Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 03, 2016

I once worked as an extra on a movie — no credit.

I would like to see the following in a list of credits::Key Grip . . . THUMB AND INDEX FINGER

Contractual obligation.

That’s a good start. Next: how about not hearing from actors who seem to feel their opinions about whatever must be listened to – and acted upon – when they actually have no qualifications whatsoever about the subject at hand.

My feelings exactly. Name the stars and principal supporting actors. Nobody gives a flying flick about the rest of the ‘credits’ that are tacked onto the end of a movie. Waste of cellulose acetate.

“Gaffer (What’s a gaffer?)” – Airplane“Best boy – [some name]Worst boy – Adolf Hitler” – Also from Airplane

Sometime I do want to see the credits/cast. But those are the times they go by so fast or are obscured.

Cracks me up when news shows start asking actors political questions, as if they’re somehow more in the know than the rest of us bozos…

He’s got a point.

I’ve been sayin’ that for years…

Just a face in the crowd.

My all-time fav: In the middle of the crawl at the end of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was the line “This Space Available………..Your Name Here.”

I like to see the kind of old-fashioned cast list that gave the name of actor plus character played (as in a stage playbill), both at the beginning and again at end of the movie. Otherwise, writer and director are enough for me. In some recent films (especially those with a lot of CGI) the end-credit roll is nearly ten minutes long!

Everyone needs there 10 seconds of fame :-)

My kids have a game, they try to count how many people have their name or names of family (makes waiting to the bonus scenes more bearable.). We’ve notice that recently a bunch of movies include “production babies” that is a list of kids born to the people working on the movie. I am not making this up, to be in the movie credits, you just need to be born at the right time. Presumably to a parent who has to neglect you to get the film wrapped up.

No Rats were hurt in the production of today’s comic strip.

My brother are fans of both Star Wars and Marvel movies. We’ve learned that if you’re seeing a Marvel movie, you wait until the credits are over, because there’s always post-credits scenes.When we went to see THE FORCE AWAKENS in December, my brother made us wait through all the credits, thinking there would be an extra scene. Our reward for all that waiting? The BAD ROBOTS logo.We had a good laugh.

“Inspected by No. 17”

I watch old movies on TCM and the credits list is about 10 or 12 names long. Mostly director and actors. Now we know who cleans the toilets.

The movie we saw last night credited 3 tax credit consultants!

My favorite is when they credit the UNIX system administrator.

Mind blown.

The movie industry is probably the most self-congratulatory line of profession there is. It’s not just the credits, it’s the awards shows and everything else.

I’m amused that right above this comic is the words “by Stephan Pastis”

Why not spend those minutes sat comfortably listening to the closing music whilst everybody else queues in the aisles and on the stairs?

I generally watch credits all the way to the end, just in case they tack on any little scene or joke, as they sometimes do. Admittedly, I don’t care who the gaffer was, or the best boy. Not even sure what gaffing is. And does the second best boy every feel jealous?

I wish they would show the pictures of the actors at the end of the movies like they did in some of the oldies. I don’t know who any of the young stars are. I know the name of “B. Spears” but don’t know what she looks like. really don’t care but when they say Bogart I know him and what the old acters looked like.

“We’re glad that your film was well staffed.”Said the rat with a sneer, and he laughed.“But we could just assume,Someone handled the boom,And what does it matter who gaffed?”

It’s also at the front of movies: “Smith Films present a Smith Films Production; in association with Jones Worldwide Enterprises; Produced by Brown and White, under the supervision of Williams Films…..and on and on and on…”

Also do we need to know the people who drew the cartoon? Really, that is so unimportant.

Believe it or not, it’s because a movie is an art form, and everyone who works on a movie is an artist in some form or another. Your discussion reinforces the need to point out that there is more to making a movie than a director and actors. A few seconds acknowledgement at the end of the movie is a small price for the audience to pay to realize that.

It’s also what we do in the performing arts (theatre, dance, etc…).

So if you have a problem with reading the credits leave when they start to roll. Otherwise why not marvel at the incredible number of artists it takes to create the entertainment you just experienced (and paid a pittance to watch).

The credits are accompanied by music, which gives the people cleaning the theater something to listen to.

I’d prefer at the end a link to a website to list everyone that worked on the movie.

It’s part of their compensation. And they may get another job if people in the industry liked what they did or need someone who worked on a good movie. And I like the old movies showing the character with the actor’s name. I don’t always catch the character’s name during the movie.

Anybody who’s interested in the crew can look it up on IMDB, rather than spending time watching the end credits.

Best credits every: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They even list the moose trainer, something you rarely see in credits nowadays.

I feel the exact opposite. It takes a small army to make your pictures. Listing them at the end is a token of respect. If you don’t like the end credits, leave.

Not a thing. Yet another good reason not to aggrandize actors (if you can call Schwarzegger an actor!).

“Believe it or not, it’s because a movie is an art form”

Art form? “Plan 9 From Outer Space?” “Battlefield Earth?” “Superman IV?” “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians?” “The Last Airbender?”

Really?

I also check through the end credits for scenes, jokes, and especially out-takes. Even bad movies can have hilarious out-takes.

Nobody’s making you watch the end credits.

Cm’on Rat . Even you wouldn’t mind being credited as Best Boy.

i guess it is kind of like the comments on this strip daily – if you liked the strip you might comment and then read the other comments and shake your head at some of them as to what were they thinking/typing?if you didn’t like the strip you might or might not read the comments. etc.most of the comments i think are to see ‘our alter ego’ show up somewhere so we have or at least think we have importance of some kind.i often wonder if the NSA checks our comments like they do everything else we do?????just wondering. really not paranoid, really! wait is that men in black coming up the walkway??? NOOOOOOOOO!

And he said, “There will be no money involved, but when you die, on your death bed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I’ve got that going for me.

There was a time centuries ago when bakeries had each individual baker in the bakery have to stamp their baked goods so folks would know just who made them so they knew who to blame when something was bad. Course baked goods like cakes didn’t get stamped since the were a batter when they went into the oven.

I did like seeing the craft services company on one Australian production. “Hel’s Kitchen” is a great name for a catering company.

That would be because they are all “Artiists”, and just better people than us common folk.

As for those of you griping about actors offering political opinions – I guess the names “Ronald Reagan” and “Arnold Schwarzenegger” don’t mean anything to you, huh?Yah, they prove the point!

Maybe it should. It would give people pause before throwing stuff away.

You can see this comic’s not a movie — it violates the 180 degree rule.

Same with books.

I guess manual labor just isn’t given it’s due respect.