My TiVo recorded (without being asked) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum from some cable channel the other day. This is the little description in the TiVo listing…
Comedy, Musical. Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford. A con-man slave and his sidekick fake a courtesan's funeral to fool a pimp in ancient Rome.
"Pimp?" Forget for the moment that in the film, they actually fake the funeral to fool a Roman Captain. The character to which they are presumably referring, Marcus Lycus, is described as a buyer and seller of the flesh of beautiful women. I suppose the word "pimp" can be applied to him but come on. I suppose that when they run The Ten Commandments, the listing will refer to Moses leading his people out of the 'hood.