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CROSSROADS MOTEL

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(A re-post from 5 years ago but you can't get enough of culture.  Laughing Lenny stole this from me).

 

I remember it well, “The Crossroads Motel”

Your acting consistently shite,

Giving my head through the script being read

A migraine that lasted all night;

But those were the days; I rode BSAs;

We watched on our screens black and white;

Your actors were poor, the walls and the door

Would wobble as lines they’d recite;

Ah, but you got away; ITV dropped the play;

Your legend in tatters and torn;

Once you’d gone away never once would we say

“We miss you”, We don’t miss you,

“We miss you”, We don’t miss you

Once Crossroads Motel was withdrawn.

 

I remember it well “The Crossroads Motel”

You were famous, your plots were a legend;

Unlike ITV though we could all see

The base of the pots they were dredging;

No more would we beg for Sandie and Meg

Who pushed him around in his chair;

And nor furthermore for Benny who wore

A bonnet to cover his hair;

Ah, but you got away ITV ditched the play

We look back on you now with some scorn;

Once you’d gone away never once would we say

“We miss you”, We don’t miss you,

“We miss you”, We don’t miss you

One bereavement that we would not mourn.

 

I remember it well “The Crossroads Motel”

With characters plastic and dead;

That suave Adam Chance who had a romance

With Jill, whom later he wed;

And that Miss Diane whose number 1 fan

Was Benny, not Shughie McPhee;

Amy Turtle, the Brummie, whose acting was crummy

MesterRunter – how wooden was he?

Ah, but you got away; ITV dumped the play

Though some years later reborn;

Your plot was still grey; we’d once again say

“We’ve not missed you, we don’t miss you

We’ve not missed you, we don’t miss you;

Yet again, the soap was withdrawn

 

I remember it well “The Crossroads Motel”

Your acting consistently shite,

Giving my head with the script being read

A migraine that lasted all night.

◄ BAD BISKIT BLUES

TIPS FOR THE NEWLY MARRIED MAN ►

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John Coopey

Mon 25th Sep 2017 08:33

Harry,
Benny WAS guilty of crimes against entertainment.

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Harry O'Neill

Mon 25th Sep 2017 00:09

John, John!
That huge piece of graffiti on the wall just outside of Euston station...`BENNY IS INNOCENT`... was it you?

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John Coopey

Sun 24th Sep 2017 12:08

I think you are right about my version being "dung dung dung dung dung". I have re-recorded the audio since my original. I thought I'd take advantage of a cold to replicate Lenny's low-pitched grumble.

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