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Barry & Enright/Jack Barry Productions
Logo descriptions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Shadeed A. Kelly, Bob Fish, and bmasters9 Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom
Video capture courtesy of Eric S.
Background: Barry & Enright Productions (also known as Jack Barry-Dan Enright Productions or Jack Barry & Dan Enright Productions), was a U.S. television production company that was formed in 1947 by Jack Barry and Dan Enright to produce game shows mainly, being dissolved in 1959 due to the quiz show scandal on their game shows, cancelling all shows and selling all their library to NBC. In 1971 Dan Enright came back to television as executive producer for All About Faces. After an unsuccesful stint working with former rival Goodson-Todman, Jack Barry first staged a comeback as an emcee, replacing Dennis Wholey on the short-lived game show, The Generation Gap in 1969, then formed a production company and in 1971, sold The Reel Game to ABC (he also hosted the 13-week game show), and in 1972, permanently resurrected his career by hosting the hit game show The Joker's Wild, which he reputedly created while with Goodson-Todman. In 1975 Enright rejoined his partner in Barry & Enright Productions, and their collaboration continued until Barry's death from a heart attack in 1984. Enright kept the company name and continued running the company. In 1987, the company co-produced a British game show called Chain Letters with Tyne Tees Television and Action Time. In 1990, Jack Barry's sons created the short-lived revival of Tic-Tac-Dough under the revival of the independent company Jack Barry Productions. The company wasn't under the Barry & Enright company as Dan Enright continued running B&E. The 90s versions of Tic Tac Dough and The Joker's Wild were both cancelled in 1991. In the result would end the company. Dan Enright died of cancer in 1992. In 1994, when former Wheel of Fortune hostess Susan Stafford, a long time friend of Dan Enright, sold majority of the Barry & Enright library to Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 1995, Columbia TriStar International Television revived and co-produced Chain Letters with Action Time. Twenty One, the 1950s and 1990 version of Tic-Tac-Dough, and Pictionary are currently owned by NBC Universal, Inc.
(1947-1959)
Logo: Just an in-credit text saying:
A
BARRY
ENRIGHT
AND FRIENDLY
PRODUCTION
FX/SFX: None, just superimposed or scrolling in the credits.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.
Availability: Extinct. Was seen on Winky Dink and You and the original Twenty-One among others.
Scare Factor: None.
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Jack Barry Productions
(1968-1969/1972-1975/1990-1991)
Logo: Just another in-credit text saying:
A
JACK BARRY
PRODUCTION
However on the 90s version of The Joker's Wild, it would say:
JACK BARRY
PRODUCTIONS
FX/SFX: None, just scrolling in the credits or superimposed.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show with the announcer's voiceover [Title of the game show] is a Jack Barry Production.
Availability: Extinct. Seen on The Joker's Wild from 1972-1975, the 1969 pilot, the 90s version and the unsold pilot game show We've Got Your Number.
Scare Factor: None.
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Barry & Enright Productions
1st Logo
(1975-1990)
Nicknames: "B-E", "E-B", "Huge B-E/E-B"
Logo: We have a stretched out "E" going through the stretched out letter "B". Inside it says "BARRY & ENRIGHT". Sometimes you'll see the name "JACK" and "DAN" inside the "E". The logo is also refered to as "A JACK BARRY & DAN ENRIGHT PRODUCTION" with the word "PRODUCTION" below the logo.
Variants:
- An in-credit text appears at the start and end credits of the 1981 cult-classic sex comedy Private Lessons (shown on occasion on the Showtime Networks).
- Early seasons of The Joker's Wild doesn't have the ampersand (&) symbol in the logo.
- 1978-1980: The word "PRODUCTIONS" is seen below the logo. Plus the first names "JACK" and "DAN" aren't in the logo.
- In 1980, it's only referred to as "A BARRY & ENRIGHT PRODUCTION" with "A" centered on top of the logo and "PRODUCTION" centered on the bottom.
- This logo would appear in shadow mode in the middle years.
- There is a line below the letter "A" and "PRODUCTION". On Bumper Stumpers, this version doesn't feature the letter "A" and would have "PRODUCTIONS" instead.
- The logo would appear in different colors: gold, blue, red, white, or yellow based on game show.
FX/SFX: Just scrolling, superimposed in the credits, or the fade-in and fade-out of the logo. On one Break the Bank episode, the logo sometimes zooms in. On some 1978 episodes of The Joker's Wild, the logo would scroll and then zoom-in.
Cheesy Factor: The way how this logo is designed looks really bizarre.
Music/Sounds: Just the end title theme from any show with an announcer spiel: (Title of a game show) is a Jack Barry-Dan Enright Production or (Title of a game show) is a Jack Barry & Dan Enright Production.
Availability: It's very obscure due to GSN's compressing credits; it may appear on Tic-Tac-Dough. It also appeared on Break the Bank, Pictionary, and The Joker's Wild among others.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
2nd Logo
(1990-1991)
Nicknames: "B-E II", "E-B II", "90s B-E"
Logo: In the credits, we see a blue (or purple) updated 1975 Barry & Enright Productions logo, this time having a shadow effect. Below it says "BARRY & ENRIGHT" in a big bold font and the word "PRODUCTION" in a smaller font.
FX/SFX: The fading in of the logo.
Music/Sounds: The end title of the theme of Tic-Tac-Dough with the announcer's voice over.
- Larry van Nuys: "This is Larry van Nuys, Tic-Tac-Dough is a Barry & Enright Production".
Availability: Extinct. Was only seen on the infamous 1990 revival of Tic-Tac-Dough, the second season of Juvenile Jury, and two shows called All About the Opposite Sex and Hold Everything!
Scare Factor: None.
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Correction on background. The company really did end in 1991.
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