@Midnight end credits
At the end of Comedy Central's show @Midnight they show the audience during the end credits. They seem to often show the same audience which includes sleeping people, and a couple furries (a panda and a rabbit I think, as of today, when I decide to finally ask about it, either the site or my 'net access cuts of the episodes). I was wondering if anyone knew why they would repeat this audience sometimes, but not always. Maybe it is always now, but I don't think it always was.
I'd love to provide a screenshot, but didn't find one, nor could I capture one as the CC site's streams are cutting off consistently at 21 minutes for me right now, sometimes in the middle of a sentence.
Anyone know why the repetition or why it's not 100% consistent?
Best Answer
According to this twitter conversation, it always the same clip every episode.
...why do you use a canned audience shot for the credit role? You have a live audience...— The Rt. Hon. Cadbury (@Rt_Hon_Cadbury) February 15, 2014
...because it's a joke...— Chris Hardwick (@hardwick)February 15, 2014
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Answer 2
In my hypothesis, they most likely work for the show and the characters in the suits/costumes are Chris Hardwick, Tom Lennon, and someone else who cannot / won't be [seen] in the audience. The show is required to pay any member of the audience a minimum fee for appearing in front of the camera, (viewers of the old Craig Ferguson should have seen him employ this trick too). Rather than pay a new audience I suppose it was decided it would be a nice gift / reoccurring bonus for their staff given the show is aired to often.
I have no proof, just sneaking suspicion, but would love anyone to poke holes in this as well. If as I thought, this would be just another example of how rules can be bent and perhaps broken in this case. By simply interpreting the law / union rules in your favor, Silly lawyer trick to defraud the network using pre-established SAG / equivalent guidelines. [OR] Magnanimous Robin Hood giving back to those that need it the most (the workers rather than the network; proletariat v bourgeoisie). Guess it's a matter of your perspective. The more you know.
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