Compiled by James Fabiano, James Stanley Barr and Matt Williams
Logo Pictures by Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly and Others
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures by MachineryNoise, roygerdodger, and Eric S.


Background: Alan Landsburg Productions is the production company founded in 1971 by Alan Landsburg. It was bought by Reeves Communications in 1981. Alan Landsburg then left the company in 1984 to form The Landsburg Company, and Alan Landsburg Productions became Reeves Entertainment Group. In 1991, Reeves was sold to the UK's Thames Television. Reeves Entertainment Group was closed down in 1994, while The Landsburg Company shut down in 1997. Thames Television is now known as talkbackTHAMES, a part of FremantleMedia. Most of the television series it made are currently distributed by NBC Universal Television Distribution in the US if distributed by MCA TV.


Alan Landsburg Productions

1st Logo
(1971-1976)

Nickname: "Early alp"

Logo: TBA

FX: TBA

Music: TBA

Availability: Extinct for now until we know what show they produced early in its lifetime.

Scare Factor: TBA



2nd Logo
(1976-1981) Nickname: "Director's Block"

Logo: Over a black BG, we see a director's slate. 5 arrows facing to the right appear on screen on segment at a time. The top half of the slate then rises, and rapidly drops down and hits the bottom half. This changes the top half into the words


The top half of the slate (ALAN LANDSBURG) rises again, then drops down once more. This causes the bottom half to change into the word "PRODUCTIONS". Another slate pops in on top of the words in traffic arrow fashion.

FX: The dropping slate, the changing words.

Cheesy Factor: The animation looks very hideous, the fonts are outdated, the film and animation quality are quite poor, and the logo itself resembles title effects used on 70s adult and B-movies.

Music: The sound effects of a camera shutter as the segmented lines appear, followed by a clapperboard sound during the respective action. The end of a theme song is sometimes heard on some programs.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on the original In Search of... when it aired on The History Channel.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, the shutter snap may be unnerving, and low for the show's closing theme.



3rd Logo
(1981-1984)

Nickname: "ALP"

Logo: On a black background is a stylized blue "ALP" similar to the font seen in the Reeves Entertainment "REG" logo. Then it is blacked out, revealing behind it:


FX: Logo revealing the text behind it.

Variations: This logo was superimposed on the first two seasons of Gimme a Break. An alternate version featured the usual logo animation, except that the Reeves byline popped in a second later. This appears on Jaws 3.

Cheesy Factor: The sliding away of the logo and the revealing of the text looks kind of uninspired.

Music: An overcomposed synthesizer stinger. There were three versions of this theme.

Availability: Can be seen on episodes of That's Incredible, Gimme A Break!, Kate & Allie and In Search of ...

Scare Factor: Low.
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Reeves Entertainment Group

1st Logo
(1984-1985)

Nickname: "REG"

Logo: On the left, is a stylized REG, similar to the ALP in logo #2. To the right, in the same font as "Alan Landsburg Productions" in logo #2, is Reeves Entertainment Group, A Reeves Communications Company.

Variants:

• On Gimme A Break, this logo lasted for a few seconds and cut to a copyright noticefor Alan Landsburg Productions, followed by the 1974-1990 MCA-TV logo.
• On second-season Kate and Allie episodes from 1984-85, instead of the music, the outro of the series' closing credits played over the logo.

FX: None, it's a still logo

Music: Same as ALP Logo #3.

Availability: Can be seen on episodes of Gimme A Break, and currently on Kate and Allie episodes on WE TV.

Scare Factor: Same as ALP Logo #3.



2nd Logo
(1985-1991)

Nicknames: "REG", "Day-Glo Reeves"

Logo: A stylized blue "R," which is decorated with vertical black stripes on its left side shines against a black background before backing away a bit. A similar "E" slides out from the right of the "R." It shines, the logo backs away, and then a "G" comes out of the right of the "E," shines, and completes the logo. When it stops, the words "Reeves Entertainment Group" appear underneath, and under that appears "A Reeves Communications Company."

Variant: On Wild and Crazy Kids (shown on Nickelodeon until the late 90s), there is another chyroned line under the "A Reeves Communications Company" line, which has a copyright date (1990/1991) under it. Also on this show, the music had some kind of laugh to it, might have still been part of the end theme. The copyright date was also seen on Gimme a Break and early Kate & Allie episodes.

FX: Letters shining and coming out of letters.

Cheesy Factor: The second line of text looks like chyron tacked onto the logo. Animation is also simple '80s stuff.

Music: A light, 5 note synthesized tune or the end of the show's theme song.

Availability: Rare and currently seen on Kate And Allie reruns on WE TV.

Scare Factor: Low.



3rd Logo
(1991-1994)

Nicknames: "Drama Faces", "The Thames Logo" , "The Comedy/Drama Masks"

Logo: On a black BG, we see a smiling drama face, that moves up towards the top of the screen, followed by a sad drama face. Underneath the faces, several shards come together to form a blue triangle, and the black BG has turned to a very, very dark gray curtain. The words "REEVES ENTERTAINMENT" fade in at the triangle's tip, and "A Thames Television Company" appears below that.

FX: The moving drama faces, the shards

Cheesy Factor: At least on Doctor, Doctor, this logo seems sped-up, but otherwise fine.

Music: A warm, four-note synth theme which was also used in the 2nd logo's last season.

Availability: Home, What Would You Do?, and Doctor Doctor are the only shows known to have this logo. Of these three, only Doctor, Doctor has been reran on a regular basis in the past few years, on the USA network, but is not shown currently. When it was aired on USA, the logo survived (A weird fact: after this logo is seen on that show, what should appear but the infamous Columbia TriStar "Boxes Of Boredom"!! And it's not replacing the logo! WEIRD.)

Scare Factor: Low. The drama faces look creepy, but everything else seems fine.
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The Landsburg Company

(1986-1997)


Nickname: "TLC"

Logo: On a black background, we see a stylized "TLC" in metallic light blue, revealing upward, and under it is "THE LANDSBURG COMPANY".

FX: The logo revealing upward.

Music: A 5-note tune.

Availability: Rare, was last seen on "Triumph of the Heart".

Scare Factor: Low.