You'll Only Listen Twice

This week we’re doing something different, fellow listers. We’re bringing you a bonus episode featuring the full uncut interview with Pedro Armendáriz. If you tuned in last week, you heard stories about his famous father, grandfather, and the Licence to Kill shoot, but this week, you get to hear some more stories about other productions Pedro has worked on like Predator and Troy (not our Troy), as...

Bless your hearts, fellow listers. Jake, Troy, Jan and good ol’ producer Paul are going rogue to talk about Timothy Dalton’s second and final film as James Bond, Licence to Kill, but they are not alone. The boys are joined by one of the film's assistant directors, Pedro Armendáriz, son of Pedro Armendáriz (President Lopez in Licence to Kill) and grandson of Pedro Armendáriz (Kerim Bey in From Russ...

The times they are a changin’, fellow listers. Jake, Troy, Jan and good ol’ producer Paul are waving goodbye to the Roger Moore era and saying hello to the long, storied tenure of the next James Bond actor, Timothy Dalton.  First on the list is his 1987 007 debut, The Living Daylights . A hard pivot from Moore’s light hearted, tongue and cheek take on the character, Dalton’s Bond is serious, inten...

Get ready to dance into the fire fellow listers, because Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ producer Paul are having a heated debate about the final and so-called worst Roger Moore James Bond film, A View to a Kill . How can a movie with Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Roger Moore shagging Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Tanya Roberts, Roger Moore shower shagging Tanya Roberts, Tonya Roberts using her gr...

DISCLAIMER: The following episode of this program has been brought to you by Kevin McClory, esteemed producer, actor, and sole creator of James Bond 007, SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, spy movies, spy fiction, Duck Dodgers, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide , and YOU (not the show, but YOU the listener.) Dissatisfied with Jake, Troy, Jan and executive fun friend Paul’s coverage of his earli...

We’re an all time high, fellow listers, as Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ producer Paul are taking about Debussy, wait a second, that’s not right. The boys are actually talking about Octopussy , the 1983 James Bond adventure. (And no, this is not a porno episode) Roger Moore is back as 007 at possibly his most heroic, but he still has time to clown around, literally. Director John Glen is back and...

This episode is for your eyes only, fellow listeners, or rather, for your ears only (this is a podcast after all) because Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ producer Paul are taking a closer look at the Roger Moore James Bond adventure, For Your Eyes Only . Longtime editor John Glen is in the director’s chair for a film that sees 007 come back down to Earth, literally and metaphorically, with a grounde...

Salutations fellow listeners! Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ producer Paul are blasting off into space to review James Bond ’s epic space adventure, Moonraker . Strap in for a high flying journey as our heroes discuss the film’s production history, its lavish effects, and whether or not it is the stupidest 007 film of all time. Of course, they can't resist talking about that double-take pigeon....

Nobody does it better than Roger Moore’s third outing as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me . Well, at least that’s something our heroes can agree on in this episode. Listen as Jake, Troy, Jan and good ol’ producer Paul dive deep into the depths of insanity as they argue on whether this film is about the monomyth of 007, Barbara Bach’s performance as the titular beautiful spy, whether or not Strombe...

Three nipples? What will they think of next? Join Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ producer Paul as they take on Roger Moore’s second outing as James Bond 007, The Man with the Golden Gun . Though the film was critically maligned and not the biggest box office success, the boys have a lot to say about Guy Hamilton and Tom “Mank” Mankiewicz’s farewell to the Bond series. From the lush islands of Phuke...

Holy sh**! The boys are back to talk about Roger Moore’s first outing as James Bond, Live and Let Die . Does it hold up, or do people just like the song? Find out as Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ Producer Paul dive into the film’s racial politics, Tom “Mank” Mankiewicz’s sophomore Bond script, Guy Hamilton’s lazy direction (sound familiar?). This episode is surely our least controversial and polit...

Good evening, fellow listers, Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ producer Paul are taking a look at one of the weirdest James Bond movies ever made (and that’s saying something), Diamonds Are Forever. Rather than being based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name, this film is based on a half remembered dream Cubby Broccoli once had of his old friend Howard “Sam” Hughes. Move over George Lazenby, Jo...

Happy holidays, fellow listeners! Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ Producer Paul are joined by special guest Doggify to talk about the heartwarming (and certainly not tragic) James Bond Christmas classic, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service . I’m sure you have all the time in the world to listen to our heroes discuss George Lazenby’s one and done tenure as 007, Diana Rigg’s powerhouse performance as the...

This week, Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ Producer Paul take a detour to Italy to talk about the rip-off James Bond film starring Sean Connery’s brother, Neil, O.K. Connery also known as Operation Kid Brother , Operation Double 007 and Divided Evil. You may ask yourself, “Wait a sec… This isn’t a James Bond film!” Well, Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell are basically M and Moneypenny in it, so I guess t...

Welcome to Japan fellow listeners, as Jake, Troy, Jan and good ol’ Producer Paul take on the James Bond film that inspired the name of this program, You Only Live Twice. Journey down the rabbit hole, or rather down the secret spy slide, as our heroes discuss “Alfie” director, Lewis Gilbert’s first foray into the world of 007, the lush cinematography of of Freddie Young, the screenplay by famed unc...

In this very special episode, Jake, Troy, Jan and good ol’ Producer Paul are strapping themselves up to Le Chiffre’s mind torture device to review the 1967 star-studded James Bond spoof, Casino Royale . David Niven is James Bond! Peter Sellers is James Bond! Ursula Andress is James Bond! Dalliah Lavi is James Bond! Johana Pettet is James Bond! Terrence Cooper is James Bond! Barbara Bouchet is Jame...

DISCLAIMER: The following episode of this program has been brought to you by esteemed producer, Kevin McClory . Mr. McClory has executed his right of ownership for all media pertaining to his works, including the 1965 film Thunderball , 1983’s Never Say Never Again , the character of James Bond 007, the concept of spy fiction, Duck Dodgers , Tom Jones, as well as other media referenced in this epi...

Do you expect us to talk? Well if you’re planning on listening to this next episode, then the answer is presumably…yes. On their next mission, Jake, Troy, Jan, and good ol’ Producer Paul have a little fun with Mr. Goldfinger . Take a trip to the sunny beaches of Miami, the rolling hills of Switzerland, and the dirty parking lot of a KFC as our heroes discuss Operation Grand Slam (which is not a me...

Hey you cool cats, your friends Jake, Troy, Jan, and good old Producer Paul are back baby! Same channel, same feed, same format. Nothing has changed! Hop on board the Orient Express and bring your deadly attaché case because this week, we’re taking a look at the second official Bond flick “From Russia With Love.” In our discussion, we talk about the film, its cursed production, its involvement in...

Continuing their mission, Jake and Troy go up against the first theatrically released James Bond film, 1962's "Dr. No." Along the way the encounter beautiful women with identical voices, questionable music choices, and their deadliest adversary to date, Sean Connery's singing voice.

Jake and Troy talk about their history with James Bond and attempt to discuss the character's first on-screen adventure, 1954's "Casino Royale," which was an episode of the anthology series, "Climax!" starring Barry Nelson as American agent, "Card Sense" Jimmy Bond and William Lundigan's passionate speech for the U.S. Safety Congress in Chicago.