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| Mar 16 2009, 8:14 PM EDT (current) | vzeu019j | 36 words added, 1 word deleted |
| Feb 28 2009, 3:15 AM EST | WizardDuck | 105 words added, 1 word deleted |
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1st Logo
(1993-1999)
Nickname: "A Production of..."
Logo: On a maroon-colored background, we see the text
which zooms in throughout and shimmers.
VariantVariants: There is a variant which has "BOSTON" under the text. Another variant has the text "Distributed By" in place of "A Production Of".
FX: The name zooming in, the "shimmer".
Music/Sounds: None; in other cases, it uses the end theme of the show. Bloopy's Buddies, however, used their own genereric theme over the logo,(as well as two other logos that produced Bloopy's Buddies as well).
Availability: Seen on Bloopy's Buddies and The Big Comfy Couch episodes from the era. However, since Bloopy's Buddies doesn't reair anymore and newer prints of The Big Comfy Couch plaster this with the next logo below, it's pretty much extinct outside of tapes.
Scare Factor: Low.
2nd Logo
(1999-2008)
Nickname: "The Squares"
Logo: On a black background, we see two squares, one with white outlining and the other with red outlining, shifting throughout, and each one is blue with watermarks of the name on them. Then a red outline forms another square, which appears in the same color also with watermarks of the name as it finishes, with the text "American Public Television" on it.
Variant: Starting in 2002, the URL text "aptonline.org" appeared under the company's name. In more recent years, it reads "APTonline.org".
FX: The animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: A somewhat patriotic 7-note tune with a drum crescending throughout.
Availability: It's the Sony Pictures TV of public television. Appears on many shows airing on PBS stations. It is also common on shows on the digital network Create (which APT partially owns).
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(2008- )
Nickname: "The Squares II"
Logo: Nearly the same as before, but darker and seemingly quicker in pace. There is no URL in the logo this time, and the company name is in Gotham instead of Helvetica.
FX: All of the animation.
Music: Same as before.
Availability: Brand new. Can be seen on WORLDFOCUS, a news program which may or may not air on your local PBS station(s).
Scare Factor: Low, this logo can be jarring if you expect the 1999 logo and expect this one, but this one will become more common over the years, and therefore less sudden.
(1993-1999)
Nickname: "A Production of..."
Logo: On a maroon-colored background, we see the text
A PRODUCTION OF
AMERICAN PUBLIC
TELEVISION
AMERICAN PUBLIC
TELEVISION
which zooms in throughout and shimmers.
VariantVariants: There is a variant which has "BOSTON" under the text. Another variant has the text "Distributed By" in place of "A Production Of".
FX: The name zooming in, the "shimmer".
Music/Sounds: None; in other cases, it uses the end theme of the show. Bloopy's Buddies, however, used their own genereric theme over the logo,(as well as two other logos that produced Bloopy's Buddies as well).
Availability: Seen on Bloopy's Buddies and The Big Comfy Couch episodes from the era. However, since Bloopy's Buddies doesn't reair anymore and newer prints of The Big Comfy Couch plaster this with the next logo below, it's pretty much extinct outside of tapes.
Scare Factor: Low.
2nd Logo
(1999-2008)
Logo: On a black background, we see two squares, one with white outlining and the other with red outlining, shifting throughout, and each one is blue with watermarks of the name on them. Then a red outline forms another square, which appears in the same color also with watermarks of the name as it finishes, with the text "American Public Television" on it.
Variant: Starting in 2002, the URL text "aptonline.org" appeared under the company's name. In more recent years, it reads "APTonline.org".
FX: The animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: A somewhat patriotic 7-note tune with a drum crescending throughout.
Availability: It's the Sony Pictures TV of public television. Appears on many shows airing on PBS stations. It is also common on shows on the digital network Create (which APT partially owns).
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(2008- )
Nickname: "The Squares II"
Logo: Nearly the same as before, but darker and seemingly quicker in pace. There is no URL in the logo this time, and the company name is in Gotham instead of Helvetica.
FX: All of the animation.
Music: Same as before.
Availability: Brand new. Can be seen on WORLDFOCUS, a news program which may or may not air on your local PBS station(s).
Scare Factor: Low, this logo can be jarring if you expect the 1999 logo and expect this one, but this one will become more common over the years, and therefore less sudden.
