OFF: austin powers in "THE SPY TO WHOM I PUT IT"

Paul Mather paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU
Sun Jun 6 15:42:49 EDT 1999


On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:

=> i was at the mall this afternoon and saw a couple promo displays for the 2nd
=> austin powers movie, "the spy who shagged me", and it got me to thinkin'...
=>
=> in america, not too many yankees know what "shag" means. ^_~

I thought that myself, but then a friend reminded me that the multitudes
of people who saw the first Austin Powers film will now know the meaning
of "shag," and so the title's meaning will not be so hidden.

I presume it was inspired by the Roger Moore Bond movie, _The Spy Who
Loved Me_, but with an Austin Powers ring to it. :-)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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        --- James Marshall Hendrix



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