The Worst Movie Title Ever

Have a guess? Read this excerpt from The Chicago Tribune and find out.

Envelope, please: The worst movie title ever
By Mark Caro, Tribune entertainment reporter

When actor-director Anthony Newley approached him with a strange-sounding project in the late 1960s, little did Herman Raucher suspect that he would wind up co-writing a movie that four decades later would be honored as having …

The Worst Movie Title Ever.

Yes, folks, we have a winner — or loser or however you’d characterize a title that was singled out as being more awful than any other in cinematic history.

Worse than To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (the runner-up).

Worse than Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

Worse than C.H.U.D.

Ladies and gentleman, we bring you: Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

That is just … wow. I looked it up on IMDb and the title can’t fit on one line. Okay, I’m laughing too hard to write anything else.

3 thoughts on “The Worst Movie Title Ever”

  1. Though your post was in reference to the worst movie title ever, it also mentioned Summer of ’42, a remarkable film that I have often thought never got its due. Have you seen it?

  2. Worst title ever hmmm…what about ” Dude, Where’s our Car? ” or I think that’s the title. But what can you expect from anything starring Ashton Kutcher? I also hate film titles with colons because that’s a sure sign that the title is gonna be way too long!

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