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| Nov 4 2009, 7:40 PM EST (current) | Shadeed329 | 3 words added, 7 words deleted |
| Oct 14 2009, 9:08 PM EDT | Shadeed329 | 7 words added, 8 words deleted |
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Logo descriptions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Shadeed A. Kelly and Eric S.
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom
Background: Barris Industries was an American television production company that was started in 1965 by Chuck Barris as Chuck Barris Productions to produce TV game shows. In 1986, Chuck Barris renamed Chuck Barris Productions to Barris Industries when he formed Barris Program Sales and Barris National Advertisers. In December 1987 Barris announced to merge with The Guber-Peters Company. The merger was complete in 1988 to form Guber-Peters-Barris Productions (or Barris-Guber-Peters Television), but was renamed to Guber-Peters Entertainment Company after Frank Lowry, an Australian TV and shopping mall magnate, bought out Barris. On September 29, 1989, Barris Industries and Guber-Peters Entertainment were sold to Sony Corporation for $200 million, a day after Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment. Currently, all of his game shows are held by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
1st Logo
(1965-1986)
Nickname: "CBP"
Logo: We have the letters "cbp" in an outlined ellipse shape with the tips of the letters "b" and "p" touching the edges of the ellipse. Underneath the logo has the text "A CHUCK BARRIS PRODUCTION" with a copyright stamp below.
Variants:
Trivia: This logo looks somewhat similar to the Corporation for Public Brodcasting logo (though this came long before that).
FX/SFX: None, just the scrolling of the logo. Other times, it's superimposed or the logo fades in.
Music/Sounds: Just the end title theme playing from any show or the announcer Johnny Jacobs announcing "[[Title of the game show]] is a Chuck Barris Production!" with the end title theme. TheseThis logoslogo weren'twasn't accompanied by announcer spiels on The Dating Game or The Newlywed Game.
Availability: Near extinction; was last seen on the '60s & '70s versions of The Newlywed Game on GSN. Also seen on 1st & early 2nd season episodes of The New Newlywed Game, Treasure Hunt, earlier episodes of The All New Dating Game, several episodes of 3's a Crowd, and the '60s & '70s versions of The Dating Game, among other shows that had this logo whenever GSN decides to air any one of these series.
Scare Factor: None; it's harmless.
2nd Logo
(1969)
Logo: This time, Chuck Barris used an in-credit text saying:
A copyright stamp is shown below.
FX/SFX: Just scrolling in the credits.
Cheesy Factor: Spelling grammar: It should say either "CHUCK BARRIS GAME SHOWS, INC." or "CHUCK BARRIS GAMES, INC." not "CHUCK BARRIS GAMES SHOWS, INC."
Music/Sounds: The end title of the game show playing.
Availability: Extinct; was last and only seen on The Game Game.
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(1976-1980)
Logo: Another on-screen text saying:
Variant: On some episodes of The Gong Show, the text would read:
All featuring the copyright stamp of the show below.
Trivia: This text was shown in tandem with the 1965 logo on the short-lived game show Camouflage in 1980.
FX/SFX: None, just the text scrolling up.
Music/Sounds: Just the end title theme from any show or announcer Johnny Jacobs announcing "[[Title of the game show]] is a Chuck Barris Production!" with the end title theme. This text wasn't accompanied by an announcer on The Gong Show or The $1.98 Beauty Show.
Availability: Near extinction; Was seen on The Gong Show, Camouflage, The $1.98 Beauty Show, several episodes of 3's a Crowd, and the 70s first season of The Newlywed Game.
Scare Factor: None.
4th Logo
(1986-1989)
Nickname: "The White Line"
Logo: We have purple gradient background. The top is light purple and the bottom is dark purple. There is a white line drawn in the middle, where we see the word "Barris" outlined in white coming up from the line and the word "PRODUCTIONS" all in Eras Demi Bold ITC font and the copyright stamp to Barris Industries in a solid white font coming down from the line. There is a lavender glow in the middle where the white line is as it brightens and dims.
Distributor Variant: On the same background like the Barris logo, there is a text saying:
In the same font and color with "BARRIS" in a bigger bolder font and a white line in between the names. Would often appear as an in-credit logo.
FX/SFX: The line drawing.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show. Sometimes it's silent for the distributor. On The New Gong Show, the distributor carries the finishing of the 1984 Chris Bearde Productions logo theme.
Availability: Extinct. All were seen on The All-New Dating Game, The New Newlywed Game (except for the final season), and the 1988 version of The New Gong Show.
Scare Factor: None.
5th Logo
(1988-1989)
Nicknames: "BARRIS", "Gray Slate"
Logo: On a gray slate background, there is 1/3 of the background in black that is cut off. The middle has the word "BARRIS" in a red Elephant font with a shadow effect. Below is a white copyright stamp with a shadow effect.
In-credit Variant: On the final season of The Newlywed Game, it's the same text seen on the last logo, but reads differently as:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show. On the final season of The Newlywed Game, it's the song Book of Love by The Monotones.
Availability: Extinct; was seen on the final seasons of The New Newlywed Game and The All-New Dating Game (whenever GSN decides to air them).
Scare Factor: None.
Logo captures by Shadeed A. Kelly and Eric S.
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom
Background: Barris Industries was an American television production company that was started in 1965 by Chuck Barris as Chuck Barris Productions to produce TV game shows. In 1986, Chuck Barris renamed Chuck Barris Productions to Barris Industries when he formed Barris Program Sales and Barris National Advertisers. In December 1987 Barris announced to merge with The Guber-Peters Company. The merger was complete in 1988 to form Guber-Peters-Barris Productions (or Barris-Guber-Peters Television), but was renamed to Guber-Peters Entertainment Company after Frank Lowry, an Australian TV and shopping mall magnate, bought out Barris. On September 29, 1989, Barris Industries and Guber-Peters Entertainment were sold to Sony Corporation for $200 million, a day after Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment. Currently, all of his game shows are held by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
1st Logo
(1965-1986)
Nickname: "CBP"
Logo: We have the letters "cbp" in an outlined ellipse shape with the tips of the letters "b" and "p" touching the edges of the ellipse. Underneath the logo has the text "A CHUCK BARRIS PRODUCTION" with a copyright stamp below.
Variants:
- This logo is shown on a light blue background on The Dating Game in 1970.
- The early years would have the text underneath the logo in a serif font. Starting in 1977, it would be in a script font.
- On the 1972 unsold pilot game Cop Out!, the text was placed on top of the logo rather than below it.
- On the 1981 unsold pilot game show Dollar a Second, there is no text to Chuck Barris Productions, instead there would be a copyright stamp underneath the logo.
- In 1984, this logo would be placed on a blue background with the logo and lettering in white. You would see this logo come right after or would plaster the in-credit Chuck Barris logos in syndication of the first incarnations of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game.
Trivia: This logo looks somewhat similar to the Corporation for Public Brodcasting logo (though this came long before that).
FX/SFX: None, just the scrolling of the logo. Other times, it's superimposed or the logo fades in.
Music/Sounds: Just the end title theme playing from any show or the announcer Johnny Jacobs announcing "[[Title of the game show]] is a Chuck Barris Production!" with the end title theme. TheseThis logoslogo weren'twasn't accompanied by announcer spiels on The Dating Game or The Newlywed Game.
Availability: Near extinction; was last seen on the '60s & '70s versions of The Newlywed Game on GSN. Also seen on 1st & early 2nd season episodes of The New Newlywed Game, Treasure Hunt, earlier episodes of The All New Dating Game, several episodes of 3's a Crowd, and the '60s & '70s versions of The Dating Game, among other shows that had this logo whenever GSN decides to air any one of these series.
Scare Factor: None; it's harmless.
2nd Logo
(1969)
Logo: This time, Chuck Barris used an in-credit text saying:
''THE GAME GAME''
has been produced by
CHUCK BARRIS GAMES
SHOWS, INC.
A copyright stamp is shown below.
FX/SFX: Just scrolling in the credits.
Cheesy Factor: Spelling grammar: It should say either "CHUCK BARRIS GAME SHOWS, INC." or "CHUCK BARRIS GAMES, INC." not "CHUCK BARRIS GAMES SHOWS, INC."
Music/Sounds: The end title of the game show playing.
Availability: Extinct; was last and only seen on The Game Game.
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(1976-1980)
Logo: Another on-screen text saying:
A
CHUCK BARRIS
PRODUCTION
CHUCK BARRIS
PRODUCTION
A
CHUCK BARRIS
CHRIS BEARDE
PRODUCTION
CHUCK BARRIS
CHRIS BEARDE
PRODUCTION
All featuring the copyright stamp of the show below.
Trivia: This text was shown in tandem with the 1965 logo on the short-lived game show Camouflage in 1980.
FX/SFX: None, just the text scrolling up.
Music/Sounds: Just the end title theme from any show or announcer Johnny Jacobs announcing "[[Title of the game show]] is a Chuck Barris Production!" with the end title theme. This text wasn't accompanied by an announcer on The Gong Show or The $1.98 Beauty Show.
Availability: Near extinction; Was seen on The Gong Show, Camouflage, The $1.98 Beauty Show, several episodes of 3's a Crowd, and the 70s first season of The Newlywed Game.
Scare Factor: None.
4th Logo
(1986-1989)
Nickname: "The White Line"
Logo: We have purple gradient background. The top is light purple and the bottom is dark purple. There is a white line drawn in the middle, where we see the word "Barris" outlined in white coming up from the line and the word "PRODUCTIONS" all in Eras Demi Bold ITC font and the copyright stamp to Barris Industries in a solid white font coming down from the line. There is a lavender glow in the middle where the white line is as it brightens and dims.
Distributor Variant: On the same background like the Barris logo, there is a text saying:
Distributed by
BARRIS
PROGRAM SALES
________________
National Advertising
Sales by
BARRIS
ADVERTISING SALES, INC.
BARRIS
PROGRAM SALES
________________
National Advertising
Sales by
BARRIS
ADVERTISING SALES, INC.
In the same font and color with "BARRIS" in a bigger bolder font and a white line in between the names. Would often appear as an in-credit logo.
FX/SFX: The line drawing.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show. Sometimes it's silent for the distributor. On The New Gong Show, the distributor carries the finishing of the 1984 Chris Bearde Productions logo theme.
Availability: Extinct. All were seen on The All-New Dating Game, The New Newlywed Game (except for the final season), and the 1988 version of The New Gong Show.
Scare Factor: None.
5th Logo
(1988-1989)
Nicknames: "BARRIS", "Gray Slate"
Logo: On a gray slate background, there is 1/3 of the background in black that is cut off. The middle has the word "BARRIS" in a red Elephant font with a shadow effect. Below is a white copyright stamp with a shadow effect.
In-credit Variant: On the final season of The Newlywed Game, it's the same text seen on the last logo, but reads differently as:
Distributed By
BARRIS
PROGRAM SALES
BARRIS
PROGRAM SALES
National Sales
Representatives
BARRIS
ADVERTISING SALES
Representatives
BARRIS
ADVERTISING SALES
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show. On the final season of The Newlywed Game, it's the song Book of Love by The Monotones.
Availability: Extinct; was seen on the final seasons of The New Newlywed Game and The All-New Dating Game (whenever GSN decides to air them).
Scare Factor: None.
