# Drop One Letter Off The Sign, And Change The Movie Title **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/41 "2005-03-15T15:53:28Z")
10 Things I Ate About You Picnic At Hanging Roc Sped The Hose Whisperer Men IV: The Awakening Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dagon Jackie Brow ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/42 "2005-03-15T15:54:19Z")
Quiz Sow Ride of Frankenstein Far From Heave Office Pace Barber Hop The Holing The Pin Panther ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/43 "2005-03-15T15:58:07Z")
**On Golden Pod** ---
**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, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/44 "2005-03-15T16:02:23Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **On Golden Pod** **On Olden Pond** ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/45 "2005-03-15T16:05:09Z")
One that Hitchcock tried, but it didn’t have the impact he wanted: **The Bird** But if he’d known about EBay, he might have made: **The Bids** Or not… ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/46 "2005-03-15T16:14:11Z")
Charles Bronson stars in an Alistair MaClean novel about a woman with a devastating figure: **Breakheart ass** ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/47 "2005-03-15T16:18:01Z")
And, of course, these movies would completely disappear: \*\*Z X $ (pi) \*\* and \*\*The Story of \*\* O and **The Marquise of** O would be harder to understand. ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/48 "2005-03-15T16:21:30Z")
Oh, and I forgot **Q** ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/49 "2005-03-15T16:41:30Z")
**Star Trek II - The Wrath of Han** (crossover with Star Wars universe) **Rod House** (Patrick Swayze’s gay porn debut) ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/50 "2005-03-15T16:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=Gilligan **Rod House** (Patrick Swayze’s gay porn debut)[/QUOTE] Complete with puppets from Avenue Q ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/51 "2005-03-15T16:44:40Z")
**E.** ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/52 "2005-03-15T16:50:28Z")
_Buffy the Vampire Layer_ - A teenage girl’s quest to satisfy the forces of darkness _Red Dan_ - Russians invade. Only one man can stop them _Full Meal Jacket_ - A tailor makes custom clothing for all you can buffets. _The Goo Girl_ - She’s conflicted…and covered in slime _I S P_ - Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy team up in a screwball comedy about Internet access. _The Princess Ride_ - As you wish, Princess… _Requiem For A Dram_ - fond memories of that last ounce of liquor _Targate_ - A team of scientists finds an ancient portal that sends everyone to the bottom of the La Brea Tar Pits. _Tim Bandits_ - Terry Gilliam directs this feature about a gang of crooks who keep kidnapping Tim Conway. _Wet Ho American Summer_ - Janeane Garofalo gets laid a lot at camp. _Apocalypse No_ - The sequel to the Bond thriller Dr. No, featuring Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen. _Ogma_ - Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are angels of Og. _Easy Ride_ - Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper have an uneventful trip. _Letch (Lech)_ - Chevy Chase is a dirty old man. _Goodfella_ - Ray Liotta is a lonely gangster with no crew and no prospects. _Even_ - Brad Pitt in an educational film about number theory. _Wingers_ - Wannabe pilots trying to get laid. _The Velocity of Gar_ - Some fish were born to swim fast… ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/53 "2005-03-15T16:53:03Z")
A traditional Northern tale: **Danes with Wolves** About an bookish industrialist in the 1940s: **Schindler’s Lit** Noah’s kid brother joins a biker group: **Riders of the Lost Ark** Multiple personalities who don’t get along: **12 Angry Me** Finally, this submarine is haunted: **Das Boo** ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/54 "2005-03-15T16:59:27Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > And, of course, these movies would completely disappear: > > ``` > > Z > > X > > $ > > (pi) And [O](http://imdb.com/title/tt0184791/). Lie and Let Die. Mystery Me. (Could be an alternate title for Memento…) Dad, Men Don’t Wear Plaid. (OK, I had to add punctuation for that to work, but, hey.) Crewed. Men in Back. (Wouldn’t be surprised if someone’s used that as a porn title already…) Sider-Man. (Sponsored by the aluminum industry.) ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/55 "2005-03-15T17:23:20Z")
Of course there’s a documentary on the Dutch dike collapse of 1953: **The Big Seep** And another on the consequences of swimming violations: **Fining Nemo** Chaplin meets Freud: **The Id** One of the earliest transexual movies: **Be-Hur (1925)** And the Canadian reunion of Mork and Mindy: **Nanoo of the North** ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/56 "2005-03-15T17:32:41Z")
**Pup Fiction** “Hand me my wallet. The one that says ‘Bad Mutha Leg Humpa’ on it.” What if a letter gets added? **Crouching Tigger, Hidden Dragon** “Because using the Green Destiny sword is what Tiggers do best!” ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/57 "2005-03-15T17:33:07Z")
**Peed** **Runaway Ride** **Animal Hose** **The Drowning Poo** **Mad Ma** ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/58 "2005-03-15T17:49:38Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Onan the Barbarian Tee hee. **Little Man Ate Shooing Fish Be in John Malkovich** (Actually, that’s the same movie.) **Goofellas The Big Seep Chintown Raw eal** (A poor speller drops out of college to open a sushi restaurant.) **I** (Alternately, **F**.) **Hat Dreams May Come 8 Mil** (A day in Eminem’s real life.) **Eternal Sunshine of the Potless Mind** (About a clear-thinking but geeky high school student.) **How Green Was My Alley** And finally, the classic film about a small boy from a Mediterranean island who dreams of becoming the next Central-European synth-pop King: **The Maltese Falco**! –Cliffy ---
**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, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/59 "2005-03-15T18:01:27Z")
Next up on NetFix: Bruce Willis is the late Princess of Wales in **Di Hard**. [If we could drop one more letter…] Billy Wilder’s porn romp **Some Like It Ho**. Christopher Guest’s **Best in how**? Johnny Depp is ticked off in **irates of the Caribbean**. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-one-letter-off-the-sign-and-change-the-movie-title/294617/60 "2005-03-15T18:35:06Z")
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