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My Dad Was Almost James Bond

Des Bishop

For years acclaimed comedian Des Bishop wanted to write a show about his father. Mike Bishop was a model and actor who gave up that life to become a hard-working man of the suburbs - a good husband, a caring father, a responsible citizen. Still, he sometimes talked wistfully about the glamorous life...

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Des mentioned that he had written the title and the other hosts admitted they hadn't read it, though one of them ordered it to support him and began reading the life‑lesson stories about his dad's near‑James Bond audition. The discussion highlighted the book's personal anecdotes and lessons without offering a strong endorsement, treating it more as a casual curiosity.

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Des mentioned that he had written the book, the hosts had never read it, then one of them ordered it and began reading the lifelesson stories it contained.

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He wrote a book called My Dad Was Nearly James Bond because his dad was like this hot actor who auditioned for James Bond once. And I never read the book. And he always gets mad at me that I never read the book.

I ordered it when he was gone. That's so nice of you to support. No, I wanted to support. I'm in the arts to see what it's like over there.

And then I started reading it and he was like, yeah, it's all these life lessons, all these important things that happened to me.

I haven't read it yet. Did you?

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