Book and Film Titles with One Letter Changed

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  • Of Vice and Men
    an under-the-counter publication
  • An updated version of the Behan play
    The Quire Fellow
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    The Powder and the Glory A Mexican priest refuses to renounce his faith despite his addiction to beauty products.
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    The Waste Band A radical modern poet complains that modern civilization means he is getting too stout.
  • Have we had, 'The Fridges of Madison County' and 'The Nuns of Navarone?
    OK, how about, 'Laughterhouse Five'?

    I really must get out more .....
  • Naked Punch - a possible reaction to the original
  • RockyRoger wrote: »
    Have we had, 'The Fridges of Madison County' and 'The Nuns of Navarone?
    OK, how about, 'Laughterhouse Five'?

    I really must get out more .....

    Noel Coward's play 'Present Laughter' suggest a darker version. 'Present Slaughter'.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche's novel about a Biafran person who eats some of a baked good before realising it has far too much turmeric in it.

    Half Of A Yellow Bun
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    The Louse That Roared: even a tiny creature may be fierce.
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    How about a play?

    Our Towl

    Everyday life in a typical American linen closet.
  • At the risk of being over-pedantic, that doesn't quite work - I expect you mean Towel...

    ...or is Towl a cross-pond difference?
  • At the risk of being over-pedantic, that doesn't quite work - I expect you mean Towel...

    ...or is Towl a cross-pond difference?
    I think it’s more of trying to adhere to the rules (change one letter) and expecting that readers will nevertheless understand the joke.


  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    A friar tries to explain theodicy by investigating a tragic freezer accident.
    The Fridge of San Luis Rey.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    It is not common knowledge that Marcel Proust wrote the original Lassie story: In Search Of Lost Tim
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    edited February 22
    The Food, the Bad and the Ugly

    Three gourmet connoisseurs visit restaurants, saloons and pubs in the western USA, and comment on their meals, which occasionally ends in a shots out.
  • The Quangle-Wangle's Hut

    Becoming rather tired of his noisy neighbours upstairs, Quee decides to downsize.
  • 2001: A Spice Odyssey
    After the Spice Girls decide to take a break, a fan attempts to visit every location they'd played at.
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    The Ramen A scholar tries to find out the fate of his beloved Eleanor by consulting a pot of noodles.
  • The Monkey's Maw

    A different part of this unfortunate animal brings a curse to yet another family...
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    The Iliac An exhaustive discussion of the hip bone in twenty four books of dactylic hexameters.
  • The Awl and the Pussy-Cat

    An unlikely love story featuring a feline and a wood-working tool...
  • The crew of the Starship Enterprise boldly search the galaxy to bring back examples of alien tat: 'Star Drek'.
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    The Fantastic Sour

    A odd team of superheroes battles a tart candy giant.
  • Picnic at Hanging... no, on second thoughts, better not go there.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    A film adaptation of the little-known Shakespeare play about the actor most famous for being The Fonz:

    Henry W
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    The Quiet Van - the impact of an electric milk float in rural Ireland.
  • The Lost Battle

    The Narnia book C S Lewis didn't write...
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited February 23
    March Hare wrote: »
    Picnic at Hanging... no, on second thoughts, better not go there.

    Luncheon in the park with a rotisseried rooster as the main course.
  • The Last Bottle? The Horse and his toy ... ?
  • RockyRoger wrote: »
    The Last Bottle? The Horse and his toy ... ?

    The Voyage of the Lawn Treader?
    :lol:
  • Prance Caspian where the future king learned to dance.

    Voyage of the Dawn Dreader - a ship crewed by vampires.
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    God in the Jock

    C.S. Lewis' seminal work on male pornography stars.
  • The Art of the Meal - coffee-table book
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    The Fart of the Deal

    What the US will be left with after this Administration leaves.
  • Cyril, Robert, Anthea, Jane and the Lamb have explore what their new computer can do in E Nesbit's
    'Five Children and IT'.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Graham Greene's novel about a Japanese baseball team who hear of a solitary supporter in the Carribbean and their efforts to bring him around the world to watch a game.

    Our Fan In Havana
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    More C.S. Lewis -- The Abolition of Mac

    Years of encroaching pasta relativism have seen more and more pasta shapes found in boxes on every grocery store shelf. Now, finally, after shells, wheels and spirals have pushed the humble elbow into near obscurity, the cheese stands alone.
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    Surprised by Job--But I wasn't even looking for employment!
  • The Camomile Law - new rules about herbs
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    What's Wrong With The Word

    G. K. Chesterton's timeless critique of the Bible.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited February 25
    The various Father Brawn stories by GKC - tales of muscular Christianity...
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Horror film about a flatfish that hunts by sound.

    A Quiet Plaice
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    The Pickwick Vapers

    Four friends travel England in search of new and interesting puffs.
  • The Crimson Hide
  • The Crimson Hide

    Oh, that's good!
  • Tapas Bulba - a collection of traditional Zaporozhian-Cossack recipes
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Roman Poet/Philosopher ponders the skimpiest of underwear:
    On The Nature Of Thongs
  • Tiaras Bulba
    Story of the famous cross-dressing warrior .
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    The Ark of War

    Noah builds a gunboat.
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    Mopy Dick

    Richard is unhappy about his nickname.
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