| Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278501] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 18:40 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278502 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 19:01 |
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Egads! I was expecting another bad tabloid attempt to bring down Daniel
Craig...but poor Timothy Dalton? The mind boggles.
jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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--
==007===
"My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as
drinking Dom Perignon '53 above a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit.
That's as bad as trying to escape your past. Especially when it involves
horrifyingly bad musicals."
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278503 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 19:14 |
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<jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1149525630.339187.171250 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
Oh. My. God.
Frightening.
Tom Zielinski
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278504 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 19:51 |
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That was just scary. Not as scary as the look on Rog's face when he
swallowed the golden bullet in TMWTGG, but pretty close.
Tom Zielinski wrote:
> <jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1149525630.339187.171250 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> Oh. My. God.
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> Frightening.
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> Tom Zielinski
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278505 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 19:51 |
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"Tom Zielinski" <rtomz [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:B4WdnazTsqKX-hnZnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
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> <jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1149525630.339187.171250 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> Oh. My. God.
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> Frightening.
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> Tom Zielinski
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I never thought I would find something that would make me appreciate Toni
Tennille but hearing Dalton butcher that song might have done it!
I said "might have done it".
Nope, on second thought ... I still don't appreciate her or the Captain ...
but I do respect Timothy Dalton a little less! :-)
Thanks,
Mike
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278506 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 20:58 |
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jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
LOL! I think you nailed the winner, Jeff. Well done.
Mike
"James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an actor
mistakenly thinking they can sing."
"I thought there were no singing actors in space, Drax."
"For you there will only be one: Timothy Dalton singing 'Love Will
Keep Us Together' -- Jaws, play that clip from the film 'Sextette' for
Mr. Bond. Mwahahahahahahaha!"
"I'm afraid the laugh is on you, Drax. I'm not really James Bond.
[rips off rubber mask]. I'm Leonard Nimoy. And now, my rendition of
'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds..."
"Nooooooo! For the love of God, don't do it! I surrender! I
surrender!"
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278507 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 20:59 |
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jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
LOL! I think you nailed the winner, Jeff. Well done.
Mike
"James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an actor
mistakenly thinking they can sing."
"I thought there were no singing actors in space, Drax."
"For you there will only be one: Timothy Dalton singing 'Love Will
Keep Us Together' -- Jaws, play that clip from the film 'Sextette' for
Mr. Bond. Mwahahahahahahaha!"
"I'm afraid the laugh is on you, Drax. I'm not really James Bond.
[rips off rubber mask]. I'm Leonard Nimoy. And now, my rendition of
'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds..."
"Nooooooo! For the love of God, don't do it! I surrender! I
surrender!"
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278509 ] |
Di, 06 Juni 2006 02:55 |
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
Thank GOD this never happened to the other fellows.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278511 ] |
Di, 06 Juni 2006 03:13 |
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In article <1149533947.895480.211280 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
Mike Feeney <stromberg77 [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> LOL! I think you nailed the winner, Jeff. Well done.
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> Mike
> "James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an actor
> mistakenly thinking they can sing."
> "I thought there were no singing actors in space, Drax."
> "For you there will only be one: Timothy Dalton singing 'Love Will
> Keep Us Together' -- Jaws, play that clip from the film 'Sextette' for
> Mr. Bond. Mwahahahahahahaha!"
> "I'm afraid the laugh is on you, Drax. I'm not really James Bond.
> [rips off rubber mask]. I'm Leonard Nimoy. And now, my rendition of
> 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds..."
> "Nooooooo! For the love of God, don't do it! I surrender! I
> surrender!"
>
Yes, but it was Wild Bill Shatner who sang Lucy in the Sky With
Diamonds. Nimoy is a much better singer (not saying much) and is
probably most famous for The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #278512 ] |
Di, 06 Juni 2006 03:13 |
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"Rich Handley" <rhandley [at] optonline.net> wrote in message
news:rjk98298o52q9lvl98vpiltu349j3ojh57 [at] 4ax.com...
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> Thank GOD this never happened to the other fellows.
LOL!
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283621 ] |
Di, 06 Juni 2006 23:31 |
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jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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Please, make it go away! Make it go away!
Regards,
JD
"You were expecting someone else?"
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283623 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 01:39 |
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jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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Update: In Wales a young man named Peredur Glyn was found with a shotgun
destroying every available computer that has an Internet connection.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283624 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 01:42 |
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Rich Handley wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> Thank GOD this never happened to the other fellows.
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Well Sean Connery did sing a bit off key in the film "The Rock", but
nothing compares to this.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283625 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 01:48 |
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Eric Grayson wrote:
> In article <1149533947.895480.211280 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> Mike Feeney <stromberg77 [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
>> LOL! I think you nailed the winner, Jeff. Well done.
>>
>> Mike
>> "James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an actor
>> mistakenly thinking they can sing."
>> "I thought there were no singing actors in space, Drax."
>> "For you there will only be one: Timothy Dalton singing 'Love Will
>> Keep Us Together' -- Jaws, play that clip from the film 'Sextette' for
>> Mr. Bond. Mwahahahahahahaha!"
>> "I'm afraid the laugh is on you, Drax. I'm not really James Bond.
>> [rips off rubber mask]. I'm Leonard Nimoy. And now, my rendition of
>> 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds..."
>> "Nooooooo! For the love of God, don't do it! I surrender! I
>> surrender!"
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> Yes, but it was Wild Bill Shatner who sang Lucy in the Sky With
> Diamonds. Nimoy is a much better singer (not saying much) and is
> probably most famous for The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.
Just the fact that you know that scares me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
The fact that I have had this saved scares me even more.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283628 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 02:53 |
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On 5 Jun 2006 09:40:30 -0700, jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
LOL!
Yeah, good thing Dalton turned down the role at first so he could get
some more years under his belt! :-)
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283629 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 02:55 |
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On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:51:54 -0700, "MikeSo" <mike98374 [at] hotmail.comma>
wrote:
>"Tom Zielinski" <rtomz [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:B4WdnazTsqKX-hnZnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
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>> <jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1149525630.339187.171250 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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>> Oh. My. God.
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>> Frightening.
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>> Tom Zielinski
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>I never thought I would find something that would make me appreciate Toni
>Tennille but hearing Dalton butcher that song might have done it!
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>I said "might have done it".
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>Nope, on second thought ... I still don't appreciate her or the Captain ...
>but I do respect Timothy Dalton a little less! :-)
Captain and Tennille rock -- no doubt about it -- the Eurythmics for
their time :-)
I actually rented Sextette. I guess that's the kind of thing you do
when you've got Netflix sending you more movies than you can possibly
watch: deliberately rent a terrible one that you can burn through
superquick!
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283630 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 03:06 |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:01:59 GMT, Paul Clarke
<jim_caerleon [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>Egads! I was expecting another bad tabloid attempt to bring down Daniel
>Craig...but poor Timothy Dalton? The mind boggles.
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>jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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I think I don't know enough about Dalton's history. Just reading
IMDB.com, I see him appearing in reputable movie after reputable
movie...
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Then a bit of a dry spell from 1971 to 1978 (perhaps doing theater?).
He did one single movie between 1971 and 1978: Permission to Kill, aka
The Executioner (1975) (Perhaps not a bad movie. The first IMDB
review begins "One of the best spy movies I've seen...")
Then 1978's "Sextette." And suddenly he was back to doing a movie a
year again!
I don't know how these all-star oddities like "Sextette" and "Casino
Royale" and "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" get launched.
Perhaps they look good on paper?
.... although offhand, I can't think of one movie that might look
similar on paper (zany all-star comedy/musical) that actually turned
out to be good or a hit.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283631 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 04:51 |
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In article <LsydneF3vNntiRvZnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d [at] bright.net>, The Shadow
<miehls [at] bright.net> wrote:
> > Yes, but it was Wild Bill Shatner who sang Lucy in the Sky With
> > Diamonds. Nimoy is a much better singer (not saying much) and is
> > probably most famous for The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.
>
I have a rare CD copy of Wild Bill's first album, The Transformed Man,
which may be the low point in recordings for all time. I love to trot
it out and have people listen to it. It is so awfully bad that it's
beyond description. Actually, the worst cut is Tambourine Man, which
is just hideous.
Die-hard Shatner fans will no doubt want to pick up his new album, Has
Been.
No, I am NOT making this up. I promise.
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> Just the fact that you know that scares me.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
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> The fact that I have had this saved scares me even more.
Yeah, I'd seen this too. I wanted a good copy to save on my hard drive
and it never seems to download right, alas. Good thing I kept the
liquid oxygen cheesburgers and the Jesus Action figure because those
are gone now.
Eric
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283639 ] |
Mi, 07 Juni 2006 14:51 |
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dgates wrote:
> I think I don't know enough about Dalton's history. Just reading
> IMDB.com, I see him appearing in reputable movie after reputable
> movie...
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> The Lion in Winter (1968)
> Wuthering Heights (1970)
> Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
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> Then a bit of a dry spell from 1971 to 1978 (perhaps doing theater?).
Yeah - he quit films for a few years to concentrate on theatre work,
saying that he didn't feel he had enough experience or expertise yet to
be doing big movies. I always thought that was quite a gutsy thing to
do.
> He did one single movie between 1971 and 1978: Permission to Kill, aka
> The Executioner (1975) (Perhaps not a bad movie. The first IMDB
> review begins "One of the best spy movies I've seen...")
It's one of those European co-productions which has a few good moments
but doesn't really gel. Dalton's character in the movie is quite
interesting: it's a surprisingly non-stereotypical portrayal of a gay
man for the era in which the film was made.
> Then 1978's "Sextette."
Oh yeah. Keith Moon was just about the only person to emerge from that
movie with his dignity intact, and when you can mention Keith Moon and
dignity in the same sentence, you know something's seriously awry.
The thing which makes the clip (and indeed the movie) so difficult to
watch is that you can see that Dalton is utterly embarrassed and wants
to get the hell out of there. It's painful.
Best
Phil
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283662 ] |
Do, 08 Juni 2006 03:28 |
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The Shadow wrote:
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> Just the fact that you know that scares me.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
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> The fact that I have had this saved scares me even more.
This is hilarious! Thanks, Shadow.
Mike
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283673 ] |
Fr, 09 Juni 2006 06:18 |
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jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
Let's see; Sextette, Rocketeer, Loony Toons; Back In Action, Brenda
Starr. Has Mr. Dalton had a film that worked other than Bond? (Well,
there was "The Lion In Winter," but he was very young.)
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283674 ] |
Fr, 09 Juni 2006 06:19 |
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The Shadow wrote:
> Rich Handley wrote:
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> > Thank GOD this never happened to the other fellows.
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> Well Sean Connery did sing a bit off key in the film "The Rock", but
> nothing compares to this.
"Darby O'Gill and the Little People"
"Oh she's m'dear my darling one. My smiling and beguiling one..."
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283675 ] |
Fr, 09 Juni 2006 06:22 |
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Eric Grayson wrote:
> In article <LsydneF3vNntiRvZnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d [at] bright.net>, The Shadow
> <miehls [at] bright.net> wrote:
> > > Yes, but it was Wild Bill Shatner who sang Lucy in the Sky With
> > > Diamonds. Nimoy is a much better singer (not saying much) and is
> > > probably most famous for The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.
> >
>
> I have a rare CD copy of Wild Bill's first album, The Transformed Man,
> which may be the low point in recordings for all time. I love to trot
> it out and have people listen to it. It is so awfully bad that it's
> beyond description. Actually, the worst cut is Tambourine Man, which
> is just hideous.
>
> Die-hard Shatner fans will no doubt want to pick up his new album, Has
> Been.
>
> No, I am NOT making this up. I promise.
> >
> >
> > Just the fact that you know that scares me.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
> >
> > The fact that I have had this saved scares me even more.
>
> Yeah, I'd seen this too. I wanted a good copy to save on my hard drive
> and it never seems to download right, alas. Good thing I kept the
> liquid oxygen cheesburgers and the Jesus Action figure because those
> are gone now.
>
> Eric
I saw a special he did where he did a concert for "Has Been." It was
actually pretty decent, he found a producer/arranger who could work
with the fact that Bill can't sing!
At the end of the concert, in the dark, the arranger says; "You got
time for one more, Bill." and Shatner replies; "I always have time for
one more." The spotlight comes up on him flipping the audience the bird
and he sings "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." Also not all that bad,
"Mr. Tamborine Man" and "Rocket Man" are pretty atrocious though!
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283676 ] |
Fr, 09 Juni 2006 06:53 |
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On 8 Jun 2006 21:18:32 -0700, edrhodes [at] hotmail.com wrote:
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>jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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>Let's see; Sextette, Rocketeer, Loony Toons; Back In Action, Brenda
>Starr. Has Mr. Dalton had a film that worked other than Bond? (Well,
>there was "The Lion In Winter," but he was very young.)
Yes. Rocketeer! :-)
But what do I know? I also liked Flash Gordon.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283679 ] |
Fr, 09 Juni 2006 15:46 |
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"Tom Zielinski" <rtomz [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:B4WdnazTsqKX-hnZnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
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> <jeffwahlman [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1149525630.339187.171250 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOhe-Wk0CM
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> Oh. My. God.
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> Frightening.
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> Tom Zielinski
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I remember seeing this movie when I was young. We had one of those pre-cable
TV stations here and the movie was laughable then. Tim Dalton courting Mae
West. Nuff' said.
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283680 ] |
Fr, 09 Juni 2006 18:01 |
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Ed wrote:
> Let's see; Sextette, Rocketeer, Loony Toons; Back In Action, Brenda
> Starr. Has Mr. Dalton had a film that worked other than Bond? (Well,
> there was "The Lion In Winter," but he was very young.)
I liked 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action', and it was certainly light
years ahead of the insult to WB heritage that was 'Space Jam'. 'The
Rocketeer' is also fun in parts IMHO. You did, however, omit 'The
Beautician and the Beast' and 'American Outlaws' from your list...
Here's the interesting point, for me. Dalton's British / European
career has for the most part consisted of good roles in prestige
projects, and he's had a lot of critical and artistic success when
working on this side of the Atlantic ('Cromwell', 'Wuthering Heights',
'Jane Eyre', 'Framed', the years at the RSC, etc, etc). IMO, of
Dalton's British projects, the only outright turkey has been, funnily
enough, 'Hawks'. His American work - well, the less said about a lot
of it, the better. It strikes me that Hollywood simply doesn't know
what to do with him, and I suspect that these days a lot of people in
the business in the States regard him first and foremost as the *other*
failed Bond, which can't be helping his career any or putting him in
line for many plum roles.
Fortunately he seems to be rebuilding his profile in the UK, where it
seems people in the industry have more knowledge of his work outside
the narrow confines of Bond, and quite a bit more regard for him as an
actor in his own right. He's been doing some decent projects over here
recently ('His Dark Materials', 'Dunkirk', 'Marple', the upcoming Simon
Pegg movie 'Hot Fuzz'), and I hope this'll continue and that he'll
escape out of the miniseries/straight-to-cable rut he seemed to be
getting into in the States.
Best
Phil
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| Re: Most embarassing Bond actor moment ever [message #283698 ] |
Sa, 10 Juni 2006 17:15 |
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phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com wrote:
> Ed wrote:
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> > Let's see; Sextette, Rocketeer, Loony Toons; Back In Action, Brenda
> > Starr. Has Mr. Dalton had a film that worked other than Bond? (Well,
> > there was "The Lion In Winter," but he was very young.)
>
> I liked 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action', and it was certainly light
> years ahead of the insult to WB heritage that was 'Space Jam'. 'The
> Rocketeer' is also fun in parts IMHO. You did, however, omit 'The
> Beautician and the Beast' and 'American Outlaws' from your list...
I thought LT-BIA had very good bits, but they didn't hold up to a movie
in general. The big-budget remake of CLUTCH CARGO (human lips and all)
would be better than Space Jam!
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