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Logos That Scared Me...
Oct 13 2009, 6:49 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 13 2009, 6:49 PM EDT
Here's my hot sheet of closing logos that scared me in the past:
*Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. (1988-99): The dated "WHOOSH" sound and the minimalist synth-pad music that follows scared the heck out of me. In fact, even the opening visual of the Worldvision corporate globe logo zooming from a distance and the company name zooming out to join together is just as scary. The Blockbuster Entertainment variations seen from early 1994 to 1996, with that company's ticket logo unfolding, raise up the scare factor of this logo some.
*Viacom (1976-85, syndication): The first three of this logo jingle's five notes that were ripped off of the 1975-91 Universal TV jingle (darn the composer behind the Viacom logo!) combined with the zooming visuals of the phrase ("A Viacom Presentation") and corporate "V" logo (all jazzed up in blue; the "V" is dark blue and the background is light blue) have scared me in my teen years. I've heard some people say blue is a rather emotional color. A warp speed version that ran from 1979-85 boosts the scare factor some.
*DFS Program Exchange (1979-87): The music on the 1979 logo, which was remixed in 1987, sounds very minimalist and something intended for a progressive rock band. The light rays that start the 1979 logo form into "dfs," with the arrows for "PROGRAM" and "EXCHANGE" coming in from the left and right respectively (one version of this logo has black dots on it).
*The Program Exchange (1987-2006): The visuals of the 1987 logo do me in due to the shades of blue used throughout. The 1987 logo has the arrows zooming out to the center, the words PROGRAM and EXCHANGE zooming in the other way. The music was changed to an entirely different tune for 1993, but it is still the visual side of the logo that remains scary.

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