LILY DIED

 

Lily died as she wouldn’t give up wheat

Which was the death of her

But she didn’t have an allergy

She was killed by a Combine harvester

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.

I SUFFER WITH A PHOBIA

 

I suffer with a phobia

But I can’t admit it

So, I’m claustrophobic

But I’m in the closet

FOGHORN CROSSED THE ROAD

 

Foghorn crossed the road

And took it in his stride

To avoid an anti-masker

Walking on the other side

WHEN YOU ARE WRITING A STORY

 

When you are writing a story

About losing your virginity

Please do one thing for certain

And put it in the first person

FOLLOW THE LIGHT

 

When I died, I headed

Towards the light

Slow and steady

But it turned out

I’d been reincarnated

As a moth already

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 415

 

Itsy bitsy spider

Climbed up the water spout

Arriving in the shower

As she was getting out

And that was when

She began to scream or shout