# Rewrite a well-known movie by first subtly altering the title... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906 "2003-11-01T23:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/101 "2003-11-04T21:15:21Z")
TV too? OK. **CSI Love Lucy** Whacky redhead investigates gruesome murders in Las Vegas with her Cuban husband’s eternal rant, “Lucy, there’s gonna be some spleenin’ to do.” ---
**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:** [November 4, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/102 "2003-11-04T21:55:04Z")
**The Fanny** –Upper class Brit and lower class New Yorker argue over what part of the anatomy is represented by this word. ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/103 "2003-11-04T21:57:01Z")
**Kang of the Hill** - Our favorite multitenacled alien moves to Arlen and goes into the propane and propane accessory business. Hilarity ensues. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/104 "2003-11-04T22:44:17Z")
**Twenty-whore** I’ll let you figure out what Jack has to do in 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/105 "2003-11-04T22:46:17Z")
**Whose Liver is it Anyway?** Richard Dreyfus stars in this slapstick medical comedy, where a mix-up in the transplant theater leads to hilarious results! **The Sixth Sensimillia** Bruce Willis smokes so so many primo Jamaican spliffs that he thinks he’s dead - with hilarious results! **The Truth about Twats and Dogs** Janeane Garofalo’s pooch gets just a _little_ too excited by Uma Thurman’s petting… with hilarious results! **Gone with the Wimp** Forsaking Rhet Butler’s macho attitude, Scarlett O’Hara runs off with Colin, an insurance salesman from Guildford. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/106 "2003-11-05T00:11:50Z")
**Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Cones** - Obi-Wan and the Jedi must deal with a large construction project creating a traffic jam through the galaxy. Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroys guest-star. **Malltats** - Jason Lee spends all day getting a tattoo at the mall. **Chasing Army** - Ben Affleck is Holden McNeil, a mapmaker who falls in love with a lesbian while aiding the U.S. military. **Done in 60 Seconds** - This one’s the porno. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/107 "2003-11-05T00:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\* > > **Gone with the Wimp** > Forsaking Rhet Butler’s macho attitude, Scarlett O’Hara runs off with Colin, an insurance salesman from Guildford. \*\* -with hilarious results! **A Bish Called Wanda** : Documentary about a high church official with a secret cross dressing hobby. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/108 "2003-11-05T01:34:22Z")
\*\*S_M_A_S_H_E_D[/b:]The doctors at a field hospital during the Korean War cope with the horror and stress by remaining perpetually intoxicated. **NightRider** : A courier working the third shift spends his lonely hours in the dark fantasizing that he’s a secret agent and hallucinates that his car talks to him. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/109 "2003-11-05T01:40:47Z")
**The Gay-Team** Sort of a “Queer Eye for the Straight Criminal”. ---
**Author:** ![RealTronic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/110 "2003-11-05T04:58:28Z")
**Lil’ I Forever** Tragic tale about a dwarf who is duped into travelling from Russia to Sweden to perform at the Circus. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/111 "2003-11-05T12:34:58Z")
**The Wizard of "Owww!s"** A gay S&M dungeonmaster in the Castro initiates a fresh-scrubbed straight girl from the midwest into the trade. Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore. ---
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/112 "2003-11-05T13:06:51Z")
**Bretzel** Terry Gilliam’s master piece featuring Robert Deniro as renegade baker. **The world according to Warp** Geek philosophy. **The Fabulous Pecker Boys** Michelle Pfeiffer’s first porn … **Spend it like Beckham** A documentary about the financial situation of sports stars. **Glances at Wolves** Animal voyeurism. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/113 "2003-11-05T13:16:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flonks \* > **Spend it like Beckham > A documentary about the financial situation of sports stars.** Already a program on Sky One called that - guess what it’s about… Yup, it’s a documentary about the financial situation of David Beckham. ---
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/114 "2003-11-05T13:19:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Already a program on Sky One called that - guess what it’s about… Yup, it’s a documentary about the financial situation of David Beckham. \*\* Wow! ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/115 "2003-11-05T14:02:12Z")
**Sheepless in Seattle** Meg Ryan loses her little lamb in the mean streets. Ewe’ll love it. **The Gizzard of Oz** Australian remake with Paul Hogan playing Dorothy. A complete turkey. **It’s a Wonderful Knife** Jack the Ripper revisits his past ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/116 "2003-11-05T17:04:53Z")
**The Time LaMachine** Using the parts from a first-generation food processor, an inventor makes a time machine that scrambles different historical epochs together. Hilarity ensues! **Start Making Sense** Documentary, centering around an interview/Q&A session at the Cooper Union in which David Byrne (former Talking Heads frontman) demystifies his more-cryptic lyrics and video imagery. Hilarity ensues! ---
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/117 "2003-11-05T17:48:45Z")
**The Matrix - revolting** The unsucessful sequel of a sucessful movie ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/118 "2003-11-05T18:14:31Z")
[ul] [li]_Miracle Whip on 34th Street_- Truck delivering jars of sandwich spread has accident and loses load. Hilarity ensues![/li][li]_It’s a Wonder Bread Life_- Documentary about local bakeries going out of business as people opt for mass-produced name-brand products.[/li][li]_The Hound of the Baskin Robbins_- A story about dogs who love ice cream.[/li][li]_Battleship Earth_- Aliens take over the earth by inserting red and white pegs into it (this couldn’t be any worse than the original, now could it?)[/li][/ul] ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/119 "2003-11-06T00:42:18Z")
**Star Trek: The Motionless Picture** Everyone sits around and complains about the pastel uniforms. **Star Trek II: The Wrath of Caan** Upset at not being chosen to play the villian, James Caan goes on a rampage. **Star Trek III: The Search for Spot** When McCoy’s pooch goes missing, Kirk hijacks the Enterprise to go looking for it. Special guest star Christopher Lloyd is the Dog Catcher! **Star Trek IV: The Voyager Home** Rick Berman bumps his head and gets his franchises confused. William Shatner appears as the whale. **Star Trek V: The Anal Frontier** Trek porn. 'Nuff said. **Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County** Fanboys pee themselves as Bruce Campbell stars as a bounty hunter seeking revenge on the Federation crew that killed his pa. **Star Trek: Generations X** Them uppity punk kids steal the Enterprise for a joyride of galactic proportions. **Star Trek: Fist Contact** More Trek porn featuring a guest appearance by Goatse. **Star Trek: Resurrection** Data is killed and is reborn as the savior of a colony of really stupid people. **Star Trek: Nimoyses** Spock battles his clone and kills the franchise. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/120 "2003-11-06T13:15:45Z")
**Evitamin** –Rags-to-riches musical about a poor Argentinia girl who becomes rich by selling nutritional supplements and later gives birth to Jesus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906.md?page=7)