HE CERTAINLY WASN’T MUCH OF A POLICEMAN # 2

 

He certainly wasn’t much of a policeman

Of that most people would concur

His colleagues called him the Gurkha

Because he never took a prisoner

EVERYONE WANTS TO BE THE STAR

 

Everyone wants to be the star

Of their own life story

But life isn’t like a movie

You don’t get the chance

To re-take the scenes you mess up

And it isn’t like a play

That can be painstakingly rehearsed

You have to go on cold

You may dry up or miss your cue

Or fluff your lines

You may need prompting

You will probably have to improvise

But it’s up to you how the drama unfolds

And whether you are hero or villain

OUR SCARECROW WON FIRST PRIZE

 

Our scarecrow won first prize

When the winner was revealed

The judges at the county show

Thought it outstanding in its field

SOMEWHERE UNPRONOUNCEABLE # 1

 

I went on holiday to somewhere unpronounceable

Who have a novel approach to automation

You are not permitted to own a motor car

Unless it is Red, making them a Red Car-nation

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)

 

“The Towering Inferno” is an action thriller disaster movie, screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, from the Novel by Richard Martin Stern, Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, and Directed by John Guillermin.

 

The focal point of the movie is a colossal skyscraper, designed by Architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman), which is nearing completion when he returns from a long vacation, but ahead of the “grand opening” party he discovers that his wiring specifications have not been followed and as a result the building has been experiencing an increasing number of electrical glitches.

He raises his concerns with his father in law, Jim Duncan (William Holden) and Project Manager Simmons (Richard Chamberlain) but they are brushed aside. 

Suffice is to say that during the party a fire breaks out and quickly spreads, which threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

So Michael O'Halleran (Steve McQueen), who is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground.

It’s a tense and thrilling tale with an amazing cast assembled by producer Irwin Allen, who succeed in getting McQueen and Newman to co-star, he also signed Faye Dunaway to play Newman's love interest and cast Fred Astaire, against type as a con-man, but even more astonishing than that, he lured reclusive and legendary film star Jennifer Jones out of retirement for the sympathetic role of Lisolette Mueller.

He also secured other notables which included Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, Susan Flannery, Sheila Allen, Robert Vaughn, O.J. Simpson and Dabney Coleman.

WHATS IN A NAME (40)

 

What do you think was Henry Cruel?

You should have seen Pete Duel?

Does anyone think does Jason Fear?

Did anyone notice Edward Leer?

ARE YOU WEARING SILK DRAWERS?

Are you wearing silk drawers?

I only ask you as I can see

That you appear to be the victim

Of an elastic deficiency

And if you combine that

With the force of gravity  

They are around your ankles

You may think it a catastrophe

But I would beg to differ

For me it’s just serendipity