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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

"There's asses and bottoms. there's cans and there's duffs..." Fundamentals: An Abecedarial Nonsense in Rhyme

There's asses and bottoms. There's cans and there's duffs. 
There's ends and there's fannies. There's glutei max.
There's heinies; il botto. There's Junk in the trunk.
There's keisters. Les tooshe (that's how Frenchies say 'cracks'). 

There’s matakos and new moons. There's onions and poopers.
There's quailtails and rumps and there's seats (in the rear). 
There's a tuchus. Une breech. A va-voom and a whoopie cake.
(X, Y, Z? Wa-a-a-a-a-a-y too exotic, my dear.)

Film-Flam or Brief Histories of Cinema Classics

 
     1939 The Wizard of Oz

In Oz, your monkeys soar, your wizards roar.

You’re not, young Dot, in Kansas anymore.



     1939 Gone with the Wind

More ante-bellum “bim-bam, thank you, ma’am!”

Quite frankly, Yankees just don’t give a damn.



     1941 Citizen Kane

What nonsense! “Rosebud!” signifies a sled?

To wit, Kane’s lit. “Rosé, Bud!”’s what he said.



     1942 Casablanca

Though famed for Bogart’s bid, “Again, Sam! Play it!”

the question bides: did Bogie even say it? 



     1950 All About Eve

A bitter Bette rides the stairs. (Takes flight…?)

“Make fast those belts. This bodes a bumpy night.”



     1954 On the Waterfront

Steiger’s Chas “The Gent,” while Cobb’s the jerk.

Mauldin’s priest goads Marlon’s brash Young Turk.

Saint, god knows, as good as goes berserk.

But who’s the dude who crows, “Let’s go to work!”?



     1979 Alien

“Aliens!!” cries poor Sigourney’s team.

(‘Tis space, my dear: they cannot hear you scream.)

Losts & Founds: An ABC

     The Lost Ark Careless Hebrews lost the Ark  but Jones, a gentile, found it --  along with half a dozen nasty  Nazis runnin' 'ro...