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Meet Wally Sparks (1997)

Meet Wally Sparks
Siskel and Ebert caught my show. They gave me one finger up.
—Wally Sparks
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The American television landscape in the ’90s was bold, brash, and poorly lit. And Meet Wally Sparks revels in it, focusing on the trash talk show trend which began with Morton Downey, Jr. and produced the likes of Jerry Springer, Sally Jessy Raphael, Geraldo Rivera, and others, each taking their turn on screen to shout above a rambunctious studio audience.

With its barrage of outrageous physical gags, obnoxious one-liners, and celebrity cameos, Meet Wally Sparks makes you wish you didn't. The upside, happily, is the opening sequence which adds a generous splash of peppy hand lettering by none other than legendary title designer Pablo Ferro. 

 

Take an in-depth look at Pablo Ferro's work in film and beyond in 
Pablo Ferro: A Career Retrospective

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Title Designer: Pablo Ferro

Titles & Opticals: Cinema Research Corporation

Digital Opticals:
Todd AO Digital
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Title sequence

  • Title Designer

    Pablo Ferro
  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    1990s, hand drawn, main title, opening scene, type over scene, typographic
Meet Wally Sparks
  • Film Director

    Peter Baldwin
  • Release Date

    January 31, 1997
  • Aspect Ratio

    1.85:1
  • Studios

    Largo Entertainment, Thinkfactory Media, Wally Sparks Productions
  • Country

    USA
  • Language

    English
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Lola Landekic
  • Published

    May 6, 2015

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