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.
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.
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Woody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the beneficiary being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.
Screen Song with spot gags about newsreels (including Paramount's own newsreel division).
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.
Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a Boy Scout.
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.
Casper, the always friendly and friend-seeking ghost, is in Holland where little Hans is a willing playmate as he does his chores.
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.
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".
An alley-cat, plagued with a bad case of insomnia, reads that the eating of a blackbird is a sure cure. He catches the first blackbird that comes along, which happens to be Buzzy the Crow (not to be confused with Walter Lantz's Buzz Buzzard), who not only talks like Rochester but is nearly as smart as Rochester. Buzzy, smart enough not to want to be eaten, convinces the dumb cat that he has better methods of curing his insomnia, and then proceeds to severely punish the cat with a variety of all painful, sleep-inducing tricks.
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.
Little Rocquefort takes advantage of some paint and wallpaper left lying around to redecorate his hole. The cat tries to stop him.
Casper the Friendly Ghost doesn't like to haunt and wishes he could be in Mother Gooseland.
Singalong with spot gags about various insects.
The year is 1943. An all-female and top-secret department of the SS, run by the notorious Gisela Nussbaum in a secret Gestapo headquarters, conducts medical and biotechnolocical experiments with blood from Norwegian resistance fighters, which is said to hold the key to the Norwegians' unwavering unity and courage.
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.