cue card
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We're shown the cue card hub backstage, which has been set up by Wally Feresten, a legend in the business who has worked on SNL for more than 30 years.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Magill even released a video in which she looked like a hostage being forced to mouth words from a cue card.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Forced to stay, he displayed his typical incompetence, mistakenly reading the entirety of a cue card aloud on the air: "We'll stay on the air until a winner is declared. Take off glasses, look concerned."
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
Foiled once when Lonnie Walker IV missed a potential game-tying three-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in regulation, Ham circled back with another choice that probably wouldn’t have been on his cue card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Ms. Whitlock exclaimed like she was reading it off a cue card.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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