced by Corey Burton) likes his milkshakes shaken, not stirred. This young Bond, with some assistance from his friends, would use his wits, mind, and high-tech gadgetry to disarm and destroy various villains, criminals, and not-so-nice guys. Most of whom were somehow associated with S.C.U.M. (Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem), a ruthless criminal organization.
Ronald D. Moore and Patrick Pinney both voiced James Bond in the 2008 Robot Chicken episodes "I'm Trapped" and "Help Me." Chris Cox voiced him in the 2012 Mad episode "This Means War Machine"/"iCharlie."
Branden Waugh played him in "Race Rabbit," a 1998 episode of Kablam!. Dan Castellaneta voiced Bond (as "Bont") in the 1996 The Simpsons episode "You Only Move Twice."
The first James Bond, Sean Connery, starred as Tack the Cobbler in the long-delayed 1995 animated movie The Thief and the Cobbler.
Roger Moore voiced January Q. Irontail in the 2005 computer-animated film Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie.
George Lazenby portrayed Bond in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service and did such a bad job that he was never invited to do another 007 film. However, he portrayed King in the Batman Beyond episodes "Dead Man's Hand," "Once Burned" and "King's Ransom."
Timothy Dalton was Mr. Pricklepants in Pixar's Toy Story 3 (2010), as well as the 2011 shorts Hawaiian Vacation and Small Fry. He voiced Sparrowhawk and Ged in the 2006 anime film Tales From Earthsea.
Composer John Barry's "Bond Theme" was in the soundtrack of a 2003 episode of TalkBack Productions' BBC3 series Monkey Dust.
James Bond (played by Sean Connery): "I admire your courage, Miss...?" Sylvia Trench (played by Eunice Gayson): "Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr...?" James Bond: "Bond. James Bond."
-- Dr. No (1962)
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
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Canadian-born actress Lois Maxwell portrayed Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, starting with "Dr. No." She voiced Lieutenant Atlanta Shore in Gerry Anderson's 39-episode series "Stingray," the first Supermarionation series produced in color. The 1964 series ran in the United States in the evening, sometimes in prime time.
Episode 16 of MTV Animation's Celebrity Deathmatch (1999) pitted -- among others -- Sean Connery against Roger Moore. Anyone know who won?
A young Connery was in the live-action Disney film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), enjoying third billing; he played Michael McBride. Sean sang in this one, and very well, too! He and Janet Munro performed the number "Pretty Irish Girl."
Pierce Brosnan did the voice of King Arthur in Quest for Camelot (Warner Bros. Feature Animation/Turner Feature Animation, 1998).
Timothy Dalton appeared in live action as Damien Drake in the partly-animated Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Warner Bros. Feature Animation, 2003). He was also the voice of Prince Guidon in the 1998 animated TV series Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood.
Quoting TammiToon:
(The Flintstones episode) "Dr. Sinister" was purposely intended to capitalize on the James Bond craze (as was the later episode, "The Stonefinger Caper"). In fact, the TV hero's name was "Jay Bondrock."
Young Bond was assisted by "I.Q.", the son of "Q" the gadget inventor and "Gordo", the son of CIA agent and ally Felix Leiter and well as girl allies Phoebe Farragut and Tracy Millbanks. The group battled the minions of the terrorist organization "SCUM" with various James Bond enemies appearing like "Jaws", "Goldfinger", "Dr. No", and "Oddjob."
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"Don't chew gum on camera. Don't whistle. You may kiss Bob Barker but please don't kill him." -announcer Johnny Olson briefing the audience of potential contestants for "The Price is Right"
And the Flintstones movie "The Man Called Flintstone" (1966) is a spoof of the James Bond spy genre, with Fred happening to be the double of secret agent Rock Slab.
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Back by popular demand - "La-la-La-la.. I can't hear you!"
Courage the Cowardly Dog featured two episodes entitled "The Snowman Cometh" and "Snowman's Revenge." The Snowman character was meant to sound like Sean Connery and introduces himself in the following manner:"The name's Man. Snow Man."
In "Snowman's Revenge" he invents something he calls the Coldfinger, mentioning "You're the one with the minus touch."
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?" Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
There was also Double-O Orson when Orson T. Pig from "U.S. Acres" would imagine himself about being a spy and having the Sean Connery-ish voice, Lanolin was Moneypenny-ish character, and Roy would play the Bad Guy similar to Goldfinger, there's even a cartoon called "Cornfinger" which is a reference to "Goldfinger".
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?" Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
I think it was the first of the three James Bond themed episodes "Double Oh Orson" in which Orson gets really engrossed in his spy novel. Basically he tells his boss--played by Wade, that he has a "license to spill" when he sits down to drink something.
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?" Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
I think it was the first of the three James Bond themed episodes "Double Oh Orson" in which Orson gets really engrossed in his spy novel. Basically he tells his boss--played by Wade, that he has a "license to spill" when he sits down to drink something.
Okay...I hope to make some fan fictions of Double O-Orson oneday, like "Barnyard Royale" or "Oink and let Squeal".
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
