# Misread movie marquees (and DVD covers for the more modern) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039 "2006-02-11T22:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/1 "2006-02-11T22:40:13Z")
Many years ago I saw a movie marquee that, due to some crowding of letters, appeared to be hawking the latest CUNT EASTWOOD movie. Wish I had a camera phone in those days. I was reminded of this in a shop this week when I saw a DVD with the alluring title **Puke Dancer**. Imagine my disaapointment when I discovered that it was merely C.Thomas Howell’s masterwork [Pure Danger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117406/). Any other examples, or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/2 "2006-02-11T23:09:29Z")
It’s not just you. Heck, I started [my own thread on the topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301363) a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/3 "2006-02-11T23:13:54Z")
I must have missed that one, as I didn’t post in it, but I do have one that I didn’t quite misread, but… Anyway, Die Hard and Cocktail were playing in the same theatre. Maybe I misread it, or maybe it was a prank, but I swear the letters in the marquee read: Die Tail Hard… ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/4 "2006-02-11T23:39:32Z")
Years ago I worked in a bookstore across the street from Chicago’s Biograph, where one week they had on their marquee: “Wayne’s World - A Perfect World.” I couldn’t agree more. I remember once passing a marquee that displayed several titles and ran out of room. So running all the way to the edge of the marquee was “Muppet Christ.” Boggle. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/5 "2006-02-11T23:44:23Z")
Several years back, remember the movie “Star Fighter?” Our local theater – and this is no joke and not a hoax – listed it for about a half a day as “Star Fucker.” ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/6 "2006-02-11T23:52:56Z")
I remember seeing a drive-in marquee playing the following 3 movies: Erin Brokovich Screwed My Dog Skip What a Lucky dog. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/7 "2006-02-12T00:05:27Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > I remember seeing a drive-in marquee playing the following 3 movies: > > Erin Brokovich > Screwed > My Dog Skip > > What a Lucky dog. d’Oh! Internet meme alert! ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/8 "2006-02-12T01:40:40Z")
Inside our local theater, at the doors to the individual movies, they have a scrolling lighted sign with the name of the movie and the status, such as Now Showing or Now Seating. It cracked me up to see Now Cleaning _Private Parts_. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-movie-marquees-and-dvd-covers-for-the-more-modern/344039/9 "2006-02-12T02:08:46Z")
I have a book which is various photographs which were sent in to _National Lampoon_. One of the funnier ones was a movie marquee advertising three films: **THE FLY GODS MUST BE CRAZY ALIENS** Their comment is, “I never did trust those fly gods.”