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"Uncredited"
ReplyDeleteI make a cameo appearance in the movie Pal Joey.
I play a Cal Berkeley student aboard the SF Bay ferry
carrying Sinatra to the City. My part isn't showy.
You gotta pause the DVR or I vanish in a hurry.
I recall the day we did it, an 8-hour shoot
floating hither & yon in our watery slog.
A hundred extras & the star in his trim sharp suit.
We had a hot lunch catered; he ate a hot dog.
A swampy smell arose gradually about our feet
after lunch; the deck was sticky (we were none too neat).
~ OMK
We return to the Templar Preceptory where two of Robin's men had ventured for Rebecca's trial by combat. But first, we need some background.
ReplyDeleteThru Europe over river and vale
Searched the troubadour, Allen a Dale
Into Austria he finally came to a halt
Pausing beside a towering castle's vault
In France he was le jongleur, Blondel
Outre mer he came to know Richard well
His stay in the East was a mere cameo
The King had become captive. Just where though?
Suddenly a familiar voice sounded a rondelet
Despair that had swamped him was lifted away
Loud and clear was his response, this was their song
Richard tossed him a message and Allen was gone.
He didn't hang around, he didn't want to be seen.
He must take the ransom note to Eleanor the Queen.
Finding a way to get Richard home and free
Was still sticky but one day he hoped to see
The return of the Pride of the Plantagenets
And here at the Templar Preceptory this very day
Alongside Tuck, a man of the Cloth or so to speak
Came thundering in King Richard. Vengeance he would seek.
WC
Yay! More story!!
ReplyDeleteAllan-a-Dale = Blondel? Wow.
Wow! Ol' Man Keith, did you really perform in a play with Sinatra? If so, terrific--if not, a delightful rhyme all the same.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to have a return to your saga, Wilbur. Very suspenseful ending--looking forward to the continuation.
"Sorry Story"
ReplyDeleteRita write a complex cameo
about her recent trip to Rio.
The project gave her some pause
because the journey had many flaws.
The region was quite swampy
and the food was tough and chompy.
Staying dry was also tricky
because hot weather made everything sticky.
Still, she was glad she decided to go
so her troublesome trip she could sew
into a story of her tough week
about which only this once she would speak.
Sorry, "Rita wrote a complex cameo".
ReplyDeleteWell done, Wilbur ~ nice to get caught up on our adventuring king Richie!
ReplyDeleteBeing reminded of his capture, I can't help but reflect on the surprise and delight of Duke Leo's men who cracked his disguise in Vienna.
My guess is that good ol' Lionheart was not very good at pretending to be a commoner. ("Whaddya mean I shouldn't refer to myself as 'We'?!")
Misty ~ Yep, when Hollywood movies did location filming in San Francisco, they would hire local "talent" for small parts and as crowd extras. I was in a few movies, but the only one where you could see my face was Pal Joey.
For the opening scenes, the character of Joey (Sinatra) is arrested by some local police and given one-way ticket out of town. He is shown arriving in S.F. on the ferry from Oakland--so a large bunch of us were hired to cruise the Bay for a day and be seen as his fellow passengers.
Union rules prevented us from approaching Sinatra during the day. The irony is that the union made sure we all had a beautifully catered multi-course hot meal for lunch, while I could see Frank in a corner eating a single hot dog with a coke.
I think it looked "tough and chompy."
Your poem was fun to read. I've never been to Rio, and now I have no desire. Despite that beautiful movie Black Orpheus and all the attractive images of Carnival, it probably is a swampy place!
~ OMK
Love your Sinatra story, Ol' Man Keith.
ReplyDeleteRio makes me think of Demi Moore and Blame it on Rio
ReplyDeleteBut I didn't see the movie. You both seem to use experience so to speak in your poems.
In the movie Ivanhoe(1952) the first scene had the troubadour hearing Richard singing a song that the two had song together. Blondel then answers and thus discovers the location of his King.
It was the Pope , very possibly at the urging of Eleanor , who forced the Duke to set a price. It's doubtful that neither Templars nor Prince John were about to raise the money so it was left to the Jews.
Letter it was Englishmen who had to pay it back.
But since Allen a Dale was another famous troubadour he could very well have been Blondel who went to England to drum up support.
WC
Isaac of York makes himself scarce, at the urging of Rebecca, when Richard arrives. Isaac having been John's banker for the cabal against Richard is understandably nervous.
ReplyDeleteBut he probably played both sides. At Robin Hood's camp the knight incognito saw that Isaac had been generous to Robin earlier.
WC
Wow, anybody follow the link?. Rio was universally panned but I seem to recall it being very popular. Demi plays a 17 year-old having sex with an older man in Rio.
ReplyDelete1984.
WC