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Notes:
  • 0-9 and A-M production company names will be HERE.
  • N-Z production company names will be on Part 2.


4 to 6 Foot Productions


(1997-2002)

Nickname: "The Surfer Dude"


Logo: We see a colorful drawing of a surfer (with a black shirt and a red mullet) surfing a huge wave, moving from left to right. TheVanity Cards - CLG Wiki
background, which quickly gets engulfed by the wave, contains a red mountain and a purple sky with a smiling sun. Underneath the water are the words "4 To 6 FOOT" written in bubbles, and underneath that are "PRODUCTIONS" in regular orange letters. There are also urchins, seastars, and kelp. As the surfer goes out of view, the camera pans downward to the letters, where a couple of fish swim toward them.

FX: There is so much animation going on in this logo, it's insane!

Music/Sounds: A Malibu-style slide guitar riff with a surfer shouting "It's 4 to 6-foot!".

Availability: Seen on reruns of Dharma and Greg.

Scare Factor: Low; its sudden appearance may scare you.
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Arsenio Hall Communications

(1989-1994)

Nickname: "Woof Woof"

Logo
: On a black background (with a purple stripe), the words "ARSENIO HALL" are in large capital letters, with "COMMUNICATIONS" in a smaller white font on the bottom of the screen. The word "HALL" takes up most of the screen, and it is in dark blue, while "ARSENIO" (in light blue) is much smaller, and it is near the top of the screen. The words "ARSENIO HALL"
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FX
: None; this is a still logo.

Music/Sounds: Two arrangements of the Arsenio Hall Show theme music. The first one featuring the outro of the theme. The second one was the first four bars of the jazzy tune (composed by Hall himself), followed by Arsenio Hall shouting heavily "Woof Woof," (dog bark åla the infamous "Dog Pound" section of his studio audience, which cheered to Arsenio's signature expression while swinging their fists in the air). Though the theme music's arrangement changed with the show's opening titles, this ID remained the same throughout the run.

Music/Sound Variant
: On the short-lived 1991 music program The Party Machine with Nia Peeples, the sounder had Nia going "Arf! Arf!" in place of Arsenio.

Availability: Rare; originally seen on The Arsenio Hall Show and The Party Machine. Arsenio Jams (edited
versions of The Arsenio Hall Show that used to air occasionally on VH1) kept this logo intact.

Scare Factor: Low; Arsenio's "barking" may catch somebody off-guard, but is generally considered to be a humorous logo.







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Bedford Falls Company

(1987-2008)

The Bedford Falls Company

Nicknames: "It's NOT a Wonderful Logo", "The House", The Creepy House"


Logo: On a black background is a black-and-white sketch of George Bailey's house (a 19th century 2-story house) connected on the left to a black filmstrip with a white shadow. It is snowing outside. The text "A BEDFORD FALLS COMPANY" fades in below. A light goes on in the top left window of the house. The text "in association with" fades in at the bottom of the logo. Sometimes, the words "in association with" are lacking.

Background: As you may have guessed, this logo is basically an homage to the movie It's A Wonderful Life. Bedford Falls was the name of the town in this movie, and the house belongs to the main character, George Bailey.

FX: The text appearing.

Cheesy Factor: The Bailey house looks like an undetailed, tacky etching, the snow looks fake, and the filmstrip with the shadow (which most likely represents It's a Wonderful Life as a film) gives the visual part of this logo that extra creepy feeling.

Music/Sounds: A man and woman slowly sing, in very creepy voices, the last line of the traditional song "Buffalo Gals" -- "...aaaand dance by the light of the moooon." (A recording of "Buffalo Gals" can be heard in It's a Wonderful Life.)


Availability: Can be seen on reruns of Once and Again on We. It also appeared on thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and quarterlife.

Scare Factor: Medium; the creepy singing and the darkness might scare more than a few; it doesn't help that on My So-Called Life this is followed by the mildly creepy ABC Productions logo. Low for the variant with the NBC generic music.

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B&E Enterprises

(1981-1984)
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Nickname: "Zooming B&E"

Logo: On a dark background, we see a yellow circle zooming in with the words "B&E" in a large script font, and under it is "Enterprises Ltd." and two crossed yellow feathers.

FX: The zooming of the logo.

Cheesy Factor
: The zooming looks cheesy.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Ultra-rare; only produced two television movies, like The Cartier Affair.

Scare Factor: Low; the zooming would get you, but it's a pretty logo.
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Black/Marlens Company

(1987-1998)
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Nickname: "The Marlin", "The Animated Scribble"

Logo: We see a white background with a black rectangle. Inside the black rectangle, it says "The Black/Marlens Company". On the white background is the CGI animation which makes a black scribble on the background like paper and a pen. The scribble resembles a marlin fish. Now, I would normally say this logo would be very cheap and very boring because of the colors it's chosen. It's not boring at all; in fact, the scribbling animation looks pretty cool.

FX: The marlin being drawn in.

Cheesy Factor: None, but some people might consider the scribbling animation to look fairly cheap. It featured a Marlin fish mascot in the NBC sitcom Surf's Up.

Music/Sounds: Plays the theme of The Wonder Years. Others have a fantasy-oriented synthesizer fanfare.

Availability: Can be found on The Wonder Years on ION. Also seen on the Corey Feldman special Corey Feldman's Hats Off and Ellen, among others.

Scare Factor: None; the logo looks cool. Probably a favorite amongst some of the fans of the logo community.
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Bob Booker Productions

(1987-1991)

Bob Booker Productions

Logo: Against a starry space background, two hands come in from each side of the screen. The hands touch the tips of their index fingers together, creating a pink/purple spark between them. The hands then leave, and a grey globe with a diagonal ring around it zooms in from the spark. The words “Bob Booker Productions” are imposed on the globe in pink/purple.

Trivia: This logo was based on the main title of the series Out of This World.


FX: The hands, I guess.

Cheesy Factor: The whole thing’s pretty cheesy in my opinion.

Music/Sounds: A whooshing sound and a twinkling sort of sound.

Availability: Extinct on TV; this logo was only on the show Out of This World.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the hands coming onto the screen and the quickly zooming globe will probably make a few people jittery.
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Braniff

1st Logo
(1997)

Nickname: "Le Petit Package"

Logo: Shot in black and white, we see a group of six men with their pants down and a long black bar covering all their private areas. The men are dancing in a chorus line. The bar displays the text "BRANIFF AIRLINES".

Trivia: The men are part of "Le Petit Package", a short film creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker make during the making of the first episode of South Park.

FX: All live-action, with the camera moving a bit.

Music/Sounds: Just the men singing "Braniff Airliiiines!".

Availability: Only seen on the pilot episode of South Park.

Scare Factor: None.


2nd Logo
(1997-2006)

Nicknames: "Braniff Airlines", "Braniff Airplane", "Believe it!"

Logo: On a sky background, we see a rather fake-looking Boeing airplane zooming in from the left, film footage from a Braniff Airlines commercial. Then, the red text "
BRANIFF" zooms in from below, gets stretched across to the right as a white line is drawnVanity Cards - CLG Wiki through it, then snaps back to its original position. The text "BELIEVE IT!" appears under the Braniff text.

FX: The airplane and text forming.

Cheesy Factor: The airplane does not look very realistic and the film is grainy. Also, the text effects are very amateurish.


Music/Sounds: An uplifting 12-note fanfare based on a song whose lyrics are "The skies are blue, and all the leaves are green...". This song is called "Shpadoinkle Day", and is heard in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's film Cannibal! The Musical. Starting with season 3, the music is overridden by the South Park theme.

Availability: R
etired briefly after South Park began using split-screen credits in 2006. However, it is still seen on South Park reruns on Comedy Central, but is plastered on syndicated ones. It is still intact on the South Park DVD box sets.

Scare Factor: None.

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Chauncey Street Productions, Inc.

(1992-1995)

Logo: On a background of gray diagonal stripes, We see a city skyline with an orange/red sky, bordered by a gray frame. A large white sun emerges from the skyline. Then from the top right, the text "Chauncey Street Productions,Vanity Cards - CLG Wiki Inc." spins in and places itself on the sun.

Variant: On early Kids' Choice Awards, the logo appears superimposed in black and white. The frame looks like TV static instead of a solid border, and there is a large outline under the sun.

FX: The sun, the text spinning in.

Cheesy Factor: The text spinning in looks very choppy.

Music/Sounds: A crumbling noise over the GUTS theme.

Availability: Was seen on Nickelodeon GUTS on Nick GAS and currently on TurboNick. Also appears on early Kids' Choice Awards.

Scare Factor: Low; the crumbling noise may catch you off guard after the triumphant GUTS theme.
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Charles Burrows Charles Productions

(1982-1993)

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Nickname: "American Typewriter"

Logo: On a static blue background, we see four words going from either left or right, meeting in the center. "CHARLES" goes first, then "BURROWS", afterwards "CHARLES", and finally "PRODUCTIONS" from top to bottom. The text if many are wondering is "American Typewriter", which can be found in Microsoft Word.

FX: The text sliding in.

Cheesy Factor: Everything about this logo is very cheap, particularly the animation, which wasn't that bad back then, but was still cheap back in the day.

Music/Sounds: Just the final piano note from the Cheers theme, then it remains silent.

Availability: Found intact on all episodes of Cheers.

Scare Factor: None, unless you are not a big fan of rapid-sliding words and "In Association With" screens coming after that.
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Chuck Lorre Productions

1st Logo
(1995-1997)

Nicknames: "Chuck Lorre Computer", "The Apple Macintosh", "The Macintosh SE"

Logo: We see an Apple Macintosh SE on a desk with lots of office supplies surrounding it, including a keyboard, mouse, pencils,Vanity Cards - CLG Wiki and a floppy disk.

Chuck Lorre
Productions

in a white Peignot font used on the first logo of Viacom, as well as the title card of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the first logo of The Jerry Springer Show, is written on the monitor against a dark blue BG.

FX: None.

Music/Sounds:
Possibly the closing theme of the show.

Availability:
Originally seen on Cybil when originally on CBS. Seen on Grace Under Fire repeats on Oxygen. It COULD BE possible that the original pilot episode of Dharma & Greg may have this logo as well.

Scare Factor:
None.



2nd Logo
(1997- )
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Nickname: "The Essay"

Logo: On a black (or
white) background, the company name is in a black (or white) font, and sometimes there is a number next to the company name. Below is an essay in a very small font which must be paused on tape to read it. Sometimes, a picture is used. Episodes of Dharma & Greg used a different essay on almost every episode. You can see all the essays at both http://www.chucklorre.com/ and http://dharma.henrysworld.com/.

Variant: On at least one episode of Two and a Half Men, we see
a man going scuba diving in typical scuba attire (oxygen tank, wetsuit, goggles, and flippers), looking at the camera and giving an OK sign with his right hand. "CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS" is shown above and "Gone fishin'" is shown below, both in a typewriter font.

FX: None.

Music/Sounds
: A brief sound clip of a heavenly choir singing.


Availability
: Can be seen on Dharma & Greg on FX, and Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory on CBS & in syndication.


Scare Factor: Minimal; the choir may startle you (since it comes on so suddenly), but you might just be mad at how you can't read a word. :) Also, if you saw the logo on a black BG combined with the music, like these "In Association With" screens, you won't like that either. None to low for the Gone Fishin' variant.
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Circus King Productions
(June 11-August 27, 2006)

Background: This is the vanity card of Louis CK, the star of Lucky Louie.
Circus King Productions (June 11-August 27, 2006)
Logo: On a black BG, we see a white circle containing a drawing of a king with his arms stretched out. "Circus King" and "Productions" are shown above and below the logo, respectively, curving around the king.

FX: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of Lucky Louie.

Availability: Extremely rare; seen only on the short-lived Lucky Louie on HBO.

Scare Factor: None.
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David E. Kelley Productions
David Kelley Productions (1994)
1st Logo
(1992-1997)


Logo: On a red BG, we see the words "Kelley" in a white underlined paintbrush font. "DAVID E." and "PRODUCTIONS" are shown above and below, respectively, in small letters surrounded by black bars.

FX
:
TBA

Music/Sounds
: Only the closing theme of the show.

Availability
: Seen on various shows produced by this producer company from 1992-1997, such as Picket Fences and Chicago Hope.

Scare Factor
: None.


2nd Logo
(1997- )

Nicknames: "Old Woman," "I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up," "You Stinkah!"

Logo
: An old woman is watching TV and a burst of wind comes into the room. Then "David E. Kelley Productions (in association with...)" in a crude typewriter-like font burst out of the TV, knocking her over. At
the end, her feet are dangling as she yells "YouVanity Cards - CLG Wiki stinkah!".

Variants: Two variants exist on Boston Legal:
  • Hockey: A grandmother and a boy play hockey. They come from the left side of the logo, and as the boy hits the hockey puck, it gets high, and takes up the entire screen, with the entire text on the puck.
  • Rolling Skate: A grandmother walks out of control with a boy shown on roller scates skating out of control. They seem to be chasing out-of-focus, and the helmet that the boy is wearing comes off of his head, and gets to the inside of the helmet, rocking left-to-right, with the entire text inside it.

FX: The wind sounds and the TV screen popping. The Boston Legal variants, well...

Cheesy Factor: The old lady looks like she is rocking unnaturally fast, though this seems to be done intentionally for comic effect. The effects on the Boston Legal variants look crude.


Music/Sounds
: Usually contains the onomatopoeia mentioned above. However on The Practice and Boston Legal, the sound effects are mixed together with the ABC-TV jingle (starting with the fall '98 season). For Ally McBeal, the musical backdrop is a snippet of the show's theme, "Searching My Soul", followed by simply a Fox drumroll. The person yelling "You stinkah!" in the logo is David E. Kelley's late grandmother.

Availability
: To find it, just watch The Practice, Boston Public, Boston Legal (all 3 versions), Ally McBeal, or Chicago Hope.

Scare Factor
: Low; some people may be freaked out by the strangely fast pace or the old woman tumbling from the chair, but it's mostly funny.

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Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions

(2000-2004)
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Nickname: "The Smoke"

Logo: On a shaded grey background, we see a picture of a '50s-era woman with her back turned sitting and smoking, and with a martini glass in her right hand. When the smoke grows, the words "DOROTHY PARKER DRANK HERE" appears via shading, and then " P R O D U C T I O N S" surrounded by two lines.

FX: The smoke growing, the shading; all computer effects.

Music/Sounds
: The ending theme of the show.


Availability
: Appears on Gilmore Girls.

Scare Factor: None.
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Eddie Murphy Television

(1989?-????)
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Logo
: Against a beige background, we see Eddie Murphy as a pink comedy mask at the left of the screen, laughing with his arms akimbo. A salmon-colored rectangle drops down from the top right side, and the text:

EDDIE
MURPHY


TELEVISION

kind of looking like what you see above, and with a small television in between, slides up. "TELEVISION" glows brightly.

FX: The animations of Eddie, the rectangle, the text, and "TELEVISION" glowing.

Cheesy Factor: Eddie's laugh is sounds more like that of comedian Yakov Smirnoff.

Music/Sounds: Just Eddie laughing.

Availability: Uncommon; seen on SNL: The Best of Eddie Murphy.

Scare Factor: Low; Eddie's laugh, as well as his appearance, may creep some people out.
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Flody Co.

Background
: This is Flody Suarez's vanity comp
any.

(2002-2004)


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Logo: On a reddish-brown and black gradient background, we see two crudely-drawn squares, one blue and one gold. In the blue square, we see a drawing of a yellow Labrador. In the gold square, we see a black Labrador with a blue collar. Underneath the squares, we see the words "FLODY CO." written in a jumbled stencil font in the colors you see here.

FX: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability
: Can be seen on ABC Family's reruns of 8 Simple Rules.


Scare Factor
: None; it's a cute logo.
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Four D Productions, Inc.

(1975-1982)
Four D Productions "4-D" (1975-1982)


Nicknames: "Four D", "4-D"

Logo: On a yellow background, we see "FOUR PRODUCTIONS, INC." in the, Clarendon Condensed font, in black, followed by the appearance of four D logos, from smallest to largest. The D's form in the center in between "FOUR" and "PRODUCTIONS".

FX: The appearance of the D's.

Cheesy Factor: Simple animated logo.

Music/Sounds: A simple piano tune, with chimes ringing in the appearance of the D's, followed by one more chime to close the logo out. An electronic organ arrangement, with a drumbeat instead of a third chime was used from January-September 1975, with a piano arrangement used from September 1975 to the end of the show's run in September 1982. This logo was composed by Jack Elliott and Allyn Ferguson, who composed the theme for Barney Miller and also composed the Lorimar Television 1972-86 Jingle.

Availability: Seen at the end of Barney Miller, and ONLY seen on Barney Miller, because Danny Arnold always created a new production company for every series he created.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.
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Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions

(1988-1990)
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Nicknames:
"Guy Falling Off Roof", "GSM", "AAAAHHHHHHHH!", "This guy REALLY wants that prize money"

Logo: We see an old, haunted-looking house at night. An insane looking man walking on the left side of the roof stumbles and falls two stories into some bushes below. Superimposed on the screen is:

A
Guntzelman
Sullivan
----Marshall
P R O D U C T I O N
_______________
in association with

The logo then cuts to the current WB Television logo of the time.


FX: It's all live-action.

Cheesy Factor: The man appears to be deliberately falling off the roof instead of just stumbling.


Music/Sounds: The sound of the guy falling off the roof yelling "AAAAAAAHHHHH!" as he falls playing over the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Can be seen on The N's reruns of Growing Pains, and it also appeared on Just the Ten of Us.

Scare Factor: Medium to high; I know it's supposed to be funny, but the dark image and the scary looking man falling off the roof may probably give more than a few the creeps.
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In Front Productions

(1992-1999)


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Nicknames: "The Scoreboard", "IN FRONT!"

Logo: On a black background, we see:

INFRONT
PRODUCTIONS

in a font that resembles the text usually seen in scoreboards in stadiums. The words "INFRONT" are slightly darker than "PRODUCTIONS".

FX: None.

Music/Sounds: A bell ringing and sounds of horses running, followed by a P.A. voice that says "IN FRONT!".

Availability: Can still be seen on Mad About You reruns on Oxygen.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the sudden appearance of the logo and the crash may catch someone off-guard.
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John Charles Walters Productions

(1978-1985)
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Nickname: "Good Night, Mr. Walters!"

Logo: We see a stereotypical businessman named Mr. Walters
(played by Ed Weinberger, a producer for this production company) leaving his office with a yellow text stating "A JOHN CHARLES WALTERS Production." Usually followed with an "In Association With" screen.

Variants:
  • On the 1978-79 episodes of Taxi, the logo said "In Association with" on it, bypassing the IAW screen.
  • One holiday variant of the logo has the female voice calling after him, "Merry Christmas, Mr. Walters!".

FX: It's all live-action.

Cheesy Factor: "Mr. Walters" is going in delayed motion (ala MTM cat).

Music/Sounds: The ending of the show's theme song combined with a feminine secretary saying, "Good night, Mr. Walters." and of course, Mr. Walters grumbles probably from a hard-day on the job.

Availability: Was seen on The Associates as well as Taxi.

Scare Factor: Low, because it depends on what you think of Mr. Walters grumbling. Other than that, it's a favorite amongst logo fans and even non-logo fans.
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Mad Cow Productions

(1996-2002)

Mad Cow Productions (1997-2002)

Nickname: "The Cow Says"

Logo: In a rectangle of this already-formed logo, we see a drawing of a brown cow with its head over a fence in a farm. "MAD COW PRODUCTIONS" is displayed in green on the left side of the rectangle, facing sideways. The rectangle has a black border. The cow then "says" in a low-quality voice "The cow says...". Shortly after, a baby saying "Moo!" is heard, followed by the same baby giggling. The cow then rolls its eyes in disgust.

FX: The cow's mouth, and the eyes rolling.

Music/Sounds: Just the soundbite, which is based on the classic "See 'n Say" toy made by Mattel.

Availability: Extremely rare; was on older episodes of The Daily Show, which are hardly, if ever, re-aired. The logo is no longer used and the show now has no logo at the end.

Scare Factor: Low; the logo might surprise some, but is generally considered funny.
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Mad Dog Productions

(1981-1985)

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Nicknames: "The Killer Dog", "The Dog from Hell", "The Dobie"

Logo: Well, we see a Doberman standing in a field move for about a half a second with its sharp canine teeth showing looking like it's ready to attack or kill. After the doberman moves for half a second, the picture freezes and the words "A Mad Dog Production" (in yellow) are scrawled onto the screen in a childish font and underlined.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The dog and the text; everything about this logo is cheesy with the exception of the dog moving at the half second.

Music/Sounds: There's no music; just the Doberman snarling.

Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction; only five shows used this logo.

Scare Factor: Medium to high; Especially for TomTornados3 and WillWill45. Because of the way the Doberman's position looking like it wants to attack you, and the snarling is another factor as well. The font for the text is odd as well. The logo also precedes the Universal TV Globe from the '80s, which may also scare people. Personally, I (Juniorfan88) don't find it scary.
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Mohawk Productions Inc.

(1994-2007)
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Nicknames: "Kicking Baby In Womb", "Ultrasound Baby", "Fetus of Doom", "Giggling Fetus", "The Baby"

Logo: We see an actual shot of an ultrasound (the blurry X-ray of what of a baby looks like in a pregnant mother) of a fetus, moving around a bit. The text:

MOHAWK
PRODUCTIONS, INC.

has already appeared, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" fades in below, and toward the end of the logo, the fetus giggles.


Variants:
  • On at least one episode of The Drew Carey Show ("Drew Blows His Promotion"), the fetus farts instead of giggling.
  • The fetus has meowed on an April Fools episode of Drew Carey.
  • On at least one episode of The George Lopez Show, the drums loop a few times, which may or may not have been intentional.

Update: In 2002, the Mohawk text became more stylized and became animated. The Mohawk text became a bit more cursive (except for the "H"), and is over a box, half black, half white, with a set of TV antennae. The text, "PRODUCTIONS, INC. IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is below. This whole logo comes in from the left (ala Paramount Blue Mountain), with the box spinning in and stopping in the center as the text "springs" out. The animation/ultrasound is about the same, except it has a blue tint to it this time, instead of black/white like before.


FX: The actual ultrasound.

Music/Sounds
: A drumbeat followed by a baby's giggle. Due to compressed credits on ABC, there was often an accordion-tinged generic ABC jingle playing over (intended to resemble music played over establishing shots on The Drew Carey Show), but the giggle still remains.

Availability: Can be seen on reruns of The Drew Carey Show on ION Television, and the updated version can be seen on George Lopez on Nick at Nite. It also appears on The Oblongs on Adult Swim, and Wanda At Large on TV One. It also appeared on The Norm Show (or simply Norm), which has faded into obscurity. The logo first appeared on Someone Like Me, a VERY short-lived sitcom that aired on NBC in early 1994.

Scare Factor
: Low to high; some people have been scared of this logo, but those who are used to seeing it won't find it scary.
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Mutant Enemy

(1997- )

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Nicknames: "Grr!! Argh!!", "Paper Monster"


Logo: In front of a white piece of posterboard, we see a paper cutout of an angry-looking monster (animated by Joss Whedon himself) moving from right to left. The text "MUTANT ENEMY INC." is scrawled onto the posterboard in a "pointy" font, with "MUTANT" in red, "ENEMY" in blue, and "INC." in black.

Trivia: This logo was spoofed in an episode of Robot Chicken, entitled "Rabbits on a Rollercoaster". Joss Whedon guest stars as himself (in doll form). As the enemy mutant rips apart the city, the scene cuts to an office where Joss Whedon is playing with dolls and an executive says to him, "Come on Joss, that's why you were kicked off Wonder Woman.".


Variants: All of these variants are from Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
  • "Becoming, Part Two" - The monster says "Oooh, I need a hug." instead.
  • "Amends" - He wears a Santa hat while bells jingle in the background.
  • "Graduation Day, Part Two"- The monster wears a graduation cap.
  • "Once More, With Feeling" - He sings the line in falsetto.
  • "Storyteller" - The monster sings a line from the episode, "We are as Gods.".
  • "Chosen" - He turns and pulls a face at the viewer.
  • The episode "Bargaining, Part One" references the end-of-credits logo. Tara gives Giles a small rubber monster and says "Grrr. Argghh.".
  • On season seven of Buffy, there is a species of ancient vampires called "Turok-Han" or Ubervamps. They look like more detailed versions of the Mutant Enemy.

FX/Cheesy Factor: This logo is VERY cheesy; everything is low-budget, and along with the paper monster and unconvincing growl, it seems that it were filmed on an old camcorder. But this was all done intentionally for comic effect.

Music/Sounds: None; just Joss Whedon saying "Grr! Argh!".

Availability: Appeared on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Angel and the short-lived cult hit Firefly. Currently appears on Dollhouse on Fox.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the "Grr! Argh!" and the appearance of the mutant may scare some viewers, but most will just find it humorous.


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TomTornados3 The Cow says 0 May 10 2009, 10:03 PM EDT by TomTornados3
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I like the way the cow's eyes move.
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mikeofnash Guntzelman-Marshall-Sullivan logo 0 Apr 23 2009, 11:20 PM EDT by mikeofnash
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3 months ago, Steve Marshall commented on that video on YouTube as to how the GSM logo came to be:

"Here's the story behind this logo. We had done a fantasy sequence on Growing Pains involving Ben in a "war movie" setting. He was on a walkie talkie saying they were down to six men. At that moment, a guy is shot and falls off the roof of an old church behind him. He says into the walkie, "Make that five men." We had another camera closer in on the stunt man's dive and decided to use that footage for our logo. As I recall, the scream was mine. -- Steve Marshall"

Might be something to add to that logo, like a background section.
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