WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY (6)

 

Who killed Mary what’s her name

What a way to go

When tomorrow comes

Where were you when the lights went out?

Why are you not here?

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

 

“Blazing Saddles” is a comedy western, written by Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger, from the Story by Andrew Bergman and Directed by Mel Brooks.

It’s the story of a town where everyone seems to be named Johnson, but apart from that it’s in the way of the railroad and in order to grab their land, a politically connected nasty individual, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), sends in his henchmen, lead by Taggart (Slim Pickens) to make the town unliveable.

The town demands a replacement, from the Governor, Lepetomane (Mel Brooks), after their Sheriff is killed, and Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black Sheriff in the west.

Sherriff Bart (Cleavon Little) is a sophisticated urbanite has some difficulty winning over the townspeople but when he does he soon becomes Lemar’s most formidable adversary aided by Jim the gunslinger (Gene Wilder), despite Lemar using Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) and Mongo (Alex Karras).

 

TRAFFIC COP – STOPPED FOR SPEEDING

 

When a cop stopped me for speeding

They fined me one hundred pounds

“I was only trying to keep up with traffic”

But the traffic officer stood his ground

Then he look at me and responded

“But there are no other cars around”

“I know” I said “I was doing a hundred

And I was still losing ground

EAST OF KINTYRE

On the Mull of Kintyre

I stood atop the steep cliffs

On a day so crisp and clear

And looked out towards the east

And it was possible to see

The mystical Ailsa Craig

And the Ayrshire coast beyond 

ARE YOU WEARING A ONESIE? # 2

 

Are you wearing a onesie?

I didn’t know you were the type

But you have surprised me

And yes I like the tiger stripe

It’s rather a shapeless thing

Am I being picky and choosy?

To be honest I don’t like it

But I’d like to see your twosie

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 298

 

Taffy was a Welshman,

Taffy was a thief;

Taffy came to my house

And stole a piece of beef.

I should mention in the interest

Of political correctness

That not all Welshmen

Are called taffy

And not all Welshmen

Are thieves or indeed

Have a liking for someone else’s beef.

But this particular Welshman

In the 18^th Century Nursery Rhyme

Was indeed called taffy

And he was a thieving bastard

 

“Taffy was a Welshman was an actual nursery rhyme

Popularised in the 18^th Century, so don’t blame me”

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

 

“You can’t take it with you”

That’s what they say

But at the end of the day

A Will is a dead giveaway