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As you are still sluggishly digesting your Thanksgiving day feast, won't you join us for a little international espionage? Drive your Aston Martin over to the old leather couch for some James Bond action and for some of the worst Sean Connery impersonations you will ever hear.
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Welcome To The Basement" is a show about watching, discussing and having fun with movies. Matt choses the movie and Craig doesn't know what it is until the cameras start rolling, so none of the discussion or riffing is planned ahead of time.
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[@SpiderDijon2]

Every episode Craig's suave vampiric appearance and Matt's rugged handsomeness go up another notch. I'm quite envious.

[@vincentj.9057]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater has the best bond theme song ever :P

[@LeviathanLP]

It's a nice rare thing when parody overtakes the original

[@VinnyDaQ]

I'd love to own Little Nellie...best gyrocopter in films (even better than the Gyro Captain's bird in "The Road Warrior").

[@goldenager59]

I believe I would, too...but I know I'd have to be a different sort of person (i.e., mechanically inclined) to truly deserve her. 🤔 😕

[@MistaTwigz]

As soon as they started busting into the Sean Connery Celebrity Jeopardy jokes I completely lost it.

[@gydeme]

Paul McCartney's Live and Let Die is a pretty epic Bond song in my book

[@Jamick98Geass]

I'm doing a report on Roald Dahl for my children's lit class, thanks for the tidbit about him writing the screenplay for this and other films.

[@pdshiff]

Tom Jones' "Thunderball" main theme is awesome.

[@the_pathologist]

Agreed, 100%

[@majormirth4397]

"Bond smash!" had me laughing! Thanks, really needed that today :)

[@chancep4050]

Who else wants Princess Nancy to be the official name for Blofields cat

[@governor_explosion]

I was actually disappointed after seeing SPECTRE that, according to Google, the cat has no official name. Miss/Princess Nancy it is to me, then.

[@chancep4050]

M. Wayne Yup Blofields cat has never been named .PRINCESS NANCY IT IS :D

[@Marlockie]

welp, next episode... Zardoz

[@Jack__Reaper]

for the love of god please watch Zardoz!

[@metalmugen]

Best Bond movie

[@MrPolecat]

Oh thank god. I was worried you'd pick Moonraker. LOL.

[@Skillethead90]

MATT, i've been watching you guys for a little while now... and i only just realized that you're the same Matt Sloan that has voiced Vader a couple times..... DX Very nice surprise! I am sorry that didn't recognize your name all this time.

[@freewired13]

I need to see this Christopher Walken volcano lair.

[@blamesocietyfilms]

I googled it, but didn't come up with anything

[@TheGreenandEnvious]

"Lease With an Option to Kill" S15 EP10, couldn't find it online though

[@devilmikey00]

This one and Goldfinger pretty much cover all the tropes most parodies make fun of. Those two movies are easily the most iconic of the franchise. My favorite theme has always been Live and Let Live. I still hear that one on classic radio every now and then and the subpar G&R cover.

[@BardoJoe]

Craig don't dismiss Zardoz without having seen it, it's actually a really cool and trippy sci-fi film. It's not for everybody, but you might like it.

[@Wiiman6186]

So glad you guys liked this one, its always been my favorite Bond film.

[@ButtProsecutor]

Whenever I really appreciate a movie gonna give you a shoutout in the comments. Glad I stumbled upon your channel since our movie tastes align super well

[@tjg555]

Wasn't "Live and Let Die" a Bond theme? It fits all the categories you required for a good one, I think.

[@ironikkronik]

The worst Bond movie in my opinion

[@lyricsfromsweden]

It's like a Blaxploitation movie but with James Bond.

[@brendaneichler5480]

Bondsploitation?

[@lyricsfromsweden]

Brendan Eichler Bondsploitation!

[@derekjansz2950]

The Monty Python references never get old. Don't stop them from coming. "That'll teach you to play hard to get."

[@ChrisMaxfieldActs]

Now Flopsy's dead, and never called me "Mother." And soon you will all be dead! And because I'm so evil, you will all die the slow way--under The Drill!

[@fremenchips]

I think Golden Eye by Tina Turner is one of the best opening Bond songs ever and also has one of the best opening montages.

[@CaptainPositron]

That surfacing submarine looks like reversed footage :P Though I guess it would've been difficult to film it properly.

[@TAEpley]

In regards to Craig's comments about the Columbia Record Club phone conversation in the Coen Bros. film "A Serious Man": not only do "Cosmo's Factory" & "Abraxas" suggest metaphysical implications in their titles, but in a film that was meticulously researched for it's 1967 setting, these two albums from 1970 are strikingly anachronistic.

[@COVIDpanic]

@3:46 - pause - - this is why I watch you guys. the fun. thanks for all the shows.

[@skeefiez11]

This was my absolute favorite Sean Connery Bond movie. Thanks for doing this one!! 😁

[@gbreeze99]

One of my favorite Bonds... and Craig is looking handsome as ever

[@blahlbinoa]

If someone does give you hundreds of millions of dollars, you will be obligated to make a volcano lair

[@cano1255]

Goldfinger’s with Shirley basset is the best bond intro. Nothing else is close

[@JackFlanders]

Yeah... Nobody does it better... That song was playing when I had my first and only car accident. :( 13:59 - I think that was an actual Ninja assassin method in the old days. This Bond flick had the New Otani Hotel disguised as Osato Chemicals. Long time ago my company had a party at one of their locations in Tokyo and the buffet had the best fried rice I've ever had. It was amazing.

[@johnanglin4493]

I can't be a donor at the moment but National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation would make my day.

[@the_pathologist]

My all time favorite Bond movie! Awesome!

[@billypilgrim1]

Live and Let Die is basically a blaxplotation movie but I like it, my favourite is For Your Eyes Only

[@Leo-sd3jt]

I was going to say that Michael Caine couldn't be the next Bond because he was already playing a spy in another spy franchise also produced by Harry Saltzman: the Harry Palmer series (the first one being "The Ipcress File") but I just checked and the last Harry Palmer movie made, "Billion Dollar Brain", had come out the exact same year as this movie so the role may have been offered to him. And, yes, I know that there were 2 more Harry Palmer movies made for television in the 90s with Michael Caine and Sean Connery's son but that was much later.

[@Tasarran]

So many epic James Bond themes, but "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell is probably my favorite... "Arm yourself because no one else here will save you..."

[@lucashoffmannn]

Radiohead's Spectre should be on the movie :(

[@yesitsvish]

Big Boots.

[@Shmandalf]

Another great episode guys! Matt's Connery impression is quite good.

[@Parmesana]

chuckled when the big ship swallowed the 2nd one..like Matryoshika dolls

[@eliotmccann2589]

Diamonds Are Forever is a fantastic Bond theme...

[@Brickblox]

the "CRAZY IN THE COCONUT" AAAA

[@WarrenFahyAuthor]

"Yeah. THAT Blofeld." Classic, fun, hilarious and delightful, as usual, boys. Keep it up, and thanks!

[@13GoldenSun]

The original plot of the book reminds me of that episode of Archer where he gets amnesia and thinks he's Bob from Bob's burgers haha

[@Leo-sd3jt]

That's not really the plot of the book. That's the end of the book. The book is much weirder. Almost dreamlike.

[@JohnSmith-td7hd]

This episode was one of the funniest :D I especially like the man-talking-to-his-cat impressions!

[@thefatman69dude]

Oh boy that child getting sprayed on the calculator toy is waiting to be a meme.

[@theantithesis1]

"Bond, James Bond" was the line he says when Connery first appears on camera in Dr. No.

[@redsands1001]

RIP Sir Thomas Sean Connery

[@thethoughtcriminal8786]

thunderball is may all time favourite Bond song.

[@aestevalis0]

I've only read one Bond novel; Brokenclaw. It's one of the ones that hasn't been made into a movie... yet.

[@TheDoctorProfessor]

Happy to see you finally do a Bond film. So far I've seen all of them except Skyfall (which i intend to watch). Also did Matt really think that golfing scene in Goldfinger is boring? It's not action packed but the characters really shine.

[@chimgrimby]

TheDoctorProfessor I'm curious which movie is your favorite

[@TheDoctorProfessor]

tim clarke Overall I'd say From Russia with Love. Few movies have made me want to re-watch them as soon as the credits play, but that's the feeling I got when I saw it the first time. I may have to reconsider my favorite if I watch a few of the movies over again, particularly Dalton's. How about you?

[@chimgrimby]

TheDoctorProfessor my favorite is diamonds are forever, I think mr kidd and me wint are fantastic villains, and to me Sean Connery is the definitive James Bond

[@TheDoctorProfessor]

tim clarke I liked Wint and Kidd, but I always found Connery to be bored in that one. It seemed to me that he was just waiting for the paycheck

[@preachercaine]

Thanks Matt, the "torpedo tubes" bit made whisky come out of my nose. Painful but potentially profitable

[@governor_explosion]

I would watch a whole episode just of Blofeld cat-shaming Miss Nancy. It made me giggle.

[@CssHDmonster]

I think die another day is also an excellent bond theme song

[@kylerpolson4811]

I just found this channel. it is AWESOME

[@GinDragon]

Love the beard, Matt!

[@Schmoopie56]

I yelled "Poison goo down a wire?? Grosse Pointe Blank!" And then Matt said the same thing! BTW.. if you haven't watched that movie in a while, do it. It holds up. On Netflix now.

[@gurraglad]

Woot I love Bond movies!

[@Diabolik771]

We used to watch that battle everyday in the 80's

[@RedKoyot]

Matt's Aesthetic in this episode is Mirror Universe Dark Matt, and I kind of dig it.

[@samvimes9510]

Wait, Craig has never seen Zardoz? FOR SHAME! You need to force him to watch it, Matt.

[@goldenager59]

It truly is a science-fiction film like no other. If Connery's appearance (or for that matter, anyone else's) can seem laughable, the ideas are involving and the setting intriguing; instead of blinking hardware, explosions and the *zap* of lasers, we have the glitter of crystals, the ring of chimes and the wordless human voice. It is my favorite Boorman film - but even if it weren't, it deserves at least one look. (Like just about any film, really, or other complicated joint effort.) 😎

[@nevet1212]

I love the Flash Gordon album behind Matt in this episode.

[@DeniseFaraday]

25:30 -> All the Princess Nancy riffs were great, but you can see that Craig was getting tired of them ROFL

[@billypilgrim1]

I love Chris Cornell's theme on Casino Royale

[@sethbramwell]

Telly Savalas also played Blofeld in the next movie, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Charles Gray is a guilty pleasure since he plays Blofeld so camp...

[@wellthismachinekills3809]

Snake Eater is the best non-Bond film, "Bond" song.

[@bongripsuplex7589]

You got that scrillah. Baby, y'all got that swerve.

[@mikecronis]

The theme song for every Bond film is usually the artists' doom. Some can rise-up after decades. Swan Song or... Suicide?

[@aestevalis0]

Bad News From Outer Space... Is that the sequel to Plan Nine From Outer Space?

[@Jimb3rts]

19:06 Cecil, what are you doing back there?

[@vulcsmash]

If you haven't seen it already, I highly recommend a viewing of Paul Verhoeven's film Showgirls. Hated by most and often a usual feature of "worst films of all time" lists, I think the film gets a very bad rap that it really doesn't deserve. It's started to get a bit of a critical re-evaluation from people recently, but I hope it goes through a full one as it's a great satire and take on the "poor girl to stardom" tale.

[@mindseyemelodies]

Now you must do Zardoz.

[@calvinjluther]

The thing about SICARIO is that Matt and Craig are not wolves, and it is a film of wolves now.

[@thehulkmadsmash6716]

um... Live and Let Die, Paul McCartney!!

[@milgeekmedia]

*Press pause* (re: Bond discussion) - The problem with Michael Caine as Bond is that he already had established himself as the 'counter Bond' character of Harry Palmer (Ipcress File, et al). Being so much the characterisational inverse of Bond (Palmer was an anti-establishment anti-hero) it would have been incongruous of him then to play the character which he had 'spoofed'. ...PS, the best Bond theme ever was of course the theme from 'Life of Brian'.

[@agentorangecb1]

Chris Cornell's Bond Theme was pretty good

[@PokerJoker811]

Is a Volcano Lair really a basement? it's above ground, and there isn't an additional structure above it, only around it. I don't know...

[@caffeineadvocate]

This 'n was hilarious. I enjoy a good pun. Thanks, guys.

[@Mulde]

Have you seen Felidae? It's a German animated movie about a cat investigating the brutal murders of other cats. It is not made for children and has a great English dubbing.

[@GreatWightSpark]

I want to see Richard Ayoade as the next Q. He'd be ruddy brilliant.

[@vinnydaq13]

For those who were wondering : SPECTRE stands for SPecial Executive for Counterfeiting, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.

[@goldenager59]

Er...with the greatest possible respect, it's actually Counter-*espionage* and not Counterfeiting. 🙃

[@vinnydaq13]

@@goldenager59 My bad...damn you, autocorrect!

[@goldenager59]

@@vinnydaq13 Dreadful sorry, old chap...I did try to be diplomatic, you know. 😕 🙂

[@vinnydaq13]

@@goldenager59 No offence taken, good sir; it is autocorrect's fault, not yours. Pip pip, cheerio and all that sort of rubbish! 😎

[@goldenager59]

@@vinnydaq13 Jolly good! 😁

[@seekerofforgotten]

Please give "Get Carter" a try!

[@TAEpley]

The Original with Michael Caine, please. (be specific or who knows what could happen)

[@seekerofforgotten]

Oh god the remake is so horrible.

[@goldenager59]

Many people have recommended *Zardoz* on this board - and I heartily concur - but none as yet seems to have suggested John Huston's 1975 masterpiece, *The Man Who Would Be King* ...until now. 😎 (Oh - and if you want to see both these dishy Bond girls in the same movie again, I happily direct you to Woody Allen's *What's Up, Tiger Lily?* from 1966. Spoiler: They both make it to the end of the movie.) ☺️

[@maardal]

Craig's sumo joke.... Bravo!

[@pellonwraith]

zardoz!!!!

[@GoldieGirl27]

is this the bond film with the highest mortality rate for "girls bond makes out with"? it makes it seem like a death sentence

[@emilyeisenheim2630]

I love how you guys both make me laugh hard and also provide me with movie knowlege and interesting commentary :)

[@tonyb7615]

he doesn't look japanese at all. he looks romulan.

[@ironikkronik]

Matt, I like what is going on with the beard. You should keep it going!

[@dannyboy1594]

Have you guys seen Heavenly Creatures? It's the film that I think announced Peter Jackson as a great director, and without it I don't think he would've been able to do The Lord of the Rings.

[@Arachnomen]

I think this was your best "review" yet - love it! How is it going with the samurai guy movies?

[@leahfrye9787]

THE SNL REFERENCE YES

[@Tobio88]

Well, what Matt describes is the ending of the novel, so spoilers xD The book opens up with Bond a wreck after the death of his wife Tracy in the last book. M feels sorry for him and gives him what seems to be an easy assignment in Japan, to help him get his confidence back. While there he discovers that Blofeld is in hiding in a castle and has set up a suicide garden.

[@thefatman69dude]

I loved golden eye.

[@zacharylewis2802]

Matt is spot on regarding Connery’s performance. By 1967, Sean Connery hated playing James Bond. Hated the reliance on gadgets, the focus being on world domination, the costars who couldn’t speak English and had to be dubbed, the micromanaging producing duo of Saltzman and Broccoli, the public perception of him being Bond, the itchy toupee, the actors playing M and Moneypenny for doing an Italian ripoff movie starring Sean Connery’s own brother Neil (he did apologize to the actors for acting like a dick), and his terrible 5-film contract that only paid him a flat $100,000 per movie. So for what he thought would be his final Bond film, Sean Connery gave a dull and disinterested performance. He displays none of the charm or chemistry that easily radiates off of him in the first three movies. The only time he bothers to actually act like Bond is when he’s opposite Donald Pleasence.

[@theantithesis1]

I was expecting Casino Royale starring David Niven.

[@jakejaeric]

I cant look at Donald Pleasence without thinking "pyewma". 10 points if you get the referance.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

Have you guys seen The Witch? I can't imagine it hasn't been featured yet but I don't recall it, having just seen it I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on it.

[@qdHazen]

Seriously? No Rocky Horror reference when Charles Gray appeared on the screen? No "This expat has no fuckin' neck!" or "To become Japanese, you need to take a jump to the left?"

[@craigjohnson6423]

Oh, dammit. I thought he looked familiar. Totally slipped through our fingers.

[@profshad3429]

Tally Savalas was also Blofeld

[@aidangreen152]

can you guys do "bad boy bubby" its an old australian movie and its wierd as hell, but a cult classic....... in australia

[@ScottSmith-ln7he]

Love your show!!!!

[@fusion451]

WoW only Sloan Anarcho populist taste could criticize two of the best Bond songs of all time. Shame on you Craig for agreeing.

[@jackpotsb3]

7:50 Deus Ex Aki-na? Edit: Never comment before watching the whole video... 10:05

[@666lupine666]

"I... love you?"