# Literal TV/Movie Titles Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631 "2004-04-23T14:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/1 "2004-04-23T14:19:28Z")
What if the titles of your favorite (or least favorite) shows or movies were more literal? What impression could someone form of the show -who’d never seen it - based on the title alone? **Kindred : the Embraced** - Aww, some vampire needs a hug. **Everwood** - A teen drama about one boy’s battle with priapism. \*\*Chasing Amy \*\* - A wacky farce. Ben Affleck has to catch up with a young lady who left behind a suitcase. **Children of a Lesser God** - Thor’s son, Magni, is a minor Norse deity with a very energetic batch of kids… ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/2 "2004-04-23T16:52:42Z")
**Children of the Corn** - A couple of flaxen-haired kids with big ears accidentally eat their parents at a July 4th barbecue **Star Wars** - Antares vs. Betelgeuse in battle for the ages **Beetlejuice** - the story of a very unsuccessful new product rollout ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/3 "2004-04-24T01:32:59Z")
**The Matrix** A programmer writes the code for a multi-dimensional array. **Star Trek** A movie fan walks miles and miles through the streets of Hollywood touring his favorite actors’ homes. **The Phantom Menace** Reports that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction turned out to be untrue. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/4 "2004-04-24T01:56:49Z")
**Silence of the Lambs** - “Don’t ask, don’t tell” on the farm. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/5 "2004-04-24T02:04:16Z")
The Transformers: Fun with circuitry. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/6 "2004-04-24T02:48:36Z")
**Octopussy:** James Bond encounters a supervillainess with certain anatomical peculiarities. **X-Men:** Documentary about post-op transexuals. (Alternatively: Documentary about male porn stars.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/7 "2004-04-24T03:00:11Z")
**Matchstick Men** - Documentary about British rock band Status Quo ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/8 "2004-04-24T04:57:57Z")
**Deadwood** : A drama about the heartbreak of erectile disfunction. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/9 "2004-04-24T05:13:33Z")
Well I’m a little old, but you still might find these old references a little amusing. What the heck: A 1980 war film starring Lee Marvin takes on a new meaning: **The Big Red One** About a Native American who’s _very_ popular with the ladies. A TV Show from the early 1960’s: **Sea Hunt** - Each week Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) searches vainly for the “Sea of Tranquility” unaware that it is on the Moon !!! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/10 "2004-04-24T05:20:04Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > **Silence of the Lambs** - “Don’t ask, don’t tell” on the farm. I’ll try to think of one as soon as I stop laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/11 "2004-04-24T19:55:18Z")
**The Sopranos** – Backbiting, misunderstandings, and teenage crushes among the highest-voiced female members of a high-school choir. Plenty of opportunity for musical numbers! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/12 "2004-04-24T21:51:50Z")
**Two and a Half Man** The ribald adventures of John, Mark and the half-formed conjoined twin in Mark’s chest. **Half and Half** A live camera shot of the stainless steel creamer on the counter at McCrory’s. **Scrubs** A docu-drama about the manufacturing of brushless car washes. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/13 "2004-04-24T23:32:13Z")
**Wonderfalls** - each week, a show that stimulates the mind gets axed for a shitty “reality” show just like the other 2,000 on TV. (Oh, look - art imitating Dope!) **ER** - I’m not sure what this one is about. **Three Men and a Little Lady** - I don’t _want_ to know what this one is about. **Freaky Friday** - a documentary about companies that have replaced casual dress days with S&M gear days and fancy dress days. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/14 "2004-04-24T23:59:31Z")
**Queer Eye for the Straight Guy** - A homophobe receives a cornea from a gay organ donor. The heartwarming tale of how he comes to accept homosexuals. (Alternately, for the sci-fi fans: The struggle to adapt to life when he finds he can no longer bear to watch NASCAR or wear most of his wardrobe.) **CHIPS** - Erik Estrada as the wacky line manager at a snack food factory. **Iron Chef** - Rosie is fired by the Jetsons, and takes a new job as a short order cook in a space diner. **Coupling** - You’ve heard the story of the Little Engine That Could…now meet the unsung hero connecting the train cars! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/15 "2004-04-25T00:05:47Z")
**Three’s Company** : A WWII action series featuring the antics of Captain Jackson Three and his group of undercover agents set on thwarting Hitler. **All in the Family** : takes place in the South. You figure it out. 😃 **The A-Team** : the smartest kids in school take on jobs the government can’t handle ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/16 "2004-04-25T00:05:50Z")
Red Dwarf - Fly-on-the-wall documentary about communism among midgets ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/17 "2004-04-25T00:58:06Z")
**Mallrats** : A mall full of those charming little rodents. **You Got Served** : A comedy about dancing process servers. **Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead** : Decomposition. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/18 "2004-04-25T01:45:06Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > **ER** - I’m not sure what this one is about. HA! Subtle. **Arrested Development** - A hard-hitting documentary series about kids who stunt their growth by smoking. **Kids in the Hall** - High school drama. **Meet the Press** - Everyday citizens are introduced to printing equipment. **60 Minutes** - The most boring show on television. (Some things don’t change.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/19 "2004-04-25T02:07:14Z")
**Return of the Living Dead** : Legendary 60’s band soldiers on after the death of their lead guitarist and several keyboardists. **Aliens** : A gritty portrayal of people trying to get into the country without the proper paperwork. **When Harry Met Sally** : Fictional meeting between porn legend Harry Reems and actress Sally Struthers. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631/20 "2004-04-25T02:24:42Z")
**Hollywood Squares** - specialist DIY show: make picture frames from wood from the holly tree **Baywatch** - a webcam in a stable **Just Shoot Me** - good times in the old Lubyanka building **I Love Lucy** - newly discovered private films **The Postman** - The postman **When Harry Met Sally** - historical drama of French breakout attempt from the seige of Caen, defeated by Henry II [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-tv-movie-titles-game/241631.md?page=2)