Ron Luciano was a flamboyant and eccentric American League baseball umpire in the 1960s and 1970s; after he retired as an umpire, he wrote several humorous books about his life in baseball, some of which had pun-based titles referring to other works:
The Umpire Strikes Back (The Empire Strikes Back)
The Fall of the Roman Umpire (The Fall of the Roman Empire)
Remembrance of Swings Past (Remembrance of Things Past
Similarly, Bob Uecker, a former major league catcher, who became well-known as a baseball announcer and actor, and who was also known for telling funny stories about his career, wrote several books:
Catcher in the Wry (Catcher in the Rye)
Catch 222 (Catch-22; I’m not sure what the 222 is referring to, other than a poor batting average, but Uecker’s career batting average wasn’t even that good – he was only a .200 hitter)
Leslie Charteris used to have fun chapter titles in his Simon Templer (The Saint) books, although the only one i can remember is :- “How Claude Eustace Teal opened his mouth and Hoppy Uniatz put his foot in it”
Supernatural had a fun mix of song titles, puns of other programs or movies, or cultural references in general for their episodes. Some of my favorites:
Man’s Best Friend with Benefits
Criss Angel Is a Douchebag
Ben Aaronovitch’s latest Rivers Of London book. Title is “Amongst Our Weapons”, and some of the sections are “Surprise”, “Fear”, “Ruthless Efficiency” etc.
Porn flicks do this a lot. Do we want to go there?
Sex Trek: The Next Penetration
The Long Ranger Rides Again
Splendor in the Ass
Barbara the Barbarian (bad movie, but, oddly enough, not as bad as some of the mainstream sword-and-sorcery movies from the early 1980s)
A Midsummer Night’s Cream (this one incorporates a surprising amount of dialog from Shakespeare’s play)
I remember one called “In and Out In Beverly Hills” - a parody on a recent release called “Down And Out In Beverly Hills” and “Shaving Ryan’s Privates” needs no further explanation.
For the benefit of younger readers, this is a reference to the (B&W?) Radio/TV/Film series - “The Lone Ranger”. Always masked to preserve his anonymity, he fought bad guys in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. Tonto always called the Lone Ranger “Kemosabe”, which apparently translates as “Friend”.