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The above is a clip from Season 1, Episode 11, the Christmas episode of the show Sports Night, titled “The Six Southern Gentlemen.”

One of the plots from this episode, featured in this clip, centers around Casey, a main character and Sports Night anchor, not knowing, and then learning the names of the different people that work on his show, in the Sports Night world.

I just rewatched this episode, and cross checked some of the names he mentioned against the credits for the episode. They are the names of the actual people who were involved with the production of Sports Night, in the real world. When Dan, the co-anchor says, “We’ve got film on this show. Do you know who cuts it?” and Casey says, “Janet Ashikaga,” that’s the actual person who edited Sports Night. The script supervisor’s name they mention is the actual script supervisors name, and so on. They mention the grips, they mention the PAs, the wardrobe department, the hair stylists, and so on. 

It feels very special that a real TV show did this, and found a way to publicly recognize people on its staff. It goes a long way, I think— saying thank you, remembering people’s names, humility, humanity, and appreciation.

When people watch videos on CollegeHumor, I’m certain it’s for the writing. We have wonderful writers. But one of the things, in addition to the writing, that makes our videos different, is the production value. It’s a great product. The videos are great to watch. That comes from the production and post production departments. That’s 10 to 30+ smart, funny, enthusiastic, creative, talented, dedicated film and video industry professionals working on every video. 

When these videos post on the site, under a tab marked “Credits”, to the right of the “Comments” section, you can see a list of these people. It’s not quite the same as saying their names out loud on television, but if you’re a fan of the CollegeHumor Original Video content and you have a moment, I’d like to invite you to take a quick look at the credits. It’s really a team sport over here, and we have a great team.

Thanks everyone, and happy holidays.

(By the way, compiling and entering the credits is one of the millions of things done by the Production Coordinator. My Production Coordinator is Jon Wolf. Thanks, buddy.)

Wonderful words from Eva.

Awesome

Whoa, the dad from “Parenthood” was in “Sports Night?!” Crazy.

EDIT NON-FLIPPANT REMARK: Working with Eva has taught me that “I appreciate you” is pretty much the highest compliment you can pay to a co-worker. Or really anybody you appreciate, I guess. So, thank you, Eva, I appreciate you too.

Eva is an insanely talented producer, and I could not agree with what she says above more.  So I’m reflagging this not only for all the incredible people on the CH crew, but for all the wonderful crews I’ve had the chance to work with over the past couple years!