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   Duggy to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated   
   Re: A silly TV movie writing question...   
   10 Jan 11 14:21:50   
   
   On Jan 11, 4:06 am, "Jay E. Morris"  wrote:   
   > On 1/10/2011 4:52 AM, Bruce Goatly wrote:> Duggy wrote:   
   > >> On Jan 10, 2:38 am, Blair Leatherwood   
   > >> wrote:   
   > >>> Remember when hour-long shows actually had title cards at the beginning   
   > >>> of each act--sometime just as simple as Act I, etc?   
   >   
   > >> I remember it for british shows, even half hour ones.  Some were doing   
   > >> it into the eighties, IIRC.  In the US... I only recall it in parody.   
   >   
   > > In the sixties there was The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which had title cards   
   > > *and* individual act titles; each title was a quote from the next act. Mind   
   > > you, that show was part parody in itself. The extreme defocusing at the end   
   > > of each act looked cool, too.   
   >   
   > NCIS reminds me of this.  After the break, a few seconds, in black and   
   > white*, of something coming up.   
   >   
   > *Hmm.  Actually grayscale I guess.   
   Something coming up?  The last seconds of the act, isn't it?   
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