On Jan 11, 8:39 am, "Jay E. Morris"  wrote:
> On 1/10/2011 4:21 PM, Duggy wrote:
>
> > 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?
> I've never really paid enough attention to it to realize exactly where
> the scene occurs in the next act.  I'll have to try to pay attention
> next time.
To be fair I don't watch it much, it's just my impression that it's
the end of the act.  Someone else may have better information.
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