# Drop One Letter Off The Sign, And Change The Movie Title

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 15, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617 "2005-03-15T09:57:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/21 "2005-03-15T13:38:43Z")

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This one [almost counts](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/), I just wanted to find someway to throw in Doctor Who;

[Return of the Living Dad](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0426204824/ref=nosim/speculativefic051-20)

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/22 "2005-03-15T13:49:46Z")

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Men 😃

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/23 "2005-03-15T13:51:36Z")

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A Bugs Lie

To Lie and Die in L.A.

Of Ice and Men

From Dusk to Dan

A Bride Too Far

End of Day

Omega Ma (or Mega Man)

Triumph of the Ill

The Passion of the Chris

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**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:** [March 15, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/24 "2005-03-15T14:01:59Z")

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**What’s Eating Gilbert Rape?**

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/25 "2005-03-15T14:13:48Z")

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**loser** (with Julia oberts, Clive wen, Natalie ortman, and Jude aw)

**Man Girls**

**Shun of the Dead** (if we could drop two letters, **Shun of the Dad** might be a fun romp)

**Team America: Word Police**

**Adaptatin** (has kind of a redneck feel)

**Real Women Have Cures**

**Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Cones** (a geometry lesson _would_ be more exciting)

**The Tim Machine**

**Rashmon**

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/26 "2005-03-15T14:17:39Z")

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St. Elmo’s Ire

Petty in Pink (or Pretty In Ink)

Get Short

Malcolm

Psych

Onan the Barbarian

Old Mountain

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/27 "2005-03-15T14:23:24Z")

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This one includes the ad copy:

Tom Hanks is:

**Bi**

From [Imdb](http://imdb.com/title/tt0094737/), I have some taglines:  
Have you ever had a really big secret?

## You’re Only Young Once But For Josh It Might Just Last A Lifetime.

Yesterday Josh Wanted Everything In Life - Girls…Money…Cars… Today, All His Wildest Dreams Have Come True!

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/28 "2005-03-15T14:39:51Z")

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Before you die, you see **The Rig**.

And let’s just get it out of our systems:

**Little Bi Man**  
**The Bi Bounce**  
**The Bi Lebowsky**  
**The Bi Noise**  
**Steal Bi, Steal Little**  
**Bi Fish**  
**The Bi Sleep**  
**Bi Trouble**  
**Shaft’s Bi Score**  
**Bi Bully**  
**The Bi Tease**  
**The Bi Sleep**  
**The Bi Brawl**  
**The Last Bi Thing**  
**The Next Bi Thing**  
**Clifford’s Really Bi Movie**  
**Bi and Hairy**  
And of course, **Pee Wee’s Bi Adventure**.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/29 "2005-03-15T14:45:39Z")

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**Brie of Frankenstein  
It’s a Wonderful Lie  
The Wizard of Z  
In the Hat of the Night  
Close Encounters of the Third Kid  
Being Here  
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woof?**

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/30 "2005-03-15T15:01:13Z")

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**Cream**

**Cream 2**

**Cream 3**  
(Pixar’s sequal to the Matrix trilogy)  
**Finding Neo**

(Pixar’s documentry about critters who have a problem telling the truth)  
**Bug’s Lie**

(Pizar’s commentary on what will be fashionable this year)  
**Monster’s In**

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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/31 "2005-03-15T15:02:57Z")

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Evil Dad  
Evil Dad II  
Arm of Darkness

Forrest Gum

The Og of War

Tax Driver

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/32 "2005-03-15T15:03:20Z")

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> [@Max Torque](#):
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> And of course, **Pee Wee’s Bi Adventure**.

And **Bi Top Pee Wee** , but I agree that joke should end now.

**Tai Driver** Robert Deniro plays a Thai restaurant delivery man who can’t spell.  
**Arm of Darkness  
Close Encounters of the Third Kin** A family reunion comedy.  
\*\*Hot Hots!  
My Fist Mister  
All Quit on the Western Front  
The Seventh Sea  
Spy Gam  
The Rod to Wellville  
Cod Mountain

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/33 "2005-03-15T15:29:57Z")

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Max Torque stole my next few jokes. Darn!

\*\*The Inedibles \*\* doesn’t count, since that is two letters.

umm…

**Stemboy**

No, that’s just weak.

Darn…

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/34 "2005-03-15T15:37:08Z")

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The next Winnie the Pooh movie:

**O Bother Where Art Thou?**

Oversexed Kryptonians:

**Sperman**

Alternate Ending to **Forbidden Planet** :  
**Honey, I Shrunk the ids**

Not Starring Jay Leno:

**Big Trouble in Little Chin**

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/35 "2005-03-15T15:37:35Z")

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**Around the World In Eight Days  
Dumb and Umber**

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/36 "2005-03-15T15:39:46Z")

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Chairface Chippendale’s brother gets his own movie:

**carface**

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**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:** [March 15, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/37 "2005-03-15T15:45:37Z")

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**Brother from Another Plant  
Bother from Another Planet  
Annie All  
A Midsummer’s Night Ex Comedy**

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**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:** [March 15, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/38 "2005-03-15T15:47:17Z")

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**Carface** – The inspiring story of a man who looks like an Edsel.  
**I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gag** – Joke goes horribly wrong  
**The Ride of Frankenstein** – horror movie based on an amusement park attraction.  
**The Mumy** – biography of Lost in Space actor.  
**Life of Bran** – documentary about getting more fiber in your diet.  
**Time and Gain** – time traveler tries to get rich  
**12 Moneys** – a look at the dollar, the pound, the peso, and nine other global currencies.  
**Only Angels Have Wins** – Southern California baseball team is undefeated.  
**Rear Widow** – After her husband died, she discovered a whole new way of doing things. XXX

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**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:** [March 15, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/39 "2005-03-15T15:47:37Z")

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> [@Scott\_plaid](#):
>
> This one includes the ad copy:
> 
> Tom Hanks is:
> 
> **Bi**

Hijack: I had a dream last Thursday that Tom Hanks outed himself to me. My first question to him was “How did Rita react to the news?” My second was “Can I post this on the Straight Dope Message Boards?”

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/40 "2005-03-15T15:49:34Z")

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Carface Chippendale goes to the moon, to show just what one man can do. Put the moon in a world of \*\*_hurt_ \*\*.

**Moonaker**

P.S. Yes, I know it’s misspelled. It sounds right when read aloud.

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