This is my first post in a while, and maybe it’s because nothing has inspired me to post in quite some time. Truth be told, I’ve been on a bit of a daily media diet of late, trying to read more books and fewer articles, but I picked up the Wall Street Journal this morning and found this story on page one about the vanity cards that Chuck Lorre, the writer and executive producer of Two and a Half Men and a new show, Big Bang Theory, places at the end of every one of his shows. Now as an aside, I must say that I haven’t watched either of these shows, although BBT is getting some critical acclaim and if I could fit another TV show into my schedule, it would be top of the list. But I digress. As anyone who watches TV knows, there are these quick interstitials at the end of every show that identify the production company or writer — remember “Sit Ubu, Sit! (Bark!) Good dog!” Or “That’s some bad hat, Harry.” or the picture of Tina Fey’s daughter, Alice, in a peacock costume that runs at the end of every episode of 30 Rock? Those things have a name. They’re called vanity cards. And this particular guy, Chuck Lorre, uses his as a mini blog, writing blocks of stream-of-consciousness-type text about whatever may be on his mind. Today’s WSJ features a story on his vanity cards, as well as a slideshow with some examples. It’s worth checking out, if only to give you a peek into the mind set of a guy who has made it in the TV business and is still surprisingly bitter. (That’s what make so many of his cards fun — in a couple, he roasts TV executives and in another, he pokes fun at Entertainment Weekly TV critics.)
Here is the link to the online cards: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-launch08.html?project=LORRE08
And here is a link to the story, which I’m still reading, by the way. Just had to stop in the middle to write this. Now that’s what I call inspiration!
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May 19, 2008 at 6:11 am
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