Did you know that "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang was written by Ian Fleming...he of Bond, James Bond fame?
Really slow night...raining...nothing on TV (that I would watch), Nook on the charger...bored, family at church, etc.
Ever have one of them nights?
Oh, wait...just noticed that BBC America is re-running Top Gear...gotta be a good one there somewhere.
If you have Netflix check out “Five Came Back”,a documentary about WWII and how noted Hollywood directors helped out.
VERY good.
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“Oh, wait...just noticed that BBC America is re-running Top Gear...gotta be a good one there somewhere.”
Oh Pooh! I just assumed they were the new ones!!!!! Thank’s for the heads up. Best show ever. The one were they built their own ambulances was just hilarious! Loved those 3, especially Clarkson.
“Apropos of absolutely nothing...however...just a little trivia which springs to mind:
Did you know that “Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang was written by Ian Fleming...he of Bond, James Bond fame?
Really slow night...raining...nothing on TV (that I would watch), Nook on the charger...bored, family at church, etc.
Ever have one of them nights?
Oh, wait...just noticed that BBC America is re-running Top Gear...gotta be a good one there somewhere. “
There are other connections.
The screenplay, which had a completely different story line from the book, was written by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl also wrote the screenplay for “You Only Live Twice”.
Gert Frobe, the pompous Emperor in the movie, was Goldfinger.
The production company was Albert Broccoli’s just like the JB movies.
In both the book and the movie CCBB’s license place was “Gen 11”, which spells “Genii”, indicating it had magic powers
The license plate on Truly Scrumptious’s car, which you can see for just a brief moment, is CUB 1 [Cubi - Cubby] which was Albert Brocolli’s nickname.