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After Sandy’s TV Tags Quiz, I got to wondering about those little animated logos at the beginning and ending of TV shows. Generally they’re just a few seconds long, and many of them have a distinctly 70’s/80’s vibe. If you enjoyed the quiz, you might dig this collection of vanity cards edited together:
If your tastes tend towards deconstructionism, try the collection of YTMND vanity card sites.
After the jump: the strangely violent animated R&D TV vanity cards from Battlestar Galactica.
Chuck Lorre who produces Two and Half Men, Dharma & Greg, etc. is (in)famous for his vanity cards that appear for a split second after the end credits roll on every show. He’s so obsessed, he’s archived every one on his site – chucklorre.com.
posted by P! on 11-6-2007 at 8:45 am
I just started noticing those, P! The advent of the DVR has made reading them a lot easier. I don’t care for his shows much, but his vanity cards never fail to entertain.
posted by Kelly on 11-6-2007 at 10:53 am
Oh my GOD! The Channel 29 one really got me! I grew up watching that channel!
posted by Sally Tomato on 11-6-2007 at 11:28 am
Man, a lot of those brought back memories of Saturday morning cartoons.
posted by greenstrawberries on 11-7-2007 at 3:30 am