Charlie’s Bleaklisted Books: The Diary of a Nobody
What happens?
It’s a diary about a year or so in the lives of Charles and Caroline Pooter, their family, friends and other animals.
Reason for bleaklisting?
The title says it all. Who cares?
What should have happened?
Derek von Steamroller is a bank clerk who works many hours and earns well for his family – his wife, Irene, and their five children – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. Derek is respected in society and very popular with lots of people. Despite having riches and the respect of his peers, Derek isn’t satisfied. He always wants to do more. Whenever there is a crisis he is there, not as Derek Steamroller, but as the Steamroller Man, a superhero better than all the others. Derek goes about his life as a bank clerk but at a moment’s notice (or however long it takes to get his outfit on), Derek heads all over the world and saves whoever he can. Being the Steamroller Man, he is a bit slow but manages to help some people and failing that, he always arrives at a scene in time to help the police with their enquiries. All in all, he’s a great bloke, but disaster isn’t far away when Derek gets man flu and can’t go to work or be a superhero for two days!
Special instruction
This needs to take pride of place in all hangouts for superheroes and must be renamed, The Diary of Somebody Important.
Mr B compares the stories
I’m sure back in the day when Batman, Spiderman and Superman were first being created that maybe, just maybe, someone touched on the idea of Steamroller Man and dismissed it very quickly. George and Weedon Grossmith’s The Diary of a Nobody is considered a classic book and a funny one at that. Charlie’s alternative reeks of simply writing any old garbage in the space of three minutes. Hang on! This just in. Charlie has just informed me he actually spent 3 minutes and 46 seconds laying out the plot for The Diary of Somebody Important. I stand corrected!
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