Q Card Hell!
Can you imagine? Here’s an associate producer working on Q cards for a show at CBS Television City. Can you imagine what chaos there would be on a live show if these were out of order?
Q Card Hell!
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that was Yoda’s problem…
That writing is awfully small!
Dear lord, that’s a lot of writing. Does the show have someone reciting a novel?
I remember out of order cue cards during a Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade over 30 years ago. The uptown remote was one cue card ahead of the downtown parade. The script, as read, made little sense. I could hear the program feed and the hysterical director while at my post in the high camera cherry picker. A very funny few minutes.
I agree with Jim Young. The writing is very small. Easy for talent to loose their place. I would love to know what show this is.