Statcruncher said:
Inspired by this thread I started with Dr. No and have been going through them chronologically as well. A couple of weekends ago during a marathon I swear I heard some offer Bond a drink describing it as "stirred, not shaken". Was I hearing things? I think maybe it was Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice?
Went back and checked it last night. It's about 22 minutes into You Only Live Twice when Bond first meets Dikko Henderson after the sumo match. Henderson prepares Bond a drink and as he hands it to Bond he says something along the lines of it being stirred, not shaken. Bond replies "perfect". Is that simply an errant line by Henderson that they missed in editing, or am I missing something obvious here?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaken,_not_stirred
The shaken Martini is mentioned twice in the first Bond film
Dr. No (1962.) Once when Bond had presumably ordered a drink from Room Service to his hotel room, it is mixed by a waiter, who says "one medium dry vodka martini mixed like you said, sir, but not stirred" (a slice of lime was in the bottom of the glass.) Later,
Dr. No presents Bond with a drink — "A medium dry martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred."
Bond did not vocally order one himself until
Goldfinger (1964). However, in the 1967 film
You Only Live Twice, Bond's contact Henderson prepares a martini for Bond and says "That's, um, stirred not shaken. That was right, wasn't it?" To which Bond replies politely, "Perfect." Since then, each Bond has himself ordered the drink, except for two.