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Showcase Video
1st Logo
(Early 1980s)
Nickname: "Blurry Showcase Zoom"
Logo: Positioned against a white background, we see the words "Showcase Video", being read vertically, and in a "wide-load" font, colored brown, zooming out, starting out blurry at first, then being more into focus when it settles in place. It cuts to a scrolling copyright screen, and when that's done, the animation plays backwards.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The zoom-out and logo going into focus. Very cheesy and very bad, IMHO.
Music/Sounds: A warbly Moog synth-lute jingle.
Availability: Seen on Showcase Video releases from this period.
Scare Factor: Low; the zooming of the logo may scare you a little, but other than that, it's just boring. The next logo is much better though...
2nd Logo
(Mid 1980s)
Nickname: "Showcase in the City"
Logo: We back away from some skyscrapers, while 20th Century Fox or King World-esque searchlights move from left to right, in a nighttime setting. All of a sudden, the new Showcase logo (which looks like the first Chuck-E-Cheese's logo, only with triangles at the top) quickly zooms in as chaser lights (similar to a marquee) animate. The logo then jarringly zooms in and rotates.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The fast zoom-in is a little rough, but other than that, it's a great logo.
Music/Sounds: A triumphant orchestral fanfare, with a synthesized "sweep" sound as the logo settles in between the skyscrapers.
Availability: Seen on later Showcase releases.
Scare Factor: Low; the fast zoom-in may surprise some.
(Early 1980s)
Nickname: "Blurry Showcase Zoom"
Logo: Positioned against a white background, we see the words "Showcase Video", being read vertically, and in a "wide-load" font, colored brown, zooming out, starting out blurry at first, then being more into focus when it settles in place. It cuts to a scrolling copyright screen, and when that's done, the animation plays backwards.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The zoom-out and logo going into focus. Very cheesy and very bad, IMHO.
Music/Sounds: A warbly Moog synth-lute jingle.
Availability: Seen on Showcase Video releases from this period.
Scare Factor: Low; the zooming of the logo may scare you a little, but other than that, it's just boring. The next logo is much better though...
2nd Logo
(Mid 1980s)
Logo: We back away from some skyscrapers, while 20th Century Fox or King World-esque searchlights move from left to right, in a nighttime setting. All of a sudden, the new Showcase logo (which looks like the first Chuck-E-Cheese's logo, only with triangles at the top) quickly zooms in as chaser lights (similar to a marquee) animate. The logo then jarringly zooms in and rotates.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The fast zoom-in is a little rough, but other than that, it's a great logo.
Music/Sounds: A triumphant orchestral fanfare, with a synthesized "sweep" sound as the logo settles in between the skyscrapers.
Availability: Seen on later Showcase releases.
Scare Factor: Low; the fast zoom-in may surprise some.
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