# Change one letter in a title to make a better title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844 "2006-07-24T17:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/1 "2006-07-24T17:01:00Z")
It’s been a while since I saw a thread with this theme. If I missed a recent one, please forgive me. By change it can mean alter one letter, drop one letter, add one letter. Try to avoid multiple changes to the same title in the same entry. Multiple changes to the same title as separate entries are okay. Love Storm Gone With The Wine The Bug Country Silence of the Lamps Psyche The Desert Fax The Italian Jab There’s Something About Mark The Cable Gut Star Wart ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/2 "2006-07-24T18:04:58Z")
A few off the top of my head – **Shakes on a Plane The Beer Hunter Toy Stork Carface A Fish Balled Wanda** I wonder how many responses in this thread will wind up having been taken (intentionally or unintentionally) directly from _Mad_ magazine… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/3 "2006-07-24T18:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] I wonder how many responses in this thread will wind up having been taken (intentionally or unintentionally) directly from _Mad_ magazine… [/QUOTE] Yeah. Either there or New York magazine’s contests. No matter: it’s not an old joke if you haven’t heard it. I just suspect we have some real winners just lurking in the heads of Dopers with nothing better to do… ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/4 "2006-07-24T18:22:33Z")
\*\*Kanchorman Ono Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Stare Wars Sad Santa The 10-Year Old Virgin\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/5 "2006-07-24T18:25:10Z")
Jews Scar Wars It’s a wonderful lift Schindler’s lift Baths of Glory Requiem for a Cream. Snacks on a Plane (ok I cheated) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/6 "2006-07-24T18:35:56Z")
The Stink A Piss Before Dying Public Enema White Meat ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/7 "2006-07-24T18:51:51Z")
Battle Rocket The Tron Giant Bed Lieutenant Dork City Oklahomo! The Wizard of Og ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/8 "2006-07-24T19:16:27Z")
Fannie Hall. (Diane Keaton in a porn flick) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/9 "2006-07-24T19:30:33Z")
Star Bars The Umpire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Bach Revenge of the Jeda ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/10 "2006-07-24T19:48:59Z")
WET The Extra Terrestrial Pilates Of The Caribbean Watch Me If You Can Fat Al Attraction Super Moan Returns My Best Friend’s Welding The Dull Monty ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/11 "2006-07-24T19:54:57Z")
Liens (the exciting world of home mortgages!) Return of the Kong Star Drek (Mad Magazine!) Forrest Hump It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad word ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/12 "2006-07-24T19:57:11Z")
A Bard Day’s Night - 24 hours in the zany, madcap life of pop star Billy Shakespeare… ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/13 "2006-07-24T19:59:52Z")
**Miami Lice** Hard-hitting movie about lice infestation in a Miami school. “Colin Farrell makes scratching sexy” - Hollywood Reporter **Kilt Bill** Sean Connery plays a man who refuses to pay an exorbitant bill for a new kilt, only to find that the kilt company is owned by the Mafia. Penis ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/14 "2006-07-24T20:01:12Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] A Bard Day’s Night - 24 hours in the zany, madcap life of pop star Billy Shakespeare… [/QUOTE] A Hard Day’s Knight -24 hours in the zany, madcap life of pop star Lancelot. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/15 "2006-07-24T20:05:38Z")
Not to pimp my own thread or anything but… [The return of Altered Song Titles - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377712) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/16 "2006-07-24T20:11:05Z")
I’ve had _The Bicycle Chief_ kicking around my head for 25 years. I should thank Zeldar for helping me to release it. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/17 "2006-07-24T20:18:43Z")
Kelp! - the day the seaweed took over. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/18 "2006-07-24T20:28:21Z")
Erection - Reece Witherspoon plays a girl who does anything to win a high school election. Eternal Sunshine of the Potless Mind - Jim Carrey finds out he’s not all that funny without some external influence. The Last Super - Joe Pesci puts off dying for our sins until his tenants get much needed heat. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/19 "2006-07-24T22:22:15Z")
Petty Woman Pie Another Day Dunces with Wolves Rain Mac Mice Age The world is hot enough. Golden, Eve Toy Gun The Sock Fantastic Flour Runway Bride ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-one-letter-in-a-title-to-make-a-better-title/365844/20 "2006-07-24T22:45:02Z")
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