Before and After Movie Titles II | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast #359

Get ready for some movie trivia…with a twist. Way back in 2022, I had a mini episode for Before and After Movie Titles. This time, it’s getting the full treatment.

What’s a before and after movie title? Here’s an example from the mini episode: The story of Woodward and Bernstein breaking the Watergate scandal plus an agency tasked with hiding aliens on Earth.

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Episode Intro

Get ready for some movie trivia…with a twist. Way back in 2022, I had a mini episode for Before and After Movie Titles. This time, it’s getting the full treatment.

That’d be: All the President’s Men in Black

Got it? I hope so, because there are thirty more coming. This is episode 359 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. I’m your usher and host, Brian Rollins. Let’s start the show.

The Dorky Round

The Van Trapps and Harold Hill stand together to fight Nazis with 76 trombones.
a. The Sound of Music Man
Simba gives royalty lessons to John Goodman
a. The Lion King Ralph
A Will Ferrell remake of a 1960s TV show costarring Bill Murray and directed by Sofia Coppola
a. Land of the Lost in Translation
If Tony Stark was born on Krypton
a. Iron Man of Steel
Steve Rogers joins Fievel in New York
a. Captain American Tail
Ben Stiller has an unrequited crush on an iconic Julie Andrews character
a. There’s Something About Mary Poppins
A dinosaur named Littlefoot travels through history with John Cleese and Sean Connery
a. The Land Before Time Bandits
Roger Moore’s first outing as James Bond meets Pierce Brosnan’s last outing as 007
a. Live and Let Die Another Day
Ralphie tries to find his BB rifle in a snowless Vermont ski resort
a. White Christmas Story
A 1960 Yul Brynner/Steve McQueen movie meets the Akira Kurosawa film that inspired it.
a. The Magnificent Seven Samurai

The Geeky Round

What happens when Nick Cage is a prisoner on a plane and meets a basketball playing Golden Retriever?
a. Con Air Bud
Simon Pegg fights zombies and teaches literature and life lessons to rich kids in New England
a. Shaun of the Dead Poets Society
Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny have a case of the Mondays
a. Office Space Jam
Ben Affleck must prove his innocence in a mental hospital with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie
a. Gone Girl, Interrupted
Mike Myers takes over from Brad Pitt to fight the zombie horde.
a. Wayne’s World War Z
Gene Kelly dances his way into a 1980s flick with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman
a. Singing in the Rain Man
Atticus Finch must defend Michael Keaton’s character in a film shot in one, continuous shot
a. To Kill a Mockingbirdman
A 1984 dark sci-fi comedy lands on board the Black Pearl. Hijinks ensue.
a. Ice Pirates of the Caribbean
When Don Corleone deals with an out-of-control wedding
a. The Godfather of the Bride
The highest grossing Michael Bay movie meets the actual winner of the 2017 Best Picture Oscar (ignore Warren Beatty, he read the wrong card)
a. Transformers: Dark of the Moonlight

The Nerdy Round

Going in drag to hide from the mob while also going to the 1980s via a malfunctioning Jacuzzi
a. Some Like It Hot Tub Time Machine
Mike Wazowski takes over from Ian McKellan in a biopic about director James Whale
a. Gods and Monsters Inc.
Billy Bob Thorton gets a fake ID while working at the mall
a. Superbad Santa
A John Grisham adaptation meets a two-parter Quentin Tarantino flick
a. A Time to Kill Bill
What happens when a Czar of Russia tries to foil the plans of the criminal mastermind, Ratigan
a. Peter the Great Mouse Detective
A story about 1924 British Olympic runners goes off-track when it meets Drew Barrymore in a Stephen King adaptation.
a. Chariots of Firestarter
A group of Brits do a pub crawl while Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to stop the end of the world on December 31, 1999.
a. The World’s End of Days
Leonardo DiCaprio rocks a South African accent while helping James Bond in Las Vegas
a. Blood Diamonds are Forever
When Peter Sellers has a mystery alongside Hercule Poirot in Egypt
a. Murder by Death on the Nile
Peter Parker teams up with a CIA agent played by Denzel Washington as they take on a drug cartel in Mexico
a. Spider-Man on Fire

Episode Conclusion

How’s your brain? Not too badly damaged? These are fun categories on Jeopardy and I want to try more of them. Let me know in the comments or on social media what your take is.

Next week, it’s music trivia and a sequel to a very popular episode from a few years ago. Here’s a hint:

In which genre of music will you find songs like, “Run Rudolf, Run” and “Silver Bells” Timely, right?

Good luck and I’ll see you back here on Wednesday whether you’re naughty or nice.

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