Monday, March 8, 2010

Bring Us Your Groans, Your Eye-Rolls, Your Sighs


I've unexpectedly exhausted much of my creative output for the day by playing a newly discovered "ten second trailer" game my friend invented with his other friends. It's been a slow Monday. Basically, you take a famous movie title, turn it into a pun, and provide a synopsis that could be shown as a trailer in five to ten seconds. Here are some of my favorites on the day:

The only way to stop crime in Detroit...was to hire the one man with literally nothing to lose.
HOBOCOP

Tensions rise to a boiling point as commercial airtravel slowly makes trains obsolete in 1960's America.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CHOOCHOO'S NEST

A small girl abandons her see-saw in a playground journey of self discovery.
BONNIE AND SLIDE

A Confederate solider stumbles upon a broken VCR remote.
REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE

A rising senator misses his morning train to his first day on the hill- has he doomed his political career ...or is there still time?
THE MANHURRYIN' CANDIDATE

A young boy is taken in by a retired Parisian baker, who patiently teaches him the difference between the active and subjunctive tenses.
THE FRENCH CORRECTION

A mother asks her son for a paper towel, and eyes it suspiciously while holding it up to the light.
SCRUTINY ON THE BOUNTY

A young boy assembles a three-piece styrofoam plane for his seventh birthday.
EASY GLIDER

An artisanal pastry chef seeks retribution against an unfair food critic.
THE CREPES OF WRATH

Stop looking at me like that.

11 comments:

  1. A professional football player learns to reconcile his athletic prowess with his transgender tendencies.

    THE SKIRT LOCKER.

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  2. This is exactly what I wanted to have happen in the comments section of this post.

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  3. A daredevil diva's dazzling concert performance from the parepet of her palatial Malibu estate.

    MIDLER ON THE ROOF

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  4. 5 beef and chili tacos.

    3 cups of coffee.

    An hour on the toilet.

    A SERIOUS CAN

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  5. Former Vice President Quayle gets maudlin in the wake of his collapsing employment prospects.

    A SERIOUS DAN

    /one trick pony

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  6. A young Philadelphian will do just about anything for Eagles tickets... or will he?

    A SERIOUS FAN

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  7. A riveting documentary following the competitive baking circuit in St. Paul, Minnesota.

    A SERIOUS PAN

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  8. Jersey Shore's "The Situation" stars in the heartwarming tale of a man striving for perfect skin.

    A SERIOUS TAN

    /could keep going but won't

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  9. Two top lingerie models battle to appear on the cover of the upcoming Victoria's Secret catalog.

    LACE-OFF

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  10. She's right. You know, she knows it, and her reasons are sound and just. Still, she could be a lot nicer about it.
    THE FAIR BITCH PROJECT

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  11. In the wake of the cloning of Dolly, marauding sheep terrorize towns and attack cities.

    RAGING WOOL

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