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• London-born Ian Fleming published his first James Bond novel Casino Royale in 1953. Fleming wrote the book in two months at his Jamaican vacation home. It was met with positive reviews and sold out its first and second month. Fleming himself had worked for British Naval Intelligence during World War II and was well-acquainted with the world of espionage, an experience he used to shape his novels. He based the character of Bond’s boss “M” after his own superior in the Navy, Admiral Sir John Godfrey. • Fleming named his spy James Bond after a noted ornithologist, Dr. James Bond, who had written a book on birdwatching that Fleming had on hand. Fleming said, “I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could think of. James Bond seemed perfect.” The number 007 was the bus route Fleming frequently used between London and Canterbury. WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS? Publish a

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JAMES BOND (continued): • The fictional Bond’s parents were a Scots gentleman Andrew Bond, employed by a weapons company, and a Swiss woman named Monique Delacroix. When his parents died when James was 11, he was sent to live with an aunt, was enrolled at Eton, and was recruited into the Royal Navy. (Fleming also attended Eton and was involved in naval intelligence). • Fleming wrote a Bond novel every year until his death in 1964, a total of 12. Since then, seven other authors have continued the series, including John Gardner who penned GoldenEye, which became the 17th Bond film. Fleming gave the name GoldenEye to his Jamaican vacation retreat which overlooked the Caribbean, after a World War II military mission he had developed in the event the Nazis invaded Spain. After Fleming’s death, the estate was sold to Bob Marley. • The 1958 novel Dr. No came to the big screen in 1962, the first of 23 Eon Productions “official” James Bond films. A casting contest was held to find the perfect James Bond, seeking a man age 28 to 35, about 6 feet tall, with dark hair, and a British accent. Sean Connery landed the role, edging out Cary Grant and Richard Burton. Dr. No was the only official Bond film seen by Ian Fleming before his death in 1964. • Between 1962 and 1967, Sean Connery starred as James Bond four more times in From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice before retiring from the role. Timothy Dalton was strongly considered as his replacement, but declined, saying that age 25, he was too young for the role. Adam West (Batman) was offered the part, but said no, believing that Bond should be a British actor.

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JAMES BOND (continued) • In 1969, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was released, starring a 30-year-old Australian former used car salesman, George Lazenby. Lazenby’s acting experience was almost nonexistent, having most recently appeared in a TV commercial for chocolate bars. For his screen test, he purchased a custom-made suit ordered by Connery, who had failed to pick it up at the tailor’s. He added a Rolex watch and went to Connery’s barber to add to his look. It was Lazenby’s only Bond film. • The studio was advised to bring back Sean Connery, no matter what the cost, and in 1971, Connery returned in Diamonds Are Forever, for a $1.25 million salary and 12.5% of the profits. He donated the entire base salary to a Scottish education charity. This would be the last Bond film Connery made for Eon Productions, although he starred in a non-Eon move, Never Say Never Again in 1983. • Connery wore a toupee in all of his Bond films. During the filming of a fight scene in Diamonds Are Forever, Connery’s opponent accidentally pulled off the toupee.

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• In 1973, Roger Moore stepped into the role for Live and Let Die, a Bond with a more comical air about him. Moore is the current record holder for the most Bond films with seven, including The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, and For Your Eyes Only. His final Bond film was 1985’s A View To Kill, when he was 58 years old, making him also the oldest James Bond actor. With all the firearms used on the movie set, Moore had to overcome his hoplophobia, the fear of weapons, the result of a childhood accident when he was shot in the leg by his brother with an air rifle.

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• There was a four-year gap before the return of James Bond, this time in the form of Daniel Craig, who was met with a negative reaction. However, it didn’t take long for filmgoers to take a liking to the new Bond in 2006’s Casino Royale. It was followed up with Quantum of Solace in 2008. The year of Bond’s 50th anniversary, 2012, marked the release of Skyfall, which has become the highest-grossing Bond film of all time, overtaking Thunderball, starring Connery, which had held the title for 47 years. Craig is the first Bond actor to be younger than the Bond series.

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• The Bond films have been filled with interesting gadgets and weaponry, along with some pretty fast cars. But these weren’t Ian Fleming’s only stories about fascinating automobiles. In 1964, Fleming penned the story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for his young son Caspar. The story about a magical flying car was made into a musical film in 1968, starring Dick van Dyke and produced by Albert Broccoli. It was the only non-Bond film Broccoli produced after the Bond series began.

• If you removed all the phosphorus from your body, you'd have enough to make about 250 matchheads.

• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest documented living parrot is more than 80 years old. Cookie, a Major Mitchell's cockatoo, has lived at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois since May 1934.

• Those who study such things say that boys who have first names that are considered to be strange or peculiar have a higher incidence of mental problems as adults than boys with more traditional names. The correlation was not found to hold true for girls.

• There was a time when it was illegal in Hawaii for a woman to eat a coconut.

• The New Orleans Saints were admitted to the National Football League on Nov. 1, 1966 -- All Saints' Day. The team, however, was • The next time you're at a named for the iconic New holiday gathering and some- Orleans jazz song "When one has had a bit too much the Saints Go Marching In." to drink, you can say that • If you're an American who person is cherubimical; it's has a garden, you're more likemuch nicer than calling a ly to be growing tomatoes than family member a drunk. any other vegetable or fruit. • You may have learned that the distress signal SOS stands for "Save Our Ship," but that's a myth. That signal was chosen because in Morse Code, it's easy to remember

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• Several beauties received a career boost from their Bond girl role, including Jill St. John, Britt Eklund, Kim Basinger, Jane Seymour, Denise Richards, Barbara Bach, and Halle Berry. Bond’s only wife throughout the series has been Diana Rigg as Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. She was shot and killed on their wedding day. • The Bond girl in From Russia With Love was the 1960 Miss Universe runner-up, Italian Daniela Bianchi. She spoke no English, and began taking classes as soon as she was selected for the role, but in the end, producers opted to dub over her voice.

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• Beautiful women have always been a significant part of the Bond films and gave many actresses their start in the movie business. The very first Bond girl was Swiss-born Ursula Andress, who had the role of Honey Ryder in 1962’s Dr. No. Andress received a Golden Globe for the New Star of the Year for her work. Her career was set, as she appeared the following year with Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco, and went on to star in nearly 30 movies and several television appearances.

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