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JayMcGee · 08-27-2006, 07:53 PM

In like Flint and Our man Flint were two spoofs of the James Bond genre.

James Coburn played Flint, the super-cool spy.

Yet Bond himself was a spoof - created by Ian Fleming in the late 50's, Bond was meant to satirise the cold war and the american obsession with orgranised crime (hence SPECTRE). It didn't work and Fleming was forced to create 'The man from U.N.C.L.E' as a spoof of a spoof, with THRUSH being the spoofed villain of a spoof villain......

08-27-2006, 07:53 PM	#26
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	In like Flint and Our man Flint were two spoofs of the James Bond genre. James Coburn played Flint, the super-cool spy. Yet Bond himself was a spoof - created by Ian Fleming in the late 50's, Bond was meant to satirise the cold war and the american obsession with orgranised crime (hence SPECTRE). It didn't work and Fleming was forced to create 'The man from U.N.C.L.E' as a spoof of a spoof, with THRUSH being the spoofed villain of a spoof villain...... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.