"why this scene happens in front of polar bears breaking the fourth wall" I feel confident in saying this phrase has never been uttered before in human history.

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. From the subtle sarcasm with a hint of admiration, the deadpan delivery, and all the absurd movies.

Typhoon the Baboon legitimately having a more impressive career than his human co-star is amazing.

It's true. Archer is the Uber-Bond. It even pokes fun at his recklessness through his apparent awareness that he miraculously pulls through impossible odds too often.

"They began to film in glorious... Jesus... 'Colour'" Your dry wit kills me everytime.

Bless you man. Being an Indian who speaks Telugu, this was was so nostalgic to revisit Krishna's movies from 70s and 80s. The man was so committed to entertain audiences he used to sign on for more than 10 films in a single year. Besides the stylish James Bond knockoffs, he also starred in Curry Westerns which were staple of the 70s in Southern India.

This channel is criminally underrated

"Who'd need a freelance rapist?" made me laugh for 10 straight minutes.

“They started filming him in glorious...(Jesus!)... color” And I love that the Bond vehicle keeps changing as it moves around the map

“Hunter’s Breen-like lack of self-awareness” is a genius line

These videos are out of this world. Please never stop making them.

A true masterclass in obscure movies curation. You are doing amazing work buddy.

One of the pilot movies for The Six Million Dollar Man was a Bond type movie. Even had Dusty Springfield singing the theme.

Technically “Never Say Never Again” COULD be considered a Bond knock-off (even if it has Connery in it) 🧐

"Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasure ". ❤

The onslaught of gymnasts actually makes sense. It's connected to the Olympics craze that peaked in the 80s, and also the fact that so much cold war diplomacy and espionage was being done through international sports meets. For a little bit a famous gymnast really could be seen as a potential spy. Wish they'd put 'em on ice skates.

I'm glad you mentioned 'O.K. Connery'. A classic.

"STOP FINGERING THAT F***ING PIANO!" My new favorite clip. Well done.

"I'm the leader of a worldwide organisation with affiliations all over the world." Bad news, villain so keen on making sure we understand you operate on a global scale : The world is not enough.

Right at the very end, one of the most wonderful automated subtitling errors EVER: Archer is identified not as a "manwhore" but as a "manhole", a term which is so perfectly fitting as an insult that I completely forgot it's also an actual noun.

"The only real loser is the notion of copyright" ❤ love it

This is just wonderful. I love the global perspective. You're doing a great service to film history.

Stuck on bed rest due to covid/Pneumonia and I just discovered late last night. I've been watching all your stuff, and man, it's exactly what I've needed. You've got yourself another loyal fan. Excellent work, and thank you!!

What’s weird is just how many of these eurospy films managed to have actors from the Bond series in them like Charles Gray, Luciana Palluzi, Kurd Yurgens and Adolfo Celi. Even stranger is that people cast in the unofficial Casino Royale ‘67 and Never Say Never again managed to get cast in a proper Bond film afterwards, with Angela Scoular in On her majesty’s secret service and Manning Redwood in View to a Kill.

I cannot tell you how happy I am for this. Well done, as always!

I'm friends with the guy that CGI animated Brosnan arctic kite surfing in Die Another Day. The story is fascinating, they CGI was terrible because it was a last minute decision, animated by rookies, and Brosnan had no idea what was going on or how he was supposed to me.

Without doubt, this is an awesome documentary. Hilarious clips, fantastic jokes and sharp analysis. Kudos, sir, kudos.

@27:15 I love how you casually inform us which is the 'Bond' costume. 🤣🤣🤣

Have only recently discovered this brilliant channel, and as a Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, I've seen many of these good/bad films, so it's great to see someone else talking about them. 😁👌

Have you thought of covering King Kong & Godzilla knock-offs? There's plenty to choose from. You could even put them in one video.

I am seriously disappointed that Blackadder never featured Rik Mayall as a 007 knock-off. Rowan Atkinson may have been Johnny English, but Lord Flashheart would have been a great James Blond.

The borrowing blockbusters series feels like something I would’ve stayed up to watch with my dad on a Saturday night. Amazing content, please keep it up.

The line read at 50:26 had me howling. And that shootout from No. 1 of the Secret Service looked so fun. Like Bond meets Revolver Ocelot.

After a long hard day, nothing makes happier than dry British wit & facts about film history.

I was watching this inside a coffee shop. Had a very difficult time trying not to spew the coffee to two people sitting in the next table. I was convulsed with suppressed laughter and swelling tears. Made me recall the sensation of nearly drowning in a beach when I was 18.

4:45 The long anticipated fight between Debbie Harry and Linda Ronstadt 😂

God damn that Secret Service one had thirty shots in those five shot revolvers.

Freddie from F.R.O.7 (or Freddie the Frog as it was called here in the U.S.) was a movie my brother and I watched a lot as kids. I have no idea how our parents came across it, other than it was probably a cheap vhs! I didn't realize until I was older how prolific the voice cast was, or its history as a flop.

Jesus...! I might have been 8 when I've seen "Freddie as F.R.O.7" with my class in now long defunct Kino Ognisko ("Campfire" Cinema) in Wroclaw, Poland. It somehow managed to make just enough of an impression, that I kept some very, very vague but intrusive memories of it for all the years to come. And now, after 3 decades I can put those memories to rest and FINALLY stop looking for it. A dauntless task which most probably I'd otherwise never finish, given that most if not all of my "memories" of the movie became by now misplaced pictures and stories of other amphibian-related media I've been absorbing since. Thank you!

In the film “Operación 67 with Santo, the main villain is played by Elizabeth Campbell. My mother. She’s alive and well at 85 years old, living in the Pacific Northwest. She was in several of the (rock n roll) Wrestling Women Vs…movies. She went on to be an actress in commercials and a Las Vegas show girl. Before meeting my dad and having me. Thus ending her entertainment career. I found many of her movie posters online a few years ago and had them framed. My mom finds it all pretty silly. But I think it’s awesome!

Thank you for mentioning What's Up Tiger Lily. Remember seeing that in the Seventies and nearly dying laughing.

Your delivery is so deadpan yet so funny. You, my friend, are a genius.

"Kraftwerk fighting John Barry" That gave me a chuckle

You can't just namedrop The Man with One Red Shoe and not mention its much better French originals, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe and its sequel.

47:21 Oh yeah that reminds me that those Viking chess pieces ended up as background props in The Man with the Golden Gun. I don’t know if it was a homage or a dig at Deadlier than the male, but it’s a nice detail regardless.

The best Bond clone is probably Lupin the third. Globe trotting Adventures, a sexy woman that is an all encompassing Bond Girl in Fujiko Mine, a stylish dressed man and master of disguise in Lupin. Bond type villains. Tricked out cars he also sometimes makes his own gadgets, he doesn't need Q. He's basically Bond but better.

I'm from Argentina and watching our dearest Sandro in the list was unexpected and funny as hell, all at the same time.

The tall blonde with the black shoe is a master piece! Very funny tragicomedy with an incredible soundtrack.

Everytime I hear about a Brandon Lee movie I get so sad that we did get to enjoy more of his work. Honestly had Brandon lived he'd probably be John Wick

If you want a DANISH Bond, I can recommend "Slå først frede": A salesman is mistaken for at seceret agent and is used to smoke out an organisation of baddies. The Salesman is s typical done to earth dane, not heroic. All the tropes are there: an unknown evil mastermind, beautiful girls, gadgets and foolery. It was made in 1965 I think and the production value is great - all great danish actors from the era is featured.

I love the jewel thief dogs. They look so sweet and gentle.

Completely awesome video. Great clips and commentary. The research that went into this is astounding. So many bad movies resulting in so many nightmares. Thank you for your service!

the jewel thieve dogs almost had me fall off the chair laughing. my own dog however was intrigued.

This has to be one of the most undersubscribed channels on YT.

I wish "The Billion Dollar Threat" was more readily accessible. Seeing Patrick Macnee in a rare turn as a supervillain would definitely make it worth a watch.

That was superb! You are to be applauded for dredging through that dross to extract the worst bits! Outstanding!

Your passive aggressive writing is super unique and funny. Don't change a thing

that gunfight at the 52:35 mark with the spinning guns had me pissing myself

I Love this channel. I watch atleast once a day or just have it in the background when im doing something else. Its nostalgic, funny and incredible good made,, Thank you

42:03 Im presuming that’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang getting destroyed by the train. Nice in joke 😂

7:31 That’s the scariest I’ve ever seen Chuck Norris.

Fantastic. The most sublimely dry narration too. I can even forgive you forgetting 'Three Kinds of Heat'.

Fahrettin Cüreklibatır (8 September 1937 - 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and martial artist.[1] Having starred in somewhere around 300 movies and TV series, he is widely considered one of the most prominent Turkish actors of all time. Arkın's films have ranged from well-received dramas to mockbusters throughout his career spanning four decades.

@17:59 _"Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasure."_ Now *that's* a perfect byline! How did I miss spying this collection before? Thank you!

Being a young Bond fan I was one of the only American kids to actually go and see Freddie as FRO7 in a theatre. I haven't been able to see it since unfortunately, but I wouldn't mind revisiting it now as an adult. I remember liking it, but there were times where I've mentioned it and no one else remembers it to where I thought I'd imagined it! After watching this I have many more titles to try and check out that I haven't seen. Big Zapper looked entertaining as hell so that's a top priority.

Just found your channel and I have to say it's amazing! Your videos deserve so many more views. Thank you.

The child sidekick in Gudachari 117 is Krishna's son in real life and is currently a leading star in Telugu film industry.

Fun fact. If Looks Could Kill was renamed Teen Agent in the UK, but you already knew that probably. I think it was to cash in on the Teen craze started by Teen Wolf, followed by Teen Witch.

so glad I found this video and your channel today. this is going to keep me sane for many midnight shifts

Just found about this channel, I am loving it, I never heard about some of these movies but you definitelly made me interested in checking out quite a lot of them.

The Our Man Flint movies were so good because James Coburn did tongue in cheek so well!

'Kraftwerk fighting John Barry'... ... is NOT an image I'll get out of my head anytime soon!

Your videos are incredible. That's some quality editing and compilation. Your channel seriously deserves to take off.

"Which makes him MORE Bond than Bond..." 😂🤣🤣👍

I was so gutted you didn't include Bill Cosby's Leonard 6 on this... Still an absolute blast!😂👌🏻

Some of these I wouldn't call 'Bond Knock-Offs', the Matt Helm movies were based on their own series of books written by Donald Hamilton, the first of which was published in 1960, and Modesty Blaise was based on a popular comic strip.

One of the things these movies seem to do, is to make the villains in actual Bond-movies look normal and grounded

I actually thought for a second you were going to talk about the first James Bond 1956 Barry Nelson

So many gems in this subgenre! Colossal work, thanks.

Loved it 😂😂😂😂, I remember watching Matt Helm and Flint when I was young and Weng Weng this year, thanks for bringing in Harry Palmer, I had forgotten about him. This was a great collection and your dead pan presentation just made this so unforgettable, you have a new subscriber and I'm going to share this with a friend who's from the UK. 👍

Thank you for including Dragon Lives Again! Ironic as Enter the Dragon is probably the best Bond knock off ever.

27:15 killed me. DAMN IT. Your dry humour is fantastic XD

Matt Helm novels were early parodies of the James Bond style stories. It's fitting to know that Ian Fleming took inspiration from his experience at the OSS in his Bond novels intended to mock earlier spy novels

I have only “Too hot for June” to add but you offered a lot of interesting suggestions to search and watch! Very good job!

I actually saw HARD TICKET TO HAWAII at my hometown movie theater in 1987. I can tell you that the audience was a mix of amused and weirded out as we all thought we were going to see a nationally released film. That was the first and only night HTTH showed at the mall’s CINEMA 4.

Love your channel and all of your intricate and entertaining stories on B-movies that I love. Your passion inspired me to start my own channel on movie history :)

'with a music score like Kraftwerk fighting John Barry'. hahaha

We had a number of Bondian inspired films here in Egypt. For example There's the 1969 crime/espionage film "الشيطان" El Shaitan (The Devil), starring onscreen tough-guy Farid Shawqi. Another 1969 Bond inspired film starring Farid Shawqi, " العميل77" El Ameel 77 (Agent 77), which is a more lighthearted film as he shares the billing with popular three-man comedy team, Tholathy Adwa Al Masrah (The Spotlight Theatre Trio) And there's 1989's " العميل 13" Al-Ameel Raqam 13 (Agent No.13), a spy parody starring Egyptian comedian, Mohamad Sobhi I had links to the films but KZfaq removed the comment. I've watched some of the German Kommissar X films and I enjoyed them, also I do remember one of the Lemmy Caution (the protagonist of 1965's French New Wave neo-noir film Alphaville) films, "Lemmy pour les dames" dabbled in some of the Bond tropes 77

Laser Mission is awesome! Thanks for the cheat sheet to other great bad Bonds! Subscribed!

Wow just found this channel! Love it.. Ive watched a ton of movies but these take the cake! Subbed. Hope your still doing them.

"Unfortunate competence!" Oh gods thank you so much! I nearly had an accident....

Great job, man! That’s no small amount of work and dedication. Much respect.

Fantastic selection, thank you so much for all the effort, great video!!

One of the funnest and best curated channels on Earth. Well done man!

The guy doing the dance sequence in Lady Janes bond looks like his outfit was based on a tunnocks tea cake wrapper🤣 i am perfectly aware that reference may be lost on a few....

Why are there only 300 likes after 11 months... This is gold

I watched this 3 days ago (absolutely excellent btw) and since then the Weng Weng song has been playing constantly on loop in my head. today when I woke up my first thought was: Weeeeeng Weeeeeng..... so thanks for that.

Im amazed how the narrator of this can narrate without bursting into laughter. I mean iv been cracking up all the way through but here he is a consummate professional.

I have to respect the level of research that must go in to these. Bravo!

The 00 soul fart scene was quality 😂😂😂😂