HE CERTAINLY WASN’T MUCH OF A POLICEMAN # 1

 

He certainly wasn’t much of a policeman

Of that there was very little doubt

His colleagues called him the station cat

Because on rainy nights he never went out

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – EARTHQUAKE (1974)

 

“Earthquake” is an action thriller disaster movie, screenplay by George Fox and Mario Puzo and Directed by Mark Robson.

The story focuses on a varied group of people in Los Angeles, construction Engineer Stuart Graff (Charlton Heston) who is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy (Ava Gardner), and is having an affair with the widow of a co-worker, Denise Marshall (Geneviève Bujold) and Remy pressurises her father, Sam Royce (Lorne Greene), Stuart's boss, to stop Stuart from seeing Denise.

Also Rogue policeman, Lew Slade (George Kennedy), is suspended from the L.A.P.D. for punching another officer and contemplates quitting the force.

Jody (Marjoe Gortner) is a perverted grocery store manager, who lusts after Rosa Amici (Victoria Principal), and Rosa’s sister Sal (Gabriel Dell), is the assistant to Miles Quade (Richard Roundtree), an aspiring daredevil motor cyclist.

All the lives of all these people are devastated when a major earthquake rips through Los Angeles and reduces the city to ruins.

THE CARPENTERS

 

My wife said to me

Let’s play carpenter’s

So, we got hammered

Then I nailed her

I’M THINKING ABOUT TAKING A HOLIDAY # 3

 

I’m thinking about taking a holiday

But I don’t know where to go

I will probably be in Doubt

It’s not for frequent flyers though

Its destination I’m unsure of

In fact I’m not sure I want to go

WHATS IN A NAME (43)

 

What do you think can Ben Gunn?

Did anyone notice is David Dunn?

Did anyone notice was Sean Kerley?

Does anyone know was George Burley?

ARE YOU WEARING A KNITTED SWIMSUIT?

 

Are you wearing a knitted swimsuit?

Well I know there’s a recession on

But I’m afraid knitted swimwear

Isn’t at all the right thing to don

 

Because one of two things will happen

The weight of wool will pull them down

Or when you are swimming the weight

Will pull you under and you’ll drown

RED HAT

 

She was a stunner

In her new red hat

And it turned a few heads

Have no doubt of that

 

She was not dressed

As someone one ignores

But everyone was thinking

“Red hat no drawers”