Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.
Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.
Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging.
Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers me.
Speak as though it were the last sentence allowed you.
This is me, Clive Anderson, saying good night. Good night.
I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.
Consider the end
Last words are only words.
Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.'
There's something about a sign-off that seems predictable. I just say whatever comes to my mind, to the pleasure and horror of the control room, I'm sure.
I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers - where you repeat what you've already said with phrases like 'In summation', and 'To conclude'.
