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Ineedajob11111 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:03:58 CDT

Logo description by mr3urious

1st Logo
(1954-1955?)

(This logo will soon be described)

2nd Logo
(1955?-1956)

(This logo between the 1st and the next one will soon be described)

3rd Logo
(1956-1962)

Nickname: "Early Peacock"

Logo: We see a white peacock facing left on a black BG. Its feathers, outlined in white and tipped with little diamond shapes, begin to fold up. As they meet in the center, they spread out in the opposite directions, becoming colored in the process. The feathers flash multiple colors and "bloom", becoming thicker, with the diamonds changing to teardrop shapes. The result is an 11-feathered peacock with its paper fan-shaped feathers in various colors.

Variant: The peacock was still in its earliest years.

FX: The peacock spreading its feathers.

Music/Sounds: We first hear a gong crash, then announcer Ben Grauer says "The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC.". This ends with a bombastic fanfare.

Music/Sound Variants:

Sometimes, there is no music, and the announcement is provided by Bill Hanrahan instead.
A special variant was used on Howdy Doody. It starts out with the NBC chimes performed on a guitar with the characters singing "Everyone in Doodyville is shouting 'hooray'!/'cause we're in living color/we're in living color/we're in living color todaaaaay!".

Availability: Extinct on TV.

Scare Factor: Medium to high, thanks to the bombastic fanfare and loud announcer. None for the Howdy Doody variant.

4th Logo
(1962-1975/2009)

Nickname: "Laramie Peacock", "Kaleidoscope Peacock"

Logo: We see a kaleidoscope of many colors rotating. It wipes away, leaving us with the peacock from before, but its feathers greatly enlarged, which shrink down and form its feathers, looking the same from before.

Variant: On Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, there is a variant where a man in white rolls a desk with a camera in from the left of the screen on a purplish-pink background. Another man in the same clothing floats down with a green rolled-up 16-millimeter screen. He unfolds it and walks around the movie screen as the movie starts with a countdown, then a blue "PICTURE START" screen, then this logo. The movie screen zooms in to fit the screen. After the music stops, the peacock sneezes, "Ah-CHOO!" and its feathers fly off as it looks around, wondering where its feathers went.

FX: The kaleidoscope effects.

Music/Sounds: A mellow flute and harp tune with a different (and much softer) announcer saying the spiel from before. Sometimes, a different announcer is used, and adds "It just starts in black-and-white." at the end. This was seen on a promo for Get Smart.

Availability: Extinct on TV; was first used on the western series Laramie, hence the nickname. The Get Smart variant can be found on the Get Smart complete series DVD. It recently made an appearance in front of the first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on June 1, 2009.

Scare Factor: Low; this is much more mellowed out this time. The Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In variant is minimal, maybe. But it's funny.

Yorkshire Television

mr3urious — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:22:31 CDT

Logo descriptions by mr3urious, Michael Bass, and Kris Starring
Logo captures by V of Doom, countdowngoofs and doddzesgameshowroom
Video captures by Wyraachur

Note: As of May 2009, ITV is set to close all its Yorkshire stations.

1st Logo
(1968-1969)

Nickname: "Early Chevron"

Logo: Against a black background, a moving white diamond pattern unfolds from the center of the screen and moves upward and off the screen, leaving behind a Y-shaped chevron and the words "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION" below it. "presents" appears below.

FX/SFX: All the animations in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A horn sounder ending in a five-note fanfare, which is based off the traditional Yorkshire folk song "On Ilkla Moor Baht'at".

Availability: Extinct on television, but this has been preserved by enthusiasts. This logo actually reappeared on ITV in June 2008 as part of Yorkshire Television's 40th Anniversary special: "40 Years of YTV."

Scare Factor: Medium, due to the fanfare.

2nd Logo
(1969-1986)

Nickname: "Chevron From Hell", "Chevron of Boredom"

Logo: On a black background, a smaller Y-shaped chevron appears with, in white,

YORKSHIRE

TELEVISION

Production

underneath it.

Variants:

Productions shown in black and white were shown as you see it, while color programs showed a yellow chevron and under it had "Colour Production" or "In Colour" in red. Non-local TV shows usually had the same red text reading "Outside Broadcast in Colour". From 1982 onward, the phrase was shortened to "Production" in yellow. On early episodes of Countdown, the white text below the yellow chevron read "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION" and the yellow text below that read "for Channel Four."

Occasionally, it had no byline.

There is a very rare, hard to find variation where the chevron flies into an animated sequence with sparks and a movie marquee with the flashing numbers 1, 2, and 3 (the same numbers would fly toward the viewer via "explosion" effects), and the firework-chevron flies into a trash can, segueing into the 3, 2, 1 intro. This was seen with the "COLOUR PRESENTATION" byline. Only seen at the beginning of the quiz show 3, 2, 1.

Another very rare variation was used for the news program First Tuesday. Fine print appears saying "First Tuesday is copyright of Yorkshire Television.". Then the text disappears with a "wipe" effect, and the chevron turns into a blue vector version of the logo. We zoom into the top of it it, a horizontal line draws from the center, which then unfolds to a blue vector grid, which turns into a vector globe. The squares from the globe break away to reveal the title of that show.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Just the logo appearing (except for the variants, which are animated). A little bland, don't you think?

Music/Sounds: A shortened, 5-note version of the bombastic fanfare used in the previous logo. The 1982 version had a reworked, and less bombastic version of the fanfare by Chris Gunning.

Music/Sound Variant: First Tuesday used a electric piano version of the music. After that, an electric piano tune plays.

Availability: Appeared on era episodes of Emmerdale Farm, Countdown, 3, 2, 1, First Tuesday, and many other programs from the YTV stable.

Scare Factor: Low to high; very few people have kind memories of this logo thanks to it coming out of nowhere, and for that bombastic fanfare. Familiarity with this logo can reduce the scares. The 3, 2, 1 variant may startle viewers who have never seen it before.

3rd Logo
(1983)

Logo: Against a black BG, we see a series of yellow chevrons zoom out, and a green digital counter readout rapidly counts up. When the counter gets to 6,000,000, it transforms into the white italicized text "serving six million viewers", and the chevrons flash and solidify into one large chevron with the yellow text "Yorkshire Television" below.

FX/SFX: It seems to be all done with cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A series of rapid electronic beeping noises ending with the Yorkshire fanfare.

Availability: This was never used as an actual production logo. This only appeared as an ID/promo for Yorkshire Television within their respective region.

Scare Factor: Medium, due to the darkness and the beeping.

4th Logo
(1984-1989)

Logo: Over a blue/black gradient BG, we see the Yorkshire Chevron spin around 360 degrees.

Variant: Around Christmastime, this logo is seen capped with snow above a snow covered ground as flakes fall.

FX/SFX: All CGI; pretty basic, but effective. The Christmas variant, however, appears to use cel animation.

Music/Sounds: The Yorkshire fanfare, followed by a continuity announcer.

Availability: Extinct outside of tape recordings; only seen as part of YTV's continuity during the '80s in the pre-generic ITV days.

Scare Factor: None.

5th Logo
(1985-1986)

Description coming soon!

6th Logo
(1986-1988)

Nickname: "Liquid Gold"

Logo: Against a black BG in a sea of liquid gold, a revolving gold 3D chevron emerges from it. The words "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION Production" appear below.

Variants:

For programs that were not produced by YTV, the word "Production" would be omitted.
A still version was used at the end of shows.

FX/SFX: The liquid gold and the chevron, which are both CGI. This logo cost around £40,000 to make, which is nearly $80,000 in today's money!

Music/Sounds: A horn sounder that gets more and more dramatic, which ends with a different arrangement of the Yorkshire fanfare. Sometimes, the end theme of the programme will play over it.

Availability: See 2nd logo.

Scare Factor: None.

7th Logo
(1989)

Nickname: "21 Years of Yorkshire"

Logo: Over a blue/black background, we see the two golden halves of the Chevron connect and flip towards us to form the logo, which zooms out as the words "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION" appear below, followed by "21 YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT & EXCELLENCE."

FX/SFX: CGI again, but not nearly as impressive as the Liquid Gold ID.

Music/Sounds: An extended rearrangement of the YTV fanfare.

Availability: Extinct outside of tapes. This was only used locally.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, based on how the fast-paced animation/music effects you.

8th Logo
(1989-1995)

Nickname: "ITV Generic"

See ITV for description.

9th Logo
(1995-1996)

Logo: We see several yellow rings zooming out toward the center of the screen, forming a chevron. When they clear up, we see various Yorkshire-related clips playing in the middle of the screen, all against a sky blue BG. "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION" appears below.

Variants:

During nighttime, the BG would be dark blue.

On Countdown, the text below the chevron reads as follows:

YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION

FOR

CHANNEL FOUR

FX/SFX: The chevron being formed, and the clips playing.

Music/Sounds: Two different epic-sounding string fanfares were used: one in the daytime, and one during the nighttime. No YTV fanfare from before to be found. :-(

Availability: Once again, this is extinct outside of tapes.

Scare Factor: None.

10th Logo
(1996-1999)

Logo: We see a gold chevron revolving around on a sky blue background. "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION" is shown below.

Variants:

The BG would be cloudy blue in the nighttime.

One variant used on Countdown is like the one for the previous logo, except it also has a copyright stamp reading, "© CHANNEL 4 TELEVISION CORPORATION [year in Roman numerals]."

The other Countdown variant has text below the yellow chevron that reads "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION STUDIOS".

FX/SFX: The chevron revolving.

Music/Sounds: A horn fanfare that increases dramatically, ending with a synthesized version of the YTV fanfare. A continuity announcement may follow.

Availability: Extinct on TV, but survives through tape trading.

Scare Factor: None.

11th Logo
(1999)

Nickname: "TV from the Chevron"

Logo: Against a BG of revolving blue chevrons split into three pieces, we see a video clip of something related to Yorkshire. Then, it fades out, and we see the chevron on the left center of the screen with a few more clips playing at its right.

FX/SFX: The revolving chevrons, the video clips.

Music/Sounds: A peaceful electronic-sounding tune that ends with a slower version of the YTV fanfare.

Availability: Same as before.

Scare Factor: None.

12th Logo
(1999-2002)

Nickname: "TV from the Heart"

See ITV for description.

13th Logo
(2003)

Logo: On a purple CGI background, we see a small purple box with a white Yorkshire chevron inside of it. Below the purple box is white text that reads "A Yorkshire Television Production". Below that, near the bottom of the screen, is smaller text that reads "GRANADA", which refers to the production company that would co-produce Countdown through 2005.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of Countdown.

Availability: Seen on 2003 Countdown episodes.

Scare Factor: None.

14th Logo
(2004-2005)

See Granada Television for a description of this logo.

LBS Communications, Inc.

Shadeed329 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:00:19 CDT

Logo descriptions by Juniorfan88
Logo captures by Juniorfan88, Shadeed A. Kelly, Wisp2007, V of Doom and others
Editions by Juniorfan88, Shadeed A. Kelly and Brendan Richards
Video captures courtesy of Bigrene2, Mcy919, JoeCool85, digitalvideo1982, and JohnnyL80

Background: 1976 was the year that Henry Siegel created Lexington Broadcast Services. In 1984, Mr. Siegel changed the name of Lexington Broadcasting Services to LBS Communications. Over the years, the company would produce/distribute miscellanious television shows such as Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff, What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!!, Baywatch, Family Feud, and World of Wrestling. The company started losing money in the late 1980s and went bankrupt in the early 1990s leaving LBS to give 80 to 85% of the assets to All American Television in March 1992. Despite all the adversity, LBS would still live on in the 1990s as an in-name-only unit of All American Television, but the production company would close in 2001. All LBS shows, with some exceptions, are owned mainly by FremantleMedia.

1st Logo

(1976-1984)

Nickname: "The Pan-Out"

Logo: On a black background, a white beam of light with several twinkles on it "scans" across the screen, leaving a large blue fused "LBS," consisting of an L and an S fused together and a B in the gap between them, in its trail, in the center of the screen, then the Blue LBS logo slides back a little. After the LBS text slides, a small white flash appears, and leaving behind the words "LEXINGTON BROADCAST SERVICES COMPANY" in white. However, the the 1983 alternate version has the text in white with "INC." at the end.

FX/SFX: The beam of light, and the flash revealing the company name.

Cheesy Factor: Of course, the music and SFX seems pretty cheesy at this point right now, and the animation seems fairly primitive. Of course at the time, this was at least a decent logo.

Music/Sounds: A rising synth sound, a bizarre synth tune which accompanies the rising synth sound, and a synthesized "zap" accompanying the flash. All three elements of the soundtrack sound like they were made on a Moog synthesizer.

Availability: The early version is no longer seen on TV, but can be found on the Inspector Gadget: The Original Series DVD set. The variation with "INC." is rare, but can be seen on some early episodes of Tales from the Darkside on Sci-Fi Channel.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; generally depends on whether you think this logo's synthesizer score is grading, great, or in between. The animations not that bad on the logo per-say but maybe some people don't like where the logo flashes at the very end.

2nd Logo
(1984-1987)

Nickname: "The Unfolding Letters"

Logo: On a background consisting of a light-to-dark violet gradient, a light blue, curved "LBS" (exactly like the "LBS" in logo 1, but a darker shade of blue) zooms out while "unfolding." It stops in the center of the screen. "LBS COMMUNICATIONS, INC." "shines" in under the logo.

Variants:

There are also two main sets of this version; a filmed version and a videotaped version.
A still variant with magenta letters can be seen on 21 Jump Street.
There is a more recent variant seen on What's Happening Now!! in which the words "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" fade in at the bottom. This is then followed by the SPT logo.

FX/SFX: The "LBS" unfolding, the company name "shining" in.

Cheesy Factor: Well, the background is primitive because you hardly see a background scheme like that on any logos anymore, and the animation is pretty good but cheesy because of the way the letter shine the same way the bottom text does.

Music/Sounds: A pretty dramatic synthesizer score.

Availability: Uncommon; the videotaped version still survives on Tales from the Darkside on Chiller and Sci-Fi Channel and on a DVD of The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin. It was also seen on season two of Inspector Gadget and was on most of the seasons of Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats. The filmed version is hardly seen on television again, but was seen on Rainbow Brite which does not reair on TV anymore, along with other DiC shows from this era. As for the magenta version, it's near extinction.

Scare Factor: Low, unless you're not a big fan of overly dramatic synthesizer music.

3rd Logo
(1987-1992)

Nicknames: "CGI Space and Dots", "Comets and Dots", "Slide-In"

Logo: A group of round balls pan to the left of the screen. The "LBS" slides in from the right of the screen, during which two groups of lights streak through. The logo makes a stop at the front of the screen, the company name fades in.

FX/SFX: The panning out and sliding in of the logo and background.

Cheesy Factor: None, unless you count the '89 version with the musical selection it chose.

Music/Sounds: The '87 version of the logo plays first an ascending/descending jingle with several bird sounds (notably a seagull) followed by a synthesized remix of the '84 version. The '89 version plays a rather eerie synth jingle. There is also a 3rd logo theme that came out in 1990.

Availability: Extremely rare for the '87 version, but was spotted on a repeat of Hazel on TV Land. It was also on the final season of Tales from the Darkside (that would feature the 2nd Tribune logo), but Sci-Fi Channel's prints feature the previous Tribune and LBS logos. You can still find the '89 version on some shows currently like What's Happening Now!! (Whenever TV Land decides to re-broadcast it) and the first season of Baywatch. As for the 1990 variant, it's extinct and was seen on a few syndie episodes of Family Feud.

Scare Factor: None on the '87 version, low to medium on the '89 version because of the almost ghostly music associated with the logo, and low for the 1990.

4th Logo

(1991)

Nicknames: "15th Year Anniversary Logo", "The LBS Egg Logo", "Happy Birthday LBS!"

Logo: It starts out with a yellow/white oval coming out first. Then, it has an unusual red LBS logo going down from the top of the screen, and afterward, it displays a purple banner which reads "15th ANNIVERSARY". After the logo is completed, the entire logo shines near the dates.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The CGI animation is not as good as the previous logo, and it is pretty cheap.

Music/Sounds: A mellow, synthesizer score with a nice "ching" sound to indicate the sheen. Short versions have a three note tune.

Availability: Rare. Appeared on season one of Baywatch as well as on Family Feud. Currently, the logo can not be seen on TV; the short version is intact on all Baywatch episodes from the era on its DVD box sets, surprisingly.

Scare Factor: None.

Final Note: LBS then folded in 2001, and these days FremantleMedia owns the rights to most LBS shows.

Granada Television

Midaba2004 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:24:29 CDT

Logo descriptions by Michael Bass
Logo captures by countdowngoofs

1st Logo
(1956)

TBA

2nd Logo
(1956-1964)

TBA

3rd Logo
(1964-1967)

TBA

4th Logo
(1967-1968)

TBA

5th Logo
(1968-1989)

TBA

6th Logo
(1986)

TBA

7th Logo
(1986)

TBA

8th Logo
(1989-1990)

TBA

9th Logo
(1989)

TBA

10th Logo
(1989)

TBA

11th Logo
(1989)

Note: This ident was never used on air.

Nickname: "ITV Generic"

Logo: See ITV for description.

12th Logo
(1990-1991)

TBA

13th Logo
(1991-1992)

TBA

14th Logo
(1992-1994)

TBA

15th Logo
(1994-1995)

TBA

16th Logo
(1995-1999)

TBA

17th Logo
(1999)

TBA

18th Logo
(1999-2002)

TBA

19th Logo
(2004-2009)

Logo: Scrolling up in the credits, we see a purple box with a magenta "G" inside it. On the horizontal line of the "G" is the small text "GRANADA." Below the box is purple text that reads, "A Granada Yorkshire Production," and below that "© YORKSHIRE TELEVISION LTD [year in Roman numerals]." On 2006-2009 Countdown episodes, the text below the box simply reads, "A Granada Production." The final Countdown episodes to feature this logo had a copyright stamp that read, "© ITV PRODUCTIONS LIMITED [year]."

FX/SFX: Scrolls up in the credits.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of Countdown.

Availability: Seen on Countdown episodes that were produced until ITV Studios became the production company for the show.

Scare Factor: None.

WGBH

Midaba2004 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:22:34 CDT

Logo descriptions by AsdfTheRevival and others
Logo captures courtesy of MSTS1 and others
Editions by Hoa and others

Boston, Massachusetts

1st Logo
(1972-1978)

Nicknames: "Zooming WGBH", "WGBH of Doom", "Zooming Letters"

Logo: Against a dark green background, the letters WGBH in yellow in a generic Arial font quickly zoom back, away from the viewer to the vanishing point. Then the word "Boston," also in yellow, zooms forward really fast, taking up the whole screen and creating a yellow background. And finally, the word "Presents" zooms forward at a fast pace, in dark green.

Variants:

A black-and-white version appeared in 1974. In this one, "WGBH" and "Boston" are both black, and "Presents" is white. This can be seen on very early episodes of NOVA.

On early episodes of NOVA, sometimes "Presents" would zoom forward as always, but superimposed against the opening cinematic.

On The French Chef, the logo is superimposed over a slanted flag of France against a blue BG, animation and all.

FX: The zooming of the words.

Cheesy Factor: Simple animation. The 'French Chef'' variant with the transition from ''Boston'' to ''Presents'' looks awkward though.

Music/Sounds: The long, full version of the jingle, with a choppy, futuristic synth, followed by a rising synth violin stinger. Most likely produced on a Moog synthesizer.

Availability: Extinct on TV; tape-trading is the only way to see it.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare; the high-contrast colors, extreme "V of Doom"-style zoom-ins, and the eerie synth music would have been sure to unnerve many people who aren't used to seeing it.

2nd Logo
(1978- )

Nicknames: "Flash of Doom", "Circle Outline"

Logo: Here are the main variants of this logo:

Variant 1: On a black background, two orange lines of "electricity" form two, orange, 2D "shadows", one on top and one on bottom.Then the lines form an orange outline of "WGBH" in between the "shadows". The lines stop, and an orange flash starts behind the outline. The flash clears out "WGBH" as "Boston Presents" appears in an orange Arial font. The "Boston Presents" logo was a bumper used at the beginning of the show.
Variant 2: Similar to the other logo, but usually with the "WGBH" logo already formed as it fades in, and then the flash occurs and the word "B O S T O N" appears below the logo in an orange Art Deco font.

Variants: There are many variants in terms of the music and the announcer:

(1978-1993) Long music, no announcer, complete animation, has "Boston Presents".
(1986-1993) Short music, no announcer, abridged animation, has "Boston Presents".
(1993- ) Short music, abridged animation, no announcer.
(1993- ) Short music, abridged animation, with announcer.
(1993- ) On NOVA, the announcer says "NOVA is a production of WGBH Boston.".
(1993?- ) Short music, complete (sped-up) animation, and no announcer, but the logo itself has been digitally enhanced. The version used as a station ID has the logo zooming in a bit, and another version had the PBS logo appearing in its place and shining with an announcer saying "You're watching WGBH Boston.".
(1998- ) On Mystery! and Masterpiece Theatre, the announcer has a British accent.
(1999-2002) On the new Zoom, a kid on the show voices over, w/ short music. Starting in 2002, there would be no announcer and it would just have the music.
(2002- ) Short music, complete (sped-up) animation, with announcer.
Sometimes, the closing theme of the show will play over this logo. This can be seen on Arthur and Between the Lions.
In 2002, a completely computer-generated logo featuring neon-style tubes connecting and lighting up to form the WGBH logo, with an announcer saying "WGBH Boston", was introduced. As of now, this only plays as a station ident in Boston, not a closing logo.
Another variation is like the one above, but after that a 2, in the same style as the WGBH logo, flashes, and it's in light blue.
(1993- ) A version can occasionally be spotted in which the "glowing" animation is played, but no text appears.
A version has been seen with abridged animation, no voiceover, and slightly lower-pitched music.
On later episodes of Arthur, the byline "WGBH is a trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation" in shown below written in the Arthur font.
An in-credit version of the logo has been spotted on Antiques Roadshow, which simply shows the orange WGBH logo at the bottom of the screen.
Another in-credit version had the WGBH logo in white, sometimes with "A presentation of" "Boston" above and below the logo, respectively. Others just show "Boston" or not at all, and it may or may not contain copyright info below.
Yet another in-credit variant was spotted on some early '90s episodes of Masterpiece Theatre, which shows the logo (in gold) inscribed on a book used in the end credits in gold with "Boston" and some copyright info below.
(2007- ) On some episodes of Postcards With Buster, it features the red phrase "B O S T O N" fading in and zooming in slowly until the flash dies down. Other episodes have a shortened version of the textless WGBH logo.
There is a still blue print version of the logo with "BOSTON" in white on Curious George (the 2006 series).
Another local version used in the 1980s begins with a blue flash, followed by an orange 2 written in the same style as the WGBH logo zooming up. No music or sounds play here.

FX: The lines of electricity, the flash.

Cheesy Factor: The flash and light effects are typical of CGI in the Scanimate era of the '70s and early '80s.

Music/Sounds: The original 1972 music, used to this day. There have been two versions, a long version and a short version. The entire seven-second jingle is used as the long version, and is in much better sound quality. The short version features only the rising synth chord, and is much more common nowadays. Sometimes, an announcer will say "A production of WGBH Boston." or "(show's name) is a production of WGBH Boston.".

Availability: Common; can be seen in its various versions on many PBS shows. The 1993 version with the short music and no announcer has recently been sighted on Fetch with Ruff Ruffman. The "Boston Presents" version can be found on video and may also show up on WGBH shows produced from 1978-93 if your station has older prints. It also appears on new PBS shows like Martha Speaks (the 2008 series). The still version can be seen on Curious George (the 2006 series).

Scare Factor: High to nightmare for the early variant, medium to high for the 1993 variants, medium for the later neon variant, and none for the in-credit variants. This logo has scared many with its dark colors, eerie animation, and that dated synth music (though it may be less scary for those who are used to seeing it). None for the still variant.

3rd Logo
(1991-1996)

Logo: We see a small Earth globe against a starry sky quickly rotate around counterclockwise, and the words "WQED" (in yellow) with "PITTSBURGH" (in white) below slowly rotate around clockwise, followed by "WGBH" (in yellow) with "BOSTON" (in white) below.

FX: The rotating globe and letters.

Music/Sounds:

1991-1993: The introduction to the theme playing repeatedly throughout coupled with Lynne Thigpen saying "Today's caper is presented by WQED Pittsburgh and WGBH Boston.".

1993-1996: The end theme of the show with Lynne Thigpen saying "This program is presented by WQED Pittsburgh and WGBH Boston.".

Availability: Only seen on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, which is hardly, if ever, re-ran.

Scare Factor: None.

ITV (UK)

Midaba2004 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:18:41 CDT

Logo descriptions by mr3urious and Michael Bass
Logo captures by mr3urious and countdowngoofs

ITV

1st Logo
(1980s-1989)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: TBA

2nd Logo
(1989-1999)

Normal Logo

Variants

Note: This was the first of ITV's generic logos, which varied for each ITV franchise it was shown on.

Nickname: "ITV Generic"

Logo: On a black background, a "river" of colors is seen. Below it is the franchise name in italics and on top of the river is the franchise's logo. The logo wavers and disperses into the river one-by-one as various images of ITV programs fly by from right to left. One by one in the river, the letters "ITV" appear, in sync with the music. The "V" is cut in half and a triangle appears where the other half should be. In the triangle lies part of the franchise's logo. The river fades out.

Variants:

Central Television used a variant in which the ITV animation played in the top-right corner of the screen and the Central's "CGI Cake" logo played in the bottom-left corner simultaneously.
On occasion, the default logo would be used, in which there would be no franchise name displayed at the bottom.
Yorkshire Television used a variant in which the triangular section of the V was replaced by their chevron logo. It would zoom forth as "ITV" faded away.
ITV logos had been developed for use by TVS, TSW, Ulster, Anglia, and Channel Television, but they were never used.
On ITV airings of the Canadian children's programme OWL TV, the owl who was the mascot for the programme flies into the screen, causing glass to break. After the glass breaks, a logo on a black background is revealed with the triangle from the ITV logo of the time on top, taking much of the center of the screen. Below the triangle is the words "THAMES TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR" with the ITV logo below the words.

FX/SFX: The "River" and the ghost-like appearances of the images.

Cheesy Factor: The wavering of the franchise logo looks rather fake, but everything else looks clean.

Music/Sounds: A rather airy synthesized flute theme that culminates in a 5-note trumpet fanfare, often with the flute echoing at the end. Composed by David Dundas as an ITV jingle. A continuity announcement may be used, as well.

Availability: Extinct; it was only used as a channel ID. This was actually a generic ITV logo modified by the network to feature the franchise logo. Many ITV companies like Thames used a variation of this logo.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, depending on the variant used, because the owl from the credits of OWL TV crashing into the screen can catch you off-guard.

3rd Logo
(1999-2002)

Normal Logos

Variants

Nickname: "TV From The Heart"

Logo: On a blue background with spinning heart panels segmented in three, the franchise logo appears via a Matrix-like "digitizing" effect. A blue border surrounds the logo, and at the bottom of the border in a blue square are the yellow letters "itv".

Variants:

On occasion, a default version would be used, in which the ITV logo would only be displayed.

There would be some golden panels used in the daytime, and in the nighttime, they would be all blue.

Starting in 2001, during the switch to ITV1, the ITV1 logo appears below, which has the "1" inside a yellow square.

A short film culminating in the appearance of a heart usually precedes this logo. However, there is a standard animated logo that shows the logo formed by yellow lines.

Later versions bear the franchise or network's URL at the bottom or bottom-right corner of the screen. The itv.com URL is in white, and has a similar look to the ITV/ITV1 logo.

FX/SFX: The spinning hearts and the "digitizing" effect.

Cheesy Factor: The spinning hearts look cheesy, but everything else is still nice and clean.

Music/Sounds: A tense orchestrated fanfare culminating in a five-note piano fanfare. On some rare occasions, a dramatic synth fanfare would be used.

Availability: Extinct in this region, but this is one of ITV's generic logos, and as such appears elsewhere with a different logo.

Scare Factor: None; this is a clean (and BORING) logo.
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ITV1

1st Logo
(2002-2004)

Logo: We see a montage of various ITV1 personalities, which ends with the ITV1 logo in 3D sliding toward the bottom right in pieces before coming together.

Variant: There is a different variant in which the ITV1 logo revolves and forms itself on a background of spinning blue panels. Also, in this variant, the logo zooms in a bit.

FX/SFX: The panels and zooming.

Music/Sounds: A rather uninspired jazz-like tune, or an equally uninspired guitar tune. This is sometimes accompanied by a continuity announcement.

Availability: Extinct; check tapes for the logo.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2004-January 2006)

TBA

3rd Logo
(January-September 2006)

TBA

4th Logo
(September 2006- )

TBA

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ITV Studios (2009-)

Logo: On a black background, we see a three-dimensional blue and purple curved design that resembles a bird. Inside the opening of the design on its right is the ITV logo. To the right of the ITV logo is larger text that reads "STUDIOS."

Variants:

On Countdown, the logo scrolls up in the credits in its own black box, along with a copyright stamp below that reads "© ITV STUDIOS LIMITED [year]."
On programmes co-produced with WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, below the logo is small text that reads "in association with," with the WGBH logo below.

FX/SFX: For the Countdown variant, the scrolling in the credits.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the programme.

Availability: Seen on current episodes of Countdown, as well as the American programme Sit Down, Shut Up.

Scare Factor: None.

Satin City

AsdfTheRevival2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:02:02 CDT

Logo description by mr3urious
Logo capture and video courtesy of Johnny9605

1st Logo
(1992)

Logo: An in-credit logo. Simply the words, "SATIN CITY, INC." in a plain, yellow font on a space background.

FX: None, it's in-credit.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct; may never be seen again. Was only seen on the single-episode series Red Dwarf. It's very unlikely it will ever be reran again, or get the home video treatment.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2000-2006)

Nickname: "The Tubes", "Satin Skyscrapers"

Logo: Against a teal BG, the word "Satin", in light blue script, is drawn in, flashing several times and appearing very out-of-focus. "CITY", in white, appears below letter-by-letter, and also flashes several times. In the background, some teal "tubes" (intended to be buildings) with purple tips are drawn in.

FX: The text appearing and tubes being drawn in.

Cheesy Factor: The "blurriness", but that was intentional.

Music/Sounds: A single electric piano note rising in pitch.

Availability: Seen on Malcolm in the Middle reruns on FX, Nick at Nite, and in syndication.

Scare Factor: None.

Square Enix

Mariofan88 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:34:15 CDT

Written By Mariofan88

Background: On April 1, 2003, video game company Square merged with the Enix corporation, forming Square Enix.

Logo 1
(2003-)

Logo: We see the letters "SQUARE ENIX" form in its original font in a quick kind of way on a dark background.

FX/SFX: The letters forming.

Cheesy Factor: None.

Music/Sounds: A piano tune, and a quiet female voice whispering the company's name.

Availability: I'd guess rare. It's hardly seen on video games since the company's birth. Survives on video game trailers and advertisements.

Scare Factor: None. It's a harmless (and boring) logo.

Warner Premiere

AsdfTheRevival2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:33:38 CDT

Logo descriptions by Logoboy95
Logo capture by Wyraachur
Editions by Jeff B.

Background: Warner Premiere is a direct-to-video production/distribution arm of Warner Home Video, founded in late 2006. Warner Premiere only releases direct-to-video movies on DVD. Its first release is The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007), a prequel to The Dukes of Hazzard (2005). Its logo is the initials "WP" all in the font similiar to the WB shield. Warner Premiere is currently a subsidiary by TimeWarner.

1st Logo
(Late 2006-2007)

Nickname: "WP"

Logo: On a black background, we see a blue "WP" between the words "WARNER PREMIERE" with lines above and below it, with "A TimeWarner Company" underneath the logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (a prequel to the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard).

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2007- )

Nicknames: "WP II", "The Enhanced WP"

Logo: Same as the first logo, but animated. On a black background, a blue outline of the letters "WP" zoom out in each other and flashes purely 3D blue. The words "WARNER PREMIERE" fades in between the "WP", followed by "A TimeWarner Company".

FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A dreamy, relaxing synth tune.

Availability: Current; seen on movies like Superman: Doomsday, among others. Also seen on Another Cinderella Story, Batman: Gotham Knight, Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd in Out of Control, A Dennis the Menace Christmas and most recently, Mr. Troop Mom on Nick at Nite, among others.

Scare Factor: Low; this logo is good.

Spumco

AsdfTheRevival2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:32:50 CDT

Logo descriptions and captures by Logoboy95

1st Logo
(1990-1993)

Nicknames: "Drooling Boy," "Jimmy the Idiot Boy"

Logo: Over a dark brown background, we see a drawing of a drooling boy's head. On the top-left of the screen is the text "SPÜMCØ" in colorful letters with two yellow umlauts above the "U" , and a line in the "O". Underneath the company name is the slogan "The Danes call it Quality" in blue, with quotation marks in "Quality", making the message "SPUMCO, The Danes call it Quality".

FX/SFX: Just a still logo.

Trivia: The boy depicted is another one of John Kricfalusi's characters, named Jimmy the Idiot Boy. He was originally going to make a Nicktoon about this character, but didn't want to lose the rights, so he used Ren and Stimpy instead. Jimmy would eventually be seen in one of Kricfalusi's other shows The Ripping Friends.

Music/Sounds: Plays over the ending theme. On the uncut version of "Big House Blues" pilot, it has a short guitar riff playing over the logo.

Availability: Seen on the first 2 seasons of The Ren & Stimpy Show on Nicktoons Network. It is also saved on the Seasons 1 & 2 DVD box set for the show. Also, it survives on VHS releases of the show.

Scare Factor: Low.

2nd Logo
(1999-2004)

Nickname: "One Girl and Two Boys", "The George Liquor Logo"

Logo: Against a light blue/dark yellow background, three of John K's characters (Jimmy the Idiot Boy from the first logo, Sody Pop, and George Liquor) are seen on the right side of the screen behind a light yellow starburst, and in the same font as logo 1, is the word "SPÜMCØ" on the top corner of the screen.

FX/SFX: Just a still logo.

Trivia:The character at the front is an R&S recurring character George Liquor, who appears on "Dog Show" and the banned episode "Man's Best Friend".

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Appeared on The Ripping Friends and Ren and Stimpy's Adult Party Cartoon. Neither air on TV anymore, but the latter is on DVD as The Lost Episodes.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

Omation Animation Studio

AsdfTheRevival2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:24:41 CDT

Logo descriptions and captures by Logoboy95 and Sega3dmm
Editions by Logoboy95, Sega3dmm and mr3urious

Background: Omation Studios is an animation studio run by Steve Oedekerk's O Entertainment company, and it specializes in CGI. It was founded in 2004 to produce the Barnyard franchise for Nickelodeon.

(2007- )

Nicknames: "Purple to Yellow", "The O Kid", "Yellow O", "Cheerios"

Logo: We see the CGI "O" from the 2002 O Entertainment logo drop to the center, which shrinks, turns yellow, and grows arms and legs. It says "Mation!", and text saying "mation" in the Jokerman LET font comes out of the mouth of the "O", which freezes as it jumps.

FX: A mix of CGI and 2D animation.

Variation: A variation with the original 2002 O Entertainment music can occasionally be seen after the split-screen credits of ''Back at the Barnyard'' on Nick. It's probably a glitch on Nick's part, seeing as the regular credits of said show always have the logo play normally.

Music/Sounds: The "O!" from the 2002 O Entertainment logo and a high-pitched voice says "Mation!". Then we hear a snare drumbeat.

Availability: Appears on Back at the Barnyard on Nickelodeon.

Scare Factor: None to minimal; you might get some first time jitters expecting the regular O logo and ending up with this, but otherwise harmless.

PlayStation/PlayStation 2/PSP/PlayStation 3

TomFromSouth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:15:21 CDT

Editions by mr3urious

1st Logo
(1994-2002)

Logo: On a black background, we see the PlayStation logo, consisting of a giant red "P" turned clockwise over a rainbow-colored "S" that is shown lying down over the word "PlayStation" in a computerised futuristic font. Below that, we see "Licensed by" over "Sony Computer Entertainment America", which is over "SCEA".

Variant: As you'd probably guess, the copyright changes depending on the format of the machine. For example, the byline mentioned is for use on NTSC-US (North American) machines, but PAL (European) machines have "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe" and "SCEE", while NTSC-J (Japanese) machines use "Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc." and "SCEI".

Another variant on the NTSC-J (Japanese) machines use "Sony Computer Entertainment Japan" and "SCEJ".

FX: The fading in of the PS logo. The byline appearing after the PS logo appears. The ''PlayStation'' logo fading in. Otherwise, none.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized whoosh, followed by a twinkling sound, then five synth-flute notes.

Availability: This appears after the first Sony Computer Entertainment logo when you turn a PS/PSOne machine on, but it also comes after the second SCE logo if you have a PSX disc inside a PS2 when that machine is turned on. It is also seen on the PSP after you select a game from the system's boot menu (in the "PlayStation Network" section). You also see this after the third SCE logo when a PSX disc is inside a PS3 when that console is turned on.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the music. However, this is a favorite of many.

2nd Logo
(2000- )

Logo: On a black background, we see "PlayStation 2", in the same font as "PlayStation" in the first logo, appear via a flash effect. The "PS" symbol is nowhere to be found.

FX: The logo appearing.

Music/Sounds: A short synth humming sound. It had a Hollywood appearance in the Universal 2006 film "The Break-Up".

Availability: Comes after the second SCE logo when you turn a PS2 machine on with a PS2 disc inside. Also seen after the third SCE logo when a PS2 disc is inside the PS3.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

3rd logo
(2004- )

Logo: The lava lamp background from the third Sony Computer Entertainment logo dissolves, turning into the PSP logo, consisting of the letters "PSP" in a futuristic font, the same one used in the PS2 logo, with "PlayStation Portable", in the "PlayStation" font, under the letters against a white background.

FX: The lava lamp background dissolving into the PSP logo.

Music/Sounds: A synth guitar note, followed by a whoosh.

Availability: Comes after the third SCE logo when a PSP is turned on.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the logo coming out of nowhere, along with the music, may be startling.

4th Logo
(2006- )

Logo: Against a black BG, we see the letters "PLAYSTATION 3" in the same font used in the Spider-Man films, appear, then disappear quickly.

FX: The logo appearing and disappearing.

Music/Sounds: A single synth chime sound.

Availability: Appears when you start up a PS3 game, after the fourth SCE logo.

Scare Factor: None to low, because the chime may catch you off-guard. But if you had a PS3 its none.

Universal Animation Studios

Shadeed329 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:39:38 CDT

Compilation and photos by Logoboy95, WizardDuck and CuriousGeorge60
Editions by CuriousGeorge60 and mr3urious
Video captures courtesy of Juniorfan88, Joecool85 and Puppyleo

Universal Cartoon Studios

1st Logo
(1991-2006)

Nicknames: "Jetty The Weak Jet Plane", "CGI Globe"

Logo: We see the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo, which proceeds as normal until we fully see the globe. A cartoon version of the biplane from the 1920's Universal logo flies around the globe, leaving a trail of smoke which turns into "UNIVERSAL" (but the R is backwards), and the plane also does this on the bottom of the globe with "CARTOON STUDIOS" in rainbow colors. The plane stops, and realizes the "R" in "UNIVERSAL" is backwards, and giggles for a bit, and flips it around. Then he floats and looks at the audience. Then he looks at the "R", floats down, then he looks at the audience again.

Variants:

There is a variation when the plane looks at the "R", and then the logo fades out. Plus the text moved up a little. It was used in a lot of direct-to-video movies.
On VHS releases, the first "S" in "STUDIOS" turns purple.
On The Land Before Time 10, 11, and The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, the logo is a bit darker.
This logo is shown in the top left corner along with the 1991 Amblin Television logo on the top right, the Zaloom-Mayfield Productions logo on the bottom left, and Big Pictures logo on the bottom right on Back to the Future - The Animated Series. But, the part where the plane flips the "R" is cut.
This logo is also shown in the bottom middle corner along with the 1991 Amblin Television logo on the top left and the 1985 long version of Nelvana Limited logo on the top right on Fievel's American Tales. Sometimes the Universal logo stops when the plane is about to look at the "R".
There is a still artwork version of the logo that appears on Opus 'n Bill in A Wish for Wings That Work along with the still Amblin Television logo. Plus, "CARTOON STUDIOS" is all yellow.

FX/SFX: The animation.

Music/Sounds: Generally a whimsical fanfare that takes a comical tone when the plane appears. In other cases, it used the end of the show's closing theme.

Music/Sound Variants:

Starting in 1995, an alternative version of a whimsical fanfare with sound effects was being used on occasion.
On the DVD version of The Land Before Time 4, there is a remixed version of the alternative whimsical fanfare with sound effects.

Availability: Appears at the end of movies in The Land Before Time franchise starting with The Land Before Time 2 until 2006. The Land Before Time 6 has the 2nd logo instead. (See below). Also appears at the end of the Balto sequels, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, and The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Also appears at the beginning of The Land Before Time 2, 3, and 4. A version, cut down to the last five seconds, appeared at the end of the cartoon shows Problem Child, Exosquad, The New Woody Woodpecker Show, and Beethoven. It also appears on international releases of Charlotte's Web 2 - Wilbur's Great Adventure. The last movie to have the logo was The Adventures of Brer Rabbit.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is very funny.

2nd Logo
(1997-1999)

Nickname: "CGI Globe II"

Logo: Same as the 1997 Universal Television logo, but the name reads as "UNIVERSAL CARTOON STUDIOS" as it fades in under the logo.

Variant: On An American Tail - Mystery of the Night Monster, the logo is bylineless.

FX/SFX: The "fire" behind the globe and the "Universal Cartoon Studios" name fading in.

Music/Sounds: Same as Universal Television 1997.

Availability: Very rare. Appears on The Land Before Time 6, An American Tail - Treasure of Manhattan Island, and Hercules and Xena - The Battle For Mount Olympus. A bylineless variant also appears on An American Tail - Mystery of the Night Monster.

Scare Factor: Minimal.
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Universal Animation Studios

(2006- )

Nickname: "Cartoon Globe"

Logo: We first see a more animated version of the "UNIVERSAL" revolving around the earth to view from the left side (unlike the right side in the movie counterpart's logo), and after it finishes revolving, the globe and the text gets squeezed so tight, that later, the "UNIVERSAL" text spins around the earth REALLY, REALLY fast. When it stops spinning, the globe is colored even more vividly, and "ANIMATION STUDIOS" in orange, appears. "UNIVERSAL" is now is white with an orange border. Then a comet comes from the right side, and travels around the earth. The globe shines.

Variants:

The shorter variant starts with the logo already formed, and the comet going around the earth is intact.That can be seen on The Land Before Time (TV series) re-runs in the United States on Cartoon Network.
There is also a still version of the logo which can be seen on Curious George in the United States on PBS Kids.

FX/SFX: The globe and "UNIVERSAL" being squeezed, "UNIVERSAL" spinning around the globe very fast, the globe becoming animated and the comet going past the logo.

Music/Sounds: At the start, it has the current Universal Studios theme from 1997-present, then some squeezing sounds, and when the globe becomes animated, a majestic bell tune.

Music/Sound Variants:

On Curious George (the 2006 film), we hear George chattering at the end.
In other cases, it used the end of the show's closing theme.

Availability: Common. First appeared at the end of Curious George (the 2006 film). It also appeared at the end of The Land Before Time movies from 2006 to present. The short version appeared on The Land Before Time (the TV series) in the United States on Cartoon Network. The still version appeared on Curious George (the 2006 series) on PBS.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Endemol (Netherlands)

Shadeed329 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:28:05 CDT

Logo descriptions by mr3urious and Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by mr3urious, Shadeed A. Kelly, and channel4fan
Video captures courtesy of DANKHGA and marvin411

Background: Endemol (a.k.a. "Endemol Entertainment") is a Dutch production company founded in 1994 by Joop van den Ende and John de Mol through a merger of both their production companies: "Joop van den Ende TV-Producties" and "John de Mol Produkties". Their first big success was the reality series Big Brother, which first aired in the Netherlands in 1999. The company is currently owned by Mediaset since May 14, 2007.

Endemol Entertainment

1st Logo
(1994-2001)

Nicknames: "Spread-out letters", "Zoom-out letters"

Logo: On a black background, we see the gold letters of the word "ENDEMOL" zooming-out one letter at a time in a fast pace with the word "ENTERTAINMENT" zooming-out underneath "ENDEMOL", where we later see a warp-effect while the letters continue to zoom-out and start to spread to finish forming the word. There is a blue blast effect which later shows a white spiked-arched crown. One above and one below and would later turn blue. The words "ENDEMOL" and "ENTERTAINMENT" later turns from gold to light-gold or yellow and the af ter the animation finishes.

Variant: This logo would have an effect just like the Embassy Television and Embassy Communications logos, the animation would play the same way on the ending of any television show, but the background would later turn black.

FX/SFX: The letters zooming out.

Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.

Availability: Rare; seen on such shows like Chains of Love and RTL's Mini-Playback Show and Lucky Letters.

Scare Factor: Low.

2nd Logo
(1999-2006)

Nickname: "The Eye", "Big Brother is Watching You"

Logo: Against a black BG, a cloud of vapor appears, forming a slanted ellipse on it's side, which spins to face the screen and "endemol" written below. Later, a eye fades in on the ellipse.

Variant: Shows produced by Endemol's divisions outside of the Netherlands had the country's name below. For example, American-produced shows would appear as "Endemol USA". A special varient was used for Argentina, that when the logo is done, it slides to the left, revaling "argentina", which slides to the right. "presenta" (meaning "presents") below the logo. This was used as a opening logo.

FX/SFX: The vapor.

Music/Sounds: Usually the end theme of the show can be heard. The logo's own music is a metallic clang sound followed by a deeper whoosh sound.

Availability: Seen on Endemol-produced shows of the period, such as Fear Factor, Big Brother and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo
(2006-2008)

Nickname: "The Eye 2", "Big Brother is Watching You 2"

Logo: On a black BG, we see the same Endemol logo from before zooming out through a iris-out effect, and during that, the eye looks around for a few seconds.

Variants:

On the UK version of Deal or No Deal, the logo is much smaller and wordless, with "endemol u.k. productions", the Deal or No Deal logo, and a copyright date below.
The logo appears in-credit on the Dutch version of Deal or No Deal.

FX/SFX: The logo spinning up.

Music/Sounds: Usually the end theme of the show, but like the previous logo, it sometimes comes with it's own music, which consists of two whooshes when the logo is zooming out, and then a clang when it's done zooming out.

Availability: No longer current, but still commonly seen on Deal or No Deal, Big Brother, and Fear Factor episodes of the time, among other shows.

Scare Factor: None to Minimal for the one with the end credit theme playing over, or with network generic music, but Low for the one with it's own music.

4th Logo
(2008- )

Nickname: "The Eye 3", "Big Brother is Watching You 3"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Currently seen on 20Q on GSN.

Scare Factor: TBA
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Endemol-Southern Star (Australia)

(2001- )

Nicknames: "South Star and Eye", "The Aussie Big Brother is Watching You"

Logo: We slowly zoom out from a shot of a human eye with purplish clouds of stars and swirling blue comets superimposed over it. The Endemol logo along with the current Southern Star logo (A segmented blue 7-point star with "southern star" below) fades in and zooms out. The eye closes and disappears, leaving behind the purplish clouds.

Variant: On Deal or No Deal (the Aussie version), the logo appears in the split-screen credits, with a copyright date next to it.

FX/SFX: The stars, the logos fading in, and the live-action eye.

Music/Sounds: A rather dramatic synth-string fanfare.

Availability: Seen on the Australian versions of Big Brother and Deal or No Deal, among others.

Scare Factor: None to minimal, due to the slightly dramatic music.

National Telefilm Associates

VofDoom — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:15:11 CDT

Logo descriptions by Eric S. and Michael Bass
Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom
Video captures courtesy of Eric S. and LogoClub

Background: This distribution company was established by Ely Landau and Oliver A. Unger from U.M.&M. Television in 1954 to distribute the film library of various production companies, opening also a syndie unit two years later as NTA Film Network to distribute the film and live programs to television stations not affiliated with main broadcasters, especially with ABC, CBS and NBC. After NTA bought the name and trademarks of the old Republic studio in 1986, this company was renamed itself Republic Pictures (a.k.a. Republic Entertainment, Inc.). Today, Republic Entertainment still survives as an in-name-only unit of Paramount, a division of Viacom; however, all its television library is currently held by CBS Corporation through CBS Television Distribution, both divisions controlled by National Amusements, Inc.

1st Logo
(1956-1957)

Nicknames: "The TV Tube and Filmstrip" , "NTA on TV"

Logo: On a black-and-white gradient background, we see a filmstrip. The filmstrip has the letters "NTA" vertically arranged on them. Next to the letters, we see that they stand for "National Telefilm Associates." Above this is the letter "A," and the word "RELEASE." All text is seen inside a white TV tube-like shape with a black border.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1957-1966?)

Logo: This is basically an in-credit text that reads:

An------------------
NTA
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FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Rare. Seen on TV reincarnations of some theatrical movies such as How to Marry a Millionaire and the U.S. print of The Third Man.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo
(1966?-196?)

Nickname: "The NTA Ovals"

Logo: On a black-and-white background with filmstrips, we see three ovals appearing and moving to the center of the screen: the topmost oval moves in from the top of the screen, the middle oval moves from the left of the screen, and the bottom oval moves from the right of the screen. After the ovals move, the vertically arranged text "An NTA RELEASE" appears one-by-one, with "NTA" arranged vertically on the ovals.

Variant: It has been said that there is a variant of this logo having the map from the 4th logo instead the filmstrips on the background.

FX/SFX: The ovals appearing and moving to the center of the screen, the vertically-arranged text appearing one by one.

Music/Sounds: The opening or closing theme of the show or movie.

Availability: Rare; seen on public domain video releases of Gammera the Invincible.

Scare Factor: Low; this should not be too scary to most people.

4th Logo
(196?-1984?)

Nickname: "The NTA Mapamundi Displayer"

Logo: On a black background, we see white spots (as it were a football displayer) appearing on determined places on the screen, then, silhouettes of all continents in the world appears, made of color spots also. Once all the continents have appeared, a blue background (made of spots) wipes from the left. Once completed, the styled letters "NTA", zoom out of the screen. Then "RELEASE" appears under the "NTA" lettering.

FX/SFX: The spots appearing, wiping... The NTA lettering zooming out.

Cheesy Factor: The continents are drawn poorly, and the NTA zooming out is cheesy.

Music/Sounds: An abridged version of the Commonwealth United Entertainment jingle.

Availability: Extremely rare.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

5th Logo
(1984-1986)

Nickname: "Outlines"

Logo: On a background consisting of black on top and blue on bottom, outlined versions of the NTA logo zoom out, one-by-one, each outline coming in after a split-second. When all zoom out, the logo freezes. Then the word "Presents" flies from the bottom of the logo and sets place under the NTA letters.

FX/SFX: The outlines zooming out…

Cheesy Factor: The really cheap freezing of the logo, and the really cheap chromed-in presents flying on the logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Shown on some movies syndicated by NTA on the mid-80's on TV.

Scare Factor: Low; the outlines zooming out will scare many, especially without music.

Quinn Martin Productions

VofDoom — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:58:22 CDT

Logo descriptions by Eric S. and V of Doom
Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom
Editions by V of Doom, mr3urious, Bob Fish, and Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures courtesy of Eric S. and Videoholic2008

Background: Quinn Martin opened his own production company as QM Productions in 1960 to produce various sucessful TV shows during the 1960s and 1970s. All his series were known for their highly stylized format: a prologue featuring a stern-voice narrator to establish the premise; explicitly announced Acts I, II, III, and IV; and an epilogue, again featuring the narrator. In 1979, a group of investors purchased QM Productions and subsequently sold it finally to Taft Broadcasting Co., closing definitively in 1983. Nowdays, all the QM library, with some exceptions (The F.B.I. and Banyon are currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment, and 12 O'Clock High is currently owned by 20th Television), is currently held by CBS Corporation, thru Republic Entertainment, Inc., and distributed on TV by CBS Television Distribution.

1st Logo
(1961-1981)

Nickname: "QM"

Logo: We see the in-credit logo superimposed at the screen:

QM---

PRODUCTION

QM---

PRODUCTIONS

"QM" is written in script. For co-produced shows, a byline of the producer's name is shown below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen intact on all shows of the era produced by this extinct producer company from 1961-1981, such as The Fugitive, The F.B.I., Cannon, and The Streets of San Francisco among other classic shows.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1980-1983)

Nicknames: "QM II", "Icarus in Space", "QM Icarus", "QM Zoom-Out"

Logo: On a starry background, we see a shining medallion consisting of a rainbow-colored Icarus inside a circle. Then, the object flies up at the screen and a blue, stylized, and connected "QM" zooms-out from the bottom of the screen to the centre. Then "PRODUCTIONS" appears, usually with the Taft byline appearing below. The logo shines.

Bylines:

1980-1981: "A Taft Broadcasting Company"
1981-1983: "A Division of the Taft Entertainment Company"

FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.

Cheesy Factor: The music, the drawing and the choppy shining effect of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A 70s dramatic synthesized jingle.

Availability: Very rare; seen on TV movies of the era produced by this defunct producer company, like The Return of Frank Cannon. Also, it appeared on The Streets of San Francisco among other classic shows produced by this company. Expect this logo being cut off or plastered by the CBS Paramount Television logo on DVDs of those shows.

Scare Factor: Medium, due to the sudden appear and the music.

Ruby-Spears Productions/Enterprises

MichalkaManiac — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:15:48 CDT

Logo descriptions by Jason Jones and James Fabiano
Logo captures by Eric S. and Shadeed A. Kelly
Editions by V of Doom
Video captures courtesy of Phasicblu, JohnnyL80 and TLogos

Background: The men named in the company are Kenneth Spears and Joseph Ruby who started this company in 1977; however, they did not use a logo until September 1978 when it was sold to Filmways that same year. After, it was sold to Taft Broadcasting Co. in 1981 becoming a sister company to Hanna-Barbera and finally it formed a short-lived partnership with Ashi Productions in 1994, closing definitively in 1996. Today, all Ruby-Spears library is owned mainly by TimeWarner, except Rambo: The Animated Series is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., It's Punky Brewster is owned by NBC Universal, Inc., and Alvin & The Chipmunks is released by Paramount Home Entertainment through Bagdasarian Productions.

1st Logo
(1978-1981)

Nickname: "Rising RS"

Logo: Over a sky blue background, we see the phrase "A RUBY-SPEARS PRODUCTION". There are 4 orange lines that emerge from left and right of the screen. The initials, an robust R-S, slide upward from the stacked lines. Then it reads "A COMPANY OF", cutting to the next logo, that of Filmways, their former owner.

Variants:

In some cases, the lower phrase "A RUBY-SPEARS PRODUCTION" is missing.
There is other variant with the red BG replacing the original blue.
Some newer prints may freeze the logo right before "A COMPANY OF", in order for removal of the Filmways logo.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The sliding up of the R-S name.

Music/Sounds: None, although it plays through the end of the show's end theme (ala HB "Rainbow" ID) and generally, it's followed by the Filmways Television "Trail" logo theme.

Availability: Rare and currently seen on S1 of Thundarr, The Barberian on Boomerang. The version without the company name appears on the 3-part ABC Weekend Special Scruffy (1980).

Scare Factor: Medium, due to the scary font of the logo.

2nd Logo
(1981-1992)

Nickname: "Golden RS"

Logo: 2 gold bars fly from the left and right of the black screen, join together, zoom back, and reveal a stylized "RS" that shines gold and white at different times (at one point it shines so brightly that it even obscures the company name). When the logo stops, the words "RUBY-SPEARS ENTERPRISES" appears under in an italic, futuristic, blocky font.

Variants:

1981-1982: The logo, itself appearing in a more lighter gold color than the later variations, fades out to make room for the company byline disclaimer reading "A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY".
1982-1988: The latter text is seen below the logo, after the logo flashes. Also, the logo itself has less of a shining effect than of that in the 1981 version.
1988-1992: As part of the elimination of Taft bylines, the 1981 variation would sometimes be played in slow motion over the regular-speed music to keep the second screen from appearing.
On Police Academy: The Animated Series, this logo appears without the Taft byline, and "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears under the name. This would follow to the 1984 WBTV Shield logo.
There is also a still variation.

FX/SFX: The bars joining, the zoom-out.

Music/Sounds: A "whoosh" accompanied by a dramatic synthesized sound effect that has a kind of "shining" effect. On some shows, it used the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Uncommon. Currently seen on S2 of Thundarr The Barbarian, Centurions, and Dink the Little Dinosaur on Boomerang. It was also seen years ago on the defunct BKN's reruns of the Rambo cartoon that followed by the 1986 Carolco Television logo. It also appeared on the '80s Alvin and the Chipmunks when it was last seen on Cartoon Network around 2002.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

Low to medium, due to the dark background and the dramatic-sounding synthesizer music.
Minimal to low with the closing theme of the show.
None to minimal for the still variant.

3rd Logo
(1994-1996)

Nickname: "RS Moon"

Logo: Over an eclipse, we see a big flash of light, revealing the company name "RUBY-SPEARS PRODUCTIONS" opposite another company by the name of "ASHI PRODUCTION CO., LTD.". Both of these names are written in a font that was prevalent during the time this logo was used (we don't know its name yet).

FX/SFX: The flashing light.

Music/Sounds: A generic fanfare, accompanied by a weird almost-"whoosh" sound. The fanfare is very likely a piece of library music.

Availability: Extinct; it only appeared on two shows, Skysurfer Strike Force, and Megaman which are both long gone. Those two aired on the now-defunct BKN syndicated block, so you know that they faded into obscurity.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Screen Gems Television

VofDoom — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:52 CDT

Logo descriptions by James Fabiano, Jason Jones, and Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, and Shadeed A. Kelly
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly, kidinbed and V of Doom
Video captures courtesy of Eric S.

Background: Screen Gems was revived as television subsidiary by Columbia Pictures in 1948 to produce and syndicate various popular shows, TV movies, and the Columbia Pictures movie library. Also in the 1950s, Screen Gems also syndicated the Universal Horror Package, but in 1974 it was reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television (now Sony Pictures Television).

1st Logo
(1948-1952/1957-1966)

Logo: It's just an in-credit text that reads:

SCREEN GEMS, INC.

PRODUCTION

Variants: For those co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, it would say:

A SCREEN GEMS FILM PRESENTATION, TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
On some episodes of The Flintstones and The Jetsons, the letter "A" isn't shown next to the words "SCREEN GEMS". (This version can still be seen intact on the Jetsons episode "The Coming of Astro" on Boomerang and Amazon Video on Demand.)

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.

Availability: Rare. It's seen on the first two seasons of The Flintstones both on Boomerang. This used to be intact Top Cat, The Jetsons and the third season of The Flintstones, among others. Retained on The Jetsons episodes "The Space Car" and "The Coming of Astro" on Amazon Video on Demand, and "The Coming of Astro". Was also seen on the early seasons of The Ford Television Theatre.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1952-1955)

Nicknames: "The TV Tube", "Screen Gems on TV"

Logo: We see a TV tube-like shape (outlined in dark gray and filled in black) over a light gray background. There are a couple of stars shining inside (like stars in the sky) under the phrase "A Screen Gems, Inc. (Film) Presentation/Production".

Variant: There is one version that the stars shining are more animated and differently shaped. Also, there isn't any glow sorrounding them.

FX/SFX: The little stars twinkling.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme for whatever slow played over it, or silent.

Availability: Extinct on TV; only appeared on the first season of Father Knows Best. It was last seen when TV Land reaired episodes of that show. Was also seen on The Ford Television Theatre.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

3rd Logo
(1955-1960)

Nickname: "Torch Lady (of Doom)"

Logo: Like the then current Columbia Pictures logo, we see a lady (Columbia, a representation of the USA) holding a light torch on top a pedestal with a backdrop of clouds over her. The torch lady's head is between the words "SCREEN GEMS" with "A" above it and "Film Presentation" or "Film Production" below it. The byline "Television Subsidiary: Columbia Pictures Corporation" appears below that.

FX/SFX: The lady's torch "shining".

Music/Sounds: A majestic horn fanfare at the begin/end of some syndicated programs (nicknamed the "Fanfare of Doom"). Usually, on the closing variant, you will hear the ending theme for whatever show played over it with Harry Cohn announcing, "This has been a Screen Gems Film Production, from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures".

Availability: Near extinction. Can probably still be seen on reruns of various SG shows of the era, as it would look silly to cover up the logo as it blends in with the ending theme of the show before it. As silly as it may sound, C-T has edited this logo out of many classic programs reran on TV Land.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

Medium to high; the old B/W film and scary drawing might send some chills, but the fanfare has been considered by many to be overly bombastic and scary.
Low to medium for the closing theme variant.

4th Logo
(1960-1963)

Nickname: "Torch Lady II"

Logo: Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "Screen Gems" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and the words are shown on each side of the lower body and legs.

Variants:

An updated version of sorts can be seen as the logo for the "Screen Gems Network", the syndicated package of classic SG, Columbia, and ELP shows.
A rare color variant of this logo was seen on Hazel.

FX/SFX: The lady's torch "shining".

Music/Sounds/Voiceover: Usually, the end title theme from any show has played over this with Harry Cohn, the longtime president of Columbia Pictures announcing:

"This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures); Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer".
"This has been a Screen Gems Film Production, from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures". Announced by Hal Gibney.
Other shows would have a fanfare with a different announcer saying, "From Columbia Pictures, A Screen Gems Production".

Availability: Rare. Last seen on reruns of Hazel, Dennis the Menace, The Naked City and Route 66, to name a few. Surprisingly, this has been edited over with or followed by the Columbia TriStar Television or the Sony Pictures Television logo on some shows recently.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

5th Logo
(1963-1965)

Nicknames: "The Dancing Sticks", "Stars and Spotlights"

Logo: Eleven animated lines "drop down" at the right of the black screen to ascending jazz notes as a swarm of circles scatter near the middle of the left side leaving behind the words "SCREEN GEMS" in a Benguiat Frisky font. (These circles were what one rec.arts.animation post described as the "spotlights." The "stars" may come from the fact that the circles sparkle like stars.) As this happens, the lines shrink somewhat and spread out, filling the right half and shaking slightly back and forth. As the logo completes, an announcer says "A Screen Gems Production (or) Presentation".

Color Variant: When broadcast in color, the sticks are pale rainbow colors and the dots are brighter. Also, on one color variant, the dots are rainbow colors as well.

FX/SFX: The lines dropping and shrinking.

Cheesy Factor: The lines' animations. Also, what are the dancing sticks supposed to represent?

Music/Sounds: An 8-note jazzy trumpet fanfare that ascends as the sticks drop in, and ends with a 5-note stinger when the logo finishes. An announcer states that the production is "A Screen Gems Presentation/Production.". One extremely rare version of the logo does not use an announcer spiel. This was often used for Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the era, as Screen Gems syndicated these from 1957-1974.

Availability: Ultra rare; it does appear in color without the signature music on the 1999 Columbia Pictures documentary The Lady with the Torch. However, due to replacement with various newer logos, both Sony Pictures Television-related and syndication, this is very hard to find on television.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; dramatic music and spooky announcers may make some jumpy. But pretty tame, especially compared to its successor.

6th Logo
(1965-1974)

Nicknames: "The Spiral S", "The Filmstrip S", "The Creepy Screen Gems Logo", "The S From Hell", "The Spiral S (From Hell)", "Burning S", "Scream Gems", "The Personification of All That Is Evil"

Logo: Two parallelograms come from the top and bottom of the screen, and the upper one is at a distance while the lower is closer. They fly towards each other, and the higher moves forward while the lower backs away. As they do so, they grow in length and wrap around a space where a dot appears, forming a stylized "S." Under that the words "SCREEN GEMS" zoom in.

Variants:

Starting in late 1973, "A DIVISION OF COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC." zooms up with "SCREEN GEMS".
When shown in Black and White, the standard scheme seems to be a light gray screen and black S and words. When shown in color, the standard scheme seems to be a yellow screen, red S, and black words. The words may or may not have actually been red at one time as well. On some prints of The Partridge Family, the S and the words were both black, attributed by some to film deterioration. However, when the Columbia byline was added, everything was changed to a light gray, and that color change seemed more natural. At the same time, other Screen Gems shows carried the normal color scheme (as did The Partridge Family when it was rerun on i).
Several shows in 1970 didn't have the name in bold.
There is also a still variant of this logo with the phrase "DISTRIBUTED BY" in small print above "SCREEN GEMS".

FX/SFX: The parallelograms wrapping around the dot, "SCREEN GEMS" zooming in.

Cheesy Factor: Really rough animation all over.

Music/Sounds: Composed by Eric Siday, it is an synthesized tune said to be produced by violins. It consists of six notes followed by two oversynthesized tones. In 1970, it was shortened so only three notes came before the tones. A variation of this was also used for the first short-lived Columbia Pictures Television logo.

Music/Sound Variants:

There is a version of the logo where no music is played.
Another version consists of a static rendition of the logo, which was seen on the first season of Police Story with and without Columbia bylines respectively.
The latter version had the end theme of Police Story playing over the logo.
At least one show, the 1966 series Hawk (with Burt Reynolds), carried an alternate recording of the Eric Siday music, which had sharper, more "shrill" tones.
On some first-season episodes of I Dream of Jeannie (seen in syndication in the 70s and early 80s), as well as the half-hour packaging of Batfink, an alternate trumpet fanfare played over the logo. (This may be the fanfare attributed to Van Alexander, but this is not certain.)
In other cases, it used the closing theme of the show.

Availability: This logo has been beautifully restored on reruns of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie on WGN America, though it is usually compressed with the credits. Ironically, the DVD versions are not so lucky; except for one B&W episode of Jeannie the logos were removed on disc, but the short version complete with jingle has been restored starting with the seventh season DVDs of Bewitched. The only other DVDs with this logo are the 1971 Brian's Song (silent), and the 1974 miniseries QB VII, with theme music over it, plus the Columbia byline. It was also shown in an edited form on Fox Family reruns of The Partridge Family and in a sped-up form without music on The Hallmark Channel reruns of Bewitched. Also, the still variant is very rare, being seen originally on the TV show Soupy Sales. A good few episodes of Bewitched when aired on the UK satellite channel Living have this logo, often followed by the Sony Pictures International Television logo.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare for the full music variant and low to high for the 1970-1974 variants. Numerous people have very unfond memories of this logo, mostly due to the creepy theme music combined with the animation, which is very in-your-face (though it's less scary for those who are used to seeing it). Possibly one of the scariest logos ever made. The scare factor is low to medium for the trumpet variant.

Adam Productions

Midaba2004 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:52:58 CDT

Logo Picture by Eric S.

(1992-)

Nickname: "The Apple", "The Neon Apple", "The Bite off an Apple", "Apple Bite"

Logo: On a black background, we see a neon apple being drawn with red outlining. The text "Adam" is on the apple, and "P R O D U C T I O N S" fades in under the apple. A bite is taken from the apple.

Variant: Sometimes "In association with" is seen under "P R O D U C T I O N S", on the same font.

FX/SFX: The apple being drawn, "P R O D U C T I O N S" fading in, the bite.

Music/Sounds: None, just the biting of the apple. On "Hearts Afire" the end of the Mozark jingle can be heard at the beginning.

Availability: Rare, seen on Hearts Afire, as well as TV movies from Adam.

Scare Factor: Low, the creepy Mozark music precedes this on Hearts Afire.

MCA/Universal Studios Home Video/Entertainment

VofDoom — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:52:03 CDT

Logo descriptions by James Stanley Barr and Kris Starring
Logo captures by V of Doom and others
Editions by V of Doom and kidinbed
Video captures courtesy of Tlogos, Eric S., MacroSunshine, Royger Short, and Watcher3223

MCA DiscoVision

1st Logo
(1977)

Nickname: "Glowing V-LaserDisc"

Logo: We start out with glowing blue light in the center of the screen. The glowing light shrinks until it is the size of a small circle embedded in an yellow upside down triangle split vertically in the center. The words "MCA DISCO-VISION" appear on top of the triangle.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The shrinking of the light in the center of the screen.

Music/Sounds: A drum beat followed by a violin stinger.

Availability: Only used in a 1977 test pressing that was used as a public display by MCA, so this is considered ultra rare.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the somewhat creepy music and the glowing may scare some.

2nd Logo
(1978-1981)

Nickname: "Big V"

Logo: The words "DISCOVISION" crawl across the entire screen in a rainbow of colors, and rows of vertical orange lines appear on the screen. The center lines open up in a rainbow of colors to reveal a white "V", with "DISCO" and "ISION" appearing on the left and right sides of the V, respectively, appearing on a blackish background with a large blue-green streak in the middle. The DiscoVision logo sparkles for a second and then an abrupt cut to black.

Variants:

On 1979-1981 releases, a copyright notice appeared underneath the DiscoVision logo.
Black and white DiscoVision movies featured this logo in black and white.
If played on a non-DiscoVision player, the text crawl animation is skipped over, leaving just the colors opening up.

FX/SFX: The crawling of the "DISCOVISION" letters, the appearance of the logo, the splitting of the logo, the sparkling of the logo.

Cheesy Factor: Lavishly animated (or possible crude CGI) animation. DiscoVision was MCA's baby (at the time).

Music/Sounds: A flute tune accompanied by a lavishly orchestrated theme.

Availability: Seen on every DiscoVision release from 1978 to 1981. MCA closed DiscoVision in 1981.

Scare Factor: Low; a good logo to be exact.
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MCA Videodisc

Background: After the somewhat abrupt failure of MCA's DiscoVision system, a new videodisc label arose from the ashes known as MCA Videodisc, which lasted until 1983 when the "MCA Home Video" moniker was applied to both VHS and disc releases.

(1981-1983)

Nickname: "Flashing MCA Rainbow (of Doom)"

Logo: On a black screen, the words "A PRESENTATION OF" zoom out in the 1980 MCA font in yellow before dissolving in the center. Following that are streaks of rainbow color that zoom out to the middle of the screen and flash to form...

MCA
VIDEODISC

...all in the MCA logo font. More rainbow streaks of light shoot out of the words and then settle back in.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: 80's computer effects.

Music/Sounds: A synth drone that culminates in a dreamy siren-like sound, ending with some synth bass notes to fade.

Availability: Rare; seen on all MCA Videodisc releases from 1981 to 1983.

Scare Factor: Medium to high; the dark nature of the logo, abruptness, and slightly creepy synth music make this a scary logo. The scare factor is much lower for those who are used to seeing it.
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MCA Videocassette, Inc.

Background: MCA Videocassette, Inc. was a videocassette label which lasted until 1984 when the "MCA Home Video" moniker was applied to both VHS and disc releases.

(1980-1984)

Logo: On a black background, the MCA logo appears in the center of the screen colored in blue. The words "VIDEOCASSETTE INC.", in a white segmented pattern, which seem to be spaced farther apart when they reach the bottom, surround the MCA logo, looking like the CBS/FOX logo.

Variant: Black and white movies featured this logo in black and white.

FX/SFX: The appearance of "VIDEOCASSETTE INC.".

Cheesy Factor: The logo looked cheap. MCA was heavily invested in laserdisc at the time.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on every release from 1980 to 1984.

Scare Factor: Low; the appearance of the logo may scare some.
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MCA Home Video

1st Logo
(1983-1984)

Nickname: "The Silver MCA", "The Red MCA"

Logo: On this still logo, we find a silver/chrome MCA Home Video logo. This logo has the usual MCA logo (with the C and A connected) and the word "HOME VIDEO" (in a sleek, smaller font that has the same width as MCA) in a box that resembles a videotape (but MCA overlaps this box on the top, making it "cut open"). All of this takes place on an oatmeal gray background.

Variant: There was a variation where the "MCA HOME VIDEO" logo was in red and on a black background.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: A pretty tough find. This was only used for one year before replacing it with the next logo. Was seen on a VHS release of The Deer Hunter. The red variation is ULTRA RARE! This was used in tandem with the MCA Videocassette logo from 1983 until 1984.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(December 1983-1990)

Nicknames: "The Gold MCA", "The Zooming MCA"

Logo: On a CGI starry background, the MCA Home Video logo zooms in slowly, like the Universal globe at the time. The logo fades out to the starry background for a second, and then an entire fade to black.

Variants:

Some later releases featured an announcement asking the viewer to stay tuned for previews of future releases that faded out shortly before the logo's appearance.
MCA releases co-released by Goodtimes Home Video have "UNDER LICENSE TO" at the bottom of the screen. The Goodtimes logo of the period would follow.

FX/SFX: The stars, the zooming in on the logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on every MCA release of the period, such as the 1988 video release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Scare Factor: Low; a good logo to be exact.
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MCA/Universal Home Video

1st Logo
(1990-1997)

Logo: On a black background, we see the following text all centered:

MC/\
UNIVERSAL
H O M E------------------V I D E O

The text shines and soon afterwards, a globe (showing only the Americas) fades in the center. A starfield fades in behind everything else, then the text shines again.

Variants:

On the Car Wash 1996 release, the MCA/Universal logo plays normally without music, but at the end, the words "UNDER LICENSE TO" pops up, peeking above the globe as the logo fades out. The Goodtimes Home Video logo would follow.
Some MCA/Universal releases have a Goodtimes byline at the bottom.
On The Making of E.T., the logo is sped up.

FX/SFX: The slow appearances of the globe and space and the sparkling of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None. However, on The Making of E.T., the opening theme plays over the logo.

Availability: Seen on releases of the era. The last videos to use this logo were Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie, The Trigger Effect, and very early Universal Home Video releases.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1994-1997)

Nickname: "Airplane Passing Globe" (not the early Universal logo), "The Filmstrips", "Rotating Globe"

Logo: On a space background, we see an airplane passing over the globe, as usual, posed against on screen. Suddenly, rainbow filmstrips are seen falling over the logo before the sky fades in. Over the globe, we see these words coming from the left and right sides of the screen (respectively):

MC/\
UNIVERSAL

A few seconds later, a red orange/yellow gradient fire forms the words "HOME VIDEO" underneath, with a line above it.

Variants: There are two variations of this logo. The first one is a short version in which the airplane and filmstrips are cut out. The second one is a still version of the logo without music.

FX/SFX: The airplane passing globe, the transition from black and white to colour.

Music/Sounds: An orchestration of the Back to the Future theme. On the short version, the music is cut short. On the still logo, there is no music at all.

Availability: First seen on The Little Rascals film adaptation from 1994 (the short version). The still version appeared on The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Molar Island before the previews. The long version can be seen on the trailer for The Shadow.

Scare Factor: Low.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment

(1997- )

Nickname: "CGI Globe #2"

Logo: Only the current Universal globe with full orchestration.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The same as the regular Universal logo from 1997.

Music/Sounds: The same as the regular Universal logo from 1997.

Availability: Current. Appears on Driect-to-Video DVDS and made-for-TV family specials such as Balto III: Wings of Changes, Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Alvin and the Chipmunks meet Frankenstein and The Wolfman, and others.

Scare Factor: None.
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Universal HD-DVD

(2006-2008)

Logo: The above logo plays normally, but at the end, the logo zooms back to reveal it is being reflected in a giant HD-DVD logo in the same space background. The logo shines.

FX/SFX: Same as the above logo, except the end.

Music/Sounds: See above.

Availability: On every Universal HD-DVD.

Scare Factor: None, unless the sudden logo transition gets to you.