Movies and TvShows featuring "word-play" theme.
What We Do in the Shadows is a hilarious mockumentary comedy that follows the lives of vampire roommates living in Staten Island. The show explores their daily struggles and antics as they try to navigate the modern world and maintain their supernatural existence.
Angie Tribeca follows the hilarious exploits of detective Angie Tribeca and her colleagues as they investigate and solve crimes in their own unique and comedic way. With a mix of wordplay, satire, and deadpan humor, Angie and her team navigate through murder investigations, love triangles, and quirky characters that populate the police station and the city of Los Angeles. Alongside her trusted German Shepherd police partner and a female coroner, Angie uses her wit and determination to crack cases and bring justice to the streets.
When a murder occurs in a small town during the Christmas season, a bakery owner and amateur sleuth finds herself involved in solving the case. As she uncovers clues and navigates through suspects, she must also deal with personal challenges and family dynamics.
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Woody Woodpecker gallops into a wild western town, which can't keep a sheriff very long due to the notorious outlaw (and sheriff-killer) Buzz Buzzard. Woody volunteers for the position but barely has time to shine up his badge before Buzz rides in with intent to do harm to Sheriff Woody. But Woody has no intentions of allowing Buzz to follow through on his intents.
Casper the Friendly Ghost doesn't like to haunt and wishes he could be in Mother Gooseland.
Casper, the always friendly and friend-seeking ghost, is in Holland where little Hans is a willing playmate as he does his chores.
A combination cartoon/travelogue set in the Swiss Alps, with a tuneful sight-seeing tour of Switzerland thrown in, before the bounding-ball comes bouncing along and asks the theatre audience to follow it in singing the ever-popular "I Miss My Swiss Miss, My Swiss Miss Misses Me." Some of the theatre singers may have actually thrown in a yodel or two.
The Big Bad Wolf is on trial for crimes committed against Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. When given a chance to speak in his defense, Mr. Wolf explains the supposed real story: He is the victim.
Mild-and-meek Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is depressed and glum because people will have nothing to do with him despite the fact that he has read "How To Win Friends, and Influence People".
Screen Song with spot gags about newsreels (including Paramount's own newsreel division).
Woody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the beneficiary being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.
Dumb and overgrown Baby Huey finds himself left to the untender mercies of a fox disguised as a baby sitter. Hue also turns out to be one tough duck when he discovers his new baby sitter likes to play rough. So does Huey, who proceeds to beat the stuffing out of the fox.
Moe the Hare (aka The Rapid-and-sometimes Rabid Rabbit)breaks out of jail so he can hustle down the road and marry his sweetheart. But, Tommy the Tortoise, an officer of the law who is a stickler that thinks jail-prisoners should remain in jail, turtles down the road after Moe. And he dogs after Moe, in his own fashion, until he returns Moe to jail...and winds up with Moe's girlfriend in the process.
Katnip is out in the cold, cold snow; but he thinks maybe he won't go hungry this Christmas. He sees a warm house with a warm fire, and a lot of warm mice about to have a nice, hot turkey dinner. Katnip scams his way into the house by disguising himself as Santa Claus. And then he chases the mice into their hole by throwing Christmas ornaments at them. Cousin Herman arrives and is tantalized by the tempting aroma of the turkey. The sad mice show Herman why they're all shivering in their freezing hole. There's Katnip at the fireplace hanging up an enormous stocking next to a very long Christmas list. But wily Herman is not about to let a mangy cat dampen everyone's holiday spirits.
Abou Ben Boogie Release Date: 9/18/44 Direction: James Cullhane Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer Animation Layout: Art Heinemann Animation: Paul Smith Musical Arrangement: Darrell Calker Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard Lyrics: Tot Seymour Music: Vee Lawnhurst Notes: Production Number: D-7 A Swing Symphony cartoon The second and final appearance of "Miss X." Michael Fitzgerald incorrectly lists this cartoon as an August release. Click here to see Abou Ben Boogie sheet music. Some animation of "Miss X" by Pat Matthews, deemed "too sexy," was cropped out of Castle Films home use prints.
Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a Boy Scout.
Little Rocquefort takes advantage of some paint and wallpaper left lying around to redecorate his hole. The cat tries to stop him.
Andy reads in the newspaper that dog catcher Wally Walrus is coming to collect $3.00 worth of dog tax from every dog owner. Being kind of a cheapskate, he hides his dog in the closet from Wally's presence but, upon entering Andy's house, Wally still suspects something is amiss. He uses a trained flea to reveal the dog who gets chased by Wally into a pond in the backyard. After "fishing" the dog out, Wally demands Andy pay his $3.00 but both are in for a surprise: the dog has an entire litter of puppies each worth an additional $3.00!