# TV Shows That Ended With The Cast Waving At The Audience/Doing Bits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 15, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627 "2021-01-15T22:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/1 "2021-01-15T22:02:54Z")
_Call Me Kat_ \* ends in such a way that, once the final scripted lines are delivered and the episode’s plot is complete, all of the characters wave at the audience, one at a time, while the camera focuses on them and the credits roll. Sometimes, this is accompanied by a brief “bit,” such as two characters standing up having previously been hidden by a piece of furniture. I seem to recall this being done on a few shows that I watched in my childhood, but I’ll be damned if I can remember specifics. Does this trope ring a bell for anyone? \*This show is terrible. Mayim Bialik deserves better. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/2 "2021-01-15T22:05:13Z")
Miranda ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/3 "2021-01-15T22:18:07Z")
It’s been ages since I’ve seen it, but didn’t It"s Gary Shandling’s Show end with the cast, or at least Gary waving to the audience? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/4 "2021-01-15T22:18:57Z")
[I Married Dora](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092377/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_94) > The series is remembered for its concluding scene in the final episode. In that scene, the characters are in an airport when Peter, the lead, suddenly notes that their series is canceled. The camera immediately pulls back to reveal the stage and the studio audience and the cast takes a bow ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/5 "2021-01-16T00:09:07Z")
Beverly Hillbillies ended with the cast waving during the credits/ closing song. Brian ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/6 "2021-01-16T13:00:21Z")
“The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” usually ended with Burns and Allen doing a bit to the camera off-set. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/7 "2021-01-16T16:24:58Z")
Didn’t Roy Rogers and Dale Evans end every episode of their show by saying goodbye to the audienece (and singing “Happy Trails to You”)? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/8 "2021-01-16T16:30:21Z")
_ **Mickey Mouse Club** _. “Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our fam-i-ly: M-I-C (See you real soon!), K-E-Y (Why? Because we love you!), M-O-U-S-E!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/9 "2021-01-16T16:57:01Z")
I forget. Was it “fam-i-ly” or “com-pa-nee”? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-ended-with-the-cast-waving-at-the-audience-doing-bits/930627/10 "2021-01-16T16:58:25Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > Miranda On which Call Me Kat is based.