Short Poem

Short Poem
Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Victoria,
Ronnie Corbett, Frankie Dettori,
Mohamed Al Fayed, Carla from Cheers,
Angus Deayton, Ben Elton,
Michael J Fox, Red Skelton
Red Buttons, Dustin Hoffman,
And in built-up shoes,
Tom Cruise.
Lester Piggott, Mickey Rooney,
Ian Hislop, Rosemary Clooney
Lulu, Robin Cook, Dudley Moore,
Jimmy Clitheroe, Danny DeVito,
Lou Costello, Robert DeNiro
Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino,
And in built-up shoes,
Tom Cruise.

The Spice Girls and Tom Cruise

In between all the ‘real work’ (ie: paid for) I have been pursuing the interesting project of The David Beckham Diaries (in construction) in conjunction with Bluestock Printing.

The latest cartoon (drawn quite quickly, it must be said) illustrates the time David Beckham desperately tried to get some Spice Girl tickets for his friend Tom Cruise!

David Beckham, as usual, is causing me problems getting his likeness, but I think you can recognise the Spice Girls (from left to right, Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell, Posh Spice Victoria Beckham, Baby Spice Emma Bunton, Scary Spice Mel B and Sporty Spice Mel Chisholm).

And, incidentally, here’s a caricature of Tom Cruise: