Comments on: A Little Musical Toy Interlude, Plus Movie Trivia!

By: democratsarefascists

democratsarefascists — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:21:24 +0000

I miss Benny.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:52:53 +0000

Now that is a cool bit of trivia, EricH.

Martin – I always thought it was a Disney production, probably because Dick van Dyke was in it.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:39:01 +0000

It's not a Disney movie. I had always thought it was until I got it on VHS when my oldest son was little. It's MGM.

By: EricH

EricH — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:21:09 +0000

The most trivial one I found:

The film has a different story than the book; the story for the film was written by Roald Dahl, (author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, James & the Giant Peach). The first Bond film to not follow the book, You Only Live Twice, also used an original story by Roald Dahl.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:49:31 +0000

I believe I know a third Bond link, but I definitely don't know six of them!

By: EricH

EricH — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:49:42 +0000

And a bit of poking around IMDB brings me to a total of six Bond links, though some are quite trivial.

By: EricH

EricH — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:42:24 +0000

I found a third link to Bond, as well.

By: EricH

EricH — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:20:35 +0000

I don't want to spoil it for your other readers, but the toymaker is indeed instantly recognizable; the Bond villain took a little more effort, at least for me.