His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day ("the Abby Singer"). There are several stories as to how this came about. One is that he would mislead his crew into thinking that the second-to-last shot of the day was actually the last shot. Another is that, as a production manager, when Abby Singer came down to set it meant the crew was allowed to complete the shot they were doing and only one more. According to Abby, however, it was actually because as an assistant director when the crew reached the second-to-last shot on a particular set he would say "this and one more" so they could save time by starting to move or wrap (put away) anything that was not needed. The expression is now only widely used for the second to last shot of the day. (The last shot of the day is known as "the martini shot.")

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