The Week contest: Disarmed 007
This week’s question: Amazon sparked outrage after it digitally scrubbed James Bond’s signature Walther PPK pistol from 007 promotional images on its streaming platform, leaving the likes of Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan awkwardly brandishing thin air. If Amazon were to further sanitize the super spy series, what new violence-free title might it give an old Bond movie?
Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Scary squirrel
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THE WINNER: “The Man with the Golden Retriever”
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
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SECOND PLACE: “On Her Majesty’s Tea Service”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
THIRD PLACE: “Live and Let Off with a Warning”
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Live and Let’s Dialogue”
Sharon Cunningham, Greendale, Wisconsin
“License to Chill”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
“Dr. No (But Thanks!)
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
“Octowussy”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“The Man with the Golden Super Soaker”
David & Mary Harris, Red Bank, New Jersey
“The Man with the Olden Nun”
Wald Klimczyk, Janesville, Wisconsin
“Octogenarian”
Mark Arneson, Lincoln, Nebraska
“Live and Let Die of Old Age”
Rob Callen, Poughkeepsie, New York
“On Her Majesty’s Secret Santa”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
“A View to a Stern Lecture”
Phil Plumley, Canal Fulton, Ohio
“DR. NOthing to see here”
Allison Bragard, Culver City, California
“Dr. No Offense”
Gaston Peter-Contesse, Suquamish, Washington
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