For some TV producers, it's the most important two seconds of the show. The story behind TV vanity cards: those little blips after the credits featuring the logo of the creative force behind the show. One of the most well-known is for UBU Productions, and the audio, 'Sit, Ubu, sit! Good dog.' A little bit more on the story of Ubu here.
Fans of JJ Abrams shows like Lost and Alias might be familiar with his card for Bad Robot Productions, with the creepy and distorted voice of a child shouting 'Bad Robot!'
Viewers of shows by Chuck Lorre, creator of Dharma & Greg and Two and a Half Men, have been seeing his verbose, text-filled vanity cards for years. Sometimes they're short stories, sometimes his personal views on a variety of subjects, sometimes just dumb stuff. They're only on for about one second, so you either have to record and freeze-frame them, or go to his website and read them at your leisure.
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