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Is There a Better Title?

Alternate title ideas for the movie.

Is There a Better Title? has run in 145 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘It Follows’Bill Simmons

Jokes the title could be 'It Itches' or 'Itch Follows Butch's Girlfriend', but his real answer is 'The Swimming Pool Plan'

‘It Follows’Joanna Robinson

Pitches 'STD: Itch Follows' (combining 'sexually transmitted demon' with 'itch follows')

‘Friday the 13th’Bill Simmons

Camp Blood (the original screenplay title), proposing it be used for a separate franchise while Jason/Friday the 13th continues as its own series

‘Friday the 13th’Van Lathan

Questioned whether Camp Blood sequels (e.g. 'Camp Blood Takes Manhattan') would have the same versatility as the Friday the 13th sequels

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bill Simmons

No better title exists; Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the best titles of the last 55 years

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Chris Ryan

Notes alternate titles considered: 'Saturn's Return', 'Leatherface', and 'Head Cheese' (jokes Head Cheese isn't a bad title), but doesn't argue for a better title

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Craig Horlbeck

Says 'Leatherface' is fine as an alternate but agrees Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the best

‘13 Going on 30’Bill Simmons

Prefers the original title '13 Going on 30' over 'Suddenly 30', though he says 'Suddenly 30' is pretty good

‘13 Going on 30’Juliet Litman

Likes 'Suddenly 30' (the Australian title), also jokes '30 and Flirty and Thriving' as a porn parody title

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Van Lathan

"Shut the Hell Up, Nick" - based on the recurring scene where every time Nick speaks and makes a decision, the opposite/bad outcome happens (e.g., the parking lot scene where his team goes to find the guy and it goes wrong)

‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’Bill Simmons

Rambo II (or Rambo: First Blood Part II was overly complicated; nobody actually calls it that, just should be Rambo two)

‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’Kyle Brandt

Agrees it should just be called Rambo Two, similar to how Rocky sequels kept the character's name in the title

Episode	Host	Answer
‘It Follows’	Bill Simmons	Jokes the title could be 'It Itches' or 'Itch Follows Butch's Girlfriend', but his real answer is 'The Swimming Pool Plan'
‘It Follows’	Joanna Robinson	Pitches 'STD: Itch Follows' (combining 'sexually transmitted demon' with 'itch follows')
‘Friday the 13th’	Bill Simmons	Camp Blood (the original screenplay title), proposing it be used for a separate franchise while Jason/Friday the 13th continues as its own series
‘Friday the 13th’	Van Lathan	Questioned whether Camp Blood sequels (e.g. 'Camp Blood Takes Manhattan') would have the same versatility as the Friday the 13th sequels
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Bill Simmons	No better title exists; Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the best titles of the last 55 years
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Chris Ryan	Notes alternate titles considered: 'Saturn's Return', 'Leatherface', and 'Head Cheese' (jokes Head Cheese isn't a bad title), but doesn't argue for a better title
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Craig Horlbeck	Says 'Leatherface' is fine as an alternate but agrees Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the best
‘13 Going on 30’	Bill Simmons	Prefers the original title '13 Going on 30' over 'Suddenly 30', though he says 'Suddenly 30' is pretty good
‘13 Going on 30’	Juliet Litman	Likes 'Suddenly 30' (the Australian title), also jokes '30 and Flirty and Thriving' as a porn parody title
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Van Lathan	"Shut the Hell Up, Nick" - based on the recurring scene where every time Nick speaks and makes a decision, the opposite/bad outcome happens (e.g., the parking lot scene where his team goes to find the guy and it goes wrong)
‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’	Bill Simmons	Rambo II (or Rambo: First Blood Part II was overly complicated; nobody actually calls it that, just should be Rambo two)
‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’	Kyle Brandt	Agrees it should just be called Rambo Two, similar to how Rocky sequels kept the character's name in the title