Roger Moore dead

Mr. Moore was a good, not great, Bond. I'll let you Sherlock Holmes types deduce my favorite. Of course, Sean Connery had a hell of a head start, being the original Bond (Niggah please don't tell me about Barry Nelson on American tv being 'Jimmy Bond', Homey don't play that) as Bond was described as a 'gentleman British agent' you have to go with Connery as the original.

With 'Live and Let Die' intro by no less than Paul McCartney, Sir Roger got off to a great start with 'Live and Let Die'

I always viewed him as the "funny" Bond. He had more humorous lines than Connery, but he did have a great pedigree. You want your Bond to be English (UK), and Moore came in as "The Saint" an espionage type tv show filmed in B/W in jolly old England. The Avengers, another British import, was popular at the time here in the States. The Avengers, starred Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg, who appeared in 'A View To A Kill' and 'OHMSS'. Another British import "The Prisoner" was popular in the 60s, with Patrick McGoohan as the lead, with the Johnny Rivers theme song ranking high on the charts as well.

With becoming Bond, Sir Roger got to have considerable clout in his films. He became the first Bond to smoke a cigar, and made sure filming included someplace he could get some great snow skiing in, along with a hefty salary. He will be missed......

On last thing on Sean. I don't condone his comments on slapping women, but, that was the 60s. Fifty years later, you'd have to say it's much different.

Anyway Connery came back to do "Diamonds Are Forever" after taking one film off for "creative differences" in the late 60s. The film was released in 1971, and he was the highest paid actor in movies at the time. HE DONATED HIS ENTIRE SALARY, A RECORD ONE POINT FIVE MILLION, to the Scottish Boys Club. I feel that is much more indicative of the man than a Barbara Walters interview.

Any other discussions, see me in the Movie Forum.

Until then, with his passing, I will both Shaken and Stirred............farewell