Roger Moore as Bond in 1987? The Strange 'Happy Anniversary 007' TV Special

[@markant9534]

He`s certainly in character, he doesn`t talk like that in interviews, Moore used to go into his Bond character for kids he`d meet at airports, he was the most fan friendly Bond of all, great stuff.

[@fluorosco]

Lovely generous loving gentleman who appreciated his luck and love of his fans ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidjames579]

@@fluorosco He was one of those wonderful modest actors who think they're boring, and so pour themselves into their characters.

[@fluorosco]

@@davidjames579 He really was. Great fun on and off the silver screen 🇬🇧👍

[@nickslade3978]

Did Connery do any of that? Nothing about him says kid friendly lol

[@hiddensword9387]

@@nickslade3978 Not sure, but he did manage to shake off type casting post Bond and become one of the biggest stars ever. Moore got mostly trash after Bond. Not that he was getting stellar offers during it. Bit of stigma I think from executives due to his lower brow Bond movies.

[@nujeru99]

Moore might not have been my favorite Bond actor, but he definitely is the best ambassador for the series. He was never ashamed or reticent about promoting the Bond franchise. I loved it when he hosted the top 10 Bond film moments in 2002

[@eazye619]

Roger Moore isn’t my favorite Bond but he is 100% the best ambassador the character has ever had. Connery and Lazenby are bitter towards it, Dalton and Brosnan seem to enjoy their privacy(which is fine) and Craig is a drama queen about it and thinks its awful(and sometimes he likes it idk)

[@BanCorporateOwnedHouses]

I'm 100% in agreement with you on this opinion. Moore seemed to have loved the character, the fans, the crew, and his fellow cast. He did interviews and promotions about his role up until his death. He isn't my favorite bond, but he's definitely my favorite actor to have the title of Bond. I think Brosnan is my personal favorite bond, but as you pointed out, he's very private about his life, and doesn't really go out of his way to interact with his fans. That is totally okay, and it was actually nice to see him do that GoldenEye watch-along stream last week. I wonder if Brosnan realizes the positive legacy he has for a lot of folks between his films and video games.

[@Q80Warlock]

Yes Roger Moore didn't really have an entrapment syndrome with his Bond character compared to the other stars, perhaps because he was lucky to actually play the softer Bond model that started with "Diamonds are Forever" which imho didn't really fit Connery's portrayal of Bond.

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

Moore did not take himself very seriously. He even took cameo roles in random movies as an unfortunate buffoon, which arguably cheapened his portrayal of Bond.

[@Krshna28]

Roger Moore always seemed like the guy who wants to enjoy everyday of his life. He likes to see people smile. And his work with UNICEF shows he'll go out of his way to help others. I think that everytime he came back to Bond, he gets as much happiness from it as his fans do.

[@dtfootball14]

When Brosnan comes out of his shell he does a bit. He goes to premieres and certain events and is a Bond fan himself but nowhere near what Roger did. I never heard about Dalton after Bond

[@brianallen6300]

Roger was 60 when this was made and he looked great! Everything I've read about Sir Roger says he was very down to earth and a pleasure to work with. Sad day when we lost him, RIP Roger we miss you.

[@fluorosco]

Missed terribly. Should have made twice sa many Bond movies

[@fluorosco]

There isnt enought Roger Moore-Bond Movies

[@armandovalmont9762]

It's still funny that Roger was 5 years older than Sean Connery andit still felt like he was a much younger actor overtaking the role

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

@@armandovalmont9762 Three years older.

[@randomhuman97]

@@armandovalmont9762 3 years. But as he was set to end by for your eyes only, he should have. Octopussy and view to a kill was overdo. Tim Dalton in view to a kill would have been epic

[@davidrixson3171]

I saw this when it was on tv way back in 1987. I was a big fan of Roger Moore and saw him in 2008 in London. He was promoting his book "My Word is my Bond". Emma Forbes interviewed him on stage and at some point was taking questions from the audience. I asked Sir Roger " What was it like working with the other big stars in The Wild Geese"? He replied modestly, " What do you mean? The other big stars, I was the big star! The whole theatre erupted in laughter. He definitely had a good sense of humour!

[@davidjames579]

He'd know Emma Forbes as he was friends with her parents, Bryan Forbes and Nanette Newman.

[@spaceodds1985]

The class of Moore and the beauty of Emma Forbes... Yes

[@thursoberwick1948]

If your name was a double entendre, you'd have a sense of humour. Bond always liked a bit of Rogering.

[@BanCorporateOwnedHouses]

I always say that Roger Moore isn't my favorite bond, but he's my favorite actor to ever be bond. The guy obviously loved the character, his fans, the production crew, and his fellow cast. The guy did interviews and interacted with fans up until his death. Even his most campy films in the series are also some of my favorite guilty pleasures. Moonraker will always be a personal favorite of mine. I just got done watching A View To A Kill last night for the first time, and I actually really enjoyed it. My only frustration wasn't Moore's old age, but the lack of acknowledgement about it. They could have told a great story about an aging Bond in that one.

[@burnbobquist8999]

I have to admit... sometimes when iam in the bathroom taking a shower i still humm "Whereeee are yoooouuuu? Why do you hiiide", god the theme song from Moonraker is so awesome!

[@aureliolorenzo9320]

Well put. Not my favorite Bond either, but I've always found him very likeable. His memoirs are very entertaining to read and it is clear that he loved Bond.

[@FranciscoMalpica]

Totally agree. Another good idea (an aging Bond role) that the Broccoli team missed. Now that you say that, I’m just thinking how awesome that would have been to have someone play wit less violence and more wit.

[@CaminoAir]

Completely agree with you. Moore was like an ambassador for the franchise. Although he wasn't suited to continue the Connery Bond character, he was very well suited to keeping the films popular.

[@Gillotronique]

"Moonraker will always be a personal favorite of mine." Me too, I saw it in a theather when it came out. You had to be in context, it was all about future. At about the same time that I saw the movie, I saw the space shuttle on the back of a 747 pass over my head and land at the Dorval Montreal airport... For real! Space shuttle was brand new and never went in space while all of this happened. Those were very exciting times and Moonraker was part of it. It is like if the next James Bond movie would have Space X Starship into it and Bond would use it to go to the Moon.

[@darren2514fv]

EA was apparently planning a game based on The Spy Who Loved Me with Roger Moore voicing Bond as the Follow up to the From Russia With Love game which used Sean Connery but they lost the licence

[@carlwinters8632]

Roger Moore was the best James Bond. He had the most humor and the best charm. Plus who could forget such iconic movies such as The spy who loved me, Live and let die or Moonraker. The Series wouldn't be what it is today without him. RIP Roger Moore.

[@whitecrowg1]

My best bond as well lot people loved him

[@wyattcorbin1629]

It’s odd to see how Moore looks actually really good for his age once he’s not trying to play much younger. (Edit: glad to see I’m not the only one noticing this)

[@jjrbarnett]

Moore played Bond in a more seasoned manner compared to the other players. He's actually doing some detective work too. And generally, the women he romanced were age appropriate.

[@stevejacobs4246]

Moore looks better here than he did in A View to a Kill, he looks like he did in the 70s.

[@davidhenderson9707]

007 CM yes total miss-match there

[@marksieve7734]

I remember that during an interview after A View To A Kill, Sir Roger mentioned that he was fighting am intestinal bug and as a result he kept losing weight during filming. Nobody ever mentions this, and it explains why he looks more fit two years after AVTAK was released. He clearly looked like he was losing wright in many scenes during the movie. A tough shoot no doubt, but he delivered another fine performance as James Bond.

[@Risico16]

Even though it will be three years this May since he passed, it still honestly feels like he's still here with us, which I think is a testament to the kind of person he was in life.

[@SJKPJR007]

That's the beauty of film and TV. He is still with us, always.

[@davidjames579]

He was and is a legend.

[@postersandstuff]

@@davidjames579 same with Chris Lee , cant believe hes gone too

[@adamcollins915]

Noticed he often looked better in interviews during his Bond tenure than he did in the films.

[@rogerdalrymple422]

adam collins I agree - something to do with the makeup? At the same time Leonard Nimoy was appearing in the Star Trek films looking a decade older than he did out of makeup 🤷‍♂️

[@davidjames579]

@@rogerdalrymple422 He had cosmetic surgery before A View To A Kill, which didn't work out so well, but for some reason it's not noticeable here.

[@adamcollins915]

@@davidjames579 Looked thinner in AVTAK. Which made him look worse rather than better.

[@davidjames579]

@@adamcollins915 I hate to pick on him, but it's his neck and eyebrow area that look really wrinkly. Like the opposite of cosmetic surgery. Poor Rodge, at least he improved.

[@abingleyboy]

@@davidjames579 When he died, it was mentioned he'd had skin cancer twice & been treated for it. It's my theory that this may be why he had plastic surgery. As he did have his face mole removed, and why at 57 have something you've lived with all your life, removed. Also perhaps they couldn't use tons of make up, if this was the case & by 87 he had recoverd & they could lather his face in make up. Also they're not movie quality cameras on the tv show. I dunno, It's just a theory, as I say.

[@Nick930]

Roger Moore was also intended to play Bond in the EA game "Agent Under Fire" Also. Nice use of the Skyrail OST from 007 Nightfire

[@Risico16]

The model for Bond in that game to me always looked like a Moore-Lazenby hybrid

[@Nick930]

@@Risico16 He does - but the character's appearance is based on the actor that played him, Andrew Bicknell.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I heard Activision was planning a Moonraker game featuring Moore as Bond.

[@SB992REBORN]

Moore Brosnen and Layzenby are the reference of the model in agent under fire

[@sebastianfitzptraick7395]

Used to love watching this on The Living Daylights DVD. Felt like I was on a field trip with Roger Moore.

[@MatadorShifter]

He still looks younger in this documentary than he did in A View To A Kill

[@harleyhartley3168]

I like to think there' an alternate universe somewhere where Roger Moore never stopped playing bond and Tom Baker is still the doctor

[@Halbi1987]

Well I always assumed that the Timothy Dalton/Pierce Brosnan movies were a new timeline. So as a child I always hoped they would make another one with Roger Moore as an older Bond.

[@Krshna28]

There's no line that separates the Doctor from Tom Baker.

[@mrfarkyhars9192]

You’re in your late 40’s/early 50’s and I claim my £5.

[@harleyhartley3168]

Mr Farky Hars I’m 17 lmao

[@harleyhartley3168]

Mr Farky Hars what do you mean lol you can be young and like older stuff, and I’m not saying I wish it was that way, Roger’s actually my 2nd least fave bond oops

[@angelcastaneda529]

He was a real hoot on Twitter, man do I miss him and I’m going to miss his many thoughts.

[@evonne_o]

Agreed so missed his tweets as they were so funny :(

[@SJKPJR007]

Me too!

[@thursoberwick1948]

Roger Moore is the only Bond actor whose name is a double entendre.

[@mickfriday]

He was the best of them, one of very few celebs who could laugh at themselves and make fun of themselves, an admirable trait of a well rounded human being, something alot of people today could do with learning. Watch any interview with Roger and you can't help but love the guy!

[@iammrbadguy9706]

The pictures of the other bond girls are disproof of the codename theory

[@davidjames579]

Maybe the different agents and the Bond girls are swingers?

[@billlucas4675]

Disproof codename theory always. There was 1 James Bond 007 from Dr. No to Die Another Day. On a sliding timeline. Sir Sean, Sir Roger, T. Dalton and P. Brosnan all had mentions either stated or implied re: Tracy Bond. Daniel Craig's tenure began as a hard reboot of series but paid homage to past. ie. Walther PPK, Aston Martin DB5 etc.

@@billlucas4675 implanted memories

[@iammrbadguy9706]

@@billlucas4675 Yeah.Maybe it is like western more about the idea of James Bond, rather than an actuall timeline.

[@wazztvproductions]

My hot take on the codename theory? Connery is one Bond, retires due to boredom. Lazenby/Roger Moore are the same Bond (retires due to old age). Connery Bond comes back for one more mission after Lazenby/Moore Bond takes leave of absence. Dalton is one Bond (sacked after going rogue) Brosnan is another Bond (retires) There’s a few issues with continuity here but you can iron most of them out/explain them away. It’s the most logical approach for me. Craig isn’t proper canon.

[@JadisAmalthea]

That was really a treat to watch. Roger Moore was always so Bondian, no matter what he was doing. He was the perfect choice as the presenter of this special. Such a treat!

[@roguebritgravy1]

this is Roger Moore era extended again 1964-1987. That's 23 years as a character. Either canon or not. This acts as a bit of a retrospective.

[@lupusunleashed]

You mean 1974? And then 13 years?

[@Matthew-dg6le]

LupusUnleashed 1973

[@roguebritgravy1]

@@lupusunleashed no Calvin found a 1964 bond skit with Roger Moore as the character so 23 years.

[@davidbull7210]

He was Bond in a 1964 skit

[@herculepoirot1916]

I somehow find Roger Moore's doddery and long in the tooth characterization of James Bond more appealing and endearing than his younger performance. I dont know why. Perhaps because as a younger Bond one always compares him to Sean or other younger Bonds. But Moores charm really lasts and infact glows when he is older, since he isnt competing on the virility criterion now. He seems more at ease and charming, and almost detective-like in the older ones. As if he knows that it's his smooth talk and grey cells that will help him get through the situation and not a punch up. Perhaps why I really like A View To A Kill despite the obvious flaws and terrible make up and an obviously aging Moore. It will take years before someone else will have that sort of appeal to make Bond so alluring at 56.

[@calvindyson]

I agree with you. While Live and Let Die is a great film, his take on Bond only really feels right from The Spy Who Loved Me onwards and I particularly like him in Octopussy.

[@jazzygeofferz]

The two best Bonds in the same show. Dalton's portrayal was very close to the character, but Roger Moore's Bond movies were the ones I was raised on and he'll always be my favourite. Looks like he's having a great time here.

[@sgtfrozty]

With this narration, Roger's probably the best at bedtime stories, with Dalton a close second. Can't think of Connery doing that.

[@davidjames579]

I dunno, "Let my armies be the rocks and the trees, and the birds in the sky". Sounds like a bedtime story.

[@sgtfrozty]

@@davidjames579 God, I love that film so much. Old Connery... fair point.

[@MrSuperphil]

Roger definitely looks better in this than in AVTAK. He really could have played Bond again even though he must have been almost 60 here.

[@willmemmott1675]

MrSuperphil he was actually 60

[@CalvinsWorldNews]

He could of played a spy of Bond's case-solving calibre but this short cuts to Timothy Dalton it looks like a kid and then it's back to Moore and you realise he's an older gent, not someone who can fight a dozen blackbelts in their 20s or walk along a beach topless and have women flocking to him. That bedroom scenes of with him and Grace Jones is a bit icky in retrospect but I would have loved to watch an older Moore play something that played to his character.

[@nigelinasia2088]

If i am not mistaken, his mom died soon before the AVTAK cameras started to roll. He mentioned in an interview around that time that it really affected him. I have always thought that his mourning and sadness affected his screen presence in the movie. There are several scenes where his eyes look not only tired but red...

[@JohnQPublic345]

Maybe because im in my late 50s, but roger moore was my favorite bond. Watching the movies back then were magical to a kid.

[@FilmNerdy]

Brilliant. I'm so glad you reviewed this overlooked special that I have never heard of. Calvin. I am a big bond fan and have flirted the idea of doing my own KZbin channel. While I'm still shy about doing it I can enjoy in comfort of your brilliant show. You writing is so sharp, witty and I love your skits. You are an amazing KZbinr and as I am currently in standstill like the rest of the UK I enjoy watching your videos to lift my spirits. Keep up the good work Calvin!

[@calvindyson]

Thanks, very much for this! Really means a lot and I'm very glad you're enjoying the videos. Making them is keeping me somewhat sane during all this!! And you should definitely start your own KZbin channel! The more people are out their talking about Bond and championing the series, the better! Thanks again :)

[@Legitcar117]

A better name for this would have been “one Moore time..” lol

[@davidjames579]

Moore, Please

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@davidjames579 Roger, more or You know when you've been Rogered.

[@captainz72100]

I loved Roger Moore, went to see an evening with Roger Moore in Dublin not long before he died. What a legend. Enjoyed the video, loved the gratuitous ad😉😉, very in keeping with James Bond. Keep up the good work.

[@Thatguy55595]

“It shakes the martini in its glass or else it gets the hose again” bruh 🤣🤣🤣 you need to do some comedy on the side. Your so hilarious

[@jmar1973]

He really DID look better in the Special than he did in A View To A Kill!🙀

[@calvindyson]

I know right? Like, he aged and looked younger?

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@calvindyson I would say it's the very reason you mentioned, the inferior video quality.

[@SJKPJR007]

I think he looks so well in this programme because he's got a little more weight on than he would for playing Bond. You get to a certain age and you can either have a trim physique or a young looking face. The passage of time makes it more difficult to achieve both simultaneously. Believe me, I know.

[@rickfrombohemia9550]

@@ricardocantoral7672 But Connery at 41 looks terrible here.

[@tur74d56]

I think it was the makeup in his last bond that aged him

[@manicmonochrome7098]

I’m not usually swayed by advertising on youtube. BUT I WANT THAT WALLET

[@vintagesoup79]

I totally agree.calvin did a great job and I am seriously thinking of getting one for my husband.

[@jessedanger8788]

Saaaaaame

[@ekop1778]

NOT FOR ME ,THAT THING WOULD BE HACKED IN NO TIME

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

You can tell from the brightness in his eyes that Roger was excited to do this

[@ChiefCoralcola]

As Roger is my favorite Bond, it was nice to see him here... and I agree, he looked younger here than in AVtaK. Thanks for sharing this Calvin!

[@ColinOrJames]

"May explode after 3 clicks" I lol'd hahahaha

[@aaronwalderslade]

Thank you, Sir Roger, for giving an unknown performer a half hour of advice and intense interest in my life and dreams. R. I. P. The best Bond.

[@scottmjohnson1980]

where did you meet him~?

[@clifffor1179]

He's playing Roger Moore as Bond like he did in Cannonball Run. Your impression of him cracked me up. Glad I'm not alone in getting a kick out of his contributions to this Special. He looked good for one more film but I think they did right casting Timothy Dalton when they did. To many of the next generation he was their Bond and he did bring a serious quality to the role much like Craig has done. When you see Roger in this and then come to Dalton it reminds me of going to the cinema and having to readjust my expectations for the films to not expect any charm humour or fun or eyebrow raising. Thankfully Pierce brought back a lot of the elements of Roger and Sean brought to the role.

[@timothysevers9779]

I remember when ABC aired this special. It was May 1987. I was in seventh grade. I caught the part with Roger Moore skiing and the promo part for The Living Daylights. I remember being excited for the movie. I finally got to see the whole thing when I bought the ultimate dvd version of The Living Daylights.

[@twist3r465]

Ah remember watching this back in the day! He even wore a blue ski coat to link in with the FYEO scene seamlessly. Could even be the same coat 😀

[@spews1973]

Could it be said that Roger Moore was playing a fictionalized version of himself in that special?

[@calvindyson]

Highly possible!

[@BungleBare]

Maybe he’s playing “Roger Moore” from The Cannonball Run? 🤔

[@markedlitz7703]

I think the real James Bond is playing Roger Moore.

[@bindgagger]

There were multiple onion skin layers of Roger Moore being another Roger Moore.

[@Frikinautas]

John McGrady Same here. He's playing Seymour.

[@plc007]

That was great Calvin. Roger has always been my favourite 007 and this little gem was great to see. Thanks.

[@james__page]

Connery doing the FRWL game may be considered in the rare bracket of past-Bond appearences as Bond?

[@davidjames579]

George Lazenby in The Return Of The Man From UNCLE, 14 years after OHMSS.

[@billkoenig1552]

2:49: The writer of the special, Richard Schickel was the film critic for Time magazine for decades and he made documentaries about filmmakers. So I would guess he got a pretty decent amount of money for this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schickel

[@themcadamsminute8494]

The Spy Who Loved Me was played as a tribute to Desmond Llewelyn before the beginning of The World is Not Enough in theaters and on the VHS home version. It’s actually a quite fitting song for him in my opinion.

[@scottmjohnson1980]

Nobody Does It Better was played as a tribute to Desmond Llewelyn before the beginning of The World is Not Enough in theaters and on the VHS home version. It’s actually a quite fitting song for him in my opinion.

[@bobgoran]

3:38 I have always loved the way Moore describe the Bond villains in this clip. It just shows what a good actor he is and his strong charisma on the screen.

[@atrac88]

Roger absolutely positively looks much better here than in A View To A Kill!!

[@capetasdosereno]

Roger Moore WAS James Bond. This special just shows how he could still be Bond no matter his age. One of my most exciting moments was when I met him for his star on Hollywood Walk in 2007. Just awesome! As for Roger being better here than in AVTAK, I believe it has to do with his hair. After hanging the towel as 007, he just quit dyeing his hair lighter. His hair never really got gray, so it really looks more natural. They just should have kept his natural hair in his latest movies for sure.

[@JRS06]

I could've had Roger live to 150 years old and he'd still make a great Bond. He was always so wholesome, even was he wasn't playing Bond.

[@richardathome65]

Yes, I watched the original when it aired on US TV. Enjoyable recap! Thank you!

[@dennisjames6753]

Oddly there was an official VHS release of this special shortly after it aired. This tape added additional film clips and sacrificed some of TLD coverage.

[@nigelcarren]

"All those feathers... and he still can't fly!" I say this every time I see someone fall over and to date I have never failed to make myself laugh yet! Roger Moore exudes two sadly rare 'C'-words. Two personality traits that I rarely see in people these days, almost as if they were now both deemed illegal: Charm and Charisma, yet with a self-deprecating humour. Truly he was the 'Great' in Great Britain. 🏆🇬🇧

[@SJKPJR007]

Glad I'm not the only one says that when someone comes a cropper!

[@nigelcarren]

@@SJKPJR007 I am delighted you "Got the point". Stay safe my friend and do try and keep the British end up! 😉🇬🇧

[@SJKPJR007]

@@nigelcarren Absolutely. No sense going off half-cocked!

[@JamieNemeth]

"Trivia peacocking" (6:02) - what a perfect description!

[@HypervoxelRBX]

Why wouldn’t you have framed pictures of all the Bond girls??

[@Mr.NiceUK]

The iconic bond girl pics on each "page" if discs is one of my favourite things about my bluray boxset!

[@sleek822]

This anniversary special was my first introduction to Bond. I was 6 when my mum taped this on TV back in '87. And I would watch it frequently, then later when I watched the films it was fun to see how all the clips tied in. I have just about finished reading Moore's autobiography, and I liked how Moore is appreciative of Broccoli and everyone. He was the most fun Bond.

[@davidjames579]

Think it's interesting that he knew Cubby socially before the Bond films. They used to gamble together.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I suppose this is the closest the series ever got to a 'Dr Who' style hand over. The contrast in styles between the two Bond's is noticeable and I do think was a factor in why Dalton struggled to win general audiences over, coming so soon after Roger's long and popular stint which mostly had a lighter tone. Certainly, by accident or design, Brosnan and Craig having a bit of a gap before there first entries helped them as audiences were open to a re-fresh after Bond had been away. While he was fine to help out with the promotion, Roger later admitted he didn't watch the finished film [or Licence to Kill] as he couldn't help being honest [as shown by his critiques on 'Die another Day' and 'Quantum of Solace'] and didn't want any potential negative comments to harm Dalton [similar to why he never watched 'Never say never again] so he felt it best to stay away.

[@mattdanger75]

I remember watching this when it was first shown on ITV. My Bond fandom was reaching critical levels and I loved it! There were at least a couple of Bonds that I still hadn’t seen, so I saw a few clips for the first time. Sir Roger was indeed the best ambassador for 007.

[@BadaBingPictures]

Another great vid, Calvin. Humour is on point! Your Roger Moore impression is superb, haha.

[@calvindyson]

Thanks haha I'm glad you enjoyed it :D Along with Sheriff Pepper, Roger is my favourite impression to do :D

[@BadaBingPictures]

Calvin Dyson Looking forward to more impressions! Rory Bremner does a very good Roger! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6DGeIGgn8acpck

[@nlmfilms6641]

The funeral commercial at 7:45 that Moore hosted was very funny! Well Done!

[@calvindyson]

Haha, thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

[@Mohamedomarfahmi]

The basket is still being used with wines which have a lot of sediments. In short the idea is that it allows us to move the bottle to a minimum, hence the sediments stay at the bottom corner of the bottle instead of being poured into the glass(es), an alternative is to decant it, but that’s done with cheaper wines since with expensive ones the bottle itself is a pretty big deal.

[@mercuryrising2424]

Roger does look younger here. Maybe the producers knew what they were talking about when they wanted to bring him back for another Bond film.

[@Herr.P]

Most underrated Bond actor in my opinion.

[@captainz72100]

Retrospectively, none are bad, they were after all chosen by expert producers. Some we're in lesser movies though.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Moore is on the lower end of my Bond actor ranking. That's not because I harbor any vitriol towards his Bond. I just think that the ideal Bond should be charismatic and dangerous.

[@SJKPJR007]

'The Man Who Haunted Himself' is a rare glimpse of Sir Roger garnishing his acting chops. A class act in anything. I think he was the final special guest they had on the original Muppet Show.

[@pablomoreno4005]

Incredible discovery. I didn't know anything about this special. The truth is that without looking wonderful, Roger, as always, makes it an incredible experience. I love Roger's accent, English is not my language, but I study it and have always tried, without success, to imitate his way of speaking to be credible with my English. LOL. Definitely a good video today Calvin

[@calvindyson]

Thanks very much, Pablo! Roger's voice is fantastic. I really wish he'd done more animated voice work while he was alive. He has such a rich voice...

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I love the dumping on the bumper music. *WAH WAH WAH WAH WAAAHHHHH !*

[@pablomoreno4005]

@@calvindyson Thanks for your anwser!!!!!Maybe Roger don t be the best one but he was the most funny

[@Stuck_inthe_80s]

I absolutely loved this as a kid. I rented the VHS over and over again from my local Blockbuster.

[@davidjames579]

You could rent a TV special from Blockbuster?

[@Alexander-is1ps]

Another great video Calvin! I remember seeing parts of this about a year ago. Roger’s bits are certainly the highlight of this special!

[@thesilencer1969]

I remember watching this special back in the day !! I even have this on VHS !! It is somewhere in the collection !!

[@calvindyson]

Keep ahold of that VHS! Quite a nice collectors item!

[@sko19sko]

It's unbelievable: all of Roger Moore's facial expressions here remind me of some scene on his movies.

[@DocLathropBrown]

Nobody does it better than Sir Rog. Even still. ...except maybe Calvin. These vids are a pleasure, mate.

[@callummoore6962]

Roger Moore doing some villain hamming? So like he did in "Spice World" then? ;)

[@menkomonty]

I agree that the scene of him at home does look like some funeral insurance or a life insurance advert, but weirdly, it reminded me of the Post Office adverts Roger made many years ago.

[@davidjames579]

@@simond7225 Well, it was a glowing tribute.

[@michaellosasso4020]

Wonderful stuff. Considering this was a time before the internet and the home video market was just coming into its own, these specials were probably a pleasant reminder for audiences of their times at the cinema with Bond and that there was more to come. BTW congrats on reaching over 25,000 subscribers!

[@calvindyson]

Thanks, Michael! :D the 25,000 caught me off guard, I think my Myths of Bond videos work well for KZbin's algorithm as the views on those have been much higher than a lot of my other videos. Great to be welcoming a lot of new people to the channel thought! :D

[@pscott1412]

Fans just recorded them off the telly.

[@nickslade3978]

He still looked about the same age as Sean Connery did in Diamonds are Forever

[@andreascharles7562]

Hi Calvin, Yes I remember when this was aired, I also remember James Bonds 21st birthday...They called Ronald Reagan the then President of the USA to comment. The Press secretary said are you mad hes not going to comment and low and behold he said bring the cameras in. "Bond is truely a symbol of the free world and some say hes just an actor in the movies but we all have to start somewhere". Brilliant! The Russians then responded with "Hes just an agent with a license to kill" always commenting as if Bond actually exists. Great video as always...really enjoyed it!!!

[@davidratcliffe60]

I'm such a Roger Moore as bond fan,I just can't see anyone else in that role

[@fear5735]

You'll appreciate this then. In 1983 when the "unofficial" Bond film, Never Say Never Again, was released it originally had a different ending. While Moore was under official Contract, Connery had actually wanted Moore in the film. When the film ends with Bond saying "Never again!" to take another assignment, his butler was supposed to walk by while giving him a glass and say "Now Mr. Bond, you know to never say never again." The Butler was to be played by Moore. Moore was not allowed to appear in it as per his 007 contract about appearing in unofficial Bond films.

[@KidFresh71]

Roger Moore will always be my favorite Bonds. Had a certainly gentlemanly charisma, and never took the role (or himself) overly seriously.

[@JamieEvansBooks]

My dad taped this on VHS when it first aired on TV (yes I'm old) and I watched it over and over again until the tape broke. Roger Moore was and is my favorite James Bond. Thanks for doing a review on this. Love it! :)

[@StuartIvie]

I had forgotten about this special. I had recorded it on VHS and rewatched it for a few years. Thanks for bringing this up.

[@CanKenMakeIt]

I recorded this on VHS when it originally aired and watched a ton of it. It was where I discovered that ABC was butchering the films, as a few of the clips include bits not on the TV air. Specifically the aiming at your groin bit from TMWTGG.

[@LeonWick526]

I used to watch this special on tape when I was a kid and I loved it b/c it was like watching several Bond films at once. Although, in the version I watched there was no featurette on The Living Daylights but some footage from the movie and a narrator talking about the 25th anniversary of the series. There was also a final reel of clips introduced by Roger saying that the last thing Bond does is confront the villains and terminate them "with maximum prejudice." What followed were several main villain death scenes.

[@ThatOneBondGuy]

Loved this lots! Watched it right after with all your comments in mind and just enhanced the over all experience. Great job Cal!

[@thebaron9059]

I still have this from its original airing on VHS. The same tape that has Nick Owen's cringey TLD Live Premiere Special from a few weeks later!

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

Even though I live in Sweden, I actually remember watching this special back in the day. Didn't think that much of at the time though. Just another snippet of that lovely 1980's television into which Roger Moore as Bond fitted perfectly.

[@simonherts]

One of reasons Roger seems in character is that he was played these roles largely as a personality actor. He had tremendous charisma and charm and so playing James Bond or Simon Templar, he simply tapped into that. He didn’t try to act as he didn’t have to. He was already in character and that’s why it looks so effortless. If you see him in parts of LALD or TMWGG where Hamilton probably directed him to do something out of character, you can tell he gets a bit more wooden. Connery was largely the same. He almost always played the same character and certainly never changed his voice. Something that often gets overlooked. Moore was chosen for the role because of his charisma and screen presence and it worked very well in general.

[@jasonallen3937]

This is why he was awesome. He loved playing Bond and I loved watching him as Bond. I still do and would much rather watch his Bond films than the recent ones :)

[@BuzzBeumeler]

If anyone ever travels to Beijing a visit to the Forbidden City is enhanced by a Sir Roger Moore voice recording as tour guide.

[@Roughrider77]

I really miss him. I grew up watching his movies, and he was my favourite bond as he had a light hearted humour in him, but yet suave. But most importantly, what a wonderful and role model he was to all his fans and audience around the world. Never a man that was full of himself, or under any spot light of any controversial moments. A gem of a person.

[@vintagesoup79]

I used to love clip shows back in the 80's. You have to remember we had to rely on TV showing Bond films, generally people didn't have them readily available and editing was much more difficult. Anyone remember Disney Time? My kids would be incredibly confused by showing a short clip of something. I prefer this kind of thing to the talking head shows you got later.

[@davidjames579]

You're right, it's alien to think of a time before KZbin, but back then you'd get excited when occasionally a film clips show came on. I used to get really excited every week just watching the countdown on Barry Norman's film programme of the Top 10 at the US box office, as they were of films not released in the UK, so it was my first glimpse. Buying videos seemed such an expensive and rare occurrence then, that it was just sometimes renting, or waiting for a desired film to get screened on TV, so you could record it. As such glimpses on clip shows of Bond films I hadn't seen was a treat.

[@slorpanoid]

I'm actually really happy to see you get a sponsor! Might actually consider getting one of those wallets

[@recklessrocker1096]

He looks better here ironically than A View to a Kill. I guess his facelift settled by this time and he looked more "normal" again. He probably could have played Bond one more time, but I'm thankful Dalton became Bond as he's my favorite.

[@BillHalliwell]

G'day Calvin, I happen to be a retired film and TV critic and this is the first of your videos I've seen. (KZbin 'logic' recommended your channel to me.) To kick off, I clearly remember the introduction of Bond films, and the name of "Dino de Horrendous', as he was known in the industry at the time. This is going to be a savage blow to you, Calvin, but it's a fact that the first several Bond films were judged, almost universally, by the industry and critics as worse than woeful. Yes, the box office numbers were there in droves, after a shaky start, and have been directly responsible for every subsequent Bond film. As a critic, I had admired the early work of Sean Connery so I wrote off his Bond as an aberration, a one-off 'mistake' to pay for a new house or swimming pool. Later, I came to believe that it was Sean who almost, single-handedly, assured a sequel and then more. When Mr Connery left the role the industry, myself included, hoped that would be the end of Bond, but - silly us - we had overlooked that as humans crave oxygen; producers crave cash in ever-increasing rooms’ full, and so the Bond 'spy operas' rolled on. Please don't get me wrong. It wasn't that I disliked Bond films, I just thought they were silly and did not do justice to Ian Fleming’s books which I read as a lad. My problem was that I had to avoid writing about Bond films because I knew the reader backlash would not go down well with my editors; and I was not prepared to pretend I was in awe of Bond films because, unlike critics now, I had a sliver of ethics and I would not fake a positive film review. Once that is done one's credibility goes down the drain. That was then, this is now and I can honestly say that I like Daniel Craig's portrayal of Bond. He, along with much better writers, has brought a kind of serious dignity that tempers the improbably (as ever) situations that the character is tossed into. To finish off, yes, I'm old enough to recall wicker baskets for the service of fine red wines; they were widely used in the UK, some of its colonies, like Australia, and in upper crust restaurants in the US. I'm also old enough to be pedantic, as would any Bond, enough to chide you for having a 'droopy' bow tie where one can see the top button of your shirt, and, is that a pre-tied bow tie I see before me. It is, because not even Bond, nor I, or any other old codger I know can tie a real bow tie so evenly. Tisk, tisk, tisk. We can do better than this Mr Dyson...Calvin Dyson. Cheers, (with a Baron Ottard cognac), H… B.H. P.S. I understand that you must make a buck on KZbin but such a long ad for a little wallet is beyond the pale.

[@davidjames579]

Seems strange to come to a video on a subject you don't like, and then complain about it. Have you run out of things to do in retirement?

[@alexandredion2151]

I love your choice of music in the background ! Using the Nightfire soundtrack is among the nice little touches that sets your channel apart ! Weird that Sir Roger looks younger here than in AVTAK... That Silence of the Lambs joke is the best thing I've heard today !!

[@davidwatkins1059]

Amazing video! You got a lot of laughs from me on this review. There'll never be a better "Bond ambassador" than Roger Moore.

[@b.chaline4394]

Makes me miss him even more... still, lovely video Calvin, thanks for the upload ! :)

[@CptBerns]

If you're a Moore fan, watch the old b&w episodes of The Saint. In the pre credit scene of every episode he did what he does here, talking to the camera in character.

[@Halbi1987]

The other actors played James Bond, Roger Moore IS James Bond

[@VERMISIMILITUDE]

He was still Bond material, even in 1987. I don’t care what anyone else says… Roger just still, even at this point, 2 years after A View To A Kill, transcended the age limit theory. He was THAT charismatic!!! I would have 💯% watched him as Bond at this age!!!

[@Dohsoda]

I believe Roger Moore would been 60 years old when this special was filmed/aired. Still a class act throughout the entire tv special.

[@robotsex111]

Roger Moore - my favorite Bond.

[@Roboshi2007]

yep those wicker wine holders were indeed a thing, it was mostly a style thing but I guess it could help a waiter who doesn't want to drop a very expensive bottle of wine.

[@briangraff4588]

I watched it when it aired in 1987 and quickly stuck a tape in the VCR to record it. I was unused to these type of clip shows so it was a fun buffet. It was a joy to see Moore still promoting the series and I noticed the clips focused more on his films than Connery’s.

[@garethdavies3123]

I think the style they've gone for is Roger basically breaking the fourth wall as he did as Simon Templar. He's a master at it. Agreed he does look good here.

[@19torento]

And then there was the James Bond Christmas special during which time Moneypenny sings all about Life Day. Wait, hold it. I might have that somewhat wrong.