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Background

This is David Spade’s vanity card.

1st Logo (August 8-15, 2000)

Nicknames: "Desert Rat", "Peace Sign Rat", "Lost Rat"

Logo: In front of a desert background (complete with cacti, mountains, and an animal skull), we see a smiling rat with a tuft of blonde hair wearing cutoff jeans and a sleeveless white T-shirt. He's holding a beverage and giving the peace sign. To the left of him, we see the words:

DESERT RAT

in a stylized font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct. This was only seen on the ultra short-lived Sammy.

Editor's Note: The logo’s obscurity is eclipsed only by the obscurity of the one show it appeared on. NBC had axed animated programming due to low ratings, leaving the show in flux until it was burned off time after to fulfill broadcasting agreements. Its short time on air as well as its lack of promotion, existing footage and limited information made it one of the more infamous pieces of lost media.

2nd Logo (July 29, 2019-March 12, 2020?)

Nicknames: "Desert Rat II", "Falling Rat"

Logo: On a white background with grey outer vignette, we see a cartoon illustration of an unconscious brown rat wearing red boxers, falling, and hitting the ground. A red cup falls out of his hand and rolls beside the rat. To the right of him, the words:

desert rat

appear letter by letter in a typewriter font.

FX/SFX: The rat falling, it's cup rolling around on the ground, the appearance of the letters.

Music/Sounds: The final notes of the credits theme for Lights Out with David Spade.

Availability: Can be seen at the end of Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central.

Editor's Note: None.

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+This is David Spade’s vanity card.
-Desert Rat Productions is the vanity production company for works produced by David Spade.
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 '''Music/Sounds''': None.
-'''Availability''': Extinct. Before being rediscovered, this was as close to an urban legend as one could get. Was only seen at the end of ''Sammy'', Spade's animated sitcom that aired exactly twice on NBC in August of 2000.
+'''Availability''': Extinct. This was only seen on the ultra short-lived ''Sammy''.
+'''Editor's Note''': The logo’s obscurity is eclipsed only by the obscurity of the one show it appeared on. NBC had axed animated programming due to low ratings, leaving the show in flux until it was burned off time after to fulfill broadcasting agreements. Its short time on air as well as its lack of promotion, existing footage and limited information made it one of the more infamous pieces of lost media.
-'''Editor's Note''': This logo - along with its parent series - was considered to be lost media for over two decades.<ref>https://lostmediawiki.com/Sammy_(partially_found_NBC_animated_TV_series;_2000)</ref> On May 24th, 2021, the pilot episode was posted to YouTube after user ''Matt'' (whos was also responsible for the re-discovery of Nickelodeon's 2003 animated TV film ''The Electric Piper'') contacted one of the crew members about the existence of the series. <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5DhY-InKno</ref> The failure of another 2000 NBC animated sitcom commissioned at the time, ''God, The Devil, and Bob'', resulted in NBC reconsidering their approach to producing animated television shows, effectively leaving ''Sammy'' in limbo. Although 13 episodes of ''Sammy'' were produced, only the first two were aired due to contractual obligations. <ref>https://lostmediawiki.com/Sammy_(partially_found_NBC_animated_TV_series;_2000)</ref>
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 '''Music/Sounds''': The final notes of the credits theme for ''Lights Out with David Spade''.
-'''Availability''': Can be seen at the end of ''Lights Out with David Spade'' on Comedy Central. Unfortunately, after being put on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Comedy Central voiced their decision to not renew the series. According to a press release, the network is not ruling out selling the program to another network, so it's possible that this will be seen again on television soon.
+'''Availability''': Can be seen at the end of ''Lights Out with David Spade'' on Comedy Central.
 '''Editor's Note''': None.