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Logo description by The Admiester
Logo captures by Eric S and Wyraachur
Editions by V of Doom, grf450, and Wyraachur
Background: This is the production company of James L. Brooks.
(1987- )
Nicknames: "Shhh!", "The Dark Cinema", "Shush Lady", "Cinema Of Doom", "The Scream and Organ on Halloween Simpsons", "That Logo at the End of the Simpsons," "The Cinema"Cinema," "The 'Shhh, din-din-din-din-din din din-din!' Logo" (this is what my brother used to call it - WileE2005)
Logo: We start off in a cinema, with lots of chattering going on. Then, after a few seconds, a female silhouette that is close to us makes a "shush" gesture. Then, the audience becomes silent, the lights dim, and the projector comes on and casts a blue light to the screen, and then these words in white appear:
Variants:
Cheesy Factor: Very cheesy indeed. I don't even think this logo uses CGI, which became very popular around 1985.
Music/Sounds: The sound of an audience muttering and murmuring is heard, followed by a shushing sound effect, and then a 9-note electric piano theme composed by Jeffrey Townsend. The tune is very similar to the refrain of "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, but since this logo predates that song, this is most likely a coincidence. On Halloween episodes of The Simpsons, a woman scream replaces "Shhhh!" and that same tune played on a creepy organ that fits Halloween. Some episodes might use a soundbyte from the episode, or use a various voiceover from a character in that episode that plays alongside the jingle.
Availability: Can be seen commonly on all episodes of The Simpsons and The Critic, as well as The Simpsons Movie and the Simpsons Hit and Run video game, ironically. It was also seen on The Tracey Ullman Show. It also be seen in The Simpsons Game as well as the short-lived ABC sitcom What About Joan. A cleaner high-definition version has replaced the original grainy version of the logo from The Simpsons, starting from the episode "Take My Life, Please".
Scare Factor: None to minimal; generally, it all depends on what you think of the sudden darkness and the woman shushing. In addition, the logo is usually followed by an "In Association With" screen which may unnerve some viewers. High to Nightmare for the Halloween version; mainly due to the scream and organ, that may be scary to younger kids, while older ones will have fewer problems. Some of the other alternate versions may also catch you off guard if you're not expecting to see them.(But i emini4 is not scared of this logo.)
Logo captures by Eric S and Wyraachur
Editions by V of Doom, grf450, and Wyraachur
Background: This is the production company of James L. Brooks.
(1987- )
Nicknames: "Shhh!", "The Dark Cinema", "Shush Lady", "Cinema Of Doom", "The Scream and Organ on Halloween Simpsons", "That Logo at the End of the Simpsons," "The Cinema"Cinema," "The 'Shhh, din-din-din-din-din din din-din!' Logo" (this is what my brother used to call it - WileE2005)
Logo: We start off in a cinema, with lots of chattering going on. Then, after a few seconds, a female silhouette that is close to us makes a "shush" gesture. Then, the audience becomes silent, the lights dim, and the projector comes on and casts a blue light to the screen, and then these words in white appear:
GRACIE
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Variants:
- The Simpsons has featured many alternate variations of the logo over the years, with different music, sound effects, and/or dialogue. One recurring variation is on Halloween episodes, where a woman screaming is heard followed by a creepy pipe organ playing the theme. For a comprehensive list of variations, see The Simpsons Archive's Alternate Credits Guide.
- The only visual variation of this logo on a Simpsons episode wasi n the episode "Last Tap Dance in Springfield," where after the "Shhh!" we hear Little Miss Vicki (a character in the episode) say "Tappa, tappa, tappa" and then the logo's main animation slides up to take up the top half of the screen, while the bottom half has an animated black-and-white scene of a cat rubbing its eyes (with fake prop arms from offscreen) and smiling (this was in an old Miss Vicki movie Lisa was watching).
- The PS2/Gamecube/Xbox/PC game The Simpsons: Hit & Run uses what looks like a smoother, flash based recreation with the screen being light blue and "flickering" effects when the projector comes on.
- The Simpsons Movie has this logo appear at the very end of it, but it looks like a slightly rushed attempt at recreating the logo, as the BG of the lit up screen room (apart from the "shushing woman") appears to be a photo still of the original logo, which fades into a flash-esque animation with a darker blue light and a smoother font.
- The Simpsons Game also has this variation of the logo (alongside the 2007 20th Century Fox Television logo) at the beginning of the game on most formats, but the Nintendo DS version of this game, which uses the original 1987 version, alongside the 1995 TCFTV logo. The Xbox 360 version of the game also uses the '87 logo, alongside the 1997 Fox TV logo with 2007 music.
- From the episode "Take My Life, Please", all future episodes will bear a high-definition version of the logo similar to the variation of the logo from The Simpsons Movie, but cleaner and resembling the original logo more and being less Flash-like.
Cheesy Factor: Very cheesy indeed. I don't even think this logo uses CGI, which became very popular around 1985.
Music/Sounds: The sound of an audience muttering and murmuring is heard, followed by a shushing sound effect, and then a 9-note electric piano theme composed by Jeffrey Townsend. The tune is very similar to the refrain of "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, but since this logo predates that song, this is most likely a coincidence. On Halloween episodes of The Simpsons, a woman scream replaces "Shhhh!" and that same tune played on a creepy organ that fits Halloween. Some episodes might use a soundbyte from the episode, or use a various voiceover from a character in that episode that plays alongside the jingle.
Availability: Can be seen commonly on all episodes of The Simpsons and The Critic, as well as The Simpsons Movie and the Simpsons Hit and Run video game, ironically. It was also seen on The Tracey Ullman Show. It also be seen in The Simpsons Game as well as the short-lived ABC sitcom What About Joan. A cleaner high-definition version has replaced the original grainy version of the logo from The Simpsons, starting from the episode "Take My Life, Please".
Scare Factor: None to minimal; generally, it all depends on what you think of the sudden darkness and the woman shushing. In addition, the logo is usually followed by an "In Association With" screen which may unnerve some viewers. High to Nightmare for the Halloween version; mainly due to the scream and organ, that may be scary to younger kids, while older ones will have fewer problems. Some of the other alternate versions may also catch you off guard if you're not expecting to see them.(But i emini4 is not scared of this logo.)
