Sunday 30 March 2008

The Boy Who Stops The Rain


Good news dear readers, Yusmany the beautiful peasant rain child I was telling you about finally arrives from Venezuela next week thanks to some seed money from Andy Mac.

As soon as he gets to rainy England (!) I'll pop him on a National Express coach up north to start filming a pilot for my new hit idea The Boy Who Stops The Rain, Channel 4's answer to Springwatch and Jesus of Nazareth.

[Lucky people of Rotherham you can see him perform his naked rain-dance at the Wickersley Working Men's Social Club Tuesday afternoon. Tickets are only a fiver. Senior citizens can get in for half price. Anyone who works for the MET office can take advantage of the buy 2 tickets get 1 free special offer.]

It's just a pilot dear readers, so you may never see the results. But when the series is eventually greenlit (who could live with themselves by turning it down?) and Yusmany becomes a national hero in Rotherham, I will have him visit other dreary places like Huddersfield, Wigan, Cleethorpes, Swansea and then finally Horsham-on-Sea to wave his magic weather wand to stunning results.

I am so excited at the prospect of this happy super weather-bending child making it as a bonafide star in this country that I have already trademarked his name so as to protect him from the capitalistic cynical vultures who will no doubt be circling him. Yusmany™ could be the brand that launches a thousand umbrellas and even wakes up the nation on BBC Breakfast with his weather map reading skills. With his dashing latino looks (hands off - he's mine, I say!!!) who knows where the height of his fame will take him?

In anticipation of our great success together I have already jotted down a rain inspired poem that we could co-publish together and release to promote the series....

Enjoy!

When a storm begins in the clouds,
it sometimes may look frightening.
You see a quick electrical spark -
Flash! goes the lightning!

Long and thin and streaky and fast,
its glow is oh so brightening.
Watch for the electric spark -
Flash! goes the lightning!

When a storm begins in the clouds,
it truly is a wonder.
You hear a rumble loud in the sky -
Clap! goes the thunder!

Lightning bolts are heating the air,
over clouds and under.
When the air expands enough -
Clap! goes the thunder.


The Headmistress xxx

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

One boy comes, and a man leaves. No word on Arthur's departure? Art thou Coy, headmistress?

Afreud of Myself said...

Dear Headmistress

Being an occasional reader of your spew, but reminded again via Observer piece, there be a question I be wanting to put to you.

This week, I read in another fine publication (London Lite, I believe it was) that Danny Cohen has renewed Lilly Allen's tenure at the Beeb even thought we're all in agreement that a) she's shite b)there are only about three people who watch the programme anyway, and two of them are Keith Allen (schizophrenia, you know) and c) she's shite.

So how come a shite person watched by three people gets the opportunity to produce more of the same shite.

Even though I have a limited interest in your industry, this little question has been niggling at me for days now.

Please put me out of my misery and simply reveal that Danny-does-Lilly or something equally-satisfactorily tawdry.

Regards,

Afreud