I am sitting here watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Yes, that one. Starring Dick Van Dyke. And, I’ve mentioned my affinity for Mr. Van Dyke before.

What I wasn’t aware of was the fact that the following people were also involved with the movie:

  • Ian Fleming
  • Albert Broccoli (better known as “Cubby” Broccoli)
  • Desmond Llewelyn

Individually, I wouldn’t have been surprised. But those three have ties to another movie series: The James Bond films.

  • Fleming, author of the Bond books, also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Cubby Broccoli produced all of the Bond films through 1989’s The Living Daylights
  • Llewlyn portrayed British Secret Service agent Major Boothroyd (although he is better known as “Q”), the inventor of all of Bond’s gadgets from From Russia with Love through The World Is Not Enough (he died shortly after T.W.I.N.E. was released).

All this and Benny Hill, too.

Silly movie. But fun. And it brings back a few fond memories.