The Movie Producers (by mel brooks)



So the guy with

The briefcase does numbers

And the one with the scarf

Some old broads.

Who write cheques just

To bankroll a stage play.

Where they get to

Sit up with “the gods”.

First to get confidence

To the boiling.

Here’s the scheme

That your books

Well portray.

There’s a formula in

Profit from losers?

Pay much in.

Get more out, any day.





So the script must be corny

Or obvious.

And the songs must be horribly cooked.

Add bright lights and some

Columnist’s smears in the rag  tag.

Theyll be richer than Croesus

And booked.



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Written on March 21, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 21, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 21, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
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Words 148
Stanzas 22
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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