# What's your fave 'thing-at-the-end-of-a-TV-program' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720 "2003-06-18T15:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/1 "2003-06-18T15:26:42Z")
You know, that thing - like the ‘I Made This!’ bit at the end of every Chris Carter/Ten Thirteen production - with the logo and the slogan. Oh you know what I’m talking about, yeah? Firstly, what DO you call those? End trailers? End logos? The thing-after-the-credits? Secondly, which are your faves? I like the Ten Thirteen one. That and ‘Sit, Ubu, sit! Good dog…’ at the end of Family Ties. And I’ve always wondered about the chunk of text that comes at the end of Dharma and Greg. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/2 "2003-06-18T15:47:10Z")
The MTM kitten. “Grr. Arrgh.” “Sit, Ubu! Sit!” “th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/3 "2003-06-18T15:54:47Z")
It’s the production company credit. > [@](#): > > The MTM Kitten Not just the kitten, but the variations: For “The Bob Newhart Show,” you have Newhart’s voice saying “meow.” “The White Shadow” had the kitten bouncing a baskeball. “Hill Street Blues” had the kitten wearing a cop’s hat. Chuck Lorre use a bunch of small text that could only be read if you freezed the frame; it was different for each episode of each show – basically the same as a weblog. The worst of these, BTW, was that for Lou Scheimer/Norm Prescott Productions (makers of cartoons, most notably “Star Trek: The Animated Series”). Their names were in a revolving circle (as though they couldn’t agree on top billing) that took up half of the (admittedly short) closing credits. They’d get 15 seconds, while the names of the people actually making the cartoon got less than one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/4 "2003-06-18T15:54:51Z")
The stingers at the end of most MST3K eps: " 'm I nuts?" ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/5 "2003-06-18T15:56:53Z")
At the end of the _George Burns and Gracie Allen Show_, the announcer would tell us it had been brought to us by “Carnation Evaporated Milk [show picture of Carnation can], the Milk from Contented Cows [show photo of meadowful of cows, looking reasonably contented].” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/6 "2003-06-18T15:59:15Z")
When I was a kid, I always found the ones for “Dic” funny as hell, simply because there was this little kid saying “Dick”. I don’t know the company, but it starts off with a guy on a type writter, he pulls out his page, tosses it in the air, and as it flutters down, the background becomes black, the paper becomes animated, and in lands on a small stack, which curls up to form three Cs. I just thought that was cool. “Grr. Arrgh.” For mysteries, the MTM kitten is dressed up like Sherlock Holmes, and when it meows, the little pipe drops out of it’s mouth. I think that’s cute as hell. I also like the ones where it roars like a lion. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/7 "2003-06-18T16:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > **The worst of these, BTW, was that for Lou Scheimer/Norm Prescott Productions (makers of cartoons, most notably “Star Trek: The Animated Series”). Their names were in a revolving circle (as though they couldn’t agree on top billing)** It’s true. These two (who were actually the heads of Filmation) intentionally designed their credit that way so no one would get top billing. As a former member of an online club called “The Closing Logo Group,” I find this thread interesting. **RealityChuck** , there is an official site at [chucklorre.com](http://chucklorre.com) that lists all of the logocards for his company and their texts that appeared on _Dharma and Greg_. The guy at the typewriter **El Elvis Rojo** is thinking of is Steven J. Cannell. I don’t really know if I have a favorite, but I do find them intriguing. I tend to tack on the Screen Gems or Revue jingle at the end when I’m humming an old TV theme. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/8 "2003-06-18T16:30:39Z")
For the series finale of _St. Elsewhere_ the MTM logo was modified to have the kitten hooked up to an IV and heart monitor and the heart monitor _flatlined_! We had just put our cat to sleep earlier that week and the logo was very disturbing. The typewriter paper to three Cs logo is for Steven J Canell productions. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/9 "2003-06-18T16:31:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > **I don’t know the company, but it starts off with a guy on a type writter, he pulls out his page, tosses it in the air, and as it flutters down, the background becomes black, the paper becomes animated, and in lands on a small stack, which curls up to form three Cs. I just thought that was cool.** I think that’s Stephen J. Canell ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/10 "2003-06-18T16:35:21Z")
My favourite is the much-missed [Lynch/Frost Productions logo](http://lazybastard.com/lynch-frostb.gif) with the Vandegraff-like animation. It’s simple, but I can’t (and sadly, don’t) get enough of it. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/11 "2003-06-18T16:40:25Z")
There’s also the one where he see the back of a guy is leaving the office at the end of the day. His secretary says “Goodnight Mr. [something]” and he grumbles a response. I’m pretty sure that it appeared at the end of Taxi, and the guy was James L. Brooks…but I’m not sure… ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/12 "2003-06-18T16:56:59Z")
“Bad Robot!” ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/13 "2003-06-18T17:11:48Z")
I’ve caught three variations of the “Grr, arrgh!” guy at the end of “Buffy”: at the end of a halloween episode he was wearing a costume, at the end of a sad episode (someone important dies) he’s crying, and at the end of the last episode he turns and faces the screen. Are there any others? ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/14 "2003-06-18T17:28:26Z")
Another vote for the Steven J Canell ending. The little bit of music during it moves me for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/15 "2003-06-18T17:34:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big\_Norse \* > \*\*I’ve caught three variations of the “Grr, arrgh!” guy at the end of “Buffy”: at the end of a halloween episode he was wearing a costume, at the end of a sad episode (someone important dies) he’s crying, and at the end of the last episode he turns and faces the screen. > > Are there any others? \*\* I don’t think there’s a “costume”. At the end of the Christmas episode, he’s wearing a Santa hat. At the end of the second season finale (Becoming Part 2 - the sad episode) he says “I need a hug”. At the end of Storyteller he says “We are as Gods.” At the end of the musical, he sings the “grrr, arg”. At the end of the final episode he turns to face the viewer. Does the mutant have a name? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/16 "2003-06-18T17:49:05Z")
“Good night, Mr. Walters!” “Unnnhhhhhghunhhh” _Mad About You_ had a good one once, with Paul Reiser making fun of the usual closer. Can’t remember all of the elements, but he was saying something like, “X, Y, and the stupid horse with the wings” (the TriStar logo). ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/17 "2003-06-18T17:54:36Z")
But was it _Sit, Ubu, sit. (Arf!) Good dog…_ or _Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog… (Arf!)_? ---
**Author:** ![epeepunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@epeepunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epeepunk)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/18 "2003-06-18T18:00:07Z")
[More than you wanted to know](http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/closinglogo/vanity.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/19 "2003-06-18T18:30:49Z")
Don’t really have a favourite. That one with the fetus giggling makes my skin crawl, don’t know why. And the brief Satin City logo always makes me think I’m about to see a tampon commercial. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720/20 "2003-06-18T18:39:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > \*\*But was it > > _Sit, Ubu, sit. (Arf!) Good dog…_ > > or > > _Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog… (Arf!)_? \*\* It was _Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog…(Arf!)_ And why link to a site, **epeepunk** , when you don’t link to the [front page](http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/closinglogo/)? [sub]This hasn’t been a Filmways presentation![/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fave-thing-at-the-end-of-a-tv-program/182720.md?page=2)