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COMES THE BOOGEYMAN: Russia and a Lifetime of Nightmares

Posted on February 27, 2022 by ronbase — Leave a comment

I’ve spent a lifetime worrying about Russia. When I was a kid, it was Communism (out to take over the world!), Sputnik (they were in space first!), the constant threat of nuclear war (in case of nuclear attack huddle under…

Tagged with: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Cuba Missile Crisis, East Germany, Eric Hansen, From Russia With Love, James Bond, John lew Carre, Khrushchev, Nazis, nuclear war, Russia, Sputnik, Stasi, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Ukraine, USSR, Vladimir Putin
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London Calling

Posted on July 10, 2015 by ronbase — Leave a comment

The Greeks are finished (Eurogeddon!), the Chinese are collapsing, a strike has closed the London underground for the first time in thirteen years, everyone is shocked—shocked!—that a Conservative government would slash welfare benefits in its latest budget and, sadly, it…

Tagged with: Amy Winehouse, British Film Insitute, Ernő Goldfinger, Eurogeddon, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond, London, Monty Python, Notting Hill, Portobello Road, Ray Bennett, Royal Burrough of Kensington and Chelsea, Trellick Tower, United Kingdom
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Tales From the Tour: Old Girl Friends, Movie Moguls, Sad Stories, and a Blind Raccoon

Posted on March 17, 2014 by ronbase — 2 Comments

If I’ve learned anything the past couple of months it is this: Do not do a book signing with a blind raccoon. Trouper is the raccoon in question. Kyle Miller has written a children’s book devoted to Trouper’s adventures. She…

Tagged with: A Hard Day's Night, Amazon, Bill Clinton, Brockville, Chicago, Chuck Hagel, Columbia Pictures, CreateSpace, David V. Picker, Eastern Ontario, Emma McLaughlin, Florida, George Stevens, Hillary Clinton, James Bond, John Wayne, Kyle Miller, Last Tango in Paris, Max von Sydow, Midnight Cowboy, Musts Maybes and Nevers, Paramount Pictures, Ron Base, Sanibel Island, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Nanny Diaries, The Sanibel Sunset Detective, Tom Jones, Trouper, United Artists
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James Bond Saved My (Sex) Life

Posted on September 25, 2012 by ronbase — Leave a comment

I know exactly what made James Bond so popular when I was a kid fifty years ago. Sex. James Bond was not just the world’s most famous secret agent. He was also the first sexual superhero (the only one, come to think…

Tagged with: 007, Auric Goldfinger, Brockville, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Dr. Julius No, Dr. No, Goldeneye, Goldfinger, Honey Ryder, Ian Fleming, James Bond, John F. Kennedy, Lawrence of Arabia, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, The Longest Day, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, To Kill A Mockingbird, Ursula Andress, Vanity Fair, World War II
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