#022: The Making of OHMSS [Charles Helfenstein Interview]
James Bond Radio: 007 News, Reviews & Interviews!
Tom & Chris
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2014
⏱️ 156 minutes
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Summary
This week we go behind the scenes of On Her Majesty's Secret Service with author Charles Helfenstein. As the author behind seminal book 'The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service,' Charles has a unique insight into the movie. In today's episode he busts some prominent myths, exposes some amazing truths and tells a ton of jaw dropping stories about the Bond movie that divides opinion more than any other.
This is another 2.5 hour epic, so sit back and enjoy with a glass of your favourite tipple...Royal Hennessy of course!
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| 0:00.0 | Who are you? |
| 0:04.9 | My name's Bond. |
| 0:06.2 | James Bond. |
| 0:08.9 | James Bond. |
| 0:10.0 | How do you think you're doing? |
| 0:11.7 | Keeping the British hand up, sir. |
| 0:13.8 | Welcome to James Bond Radio, news, reviews and discussion of all things, 007. |
| 0:20.4 | Who see? I see. I have no problem with female authority. Oh, I don't know. Reviews and discussion of all things, 007. Boosty. |
| 0:21.1 | As you can see, I have no problem with female authority. |
| 0:23.9 | Oh, pipe down, 007. |
| 0:25.7 | You expect me to buy? |
| 0:27.1 | No, Mr Bond, I expect you to buy. |
| 0:34.5 | Hello, and welcome to James Bond. |
| 0:36.9 | This is podcast number 22 with an interview with our special guest, Charles Helfenstein. And calling all the way from across the pond in the US of 8 is my good buddy Tom. Say hiya, Tom. Hello, mate. How's it going? Not too bad. How's it going over there? It's so hot. hot it's beyond ridiculous i'm just barricaded in |
| 0:57.5 | in the one room in there in the house that has aircon um just trying to stay cool i'm i'm kind of |
| 1:03.6 | toying with the idea of going nocturnal for a while until the heat dies down it's that bad really |
| 1:08.3 | yeah it's got a heat is it a heat wave or is it just always that hot over there's just always that hot yeah it's the it's the california sun down it's that bad. Really? Yeah. It's got a heat. Is it a heat wave or is it just |
| 1:10.9 | always that hot? I think it's just always that hot. Yeah, it's the California sun. So it's, |
| 1:15.2 | it's a beast. So it doesn't ever really cool down at all, but it hopefully in about a month or so, |
| 1:20.7 | it would, it would cool down. Well, you know the best way to keep cool, though, is to put on a tucks and wear some shades and then pretend you're |
| 1:29.0 | bond and then you'll be super cool. Absolutely. You won't even break a sweat. Yeah. And you'll be |
| 1:33.3 | just like Roger Moore who has to change his shirt like every two scenes because he's sweating |
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