They speak in symbols

I’m no semiotician specializing in occultic esotericism, but the Turner Classic Movies schedule for January 20th does tend to cause one to raise an eyebrow. Notice a certain pattern?

  • 6:00 AM Ode To Billy Joe (1976)
  • 8:00 AM Polo Joe (1936)
  • 9:30 AM The Fabulous Joe (1947)
  • 10:45 AM The Story of G. I. Joe (1945)
  • 12:45 PM Joe Smith, American (1942)
  • 2:00 PM A Guy Named Joe (1943)
  • 4:15 PM Pal Joey (1957)
  • 6:15 PM Mighty Joe Young (1949)
  • 8:00 PM Murder She Said (1961)
  • 9:45 PM Murder at the Gallop (1963)
  • 11:15 PM Murder Most Foul (1964)
  • 1:00 AM Murder Ahoy (1964)
  • 2:45 AM Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
  • 4:00 AM Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
UPDATE: as Luuk points out, 8 “Joe” movies and 6 “Murder” movies. Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang: the meaning of “86” expanded during the 1970s to mean “to kill, to murder; to execute judicially”