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June 28

tv production ending sequence

at the end of most american tv programs credits theres a thing where the production company shows its logo and sometimes somebody says something an example would be at the end of buffy when the cartoon monster walks past and says "urgh argh" and at the end of spin city where you see a dog and a guy says "sit ubu sit, good boy" im tring to find out which program had one where a kid says " i made this" can someone tell me the name plz as its really annoying me lol and so are these firewalls lol

click here[1] :) Perry-mankster 10:29, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

My favourites are "Dic" (yes i was only 8 at the time) and "ROB YOUR NAME'S ON TV!!". Sometimes these are better than the programs. 213.48.15.234 11:30, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

The "I made this" was used by the production company that put out The X-Files. Dismas|^(talk) 03:42, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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did greedo shoot first?

See "Han shot first". — Lomn 14:39, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Ugly Betty

Does anyone know what day the second season of Ugly Betty premieres?

I don't think it's been announced yet [2]. But it will most likely be in late September (in the US). - Akamad 01:52, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

I hope they change the spelling to "Ugly Beddy", to conform with the most prevalent pronunciation. -- JackofOz 23:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

New movies on DVD

Шhen are Ψhe mØviəs "Shrek 3 , Spiderman 3 and pirates of Ψhe carabian 3 gonna come out on DVD? (Wookiemaster 19:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC))

On a Tuesday. Which Tuesday? Whichever one the distribution companies fell is most profitable for them. -- Kainaw^(what?) 22:57, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Why do new releases come out on Tuesdays, anyway? Corvus cornix 01:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

For "box office" reporting. We don't think much about it with DVDs (or even video tapes). But, if you subscribe to Variety, you'll see a box office report on DVD releases each week. They want an even playing field. If you release a DVD on Monday and I release one on Friday and they tally everything up on Sunday morning, you've had a whole week of sales and I've only had two days. This is the same reason movies are released on Fridays. "Opening Weekend" sales are Friday, Saturday, and a Sunday "estimate" (since theaters usually report in their sales Sunday morning). Now that I think of it - many big chains are so computerized that they can report accurately Sunday night without trouble - but I haven't managed a theater in over 10 years, so everyone estimated Sunday sales on Sunday morning. Regardless, it was all about box office reporting. Then, there's the box office trick of early releases. You do a Thursday-midnight release and you get more money on "Opening Weekend." Open it on Wednesday and you get two whole extra days of sales. The general rule is that early openings are used for movies that are expected to have terrible word-of-mouth. Come Monday, you can't say "It is a great movie that everyone loves!" Instead, you have to say, "It was #1 in the Box Office!" Then, watch it fall to #5 the following weekend. -- Kainaw^(what?) 01:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Does this mean Variety counts DVD sales on Mondays, or what? —Tamfang 02:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

They most likely count on Sunday because they have to go to print. Again, everything is computerized now, so nobody really counts anything. The computer spits out the numbers and they print them. There have been errors in the past due to lack of human oversight, but not enough to get anyone really concerned. -- Kainaw^(what?) 12:29, 2 July 2007 (UTC)