I da ho? Funny. When someone writes a bestselling book or screenplay, there are unscrupulous modifiers who will try to produce a knock-off or spin-off from the title. Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic romance by E. L. James, is one such best seller (and soon to be a movie). You have seen the knock-offs using the title. Nebraska is a 2013 drama film starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte. I expect to see the knock-offs soon.
Not to be out done, I have come up with a few of my own:
Fifty Spades A Day: A novel about a down on his luck gambler who makes a deal with the devil.
Shifty Shades of Bray: A novel about the sleazy world of conservative talk show hosts.
Fifty Shades of Hey: Learn how to say” hello” in fifty languages.
Fifty Grades of Pay: The how-to-book for setting up pay scales in a start-up company. A must read for CFOs.
Fifty Grades of Hay: A DIY manual for the hay farmer.
Fifty Shades of Cray: The complete anglers’ handbook of crayfish.
Fifty Shades of Greyhounds: A picture book of the various colors of greyhounds.
Fifty Shades of Bay: Another picture book of fifty pictures of San Francisco Bay taken in the shade.
Nifty Ways to Pray: No explanation needed here.
Fifty Shades of Day: The unauthorized and unofficial biography of Doris Day.
Thirty-One Days in May: I got nothing.
I want to get ahead of the curve on Nebraska. Here are the screenplays I hope to write soon:
Wyoming: You will be caught up in the action as a notorious gang of teenagers goes around tipping over cows.
Idaho: This heart-wrenching movie is about a prostitute who joins Ho Anonymous and finally realized who she is.
Montana: This documentary follows a family in Montana as they watch the grass grow.
North Dakoda: This action packed movie is about an archeologist who digs up a dinosaur only to discover that it is not dead.
South Dakoda: You will laugh your butt off as you watch the hijinks of a news reporter as she tries to change the name of the Black Hills to the African-American Hills.
Not to be out done, I have come up with a few of my own:
Fifty Spades A Day: A novel about a down on his luck gambler who makes a deal with the devil.
Shifty Shades of Bray: A novel about the sleazy world of conservative talk show hosts.
Fifty Shades of Hey: Learn how to say” hello” in fifty languages.
Fifty Grades of Pay: The how-to-book for setting up pay scales in a start-up company. A must read for CFOs.
Fifty Grades of Hay: A DIY manual for the hay farmer.
Fifty Shades of Cray: The complete anglers’ handbook of crayfish.
Fifty Shades of Greyhounds: A picture book of the various colors of greyhounds.
Fifty Shades of Bay: Another picture book of fifty pictures of San Francisco Bay taken in the shade.
Nifty Ways to Pray: No explanation needed here.
Fifty Shades of Day: The unauthorized and unofficial biography of Doris Day.
Thirty-One Days in May: I got nothing.
I want to get ahead of the curve on Nebraska. Here are the screenplays I hope to write soon:
Wyoming: You will be caught up in the action as a notorious gang of teenagers goes around tipping over cows.
Idaho: This heart-wrenching movie is about a prostitute who joins Ho Anonymous and finally realized who she is.
Montana: This documentary follows a family in Montana as they watch the grass grow.
North Dakoda: This action packed movie is about an archeologist who digs up a dinosaur only to discover that it is not dead.
South Dakoda: You will laugh your butt off as you watch the hijinks of a news reporter as she tries to change the name of the Black Hills to the African-American Hills.
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