We hope that you are enjoying your day. WTIT: The Blog will try to give you a smile. We thought we’d share some of the most interesting questions our friends in the blogosphere have asked us in our “Comments” section. The comments are from posts from the last month. Some have been edited for clarity. All these questions are real. Our comments are not neccessarily the same as those we posted when we originally responded. Comments on our posts we take seriously. In this feature, sorry everyone, we don’t. Reader’s questions/comments are in bold.
I don’t get technorati either… in fact I’ve given up trying to figure it out. Last week my ranking was 218. Today it’s 158. Did I miss something? Yes. There was a meeting and you missed it. They voted to dock you sixty points.
You’re so gosh darn cute when you praise your boy! Well thanks. With my snark, you’re probably surprised that my kids even talk to me.
And thanks for stealing from me…it’s an honor. Your response to me stealing your meme is unusual. Generally I get threaten with a lawsuit.
Actually I think you could use a spanking 😉 Lady, I get this a lot. But none of you ever show up. I leave the porch light on and everything!
Holy Shit! Who was the smack talking “of course you are single” person?!! At this point, it seems that several people consider me doomed. You handle one situation poorly and boom. The skies fall.
Ahhh…Prozac Nation! Which, btw, is a great book. I am trying to sell drugs here, not books! I’ve got a reputation to uphold!
ummm “getting spanked by a little person wearing women’s lingerie …” ummm… WTF????? and was it she just did not like it with the ‘little person’? I report the news on Dating Profiles. I can’t be expected to explain it as well!
“I would like to go to Monte Carlo, Monaco and baste in the sun during the day”… Baste? What is she? A turkey? That is perfect. I can’t add a fucking thing.
Jill shows up in all of these it appears. While I have an active imagination, it could be said it is somewhat limited in scope.
Rewards-a-plenty? Methinks it’s time to have an accident and let the offers roll in! If you have an accident here, I warn you. You will clean it up.
I noticed there was sex in this post. Are you preoccupied with the subject? You’ve just realized this? The drugs must have finally worn off.
Now quit hogging the Smirnoff, toss it over here. Ooops. My bad. Here you go!
1. The first James Bond film was Dr. No. It was a second choice. While Casino Royal was the first Ian Fleming novel, it was decided Thunderball would be the first movie. There was a problem, however. Ian Fleming had plagiarized the book from a movie script that was written for him by Kevin McClory and Jack Whitingham. Fleming was sued and the studio decided to use Dr. No instead. More on this in a bit.
2. Only one singer has sung the lead song more than once. We don’t say “title song” because some of the themes use the movie title while others do not. The one singer to perform on two films was Shirley Bassey. She sang probably the most famous theme, Goldfinger starring Sean Connery. She would later sing Moonraker, a Roger Moore film. 
3. Paul McCartney recorded the theme for Live and Let Die. It is a staple to his concerts, along with a huge fireworks display, to this day. The next film is title Quantum of Solace and is the second film starring Daniel Craig. Paul McCartney turned down the chance to record for this movie and for him a second Bond film.
4. Paul McCartney’s turn down may have created good news for a current singer who has had more of her fair share of trouble lately. It was announced yesterday that Amy Winehouse is recording a song co-written by the movie’s producer Mark Ronson. It has not officially been accepted yet.
5. Ian Fleming lost his law suit concerning Thunderball to McClory and Whitingham. They were awarded the movie rights. They had no backing to make the film, so they sold the rights back to Eon, the official production company. They sold them the rights for ten years. When the ten years were up Sean Connery and McClory started writing a film that they were to call Warhead, essentially a remake of Thunderball. Eon sued and McClory backed down lacking funds to fight. By 1983, Warner Brothers decided to back McClory and they won the lawsuit. The film title became Never Say Never Again and starred Sean Connery in his last go round as 007.
6. At the same time as Never Say Never Again came out, the official company released Octopussy starring Roger Moore. Both films did very well, but Octopussy grossed more money.
7. Casino Royal, as we stated, was the first Fleming James Bond novel. It also was the first production of the Ian Fleming character. The book was written in 1953 and in 1954 CBS got the rights to do a one hour adaptation. So who played the first Bond? It was Barry Nelson. Linda Christian was the first Bond Girl and Peter Lore played the first villain. For some reason CBS made “Jimmy Bond” (Yes, that’s what they called him.) a CIA agent and his best friend Felix a British agent in a nationality reversal of sorts. 
8. We all know that the first three film actors were Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore. But did you know that they all filmed a role as James Bond at the same time? You can probably guess that it was in 1983. Moore was in Octopussy and Connery in Never Say Never Again and George Lazenby filmed The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. reunion film as Bond. You see Ian Fleming was also behind the original The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series.
