Hey! Have you heard the news that Mike Myers has pretty much signed up to star in a fourth Austin Powers film? We’re legally obliged to say ‘Groovy baby’ here or someone from a big Hollywood studio will leak our sex tape.
The Commie bastards.
Anyway, Myers isn’t the first person to rip-off Bond in the movies. Far from it! In fact, Bond is probably the most aped person in cinema history (don’t argue – we haven’t really thought about it and don’t rightly care). So what else is there? Well, let us just put it this way, in comparison to some Bond spoofs, Austin Powers almost looks like a documentary about spies.
So while Myers dons his wonky teeth, chest wig (it is a wig, right?) and stacked heels, he might want to do some research into these parodies, homages and take-offs that exist in the world of cinema already.
We wouldn’t want him purloining jokes that have already been done a thousand times already would we?
Christ no.
Anyway, here’s ten James Bond parodies. Feel free to submit your own in the comments with a heightened level of outrage that we had the gall to overlook whatever stupid thing it is you suggest.
Dr Goldfoot and his Bikini Machine
With ace theme from The Supremes, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine is a ’65 romp starring Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon and a buncha other people taking on the ultra popular Goldfinger. The story revolves around Goldfoot’s bikini-wearing female robots and that’s all you need to know.
Carry On Spying
This ’64 spoof was the 9th Carry On film, which is notable for being Barbara Windsor’s first appearance in the series. Kenneth Williams steals the show while Charles Hawtrey plays Agent Double 0-oh! It does exactly what it says on the tin, as well as featuring Bernard Cribbings in a bikini.
Operation Kid Brother
Also known as ‘OK Connery’, this fantastically terrible Italian Eurospy spoofer is set up with the story that England?s best secret agent is not available. As such, his younger brother is brought in win the day. Better yet is that the producers actually hired Neil Connery – Sean Connery’s actual younger brother – to play the starring role. Oddly, the producers decided to dub over Connery’s voice with that of an American.
Russ Abbott’s Basildon Bond
Russ Abbott playing a rubbish spy with Bella Emberg and Les Dennis. What’s not to like?
PG Tips Brook Bond
Chimps drinking tea while sporting fake beards and holding guns. You could easily argue that this is better than every James Bond film put together.
Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die
Se Tutte le Donne del Mondo (or If All the Women in the World, or Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die) is a ’66 spoof which is like Moonraker, only rubbish. In a good way, of course. It has a fantastic title too!
The Last of the Secret Agents
Two Americans in Paris are recruited by the Good Guys Institute (GGI) to stop THEM (the baddies, not Van Morrison’s band) from stealing the Venus De Milo. While that’s all well and good, the best part of the film is that Nancy Sinatra does the theme for it and it really is fantastic.
Spy Hard
It’s a Leslie Nielsen film. What on Earth do you expect of it?
Johnny English
Rowan Atkinson stops playing Mr Bean and crashing incredibly expensive cars for long enough to parody Bond in a manner which Americans clearly enjoy more than Europeans.
Mr Bond
Indian musical, starring Akshay Kumar which puts Bond in a yellow tracksuit and makes him sing. He is referred to as “Mr. Bond” throughout the entire movie, which is brilliantly cheeky.
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wk says
There’s a great Thai parody from the ’80s called James Band. The villain has a pair of robots that are clearly modeled after R2D2 and C3PO.
Paul Gibson says
Sean Connery is chatting to his agent on the phone. Their conversation is coming to a close……
Agent: “That’s great, Sean darling. You’ll do the commercial for Ford at their price, but you want 200 thousand to do the NatGeo voiceover.”
Connery: “Correct.”
Agent: “OK lovey, can we meet up tomorrow morning at tennish?”
Connery: “Tennish? But I don’t have a racquet.”
Emma says
Mr Bond with Akshay Kumar is a must watch!