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Rhodes Productions
Logo description by James Fabiano and Jude Cormier
Logo captures by Eric S., mr3urious, Bob Fish, Shadeed A. Kelly, and V of Doom
Editions by V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelly, and Bob Fish
Video capture courtesy of Eric S.
Background: Rhodes Productions was a television distribution company that was founded in 1971. In 1975, it was bought by Taft Broadcasting and later acquired by Filmways one year later until Rhodes broke apart from the company and became independent again in 1980 after American International Television became Filmways Television. Rhodes was SCTV's original U.S. syndicator starting in 1978 (only to lose the rights to Blair Entertainment in ca.1982 and get them back after Blair folded in 1993 (i.e. the 1986-93 Nick at Nite reruns), retaining them until 1998, when Western International Communications (WIC) got the rights).
(1971-1995)
Nickname: "Cheesy Constellation"
Logo: On a black background, the words "Syndication through" in white appear to the left, then letter by letter come the words:
Both are in the Bauhaus 93 font, looking quite similar to the Filmways font on logos 2 and 3. Around the right of the logo, about 22 white stars appear.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The words and stars appearing gradually to the music, or none.
Cheesy Factor: This one goes off the charts. The logo is all cel animation and assembled much like the turn signal indicator on a car's dashboard. You can see the spaces that are about to be animated via "Lite-Brite" light effects. I know this was the '70's, but even then it was instantly dated. This logo could have been easily done in the 30's, even though television did not exist at that time!
Music/Sounds: Synthesized notes that ascend, drop, and then ascend again. The last high note is held for the stars' appearance. In other cases, the closing theme of the show was used.
Availability: The animated version is extinct. Seen at the end of the game show Pitfall, and as a still shot in the end credits of episodes of the original run of Hollywood Squares. Was also used for the NBC episodes of SCTV. Was also responsible for off-quality prints of The Cisco Kid and plastered their logo over the originals. However, the in-credit version is rare and seen on the first season of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Scare Factor: Low for the animated variant. None for the other variants.
Logo captures by Eric S., mr3urious, Bob Fish, Shadeed A. Kelly, and V of Doom
Editions by V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelly, and Bob Fish
Video capture courtesy of Eric S.
Background: Rhodes Productions was a television distribution company that was founded in 1971. In 1975, it was bought by Taft Broadcasting and later acquired by Filmways one year later until Rhodes broke apart from the company and became independent again in 1980 after American International Television became Filmways Television. Rhodes was SCTV's original U.S. syndicator starting in 1978 (only to lose the rights to Blair Entertainment in ca.1982 and get them back after Blair folded in 1993 (i.e. the 1986-93 Nick at Nite reruns), retaining them until 1998, when Western International Communications (WIC) got the rights).
(1971-1995)
Nickname: "Cheesy Constellation"
Logo: On a black background, the words "Syndication through" in white appear to the left, then letter by letter come the words:
RHODES----------------------------
PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCTIONS
Both are in the Bauhaus 93 font, looking quite similar to the Filmways font on logos 2 and 3. Around the right of the logo, about 22 white stars appear.
Variants:
- On the syndicated edition of the original Hollywood Squares and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, this logo had an on-screen appearance, and a Filmways byline was present, but would later have the full logo animation on screen.
- On the recovered syndicated version of the original Hollywood Squares, the phrase "World Wide Syndication through" appeared over the company name (seen stacked in a font similar to the later Filmways logo) on 1971-1975 episodes.
FX/SFX: The words and stars appearing gradually to the music, or none.
Cheesy Factor: This one goes off the charts. The logo is all cel animation and assembled much like the turn signal indicator on a car's dashboard. You can see the spaces that are about to be animated via "Lite-Brite" light effects. I know this was the '70's, but even then it was instantly dated. This logo could have been easily done in the 30's, even though television did not exist at that time!
Music/Sounds: Synthesized notes that ascend, drop, and then ascend again. The last high note is held for the stars' appearance. In other cases, the closing theme of the show was used.
Availability: The animated version is extinct. Seen at the end of the game show Pitfall, and as a still shot in the end credits of episodes of the original run of Hollywood Squares. Was also used for the NBC episodes of SCTV. Was also responsible for off-quality prints of The Cisco Kid and plastered their logo over the originals. However, the in-credit version is rare and seen on the first season of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Scare Factor: Low for the animated variant. None for the other variants.
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