A trending topic on Twitter these past couple of days has been Failed Westerns, where, basically, people tweet parody titles of famous westerns. So, rather than Gunsmoke, we might have had the failed title Incensesmoke; rather than Have Gun, Will Travel, we might have Have Guppy, Will Travel; rather than My Darling Clementine, we might have My Darling Chlamydia. Well, you get the picture. Below is a sample of tweeted titles (if you are on twitter, just search #failedwesterns for the thousands of tweeted titles out there):
LehmannPhoto Raw Hide & Seek
LehmannPhotoThe Mime Josey Wales
Boas72 Hang ‘Em High…A Little Higher…Higher…Now A Little To The Left
elaineewing Pasty Rider, Rooster Cockburn, Two Tools For Sister Sara, Jeremia’s Johnson
From multiple tweets:
High Plains Dry Cleaner
High Plains Hipster
High Plains Snifter
High Plains Tea
High Plains Musical
There’s a whole (everchanging) list of tweeted failed westerns available as well. Click here for the The Best Failed Westerns List.
There’s a lot of repetition of names (e.g., Pasty Rider), and I figure that the readers of the WLA Blog could do better–if only because we actually know more westerns than the few that keep getting repeated. Feel free to use the comment link to post your own Fail Westerns.
18 Jul 2009 at 1:38 pm
The Man Who Shaved Liberty Valence.
She Wore A Yellow Name Tag.
Stage Couch
18 Jul 2009 at 4:53 pm
True Malt-O-Meal
26 and 1/2 Men
Ebony Saddle
Cinnamon City
Brave Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Have Business Card, Will Travel
Tales of American Express
The Fidgety Gun
Blackjack Ketchup, Desperado
5 Card Texas Hold’em
19 Jul 2009 at 2:34 pm
The Mild Bunch
A Fistful of (Celluloid) Collars
El Dorito
Butch and Hotpants: The Burlesque Days
The Mediocre Seven
Foodfight at the Golden Corral
6 Aug 2009 at 2:50 pm
Twitter seems to be down right now, or I’d add:
Guys on Horses in the Lavender Brushes