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* Creator/BobHope was very notorious for his use of cue cards. It was often parodied on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', in addition to the music video for ''Music/LandOfConfusion'' by ''Music/{{Genesis}}''.

* Creator/BobHope was very notorious for his use of cue cards. It was often parodied on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.

* In ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' episode "Leap to Faith", during the roast sequence Creator/TedDanson actually used cue cards (not shown onscreen) to give off the feel of the old Dean Martin roasts.

* In the ''Series/Zoey101'' episode "Webcam", when the girls find out about Logan's titular webcam hidden in the giant PCA teddy bear he gave them, having used it to spy on the girls and reveal all their secrets on the campus (blowing off his job at PCA's Sushi Rox during this time), they employ cue cards to play a prank on Logan. Chase and Kazu go off-script, but the prank goes as planned and Logan eventually gets punished by Dean Rivers and loses his job.

* Occurs at the end of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', with Thelonious giving audience reaction cue cards for the wedding guests. Then he writes "AWWWW!" on the back of one.

* Occurs at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', with Thelonious giving audience reaction cue cards for the wedding guests. Then he writes "AWWWW!" on the back of one.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. In "Clean Slate", Drakken writes down every stage of his EvilPlan on 3x5 cards, much to Shego's chagrin. There's even a moment when Drakken stops mid EvilGloating to read the rest off a card. However, he becomes so dependent on following them strictly that as soon as a card is out of order or he forgets to write one, he has difficulty adapting and improvising.

* Creator/TonyHancock suffered a head injury in a car accident just prior to recording "The Blood Donor" for the television of ''Series/HancocksHalfHour''. To help him, the lines were written on boards that were held in his eyeline. Hancock took a liking to this practice and stopped bothering to learn his lines from then on.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E1LateForBreakfastBummerJobs Bummer Jobs]]", when Patrick wants to know how to get their paper delivery money from Cecil.

* Creator/TerryJones had difficulty remembering his lines for ''Film/MontyPythonLiveMostlyOneDownFiveToGo'' and was clearly reading off of screens positioned off set. This turned out to be the early signs of primary progressive aphasia, which gradually robbed him of the ability to communicate through speech and text.

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* Creator/MarlonBrando read most of his lines in ''Film/TheGodfather'' off cue cards. Website/{{IMDB}} also says that in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' his lines were written on baby Kal-El's diaper. Brando was notorious for not bothering to memorize his lines or often even to read the script, and then turning in amazing performances anyway while reading his lines from a cue card.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s sketches and rundown are rewritten and reshuffled right up until the show has to go live. Because of this, cast members and hosts all have to rely on cue cards to get through the night, with some being better at concealing their reading than others[[note]]one exception was when Creator/MacaulayCulkin hosted the show and [[StageMom his father, Kit]], insisted that cue cards not be used. This angered everyone, because it forced them to adjust their entire workflow so that the cast could have enough time to memorize their lines.[[/note]]. Often for humor purposes, the cue cards are deliberately shown or otherwise used humorously. One sketch depicts a morning talk show where the teleprompter suddenly break down. The hosts, without anything telling them what to say for the first time, panic and go completely insane.

* Creator/MarlonBrando read most of his lines in ''Film/TheGodfather'' off cue cards. Website/{{IMDB}} also says that in ''Film/{{Superman}}'' his lines were written on baby Kal-El's diaper. Brando was notorious for not bothering to memorize his lines or often even to read the script, and then turning in amazing performances anyway while reading his lines from a cue card.

* In the 2015 incarnation of ''Series/TheOddCouple'', Felix creates cue cards to help Dani out on her first date in a while. They range from conversation starters to admonishments like "[[ItMakesSenseInContext No Porky Pig]]!"