Episodes
Ep# 72 - Harry Alan Towers' Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu Movies in the 60s
Bart & Jenna sidestep Bootleg Bond by focusing on a revival film franchise that never would have existed if not for ‘60s Bond Mania: Fu Manchu films.
Ep #65 - Bootleg Bond in the 60s - Agent 077
Bart & Jenna go to Italy to scout out Agent 077 – the ever forgettable Eurospy with the ever changing name and face.
Ep# 56 - British Spy Films in the 60s
Bart & Jenna take a dutch-angled romp through a series of nihilistic, anti-Bond spy films and find there’s plenty of drama to be found in a more realistic portrayal of spy work.
Ep# 49 - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 60s
Bart & Jenna watch every Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie from the 1960s then discuss the television show's bootleg Bond origins and the subsequent U.N.C.L.E. mania that followed.
Ep# 34 - Deadpan International Bond Satires in the 60s
Bart and Jenna take a dive into Bart’s choice of international James Bond spoofs and wrestle with the question of why it is James Bond has been so spoofed, remade and perpetuated throughout the entire world. You might ‘get it,’ you might not, but if nothing else you will be introduced to some of the most memorable theme songs this side of “Goldfinger.”
Ep #23 - Bootleg Bond in the 60s - O.S.S. 117
Bart & Jenna take another dip in the hot tub that is bootleg James Bond. This time they focus on the French Bond, known as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, aka O.S.S. 117–a secret agent franchise that technically pre-dates Bond by four years!
Ep #14 - Bootleg Bond in the 60s - Derek Flint and Matt Helm
Bart & Jenna discuss every Derek Flint and Matt Helm movie. Both of these American Bond rip-offs represented blatant marketing strategies that were eager to peer into the psyches of the movie-going public and answer the burning question: gadgets or girls?
Ep #007 - James Bond in the 60s
Bart & Jenna get drunk in order to talk about every 1960s James Bond film, along with the cultural impact he had on the decade.