vanity card

noun

plural vanity cards
: the logo of a production company that appears briefly on-screen following the credits for a television show or movie
The book's title comes from the producer's vanity card that turned up on TV screens nationwide at the end of TV programs Goldberg produced. Viewers saw the picture of a black Labrador retriever with a Frisbee in his mouth and heard Goldberg say, "Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog!"Rob Owen

Examples of vanity card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And Lorre will continue producing his irreverent vanity cards at the end of each episode. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 July 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1997, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vanity card was in 1997

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“Vanity card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanity%20card. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.

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