Chuck TV Series Opening Sequence

So as things are winding down into Thanksgiving break I've come to the realization that I'm just about creatively tapped. I don't know about you guys, but this past month or so, I've been running around non-stop. This break is about to be so wonderful for my sanity.

ANYWAYS. My point is that I've spent the last hour sitting here trying to think of something interesting to post about- and I've got nothing.

All I have for you this week is the rather interesting opening sequence to one of my favorite NBC shows, Chuck. Sadly, Chuck was cancelled last year after five years on the air, but it was a great show, and the intro credits are kind of cool (as is the Cake song...)

SO. Enjoy some Chuck. Enjoy your turkey (or tofurkey, if that's what you're into) and I'll see you later!

The Evolution of MNF

As I sat on my couch this morning excited for the start of football season, I also found myself trying to pick between a few topics to write a blog post about. That’s when I saw a preview for ESPN Monday Night Football. It dawned on me then that if anyone uses a large about of CGI or After Effects its ESPN. Between their Sports Center opening and their football packages they must have a huge budget. I was interested to see the evolution of the Monday Night Football introductions.

So I started by looking up the intro to an older Monday Night Football game from 1973 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fkMkE2Yjg

Next was a more recent game from 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsMk-S7vuSI

And lastly a game from the 2010 season http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJ3gOjCV1s

I’m not sure what the budget was for the 1973 game but I did some research and asked my father whom works at ESPN some questions. He told me he didn’t remember the exact budget for the 2006 intro, however they had to pay a new “celebrity” each week to appear on the opener, one time it happened to Arnold Schwarzenegger the next was Patrick Dempsey on top of the cost for CGI.

As far as 2010 went he told me he couldn’t give me “exact” numbers but the budget was near $2 million.