Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Ballad of Sergeant Schultz

Rogers (Roy) was still a star
When I came on the scene,
With Charles Schulz’s comic strip
In every magazine.

But then Hogan and his heroes
Appeared on TV shortly
And brought with them a new namesake
Both incompetent and portly.

“I see nothing,” Schultz would say,
To my classmate’s jubilation.
He knew nothing, nothing heard . . .
Until their cancellation.

Then Robert Crane was murdered
And Sergeant Schultz had gone
And reruns of that prison camp
Were hardly ever shown.

So, I suppose the lesson is
To name kids carefully,
In spite of which we named our boy
After Mister Bean.

18 comments:

  1. naming kids is kind of personal or tricky.

    a fun perspective.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  2. That's really cute. I like Mister Bean. Of course, I know nothing. xoXox

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  3. fun poem, although I think kids will find jubilation in picking on anybody's name

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  4. Haha, cute. Not at all what I was expecting.

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  5. haha... naming kids is kinda tricky...i agree...they always carry specific names like a heritage..

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  6. ha! droll and fitting ~ M

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  7. That was fun - and naming children is not as easy as some people seem to think. Honestly, some of the names people give totheri children are so thoughtless - almost guaranteeing a life of being bullied and embarrassed.

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  8. Some parents have a lot to answer for, specially those phoney celebs! Great ballad.

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  9. Fun write Roy and some parents do indeed have a lot to answer for.
    Anna :o]

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  10. How could one not click on a linky link with a name like that?
    Fun and nostalic at the same time. What's in a name? A lot of embarrassment, that's what.

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  11. Oh! That is a fun read. :-)

    -HA

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  12. Tricky ballad. Rowan is kind of poetic?

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    1. Colour me impressed! We did indeed name our first son Rowan. Fortunately for him, that particular connection isn't nearly as strong as it was between me and the Sergeant.

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  13. What not to name a baby is so crucial... actually there is some sense in the old roman way... Primus Secundu .... etc... at least it's objective

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