So maybe I just learned something. I always heard Casino Royale was the first Bond movie, apparently not true in the Sellers/Niven/Woody Allen case. I am seeing a TV version from 1954 (A few years before my youth), but the Sellers/Niven movie not until 1967, so I guess that’s right. My first in theatre was Diamonds are Forever in 71, then I watched the previous ones when they came on TV.
Apparently, they did parodies of popular movies in the 1960’s.
Casino Royale is the first book.