Talk:George Lazenby

message: A while ago I added a 600 byte footnote to point out that the meme of On Her Majesty's Secret Service being a flop, is pure myth. Someone has since expanded this footnote to 4 kB and it looks terrible. In fact in this footnote there is now more text -- about movie finance -- than there is bio information on Lazenby in the whole article. The effort is admirable, but this sort of detailed information doesn't really belong in a "footnote" in an article focussing on Lazenby's bio. It should be moved to a subsection of the On Her Majesty's Secret Service article itself, and perhaps referenced from here. -- Securiger 08:27 UTC, 3 October 2005
It should also be mentioned that he starred in one of the BBC's classic Play For Today series, The Operation, in 1973. Whatever Lazenby's shortcomings as an actor, at least this represented a proper dramatic role, as did Sean Connery's pre-Bond appearances on TV in Shakespeare and contemporary plays -- unlike Roger Moore, whose TV work consists entirely of escapist nonsense, most of it aimed at America anyway. Dolmance (talk) 20:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footnote on success as 007 

message: How is his last name pronounced?  I thought it was like the "laz" in "Lazarus", but some media people (not necessarily the best source for pronunciations) are pronouncing it similarly to "laser". Hu 02:03, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ask an Aussie.  It is like "lay-zuhn-bee".  Always, 100%.  -  Jack of Oz [your turn] 20:32, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

text: Yes, as above, with the accent on the first syllable - "LAY-zun-bee".Chris Keating (talk) 00:45, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Clarification needed for this paradox: 
"Lazenby's Hong Kong martial arts action films were very successful financially but without Lee the films did not have much commercial impact."
What is the difference between financial success and commercial impact?  What in fact does "commercial impact" even mean, if it means something other than making lots of money?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.62.47 (talk) 01:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: I see that User:Nightscream has repeatedly removed addition of date and place of birth per WP:BLP and WP:V. This is indeed very prudent if it was about something more complicated or controversial, but I don't see the point of this deletion zeal in this case. For example, since when is IMDB considered a wholly unreliable about these things? I tried to do some searches, but couldn't find anything that could be deemed more reliable. But neither did I find any conflicting information. All sources seem to say the same thing: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, 5 September 1939.
I'm at a loss as to why this situation merits a rather one-sided revert war (and article protection). WP:BLP is intended to avoid damaging and controversial information from sneaking articles, and this is clearly neither damaging nor controversial. Peter Isotalo 21:47, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth date 

message: The article mentions a "garlic" incident between Lazenby and Diana Rigg, and mentions their claims that it was just a rumour, but doesn't give any details about what the incident actually (supposedly) was. Goodbye Galaxy 18:59, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have seen references (I don't remember where) that Lazenby's portrayal of Bond is the closest to Fleming's conception in the novels.  Having seen IHMSS, I'm inclined to agree.  Lazenby's bland, rather bloodless performance indeed is pretty close to Fleming's concepion.Alloco1 (talk) 01:35, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Garlic 

message: Is it Goulburn or Queanbeyan? Tarskov (talk) 15:42, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The sources cited in the Early life section indicate he was born in Goulburn, and moved to Queanbeyan in his teens. Nightscream (talk) 16:03, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Place of birth

message: In his public speaking appearances Mr Lazenby is emphatic that OHMSS was his first motion picture experience.  What evidence besides some IMDB comments link him to that film?Foofbun (talk) 05:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no evidence that Lazenby appeared in this film. This is not to say that he didn't appear in the film, but as our duty is to provide only reliably sourced facts, I agree with your decision to remove this film from his list of credits. - Fanthrillers (talk) 23:03, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Espionage in Tangiers

message: Is this twitter account for real? [twitter.com/georgelazenby] Can someone authenticate the Twitter account georgelazenby Mang (talk) 04:23, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Ashton Kutcher has a verified profile on Twitter. The blue tick mark next to his name means that he has provided the site with additional information showing that he is the real deal and not an impostor. Neither of the accounts https://twitter.com/georgelazenby or https://twitter.com/GeorgeLazenby00 have this, and they do not look like the real deal for the Bond actor.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:52, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twitter account? 

message: I correct a few factual errors in the article. It seems Nightscream missed those despite his numerous edits to the article. Oddly they reverted me, but didn't actually supply references for their versions (AWW is there, but contradicts the spelling in the article and the infobox). In any case, I added  to statements that seem incorrect.  Agt.007 (talk) 17:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wives and children 

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Q9OFx2nEw
Lazenby stated that in this talk radio interview from Australia he stated that he was black listed, with two exceptions, for years after OHMSSS.
The reasons were: he had Rohnan O'Rhailly as an agent.  He refused to sign a contract.  He wore hippie type clothes, wore his hair long and raised a beard . . .
Should this be stated in the article???
Contemporaneous interview from that period: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8YJ4V4xqpUUser:JCHeverly 18:38, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blacklisted??? 

message: Sourced text was removed by IP, the source itself is quite vague so here are some others
Student Newspaper
tvguide.com
 Durham Times referring to a guide book which also makes the claim.
Same paper, different article, same guide book
I'm sure there are some more in print at the university itself. SPACKlick (talk) 14:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Durham university source 

message: Substituted at 16:01, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: I don't understand why this picture is here... it was "used by" Lazenby? I'm suspecting this is a joke or vandalism, but I apologize if I'm wrong. PurpleChez (talk) 15:40, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Volkswagen brochure 

message: , , A belated comment: The above discussion (s) refer to Lazenby’s line "this never happened to the other fellow" as not breaking the fourth wall, because he wasn’t looking directly at the camera. Just to clarify, breaking the fourth wall can be done through 'directly referring to the audience, the play as a play, or the characters' fictionality'. The line is a reference to Connery in the role of Bond, so it is a reference to the character’s fictionality, is it not? Swanny18 (talk) 08:58, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a tongue in cheek comment and is probably intended as a reference to Connery, but it would have been too jokey to have Lazenby looking directly at the camera while saying it.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:01, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Wiktionary > in-joke, inside joke, private joke. Cinema is littered with this kind of virtual intimacy. An audience by its very existence is in entrapment and on here this kind-of "notes being passed under the table" is a professional subterfuge towards drawing the audience into communication. The remark in discussion creates an understood link to the newness of the present actor in the continuing cinematic enterprise. The breach of the fourth wall is more a brazen display of your cards if not an actor's eyeballs.--Laurencebeck (talk) 12:20, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is indeed an example of a reference, in-joke, metafiction/metareference, etc., but is not a breaking of the fourth wall. Breaking the fourth wall is a specific practice in which the actor looks directly into the camera and addresses the audience. Nightscream (talk) 17:12, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fourth wall, again