Official Tiki Oasis 2012 thread for TO12 - California Events

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 5:52 PM On 2012-04-19 23:37, Otto wrote: John-O, these are for you! Cool. A Shirley Bassey theme and a Pre-DAF Jill St. John !! :) Also in 1965, she's Pre-Batman as well... And here's a theory of mine. The Spy craze arguably peaked in 1965 with "Thunderball" which was the highest grossing (adjusting for inflation) Bond pic of all time. The "Batman" craze followed just months afterward. Batman (pop-culturally) trumped Bond !! And for what it's worth, Adam West was offered the Bond franchise after the Lazenby fiasco but turned it down.

On 2012-04-19 23:37, Otto wrote:

John-O, these are for you!

Cool.

A Shirley Bassey theme and a Pre-DAF Jill St. John !! :)

Also in 1965, she's Pre-Batman as well...

And here's a theory of mine. The Spy craze arguably peaked in 1965 with "Thunderball" which was the highest grossing (adjusting for inflation) Bond pic of all time. The "Batman" craze followed just months afterward.

Batman (pop-culturally) trumped Bond !!

And for what it's worth, Adam West was offered the Bond franchise after the Lazenby fiasco but turned it down.

Post #633776 by JOHN-O on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 5:52 PM