Your Favorite Spy

On 2004-05-19 20:39, Shipwreckjoey wrote:

On 2004-05-12 09:47, Johnny Dollar wrote:
indeed... one might classify emma peel as 'detective' or 'spy,' but i tend to classify her as 'goddess." :)

Big thumbs up on that J$. I think we might be launching a new topic here...Who's Your Favorite Spy? Well, I'll be the 1st one to throw my hat into the ring....I'm partial to the black spy in Mad Magazine's SPY VS. SPY. James Bond runs a close 2nd (Sean Connery Bond of course).

i reiterate emma peel as the best spy of all time.

for the men's team, i would have to nominate john drake/danger man/secret agent/the prisoner.

close second, buddy spy team ~ the 'i spy'
lads.

Getting back to the women...no one can faze Modesty Blaze!

i reiterate emma peel as the best spy of all time.

As soon as I saw this topic, Ms. Peel was the first name in my head.

Or perhaps Madam Yes.

-Z

Ooh! Ooh! Spy stuff! Nerd-alicious! O.K. if we accept that John Drake was actually the guy who turned up in the village in The Prisoner, then in a philosophical sense he sums up the whole 60's spy experience for everyone because he represented the everyman and his struggle to exist as an individual... which I suppose is at the root of the whole paranoid fantasy thing that is the 60's spy experience.

If we're picking the favorite character Mine is top professional, John Steed. (Emma was only a talented amateur) Did you know he throunced James Bond back at Eton when they were school boys? Apparently James was a bully who used to make the underclassmen stir his hot chocolate against their wills. (Hope that isn't some kind of euphemism!)

For sheer enjoyment my votes go to Maxwell Smart and Lancelot Link just because.

Emma and I have a special relationship so just back off buddy!

But if you're really bored.....check out my web site: http://www.spyboproyale.com for more information about music from 60's spy flicks than you EVER wanted to know!

Be Seeing You!

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet website dude! you knows i have those james bond lp's... at least most... thx for the link...

I agree. Now I know how to spell Modesty Blaise! Who did that song "the female of the species is deadlier than the male"? I think it was the Squirrel Nut Zipppers.

On 2004-05-20 14:20, Shipwreckjoey wrote:
I agree. Now I know how to spell Modesty Blaise! Who did that song "the female of the species is deadlier than the male"? I think it was the Squirrel Nut Zipppers.

naw, it was on the austin powers 1 soundtrack - Female of the Species [Fembot Mix] - Space

I can't believe that no one has mentioned Derek Flint (as played by James Coburn) from "In Like Flint" and "Our Man Flint."
That character and those movies are a classic!

-T.J.

On TV: Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

In movies, my fave is Dean Martin as Matt Helm, followed a close second by James Coburn as Flint.

I love James Coburn too!

Also, aside from them all I always liked the The Saint.

:wink:

because all spies need a nemesis:

http://www.villainsupply.com

-Z

Pretty much the same ones that're mentioned already, with a few additions:

I'll always have a soft spot in my head for Joanna Lumley, as Purdey in the New Avengers:

Sean Connery as 007, of course, but who's your #2 Bond? I liked George Lazenby in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (a movie that also included Diana Rigg & Joanna Lumley).

On 2004-05-21 09:41, freddiefreelance wrote:
Sean Connery as 007, of course, but who's your #2 Bond? I liked George Lazenby in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (a movie that also included Diana Rigg & Joanna Lumley).

there was something cool about 007 in a kilt. not that connery bond could not have, but i don't think he did.

On 2004-05-21 10:00, Johnny Dollar wrote:

On 2004-05-21 09:41, freddiefreelance wrote:
Sean Connery as 007, of course, but who's your #2 Bond? I liked George Lazenby in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (a movie that also included Diana Rigg & Joanna Lumley).

there was something cool about 007 in a kilt. not that connery bond could not have, but i don't think he did.

That was Mr. Lazenby:

But Mr. Connery wore 1 to be knighted (KBE):

Real life Sidney Reilly (aka Sigmund Rosenblum)"Ace of Spies"

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On 2004-05-20 14:20, Shipwreckjoey wrote: Who did that song "the female of the species is deadlier than the male"? I think it was the Squirrel Nut Zipppers.  

naw, it was on the austin powers 1 soundtrack - Female of the Species [Fembot Mix] - Space

A much better song, "Deadlier Than The Male" was recorded by the Walker Brothers as the title theme for a spy flick of the same name that brought Bulldog Drummond out of the 1920's and into the 60's as a secret agent. Good film too! The Sequel was, "Some Girls Do" (theme recorded by Lee Vanderbilt.)

Speaking of little known spies, did you know that Sean Connery's younger Brother did an Italian spy flick with a few of the Bond co-stars? It's Called "Operation Kid Brother" of course! The theme song was "O.K. Connery". Honest!

Oh, and James Bonds...let's not forget Barry Nelson in the first James Bond outing, "Casino Royale" done by CBS in 1958. Peter Lorre played the baddie.

Another vote for "Our Man Flint."

And another.

Today my favorite spy is Frances Denard from Tony Bourdain's "Gone Bamboo." Ya gotta love a woman who can disable a U.S. Marshall unarmed, take out Mafia hitmen in the jungle & likes to sunbathe nude.

Bond... James Bond (Sean Connery)

When I first saw this thread,I thought,"la choy"?!Then I saw it said "spy",not"soy".I need my eyes checked.

I can't believe no one mentioned "Patrick McGoohan" here!
what is wrong with you old timers (This Thread is from 2004)

He played a spy in Danger Man, The Prisoner & Ice Station Zebra
was considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No.

when i investigate the normal:


when i investigate the paranormal:

but obviously- sherlock holmes is my all time favorite :)

socksoff it's Spies so the IMF counts, but not the others
I don't think "Sapphire & Steel" ever had a run on American TV.

[ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2013-11-20 22:15 ]

On 2013-11-20 22:05, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
socksoff it's Spies so the IMF counts, but not the others
I don't think "Sapphire & Steel" ever had a run on American TV.

were the answers only limited to american spies? because steel played in 'the man from u.n.c.l.e. which was yank

On 2013-11-14 05:32, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
I can't believe no one mentioned "Patrick McGoohan" here!
what is wrong with you old timers (This Thread is from 2004)

He played a spy in Danger Man, The Prisoner & Ice Station Zebra
was considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No.

i did... in 2004 ;D but i guess the image link got lost in 9 years...

On 2004-05-20 09:45, Johnny Dollar wrote:
for the men's team, i would have to nominate john drake/danger man/secret agent/the prisoner.

I missed that Mr. Dollar, you then would have the best taste in Spies!

On 2013-12-11 13:47, socksoff wrote:

On 2013-11-20 22:05, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
socksoff it's Spies so the IMF counts, but not the others
I don't think "Sapphire & Steel" ever had a run on American TV.

were the answers only limited to american spies? because steel played in 'the man from u.n.c.l.e. which was yank

No, I believe all Spy shows are on topic, Just pointing out "Sapphire & Steel" is not a "Spy" show
but if you are referring to David McCallum's (Whom is British) Russian Agent (Illya Kuryakin) in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
then you are on the mark & is my second all time favorite Spy!

Interesting stuff Lance . My wife just told me that McCallum is alive and well and is a cast member on “NCIS”
Cheers

99 comes a close second to Emma Peel

How about Matt Helm?

Then, of course, there are Lana and Archer

[ Edited by: Tele295 2013-12-12 19:08 ]

[ Edited by: Tele295 2013-12-12 19:15 ]