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Noel Coward/Frankie Howerd
By Brett
25 April 2008
Apologies, but I had to write this utter nonsense.

Noel Coward
Said to Frankie Howerd
"With my being that way, and you too,
What do you say to booking into a room with a view?"

Frankie Howerd
Drew breath at Noel Coward,
"No, missus, you've the wrong end of the stick;
What makes you think I'm interested in your...no, no, listen..."

Noel Coward,
Aghast at Frankie Howerd,
"My dear chap, I meant we could go Dutch;
If you don't think that's greasing things too much?"

Frankie Howerd,
Suspicious of Noel Coward,
"So we would have to share the cheques?
Ah, I assumed you were after free and casual...ah, no, naughty, mocking Francis."

Noel Coward,
Quite bemused by Frankie Howerd,
"What you need, my dear, to see you through that prologue
Is a nice and long relaxing..."

Please yourselves.

Reviews

Written by Veronica_Milvus (595 comments posted) 24th April 2008
oooh, missus, the prologue! 
no, don't titter.
The supremely urbane
Written by edjones (14 comments posted) 25th April 2008
Noel Coward may have made a rare slip of the lip but I doubt if he 
ever would have allowed himself "How's about..." 
This my only caveat in an otherwise very witty and amusing poem. 
I do believe it has made my day.

Written by Brett (731 comments posted) 25th April 2008
Ed, you're right. I have ammended this oversight - thank you. 
 
V - ooer, indeed.  
 
Cheers
mad about the Boy
Written by fellpony (1580 comments posted) 25th April 2008
Cheeky of you to imagine a meeting between these two. I enjoyed "naughty, mocking Francis". Witty and funny, light and silly, without being at all homophobic (I believe we have some here who worry about these things. Unnecessarily.). Yes, well done.
PS
Written by fellpony (1580 comments posted) 25th April 2008
I just noticed that every stanza is a clerihew. You're at it again, missus.

Written by Mr_E_Writer (187 comments posted) 25th April 2008
Fabulous stuff that very much appealed to my sense of humus. 
 
Eric.
Sorry, Sue
Written by Brett (731 comments posted) 26th April 2008
A return to the clerihew. In fact my original title was going to be: 
 
The Coward / Howerd Clerihew Chronicles. 
 
I agree that some people do worry unnecessarily about such subject matter. I could never be homophobic - I love the Iliad (groan!) Too many of my heroes have been friends of Dorothy's - Socrates (then who wouldn't be if married to Xanthippe) Wilde, Coward, et al. 
 
And thank you, Eric. Glad it raised a smile to your humus. 
 
Cheers
Fabulous!
Written by Katanga (1163 comments posted) 26th April 2008
I've still got the helpless giggles over this, and I've read it several times - it just gets funnier and funnier. 
 
I confess I had to google 'clerihew' - how clever of you! 
 
Particularly like the last line 'Please yourselves.', brilliantly uttered by Frankie Howerd, of course, in every side-splitting episode of 'Up Pompei'. 
 
Keep 'em coming, Brett old boy! Cheers! John

Written by Phil (6645 comments posted) 26th April 2008
Enjoyed this, Brett - though I confess to ignorance as far as clerihews go. Never saw that much of Frankie -my straight laced (and very straight) parents didn't approve. 
 
Phil

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