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American International Pictures

VofDoom — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:56:54 CST

Logo descriptions by Codyfinke and Eric S.
Logo captures by Codyfinke, Eric S., and V of Doom
Editions by V of Doom and Eric S.

Background: First known as American Releasing Corporation, this company was formed in 1954 by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff, dedicated to releasing independently produced, low-budget and genre films, primarily of interest to the teenagers from the 1950s to late 1970s, merging after to Filmways, Inc. in 1979, and finally, it was folded into Filmways in 1980 becoming Filmways Pictures. Today, most AIP library is owned by MGM, now under Sony Corp. and its partners excepting the early releases are now licensed by TeleWorld.

American Releasing Corporation

1st Logo
(1955-1956)

Nickname: "Satin Background"

Logo: On a satin sheet background, we see an oval, with "American" in a nameplate-like script font, and "RELEASING CORPORATION" in a futura font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1956-1957)

Nickname: "ARC"

Logo: Over live action, we see the letters "ARC" lined up. Under it:

THE-----------------------------------------------
AMERICAN-----------------------------
RELEASING
------------------------------------CORPORATION

--------------------------------------------PRESENTS

is seen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: None.
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American International Pictures

1st Logo
(1957-1958)

Nickname: "The Big A"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1958-1960)

Nickname: "Capitol Building"

Logo: We see a cloudy sky background at first. Then, an oval with the words "AMERICAN International PICTURES" (with "International" in a script font) with a picture of the U.S. Capitol on top zooms in.

FX/SFX: The zoom-in of the oval.

Music/Sounds: A patriotic fanfare, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Ultra rare.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo
(1960-1966)

Nickname: "Capitol Building II"

Logo: On a skyline background, we see a picture of the U.S. Capitol, sandwiched with the words "American" on one side, and "International" on the other, in a script font. Under the building is the word "PICTURES".

FX/SFX: None; this is a still logo. In other cases, the logo fades-in over the skyline BG.

Music/Sounds: A strong and majestic fanfare that starts with a deep trombone and ends with the full orchestra playing.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: None; this AIP logo looks kinda cool. It resembles a car nameplate from the era more than it does a film/TV production company's logo.

4th Logo
(1962-1966)

Nickname: "Capitol Building III", "Red/Yellow Capitol Building"

Logo: On a black background, or either superimposed over the opening title we see the same logo from before, except it's all red, yellow or white and 2D. The U.S.Capitol has clouds surrounding it. On the non-superimposed variant the logo zooms in.

Variants: Depending on some movies, the logo would be static and would be superimposed over the title.

FX/SFX: The zooming of the entire thing, or none.

Music/Sounds: A majestic trumpet fanfare, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on The Comedy of Terrors.

Scare Factor: None.

5th Logo
(1966-1968)

Nickname: "Capitol Building IV", "AIP Script"

Logo: On a blue/red, blue/orange, or dark cloudy sky background, we see "American International" in a fancy script font, with the Capitol building in a circle.

FX/SFX: The sky.

Music/Sounds: A '60s jingle accompanyed with flute and orchestra, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: None.

6th Logo
(1968-1971)

Nicknames: "Capitol Building V", "Capitol AI", "Creepy AI"

Logo: On a black background, or superimposed over a live-action BG, we see a color-changing circle with a line drawing of the Capitol Building inside. Then, it zooms into place as part of the American International Pictures logo, which is now an abstract lettering design consisting of the initials AI, to the right of the screen. After the circle moves into place, the bottom segment of the "A" and then the "I" fade into place forming the complete logo. The phrase "American International Pictures" then fades in below the logo after it forms.

FX/SFX: Colors changing, the circle zooming to the right and the rest of the logo forming.

Music/Sounds: A loud, battling horn, flute and drum/timpani fanfare, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Extremely rare. Except a Orion or MGM logo.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; some people might be put off by the logo and its fanfare.

7th Logo
(1970)

Nicknames: "Capitol Building VI", "Capitol AI II", "Creepy AI II", "American International Productions"

Logo: On a black background, we see a huge, huge "ai" with the Capitol buliding inside the circle of the logo. Then it zooms out fast, and the letters "American International Productions" pushes the logo from the right to the left.

FX/SFX: The zooming out of the "ai".

Cheesy Factor: All looks like cheap. You may be think the logo is fake if you see this on a YouTube video.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only appears on the movie Cry of the Banshee, currently after the MGM and Orion logos.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

8th Logo
(1971-1973)

Nicknames: "Capitol Building VII", "Capitol AI III", "Creepy AI III"

Logo: On a black background, we see the Capitol building inside the same "ai" in the previous. "an American International Picture" appears next to it.

FX/SFX: None

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Seen on AIP movies.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

9th Logo
(1973-1980)

Nickname: "Creepy AI IV", "Circle (Creepy) AI", "Creepy AI in the Sky"

Logo: On a black or cloud sky background or superimposed over a live-action BG, we see a circle with the "ai" as seen in the 8th and 9th logos. The text "American International" fades in under the circle.

Later Variant: When Filmays acquired American International, this logo would have a Filmways byline.

FX/SFX: The circle and text fading in.

Music/Sounds: None, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on American International movies from the era.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; some people might be put off by the logo design.

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

wisp2007 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:45:10 CST

Logo descriptions by Matt Williams, James Stanley Barr, and thehugetvfan
Logo captures by V of Doom, Eric S., and others
Editions by Bob Fish, TVBRobotnik, and V of Doom
Video captures courtesy of MachineryNoise, Morality124, TownsendServer, TheAdmiester, movieretro, idolejeunes, eyeh8nbc, abcfan221, msbonilla11, and VHSGuy2049

Background: First known as 20th Century-Fox Video, this home entertainment division of 20th Century Fox was formed from Fox's acquisition of Magnetic Video Corporation, which had been distributing Fox titles on video. In 1982, Fox merged its video division with some interests of CBS to form CBS/Fox Video, opening also two sub-labels; Key Video (later reactivated as Key DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment), and Playhouse Video, becoming both inactive in 1991. CBS/Fox became Fox Video in 1991, alternating with the CBS/Fox name until 1998 when Fox Entertainment Group acquired CBS's interest in CBS/Fox. The company was renamed as under its current name as 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 1995.

20th Century-Fox Video

(1981-1982)

Nickname: "Searchlights"

Logo: It's basically the 20th Century Fox logo of the era with no video indicator whatsoever.

FX/SFX: Same as the 20th Century Fox logo of the era.

Music/Sounds/Voiceover: The same short version of the 1981 20th Century Fox fanfare, accompanied (presumably) by the same male voiceover from Magnetic on non-Fox releases, indicating the studio:

On United Artists and ABC releases, the voiceover said "The following [COMPANY NAME] feature is brought to you by 20th Century Fox Video.".
On ITC, Avco-Embassy, and other non-Fox releases, the voiceover changed to "The following feature is brought to you by 20th Century Fox Video.".

Availability: Harder to find than most Magnetic titles, but your best bet is non-Fox releases, such as Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Rocky, The Great Muppet Caper, The Howling, Scanners, and Thunderbirds are Go!, among others. Most releases are in oversized boxes.

Scare Factor: None.
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CBS-Fox Video

1st Logo
(1982-1983)

Nickname: "Stacking Lines"

Logo: Over a white background, we see before us a dual set of purplish-blue lines stacking upward and downward. Then, six long objects pop in at the top and bottom of the segmented lines, revealing the words:

CBS
------
FOX

then, the word "video" pops in below "FOX".

Variants:

A still logo was found on the original release of Sophie's Choice.
A special animated version was used on PAL releases. Two segmented white curved squares and one segmented red square zoom in and out from the screen. The phrase CBS-FOX, letter by letter, zooms out to the left side of the screen as another segmented white parallelogram zooms in. As it curves, it fills the screen, and the segments of the CBS-FOX logo zoom out from the top and bottom of the screen, while the word "VIDEO" zooms out from the bottom.
Another animated version had the segments zooming out from the top and bottom of the screen. When they finish, the word "VIDEO" flashes in below "FOX". All this takes place on a red-blue gradient background. Full details on this page.

FX/SFX: The lines stacking up and down.

Music/Sounds: None, but on PAL releases the extended TCF fanfare was used.

Availability: Was spotted on a video release of Cabaret, but has rare written all over it. Also seen on the original VHS releases of Cabaret, Barbarosa, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Thunderbird 6, and the M*A*S*H series finale. First seen on Rocky III.

Scare Factor: Low.

2nd Logo
(1983-1984)

Nickname: "The Cutting Lines"

Logo: On a not-so dark blue background, two grids are moving from the top and bottom of the screen converging in the center of the screen. "CBS" comes from the top at an angle, with "FOX" coming from the bottom at an angle. The background has an orange flash, which "CBS" and "FOX" are cut in a segmented line font as it moves toward the flash, and CBS and FOX right themselves in the center of the screen. The letters of the word "VIDEO" fly in from the bottom center of the screen one at a time.

FX/SFX: The converging of the two grids and the logo, the Scanimate orange flash (a la the WGBH logo), and the flying of the "VIDEO" letters.

Music/Sounds: A triumphant horn march fanfare, about 15 sec. long; sampled from the Bruton Music library track "National Trust" composed by Keith Mansfield.

Music/Sound Trivia: When Bruton reissued the track on CD, they removed the prologue section from which the CBS/FOX music came...perhaps because it had become so associated with the CBS/FOX logo?

Availability: Most videos that may have used this logo were issued in the same oversized boxes that were used by 20th Century Fox Video. Few videos that feature this logo include the 1983 release of Star Wars, Romancing the Stone, The Empire Strikes Back, Eating Raoul, Porky's II: The Next Day, WarGames, and Heart Like a Wheel.

Scare Factor: Low; the music may get to you, but otherwise harmless.

3rd Logo
(1984-1998)

Nicknames: "CBS/FOX Stairways/Bleachers", "The Triumphant CGI Moving Blue Lines on Dark Granite"

Logo: In a blue, boxed area, we see a mirrored, twin stair-like texture that shines a lot. The "stairs" rotate counter-clockwise and turn out to be the following text in blue with a segmented line between the two words on a black marble background:

CBS
------
FOX

then, the word "video" shines in below "FOX" and the whole logo shines with pride.

Variants: There are a few variations of this logo:

A variation was seen in black and white. This was shown on re-releases of 1940s and 1950s films.
On widescreen releases, the logo would zoom out to a screen with two rectangles, one on the left and one on the right, on an almond-staged orange/purple BG, and the two rectangles on the sides would expand, and "SPECIAL WIDESCREEN EDITION" is below the screen on the stage.
There may be the words "STEREO" or the Dolby Surround Sound logo appearing in the bottom left corner. One of the example titles to use the Dolby Surround Sound variant is the 1989 VHS of Die Hard.
On late '80s releases, during the FBI Warning screen, which appears on the beginning of such tapes at that time, a still version of this logo appears a couple of times. This was seen on the James Bond film Licence to Kill, Iron Eagle, and A Fish Called Wanda.
At the end of some PAL tapes (at least in Australia), there was a variant in which a British-accented male voice-over says "Please rewind this cassette before returning it to your video library." at the end. Another variant used Chelsea Brown saying "Could you please rewind your cassette before returning it to your video library.".

Trivia: This logo is parodied in the music video for the song "DVNO" by Justice.

FX/SFX: CBS-FOX rotating, "VIDEO" "wiping" itself on.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2nd logo. On the widescreen variant, some whooshes are also heard.

Availability: CBS-FOX does not exist as a company anymore, although this should be easy to find on VHS tapes available in second-hand video shops, charity shops and even on eBay. Can also be seen on 1992 Media Home Entertainment releases. The widescreen version can be found on all the DVDs from Bruce Lee's "Master Collecton" box set, with the exception of Bruce Lee: The Legend. One of the last releases to use this was FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue.

Scare Factor: Low; this logo is very popular, thanks to the music.
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Fox Video

1st Logo
(1991-1993)

Nicknames: "The Shining", "The CGI Shining Searchlights", "Macaroni and Cheese Tower", "Boring Tower"

Logo: A still shot of the famous 20th Century Fox structure, from a slightly different angle, gold color against a simple blue background. The wording on the structure now says "FOX VIDEO", with an extra bar below where "FOX" would be in the movie logo. The logo "shimmers" as a bar of light moves through ala the Touchstone logo.

Variant: There was a closing variant seen on some PAL tapes which, instead of the Fox fanfare, had the same voiceover from the CBS/Fox PAL closing variant.

FX/SFX: The "shimmer".

Cheesy Factor: The tower looks like it's been made of macaroni and cheese.

Music/Sounds: None, usually, but on PAL and French SÉCAM releases, the TCF fanfare was used.

Availability: On all Fox videos from that period. The best way to find this is to look for a Fox Video print logo that is a simple 2D drawing with no color. Again, this will be easy to find in second-hand video shops, charity shops and on eBay. This logo first appeared on the original print of Home Alone.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is harmless and boring. But the next logo is another story...

2nd Logo
(1993-1995)

Nicknames: "Rotating Tower", "The Ugly Tower"

Logo: On a dark purple background, we see a Fox structure, from an extreme upper-left angle. We move down and pan around the structure, saying "FOX VIDEO" like in logo #1, before settling into the familiar angle we usually see Fox logos from.

FX/SFX: The computer animation, which is a variation of the movie's animation.

Cheesy Factor: An equivalent of the Warner Bros. Television Animation logo. The color scheme used is very cheesy, the structure itself is just ugly, the font used for "FOX VIDEO" is not right, and the darker background doesn't fit for a Fox logo.

Music/Sounds: None usually, but occasionally the TCF fanfare was used.

Availability: On all 1993-1995 Fox Video releases; the 2D print logo is now more 3D and it has a nice color scheme. First appeared on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, with the same 2D print logo. An example would be My Neighbor Totoro (later released on DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment), True Lies, and The Pagemaster. The last videos to use this logo were Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie and very early 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases.

Scare Factor: Low; harmless logo, but it takes the crown from WB Television Animation for the ugliest logo of all time.

3rd Logo
(1995-1998)

Nickname: "CGI Searchlights"

Logo: We begin by panning across the Los Angeles skyline at around sunset. We see a spotlight and then pan across the "FOX VIDEO" structure, now redone so that it looks a lot better. We zoom out until we reach the comfortable Fox logo distance.

FX/SFX: The computer animation, which is now a variation of the Fox Searchlight animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Hard to find; early 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases did not use this logo because they still have the 1993 Fox Video logo. Look for a screencap of this logo (some using the 1991 print logo!) used on the packaging. An example would be Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Jingle All the Way, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, the 1996 VHS of The Sound of Music and the 1997 Star Wars Trilogy box set. The "original" Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition VHS in Canada (at least) featured both this logo and the 1995-2006 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo. One of the last releases to use this were very early prints of Anastasia.

Scare Factor: Minimal; harmless logo, not ugly at all this time.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Domestic (North American) Variants

1st Logo
(1995-2006/2008)

Logo: We see the end of the 1994-present Fox logo, with no News Corporation byline. We then zoom out, to reveal that it is in a box. The box is in a larger box, and next to the Fox logo box are the words "20th Century Fox Home Entertainment", spanning across three lines.

FX/SFX: A simple zoom-out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: No longer current. Only available in the USA and Canada, and still very easy to find in those areas. But outside the USA, this logo can be seen on video releases of Casper TV movies of the era. Although, the last title to have that logo was American Dad! Volume 3 on DVD.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2006-2009 )

Logo: Same as the previous logo, except the box is now grey with a gold border, and the Fox logo has a News Corporation byline.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The zoom-out and the fade in of the News Corp. byline. The zoom-out is less rough than before.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: No longer current, but can be seen on every TCF release on DVD/Blu-ray Disc from late 2006 to today. It appears on releases such as Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, X-Men: The Last Stand, Borat, The Devil Wears Prada, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Simpsons Movie, and post-2006 MGM Home Entertainment releases, among other releases. It also can be seen on Igor, despite that the movie is from MGM DVD.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo
(2009- )

Nickname: "CGI Searchlights"

Logo: We see the 20th Century Fox logo zooming in slowly with the words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" on gold at the bottom shining.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The zooming in and shining.

Music/Sounds: A majestic fanfare.

Availability: Current.

Scare Factor: None, much better than the previous logo.

International Variants

1st Logo
(1995-2001)

Logo: Here are the variants used on VHS and DVD:

VHS Variant: We see the 1994 Fox logo as normal until about 13 seconds in, it zooms out revealing the logo to be inside an inner box itself contained inside an outer box on a blue-ish purple background with blurry searchlights and "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" zooms out from the bottom of the screen and stops at the bottom of the inside of the outer box underneath the inner box containing the Fox logo (without the News Corporation byline).
DVD Variant: We just see the end of the logo starting from the Fox logo being revealed to be inside the box.

FX/SFX: The usual CGI used in the Fox logo, coupled with the zoom-out of the text below.

Music/Sounds: Features the 1994 Fox fanfare arrangment on the VHS version, but is silent on the DVD version.

Availability: You won't find it anywhere in North America, but is easy to find if you are in another country such as the UK. This can be seen on Titanic.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2000- )

Logo: The normal 20th Century Fox logo, but there are many streaks of orange and blue placed over it, which animate on and off the screen. When the logo is done, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" appears below the logo, and then fades out after a few seconds leaving just the logo, which then fades out.

FX/SFX: The usual Fox tower animation coupled with the CGI "streaks".

Music/Sounds: VHS tapes have the 1994 Fox fanfare arrangement whilst DVDs have the 1998 fanfare arrangement.

Availability: Again, this is only used outside North America.

Scare Factor: None; it's pretty much the same as the movie logo, unless you are scared of vibrant effects.

Merv Griffin Entertainment

VofDoom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:01 CST

Logo descriptions by Michael Bode, Cameron McCaffrey, and Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, and others
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and MeesterFonnyboy

Background: First known as Merv Griffin Productions, this television production company was formed in 1964 by television personality Merv Griffin with his first production game show Jeopardy! and following his revived talk show The Merv Griffin Show a year later. It formed a partnership with King World (now CBS Television Distribution) in 1983 after ending his partnership with Metromedia. In 1984, Griffin expanded his company as "Merv Griffin Enterprises"; it was sold to Coca-Cola in 1986 after Griffin experienced financial difficulties and was later merged into Columbia Pictures Entertainment on December 21, 1987, and was sold to Sony Corporation along with CPE's other companies on September 28, 1989. But in December 1995, Merv Griffin founded a new media company named "Merv Griffin Entertainment", a subsidiary of The Griffin Group, because all Griffin library from 1964-1994 is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, distributed by Sony Pictures Television. However, The Griffin Group owns The Merv Griffin Show and Dance Fever. From 2005-2008, Merv Griffin joined forces with Yani-Brune Entertainment and was in charge of Griffin's television division, especially he died of prostate cancer on August 12, 2007. Merv Griffin Entertainment is still currently running today under his son, Tony Griffin.

Merv Griffin Enterprises

1st Logo
(March 30, 1964-January 3, 1975)

Nickname: "Medieval Griffin"

Logo: We see a griffin (with the head, wings, and forelegs of an eagle and the body, hindlegs, and tail of a lion) standing on his three legs holding out his left arm on the left side and on the right side says in Old English MT font "A Griffin production".

FX/SFX: Just the scrolling of the credits or superimposed.

Music/Sounds: None, just the end title of the theme from any show playing.

Availability: Near extinction; was shown on The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy! hosted by Art Fleming. This may have been on the first pilot of Wheel of Fortune (at the time, called Shopper's Bazaar) from 1973 as well, however GSN hasn't aired it since the network's inception (even though it is in the GSN/Sony Pictures Television library), so it's gone outside of home recordings. This logo appears on The Best of The Merv Griffin Show on DVD.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(January 6, 1975-November 25, 1983)

Nickname: "The Outlined Griffin"

Logo: We now have an outlined detail of a griffin (having the head and wings of an eagle and the body, hindlegs and tail of a lion), sitting and holding up his left paw inside a rounded rectangle. There is also a line separating the griffin with the name "MERV GRIFFIN productions" underneath.

MERV GRIFFIN
productions

Variants:

The Merv Griffin Show: Above the logo would carry "A MERV GRIFFIN PRODUCTION"
Wheel of Fortune: Above the logo would say "WHEEL OF FORTUNE Is Produced by" with a Califon copyright notice below the logo.

FX/SFX: Just the scrolling of the credits or superimposed.

Music/Sounds/Voiceovers: None, just the end title theme from any show playing. Normally you'd hear announcer spiels on any program.

The All New Jeopardy! (John Harlan): John Harlan speaking, Jeopardy! is a Merv Griffin Production.
Wheel of Fortune (Charlie O'Donnell 1975-1980, Jack Clark 1980-1984): Wheel of Fortune is a Merv Griffin Production. (Distributed by King World Productions, Inc. (Prior to fall 1983 syndicated episodes of Wheel of Fortune with Clark announcing)).
The Merv Griffin Show (Arthur Teacher/Chet Gould): This is Arthur Teacher/Chet Gould. The Merv Show is a Merv Griffin Production, in association with and is distributed by Metromedia Producers (1974-1983) King World Productions, Inc. (1983-1984).
Dance Fever (TBA): Dance Fever is a Merv Griffin Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
Jeopardy! (Jay Stewart): This has been a Merv Griffin Production! Distributed by King World, Inc. (September 1983 pilot episode)

Availability: Extremely rare; it appeared on Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The All New Jeopardy!, Dance Fever, and The Merv Griffin Show. It appears on The Best of The Merv Griffin Show on DVD.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo
(November 28, 1983-March 31, 1993)

Nicknames: "The Griffin", "The Blinking Griffin", "Classic Griffin"

Logo: Against a black background, inside a box with a sky blue border, we see a very detailed drawing of a griffin (a Greek mythological creature with the wings and head of an eagle, and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion) based on the 1974 Merv Griffin Productions logo, in front of what looks like a chain-link fence. Below that, in a white italic font , we see the text "MERV GRIFFIN PRODUCTIONS".

Variants:

Later in September 1984, the name was changed to "MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES" after Griffin expanded his company.

There is a variation of this logo where instead of the still white italic text appearing, it is animated. Inside the text, a light blue "chrome" color moves inside it.

Sometimes, the logo is animated with the griffin blinking its eye, other times it's just a still picture

Wheel of Fortune Variants: Wheel of Fortune used different custom variations of this logo:

Late 1983/early 1984: Standard logo. It uses the Califon copyright stamp below the MGP name.

February 1984-1987: A still version of this logo that appears to be an artwork of some sort. The border of the box was silver insead of sky blue and the sides were pretty close in on the griffin. The text, which consisted of the company name and a Califon Inc. copyright notice, was in a Peignot font (as seen on the 1971 Viacom logo and the MTM logo). Some 1984-1985 episodes would have this logo boarderless. Plus, several 1984-1985 episodes would have the copyright stamp say "Califon Production, Inc." Starting in the 1985-1986 season, the company name and the copyright stamp were blue instead of silver. Around fall 1986, the byline "A unit of The Coca-Cola Company" was placed under the MGE name in the same byline setup as was used on the 1986-1987 Embassy Communications logo in red, with "Coca-Cola" in its signature font and "The" and "Company" in Loki Cola font except "A unit of" wasn't italicized. The name and logo were shifted up to place the byline under.

1987-1991: The background was yellow-orange instead of the normal black. The MGE and Califon copyright stamp were in dark blue Peignot font and "A unit of Coca-Cola TELEVISION" (later CPE in February 1988) byline was in red. As for the boarder on the box, it's was still silver. Until 1989, when the color of the font and the boarder were changed to the original blue.

Some 1989 and early 90s Wheel of Fortune episodes, the logo used a "page flipping" effect to bring itself forward, instead of a straght cut. Another effect would be the logo flipping down only used on 1989-1990 WOF episodes.

Post fall 1992-1993 episodes would have the byline "a Sony Pictures Entertainment company" in Arial font.

Dance Fever Variants:

1983-1984: "A MERV GRIFFIN PRODUCTION in association with 20th CENTURY - FOX TELEVISION" in Arial font.

1984-1986: "MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES" in association with and bring forth the static 20th Century Fox Television logo.

1986-1987: MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES with the byline "A UNIT OF THE Coca-Cola COMPANY" underneath and with the phrase "in association with" below to bring forth the static 20th Century Fox Television logo.

The Merv Griffin Show Variants:

Late 1983/early 1984: It uses the Anthony Productions copyright stamp below the MGP name.
1986: A still logo of the MGE logo. The logo and name were shifted up a little to place the byline "A UNIT OF THE Coca-Cola COMPANY" with "Coca-Cola" in its red signature trademarked font underneath the name.

Bylines: Merv Griffin Enterprises would use one of the following bylines:

1983-1986: Standard logo with no byline.
1986-1987: Logo and name are shifted up. "A UNIT OF THE Coca-Cola COMPANY" or "A unit of The Coca-Cola Company" (in red, with "Coca-Cola" in its signature font; "The" and "Company" in Loki Cola font) is placed underneath.
June 1987-February 1988: "A unit of Coca-Cola TELEVISION" (in red, with "Coca-Cola" in its signature font)
February 1988-1992: "A unit of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." (in the 1975-1993 Columbia Pictures font in yellow)
Fall 1991-Summer 1992: Bylineless again, because the CPE byline was removed. Logo remains shifted up. Not to be confused with the original 1984 version.
September 7, 1992-March 31, 1993: "a Sony Pictures Entertainment company" or "a Sony Pictures Entertainment company"

Trivia: The blinking eye of this logo was once the basis of a Jeopardy! question. ("The only part of the Merv Griffin Productions emblem that moved").

FX/SFX: The griffin blinking its eye.

Cheesy Factor: The light blue "chrome color" variation for the text looks very cheap and dated.

Music/Sounds/Voiceovers: A jazzy theme that was heard on The Merv Griffin Show. Other shows would have the closing theme of the show. This logo and the King World logo following it were accompanied by the following announcements:

Jeopardy!:

Johnny Gilbert, Pilot episode on January 1, 1984: "This has been a Merv Griffin Production! (On the King World text screen) Distributed by King World Productions".
1984-1985: "Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises, distributed by King World."
1985-1986: "This is Johnny Gilbert speaking, Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises and distributed by King World."
1986-1992: "This is Johnny Gilbert speaking, Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises and is distributed by King World."
1992-1993: "This is Johnny Gilbert speaking. Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises. (copyright screen appears/drumroll is heard) (on the 1990 King World logo with its music) Distributed by King World.)"

Wheel of Fortune:

Jack Clark, November 1983-Fall 1984: "Wheel of Fortune is a Merv Griffin Production. (Distributed by King World Productions, Inc.)"
Fall 1984-1992, Jack Clark (1984-1988)/M.G. Kelly (1988-1989)/Don Pardo (Two weeks at Radio City in 1988)/Charlie O'Donnell March 1989-1992): "(This is Charlie O'Donnell speaking) Wheel of Fortune is produced by Merv Griffin Enterprises (Distributed by King World)". (Note: O'Donnell used his name on the final NBC episode of WoF in 1989.)
October 1991 at Disney-MGM Studios with O'Donnell: "Wheel of Fortune is taped at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida and is a Merv Griffin Enterprises Production. Distributed by King World."
1992-1993 episodes with O'Donnell: "Merv Griffin Enterprises produces... (copyright screen appears/drumroll starts) Wheeeeel of Fortune! (on the 1990 King World logo with its music) Distributed by King World.")

Headline Chasers (Johnny Gilbert): "This is Johnny Gilbert speaking. Headline Chasers is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises, in association with Wink Martindale, Inc. and is distributed by King World."
The logos were not accompanied by announcer spiels on Super Jeopardy!, Monopoly, Ruckus, and most episodes of The Merv Griffin Show.

On GSN reruns, the King World logo would be replaced by the 1996 Columbia TriStar Television logo with a Charlie O'Donnell voiceover, resulting in an awkward transition between the two voices. This would happen on Jeopardy! and 1984-1988 and 1991-1993 episodes of Wheel of Fortune with Jack Clark and Charlie O'Donnell.

Availability: Extremely rare; when GSN aired older episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! in the past, the logo was retained. But if GSN were to begin airing these episodes again, the logo would probably not be seen due to GSN's current practice of running ads during credits and cutting them off early. The Best of Merv Griffin Marathon had the WOF logo variants last year to pay tribute to the late Merv Griffin on GSN. However, the logo can be found on the Jeopardy! An Inside Look At America's Favorite Quiz Show DVD, at the end of the first Trebek syndicated episode. The other variants are extinct.

Scare Factor: Depends on the logo:

None for the still white text version.
Low for the still white text version with the griffin blinking its eye.
Low to medium for the version with the "chrome text", because the design may scare some people, especially when viewed in a dark area.

4th Logo
(April 1, 1993-July 22, 1994)

Nicknames: "Cloud BG Griffin", "Ultra Majestic Griffin", "Sony Griffin", "'90s Griffin", "Golden Griffin"

Logo: Against the same cloud background as the then-current Columbia Pictures Television logo, we see a gold-colored griffin on a pedestal (appears to be a statue). Underneath the griffin, in the same font used in the CPT and TriStar Television logos of the time, is the phrase "MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES," and under that, the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company." This logo was always followed by a graphic with the show's title card and copyright information.

Variant: On Wheel of Fortune, this logo would appear as a turning page effect.

FX/SFX: None, except the page flipping effect on Wheel of Fortune.

Music/Sounds/Voiceovers: The closing theme for the show (Jeopardy! or Wheel of Fortune) would fade out as this logo appeared and the show's announcer (Johnny Gilbert on the former, Charlie O'Donnell on the latter) identified the company. A drumroll would play while the title card/copyright info graphic was shown, followed by the (then-current) 1990 King World logo with its music AND the announcement "Distributed by King World." Here are the announcements used:

Jeopardy! (Johnny Gilbert): "This is Johnny Gilbert speaking. Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises.'"
Wheel of Fortune (Charlie O'Donnell): "Merv Griffin Enterprises produces... (copyright screen appears/drumroll starts) Wheeeeel of Fortune!"

Availability: Near extinction; was last seen regularly when GSN aired reruns of 1993-1994 Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune episodes earlier this decade. More recently, it showed up at the end of a Late Night with David Letterman episode.

Scare Factor: None.

Final Note: Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television) later took over the shows by Merv Griffin Enterprises in 1994.
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Merv Griffin Entertainment

1st Logo
(1997-1998/2003)

Nickname: "The Silver Griffin"

Logo: On a blue BG, we see a silver griffin that looks like the 1974 and 1984 Merv Griffin Enterprises logos. We see the text "MERV GRIFFIN ENTERTAINMENT" zooming

out from screen bottom and placing itself underneath the griffin.

Variants:

This silver griffin was placed on a rounded blue rectangle all on a lavender background, but underneath the griffin says "MERV GRIFFIN PRODUCTIONS".
Also, there is a longer version that starts at the griffin zooming out from the bottom-left corner.

FX/SFX: The zooming-out of the name.

Music/Sounds: A two-note jingle that resembles "tada" but holding the second note. On Click, however, the closing theme was heard.

Availability: Extinct; last seen surprisingly on the 2003 pilot episode of Dance Fever on ABC Family. The Merv Griffin Productions variant was seen on the 1997 game show Click.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(1998-2006)

Nicknames: "Silver Griffin in Space", "Sparkling Silver Griffin", "Silver Griffin II"

Logo: On a space background filled with stars and mixtures of colors of yellow, green, blue, light blue, and magenta, we see two planets; one on the lower left hand corner and one on the upper right hand corner flying out. We later see another planet flying from left fast and a star from the right side flying to the middle, where other stars from each direction join the star in the middle to form a light with a laser whoosh-like sound effect. The light later forms a sparkling silver griffin, where we later see the name "MERV GRIFFIN ENTERTAINMENT" zoom out from screen bottom in Times New Roman font placing itself underneath the griffin.

Opening Variant: There is an opening variant of this logo seen on theatrical movies by this company, but it's a still image centered on top of a black background.

FX/SFX: The flying of the planets, the stars gathering, the griffin sparkling. Except for the opening variant, which is a still logo that fades in and fades out.

Music/Sounds: A 7-note jingle adding 5 notes in the beginning of the first Merv Griffin Entertainment theme. A synthesized whoosh can also be heard.

Music/Sounds variant: There is a longer version of the theme that has elements in the beginning resembling the 20th Century Fox theme.

Availability: A hard call; was last seen in 2003 on Dance Fever. Also spotted on African-British chef Ainsley Harriott's ultra short-lived talk show in 1999. The opening variant is rare and is seen on the Griffin film Rain on TV One.

Scare Factor: None; an excellent logo.

3rd Logo
(2006- )

Nicknames: "The CGI Blinking Silver Griffin", "Silver Griffin III"

Logo: In a blue BG, a remodified griffin from the second logo of Merv Griffin Productions and first logos of Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment, comes from the bottom of the screen and places itself to the middle with "Merv Griffin Entertainment" (in the same font as the Yani-Brune logo) following it. The text places itself below the griffin. The griffin later blinks his eye once (an obvious nod to the '80s logo) and we see light sparkles on the letters "T", "E", "I", "E", and "T".

FX/SFX: The unfolding griffin, the name spelling, the griffin blinking its eye.

Music/Sounds: A soothing 7-note synthesizer theme that almost sounds like the Lorimar-Telepictures chimes and NBC jingle as the light sparkles three times. Composed by Merv Griffin himself.

Availability: Uncommon; currently seen on Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead on Lifetime and Lifetime Real Women and the now cancelled Merv Griffin's Crosswords when it was in syndication. Was also seen on a week-long special of Lisa Williams: Voices from the Other Side from October 27-31, 2008 on Lifetime.

Scare Factor: Minimal; the blinking griffin may get some. Other than that, it's a neat logo and the theme is rather soothing.

Merrie Melodies IDs

WileE2005 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:03 CST

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Background: Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969. The sister series to Warner's Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies were originally one-shot musical cartoon shorts before gradually featuring recurring characters. By 1944, no distinctions existed between the two series. Originally produced by Harman-Ising Productions, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons continued production until 1963. Merrie Melodies were outsourced to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1964 to 1967, and Warner Bros. Animation (then-owned by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) re-assumed production for the series' final two years. The logos for that era will be covered in the "Looney Tunes IDs" article. The name is a play on Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies, which is what the MM cartoons are based on.

1st Logo
(1931-1932)

Nickname: "Foxy Titles"

Studio Logo: On a gray (or black) background, the words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC." are shown, and below that, "& THE VITAPHONE CORP." is shown in a much smaller font, with "VITAPHONE" using "electric" style letters. Below that is a very small WB shield, and in script, "Present". Behind it there is the drawing of a flag, "waving" so it looks like it is in 3 sections. On the first one, "WARNER BROS." Appears, followed by the electric-letter "VITAPHONE" logo and on section 3, "PICTURES". Below that is the copyright information.

Series Title: Against a gray background, the words "MERRIE MELODIES" in white are seen at the top of the screen, with the M's made out to look like musical eighth notes. Foxy is banging on a white drum (mounted on his chest as if he were playing it in a marching band), which reads (in black text) "A HUGH HARMAN-RUDOLF ISING PRODUCTION" and below that, "With ABE LYMAN'S BRUNSWICK RECORDING ORCHESTRA" and "LEON SCHLESINGER, PRODUCER". The cartoon's production number is seen to the right of the drum.

Closing Logo: Against a gray (or black) background, Foxy stands in front of his marching-band drum reading "A MERRIE MELODY" (in plain black text) and says "So long, Folks!" or "That's all, Folks!" Below it, in white, are the words "A HUGH HARMAN-RUDOLF ISING PRODUCTION" and below that, in italic script, is "Licensed under Bray-Hurd Patents".

FX/SFX: None, except for the closing title.

Music/Sounds: "Get Happy" by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler.

Availability: Uncommon; it can be found on a couple of cartoons on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6 DVD set, and an abridged version can be found on the "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" bonus feature on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1 DVD.

Scare Factor: None, but the "That's all, Folks!" announcement in the closing title may startle some.

2nd Logo
(1932-1933)

Nicknames: "Piggy Titles", "Various Cartoon Character Titles"

Studio Logo: Same as the previous logo.

Series Title: On a BG of blurry musical notes and a staff, we see the Merrie Melodies logo at the top of the screen, along with the usual Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising credit. We see Piggy (or another cartoon-specific one-shot character) on the left. The following text is also different: below the Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising producer credits, we see the text below which now reads "LEON SCHLESINGER, PRODUCER" and sometimes, below that, "WITH GUS ARNHEIM'S BRUNSWICK RECORDING ORCHESTRA", separated by a musical eighth note.

Closing Logo: Same as logo 1, except for Piggy (or a cartoon-specific one-shot character) in place of Foxy. Also different, later in this logo's run: the words "Licensed under Bray-Hurd Patents" are replaced by "Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc." (the former words were also seen below this new block of text on a few cartoons from this season).

FX/SFX: Same as logo 1.

Music/Sounds: Same as logo 1.

Availability: Rare; a handful of cartoons with this logo can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6 DVD release.

Scare Factor: Same as logo 1.

3rd Logo
(1933-August 1934)

Nicknames: "B&W Titles", "Cinecolor Titles"

Studio Logo: Again, same as WB logos 1 and 2, though it may be shown against a background of musical notes.

Series Title: On a background of musical notes, in the middle of the screen (with a drawing of the C diatonic musical scale), in a curved musical note font, are the words "MERRIE MELODIES". Below that, to the right, are the words "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER" and the production #.

Closing Logo: On a stage, we see a one-shot character featured in the cartoon just ending announcing "That's all, Folks!" (or "So long, Folks!"). To its left are the words "MERRIE MELODIES" in its musical-note font, and "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER". Below all that are the words "DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC."

FX/SFX: Same as logo 1.

Music/Sounds: "I Think You're Ducky" composed by Gerald Marks, Sidney Clare, and Charles Tobias.

Availability: Rarely seen on TV, but thankfully, this can be found on some of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets.

Scare Factor: Low, thanks to the new Marks/Clare/Tobias score.

4th Logo
(September 1934-December 1935)

Nickname: "The Curtains"

Studio Logo: Similar to the last logo, but it is now on a red (later green) closed curtain background. The "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" line is shortened to only "WARNER BROS." With "PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION" underneath it, then the "& The Vitaphone Corporation" line

Series Title: Same as the last logo, except on a red (later green) closed curtain BG.

Closing Logo: Same as the previous, except we now see a jester in place of any given one-shot character against the closed curtain BG, announcing the usual "So long, folks!" or "That's all, Folks!" cadence. The text "WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC." in the "Distributed by" field is changed to "WARNER BROS. PRODUCTIONS CORP."

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Uncommon, though it can be seen restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVDs.

Scare Factor: Same as lthe previous logo.

5th Logo
(January 1936-1964)

Nicknames: "The Merrie Melodies Bullseye", "The Merrie Melodies Concentric Circles"

Studio Logo: At the top of the screen, curved, the word "VITAPHONE" appears in the same electric letter font used previously, and on the very bottom is the word "Presents" in script, followed by the copyright info. The background is the famous "bullseye". And the WB shield's most famous role is now cemented: it zooms in from a long distance in the center of the screen to a huge size.

Series Title: In the middle of the "bullseye" and on the same background, "MERRIE MELODIES" again appears in its curved, musical note font. It was changed in 1937 to look more square-cut, and by late 1940 was now in its famed distinctive font. Below it appears "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER." In 1944, this was changed to "PRODUCED BY WARNER BROS. CARTOONS, INC." and then "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON." All cartoons from this era are in color, and thus would bear the additional legend "IN TECHNICOLOR" (appearing first inside of the rings varying color, size, and font from 1936-43 and then as a separate legend from 1944-48), "IN CINECOLOR" (some 1947-49 cartoons only), "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR" (1948-56), or "TECHNICOLOR" (1956-64).

Closing Logo: Starts with the "That's all Folks!" script being written out (or just "THE END" in plain letters, which were used on reissued prints from 1952-53), and then "MERRIE MELODIES" appearing at the top, curved as in the 3rd logo (and later refined). Near the bottom, either the Leon Schlesinger (or Warner Bros. Cartoons) text/Distributed (or Released) by WB Productions Corp. combo (1936-44) or "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" (1944-64) was used. From 1960-64, the titles bore the additional legend: "A VITAPHONE RELEASE". The background was the circles/bullseye used in the studio logo. The colors of the backdrop vary by year, but a list of the colors would be too long to put here.

Blue Ribbon Reissues: The Blue Ribbon program began in late 1943 with about 13 classic Merrie Melodies being recycled each release season for another go-round. These reissues featured revised title cards that cut out the original production numbers and screen credits. The Blue Ribbon series logo consisted of a red background with a blue ribbon on the left (hence the name) and the Grand Shorts award on the right. In the middle of the screen was the 1940-style Merrie Melodies logo, and below that appeared either "produced by LEON SCHLESINGER" (1943-44) or "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" (1945-61) as well as the following additional legends: "IN TECHNICOLOR" (1943-49), "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR" (1949-58), "PRINT BY TECHNICOLOR" (seen on 1955-58 reprints of Cinecolor issues) or "TECHNICOLOR" (1958-61). It would then fade into either the title of the cartoon (1943-57) replete with MPPDA/MPAA and Cartoonists union bugs below, or cut to the original screen credits (1957-61). Early reissues had the cartoon title fade-in on a dark background.

Variants: There were many variants of this logo, and here are some of them:

For the very first cartoons using the "bullseye", a logo similar to MM logo #1 appears, but the "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" line is shortened to only "WARNER BROS." with "PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION" underneath it, then the "& the Vitaphone Corporation" line. Also, starting in 1939, "VITAPHONE" was changed to "WARNER BROS.," and "Presents" was changed to "Present". From 1944 on (after Leon Schlesinger's retirement from the studio), it bore the additional legend "PICTURES, INC.".
Some older Merrie Melodies were re-released as part of the "Blue Ribbon" series, and lost their title cards as a result. The re-releases of the pre-1941 cartoons kept whatever music variation it had at the end (except for the 1935 cartoons that originally ended with the jester's sign-off), and any cartoon re-released before 1945 would retain its original end title as well. Most of the pre-1948 cartoons had the long version of the "Merrily" opening theme. The re-releases of the post-1948 cartoons had the short version at the open and retained their full credits. Oddly enough, however, one pre-1948 Merrie Melody from 1940 (which was reissued in 1953-54), "Mighty Hunters", retained its original screen credits.
The most famous one of these, with Bugs Bunny relaxing on top of the shield as it zooms in. He chomps on his carrot for a few seconds, looks "angry" at the "camera", and then pulls down the next logo, the Merrie Melodies logo, like a window shade. The 1941-1945 variation has Bugs merely chomping on his carrot and then giving us an annoyed look, as it then fades to the Merrie Melodies logo.
The shield fades into Bugs Bunny's head. This was used only on Bugs Bunny cartoons.
On "The Old Grey Hare" (1944), an ending gag involving a stick of dynamite had a still "That's All, Folks!" title card fading up a the fuse was heard sizzling, and then the logo shakes violently to the sound of the dynamite exploding.
On "The Major Lied 'Til Dawn" (1938), it ends with a zoom-up of the elephant with him saying "That's all, folks!". The usual text fades in in white, with a much quicker and higher-pitched version of the end theme playing over it.
A still variation of the end title as seen on the 1953-54 season re-releases of the pre-1948 cartoons (with the early 1300 series production #s) had the phrase "THE END" (in the Mixolydian font) in place of the "That's all Folks!" script with the original closing music from whatever short's end title was originally there.
Another still variation of the end title, this time with the usual "That's all Folks!" script, was spotted on the 1954-55 season re-release of the last 2-strip Technicolor-processed MM short, "The Cat Came Back" (Blue Ribbon #1361, originally released in 1936).
On the 1961 short "Nelly's Folly," this cartoon had a different end card, in which after the cartoon faded out with the title "THE END", it fades up to the Merrie Melodies text in purple, with "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" and "A VITAPHONE RELEASE" underneath it, on a black background. There was no music used here.
In 1995, Turner Entertainment created the infamous "dubbed version" re-releases of the pre-1948 LT and MM cartoons, which share the same end card ("Porky in a Drum" or the "Bullseye Circles" in either orange or red rings) with copyright text chyroned in below. Several of these are still seen on TV and the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" DVDs.

FX/SFX: The "zooming shield".

Music/Sounds: "I Think You're Ducky" from January-September 1936. Starting in late 1936, the music changed to "Merrily We Roll Along", arranged by Carl Stalling, first heard during Eddie Cantor's scenes in the 1935 short "Billboard Frolics". In mid 1937, the WB shield has its sound effect--the famous "twanging" noise created by Treg Brown. In 1945, this theme (the opening version) was shortened somewhat. The long version of the opening theme was used up through the Blue Ribbon reissues of the pre-1948 cartoons. Oddly enough, however, one Merrie Melodies short, "Horton Hatches the Egg" (originally from 1942) did air in syndication (at one time) with the Looney Tunes sig "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" playing at the end, which is standard for Looney Tunes re-issued as Merrie Melodies.

Closing Logo Music: Until 1937, the last piece of score music heard during a certain short from the Merrie Melodies library played over in the end title. Starting in mid 1937, an abridged version of the famous "Merrily We Roll Along" theme (first used as the main title music beginning with the short "Boulevardier from the Bronx" released Oct. 10, 1936) was heard in the end title.

Music/Sound Variants: Many. Here's a listing:

October 1936-January 1937: Fast-paced opening theme, which may be scary to some.

March-early July 1937: Slower-paced version of opening theme.

Late July-early September 1937: Opening theme now begins with the aforementioned (yet famous) "twang" sound. The closing theme version also makes its debut, on "Plenty of Money and You," which also begins with the "twang" sound.

Late September 1937-early January 1938: Opening theme now has a largely woodwind-dominated arrangement, same went for the closing theme.

Late January-July 1938: Opening theme sparsely modified, same closing theme version as late September 1937.

August 1938-early January 1939: Opening theme now dominated by brass and strings. Closing theme is also adapted from the opening version beginning in November 1938.

Late January 1939-early September 1940: Opening theme sparsely modified, again. Same closing theme as November 1938 version.

Late September 1940-March 1941: Opening theme modified somewhat, which sounds like a hybrid of the August 1938 and late January 1939 versions. Same closing theme as November 1938 version.

April 1941-March 1945: Most well-known version of "Merrily We Roll Along". Heavily modified opening and closing themes. The long version continued use through the Blue Ribbon reissues of cartoons originally released prior to December 1948.

May 1945-June 1955: Abridged opening theme, same closing theme as April 1941. Was still used for the Blue Ribbon reissues of cartoons originally released up to 1955.

May 1955-July 1964: Heavily modified opening and closing themes. Sparsely used for Blue Ribbon reissues.

Availability: Common, now that the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts have made a comeback on Cartoon Network. It was used on over a hundred Merrie Melodies shorts, including famous ones like "What's Opera, Doc?" and "One Froggy Evening". They can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets.

Scare Factor: Low; it's a popular logo. However, it could be worse for some (esp. the "twanging" sound of the WB shield) who have heard this music playing in the AAP logo (referring to that company's reprints of the cartoons mentioned here) before the Merrie Melodies main title appears.

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (post-1979)

WileE2005 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:44:27 CST

Logo descriptions by Matt Williams, Benjamin Edge, and Bigrene2
Logo captures by Eric S., Logoboy95 and WileE2005
Editions by Eric S., WileE2005, V of Doom, and Bob Fish

In 1980, Warner Bros. Animation finally re-opened its doors, originally geared to make TV specials starring the Looney Tunes gang. A few newer theatrical shorts were also made to be released with re-issues of a few classic WB movies. In 1986, Freleng had departed, with Steven S. Greene and Kathleen Helppie-Shipley taking his place. The studio continued making TV specials starring the Looney Tunes gang, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist) was directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. In the early 2000s, the company began to focus less on Looney Tunes and more on action-adventure cartoons, usually starring the Justice League characters, as well as remakes of the Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry franchises. In 2003, as a cross-promotion with the upcoming big-budget feature film Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Warner Bros. commissioned their animation studio to make nearly thirty all-new Looney Tunes cartoon shorts for theatrical release with their newer movies. People who worked for various popular animated TV programs worked on the shorts, with contributions from the current WB Animation staff. When Looney Tunes: Back in Action failed in its theatrical release, Warner Bros. decided to not release the six cartoons they have completed, and canceled production on the rest of the shorts.

1st Logo
(1979-1980)

TBA

2hd Logo
(1987-1990)

TBA

3rd Logo
(1990-1994)

TBA

4th Logo
(1994-1996)

TBA

5th Logo
(2000-2003)

TBA

6th Logo
(2003-2004)

Nicknames: "The Ugly Shield", "The Zooming Bullseye"

Studio Logo: On a black background, green center zooms up as some red rings zoom out one-by-one and arrange themselves into the famous "bullseye" backdrop. Then a large, metallic, ugly-looking red-and-gold WB shield comes from the center of the screen, zooms up to a huge size, overshooting its mark and then backs up to its usual spot on the bullseye. Then over it, "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" "wipes" onscreen over the shield in an ugly font, and underneath is "PRESENTS" in the same font.

Series Title: Above the "bullseye" and on the same background is "LOONEY TUNES" in its trademark font, and underneath the center is "PRODUCED BY LARRY DOYLE." In the center, we see classic clips featuring the character in the cartoon that is about to begin, such as Foghorn Leghorn, Wile E. Coyote, Porky Pig, etc. It then fades to a third card featuring a background with outlines of Daffy, Bugs, Sylvester and Tweety, and the other main cartoon staff appears in front of the background.

Closing Logo: The same concentric circles background as before, but with "LOONEY TUNES" above the center of the rings and "That's all, Folks!" tracing itself on the bottom of the bullseye. Porky Pig appears in the center and stutters, "Bee-ba-da-ba-bee-da, That's all, folks!".

FX/SFX: All the animation in these logos.

Cheesy Factor: Really choppy animation on the zooming shield and bullseye, a extremely choppy for the text, and rather poor-quality design on Porky from the Sander Schwartz-led Warner Bros. Animation unit. Porky's voice is also pretty bad.

Music/Sounds: A remixed version of "Merrily We Roll Along." Sometimes the sound effects corresponding with the classic clips shown can be heard (explosions scorching Wile E. Coyote, for example)

Availability: Only one cartoon featuring this logo (The Whizzard of Ow) was released on DVD in America, on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD release. All the other cartoons using this logo were never released theatrically or shown on TV or released on video in the USA. The rest of the cartoons, however, do show up on a foreign DVD release of Looney Tunes: Back in Action. These cartoons were also seen at one point on TV in Canada.

Scare Factor: Medium, mainly due to the awkward animation and design on the WB shield and studio logo.

Looney Tunes IDs

WileE2005 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:51 CST

Logo descriptions and captures by Matt Williams, WileE2005 and mr3urious
Editions by Hoa

1st Logo
(1930-1932)

Nickname: “Bosko Titles 1”

Studio Logo: On a gray (or black) background, the words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC." are shown, and below that, "& THE VITAPHONE CORP." is shown in a much smaller font, with "VITAPHONE" using "electric" style letters. Below that is a very small WB shield, and in script, "Present". Behind it there is the drawing of a flag, "waving" so it looks like it is in 3 sections. On the first one, "WARNER BROS." Appears, followed by the electric-letter "VITAPHONE" logo and on section 3, "PICTURES". Below that is the copyright information.

Series Logo: A white sign in the middle has the words "LOONEY TUNES" and in black, "A HUGH HARMAN-RUDOLF ISING PRODUCTION" below that. Below the sign in small letters are the words "LEON SCHLESINGER, PRODUCER". Holding up the sign is Bosko, a Mickey Mouse-type character who was WB's current star at the time. Poking out from behind the sign and standing around the logo are stereotypical '30s cartoon animals (a bird, a goat, and a dog, to be exact).

Variants:

For the first cartoons with this logo, it is altogether in one card. Under “Looney Tunes”, it reads “A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Musical Cartoon”. Leon Schlesinger was also credites back then as “Associate Producer”. Above the sign is the WB and Vitaphone text without the WB shield.
Sometimes, there would be no Vitaphone text below the company name.

Closing Logo: Bosko peeks out from behind the left of a sign reading "A LOONEY TUNE" and emerges, along with a dog (the same dog from the series title card). Bosko holds out his hands and says "That's all, folks!", grinning in the end. The dog jumps and barks several times. Below it, in black, are the words "A HUGH HARMAN-RUDOLF ISING MUSICAL CARTOON/PRODUCTION", and "Licensed under BRAY-HURD patents".

FX/SFX: No animation except for the closing.

Music/Sounds: "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" by Theodore Metz is the series theme. Beginning in 1931, in the middle of the theme, the classic WB "trombone gobble" sound effect can be heard.

Availability: Rare, as Bosko shorts are rarely rerun due to their "ethnic offensiveness". A handful of cartoons featuring this logo are available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 DVD release. Many of them are now in the public domain, and several of them are on various online video websites. Some Bosko cartoons, however, replace this logo with the Sunset Productions copyright card and the 3rd Series Logo (see below), and often have a Guild Films "THE END" logo plastered over the closing card (with Bosko's "That's all, Folks!" and the dog barking heard underneath), but a few of them have the logo replaced with an early-1960s Seven Arts Associated title card (with pictures of various LT characters surrounding it and the 1936-1937 LT closing theme playing underneath).

Scare Factor: None, unless you're afraid of really old cartoons. :P

2nd Logo
(1932-1933)

Nickname: “Bosko Titles 2”

Studio Logo: Same as the previous logo.

Series Title: Similar to the previous, but this time the only animal is a bird, and is seen helping Bosko hold up the sign is his girlfriend Honey.

Closing Logo: Same as the last closing logo except the lettering on the sign is in a different font and the "BRAY-HURD" text is in italics.

Later Closing Variant: The "BRAY-HURD" test is replaced with "DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC.".

FX/SFX: Still not enough animation.

Music/Sounds: The first two cartoons with this logo used the same music as the previous logo. After that, the theme was "Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away" composed by Carmen Lombardo & Joseph Young.

Availability: Again, rare due to the reason listed above. A few cartoons with this logo are available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 DVD set.

Scare Factor: See logo 1.

3rd Logo
(1933-1935)

Nickname: “The Buddy Logo”

Studio Logo: Again, same as the previous logo.

Opening Logo: On a curtain backdrop to the right, WB's newest (and admittedly crappiest) cartoon star, Buddy, appears, holding his left hand up Vanna White-style. On the upper left side of the screen the words "LOONEY TUNES" appear and below Buddy and the curtain the words "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER" appear.

Early Opening Variant: For the first cartoons with this logo, “LOONEY TUNES” is on a sign on a fence with birds on it and on the left, Buddy stands there, and on the right, his girlfriend named Cookie stands there in a sexy pose. Under that is the Leon Schlesinger credit.

Closing Logo: Same as the opening logo except Buddy is animated saying "That’s all, Folks" and below the Leon Schlesinger credit the words "Distributed by WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC."

Early Closing Variant: Same as the early series logo except with Buddy jumping from behind the fence saying “That’s all, Folks!” with an iris out on the logo.

FX/SFX: As with LT Logos 1 and 2, there's not much animation. However, that was soon to change.

Music/Sounds: The first cartoon using this logo featured "Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away" again, but all cartoons afterward used "Beauty And The Beast" by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.

Availability: Rare again, but thankfully so as these cartoons are among the dullest in existence. This was also attached to Sunset Productions' re-issue prints of the Bosko cartoons. Several cartoons featuring this logo are available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 DVD release.

Scare Factor: None, unless you're afraid of really old films.

4th Logo
(1935-1936)

Nickname: “The Beans Gang Titles”

Studio Logo: At the top of the screen, curved, the word "VITAPHONE" appears in the same electric letter font used previously, and on the very bottom is the word "Presents" in script, followed by the copyright info. The background is similar to a ship's porthole. And the WB shield's most famous role is cemented: it zooms in from a long distance in the center of the screen to a huge size.

Series Title: Using the same porthole background as the studio logo, in the center, "LOONEY TUNES" appears. The Beans Gang, WB's current stars, which consists of (going counterclockwise starting at the top right) Beans, his girlfriend, Oliver Owl, and Porky Pig, appear around it. Below "LOONEY TUNES","PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER" appears.

Variants:

For the very first cartoons using the "porthole", a logo similar to LT logo 1 appears, but the "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" line is shortened to only "WARNER BROS." With "PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION" underneath it, then the "& The Vitaphone Corporation" line.
Some cartoons may be colorized mainly for TV reruns but not for DVD releases.

Closing Logo: A black screen with "LOONEY TUNES" curved at the top-left with "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER" on the bottom-right. "RELEASED BY WARNER BROS. PRODUCTIONS CORP." is at the very bottom, and at the center, the world-famous "That's All Folks!" logo writes itself on.

Early Closing Variant: The first cartoons with this logo feature an end title similar to the last logo, but with Beans saying “That’s all, Folks!” to the ending of the cartoon’s theme.

FX/SFX: The "writing on" of the "That's All Folks!", the infamous "zooming shield".

Music/Sounds: A faster-paced version of music used for the previous logo was used at the beginning.

Availability: Can be seen on a few Beans Gang LT shorts and the early Porky shorts if rerun. TV reruns often have them colorized, but not for DVD releases. This was also attached to Sunset Productions' re-issue prints of the Beans Gang shorts and the early Porky shorts.

Scare Factor: None really; the "zooming" shield didn't pose a possible problem until later on.

5th Logo
(1936-1937)

Nickname: “Fat Porky Pig”

Studio Logo: Against a background of musical notes, the WB shield zooms in with "VITAPHONE" above and "PRESENTS" below. Copyright info is shown below.

Series Title: "LOONEY TUNES" is curved near the top against a background of musical notes with "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHESINGER" at the bottom. Porky Pig’s head is in the center.

Closing Logo: The same black "That's All, Folks!" screen as the previous logo.

FX/SFX: The "zooming shield".

Music/Sounds: The first two cartoons using this logo featured the same music from the previous logo. After which, beginning with "Porky in the North Woods," a new theme by M.K. Jerome known as the "Porky Signature" is used. There were many variations on this opening theme. In mid 1937, the shield has its sound effect: the famous "twanging" noise created by Treg Brown.

Availability: Seen on Porky Pig cartoons from the period, though mostly colorized on TV reruns, but not for DVD releases.

Scare Factor: Low; the zooming noise can scare some, but this logo is pretty tame.

6th Logo
(1937-1942)

Nickname: "Porky on Musical Notes," “Porky in a Drum”

Studio Logo: Same as the previous logo, but now the cartoon's production number appears underneath "Presents" and over the copyright notice. Beginning in 1939, "VITAPHONE" is replaced with "WARNER BROS.", and "Presents" is replaced with "Present."

Series Title: "LOONEY TUNES" is curved near the top against a background of musical notes with "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHESINGER" at the bottom. Porky Pig does the following poses listed.

(1937-1938) Porky is on the right side facing left.
(1938-1939) Porky is in the center facing right with arms stretched out.
(1939-1940) Porky is holding a hat.
(1940-1941) Porky is seen sitting in an open drum.
(1941-1942) Porky is sitting on a fence.

Closing Logo: Bob Clampett redesigned Porky Pig by this period. Afterward, his place in world history is assured as he breaks out of a drum saying his famous "T-T-T-Th-Th-Th-That's All Folks!" line. On the top of the drum is "LOONEY TUNES" and below it is "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER". At the bottom is "RELEASED BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES". Behind the drum is a curtain background. In 1939, starting with "Pied Piper Porky", a new version of Porky Pig comes out of the drum. On "Meet John Doughboy (1941)", Porky doesn't blink.

FX/SFX: The "zooming shield".

Music/Sounds: The distinctive Looney Tunes theme, "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", is introduced, composed by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin, and arranged by Carl Stalling. An abridged version at a different key is also used for the closing theme.

Music/Sound Variants:

October 1937-November 1938: Most well-known version of the opening and closing theme.
November 1938-March 1941: Heavily modified opening theme. Closing theme is the same as the 1937 theme.
March 1941: Specially-modified version for a one-shot cartoon called "Joe Glow the Firefly", with a different key in the first section of the opening theme.
March 1941-June 1945: Heavily modified opening and closing themes.
A few of the 1990s digital colorizations of these cartoons feature this logo with the 1936-1937 opening theme playing over the opening logo instead (the later version with the zooming noise at the beginning). This was not how the cartoons originally started, and was an error made during the colorizations. Such examples include "The Henpecked Duck," "Daffy's Southern Exposure" and "Slap-Happy Pappy." The ending titles, however, features the correct closing themes that they originally ultized.

Availability: Seen on many '30s and early '40s Porky Pig cartoons, though this logo is mostly colorized (except for DVD releases).

Scare Factor: Low, due to the zooming noise.

7th Logo
(1942-1964)

Nicknames: “The Bullseye (Circles)”, “The Concentric Circles”

Studio Logo: Similar to the previous logos, only now the famous "Circles/Bullseye" backdrop that has become a trademark of Warner Bros. Is in place. In 1944, below the "WARNER BROS.", "PICTURES INC." is added.

Series Title: Above the "bullseye" and on the same background, "LOONEY TUNES" appears in its now-distinctive font. Below it appears "PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER." In 1944, this was changed to “PRODUCED BY WARNER BROS. CARTOONS” and then "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON". On color cartoons with this logo, it says “IN TECHNICOLOR,” (1942-1945), “COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR,” (1945-1956) or “TECHNICOLOR” (1956-1954).

Closing Logo: Until 1946, the "Porky in a Drum" closing was used on a red background; however, Bugs Bunny cartoons "Hare Tonic" and "Baseball Bugs (1946)" have a variant where Bugs broke the drum and said "And that's the end!" while sitting in the open drum and munching on a carrot. Starting in 1944, the "LEON SCHLESINGER" text was changed to "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON". In 1945, a new closing was used on the non-Porky Pig cartoons. It started with the "That's All, Folks!" script being written out, and then "LOONEY TUNES" appearing at the top, curved as in the "black screen" logo. Near the bottom, either the Leon Schlesinger text/Released by WB combo was used (1943-44) or "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" (1944-1963) was used. From 1960-1964, the titles bore an additional legend: “A VITAGRAPH RELEASE”. The background was the circles/bullseye used in the Studio Logo. The colors of the backdrop vary by year, but a list of the colors would be too long to put here.

Variants: There were many variations to this logo, and here are some of them:

The most famous one of these, with Bugs Bunny relaxing on top of the shield as it zooms in. He chomps on his carrot for a few seconds, looks angry at the "camera", and then pulls down (like a window shade) the next logo, the Looney Tunes logo.
The shield fades into a face (usually oversized, jaw open) of the featured character in the cartoon it's used in. This was used mostly on Bugs Bunny cartoons, but Daffy's head was used a few times as well.
Sometimes, one of the character's heads would be seen on the series logo. It is usually either Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, or both of them.
Some Looney Tunes were re-released as "Blue Ribbon" Merrie Melodies and lost their title cards. These re-releases kept the Looney Tunes music (first at the closing titles only and then the full opening sequence as well) so it is painfully easy to spot former Looney Tunes that were reissued as Merrie Melodies. Examples include "A Bear For Punishment" and "House-Hunting Mice".
In 1995, Turner Entertainment created the infamous "dubbed version" re-releases of the pre-1948 LT and MM cartoons, which share the same end card ("Porky in a Drum" or the "Bullseye Circles" in either orange or red rings) with copyright text chyroned in below. Several of these are still seen on TV and the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" DVDs.

FX/SFX: The "zooming shield", the "That's All Folks" closing animation.

Cheesy Factor: During the 1947-1953 years, the WB shield looked rather off-model after it zoomed up.

Music/Sounds: "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is still used during this period. In 1945, this theme is shortened somewhat.

Music/Sound Variants: Many. Here's a listing:

March 1941-March 1945: Same as the version first used on the 1940-1941 intro and outro.
May 1945-July 1946: Abridged opening theme, now dominated by brass and woodwinds, same closing theme as April 1941.
July 1946-June 1955: Abridged themes. Heavily modified opening and closing themes done in a "goofy" manner. Was still used for the Blue Ribbon reissues of cartoons originally released up to 1955.
May 1955-July 1964: Heavily modified opening and closing themes. Sparsely used for Blue Ribbon reissues.

Availability: Once considered nearly extinct, this logo is slowly starting to make quite a comeback! It is almost always seen whenever Cartoon Network airs the Looney Tunes shorts, as of November 2009. It also can be found on the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" DVDs from Warner Home Video. This logo was used on over a hundred classic Looney Tunes shorts, including The Rabbit of Seville and False Hare, among many others.

Scare Factor: Low, this is a very famous and well-liked logo, but the "twanging" sound the shield makes may get to some.

8th Logo
(1963-1967)

Background: In 1962, when Warner Bros. Animation was nearing the end of its classic run of Looney Tunes, famed WB cartoon director Chuck Jones created his ultimate one-shot cartoon, "Now Hear This", which was done in a very artistic, abstract, and stylized manner. Chuck Jones also designed new, modern opening and closing titles intended for this cartoon only that fit with the cartoon. However, Termite Terrace also wound up using this logo on their other one-shot cartoons afterward, which were also done in a somewhat stylized manner. In 1962, Warner Bros. Animation shut down, and former staff members David H. Depatie and Friz Freleng opened their own animation studio where Termite Terrace was originally housed. Two years later, they began producing Looney Tunes cartoons for WB to continue the series, and made the following opening/closing titles the permanent logos for the classic WB cartoons.

NOTE: By this point, the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies logos are no longer distinctive to each series and are now somewhat standardized/interchangable, so both the LT and MM series will be described for the post-1964 logos.

Nickname: “The Abstract WB”

Studio Logo: Completely different from before. On a black background, several series of lines come from the center of the screen zooming and swirling, 3 purple, one orange, with 2 of the purple ones diagonal, one of the purple ones vertical, and the orange one horizontal. The orange line moves down and up as the purple lines disappear one-by-one and a purple abstract "WB", with the W made up of 2 triangles and the B made up of two semicircles, appears. The orange line turns into the word "PRESENTS" over the abstract WB.

Series Title: 2 lines from the center of the screen swirl around and then slide away to reveal a strange series logo. On the top is "LOONEY TUNES" or "MERRIE MELODIES" in a weird font and on the bottom-right "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" appears in a rectangle in that same font. Below the rectangle is the word "TECHNICOLOR". On 1965-1967 releases, a bannerless WB shield was seen to the right of "TECHNICOLOR." The lines then come back, slide back into each other, wiping away the text, and then "swirl" away into the black background.

Early Opening Variant: For the first four cartoons with this logo, this text is on a white background with no WB shield. The line animation and the studio logo are unaltered, and still appear on a black background.

Closing Logo: The abstract WB appears piece-by-piece, and "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" is wiped onto the screen. When the wiping gets to the "OO" in "CARTOON", the Os turn red and "pop out" of the logo, then pop back into the logo, like two eyes doing a take. They do this action two to three times. "N" is then wiped on and "A VITAPHONE RELEASE" or "A VITAGRAPH RELEASE" appears on the bottom left

Early Closing Variant: For the first three cartoons with this logo, the logo/text is on a white background with no Vitaphone/Vitagraph credit. On "Bartholomew Versus the Wheel" (1963), the "OO" bounces up and down six times instead of the usual three. On "Pancho's Hideaway" (1964), it is similar to the early white background variant, but features "A VITAGRAPH RELEASE" in white text on a black parallelogram on the bottom left.

FX/SFX: All the animation in the logos.

Cheesy Factor: Oh, dear, the shoddy animation was bad enough but...the initial 1963 white background version is migraine-inducing quality. The normal black background version adopted soon after, though still not easy to watch, is only slightly better. The fact that Warner Bros. had shut down its animation department and subcontracted the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts to DePatie-Freling and Format Films (and a badly-run WB animation studio by mid-1967) didn't help as by 1965 DFE was clearly putting more effort into UA's Pink Panther cartoon shorts and Warners' own The Road Runner Show than on the Daffy Duck/Speedy Gonzales cartoons released during this time.

Music/Sounds: A weird '60s version of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", arranged by William Lava. Unlike the pre-1964 logos music no longer differs to each cartoon series, and has become somewhat standardized. The first three shorts using this logo mixed the zooming sound from the 1955-1964 LT theme with the zooming sound from this logo's theme and a cymbal clash was heard when the lines stopped zooming. The end titles originally used Big Ben chiming instead of music, and then a tricycle horn honking for the OO animation. Starting in 1964 with "Pancho's Hideaway" (the first LT short produced by DePatie-Freleng), the 1955 zoom sound and the cymbal clash was dropped from the opening theme, and the end titles began using an abridged version of the opening theme music, with the OO animation synchronized with the theme.

Availability: Uncommon; seen on most Speedy Gonzales and Road Runner cartoons of the era when rerun on Cartoon Network. A handful of cartoons with this logo, including the first three using this logo with the original white background variant (with Big Ben closing) can be found on later "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" DVD sets, though.

Scare Factor: Medium, mainly due to the choppy animation, strange music, in-your-face animation, and creepy-looking WB.

9th Logo
(1967-1969)

Nicknames: “WB-7”, “W7”

Studio Logo: The same as the previous logo, but the background is now blue and the 3 purple lines are now yellow and the orange one is now pink. The 3 yellow lines now disappear at the same time, as the W7 logo "draws" itself (see the W7 film logo), and the shield appears around it. The horizontal line animation is the same, though “PRESENTS” is now pink as well Copyright info is shown below (beginning in 1969, the copyright info was dropped from this logo).

Series Logo: Again, same as last time, only the WB shield is dropped, as Warner had retired it by this time due to the merge. The rectangle is now centered and reads "A WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTS CARTOON".

Closing Logo: Same as last logo, although the "A WARNER BROS.- CARTOON" line is changed to add in the Seven Arts information and the abstract WB is replaced by the W7 logo, which merely pops on in the beginning of the end title without any forming animation. The OO goes up and down three times fast now.

Variants:

For the first cartoons with this logo, it reuses the colors of the “Abstract WB” logo, with a black background and purple W7 shield.
The 1969 short "Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too" had bad film deterioration to it on TV reruns in the 1990s and early 2000s, and the opening/closing logos had a dark-red tint to them as a result.
On the 1968 short "Norman Normal" (based off the Paul Stookey song of the same name), the series logo is modified so on the top it has a rectangle reading "A WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTS" and underneath the rectangle is "CARTOON SPECIAL" in the LT/MM font. Underneath that is the "TECHNICOLOR" rectangle. The opening to the cartoon's theme music (Paul Stookey's "Norman Normal") plays under this logo instead of having its own music, and at the end, the "Norman Normal" song also plays over the standard closing animation.
In 1968, 78 Looney Tunes shorts from the 1930s and early 1940s were colorized by a rather crude process via tracing the film cels of the original black-and-white shorts onto animation cels, colorizing them and re-making the original backgrounds. The results were very un-professional and sometimes rather bad. When packaged for TV in 1968-1970, the shorts had a variation of this logo plastered onto the beginning, where it does not have the "TECHNICOLOR" rectangle on the bottom and has the second half of one of the 1935-1943 Looney Tunes opening themes playing under it, which does not fit with the logo at all. The ending has the Seven Arts closing plastered on, with either the ending of the cartoon's theme playing underneath (1935-1937) or the 1937-1943 closing theme, with Porky's "T-th-th-that's all folks!" line heard. The redrawn print of "Porky's Road Race" with these logos use the 1967 opening theme music with the logo and the 1964 closing theme during the end titles.

FX/SFX: The "lines", the wipe, the OO, the W7 trace.

Cheesy Factor: Not bad, but the cartoons themselves could have been better. They had choppy animation, bad writing and music, and seemed to resemble Hanna-Barbera or Filmation cartoons than classic WB animation.

Music/Sounds: A newer variation of the same bizarre music used last time, which is less annoying.

Music/Sound Variants: Here's a listing:

October 1967-September 1969: Small amount of instruments and rather cheap-sounding guitar "twangs" during the line animation. The closing music is the same as the 1964 version.
June 1968-August 1968: Heavily modified opening theme with guitar, horn and piano combo on the zooming line animation. Closing music is unchanged.
March 1969-May 1969: Opening theme sparsely modified, sounding like a hybrid of the October 1967 and June 1968 themes. Closing music is unchanged.

Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction; the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoon output was coming to a stop by this time, but is still saved on shorts of the period when rerun, but due to their lower quality (mentioned in the Cheesy Factor), they aren't rerun very often as a result. The "Norman Normal" variant is available, fully restored, on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 DVD release.

Scare Factor: Low.

Left Field Productions

curiousgeorge60 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:48:22 CST

1st Logo
(1999-2002)

Nickname: "LF"

Logo: Against a blue background, we see a framed image of the ugly letters "LF" in a swirly, Eurostile font with a green color and an orange color inside the letters. The words "LEFT FIELD PRODUCTIONS" are shown below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the game.

Availability: Can be found on NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant for Game Boy Color. You'll also find this on ExciteBike 64 for the Nintendo 64.

Scare Factor: Nothing scarier.

2nd Logo
(2002- )

TBA!

Majesco Studios Santa-Monica

EnormousRat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:58:34 CST

Logo descriptions by EnormousRat
Logo captures by EnormousRat

Background: The studio was one of the development entries for Majesco Entertainment. It only released one game for DS and was closed in 2009 while working on the next game.

(2009)

Logo: The logo is very similar to the Majesco one, the central square' sides are marked by three little colored cubes - orange, yellow and red. We can see STUDIOS under Majesco name, and even below, Santa Monica in darker font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen only in Wonderworld Amusement Park for DS.

Scare Factor: None.

Majesco Entertainment

EnormousRat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:45:55 CST

Logo descriptions by EnormousRat
Logo captures by EnormousRat

Background: Majesco is a medium-sized American game publisher founded in 1986 under the name Majesco Sales Inc. In 1999 they created first internal development studio Pipe Dream Interactive.

1st Logo
(1993-2001)

Logo: tba.

Variants: tba.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon, spread mainly over GameBoy products.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2001-2004)

Logo: The blue-outlined oval shield contains stylized blue letter M with its middle part cut down and silver MAJESCO placed there. There is a website below, made in purple italics.

Variant: On BloodRayne, the logo appeared in the red fire fall, followed by the Terminal Reality logo made in the same way.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Uncommon.

Scare Factor: TBA.

3rd Logo
(2004-)

Logo: .

Variants:

There is an animated version with no entertainment used on Psychonauts.
There is a rare version with white background seen in the trailer for Jaws Unleashed.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Used in Advent Rising, Psychonauts, Jaws Unleashed and in the huge amount of NDS games.

Scare Factor: None.

Worldvision Enterprises, Inc.

VofDoom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:25 CST

Logo descriptions by Jason Jones and Sean Beard
Logo captures and editions by Shadeed A. Kelly, Eric S., V of Doom, and snelfu
Video captures courtesy of TVLOGOS708090, phasicblu, and Eric S.

Background: Worldvision Enterprises Inc. was a television program and home video distributor established from ABC Films in 1973 when the former company spun-off because it was against the FCC regulations for a television network to distribute its programs under its own name. They primarily licensed programs from others, rather than producing their own content. After, it was sold to Taft Broadcasting in 1979, being renamed Great American in 1988, and finally, Aaron Spelling acquired this company in 1990, merging after to Viacom (now CBS Corp.) in 1999, becoming folded into Republic Entertainment and Paramount Domestic Television (now CBS Television Distribution). Currently, the Worldvision library, with some exceptions (such as the Hanna-Barbera library is owned by TimeWarner and Let's Make a Deal is now owned by FremantleMedia), is owned mainly by CBS Corporation, through Republic Entertainment, Inc.

1st Logo
(1973-1976)

Nicknames: "Radar Globe", "Radar W", "Worldvision W Globe"

Logo: On a gold yellow screen, we see a blue, radar-like line going upward to slowly form a blue, oval-shaped globe with longitude and latitude lines. In the center of this globe, a "W" is seen by connected filled latitude and longitude squares. The "W" is stylized such that it blends with the spherical shape. The radar continues its path downward, making the company name (with WORLDVISION ENTERPRISES INC. in the style you see here) appear below the globe.

Variants:

A special superimposed in-credit variant with no animation was created to replace the ABC Films ID, with "A" placed above and "PRESENTATION" placed below.
There's another variant with this logo that's on an orange background rather than yellow. But the only animation is that it fades in and fades out.

FX/SFX: The globe being drawn, kinda simple, but decent.

Cheesy Factor: The design is kinda ugly.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. The in-credit scroll version was still intact on Let's Make a Deal when GSN last aired it. The logo was recently sighted on the 1975 TV movie Hey, I'm Alive on Encore Drama.

Scare Factor: Minimal, unless tape hiss gets to you.

2nd Logo
(1974-1988)

Nicknames: "Radar Globe", "Radar W", "Worldvision W Globe II"

Logo: On a red screen, we see a white, radar-like line going upward to slowly form a white, oval-shaped globe with longitude and latitude lines. In the center of this globe, a "W" is seen by connected filled latitude and longitude squares. The "W" is stylized such that it blends with the spherical shape. The radar continues its path downward, making the company name (which is in a more plainer font) appear below the globe. Some fine print appears below the company name from this point onward.

Variants:

A special superimposed in-credit variant with no animation was created to replace the ABC Films ID, with "A" placed above and "PRESENTATION" placed below with the print included.

A variant of the first, bylineless version exists, in which the radar lines are visible through the "W". This version has been sighted on A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story and Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style on Encore Drama.

Another variant exists of the first, bylineless version, in which the "Not affiliated with..." disclaimer is smaller. This smaller disclaimer has been sighted on the "translucent W" variant, on the aforementioned Encore Drama print of Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style.

Trivia: This logo was used on '70s-'80s prints of old TV shows originally aired on ABC, among others. Also was the top distributor of most Hanna-Barbera TV shows from post-1979 when Taft acquired Worldvision.

Print Info: The fine print on the bottom of the later Worldvision logos read: "Not affiliated with World Vision International, a religious and charitable organization". This was added after the charitable organization sued Worldvision Enterprises over use of the name in 1974, one of the reasons the first logo was replaced. The two parties settled, and Worldvision Enterprises was allowed to keep its name, provided that the aforementioned disclaimer was used in its logo.

Bylines: When Taft Entertainment acquired Worldvision, these bylines would appear under the company name:

1979-1982: "A TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY"
1981-1987: "A TAFT COMPANY"
1987-1988: No company byline but with tiny disclaimer byline.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The globe being drawn looks pretty simple, but isn't as bad as some logos of the era.

Music/Sounds: None.

Music/Sound Variants:

On the 1982 made-for-TV movie The Capture of Grizzly Addams the logo had a four note fantasy theme, which was the inspiration for the jingle to the newer Worldvision logo.
On 80s international prints of classic H-B shows, it used a "spoofed" variant of this logo with the H-B "Box" logo theme.

Availability: Rare. The B&W version is seen on few B&W episodes of Combat! on AmericanLife TV Network, and the color version is seen on the final season of Combat! The in-credit variant can be seen on GSN reruns of Let's Make a Deal. Check old tapes to find this on Hanna-Barbera shows as well. The first version (no byline) was recently sighted on A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story and Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style on Encore Drama.

Scare Factor: Same as the 1st logo.

3rd Logo
(1988-1999)

Note: This logo is based on the 1985 Worldvision Home Video logo.

Nicknames: "WHOOSH Globe (of Doom)", "90s Worldvision W Globe", "Black Radar Globe"

Logo: On a white screen, the Worldvision globe from the previous logos with a red "W" comes from the center, as the camera zooms out, the Worldvision name emerges from the front and both layer themselves into position as the background fades to black. The Radar Globe then shines and the "Not affiliated with World Vision International, A Religious and Charitable Organization" disclaimer-in much smaller type-fades onto the bottom of the screen.

Trivia: This logo was used mainly on 1990's prints of pre-1973 ABC shows, but also applied to the Hanna-Barbera (until the cartoon studio's sale to Turner Broadcasting), Republic Pictures Television (after 1996), Carolco Pictures (the company distributed their films to TV as part of a syndication package) and Spelling Entertainment libraries. Also appeared on some first-run syndicated programs, such as Judge Judy.

Byline Variants: When introduced in 1988, there was no byline present (like the chyroned version of the previous logo it replaced). After Great American Broadcasting (the former Taft Broadcasting Co.) sold Worldvision to Spelling Entertainment in 1990, these bylines would appear beginning in 1991:

1988-1991: No company byline but with tiny disclaimer byline.
1991-1994: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT INC."
1994-1995: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT INC., A BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY"
1995-1996: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., A BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY"
1996-1999: "A SUBSIDIARY OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC."

Variants:

There is a filmed variation of this logo.
When Blockbuster Entertainment bought Spelling, their movie ticket logo unfolded below Worldvision's logo (it was briefly placed next to the globe after the Blockbuster purchase of Spelling), underneath Spelling's byline (itself having the "A Blockbuster Entertainment Company" byline underneath it).
There is also a still variant of this logo.

FX/SFX: The globe zooming in at warp speed, the layering FX on the company name, the Radar Globe shining at the end of the sequence. Also, there was a quick shining wipe at the Worldvision text.

Music/Sounds: Begins with an annoying WHOOSH and then a 3-note synthesized tune with "air" plays in the background.

Music/Sound Variants: The 1990 logo has two variants of this jingle which exist: one has the theme low pitched and the other has a high tone theme. These are seen on some episodes of syndicated prints of Little House on the Prairie.

Availability: Common. Currently seen on Little House on the Prairie on Hallmark Channel and TV Land, SoapNet reruns of Beverly Hills, 90210, most B&W prints of Combat! on AmericanLife, and Tales from the Darkside on SyFy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel) and Chiller. Also seen on the mini-series The Stand on SyFy. Seen recently on a print of Universal Soldier on Encore Action.

Scare Factor: Medium bordering on high; the animation and WHOOSH may scare some.

Worldvision Home Video

VofDoom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:05 CST

Logo descriptions by Jason Jones and Sean Beard
Logo captures by Thehugetvfan
Editions by V of Doom
Video capture courtesy of MachineryNoise

Background: Primarily distributed videos derived from classic network television shows aired from the 1960s through early 1990s. Also issued tapes from the Hanna-Barbera library and a number of special-interest titles (most notable among these: pro golf legend Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way series).

1st Logo
(1983-1985)

Nickname: "Radar Globe"

Logo: The same red radar globe logo as seen on television but with a minor variation: the phrase "HOME VIDEO INC." replaces "ENTERPRISES, INC.". The logo is otherwise unchanged from its familiar form.

FX/SFX: The same as explained above.

Cheesy Factor: This version seems to be chyroned together (a la the bylineless 1987-1988 version of this logo).

Music/Sounds: None.

Avaliability: Extremely rare; check your video store's stock for mid 1980s releases from the company.

Scare Factor: Low; about the same for this home video twin of a familar logo.

2nd Logo
(1985-1994)

Nicknames: "WHOOSH of Doom", "WHOOSH Globe"

Logo: The same as the third Worldvision logo, but somewhat slower. On a white screen, the Worldvision globe logo comes from the center, as the camera zooms out, the Worldvision name emerges from the front, and both plaster themselves into place. The phrase "Home Video Inc." slides in from the Worldvision name, as the background fades to black. As with its television counterpart, the radar globe shines and the disclaimer (in VERY small type here) fades onto the bottom of the screen.

Bylines:

1985-1988: "A TAFT COMPANY".
1988-1991: (Bylineless; just the disclaimer)
1991-1994: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT INC.".

FX/SFX: The zoom-out, the lettering layering FX, and the shining radar globe.

Music/Sounds: An extended version of the Worldvision Enterprises logo. It starts with an extended WHOOSH and gets a 5-note synthesized tune with "air" in the background.

Availability: Very rare; seen on most 1985-1994 releases of classic TV shows and feature films from the Worldvision library. Other notable releases were the Filmation-produced feature film Happily Ever After, Cujo (made by Sunn Classic and Warner Bros.) and Get Smart…Again!. Much of the back catalog (mainly the feature films, TV movies and some miniseries) was reissued by Republic Pictures Home Video in the mid ] 1990s (much of it in EP mode with Worldvision packaging), so check your video store's backstock. Also seen on the first releases of Beverly Hills 90210 and any show that had the Worldvision logo shown on it.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare; about the same as it's TV counterpart, but the big, loud WHOOSH may scare many people, even those used to the TV version. But, those who are used to seeing it will have a less problem.

New Line Television

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:44:25 CST

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

Background: New Line Television is an American television production/distribution arm of New Line Cinema launched in 1988 to produce and promote the Freddy Kreuger franchise on TV originally, specifically the show Freddy's Nightmare, closing shortly in 1990 when this series was cancelled; however, in 1995, it was resurrected under the Turner company. Today, it's a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Officially, on October 2006, it was announced that MGM Television (owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under the umbrella of Sony Corporation of America and its partners) would be distributing New Line Television material and television broadcasts of New Line films.

1st Logo
(1988-1990)

Nickname: "Ladder"

Logo: It's the same logo as the movie version of New Line Cinema, but the animation is sped-up.

FX/SFX: Same as the New Line Cinema 1987 logo.

Music/Sounds: Just the end title theme playing over it.

Availability: Can still be seen on Freddy's Nightmare reruns on Chiller.

Scare Factor: Same as the 1987 movie logo.

2nd Logo
(1995- )

Nickname: "CGI Ladder"

Logo: It's the same movie logo as New Line Cinema. But this time, "TELEVISION" replaces the word "CINEMA" with a line seperating the logo with a company byline underneath.

Variants: There were different variations of the logo:

The full animation of the movie logo but having the words "NEW LINE TELEVISION" instead. Sometimes the animation is normal or sped-up.
In 1998, the line and the byline were shifted up a little underneath the name.
On season 3 of The Lost World, the series used the 2001 New Line Cinema logo with the AOL Time Warner byline.
On Kitchen Confidential surprisingly appears a bylineless version of the logo
Referred to as "NEW LINE TELEVISION PAY PER VIEW" with "PAY PER VIEW" below.

Bylines: The company used different bylines:

1995-1997: "A Turner Company"
1997-2001/2003: "A Time Warner Company"
2001-2003: "An AOL Time Warner Company"
2003-: "A TimeWarner Company"

FX/SFX: Just the light flashing or animating behind the logo, or the full animation of the current movie logo.

Music/Sounds: The last few notes of the movie theme. For the full animation, it's the theatrical theme. In 2001, there were different themes. Other times, it's just silent.

Music/Sound Variants:

1995-: T the finishing of the end title theme from any show or silent.
1997-: The last few notes from the movie version or the full theatrical version for some TV presentations.
2001-2003: A synth theme.
2003-: A battle styled theme.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on The Lost World, The Mask: The Animated Series, Blade: The Series, Masterminds, the 2002 version of The Twilight Zone, and Family Foreman last seen on TV Land (due to the compressed at the bottom) among others. The New Line Television Pay Per View logos can be seen on Starz and Encore.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

1995-1997: None.
1997-2001: None.
2001-2003: Low, the music can give out a few chills.
2003-: Minimal.

TriStar Television

Shadeed329 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:27:19 CST

Logo descriptions by Nicholas Aczel and Michael Bode
Logo captures by Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, and V of Doom
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom
Video captures courtesy of Eric S., Michael Bass, and mcydodge919

Background: Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. opened its own television arm in 1987. When HBO, its last partner, dropped out of the venture, Tri-Star Television was folded into Columbia Pictures Television in December 1987, but it was reformed in 1991 under Sony Pictures Entertainment by dropping the hyphen (-) after acquiring several television shows by New World. In 1994, TriStar Television co-launched Columbia TriStar Television as a joint venture with Columbia Pictures Television, but in 1999 TriStar Television shifted its production business and was folded into CTT (now Sony Pictures Television) after Mad About You and The Nanny ended, but kept its name until 2000 on Early Edition. However, Malcolm & Eddie went under CTT.

1st Logo
(April-December 1987)

Nicknames: "The Pegasus", "Jumping Pegasus", "Pegasus Over Pyramid", "Majestic Pegasus"

Logo: A violet triangle, with a golden border and the text:

TRI
STAR

stacked on each other, zooms out and plasters itself on a black background, above which the Pegasus is seen posed as in the movie logo. The text "TELEVISION" appears below. Months later, the word "TELEVISION" is already chyroned in underneath the logo.

FX/SFX: The triangle zooming out, the "TELEVISION" appearing.

Cheesy Factor: "TELEVISION" looks very tacked/chyroned on, and the end product of the logo looks very poorly filmed.

Music/Sounds: A truncated version of the outro of the '80s TriStar movie fanfare composed by Dave Grusin.

Availability: Extremely rare. Appeared only on My Two Dads and Werewolf. Werewolf reruns on Chiller plasters this logo with the 2002 SPT logo. However, this is seen on three episodes on S1 of My Two Dads from Shout! Factory under license by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Scare Factor: Low; can catch you off guard thanks to the zoom out and sudden fanfare.

2nd Logo
(1991-1992)

Nicknames: "Dark Marble", "Sparkling Pegasus", "CGI Marble"

Logo: On a dark gray marbled background, the company name (same font as the '80s logo, only in CGI and a light silver color) zooms in the center of the screen:

TRI---------------
STAR
TELEVISION

By having the word "TELEVISION" in a light silver code-out box. Then the Pegasus (also '80s style) is formed out of light streaks next to "TRI".

Trivia: This logo is based on the 1991-1993 theatrical logo of TriStar Pictures.

Variant: Some co-produced shows would have the phrase "produced in association with" in white above the logo on a dark blue BG.

FX/SFX: The text zooming out and the sparkling of the Pegasus.

Music/Sounds: Usually had the show's closing theme ending over it. In other cases, it used the outro of the '80s TriStar fanfare. No trace of using the 1987 theme hasn't been found yet. Also can be silent.

Availability: Appeared on Get a Life season two and Forever Knight. Can still be seen on Rhino Home Video's Get a Life season 2 on VHS and DVD.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo
(1992-1999)

Nicknames: "CGI Pegasus", "Ultra Majestic Pegasus"

Logo: We see the white, winged Pegasus posed on the dreamy, sun-lit, cloud-filled sky as in the movie logo. "TRISTAR" appears on the top of the screen in giant bold, white chiseled text (in the same font as the 1993 Columbia logo, the movie version of this had different colored font) , and on the bottom of the screen in smaller text (same font as the 1992 CPT logo), "TRISTAR TELEVISION" with the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company".

Trivia: This logo was designed by world-class artist Alan Reingold.

FX/SFX: None; this is a still logo.

Music/Sounds: Depending on the logo variant:

1992-1993: It used the same music as logo 2. Used again for first 3 season 2 episodes on Mad About You.
1993-1999: A 5-note majestic orchestral fanfare with bells composed by Jay Asher.
1995/1997-1999: Another 5-note majestic theme; a short version of this has 4 notes and is sped up.
NBC and CBS used their generic themes on the logo.
In other cases, it used the closing theme of the show.

Music/Sound Variant: There is a high tone variant of the 1987 theme on Mad About You season one episode Neighbors From Hell.

Availability: Rare. It appeared on The Edge, Mad About You, Early Edition, Malcolm & Eddie, The Fifth Corner, The Nanny, Hudson Street, and Ned and Stacey among other shows, but recent broadcasts replace it with the SPT logo. This logo is also spotted on Annie: A Royal Adventure and the first two seasons of Mad About You on DVD. Outside of the US may have this logo in several countries, but others will have the Sony Pictures Television International logo. This also made a surprise appearance on the pilot episode of My Two Dads seen on the DVD release of the first season from Shout Factory.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

1992-1993: Minimal.

1993-1999: None.

1995/1997-1999: Low; the theme can catch you off guard if you haven't heard it before.

Final Note: TriStar Television was folded into Columbia TriStar Television in 1999.

DiC Entertainment

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:22:06 CST

Logo descriptions by Jason Jones, James Fabiano, Matt Williams, Kris Starring, Dan DeCosta, and Nicholas Aczel
Logo captures by AsdfTheRevival, Wisp2007, Hoa, mcy919, V of Doom, Eric S., and snelfu
Editions by V of Doom and Shadeed A. Kelly
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Background: DiC Entertainment (formerly DiC Audiovisuel, DiC Enterprises, DiC Animation City, and DiC Productions) was founded by Jean Chalopin in Paris, France in 1971, but the American arm debuted in 1982. It was bought by Capital Cities/ABC (now ABC, Inc.) in 1993 and The Walt Disney Company in 1995, until Andy Heyward re-bought the company from Disney in 2000 by becoming independent with an investment by Bain Capital. On July 23, 2008, DiC was acquired by Cookie Jar Entertainment, Inc. and became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Months later, Cookie Jar decided to take over and DiC Entertainment was folded into Cookie Jar. DiC stands for: Diffusion, Information, and Communication (Diffusion, Information, et Communication).

1st Logo
(1983-1986)

Nickname: "D.i.C."

Logo: A certain character appears across a DiC screen:

Inspector Gadget (1983-1984): Inspector Gadget passes a green DiC logo on a blue background while on his skates. Halfway through, his Gadget mallet comes out (presumably involuntarily) and hits the space above the I, dotting it. Gadget exits out of control.
The Littles (1983-1986): The character Dinky runs past a green DiC logo on an orange background and places a green button onto the space above the I, dotting the letter, and then clumsily exiting.

FX/SFX: Just DiC quality animation.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like it says "Die".

Music/Sounds:

Inspector Gadget: A 7-note trumpet outro from the end notes of the Inspector Gadget theme song. There is also a "boing" sound heard when Gadget's mallet "dots" the I.
The Littles: The end title theme of the show.

Availability: Originally seen on Inspector Gadget during the 1980s, this logo is actually extinct from American television, being replaced with newer logos on reruns and DVD releases, usually the Kid in Bed or the IWoD Globe. This was last seen on television during the late 90's airings on Nickelodeon. Can now only be found on early VHS releases of the show from Family Home Entertainment (with the 1985 logo). As for The Littles variant, although it was retained during all reruns since its premiere, this logo was NOT saved when The Littles made the rounds as part of a syndicated package of DiC shows appearing on local stations syndicated by Tribune Entertainment between 2003 and September 2007 (nicknamed as the “DiC Kids Network” and now the “Cookie Jar Network”). To make it less obvious, the end credit animation is slowed down except for the audio to run at the allotted time so they could plaster this logo with the current one. These prints were also used for the show's presence on www.kewlcartoons.com. However, the logo is still intact on the DVD of The Littles Christmas Special and later DVD releases.

Scare Factor: None to low, depending on what you think of the music and the DiC logo’s look.

2nd Logo
(1984-1988)

Nicknames: "The (Green/Yellow) Vortex", "Cheesy Vortex", "The Ugly Vortex"

Logo: The background is a vortex of blue concentric boxes in which purple colors streak down as a stylized "DiC" comes up, seemingly sideways, then turns forward as it comes closer. When it is all the way up, the logo shines and sparkles.

Variants:

There are filmed and videotaped variants. The filmed variant has a brighter blue vortex and the "DiC" is more of a green-yellow color; the videotaped variant has a dark purplish-blue vortex and "DiC" is in green.
On Pole Position, a still shot of the beginning of the logo zoomed in, and then the regular animation played.
Sometimes, "In Association With" or "Produced in Association With", in white, is shown at the bottom throughout the logo.

FX/SFX: The blue vortex with purple streaking down it, and the zooming logo.

Cheesy Factor: Same as above. The color of the filmed variant is just a terrible eyesore.

Music/Sounds: An ascending 8-note synthesized theme.

Music/Sound Variants:

On the 2nd season of Inspector Gadget (1985-86), a new variant of this logo's music was introduced, utilizing a very different 5-note keyboard tune. It has been heard on both the filmed and videotaped versions, and so far has only been heard on this show.
Rainbow Brite once used a variation in which the keyboard music was played slightly faster and was in a different pitch.
Sometimes the ending of the show's theme would play over the logo instead of having its own music.
This appeared occasionally without music on some 1983 episodes of Inspector Gadget when it aired on Nickelodeon in the late '90s, which was probably a poor attempt at plastering.
The original japanese airing of Ulysses 31 had this logo as a in-credit version in white.

Availability: None of the shows that had this logo (Inspector Gadget, Zoobilee Zoo, and Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats to name a few) are currently being rerun on American TV, so it’s pretty much gone outside of tapes (and some DVDs). But if the shows are rerun on a local station (especially as part of an Incredible World of DiC block), expect the IWoD Globe to plaster it. If they are rerun on Cartoon Network or another channel like that, the logo might be intact. It was last seen on TV when Boomerang briefly reran the '80s Dennis The Menace series in January 2007. The DVD set of Heathcliff has this logo. The variant with the closing theme can be seen on some shows, such as The Real Ghostbusters (1st season and syndicated episodes), Kissyfur, The Get-Along Gang, and the Here Come the Littles movie, among others.It was also left intact on Comcast On Demand's prints of The Real Ghostbusters (followed by the 2002 SPT logo).

Scare Factor: Low for both filmed and videotaped variants, but the filmed variant's colors look uglier than the videotaped one. None to minimal for the closing theme variant. This logo, however is probably more cheesy than scary, but that's nothing compared to the follow-up...

3rd Logo
(1987-2001/2003-2005)

Nicknames:"Kid In Bed", "Sleeping Kid", "DiC!", "Deek!"

Logo: We see a boy sleeping in bed (a dog is on the bed, too) with a window above. The camera pans through the bedroom to a "spiked" star outside the window (the spikes are intended to represent shining). The spiked star morphs into a ball, and the silver, 3D word "DiC" zooms in and rotates 90º below to face us. The ball is the dot in the I in “DiC”. Then, a kid says the company's name (pronounced "DEEK").

Trivia: This logo was designed and animated by Homer & Associates.

Variants:

In 1990, the logo got an update with a spiffier starfield.
A bumper seen on early DiC Video releases had a video freeze at the end with "PRESENTS" quickly appearing below letter by letter. This version is also sped up.
There is a variation where the "kid in bed" is completely deleted and the word "PRESENTS" fades in below in an ugly font. There is also no "DiC" sound bite heard.
On an extremely rare occasion, a TM bug is strangely used instead of the standard ®. Why a TM bug? No one knows.
On Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters, "In association with" is shown below at the end of this logo.
Around 1991-1994, the byline “COPRODUCED BY RETITALIA, s.p.a. IN ASSOCIATION WITH TELECINCO” appeared below at the end.
In 2003, this logo was strangely resurrected. This time, instead of the regular DIC logo, it has the "Incredible World Of DiC" globe from logo 5 zoom up outside the window, with light rays shining behind it. When the globe stops, the light rays flash. The logo also has a different starfield that appears to be a cheap rotating 2D image.
On The Chipmunks Go to the Movies, the 1990 starfield appeared, but this logo had the end credits music, along with a byline saying:

Produced By DiC Enterprises Inc.

For Bagdasarian Productions

On DiC's English-dubbed episodes of Sailor Moon (known as Pretty Soilder Sailor Moon in Japan), this copyright info appears after the logo (the 1st 1990 variant):

English Language Adaption---------------------------

Copyright [YEAR] DiC Productions L.P.

FX/SFX: The pan from the bed to the star, along with the chromakey effects used to place the CGI animations in the window. Actually, this was pretty high-tech for it's time.

Cheesy Factor: The camera’s pan is very choppy. The 1987-1990 version of this logo had a low-budget starfield that was mostly empty, as well as this cheesy glow effect on the star/ball. Even though the logo got an update with a spiffier starfield in 1990, the camera's pan remained choppy throughout its long run.

Music/Sounds: Had three different sets of music: a spooky fading synth music, a sweet dreamy tune, and a fast dreamy tune. A child says "DiC" near the end.

Music/Sound Variants: Throughout its 14 year run, this logo had many different audio variations:

1987-1990: the fading synth music, simple starfield, voice-over.
1987-1990 variant 1: fading synth music, same starfield, 1st voice-over, sped-up.
1987-1990 variant 2 (DiC Video variant): fading synth music, same starfield, sped up.
1987-1990 variant 3 (TM bug variant): the fading synth music; same starfield; a scary, whispering synthesized choir singing “DiC...”. This variant earned the nickname "Chrous from Hell". This version was only used in early fall 1987.
1987-1990 variant 4 (TM bug variant 2): Same as above, but the logo continues over the Coca-Cola Communications jingle.
1987-1990 variant 5 (Slimer variant): same as the regular version, once again.
1990-1997: the dreamy music, spiffier starfield, a new (and better) voice-over kid (sounds higher pitched).
1990-1997 variant 1: the dreamy music, same starfield, 2nd voice-over kid, sped-up.
1990-1997 variant 2 (Retitalia/Telecinco byline variant): the same as above.
1997 (alternate): Sped up, 1990 starfield, 1st kid voiceover.
1998-2001: A fast dreamy tune (sounds familiar to the Strand Home Video music), the sped up 1990 starfield, and a different kid saying the name (sounds a bit more cheerful than before).
2003-2005 resurrection (IWoD Globe variant): Same as the 1998 version.
In exceptional cases, it used only the closing theme of the show (e.g., later reruns of Rainbow Brite), being it less (or nothing) scary than all their counterparts. Sometimes, the "DiC" voice-over still plays after the logo appears.

Availability: It was used for a total of 14 years. The main, 1990-1997 first variation currently appears on The Adventures of Captain Planet on Boomerang and Inspector Gadget's Field Trip on Univision. It was once also seen on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on Toon Disney (now Disney XD) until early 2002, but this is still seen on all six VHS tapes of the show. The 1990-1997 variant with the "English Language Adaption" copyright can found on all English-dubbed episodes of Sailor Moon from September 1995 to early 2001. The rare (and scary) variant with the choir singing “DiC” was occasionally featured on syndicated episodes of The Real Ghostbusters (plastering the Vortex logo; the syndicated episodes carried the Vortex but originally aired with the Kid in Bed plastered over it). This variant was found on one of the episodes on the recent DVD release of the show from Time Life. The 1990 version was recently spotted on a couple of episodes on the Inspector Gadget: The Original Series DVD set. The Retitalia/Telecinco version can be seen on the Sonic the Hedgehog (mainly known as SatAM): The Complete Series DVD. The 1997 version is not easy to find, and can only be found on some British Sonic Underground DVDs. Also, many shows with the “Kid In Bed” logo can be found on video and DVD releases done by Shout! Factory. Shout! Factory usually have done a good job at keeping original logos, but the variants with the show's closing theme are available only on some shows, such as Alvin & The Chipmunks and Rainbow Brite, among others. A version of the 1998-2001 logo, running at normal speed and with extended music, can still be found at the end of the 1999 movie Our Friend Martin on VHS and DVD). The Kid in Bed can also be found intact on many shows that used it on DiC's new website, www.kewlcartoons.com.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare for the earlier music variants, medium to high for the 1990 music variation, and low for the other variants. The darkness of the logo, the spiked star, and sudden appearance of “DiC” weren’t easy to look at for most kids, either. But the scare factor varies for those who are used to seeing it.

4th Logo
(2001-2008)

Nicknames: "The IWoD Globe", "The Incredible World of DiC"

Logo: We see a background with red, green, yellow and blue (the areas are filled with patterns such as a DiC logo outline, and planets). The red and green wipe away until we are left with a yellow BG with a blue oval. A purplish globe pops out of the blue oval, then bounces to the center before zooming to fill the screen and backing up again, at which point the planets in the BG disappear and are replaced with stars, and stars pop up from behind the globe. On the upper-half of the globe, some sparkles fly across and write the words:

The
Incredible World
----------------------of

in yellow script, and on the lower-half, the word:

DiC

(in the same-font as the “Kid in Bed” logo, in yellow) zooms out to the logo; also like the previous logo, a kid is often heard saying the company name (the third kid voiceover from the Kid in Bed logo).

Opening Variant: On the DiC Kids Network, the logo is shown at the beginning followed by the DiC effects that shows the title card logo and the cartoon character(s) with it such as Sabrina The Animated Series, Sabrina's Secret Life, Archie's Weird Mysteries, Inspector Gadget's Field Trip, The Littles, and Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, among others just to name a few.

FX/SFX: Just DiC quality animation.

Music/Sounds: A light techno-pop tune with bells and other cartoony sounds. Sometimes the theme is extended, with a few extra bells heard at the end. In other cases, it's edited/warp speed.

Availability: It was very common on the newer DiC-produced shows, such as Sabrina: The Animated Series, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!, and Liberty’s Kids whenever reran. Also plastered older DiC logos in some cases, mainly on the "DiC Kids Network" syndication package which was syndicated by Tribune Entertainment from 2003-2007 and has been renamed to the "Cookie Jar Network" shortly afterwards, and was also seen on KOL's Secret Slumber Party on CBS in 2006 (now called Kewlopolis). It also appears on all shows on Kewlopolis (a current Saturday Morning block on CBS stations), and can be found on some DVDs (mainly the DiC DVDs distributed by Sterling/UAV Corporation). It's also seen on some shows on www.kewlcartoons.com, mainly DiC shows that originally had this logo and programs that did not use the Kid in Bed logo. But due to the fact that Cookie Jar is now plastering DiC logos on television programming and only for DVD releases, it's becoming uncommon.

Scare Factor: None; the logo may be cute for children, but you'll probably be annoyed by its childish and overused appearance.

CBS Productions

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:27:13 CST

Logo descriptions by Shadeed A. Kelly

Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelly, Bob Fish, bmasters9, and snelfu
Editions by mr3urious, Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, Chick84, and Bob Fish
Video captures courtesy of Iseven016, bmasters9, and willg550187415

Background: CBS Productions was the production arm of the CBS Television Network, formed in 1952 to produce shows in-house, instead of relying solely on outside productions. Its first production was CBS Television Workshop, a drama anthology series. It featured an early appearance of Audrey Hepburn. But in 2006, it was merged with Paramount Television to form CBS Paramount Television, whose main production division, CBS Paramount Network Television, continues to produce the former CBS Productions shows that are still running. Nowdays, all of the CBS library, except some shows, is owned by CBS Corp. and distributed by CBS Television Distribution. On September 2, 2008, CBS Productions was revived as an in-name-only unit of CBS Television Studios (formerly CBS Paramount Television) by producing 90210 for the CW Television Network.

Historical Note: The CBS logo was created by Kurt Weiss on October 17, 1951 and was introduced on broadcast on October 20, 1951.

1st Logo
(1952-1965)

Nicknames: "The Eyemark", "The Zooming Eyemark", "The (Eyemark) Shutter", "Irish Diaphram Shutter", "The Pupil"

Logo: On a white background, we see CBS' huge Eyemark logo. Inside it has yet another Eyemark. As the camera zooms in, we see the pupil of the eye opening up camera shutter style to reveal, "CBS TELEVISION NETWORK" in its Didot font. The pupil closes.

FX/SFX: The zooming in of the Eyemark.

Music/Sounds: None. In other cases, it included an announcer saying "This is the CBS Television Network", or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: This logo appeared on Perry Mason, Hogan's Heroes and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis among other shows. Still intact on the I Love Lucy and later seasons of The Twilight Zone DVD box sets.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

Low bordering on medium for the original variant.
Low to medium for the variant with the voice-over.
Low with the closing theme.

2nd Logo
(1952-1980)

Logo: CBS Productions only used different on-screen versions of the in-credit texts:

A
CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
PRODUCTION

with the CBS Eyemark logo below it, taking place against a blue BG. Other series would read "PRODUCED BY THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK", "THIS HAS BEEN A CBS TELEVISION NETWORK PRODUCTION", or "(PRODUCED) IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK". Sometimes the text "FILMED AT CBS STUDIO CENTER, STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA" would be seen below, sometimes with the Eyemark to the left of it.

Variants:

Sometimes, there would be no Eyemark at all.
1959-1962: The text would appear on a wallpaper background.
1962-1965: The text would appear on a gray background with the "Seal of Good Practice" or "Television Code" logo.
1962-1964: On early seasons of Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies, the "IAW" variant fades after the 1961 Filmways logo.
1964-1965: The notice is shown on the lower right-hand corner on the Filmways logo.
1978-1980: The text is referred to as "A CBS Entertainment Production". Apparently, "Five-O" was a CBS Entertainment Production in its next-to-last season, as well as its last season.
The Eyemark would either be black or white.
On the Dr. Seuss TV specials from 1971-1975, such as The Cat in the Hat, the logo is just a text, in this format:

this has been a
CBS
TELEVISION NETWORK
PRODUCTION
in association with

Then, it would cut to the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show playing. Otherwise on some shows from 1959-1962, it would have a majestic 4 note tune on some shows. Other shows would have either an 8-note tune with a drumroll or a 13 note fanfare.

Availability: Common; appeared on The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Get Smart, and Gilligan's Island among other key shows. Different versions would appear such as on Gunsmoke on TV Land and The Twilight Zone on Sci-Fi Channel and local syndication. The Filmways shared version still appears on 1962-1965 reruns of The Beverly Hillbillies on WGN America and TV Land.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

None without the music.
With the end title theme, between none to medium, depending on the end theme.
With the 4-note, 8-note with the drum roll, or 13-note theme, between medium to nightmare. The theme may cause a lot of chills or scares.

3rd Logo
(1965-1967)

Nickname: "(Zooming-Out) CBS Eye of Doom"

Logo: We see a black Eyemark zooming out to the top of the screen on a gray BG. "CBS" appears one by one in a dramatic fashion in white.

Color Variant: On the color variant of this logo, the background is blue.

FX/SFX: The eye zooming out and the appearance of the letters.

Music/Sounds: A commanding trumpet with a menacing, cacophonous finish. No announcer here.

Availability: Extinct; seen originally on Hogan's Heroes, Pistols 'N' Petticoats, Hazel, Lassie, My Favorite Martian, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Captain Kangaroo, Password, Art Linkletter's House Party, The Red Skeleton Hour, The Jackie Gleason Show, To Tell the Truth, What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke and The Gary Moore Show, among other classic shows.

Scare Factor: Medium to high for those who aren't used to it, due to the music.

4th Logo
(1980-1985)

Logo: Against a black BG, we see the text:

CBS------------------------------------------
PRODUCTIONS

written in a light blue, 3D Impact font.

FX/SFX: None.

Cheesy Factor: Even for a still logo, this looks really plain and cheap.

Music/Sounds: Just the outro of the show or the intro of a TV movie.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Depends on the end theme heard.

5th Logo
(1983-1985)

Nicknames: "Booming Stars", "Boom of Stars", "☆☆☆", "Tri-Star" (Not the film company)

Logo: It's the same as the 1983 CBS Theatrical Films logo, but "THEATRICAL FILMS" was replaced by "PRODUCTIONS".

Closing Variant: This is a still shot logo that has "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" above the logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the 1983 CBS Theatrical Films logo. None for the closing variant.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare; can be seen on I Love Lucy: The Collector's Edition on VHS.

Scare Factor: Low with the animation, and none for the still version.

6th Logo
(1985-1991)

Nickname: "Eye Filmstrip"

Logo: Against a blue/white gradient BG, we see the text:

CBS-------------------------------------------------------------
ENTERTAINMENT
PRODUCTIONS---------------

in black, and with an Eyemark logo to the right of "CBS" with a filmstrip next to it. The filmstrip also has little "comet streaks" on its left side.

Variant:

Sometimes, the logo is shown on an all-white, gray, or blue BG, with the letters smaller and on the bottom of the screen.
In other cases, it's superimposed.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Very rare; currently seen on 1985-1987 episodes of The (new)Twilight Zone on Chiller. It was also seen on several television specials like I Love Lucy: The Very First Show! The in-credit version appeared on the short-lived game show The Hollywood Game.

Scare Factor: None.

7th Logo
(1989-1995)

Logo: Against a blue/purple BG, we see the text:

C B S

E N T E R T A I N M E N T
P R O D U C T I O N S

zoom out over the BG. "ENTERTAINMENT" is in a red rectangle. A sky blue CBS Eye zooms out and places itself below the text.

Variants:

There is a superimposed variant of this logo that has appeared on some shows.
A short version where it starts at where the CBS eye moves up is also seen.

FX/SFX: The CGI animation.

Music/Sounds:

A 3-note re-orchestration of the 1959 CBS Television fanfare, the end theme, or, most commonly, silence. The short version uses the last note being longer. In 1994, it used generic network music when CBS began using split-screen credits.
There is also a longer version.

Availability: Uncommon; seen on Evening Shade, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS Soap Break, and Rescue 911, among others. Still appears on seasons 1 and 2 of Walker, Texas Ranger on Sleuth and DVD and the first three seasons of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman on Gospel Music Channel and DVD. The in-credit version appeared on the short-lived game show The Hollywood Game.

Scare Factor: None.

8th Logo

(September 1995-August 1997)

Nicknames: "Turning Eyemark", "We are CBS"

Logo: Over a textured yellow or gold BG, we see a pair of ghostly gray hands holding up a gray CBS eye logo. We then fade to a closer shot of the hands holding the logo, with "CBS PRODUCTIONS" in a Century Gothic font in front, along with a CBS Eyemark below, all in black.

Variant: Sometimes, the hands holding up the CBS eye logo are omitted, so only we see the textured yellow background.

Trivia: This logo was based on the CBS 1995-96 on air look, "You're On CBS".

FX/SFX: The hands, the fade.

Music/Sounds: None; just the end title theme playing over the logo.

Availability: Uncommon; appeared on such shows like Walker, Texas Ranger; Caroline in the City, and Early Edition. This logo still appears on seasons 3 and 4 of Walker: Texas Ranger on Sleuth and DVD and Caroline in the City on Lifetime Real Women. Can also be found on seasons 4 and 5 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman on Gospel Music Channel and DVD, the first season of Promised Land on Gospel Music Channel, the final season of Rescue 911, Dave's World, and even the first season of Kids Say The Darndest Things.

Scare Factor: None; a neat logo.

9th Logo
(September 1997-2006/September 2, 2008- )

Nicknames: "The Stage", "CGI Stage", "CBS Stage"

Logo: We see a flash of light, which dies down to reveal the CBS eye (the light is coming from the center of it) with "CBS PRODUCTIONS" around it, floating above a floor in a blue and white studio whose walls have a CBS logo pattern on them. The text is in the familiar CBS Didot font and the entire logo is brown. We zoom away from the logo.

Variant: A better known version debuted later, which omits the light. The logo is a lighter shade of brown here.

FX/SFX: The CGI, which despite being over a decade old, holds up very well today.

Music/Sounds: Usually the outro of the end title theme from any show playing over the logo. However on Kids Say the Darndest Things, there's a synth theme that sounds like a choir singing. On Listen Up!, it plastered over the 20th Century Fox TV logo, but keeps its music (the abridged version) intact. On the season two episode of A&E's The Cleaner, we hear a light orchestral sounder, played by low strings, low horns and a piano with a bang of a timpani and a clash of cymbals. That sounder is also used to accompany the CBS Television Studios logo.

Availability: Common; still seen on reruns of Walker, Texas Ranger seasons 5-8, The District, Still Standing, Yes, Dear, The King of Queens, the final season of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman on DVD and Gospel Music Channel (and the two TV movies that followed it), the last few seasons of Promised Land on the Gospel Music Channel, and the CSI franchise, among others. Was used until Summer 2006 when this logo was replaced by the CBS Paramount Network Television logo. The logo is not plastered over on syndicated reruns of shows. Recently, this logo was spotted on episode two of 90210 on CW, S2 episodes of The Cleaner on A&E and the new Melrose Place, also on the CW. Although, the new show's pilot episode ended with the CBS Television Studios logo.

Scare Factor: None; this is a clean logo.

CBS Television Distribution

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:52 CST

Logo descriptions by Silversword55
Logo captures by AsdfTheRevival, Eric S., Bob Fish, and Shadeed A. Kelly
Editions by Bob Fish, V of Doom, SilverSword55, Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, Donny Pearson, and bmasters9
Video captures courtesy of JohnnyL80

Background: On September 26, 2006, CBS Corporation merged King World, CBS Paramount International Television (now CBS Studios International), CBS Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Home Entertainment to form CBS Television Distribution. The merger wouldn't take effect on screen until 2007, when the King World and CBS Paramount Domestic Television logos were retired in favor of this one below.

(August 20, 2007- )

Nicknames: "CBS Studio", "CGI Studio"

Logo: In a studio, with blue lights all over, we see the words "CBS Television Distribution" ("CBS" in it's usual Didot font, with "Television" next to CBS, and "Distribution" next to CBS and below Television, both are in a Helvetica font) floating above a reflective ground (which ripples at the beginning, like water) in front of a wall with clouds on it. The camera zooms out from the logo until it's over. But on the longer version, it stops behind some black girders.

Variants:

The longer variant has everything the above says, except at the beginning, the camera zooms away from the CBS Eyemark, and "Television Distribution" zooms back in place, and then the camera moves away from the logo and stops behind the girders. It can be seen here.
A Black and White version is used on B&W shows.

FX/SFX: Beautiful graphics, period! The CGI set looks well done, reminiscent of the 1997 CBS Productions logo.

Music/Sounds: A beautiful 6 note violin sounder, which sounds like a remix of the music in the CBS Paramount Network Television logo. There are four elements:

In the short version of the logo, the jingle is faster paced.
Sometimes, the theme would have either five (minus the first note) or all six notes.
There is a longer version of the theme.
On the extended theme, there is a much extended theme that would have the elements of the long version theme.

Music/Sounds Variants: On Jeopardy!, you can still hear part of the 1998 King World thunderclap sound effect before the theme is playing.

Availability: Appears mostly on first-run syndicated programming from CBS Paramount Domestic Television, such as Judge Judy, Dr. Phil, Montel and Entertainment Tonight. It is also seen on ex-King World distribute shows like: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Rachael Ray, and Inside Edition, but not The Oprah Winfrey Show. It can also be seen on local reruns of Fraiser, Half & Half, One on One, and Maximum Exposure (the latter title to have followed after the Paramount Domestic Television logo of the time). This logo was also seen on Everybody Loves Raymond in syndication which plasters over the King World logo. It was also seen on Star Trek: The Original Series - Remastered. Also on new programming like The Doctors. The extended version is seen on their website and was seen on the final two seasons of Montel. This logo can also be seen together with its network television counterpart's "Wallpaper" logo before it on syndicated reruns of the CSI franchise. The short version can also be seen on DVD releases of Hawaii Five-O, starting with the fourth season. The logo can be seen on syndicated reruns of the 1987-1994 made-for-syndication television series Star Trek: The Next Generation in which this logo replaced the 1987 Paramount Pictures logo.

Scare Factor: None; possibly one of the best logos of the decade.

Schick Sunn Classic Pictures

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:03 CST

Logo descriptions by Matt Williams, Eric S., and others
Logo pictures and editions by Eric S. and others

Schick Sunn Classic Pictures

Background: One of the most popular and profitable independent film studios of the 1970’s was Sunn Classics. They were also known as Schick Sunn Classics, part of the razor company. Known for their speculative documentaries, they would use market research to create a film, go into a town and rent out theatres, saturate the market with advertising, and clean up at the box office. This process, known as “Four Walling”, was very successful for them. Orson Welles was especially interesting in their way of doing business, visiting their studio to learn about it. As the studio grew in popularity, it unfortunately led to its downfall. Known for its family films, it expanded into PG rated narrative films (like Hangar 18) and even R rated horror films (The Boogens). It was bought out by other companies and eventually disappeared. Currently the movie library is owned by Viacom thru Paramount Pictures and the TV library is owned by CBS Corporation thru CBS Television Distribution, both in tandem with Republic Entertainment, Inc.

1st Logo
(1970-1987)

Nicknames: "The Sun", "The Cheesy Sun"

Logo: On a space background, we zoom out and we see an eclipsed sun, which turns into a drawing of a sun. "SUN" on a bold font appears inside it. Below it, these words appear:

1970-1979: SCHICK SUN CLASSIC PICTURES PRESENTS (with "Schick" above "SUN")
1975-1978: SUNN CLASSIC PICTURES PRESENTS (with "Schick" above "SUNN")
1978-1987: SUN CLASSIC PICTURES
Also referred as "SCHICK SUNN CLASSIC PRODUCTIONS" for TV movies.
Later, on some 1983 and 1986 TV movies, the byline "A Division of the Taft Broadcasting Company" would appear under the logo.
The closing variant seen on TV movies with the sun still and the stars moving.
On the TV Series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, the logo was superimposed over the ending credits without animation.

FX/SFX: The animation of the flames on the eclipsed sun.

Music/Sounds:

For the opening variant featured a triumphant orchestral piece
In other cases, a more orchestrated version with bells and percussion sounds was heard.
On In Search of the Historic Jesus, a long version of the Taft International Pictures logo jingle was heard.
The closing logo featured a majestic sounding orchestral piece made of strings. Another variant of the same jingle was also used, but using piano and brass as main melody.

Availability: Very rare; appeared on Vestron Video releases of Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Story of Esther, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and Battle Beyond the Street, and Starmaker Video release of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, among others. Was plastered with the Taft logo during the '80s when they owned the company. If any of these films is ever shown, expect a Paramount logo to plaster this one.

Scare Factor: Medium; the darkness may not sit well with everybody. Not to mention the Viacom "V of Doom" appearing at the end of most movies!

2nd Logo
(1983-1987)

Logo: Just a generic in-credit text saying "SUNN CLASSIC PICTURES, INC.", under it, the byline "A Division of the Taft Entertainment Company" is seen. Sometimes, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is seen above.

FX/SFX: The scrolling of the credits, or none.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie, or none.

Availability: Seen on Schick Sunn movies from the Taft period, such as Cujo and P.K. and the Kid among others.

Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________

Sunn Pictures International

Background: Sunn tried to come back in the early 90’s. As Sunn International Pictures, they made several more Biblical speculation films for CBS, known as Ancient secrets of the Bible. Aaron Eckhart got his start playing Samson in one of these films. They ran into a bit of trouble with this as it turns out one of the people they interviewed, about the finding of Noah’s Ark, was a renowned hoaxer. He did the interview as a joke and, after it aired, came out to say he was making it all up. CBS was embarrassed and didn’t continue with more films with Sunn. There were a few more documentaries (including a series about UFOs), mainly for cable, but that was it for the second incarnation of Sunn. Sellier continues to make films, mainly religious documentaries, under the title Grizzly Adams Productions.

(1994?)

TBA!
_______________________________________________________________

Sunn Classic Pictures, Inc.

Background: In recent years, Sunn has attempted to come back for a third time, with many of those originally involved with the studio (minus Sellier). They launched a website, and have ambitious plans for a new movie studio, with some films in development (including Tim Conway's DORF character). Although since the site's launch a couple years ago, there has been little updating.

1st Logo
(????- )

Nickname: "The Pyramid and the Sun"

Revolution Television

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:33 CST

Logo descriptions and capture by Shadeed A. Kelly

Background: Revolution Television is the television production arm of Revolution Studios formed in 2003. It was closed in 2006, but is expected to return in 2010.

(2003-2006)

Logo: On the same background as Revolution Studios, we have the respective logo, but the word “TELEVISION” replaces “STUDIOS”. There would be a white line in the middle and below it would have another logo that says “red OM films” with a red circle with some sort of Chinese or Japanese letter inside it in the same color.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end title theme of the show or TV movie.

Availability: Rare. Were seen on the short-lived TV show Queens Supreme and two television movies Samantha: An American Girl Holiday and Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front. The latter two titles are currently on DVD.

Scare Factor: None.

Schick Sunn Classic Productions

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:14 CST

Logo captures by Eric S.
Video captures courtesy of Eric S.

(197?-????)

TBA

CLG Wiki Movie and Home Entertainment Section

VofDoom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:33 CST

This is the Movie and Home Entertainment section of the CLG Wiki. All movie and home entertainment logo descriptions will be posted here.

News Corporation (20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, Fox Faith, Fox Europe, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Blu-ray Disc, Magnetic Video Corporation, Magnetic Video UK, Key Video, MTM Home Video, New World Pictures, New World Video, Regency Enterprises, Learning Corporation of America, Highgate Pictures, SLM Productions)

Wagner/Cuban (2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures, Magnolia Home Entertainment, United American Video Corporation)

The Walt Disney Company (Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disneynature, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, ABC Motion Pictures, ABC Video, ESPN Video, Hollywood Pictures, Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, Miramax Films, Prestige Pictures, Millimeter Films, Miramax Home Entertainment, Selmur Pictures, Palomar Pictures International, Touchstone Pictures, Touchstone Home Entertainment)

Bertelsmann AG (Pearson-Thames Video, Pearson Television Video, Thames Silents, Thames Video)

BBC (BBC Films, BBC Video, Time-Life Video)

ITV plc. (Associated Film Distributors, ITC Film Distributors Ltd., The Rank Organisation, ITC Home Video, Rank Home Video)

MGM Holdings, Inc. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM Home Entertainment, United Artists Pictures, Orion Pictures, Orion Classics, Orion Home Video, Samuel Goldwyn Films, G2 Films, Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment, American International Pictures, Atlantic Releasing Corporation, Embassy Film Associates, Embassy Home Entertainment, Filmways Pictures, Filmways Home Video, Hemdale Communications, Hemdale Home Video, Epic Productions, Epic Home Video, Vision PDG International, Nelson Entertainment, Scotti Bros. Pictures)

General Electric/Vivendi SA (Universal Pictures, USA Films, USA Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, NBC Home Video, Focus Features, Universal Focus, Good Machine, October Films, StudioCanal, Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, EMI Films, Anglo-Amalgamated Films, Associated British Corporation, EMI Video, Almi Pictures Productions, PolyGram Films, Propaganda Films, A&M Films, A&M Video, Gramercy Pictures, Interscope Communications, Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films, Island Pictures, Island Video, Working Title Films, PolyGram Video, Geffen Pictures, Geffen Home Video, Victor Studios, Vivendi Visual Entertainment)

Sony Corporation (Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International, Columbia Showcase Theatre, Columbia Classics, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Triumph Films, Destination Films, Revolution Studios, Stage 6 Films, Affirm Films, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures DVD Center, SVS/Triumph, Sony Video LP, Provident Films, Weintraub Entertainment Group)

TimeWarner (Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Premiere, Warner Independent Pictures, WarnerVision, Warner Home Video, AAP Films, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, Monogram Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Films, HBO Video, Thorn EMI Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, HBO/Cannon Video, HBO Savoy Video, Lorimar Film Entertainment, Lorimar Home Video, New Line Cinema, FineLine Features, New Line Home Entertainment, Infinifilm, New Visions Pictures, Picturehouse Films, The Zanuck Company, Seven Arts Pictures, Ted Turner Pictures, Turner Home Entertainment, National General Corporation, First Artists Pictures)

National Amusements, Inc. (Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Artcraft Pictures, Unity Pictures, Jerry Fairbanks Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, CBS Theatrical Films, Cinema Center Films, CBS Home Entertainment, Cannon Films, Cannon Video, CMT Films, Comedy Central Films, Comedy Central Home Video, MTV Films, MTV Home Video, VH1 Films, Republic Entertainment, Mascot Pictures, Invincible Pictures, Liberty Films, Liberty Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Viacom Pictures, NTA Pictures, Commonwealth United Entertainment, NTA Home Entertainment, Spelling Films, Blockbuster Video, Taft Entertainment Pictures, Worldvision Home Video, Media West, Simon & Schuster Video, Schick Sunn Classic Pictures)

DreamWorks, LLC (DreamWorks SKG Pictures, Go Fish Pictures, DreamWorks Home Entertainment)

Liberty Media Corporation (Starz! Pictures, Starz Home Entertainment, Overture Films, Starmaker Video, Anchor Bay Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment)

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Mandate Pictures, Roadside Attractions, C/FP Distribution, Cinépix Film Properties, Inc., Maple Pictures, Trimark Pictures, Vidmark Entertainment/Trimark Home Video, Carolco Pictures, Carolco Home Video, Artisan Entertainment, Thriller Video, Monterey Home Video, Avid Home Entertainment, Magnum Entertainment, Vestron Pictures, Moviestore Entertainment, Vestron Video, Vestron Video International, Thedian Video Productions, Lightning Pictures, Lightning Video)

The Weinstein Company, LLC (The Weinstein Company, The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment, Dragon Dynasty, Dimension Films, Dimension Extreme Films, Dimension Home Entertainment, Dimension Extreme Home Entertainment, Third Rail Releasing, Our Stories Films, Genius Entertainment)

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (Spyglass Entertainment, Caravan Pictures)

Robert Rodriguez Companies (Troublemaker Studios, Rodriguez International Pictures)

Relativity Media (Relativity Media, Rogue Pictures)

RKO Pictures, LLC (RKO Pictures, RKO Home Video)

Gaiam, Inc. (Goodtimes Home Entertainment, HGV Video Productions)

CanWest Global/Goldman Sachs Group (Alliance Films, FireWorks)

Western-World Television Inc. (World Video)

Public & Non-Profit Companies (PBS Home Video/DVD, Pacific Arts)

Argentine Companies (Argentina Video Home, Gativideo, Grupo C Entretenimientos, Transmundo Home Video)

Australian Companies (Applause Home Video, Australian Video, CEL Video, Delta Home Video, King of Video, Palace Video, PBV Video, Pink Video, Playaround Video, Roadshow Home Video, Star Video, Video Classics, Village Roadshow Pictures)

Chilean Companies (BancoEstado Films, Chilechita Producciones, Video Chile, Empresa Trasandina de Video)

Dutch Companies (Converge Video, Eagle 6 Video, European Video Corporation, Video Screen)

French Companies (Acteurs Auteurs Associés, EuropaCorp, Fil à Film, Gaumont, Pathé, UGC Vidéo)

German Companies (Arcade Video, Award Video, Decla Film, Laser Video, Select Video, SuperVideo, Tabu Video, UFA Filmkunst, Video Programm Service)

Greek Companies (AGM Home Video, Hellas Kosmos Video, Hi-Tech Video, Original Video, Video Acropolis, Video City International, Videosonic)

Hong Kong and Cantonese Companies (Alan and Eric Films Limited, Bo-ho Films, Bojon Films Company, Brandy Film Limited, Chang's Film Corp., Cheung Yau Production Co., China Horse Films Production Company, Cinema City & Films Co., Concord Productions, David Lam Films, Eternal Film, Film Business International Limited, Film Workshop, Fortune Star, Fu Ngai Films, Galaxy Films,Golden Gate Films, Golden Harvest, Golden Princess Film Production, Head Men Productions, In-Gear Film Production Co. Ltd., J&J Rainboworld Enterprises, John Woo Film Production, Ltd., Lo Wei Motion Picture Co. Ltd., Mandarin Films Limited, Media Asia Group, Mei Ah Laser Disc Co. Ltd., Milkyway Image Ltd., Movie Impact Limited, Long Shong Pictures, One Hundred Years of Film, Pak Ming Films Ltd., PopMovies, Rical Production Company Limited, Shaw Brothers, Star Entertainment Corp., United Filmakers Organization (UFO), Universe Entertainment, Verdull, Wang Lee Film Enterprises Co., Win's Entertainment)

Italian Companies (Cecci Gori, Medusa Communications Ltd./Medusa Produzione/Distribuzione)

Japanese Companies (Toei, Toho, Daiei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu, Shintoho, Sanrio Films, VAP)

Scandinavian Companies (Baroness Videovision, Din Video, Egmont Film/Entertainment, Esselte Video, Magnum Video, Mariann Video, Scand Video, Trix Videofilmer, Videce Videocentralen, Walthers Video, Westcon Home Video)

Spanish Companies (Filmax, Lauren Films, Ízaro films, Vernal Media, Selecta Visión, Manga Films, Record Visión, Porkie Home Video, DeAPlaneta, Picasso Studios, Alta-Classics, Vídeo Diversión, Ivs, Cameo, S.A.V. and subsidiaries, Visa Films, C.B. Films, Sogepaq, Movierecord, Llamentol, Telcom International Group, Videojoven, Viva Home Video, Divisa Home Video, Grupo Planeta's subsidiaries, Luk Internacional, José Frade, Tri Pictures, Estudios Vara, Araba Films, Manuel Esteba)

Mexican Companies (Estudios América, Filmex, Ramex)

B-Movie Companies (Academy Entertainment, Action International Pictures, Active Video, All Seasons Entertainment, American Video, Continental Video, Comet Video, Charter Entertainment, Imperial Entertainment, Empire International, Mogul Communications, Raedon Home Video, Unicorn Video, Something Weird Video, Star Classics, PM Entertainment, Gemstone Entertainment, Camp Video, City Lights Home Video, Midnight Video, Select-A-Tape, Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment, Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video, Paragon Video, Prism Entertainment, Southgate Entertainment, Sandrews Video, Severin Video, Super Video, Trans World Entertainment, Regal Video, World Video Pictures)

Vanity & Miscellaneous (21st Century Film Corporation, A&A Production Company Limited, Airtight Productions, Amblin Entertainment, American Zoetrope, American Independent Productions, Alliance Films, Applause Productions Inc., Aspen Film Society, Badham-Cohen Group, Beacon Pictures, Box Office International Pictures, C2 Pictures, Capital Arts Entertainment, Cinergi Pictures, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Compass International Pictures, Curb Esquire Films, Davis Entertainment, Davis-Films, Dick Clark Video, Dino de Laurentiis Company, Entertainment Partners, Equinoxe Films, Fox Hills Video, Fries Home Video, Hometown Films, Media Home Entertainment, The Nostalgia Merchant, Icon Productions, Imagine Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Intercontinental Releasing Corporation, Interglobal Video, Intermedia, Interlight Pictures, J&M Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Lakeshore Entertainment, Largo Entertainment, Libra Pictures, Lightstorm Entertainment, Lucasfilm, Ltd., Malofilm Video, Mandalay Entertainment/Pictures, Morgan Creek Productions, Motion Picture Corporation of America, Mutual Film Corporation, Newmarket Films, Overbrook Entertainment, Prism Leisure Corporation, Penta Pictures, Phoenix Films, Phoenix Pictures, Producers Sales Organization, Rainbow Releasing Productions, Revelation Films, Rialto Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Savoy Pictures, Selznick International Pictures, Seven Arts Productions, Silver Pictures, Satori, Simitar Entertainment, Sun Artists, The Montecito Picture Company, Troma Entertainment, VidAmerica, View Askew Productions, United International Pictures, Wayne/Fellows Productions, Wind Dancer Films, Wood Knapp, Yari Film Group Releasing, Other Movie Companies, Other Home Entertainment Companies)

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