That is without a doubt one of the wittiest lines of all the 007 movies. Who would not believe, like Moneypenny, that Free Radicals is the name of a terrorist organisation, instead of what it actually is, a medical term?
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
There are a bunch of fun zingers in this movie.
Just before the "cut out all free radicals" line (which indeed was hilarious), M says "all that red meat, white bread, too many dry martinis" and Bond says "I shall cut out the...white bread, sir." "You'll do more than that, Double Oh Seven."
My favourite is when the woman comes into his room with "Lentil delight, dandelion salad, goat's cheese" and Bond dismisses that for his stash of "Beluga caviar, quail's eggs, vodka...foie gras."
This movie was fun to me.
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Trying hard to be the shepherd.
"...and then join us for a refreshing cup of parsley tea."
"Mr. Bond, I'll need a urine sample, if you could fill this beeker."
"From here?"
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"You know that making love to Fatima Blush was the greatest moment of your life."
"Well to be perfectly honest, there was this girl in Philadelphia..."
"Shut UP!!!"
"Now write this: 'The greatest rapture of my life was afforded me on a boat in Nassau by Fatima Blush,' and sign it 'James Bond, 007.'"
"I just remembered. It's against service policy for agents to hand out endorsements."
"WRITE!!!"
I like this movie. Silly campy fun, but all the little moments like that made it plenty funny. I loved Algernon, too.
That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did.
Agree with all of you!
And what would any Bond movie be without a bit of camp? It's part of the blend of wit, death, and tongue-in-cheek.
Love this film.
And since all of you took the best lines, I'm left with...
DOMINO: Mmmm, that feels so good.
BOND: Certainly does.
DOMINO: Pardon me?
BOND: Certainly...does need it. There are slight lesions in your lower vertebrae.
Or
BOND: Tell me, Commander, are you equipped with the new XT-7B's?
SUBMARINE COMMANDER: That's top secret. How the hell do you know about it?
BOND: From a Russian translation of one of your service manuals. Sorry.
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"Is this a courting or a donnybrook?"---Michaleen Flynn, The Quiet Man
You've all forgotten the best and funniest one in the film ;
When Bond arrives in the bahames and he meets a woman on a boat right before mr bean uhh sorry Small-Fawcett arrives, the woman says "i'l catch you later"
And then later on in the film he comes up out of the water grabbing her fishingline, when he surfaces he speaks the immortal words ; well you did say you'd catch me later.....
LOL
Most of those zingers were provided by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, a British comedy writing team known for dozens of British sitcoms back in the 70s and 80s. They were hired to doctor the script a bit and add some of these one-liners. They freely admitted to cribbing the "filling the beaker from here" bit from their sitcom Porridge.
share"It's still in pretty good shape." Referring first to the car, then to his body.
shareWater-skier: "I've got you all wet"
Bond: "Yes, but my martini's still dry"