Who was the Best Secret Agent?

[The Lone Liberal]

Poll question: Who was the Best Secret Agent?

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Leamas.

Such an anti-hero.

On edit:

"What do you believe in?"

"I believe in history."

[alexwcovington]

2. Bond. James Bond.

007, baby!

http://www.klast.net/bond/ for all your Bond information needs

[xultar]

3. Max...what's his name...n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. ...well Smart?

Ah, 99 was much cooler than 86.

[Insider]

9. maxwell smart

secret agent means maxwell smart

[areschild]

7. Maxwell Smart

Yeah

[Twillig]

4. I voted for Drake, but

let's hear it for Number 6!

"I will not be pushed,filed,stamped,indexed,briefed,debriefed
or numbered.My life is my own."

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. No Jack Ryan?

Bond was waaay overrated, just popular because he was so over the top.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. What about Flynn?

[Beaker]

46. do you mean Flint?

[TheZoo]

10. Would you believe....

...no Maxwell Smart?

[Dogmudgeon]

33. I was *just* about to say that!

UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS SPEAKING WITH ANOTHER AGENT INSIDE THE CONE OF SILENCE.

--BKL
PS - YES, I KNOW ABOUT THE CAPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT, CHIEF.

[Blue-Jay]

11. Harry Palmer?

Isn't that some old masturbation joke?

[IADEMO2004]

12. Sidney Reilly Ace of Spies

[amber dog democrat]

48. Yes Reilly

has my vote....but also Admiral
Canarias of the ABWHER might figure in as well

[amber dog democrat]

49. James West (wild wild WEST )

but Mata Hari always had my admiration

[Rowdyboy]

13. The Man From UNCLE, Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaugh)

and his faithful sidekick, Ilya Kuriachin (David McCallum).

[NoPasaran]

14. Would you believe Agent 86

Maxwell Smart

[no_hypocrisy]

15. I guess Austin Powers doesn't count, does he?

n/t.

[maveric]

16. Number 6!

Why else would they imprison him in the "village"?

[burr]

26. but who's number one????

I'm not a #, I'm a free man!!! :crazy:

[maveric]

29. My all time favorite TV show.

Very imaginative and ahead of its time.
Remember the last episode?

[chiburb]

44. Mine too!

Awesome. I have the series on dvd, and every book ever written about the show.
Way ahead of its time..

[Kathy in Cambridge]

53. Patrick McGoohan! He was Great!

[Deja Q]

17. Kelly Robinson, Alexander Scott?

I Spy (the 1960s NBC groundbreaking series, not the P.O.S. movie from 2001...)

[Hand]

18. I said Smiley, but...

Karla ran rings around him for years and pretty much brought the whole house of cards down. Of course, that was when idiots like Percy Alleline were in charge...

[Snow]

19. Best spy TV show was "I spy", with

let's see, Robert Blake, was it?
~does quick google~

http://ispy65.tripod.com/home.htm

no, Robert Culp, and his faithful sidekick, Bill Cosby. Man, that was great TV! And they didn't script it either - they bloody improvised. Yeah, they had a story line, but it was improv. Excellent stuff.

[LTR]

20. XXX

Because nobody else has said it yet (or are afraid to).

Fun flick (no, really!)

Funny send-up of 007-types.

Best line: (as he's about to shag a half-naked babe slithering all over his bed) "Oh, the things I'm about to do for my country!"

[AndyTiedye]

22. Charlie Muffin

What's a spy to do when his own employers betray him?

If you haven't seen this one, track it down!

[toddzilla]

27. that movie was quite possibly the biggest waste of film ever.

"bitches come" are you fucking kidding me??

of course it's from the director of fast and furious so you can't expect it not to suck..

[ironflange]

21. The best agent in real life

will probably never be known, much less suspected.

[Sting]

23. 007 James Bond!

hell yeah!

[jobycom]

24. Agent Cody Banks!

Maybe I center my life too much around my children....

[Spirochete]

25. Johnny English

the only one not mentioned yet in the thread. hehe

[toddzilla]

28. have to go with bond..

the original, and still the benchmark. although i don't really think the movies are very good anymore, you still can't help but think of bond when anyone says secret agent. and roger moore will always be bond to me.

[VOX]

30. Recently reread the Ian Fleming Bond novels -- they're a kick!

And fairly well written. Highly entertaining, and slightly risque for their time.

Recommended fare.

[Whitacre D_WI]

31. Emma Peel.

The thought of Roger Moore in that catsuit sickens me.

[VOX]

51. May I simply say, "Amen," and...

Rwwwwrrrr...

[terrya]

32. Derek Flint

I liked James Colburn, the actor who played him in "Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint:.

Derek Flint was pretty cool.

[Dogmudgeon]

35. He, and Matt Helm

"When Matt Helm's
On the case
And he's bugged
The whole place
That's -- Dean Martin!"

(Sung to the tune of "That's Amore!")

--bkl
Sung to the tune of "Eve of Destruction"

[Bucky]

34. Lancelot Link!

Secret Chimp!

[BurtWorm]

47. I seconded you without seeing your post!

And I looked too. I was just so eager to pay homage to my main man...er, chimp.

[Dogmudgeon]

36. They've given him a number and taken away his name

SECRET AGENT MAN
performed by Johnny Rivers
(P.F. Sloan / Steve Barri)

There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger
With every move he makes another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Be careful what you say
Or you'll give yourself away
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

(lead guitar riff)

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

Swinging on the Riviera one day
And then laying in a Bombay alley next day
You let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

Secret agent man

--bkl
Let us give thanks to P.F.Sloan

[youngred]

37. Maxwell Smart

and his lovely accomplice 99

[Zero Gravitas]

38. Stephen Maturin

[Snivi Yllom]

39. Missed the poll by that much....

Maxwell Smart Agent 86

40. Maxwell Smart or Derek Flint

no contest

[GOPisEvil]

41. There's a man who leads a life of danger...

SECRET AGENT MAN
Johnny Rivers
(P.F. Sloan / S. Barri)

There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger
With every move he makes another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Ah, be careful what you say
Or you'll give yourself away
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

------ lead guitar ------

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

Swingin' on the Riviera one day
And then layin' in the Bombay alley next day
Oh no, you let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
The odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name

Secret agent man


I see BKL has beaten me to posting this. Who reads before posting anyway. ;-)

[ArkDem]

42. Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies when he became a

double naught spy.

[BurtWorm]

43. Lancelot Link

[Beaker]

45. Illya Kuryakin or Derek Flint

too hard to choose.

[Elidor]

50. Magnus Pym

But then, I'm cynical.

[Lady Freedom]

52. What no Nick Carter?!?!?!

If you haven't read any of the Nick Carter books, thin I sugest for you to cheek them out!