Clerihews

[Dame Starry]

Adieu, Pete Postlethwaite
Once Julie Walters' mate
On screen you seldom got a bird
But were Lost For Words with Thora Hird.

[GRAEME]

Colin Firth
Could be Oscar-worth
In a film about a king stammering
He could give his rivals a bit of a hammering

[Windthrop]

Peter Yates, film maker
His car chase in Bullitt was no faker
With McQueen at the wheel
It had an authentic feel

[moonfleet]

With Windy
I do agree
Albert Finney deserves a Sir
In Peter Yates: The Dresser

[Windthrop]

Susannah York who acted and campaigned
Was not fazed when her film career waned
Back on the boards she went
And each performance was an event

[Windthrop]

Poor Old Ricky
In LA things have got a bit sticky
Making some celebs mouths foam
With comments that were close to home

[batman]

That recent TV policeman Mr Zen
Was one of those well dressed Italian men
He was a throwback to times less in yer face
When shows had heroes like Man in a Suitcase

[Windthrop]

Farewell T.P.
An urbane presence on stage, film and TV
Rarely a star on screen
He could deftly steal a scene

[Windthrop]

Jane Russell was a star
Famous for the uplift bra
Though her career was brief
She devoted herself to religious belief

[Windthrop]

Prolific Director Sidney Lumet
Though he only got the honorary statuette
Under his experienced hand
Bergman and Dunaway joined that select band

[batman]

Frederick Stafford Eurospy
Lost his life when his plane failed to fly
He made lots of films of which I am fond
And he would have made an excellent Bond

[batman]

Rafe, the son of Timothy Spall
Doesn't convince as a psycho at all
His acting in The Shadow Line is very bad
He should have got tips from his dear old Dad

[moonfleet]

E. coli is accused of murder
His weapon is a cucumber
Anti Pesto is on the track
And we don't doubt that they are crack

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[moonfleet]

News from France

Martine announced she's in the race
For presidential she bets an ace
The main question is evident
Are they ready, for a woman president



Martine Aubry

[moonfleet]

But don't forget Marine Le Pen
Two women on the run then...
Her father she's a good daughter
National Front is the matter

[Windthrop]

Old Worral T
Who cooks with such glee
When rules did he flout
At Tesco's checkout

[Windthrop]

Reginald Hill
His writing did compell and thrill
Born in Hartlepool
He started his working life in a school

[Windthrop]

Farewell Nicol Williamson
For him acting was serious and never just fun
Though his films the critics often did berate
His acting was never second rate

[moonfleet]

Bye Nicol Williamson Sir
Excalibur was like a dard for her
Hope you now found a warmer place
Here trace on the oak is a ace

[Windthrop]

Old Sir Fred
Known as 'The Shed'
It hasn't really gone wrong
He's got his loot despite losing his gong