James Bond, Jack Bauer, Jason Bourne - Whats with the JB's?

[cleverlymadeup]

I do remember watching a doco on that. The writter of JB (name slips my mind)

Sir Ian Flemming wrote the James bond book and a few other things too

James and most spies are based on a man known as Intrepid aka Sir William Stephenson and he was canadian too

James is still one of the best spies around, everyone likes him even with all his womanizing and he got away with saying a lot of pretty bold statements in that day too

such as this from Diamonds are Forever

James Bond: Weren't you a blonde when I came in?
Tiffany Case: Could be.
James Bond: I tend to notice little things like that - whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette.
Tiffany Case: Which do you prefer?
James Bond: Well, as long as the collar and cuffs match...

 

[Larenxis]

Sir William Stephenson is the coolest guy ever. I know someone who met him, and he was all like "I met Neil Young and Jean Chretien too!" and I did not care.

I rather like the James Bond character despite so many of the movies being awful, and I'm hoping to read Casino Royale once I finish my dreadful book.

 

[SubtleMockery]

Jimmy Buffet? Jason Bateman? Jack Black? John Booth? James Brown! Jack Burton?
Mein gadt! They're networked everywhere!

 

[Alone Disciple]

It's BJ backwards, and that is an awesome thing.

Dammit....and I thought I was going to be really clever.

 

[Tony Harrison]

I now have a new found respect for Jim Bowen... he certainly hides it well.

 

[the monopoly guy]

Ooooh... Jack Black.

I discovered another spy, and he's passing himself off as a panda.

first mike meyers, now steve carrell, its only a matter of time before Jack Black makes his own spy comedy...I dread that day.

you have listed 3 different JB's out of all the other spy movies...name one other famous spy with the initials JB, there aren't really "all the JB's" just 3...unless you meet the afformentioned challenge.

 

[vede]

Holy shit! George Bush! Wait. It sounds the same!

 

[Uncola Man]

Well, McWipp seems to have found all the loose JBs. I know there's an alcoholic... product(?) called J&B...

Good catch, themightydog.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

I spy with my little eye, a co-incidence. Nothing more. Names beginning with J are common (Jack, John and James are in the top 10 most common) and names beginning with B are also common. I guess it's just random luck and/or chance.

 

[vun]

I bet Jim Beam has some sort of liquid tracking device or camera that the guys in lab coats won't tell us about.

 

[aussiesniper]

I bet Jim Beam has some sort of liquid tracking device or camera that the guys in lab coats won't tell us about.

What? no, no. of course there are no tracking devices in jim beam. vending machines, on the other hand...
*muffled gunshots*

 

[Liam Wolfy]

JB is easy to make a name from, Jillian brice. See, simple, but James bond is just awesome.

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

There are some great JBs out there. Including my favorite: James Brown [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J.B.%27s] .

 

[gr8gwez]

there is also jack bristow from alias...

 

[white_salad]

Jon Bon jovi...he's only 2/3 spy material. He became a musician, leaving his spyhood behind.

 

[FalloutJack]

You're all forgetting John Belushi, who played the role of Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers.

But, hmmm... An organization of JBs? Hah! Next you'll tell me that there's a Conspiracy of Daves!

Wait...