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Amusingly, The New Yorker uses a Roger Moore publicity still for this illustration.
The question of who will be the next James Bond has yielded all too many names drifting in and out of the frame: Idris Elba, Henry Cavill, Jacob Elordi, Tom Hardy, and Paul Mescal, to name just a few. Now the search for the next 007 seems to have reached its climax. Who are the purported finalists for the role? Who in his right mind would even want to be Bond? And why do we still care who Bond is or isn’t? “James Bond, in truth, was never much of a character. He was a name with a dream attached—an expensively tailored suit, into which a succession of actors could slip,” Anthony Lane writes. Read his reflection on the search: newyorker.com/culture/annals…
I met Hank Garrett in the late 1990s at a collectibles show in suburban Chicago. A month or so earlier, I saw him on a rerun of To Tell The Truth. He was an impostor on TTTT. I asked him about it. He remembered every detail. It was a great conversation
The New Yorker unleashes snark on agent 007 hmssweblog.wordpress.com/202…
Even The New Yorker is weighing in Article has a paywall
The question of who will be the next James Bond has yielded all too many names drifting in and out of the frame: Idris Elba, Henry Cavill, Jacob Elordi, Tom Hardy, and Paul Mescal, to name just a few. Now the search for the next 007 seems to have reached its climax. Who are the purported finalists for the role? Who in his right mind would even want to be Bond? And why do we still care who Bond is or isn’t? “James Bond, in truth, was never much of a character. He was a name with a dream attached—an expensively tailored suit, into which a succession of actors could slip,” Anthony Lane writes. Read his reflection on the search: newyorker.com/culture/annals…
The Monkees, season 2, episode 11: The lads, preparing to go to bed, are interrupted by various spooky people. Guest stars: Ruth Buzzi, George Furth. Music highlight: “Goin’ Down” by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & Davy Jones.
PT 109 (1963):
ROGERS: PT boats, nothing but a plywood coffin.
JOHN F. KENNEDY (Cliff Robertson): I can't ask for a transfer.
ROGERS: (says how JFK has "the juice" to get a cushier post). Don't they teach you any practical talk at Harvard?
JFK: It's an elective.
Agnes Moorehead and Walter Brennan get "co-starring" billing but make their presence known.
How the West was Won (1962), not a bootleg, free with ads. youtube.com/watch?v=8fENsUfk…
How the West was Won (1962), not a bootleg, free with ads. youtube.com/watch?v=8fENsUfk…
The Spy Command retweeted
Walter Koenig Dies: 'Star Trek's Original Ensign Chekov Was 90 deadline.com/2026/10/walter-…
Until this year, I was getting into F1. But the series opted to with Apple. I don’t want to get another subscription service.
From the archives, 2025 | About Bond experts hmssweblog.wordpress.com/202…
After skimming various posts about the Bond actor auditions, I wonder if Amazon should use them for the third season of 007: Road to a Million.
Music highlights:
“Star Collector” by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
“Goin’ Down” by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz.
The Monkees, season 2, episode 10: The lads think they’ve been hired to perform songs at the Henry Cabot Lodge. They’ve been tricked to do basic jobs. Teleplay by Stanley Ralph Ross.
The Monkees, season 2, episode 9: The Monkees (minus Mike) become involved in an espionage operation involving a Soviet dancing company. Directed by James Frawley.
BTW: how did The Monkees NOT get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? I know they began as a made-for-TV band. But they evolved to an actual band.