The Spy Command
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Blog about James Bond and the Other Spies. founded 2008.
Black Sunday suite by John Williams, perhaps his last score before Star Wars www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbCW...
BLACK SUNDAY super soundtrack suite - John Williams
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November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Black Sunday suite by John Williams, perhaps his last score before Star Wars www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbCW...
How do you update your heroes? hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/h...
How do you update your heroes?
James is dead, Jim. How can we possibly proceed? This week, via social media, I’ve seen a wild debate about how James Bond can possibly proceed after the character died in 2021’s No Tim…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How do you update your heroes? hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/h...
Audio version of Monday's post about a Goldfinger plane window being up for auction open.spotify.com/episode/0nUY...
Goldfinger aircraft window up for auction
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November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Audio version of Monday's post about a Goldfinger plane window being up for auction open.spotify.com/episode/0nUY...
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Goldfinger aircraft window up for auction
Heritage Auctions image of a Goldfinger aircraft window up for auction A window from an aircraft that appeared in 1964’s Goldfinger is up for auction at Heritage Auctions. Here’s part o…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Wrong Is Right, a dark comedy scripted and directed by Richard Brooks. At one point, Sean Connery as a TV newsman tosses his hairpiece off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvD1...
Wrong Is Right
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Wrong Is Right, a dark comedy scripted and directed by Richard Brooks. At one point, Sean Connery as a TV newsman tosses his hairpiece off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvD1...
I'm thinking about a post about some fandoms don't want *anything* to change, a la the Druids.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'm thinking about a post about some fandoms don't want *anything* to change, a la the Druids.
Audio version of today's post about the death of Lee Tamahori open.spotify.com/episode/4nPq...
Lee Tamahori, Die Another Day director, dies
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November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Audio version of today's post about the death of Lee Tamahori open.spotify.com/episode/4nPq...
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Lee Tamahori, Die Another Day director, dies
Die Another Day’s gunbarrel with its CGI bullet set the tone for the movie. Lee Tamahori, who had more than a dozen directing credits, including 2002’s Die Another Day, has died at 75, …
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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Lee Tamahori, Die Another Day director, dies hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/l...
COMING SATURDAY: The 007 Files looks at the 40th anniversary of A View to a Kill, including a discussion of Roger Moore's legacy as Bond and Patrick Macnee's Avengers reunion while working on the movie.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
COMING SATURDAY: The 007 Files looks at the 40th anniversary of A View to a Kill, including a discussion of Roger Moore's legacy as Bond and Patrick Macnee's Avengers reunion while working on the movie.
From the archives, the end of FOE hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/t...
The end of FOE
Here’s a footnote to Amazon taking creative control of the James Bond film franchise. When Amazon completed control on March 24, it was the end of FOE (Friends of Eon). Prominent 007 film fan…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
From the archives, the end of FOE hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/t...
Audio version of today's post about Ralph Senenesky open.spotify.com/episode/6xqw...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Audio version of today's post about Ralph Senenesky open.spotify.com/episode/6xqw...
Director Ralph Senensky's visits to the world of espionage Director Ralph Senensky's visits to espionage stories. hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/d...
Director Ralph Senensky’s visits to espionage
Illustration of Ralph Senensky from his website by Evgeny and Lydi Baranov Veteran television director Ralph Senensky died Nov. 1 at the age of 102, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Over a long…
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November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Director Ralph Senensky's visits to the world of espionage Director Ralph Senensky's visits to espionage stories. hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/d...
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Today I talk with The 007 Files podcast about my decades-old interviews with Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum...and the lasting, and unappreciated, impact he made on the 007 movies. open.spotify.com/episode/2JY0...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Today I talk with The 007 Files podcast about my decades-old interviews with Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum...and the lasting, and unappreciated, impact he made on the 007 movies. open.spotify.com/episode/2JY0...
TV director Ralph Senensky has died at age 102. When I was researching The FBI episode guide, his website (describing episodes of shows he directed) was invaluable. He helmed 17 episodes of The FBI, mostly in the first two seasons. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
Ralph Senensky, Director on ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 102
He helmed memorable episodes spotlighting Leonard Nimoy and Ellen Corby on those shows, plus the three-part pilot for 'Dynasty.'
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November 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
TV director Ralph Senensky has died at age 102. When I was researching The FBI episode guide, his website (describing episodes of shows he directed) was invaluable. He helmed 17 episodes of The FBI, mostly in the first two seasons. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
NEW EPISODE: The 007 Files chats with writer Lee Goldberg, who interviewed Richard Maibaum and other figures of 007 films. In 1988, Goldberg walked a WGA picket line with Maibaum open.spotify.com/episode/2JY0...
How Richard Maibaum helped define James Bond — but never got the credit he deserves ft. writer & producer Lee Goldberg | The 007 Files S3 E06
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November 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NEW EPISODE: The 007 Files chats with writer Lee Goldberg, who interviewed Richard Maibaum and other figures of 007 films. In 1988, Goldberg walked a WGA picket line with Maibaum open.spotify.com/episode/2JY0...
As an aside, when you post a reply where you *are agreeing with them* but that's not enough, that's the definition of being a sore winner. I'll leave out the specifics.
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As an aside, when you post a reply where you *are agreeing with them* but that's not enough, that's the definition of being a sore winner. I'll leave out the specifics.
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Do you like "A View To A Kill?" Sure, we all do! It's playing next month at The Culver Theater in beautiful downtown Culver and I'll be the special guest for a post-film discussion.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Do you like "A View To A Kill?" Sure, we all do! It's playing next month at The Culver Theater in beautiful downtown Culver and I'll be the special guest for a post-film discussion.
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Paul Baack, extraordinary 007 fan, dies
Paul Baack, co-founder of the James Bond fan site Her Majesty’s Secret Servant, died today at 60. Paul and Tom Zielinski began the site, intended as a James Bond “e-magazine,” in …
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October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Audio version of today's post about the Bond connection to the demolished East Wing of the White House open.spotify.com/episode/0qnl...
James Bond and the demolished White House theater
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October 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Audio version of today's post about the Bond connection to the demolished East Wing of the White House open.spotify.com/episode/0qnl...
James Bond and the demolished White House theater hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/j...
James Bond and the demolished White House theater
John F. Kennedy statue in Fort Worth, Texas The East Wing of the White House has been demolished to make room for a much larger $300 million ballroom. It contained the White House theater, where pr…
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October 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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June Lockhart has died at 100. Here's a post the blog did about her 100th birthday hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/h...
Happy 100th, June Lockhart
June Lockhart with Robert Vaughn in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode The Dove Affair, written by Robert Towne Actress June Lockhart turned 100 years old on June 25. Her IMDB.COM ENTRY lists 180 acti…
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October 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
June Lockhart has died at 100. Here's a post the blog did about her 100th birthday hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/h...
June Lockhart dies at 100, People says www.aol.com/lifestyle/ju...
June Lockhart, “Lassie” and “Lost in Space” Actress Who Was One of the Last Surviving Stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 100
The actress was also known for movies like 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Meet Me in St. Louis'
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October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
June Lockhart dies at 100, People says www.aol.com/lifestyle/ju...
"Michael G. Wilson" returns for a chat on Bond and Banter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
"MGW"Addresses $20 Million Ama… - Bond and Banter - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · Bond and Banter · 10/24/2025 · 51m
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October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Michael G. Wilson" returns for a chat on Bond and Banter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Bond questions: The Eon filing edition hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/b...
Bond questions: The Eon filing edition
This week, Eon Productions made a U.K. regulatory filing that stirred the pot among James Bond fans. In the filing, the company it received $20 million when the company’s principals agreed to…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Audio version of Wednesday's post about Eon regulatory filing open.spotify.com/episode/5PPG...
Eon says Amazon paid $20M for 007 film creative control
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October 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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