Comments on: More Portmatomes

By: David

David — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:02:20 +0000

is mixing a book and a song permitted?
Tom Sawyer Blues

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:13:37 +0000

The titles have gone about as far as they can. I propose a contest to actually write the opening paragraph of Huckleberry Finneagan’s Wake.

By: bp

bp — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:48:41 +0000

Too late?
Even for The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Bone People?

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:35:35 +0000

Scratch “part of” in the preceding post; I meant that the first title in each is shortened; sorry.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:31:18 +0000

I believe that “Seven Brides for Seven Samurai” and “Dances with White Fang” do not qualify because part of the first title in each is shortened.

By: Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:15:28 +0000

Othello Dolly � A recently widowed moor seeks out the services of a matchmaker, ends up strangling both Carol Channing and Barbra Streisand (clearly a case of justifiable homicide).

By: Altoid

Altoid — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:33:33 +0000

Love the titles. But this is Jeopardy before-and-after category if I’ve ever seen it.

By: Bruce Moomaw

Bruce Moomaw — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:46:59 +0000

I remember several of Caen’s other entries (which, by the way, were complete with plot descriptions):
“A Star is Born Free”
“Rachel Rachel Tora Tora Tora Curtain”
and, last but definitely not least:
“Run Silent, Run Deep Throat” (in which a large submarine is swallowed by a randy whale named Linda).

By: Not Herb Caen

Not Herb Caen — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:52:51 +0000

Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle had a contest much like this for movie titles. My favorite was Seven Brides for Seven Samurai; Dances with White Fang is OK too.

By: Mike Maltz

Mike Maltz — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:06:01 +0000

I like the sundry and various titles you’ve come up with (which I will not put).

By: Don Myers

Don Myers — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:53:32 +0000

“On the Road to Perdition”
Actually, Max Allen Collins beat you to the punch
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Perdition-Max-Allan-Collins/dp/1840239425/sr=8-3/qid=1165359073/ref=sr_1_3/103-5410540-8099036?ie=UTF8&s=books