Mark Holtz
05-26-03, 11:16 PM
Adult swim has changed to just black and white cards to run in between shows. (I was getting sick of the slide shows anyways.) Reminds me of burma shave signs.... but I'm too young to remember Burma Shave.
(Card series 1)
This is the COB.
That's an acronym for Cable Operators Break.
60% of viewers get local ads from their cable operators.
40% of you end up watching this.
That's about the amount of effort we're putting into this.
40%.
We spend the rest on things like Ping Ping, guitar solos, or just sitting on the porch.
But, it's not a total loss.
You just learned a TV acronym you didn't know before tonight.
Drop it on your friends.
When it comes on, say "They're running a COB."
"Cob cob cobbity cob."
[adult swim]
(Card Series 2)
Reasons we like these simple black & white cards:
They're simple black & white cards.
We like to read. We like to write.
Very cheap! Easy to produce!
We're tired of hype, but we like editorials.
We're people too . . .
. . . though we do have gigantic satellites and transmitters the size of buildings.
Still, we like talking to folks in a reasonable and polite manner.
And we think television is too anxious making.
We don't like loud announcers, meaningless graphics, or editing just for the sake of it.
We blame MTV, video games, and Regis Philbin.
In that order.
[adult swim]
(Card series 1)
This is the COB.
That's an acronym for Cable Operators Break.
60% of viewers get local ads from their cable operators.
40% of you end up watching this.
That's about the amount of effort we're putting into this.
40%.
We spend the rest on things like Ping Ping, guitar solos, or just sitting on the porch.
But, it's not a total loss.
You just learned a TV acronym you didn't know before tonight.
Drop it on your friends.
When it comes on, say "They're running a COB."
"Cob cob cobbity cob."
[adult swim]
(Card Series 2)
Reasons we like these simple black & white cards:
They're simple black & white cards.
We like to read. We like to write.
Very cheap! Easy to produce!
We're tired of hype, but we like editorials.
We're people too . . .
. . . though we do have gigantic satellites and transmitters the size of buildings.
Still, we like talking to folks in a reasonable and polite manner.
And we think television is too anxious making.
We don't like loud announcers, meaningless graphics, or editing just for the sake of it.
We blame MTV, video games, and Regis Philbin.
In that order.
[adult swim]