Okay, now that we've got that clear, here's this weeks challenge. Set by the talented Ms Rachel Fox we were asked to write about a childhood tv/book/comic character. I chose my beloved Mr Benn. And as if by magic the poem appeared...
Should Have Known, You Lived on Festive Road
Oh, Mr Benn!
My favourite among men,
when I was five years old.
I thought you were delish
Despite the fancy dress fetish
And the fact that you were
probably gay.
Oh, Mr Benn!
My favourite among men,
when I was five years old.
I thought you were delish
Despite the fancy dress fetish
And the fact that you were
probably gay.
18 comments:
Mr Benn, gay? No! It never occured to me.First captain Pugwash, now this! My tattered life is in more tatters.
I knew he was mean.He never , ever paid for anything.I just presumed he was from Cavan, despite the accent.
Diversity rocks! Loved your little tribute to Mr. Benn.
The Bus was originally Monday ('the Monday Poem' in fact) so you're just staying true to the roots of the movement, sister.
I loved Mr Benn. Really loved him. But then I always have been at least a good fraction fag hag.
x
TFE - suspect he had 'an arrangement' with the shopkeeper, hence the lack of payment... little peepholes in the changing room?
Helen - Thanks :) And we love Mr Benn, and embrace his life choices :o)
Rachel - oh, how I love(d) Mr Benn, special place in my heart just for him. And yes, may well explain ones fag hag leanings :o)
You must check this song out, if you're not already aware of it - a Mr Benn tribute from The Divine Comedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09zxmZr16Y
he looks like quite the catch alright
Shattered..shattered all of my childhood aspirations...gone in a trice!
Niamh - that is sounding suspiciously like you don't actually know who Mr Benn is?!?!? Say it ain't so??
Gerry - Sorry 'bout that...
I am now a follower!
What Mr Benn does in his own time is his own business. And a bit of dressing up every now and again never did anyone any harm...
Is Mr. Benn related to Mr. Rogers? (Oh, sacrilege, sacrilege!)
never heard of him
Glorious! Love it.
Peter - fair enough!
Karen - I googled Mr Rogers - he sound slike a fine upstanding indivdual :)
Niamh - I cannot believe it! You have truly missed out.
Dave - Thanks!!
D'Oub! The apogee of the idiom. Or something.
Anyway, subtext... not even Peter Goulding did subtext! And whilst that concerning Cap'n Pugwash is just urban legend (Master Mate, not Master Bates) the whiff of the San Francisco Bath House is strong in Mr Benn.
Which one's your favourite? I like the dragon, but then the balloonist is very good, and the big game hunter, and oh, that one with the cowboys and indians playing hide and seek and...
Putting it on now. Poem brilliant.
Niamh must be joking. Surely.
I'd choose gentleman Mr Benn over Popeye any day...
Titus - all brilliant, couldn't pick a favourite! And yes, surely Niamh must be kidding - it's incomprehensible that someone could be unaware!!
Jinksy - here,here!
Another childhood hero turns out to have feet of clay. Oh well.
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