Ode to What About Bob?

[jimmmaaa]

Ode to What About Bob?

My wife and I love to laugh and joke
Whenever we see Dr. Leo Marvin choke.
Bill Murry is so funny in What About Bob?
I love the way he eats corn on the cob.
They were “singing in the rain” while washing the dish,
But what about Bob’s Fish?
Giiillllll!
Quick, quick give me some water, he’s about to scream.
I don’t have anything to rhyme with scream.

Baby stepping to the elevator, baby stepping to bus
Oh Bob when will you get on and join us?
Bob did have his afflictions,
Maybe they are more severe than some of our addictions.

DOCTORR LEO MARVIN, DOCTOR LEOOO MARVIN, DOCTORR LEOOO MARVINNNN!!!!
Go to that coffee shop and at 4pm I will call you and check in.
Do you think he’s gone, he’s never gone?
Leo thinks Bob’s such a con.

So many laughs have come from bob’s issues,
Sometimes we laugh so hard that we need a box if tissues.
Dead hand, cold sweats, hot sweats, so many things that Bob implodes,
Oh no, what if his bladder Explodes!
What a great movie it is, showing how psychotic
Many times oh, so neurotic
Things can be in daily life.

Many quotes are used in daily life,
It lessens the craziness and all the strife.
To laugh at people as crazy as Bob and Dr Marvin is fun
It shows us that we are not the only one
Who can be unbalanced and little nutty.
How about some silly putty?

What about Neil Diamond songs?
So you are saying it was not because of those wrongs?
Ouch, that hurts, Ouch!
I better sit down on my couch.
Let me laugh though the hard times
And the pain, then make some rhymes,
To take a break from our problems, their gravity,
We turn to lightheartedness and levity.

July 10, 2003

[joanrdtobe]

James -- well you took me literally!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!! Good deal!!!!! And fabulous poem....... And you wrote it soooo quick.... speeeeeedy.......Incidentally, Neil Diamond is cool....I saw him in concert once....yup years ago.....and incidentally did I ever tell you that Richard Dreyfuss is one of my favorite actors?? Yup...anyway, great poem...submit it SOMEWHERE, James...you must...

[jimmmaaa]

Thanks Joan. I submitted it to the Poetry site that I frequent, Shadow Poetry on Yahoo Groups.

[joanrdtobe]

Cool, let us know if you win.....