We love movies, but even more than that we love making fun of movies. And making movies fun. Join us in our quest to put the whole of cinematic achievement in a giant blender and use the sweet resulting nectar to TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
How Does It Work?
Here at My Left Footloose, we combine movie titles that share one or more words or syllables, or sometimes a somewhat-rhyming word. (We hear tell of clever people who combine other things, like names of books or actors, with movie titles. This practice frightens us.)
Here are some examples of what we do:
* Shared word: The Empire Strikes Back to the Future (The Empire Strikes Back + Back to the Future)
* Two shared words: Romy and Michelle's High School Musical (Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion + High School Musical)
* Shared syllable: Gandhi in Sixty Seconds (Gandhi + Gone in Sixty Seconds)
* Two shared syllables: Oklahome Alone (Oklahoma! + Home Alone)
* Shared somewhat-rhyming word: All That Jaws (All That Jazz + Jaws)
You get the picture. Find a way to connect two (or more) movies via a shared word or sound, and you're on your way.
Is That All? Just Mash Movie Titles Together?
Yes and no. It's never completely simple, is it? While there's a pretty straightforward method for creating My Left Footloose titles, there is also the art (optional, of course) of creating a title that makes milk squirt out of our noses. These are the world class titles, the ones we can't wait to publish.
While we cannot define all the ways a title can be world class, here are some things you might try:
* Genre-smashing: Combine movies from two very different genres, like a gangster film and a Japanese monster movie (Goodzillas) or a chick flick and a big-budget action movie (Terminators of Endearment).
* One beautiful image: Create an ambitiously ludicrous mental picture, like a sasquatch teaching a town to dance in Bigfootloose.
* Make the pitch: Write a perfect, very funny description of your movie. Check out these for Big Lebowski in Little China, Last Tango in Cash, and All Reservoir Dogs Go to Heaven.
Or just do whatever makes you laugh, stupidly, for weeks. If it makes you laugh, chances are we won't be able to resist it.
What If I Want to Break the Rules?
This is not 'Nam. There are rules, Smokey. That said, if you want to break the rules do it very, very well. Your skill may be the only thing that keeps you alive.
How Do I Submit My Ideas?
Go here.
We've come to believe that people are both funnier and smarter than they think they are, most of the time - which is why we did this, so we'd have more chances to bask in the random hilarity that comes from asking strangers to send us material.
If you have questions, ask us.
And that's how we roll.
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