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CLG Wiki - Recently Updated Pageshttp://www.closinglogos.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://www.closinglogos.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comFri, 16 May 2008 09:53:33 CDTFri, 16 May 2008 09:53:33 CDTwetpaint.com60CLG Wikihttp://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gifhttp://www.closinglogos.comThis is no ordinary wiki! This is the wiki from the original logo authority that discusses all closing logos you see on TV, from the Viacom "V of Doom" to the Screen Gems "S from Hell"Network Ten Productions (Australia)http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Network+Ten+Productions+%28Australia%29mr3urioushttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Network+Ten+Productions+%28Australia%29Fri, 16 May 2008 09:53:33 CDTLogo description by mr3urious

1st Logo
(1988)

Logo: Only a superimposed in-credit disclaimer reading "NETWORK TEN AUSTRALIA" in a white font, with "NETWORK TEN" at the top, and "AUSTRALIA" at the bottom.

FX: None; it's a still in-credit logo.

Music/Sounds: Plays over the end theme of the show.

Availability: Was seen on the short-lived Australian soap Richmond Hill.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2000's?-????)

Logo: On a black BG, a small blue circle grows at the top of the screen, followed by a yellow one, and another blue one, which appears in a "popping" effect, resulting in a blue circle with a yellow border and "ten" in the center. The URL www.ten.com.au is wiped in below.

FX: The circle and URL being formed.

Music/Sounds: A calm synth note.

Availability: Currently seen on a lot of Network Ten-produced shows such as "Big Brother Australia".

Scare Factor: None.

]]>BBC 2 (UK)http://www.closinglogos.com/page/BBC+2+%28UK%29tvlogos2008http://www.closinglogos.com/page/BBC+2+%28UK%29Fri, 16 May 2008 06:18:03 CDTNickname : "the early 2s"
Logo : ???
FX: ???
Availability: extinct
Scare factor: ???

2nd logo (1967-1974)
Nickname: "the truning 2
Logo: tba
FX : the 3 dots then the 2 truning
Availability see 1st logo.
Scare factor: tba

3rd logo 1974
Nicknane : TBA
Logo: tba
FX : tba
Availability again see 1st logo
Scare factor: tba

4th logo (1979-1986)
Nickname: tba
Logo: tba
FX: tba
Availbility: see 1st logo
Scare factor: tba

5th logo (1986-1991)
Nickname: tba
Logo: tba
FX: tba
Availbility: see the 1st logo
Scare factor: tba

6th Logo (1991-1997)
Nicknames: "Water" "Copper Cut Out" "Paint" "Blade" "Neon" "Glass" "Silk" "Shadow" "Paper Cut Out" "B/W Copper Cut Out" "Balloon" "School" "Gardon" "Crystal Ball" "Japan" "Pop Art" "Teapot" "Old Art" "One World" "Wet And Windy" "Billboard" "War And peace" "Halloween 1" "Halloween 2" "Halloween 3" "Stage" "Birth Night" "Pirson" "1960s" "Door" "30 Years Of Bbc2" "Moon" "Shakesphere" "Wall Cut Out" "Mars" "Book" "Powder" "Star (Xmas 1991)" Tree (Xmas 1992)" " Xmas 1993" "Wallace And Gromit (xmas 1995)"
Logo: ???
FX: ???
Availbility: extinct.
Scare factor: depending on the logo FX. ???

7th Logo (1997-2001)
Ncknames: ???
Logo : ???
FX: ???
Availbility: extinct
Scare Factor depending on the logo FX ???

8th Logo (2001-2007)
Nicknames: ???
Logo: ???
FX: ???
Availbility: extinct
Scare Factor: depending on the logo FX ???

9th logo (2007-)
Nicknames: ???
Logo: ???
FX: ???
Availbility: current

]]>Doozerhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/DoozerMidaba2004http://www.closinglogos.com/page/DoozerFri, 16 May 2008 05:26:43 CDT

]]>Where's Lunch?http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Where%27s+Lunch%3FMidaba2004http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Where%27s+Lunch%3FAdded video with the "Where's Lunch" logo.Fri, 16 May 2008 04:13:42 CDT
]]>Shore Z Productionshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Shore+Z+ProductionsMidaba2004http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Shore+Z+ProductionsThis page finally has content. I even added a video with the "Shore Z" logo.Fri, 16 May 2008 04:03:00 CDT
Logo: Just a simple logo with a large, white capital Z with the word "Shore" at the top, also in white,

]]>Heel & Toe Productionshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Heel+%26+Toe+ProductionsMidaba2004http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Heel+%26+Toe+ProductionsThis was first seen on "Gideon's Crossing." Plus, I changed the scare factor to "Medium to high" because it can easily catch someone off-guard with the foot crushing the figurine.Fri, 16 May 2008 03:49:45 CDTWritten by Silversword55
Logo Pictures by Eric S.

(2000- )

Nicknames: "Fur Elise", "The Squished Ballerina"

Logo: Set on a stage, we see a small figurine of a ballerina and a man dancing and twirling around. Then a human foot wearing a shoe stomps on the couple, crushing it. Then, "HeeL & Toe" (in white, and in a strangely-arranged Times font) appears next to the shoe.

FX: The animation in this logo.

Music/Sounds: A music box rendition of "Fur Elise" plays as the dancing ballerina turns and a "stomp" sound as the couple is crushed.

Availability: First seen on the short-lived TV series Gideon's Crossing. Seen on episodes of Century City, and currently seen on House MD.

Scare Factor: Medium to high; the foot crushing the couple with no warning can be jarring to many people.

]]>Warner Horizon Televisionhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Warner+Horizon+TelevisionShadeed329http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Warner+Horizon+TelevisionFri, 16 May 2008 00:35:55 CDTWritten by Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Eric S.

(2006-)

Logo: On a light shaded gray BG, we have the Warner Bros. logo outlined. We have the name "WARNER HORIZON TELEVISION" centered in the logo with "WARNER" in a big font with also a shadow effect, "HORIZON" in a middlesized font, and "TELEVISION" in a smaller font with the byline "A Time Warner Company" below the logo.

FX: The letters zooming out. Sometimes, it's a still logo.

Music: None provided.

Availability: Seen on America's Best Dance Crew on MTV, CW Now, throughout its very brief run on the CW, and High School Reunion on TV Land due to the compressed credits.

Scare Factor: None.

]]>Ziv Internationalhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Ziv+InternationalBobFishhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Ziv+InternationalThu, 15 May 2008 23:35:30 CDTWritten by Logoboy95 and Eric S.
Logo captures by Eric S.
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly

Background: Ziv International was formed by composer Mark Mercury. From 1978-1985, Americanised versions of Japanese anime series Captain Harlock, Flower Angel, and Candy Candy among other series, were distributed by this company. This company is not to be confused with Ziv Television Programs, which was merged with United Artists Television in 1960. That company is now owned by MGM Television under the ownership of Sony, Comcast, and their partners.

(1978-1985)

Logo:

Opening: On a dark cyan background, a large, stylized “ZIV”, in gold, zooms up. The word "International”, in script, is seen below, with “PRESENTS” underneath.
Closing: It has the words “ZIV International” on a plain blue or green background.

FX: All the animation in the logo.

Music: A weird 3-note tune. In other cases, it's silent.

Availability: Extinct. However, it was seen generally on various anime cartoons of the era, such as Little Lulu, Angel, Fables of the Green Forest, and Captain Future among others.

Scare Factor: Low, because of the logo zooming up.

]]>Ziv Television Programshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Ziv+Television+ProgramsBobFishhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Ziv+Television+ProgramsRenameThu, 15 May 2008 23:33:28 CDTLogo descriptions and captures by Logoboy95 and Eric S.
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom

Background: Also known as "Ziv Television Programs", this company was founded by Frederick Ziv in 1948 and was a subsidiary of his successful radio syndication business. In 1960 the company was purchased by United Artists and merged with UA's own television company to become Ziv-United Artists Television. In 1962, the name reverted back to United Artists Television.

1st Logo
(1948-1960)

Nickname: "The TV Tube"

Logo: We see the words “A ZIV Television Production” superimposed on a show's closing scene after the credits with "A" and "Television Production" in a script font. There is a stylized, Screen Gems-like TV tube around “ZIV”, which is in either a blocky font or a Times New Roman font.

Variants:

In print ads (in trade publications, etc.), only "Television" would be written below. (NOTE: This version may not have been used onscreen.)
Sometimes, the TV tube would look more "rounded" or "boxy".
Sometimes, the logo is smaller.

.
FX: None; it's a superimposed logo.

Music: The end of the show's theme.

Availability: Rare; currently seen on Bat Masterson and The Cisco Kid by Alpha Home Video. Also seen on Bat Masterson on Encore Westerns.

Scare Factor: Low.

2nd Logo
(1960-1962)

Logo: Same as before, except “A” and “Television Production” is missing. Under “ZIV”, the words “United Artists” are written below in a Paramount-like script font. Sometimes the logo is animated, with the text zooming in and the TV tube zooming out simultaneously.

Variant: There is a variation, seen in print ads in trade publications of the era, in which there are two conjoined TV tubes are arranged at the bottom left and top right of the screen respectively. "ZIV" in its usual font is written in the lower tube, and "UA" is written in a different font, arranged horizontally. Over that, "United Artists Television" is written in a script font. (NOTE: This variation may not have actually been used onscreen.)

FX: Same as the Ziv logo.

Music: The end of the show's theme.

Availability: Currently seen on Bat Masterson on Encore Westerns.

Scare Factor: Low.

]]>All American Television Productionshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/All+American+Television+ProductionsVofDoomhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/All+American+Television+ProductionsThu, 15 May 2008 22:56:56 CDTLogo descriptions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures courtesy by Digitaldave1982, Shadeed A. Kelly, roygerdodger, Eric S., and joecool85

Background: All American Television (a.k.a All American Communications) was a television syndication company active from 1981 to 1998 when it was absorbed by Pearson Television. It was founded by Anthony J. Scotti, Ben Scotti, and Joseph E. Kovacs. The company was known for producing and distributing popular television shows such as Baywatch and the Mark Goodson Productions library of game shows, including Family Feud and The Price is Right. Currently, all AATV library is owned by FremantleMedia.

1st Logo
(1981-1987)

Nickname: "AATV Block"

Logo: TBA

FX: TBA

Music: TBA

Availability: TBA

Scare Factor: TBA

2nd Logo
(1987-1991)

Nicknames: "The Blue Star", "Cloud BG"

Logo: On a cloudy sky background, we see a blue star with blue lines on it, including 3 red lines on the sides. Under that we see 2 stars forming 2 red lines, with "ALL AMERICAN" between the 2 red lines, then once the stars are done forming, the word "TELEVISION" and another red line under it slides in under "ALL AMERICAN".

FX: The stars forming, the word "TELEVISION" sliding in.

Music: None. It's silent.

Availability: Was spotted on American top 10, and this could be on early Baywatch episodes.

Scare Factor: None

3rd Logo
(1991-1994)

Nicknames: "Orbit A", "Silver Orbit A", "The Prism"

Logo: On a black background, we see an stylized "A" with reflections, with an orbit around it, which has a star orbiting it. The text "An All American Television" is above it, and then "Production" flashes in under it. The entire logo "shimmers".

Variants:

Referred to as "All American Communications Television", and sometimes appears with either "Produced by" or "Distributed by" above the logo, and the text sometimes appears either in silver or gold.

FX: The star orbiting the orbit, the word "Production" or "Television" flashing in, the logo "shimmering".

Music: There are three music variations:

1991-1992: A synth humming tune, with a synth bell and piano music, sounding much like the Vin Di Bona logo music.
1992-1993: A synth tune with an spaceship sound and a synth note.
1993-1994: A quiet five-note synth tune.
There is also a silent variation.

Availability: Still intact on Baywatch DVD box sets. All American bought all of LBS' rights when the logo debuted.

Scare Factor: Based on logo.

1991-1992: Medium.
1992-1993: Moderate.
1993-1994: Low.
None for silent variant.

4th Logo
(1994-1998)

Nickname: "Blue Orbit A", "The Animated Prism"

Logo: On a CGI blue background with the "A" (in the font seen in the A in this and the previous logo) in the background, we see an "A", zooming out, with a star forming the orbit and orbiting. After the "A" stops zooming, reflections of the "A" are formed, making the "A" logo the same as the in the previous logo. The text "ALL AMERICAN TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS" fades in under the "A".

FX: The "A" and orbit forming, the text fading in.

Variants: There are three vatiations of this logo:

1994-1997: There is a variation that doesn't have the word "PRODUCTIONS" below
In 1995, the byline "A Subsidiary of All American Communications" was added under the company's name.
In 1997, the text was modified, using a different font and the name "ALL AMERICAN" and the byline "A Pearson Communications Company".

Music: A 9-note synth tune, with the ninth note longer and orchestral.

Music Variant: On The Price is Right, the 1991-1992 theme is played.

Availability: Seen on Baywatch episodes from this era as well as Price is Right episodes from the era, among other Goodson shows from the era.

Scare Factor: Depends on the logo.

None with the original theme.
Minimal with the 1991 theme.

Final Note: All American Television was folded into Pearson Television in 1998.

]]>Field Communicationshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Field+CommunicationsVofDoomhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Field+CommunicationsThu, 15 May 2008 22:52:28 CDTVideo by Eric S. and FuzzyMemoriesTV
Editions and logo captures by mr3urious

1st (known) Logo
(1966?-1970's?)

Logo: Against a black BG, we see the words

FIELD---------------------------------------------------
COMMUNICATIONS

in yellow, and in a font with pointy serifs.

Variations:

Sometimes, on WFLD, an announcer will say, "This is Field Communications in Chicago."
This logo appears in color or black and white.

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

Music/Sounds: A creepy four-note Moog synthesizer tune with an ascending synth flourish.

Availability: Extinct; only used as a Station-ID for Field stations (such as Chicago's WFLD) in the 80s. Tape trading is the only way to see it.

Scare Factor: Medium to high, thanks to the dark atmosphere and creepy music.

2nd Logo
(1970's?-1983)

Logo: On a black background the top of a yellow 3-D "Field" and the bottom of a yellow 3-D "Communications" below the "Field" face the viewer. The two words flip upwards and downwards respectively while zooming out to the middle.

Variants:

Sometimes, on WFLD, an announcer will say, "This is Field Communications in Chicago.", like before.
A version with a chyroned-in copyright is in circulation.

FX: The flipping and zooming.

Cheesy Factor: It is either a model or early (but very convincing) CGI.

Music/Sounds: An ascending piano crescendo followed by a seven-note piano tune which is then followed by a "ting" like sound while a synth hum is in the background. This tune was lifted from the end of the jingles in station IDs for Field stations of the era.

Availability: Same as logo 1.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the darkness and music might scare a few.

]]>20th Century Fox Film Corporationhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/20th+Century+Fox+Film+Corporationlogoboy95http://www.closinglogos.com/page/20th+Century+Fox+Film+CorporationfizedThu, 15 May 2008 22:17:40 CDTWritten and Compiled by Matt Williams
Logo captures by V of Doom, Eric S., and others
Editions by V of Doom

Fox Film Corporation/William Fox

Background: The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures. It was formed in 1915 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox. Fox formed Fox Film Corporation by merging two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office Attractions Company, a production company.

(1914-1935)

Logo: Here is the in-credit disclaimer of Fox Films. It would just say:

FOX FILM

PRESENTS

In other cases, it mentioned the name of William Fox:

WILLIAM FOX

PRESENTS

FX/Cheesy Factor: None. It's an in-credit disclaimer.

Music: None; it's probably silent.

Availability: One of the rarest logos ever.

Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________

20th Century Pictures, Inc.

Background: Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc. was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1932 by Joseph Schenck, the former president of United Artists, Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Brothers, William Goetz from Fox Films, and Raymond Griffith.

(1932-1935)

Nicknames: "The Searchlights", "Futuristic Structure", "Majestic Tower"

Logo: On a dark sky background, 3 rows of words, "20th","CENTURY", and "PICTURES Inc", apparently carved out of stone or metal, are seen. The words are "stacked" on top of each other, with similarly carved lines separating the rows. The "20th" is the biggest row, with "CENTURY" and "PICTURES, Inc." a bit smaller. A circular stage-like structure juts out from the base of the "stack," with a light on top of the structure that shines in front of the "stack." There are pedestals on both sides of the stack, each with a non-moving searchlight. In the background, several searchlights scan the sky.

SFX: The searchlights in the background.

Music: The original fanfare, as composed by Alfred Newman.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen during rare chances on either Turner Classic Movies, American Movie Classics, or Fox Movie Channel, like Blood Money, for example.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.
_______________________________________________________________

20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Background: In 1935, 20th Century Pictures Inc, and Fox Film Corporation merged together to form 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation (the hyphen in between Century and Fox was present until 1985), or simply 20th Century Fox. Currently, it is a division of News Corporation.

1st Logo
(1935-1994)

Nicknames: "The Searchlights", "Fox Structure", "Majestic Tower"

Logo: On a dark blue sky background, 3 rows of words, "20th","CENTURY", and "FOX", apparently carved out of stone or metal and in a gold color, are seen. The words are "stacked" on top of each other, with similarly carved lines separating the rows. The "20th" is the biggest row, with "CENTURY" and "FOX" a bit smaller. A circular stage-like structure juts out from the base of the "stack," with a light on top of the structure that shines in front of the "stack." There are pedestals on both sides of the stack, each with a non-moving searchlight. In the background, several searchlights scan the sky.

Variants: The Fox logo has had many renditions over the years. Here are some of them:

1935-1953: First official logo originally presented in black and white - which later switches to color. Many searchlights are visible in this logo.
1953-1965: The CinemaScope logo. The searchlights are slimmed down and the structure is placed in the center of the screen with a dark blue sky surrounding it. The logo fades to "TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX PRESENTS A CINEMASCOPE PICTURE/PRODUCTION." Two versions exist: One with a regular "0" and one with a slanted "0". The one with the regular "0" also had this text: "A CINEMASCOPE PICTURE IN CINEMASCOPE 55"
1965-1982: Like the CinemaScope logo, only without the fade-out and extra sky. Like the CinemaScope version, two versions exist: one with a normal zero and one with a slanted zero.
1982-1994: The logo is redone and redrawn. The searchlights in back are now colored, and the logo seems skewed to the left (at least on television).
The logo would either take place on a day or night sky.
One extremely rare variant had a slightly altered version of the tower in the opening credits with "presents", in script, below it. This variant was used for Fox Movietone News newsreels.
On The Black Swan, there's a slightly different color variant in which the tower is pink, the left searchlights are pink, the right searchlights are yellow and blue, the "stack" is blue, the middle searchlights are green, and the sky is dark purple.
On the 1950 film Panic of the Streets, the logo is large-sized; this large version is on the DVD of the film.
There is an extended version of the 1953-1982 logo without the CinemaScope logo. It only appeared on Mel Brooks films, like High Anxiety and History of the World: Part I.

Closing Titles:

1935-1953: Superimposed on a special background or sometimes on the last scene of a movie, fades in the words "The End" with fonts variating on different movies with the following disclaimers: "Released through/by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" or "Produced and Released/Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation".
1953-1965: Same as above, but the "The End" words are pulled to very above and the 20th Century Fox disclaimer is pushed to very below the screen to give space for the disclaimer "A CINEMASCOPE PICTURE/PRODUCTION".

SFX: The searchlights in the background.

Music: A familiar horn fanfare that has become one of the most famous pieces of music in the world. On some films, it either has the opening of the movie's theme, or it's silent.

Music Variations: This logo also had many music variations:

1935-1981: The same original fanfare, as composed by Alfred Newman.
1953-1980: The original fanfare is extended for CinemaScope: after CinemaScope is dropped, the extended fanfare is used in tandem with the shorter one.
1980: New recording,conducted by John Williams and debuting on The Empire Strikes Back.
1982-1994: A more "stripped down" fanfare used throughout the 1980s. Again, short and longer versions are used in tandem.

Availability: Very common; still saved on just about every 20th Century Fox release, and recently presented in letterboxed format on a daily basis. Also, for some reason, the 1982 variant has been spotted on international prints of the Almodóvar movie Live Flesh [originally known as Carne Trémula] (1997), being seen in Latin America. The only place is where plastered over on the DVD releases of Laura and Curly Top, which it has the 1935 music played over the black and white 1953 variant of the 20th Century Fox logo. Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back are also seen with the 1953 variant of this logo (the 1953 variant was restored on the 2006 DVD releases of two said films, however), but was replaced with the current 1994 20th Century Fox logo below on the pre-2006 DVD releases. The Princess Bride also originally opened with the silent 1982 20th Century Fox logo, but was replaced with the current MGM lion logo on the DVD release. The 1953 logo is replaced with the 1982 logo on many current prints of the 1979 film Alien. The last movie to use this logo was the 1994 film Airheads.

Scare Factor: Low to medium for the earlier variants and low for the later variants. One of the most wonderful and majestic logos.

2nd Logo
(1994-)

Nicknames: "CGI Searchlights", "Ultra Majestic Tower"

Logo: We start on a black background. Then two searchlights swoop across the screen, revealing a top aerial view of the 20th Century Fox structure, redone in CGI. The camera pans down and then across the logo, revealing the cloudy purple/orange Los Angeles and Hollywood skyline in the distance, before settling into its more customary position and angle. The byline "A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY" fades in at the bottom of the screen.

Variant: On "Special Edition" versions of the Star Wars trilogy from 1997 onward, as well as the newer Star Wars trilogy, there is no camera panning; it just remains in its usual place until in fades to the Lucasfilm Ltd. logo, which is shown over the CinemaScope music extension.

Trivia: The first movie to use this logo was James Cameron's True Lies (1994).

SFX: The panning of the camera across the Fox structure.

Music: The fanfare was reorchestrated in 1994, and then again in 1997.

Availability: Very common in theaters and post-1994 Fox releases.

Scare Factor: None.

]]>Tea Gal and Java Boy Productionshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Tea+Gal+and+Java+Boy+Productionslogoboy95http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Tea+Gal+and+Java+Boy+ProductionsfixesThu, 15 May 2008 21:57:57 CDT
Nickname: "The Two Cups"

Logo: Over a black background, we see two white cups. Then we reveal a filmstrip surrounding the two cups on a yellow background. The text:

Tea Gal & Java Boy

Productions Productions

in black, appears below the filmstrip. On the first season of "Still Standing", this logo sometimes appears without animation.

FX: The filmstrip zoom out surrounding the two cups. Sometimes, it's a still logo.

Music: Only the "Still Standing's" closing theme. On Lifetime, there is no music at ALL.

Availability: Can be seen on "Still Standing" reruns on Lifetime and syndication.

Scare Factor: Low. These two cups may surprise you.

]]>Debmar-Mercuryhttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Debmar-MercuryShadeed329http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Debmar-MercuryThu, 15 May 2008 21:30:11 CDTWritten by Shadeed A. Kelly

Background: Debmar-Mercury was a merger between Debmar Studios and Mercury Entertainment. The company was bought in July 2006 by Lions Gate Entertainment and became a wholly owned subsidiary.

1st Logo
(Summer 2006-Fall 2006)

Nickname: "Leaping Leopard I"

Logo: On a white background, we have a movie negative with a leopard leaping halfway out of the negative. Above the logo in Cooperplate Gothic font says "DEBMAR-MERCURY".

FX: None. this is a still logo.

Music: None.

Availability: Common. Currently seen on reruns of Animal Atlas and Safari Tracks.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(Fall 2006-)

Nickname: "Leaping Leopard II"

Logo: Nearly similar to the first logo, but it now has animation to it. Several crystal-textured Copperplate letters with the Leopard logo reflected in them zoom in, revealing the words "DEBMAR-MERCURY" in the Copperplate font. There's a white flash as the movie negative with the leopard leaping out of it appears.

FX: Pretty much all the animation seen in this logo.

Music: Several crystal chimes and a whoosh are heard as the letters are seen. A rather loud leopard's roar is heard when the logo appears (it's actually a stock sound effect, as it also turns up elsewhere).

Availability: Common. Seen on episodes of Family Feud with John O'Hurley from 2007 on and reruns of The Dead Zone, Farscape, and South Park. This logo can also be seen after all Lionsgate owned movies on television.

Scare Factor: Median; the leopard's roar is almost certain to throw some people off.

]]>HBO Original Programminghttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/HBO+Original+ProgrammingShadeed329http://www.closinglogos.com/page/HBO+Original+ProgrammingThu, 15 May 2008 21:17:41 CDTCompiled by James Fabiano, Kris Starring and Zach Harden
Logo pictures by Eric S.

(1993- )

Background: This logo was based on the opening credits from Dream On, which began with a TV set turning on to display nothing but static.

Logo: We see the animation of a TV screen turning on, and the screen fills with static. A shadowed outline of the HBO logo appears, along with "ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING". The static fades into a black background, though the logo remains, filled with static.

Closing Variants:

The logo is basically played in reverse. Has the byline "A Time Warner Entertainment Company" below.
The screen says "THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF HOME BOX OFFICE". Again, played in reverse.

Variants:

Starting in 2005, HBO introduced "HBO ENTERTAINMENT".
There was a version that appeared on HBO Family, exactly the same as normal, but with the addition of a rainbow-colored "Family" below the HBO logo.

FX: The TV turning on, the fade effects.

Music/Sounds: A static sound, followed by a choir.

Availability: Common; appears on programs such as Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Six Feet Under, and any HBO original special. It also appeared on the (original) run of Tales From The Crypt, but the logo is usually cut and replaced with the combination of Genesis/20th Television on reruns.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; may surprise you the first time you see it, but it's otherwise harmless.

]]>HBO Enterpriseshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/HBO+EnterprisesShadeed329http://www.closinglogos.com/page/HBO+EnterprisesThu, 15 May 2008 21:10:09 CDTCompilation and picture by WizardDuck

(2005-)

Logo: Over a black background, we see the HBO logo, with "ENTERPRISES" below it, with lines above and below it. "DISTRIBUTED BY" is above the logo. The logo "shines", then disappears in a "turning off" fashion.

FX: All the animation.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like it was made in iMovie.

Music: The choir from the HBO Original Programming logo (albeit louder and more ethereal), followed by a "zap" sound.

Availability: Common. Seen on reruns of Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, and Taxicab Confessions among others.

Scare Factor: Median; the loudness can catch a daydreaming viewer off guard.

]]>Golden Books Home Entertainmenthttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Golden+Books+Home+Entertainmentlogoboy95http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Golden+Books+Home+EntertainmentThe Golden Books Home Entertainment name is still usedThu, 15 May 2008 21:09:09 CDTLogo descriptions by Argus Sventon, James Fabiano, Matt Williams, Dan DeCosta, Nicholas Aczel, Kris Starring, and Cameron McCaffrey
Images and Editing by Eric S. and AsdfTheRevival

Golden Book Video

Opening Logo
(1985-1996)

Nickname: "The Turning Golden Book"

Logo: The screen is divided into two parts horizontally: the top half is black and the bottom half is a lilac-sea green gradient. We see a book with its bottom side facing us, on the bottom half of the screen. As we zoom out it opens up and the pages turn, while a yellow pie-shaped sun flies up from the book, whose pages rise up

and turn yellow. As this happens, the background becomes completely black .The pages and sun turn golden (or at least a cheesy recreation) as a golden rounded rectangle border zooms out and encloses the elements, with a space left where a ray of light wipes "GOLDEN" in a Serif Gothic-like font below it. The rounded rectangle "morphs" into a TV tube as "GOLDEN" zooms out to make way for "BOOK" which is wiped on similarly, and "VIDEO" which zooms out below that, with a shadow effect. The logo shines several times.

Closing Animation: In most cases, a silenced end animation played at the end of the video. On several 1985 video releases a different animation was sometimes used; which I'll describe later.

FX: All the animation in this logo.

Cheesy Factor: It's obviously Scanimated logo; the pages rising up and the "morph" are way too cheap and choppy, and the "shining" is basically the same animation played out, reversed, and repeated. Also, the whole thing looks bad enough with a cheaply chyroned ® (registered trademark) symbol at the corner of the screen, as the main logo shakes a bit, as if being run by a movie projector.

Music/Sounds: There were two fanfares used on this logo, both synthesized. They both were basically the same in format, but used two different sets of keys. "Version 1" was used up until mid-1986 and had the scary "space" end animation; "Version 2" was used from late-1986 to 1996.

Music/Sound Variant: An abridged version of the logo is used which plays a variation of the last few notes of the version 2 music, and the GoldenVision logo follows it.

Availability: Still saved on copies with a print version of the logo which uses a different yet similar font for the words. Some early 1990s releases had the trademark Golden Books Spine which was used on all later releases. It can also be seen on some DiC video releases, including the 1989 video "Little Golden Book Land: The Great Harbor Rescue."

Scare Factor: Low; this logo has cool animation effects.

Closing Logo
(1985-1991)

Nicknames: "(Outer) Space", "The Final Frontier... AAH!!!!", "Space from/of Hell/Doom", ''Space '85''

Logo: We start out zooming in space, with an orange planet at the right of the screen and a blue planet at the left. Suddenly a comet appears and flies towards the center of the screen. When it reaches the center it "blows up"--i.e., there is a

flash and the screen turns yellowish tint and a few yellow streaks emerge from the center and fly toward the screen, slightly moving left as they do so. A large Golden Book Video logo glowing blue zooms out as the yellowish tint fades. The logo shines and zooms out with a shadow effect.

FX/Cheesy Factor: This animation is NOT suitable AT ALL to follow children's programming; it's very dark, the comet animation is very choppy (even worse than Hanna-Barbera's animation), the "explosion" is really fake and amateurish, and the "shadow effect" is bad enough... ugh!!!

Music/Sounds: A strange humming sound as we begin, with a "whoosh" as the comet appears followed by a synthesized explosion sound, another strange humming sound, and a gradual synthesized fade-out.

Availability: Seen at the end of Golden video releases from 1985 (that have the "version 1" fanfare on the beginning logo). This logo was spotted on VHS releases of "Richard Scarry's Animal Nursery Tales" and "Herbert the Timid Dragon and Other Tales."

Scare Factor: High to NIGHTMARE; what with the dark theme and bad, scary animation, combined with the scary music, this may be one of the scariest of children's logos, especially when viewed from the perspective of a child!
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GoldenVision

(1987-1991)

Nicknames: “The Big Golden V”, "V of Gold"

Logo: We see the end part of the Golden Book Video logo, where it shines all over. Suddenly, the logo zooms out, and we zoom out through a giant outlined “V” over a red rectangle, on its side. It rotates into place, and “Golden” zooms out, then “Vision” (with a “V” that’s bigger than the other letters), and you see the sides of the words as they zoom out, but they then turn into place. Once the two words settle onto the rectangle, the rectangle produces a yellow flash around the edges. The words shine twice, then the rectangle’s edges flash yellow again.

FX: The logo parts zooming out, the shining and flashing.

Cheesy Factor: Excellent state-of-the-art CGI animation, though the flashing at the end looks rather cheap.

Music/Sounds: A synthesizer tune, which sounds like something on a light rock station (or a 16-bit SNES system or MIDI file)

Availability: Rare, but can be found on some GBV tapes. Many of them have a print version of this logo, while some just use the regular Golden Book Video print logo. The next logo mentioned below is also found on some GoldenVision tapes as well.

Scare Factor: None; the animation is first-rate and the music isn't as cheesy.
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Golden Books Home/Family Entertainment

(1997- )

Nicknames: "The G", "G Reading a Book", "G with a Book"

Logo: On a white background we see a red book turned on its side and rotated at a 45 degree angle. We see the top of a lowercase "g" in Times font peeking over the top of the book), then jumps up from below, picks up the book, opens it, and hops up a few spaces to make way for "Golden Books" written in golden and in its familiar font (the "g" watches as the text is written). "HOME ENTERTAINMENT", or sometimes "FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT" appears below that as the "g" looks back into the book. The end result is what is the current Golden Books logo.

Variant: On the DVD release of "Frosty the Snowman," the logo disappears to make room for "Presents" in its italic Times font.

FX: Nice 3-D animation!

Music/Sounds: A playful xylophone tune is heard, accompanied by strings at the end.

Availability: Currently in use. Like its previous logo, a still of this logo appears on the packaging. Some Christmas releases show the "g" in standard position but also wearing a Santa hat, even though the normal logo is retained.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is clean and family-friendly.

]]>LBS Communications, Inc.http://www.closinglogos.com/page/LBS+Communications%2C+Inc.Shadeed329http://www.closinglogos.com/page/LBS+Communications%2C+Inc.Thu, 15 May 2008 20:57:20 CDTLogo descriptions by Juniorfan88
Logo captures by Juniorfan88, Shadeed A. Kelly, Wisp2007, V of Doom and others
Editions by Juniorfan88 and Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures courtesy by Bob Fish, Bigrene2, Mcy919 and JoeCool85

Background: Of course, 1976 was the year that Henry Siegel created the defunct Lexington Broadcast Services. In 1984, Mr. Siegel decides to change the name of Lexington Broadcasting Services to LBS Communications. Over the years, the company would produce/distribute a bunch of miscellanious show such as Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff, What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!!, Baywatch, Family Feud, World of Wrestling. The company started losing money back in late 1980's and went backrupt in the early 1990's leaving LBS to give 80 to 85% of the assets to All American Television in March 1992. Despite all the adversity, LBS would still live on in the 1990's, but the production company would close all shops in 2001. Actually, all LBS library, with some exceptions, is owned mainly by FremantleMedia.

1st Logo

(1976-1984)

Nickname: "The Pan-Out"

Logo/Animation: On a black background, a white beam of light with several twinkles on it "scans" across the screen, leaving a large blue fused "LBS," consisting of an L and an S fused together and a B in the gap between them, in its trail, in the center of the screen, then the Blue LBS logo slides back a little. After the LBS text slides, a small white flash appears, and leaving behind the words "LEXINGTON BROADCAST SERVICES COMPANY" in white. however, the the 1983 alternate version has the text not as primitive looking, and it has "Inc." at the end.

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

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

Availability: No longer seen on TV, but can be found on the Inspector Gadget: The Original Series DVD set. The variation with "INC." is rare, but can be seen on some early episodes of Tales from the Darkside on SCI FI.

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

2nd Logo
(1984-1987)

Nickname: "The Unfolding Letters"

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

Variants:

There are also two main sets of this version; a filmed version and a videotaped version.
A still variant with magenta letters can be seen on 21 Jump Street.

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

Music: A pretty dramatic synthesizer score.

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

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

3rd Logo
(1987-1992)

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

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

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

Music: The '87 version of the logo plays first an ascending/descending jingle with several bird sounds
(notably a seagull) followed by a synthesized remix of the '84 version. The '89 version plays a rather eerie synth jingle.

Availability: Extremely rare for the '87 version, but was spotted on a repeat of Hazel on TV Land. It was also on the final season of Tales from the Darkside (that would feature the 2nd Tribune logo), but SCI FI's prints feature the previous Tribune and LBS logos. You can still find the '89 version on some shows currently like What's Happening Now!! and the first season of Baywatch.

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

4th Logo

(1991)

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

Logo/Animation: It starts out with a yellow/white oval coming out first; then, it has an unusual red LBS logo going down from the top of the screen, and afterwards it displays a purple banner which the text reads "15th Anniversary." After the logo is completed, the entire logo sheens of where they show the year of when they started to the current year.

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

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

Availability: Extinct. The short version is intact on all Baywatch episodes from the era on its DVD box sets, surprisingly.

Scare Factor: None.

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

]]>Shonen Jump pictureshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/Shonen+Jump+picturesSpidey016http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Shonen+Jump+picturesThu, 15 May 2008 19:58:32 CDTLogo: On a blue backround,a blue,glowing streak goes upward.The text "Shonen Jump" in the font on the magizine and in orange appear. SFX: The streak going up. Music: A whoosh sound while the opening theme plays. Avalibility: Only seen on "Yugioh:The Movie",which is sadly out of DVD prints. Scare Factor: None to Low.

]]>MGM Family/Kidshttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/MGM+Family%2FKidsbenjithedoghttp://www.closinglogos.com/page/MGM+Family%2FKidsroaring lionThu, 15 May 2008 19:22:06 CDTLogo descriptions and captures by Logoboy95
Editions by Bob Fish

Background: MGM Kids was a kids' division of MGM Home Entertainment. It was founded in 1995 as MGM/UA Family Entertainment.

MGM/UA Family Entertainment

(1995-1998)

Nickname: "Leo's Family"

Logo: The standard MGM logo is, as usual, posed against a blue shaded BG, but without "TRADE MARK" since the cubs are replaced a drama mask. We see Leo inside a filmstrip circle with four filmstrips. The text "MGM/UA FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT", with two lines above and below the name, is at the bottom of the cubs. Leo roars once.

Trivia: The lion depicted here is Leo, from the late 50's MGM logo.

FX: Leo roaring

Music: Only the MGM lion roaring, much like the movie logo.

Availability: Very common, can be found on the 1990s VHS release of "The Pebble and the Penguin". Also survives on some interactive games based on some cartoon movies. Seen on a 1998 print of "The Princess Bride".

Scare Factor: Low, unless you're afraid of the roar.
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MGM Family Entertainment

(1998-2003)

Nickname: "Leo's Family Returns"

Logo: We have the same MGM lion and the cubs as before, inside a dark teal cutted oval on an orange shaded background. Underneath the lion is a golden drama mask. Above the logo is a golden bar that reads "MGM FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT". The lion roars twice.

FX: The lion roaring.

Music: None.

Availability: Uncommon. BUT can be found on "The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue".

Scare Factor: Low, unless you're afraid of the roar.
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MGM Kids

(2003-2008)

Nicknames: "Young Leo", "Little Leo", "The MGM Kids Cub",

Logo: On a blue background we see the white words "MGM KIDS" on a red shadow effect zooming out to the bottom of the screen. We see a cub replacing Leo, inside a golden filmstrip circle, starts growling and roaring and pushes the name. "MGM KIDS" starts wiggling twice.

Trivia: Unlike the movie logo, the lion depicted here is Leo Jr.

FX: Nice animation!

Music: TBA - We possibly hear Leo Jr. roaring

Availability: Not used very often anymore, since MGM Kids was absorbed into 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, but still somewhat easy to find. This logo can be seen at the end of some trailers. Like the previous logos, this logo appears on some DVD releases of "All Dogs Go to Heaven" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2". Some Hello Kitty DVD releases show the same logo also.

Scare Factor: Low, unless you're afraid of the roar.

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