# Movie Title is a Standalone Punchline to a Joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248 "2020-06-22T11:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/1 "2020-06-22T11:05:40Z")
We have a popular thread raging about punchlines to jokes, minus the setup. What movie titles are punchlines to well-known jokes? I can think of two– **Stick** with Burt Reynolds and **What’s Up, Doc?** with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. Are there more I’m forgetting? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/2 "2020-06-22T14:09:32Z")
I’ll try to think of some, but meanwhile I have no idea what popular jokes have the punchline “stick” or “What’s up Doc.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/3 "2020-06-22T14:22:30Z")
“What’s brown and sticky?” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/4 "2020-06-22T14:38:28Z")
“The Aristocats!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/5 "2020-06-22T15:50:41Z")
[That’s what she said](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1764636/). ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/6 "2020-06-22T23:23:35Z")
What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back? A stick. There was a Joe E. Brown movie in the early 30s where he was doing stand-up comedy on a stage. Suddenly, he grabbed his chest, looked ashen, and said “Is there a doctor in the house?” A man in the audience stands up and says “Yes, I’m a doctor!” To which Brown replies “What’s up, doc?” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/7 "2020-06-23T02:48:59Z")
Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/8 "2020-06-23T14:40:23Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > “The Aristocats!” Or, for that matter, [The Aristocrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(film)), which must qualify as something along the lines of a meta-post, if there is such a thing, as it’s a movie (documentary) whose content is simply (versions of) the joke with the punchline which provides the title. If you see what I mean. Maybe best to read the link. j ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/9 "2020-06-25T14:24:53Z")
Still getting used to the new format, but I don’t think he made a link. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248/10 "2020-06-25T14:36:33Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Still getting used to the new format, but I don’t think he made a link. > [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Or, for that matter, [The Aristocrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(film)), which must qualify as something along the lines of a meta-post, if there is such a thing, as it’s a movie (documentary) whose content is simply (versions of) the joke with the punchline which provides the title. If you see what I mean. > > Maybe best to read the link. Yeah, me too. The link is there, I promise. I think you just need to click on “The Aristocrats”, but it looks like a 1 in a circle in the first post I make, but more like the old style link in preview of this post. Hell, who knows? j