Crossroads Motel
I remember you well, “The Crossroads Motel”
Your acting consistently shite
Giving my head through the lines that were read
A migraine that lasted all night;
But those were the days; I rode BSAs;
We watched on our screens black and white;
Your acting was poor, the walls and the door
Would wobble as lines you’d recite;
Ah, but you got away; ITV dropped the play;
Your legend was tattered 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Once Crossroads Motel was withdrawn.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 you well “The Crossroads Motel”
You were famous, your slot was a legend;
Unlike ITV we could all see
The base of the pot they were dredging;
No more would we beg for Sandie and Meg
Who pushed him around in his chair;
Nor furthermore at Benny who wore
A bonnet to cover his hair;
Ah, but you got away ITV pulled 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 you 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
Mester ‘Unter – how wooden was he?
Ah, but you got away; ITV ditched 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Yet again, the soap was withdrawn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 you well “The Crossroads Motel”
Your acting consistently shite
Giving my head with the lines that were read
A migraine that lasted all night.
Yvonne Brunton
Mon 27th Aug 2012 18:02
Hi John
thanks for you comments on 'The Wrong Sort Of Train. It was a bit weird how the papers had an article about the wrong sort of passengers 4 days after I_ wrote this.
Love Crossraods Motel - shades of 'El Dorado' spring to mind and now I've discovered 'Benidorm' on the TV - tryin' not to get addicted. Wish I could get a job in that cast - just sittin' by the pool all day!
Summer has been a DIY frenzy doing all the things that the last 2 1/2 years have accumulated. At last cupboards up on walls, worktops cut and in place,source of damp located, TV wired up and working, most plants assigned permanant places in the jungle. Maybe time for the odd poem or two now. XX