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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=GoodTimes+Entertainment&amp;version=184&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FGoodTimes%2BEntertainment&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by </font>Eric S. and others</i><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: GoodTimes Entertainment was a bargain bin home video company founded in 1984. It distributed TV shows, movies (both classic and contemporary) and lifestyle programs. The [[Kids Klassics]] division was formed to distribute children's programming. It also distributed budget priced releases from the [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Pictures ]]and [[Orion Pictures|Orion Pictures ]]catalogs, among others. The company went bankrupt and closed down in 2005 and the assets were sold to [[Gaiam]].<br/><br/><b><u>Note</u></b>: This is not to be confused with Goodtimes Enterprises. Not to mention that early GoodTimes releases from 1984-85 did not have an onscreen logo; it generally cut straight to the film. It did have a print logo, which served as the b<font size="3">asis for our first logo.</font><br/></font><br/><br/><font size="4"><b>GoodTimes Entertainment</b></font><br/><font size="3"><br/><font size="3">1st Logo<br/>(1985-1990)</font><br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes" height="176" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/hjd8zRNBisAJgvwxkemVIQ813034/GW234H176" title="GoodTimes" width="234"/><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes Home Video (early closing variant)" height="178" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/eGd3lHUm68flbDsZoCt0JA40302/GW232H178" title="GoodTimes Home Video (early closing variant)" width="232"/><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes Home Video (1980)" height="178" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/ue_bXw5YomVh1lw_aPKJRA23302/GW230H178" title="GoodTimes Home Video (1980)" width="230"/><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes (1980s)" height="178" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/eYX1iEPzYR4HT8WqkkMxvg853772/GW231H178" title="GoodTimes (1980s)" width="231"/></font></div><font size="3"> </font><div align="center"> <div align="center"> </div></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="170" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/bb71a8c8c4bf966ab3fc2bb5bd77c138fece27da" width="298"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="172" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/78cabae23fe3703d0fb550c15a2215ddb600d407" width="303"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Nickname</u>: "GoodTimes Rainbow"</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: On a shady </font><font color="#56b2f0">light blue</font><font color="#333333"> background, we see a rainbow, wiping in left-to-right. As it finishes appearing, "</font><b>GOODTIMES</b><font color="#333333">", colored amber, appear above the rainbow. Under the rainbow are "</font><b>HOME VIDEO</b><font color="#333333">" and under that in </font><font color="#b89c48">bronze </font><font color="#333333">"</font><b><i>PRESENTS</i></b><font color="#333333">". For the closing variant, "</font><i>PRESENTS</i><font color="#333333">" is not shown.</font><br/><br/><u>Trivia</u><font color="#333333">: Some versions of the song "Future Love" by Kristinia DeBarge feature a synth wind chime-like pad note at the beginning that's sampled from the penultimate half of this logo theme.</font><br/><br/><u>Variants</u><font color="#333333">: </font><br/></font></div></div><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">An earlier version had the parabolic rainbow wiping in to replace a circular blank outline. The background was a </font><font color="#c400c1">gradient pink</font><font color="#333333"> and the text was in 2-D.</font></font></li><li><font size="3">A black &amp; white version exists on B&amp;W films.<br/></font></li><li><font size="3">On reprints of MCA Home Video releases distributed by GoodTimes, the 1983 MCA Home Video logo would play as normal with a freeze frame at the end and "UNDER LICENSE TO" appearing underneath, followed by the GoodTimes logo.</font></li></ul><div align="left"><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The rainbow and text appearing.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A crystallized sparkling sound followed by a synth percussion tune. The first variant had a generic synth fanfare.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon. Seen on tapes from the period, some of which were co-released by [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment|MCA Home Video]]. It can be found on some compilation videos that were later reissued, namely Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello material. It still appeared on their tapes until 1990, even though most releases had the 2nd logo in print form on the packaging beginning in 1986.<br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(1990-2000) </font><br/><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img alt="Goodtimes Home Video - CLG Wiki" height="169" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/Z-bYUrTptYDZv3FDziIxag8963/GW225H169" title="Goodtimes Home Video - CLG Wiki" width="225"/><img alt="Goodtimes Home Video (1989-1997)" height="171" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/IBpBjYhUAOgXNDEQPCRBoQ10135/GW229H171" title="Goodtimes Home Video (1989-1997)" width="229"/><img alt="Goodtimes Platinum Series" height="171" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/BLHNNaDqD3grDg_wW0T5Eg327616/GW227H171" title="Goodtimes Platinum Series" width="227"/><img alt="Goodtimes Home Video (website)" height="171" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/_Oq7rnIjhru0I4xY67JbTg1029576/GW224H171" title="Goodtimes Home Video (website)" width="224"/><img align="bottom" alt="Goodtimes Home Video Platinum Series (2000)" height="176" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/0d0066b91a766f3cd8686f9be888efe7/GW230H176" title="Goodtimes Home Video Platinum Series (2000)" width="230"/></div><font><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="171" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/b112be413278d912692674f17af5590f2a923828" width="302"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="164" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/8f1ee35b9184f6bc13c303a23de059fef1d060e2" width="216"></iframe></div></font></font><font size="3"> <div align="left"><u><br/></u></div><div align="left"><u>Nicknames</u>: "Goodtimes Filmreel", "Goodtimes Filmstrip"</div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#333333">: On a starry sky background, we see a filmreel, flying downward. Then it shifts to the </font><font color="#ff08ea">pink </font><font color="#333333">film inside it, which becomes flat. It then zooms-out, and the film reads "</font></font><font face="Courier">H O M E V I D E O</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">". Then "</font><b>GOODTIMES</b><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">", colored </font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">raspberry pink</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">, appears over the filmreel.</font><br/><u><br/>Variants</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font><br/> </font><ul> <li> <font size="3">On Platinum Series releases starting in 1993, a silver rectangle with the words "<b>PLATINUM SERIES</b>" appeared under the filmreel that read "<b>HOME VIDEO</b>" and shines. </font></li><li> <font size="3">Starting in 1996, the URL text "<b>www.goodtimes.com</b>" appeared at the bottom of the logo. Currently, this company's Internet home page is redirected into Gaiam's web page. </font></li><li> <font size="3">A still version of the logo appears at the end of some tapes.<br/></font></li><li><font size="3">The closing version of the Platinum Series variant had the rectangle shine.</font></li><li><font size="3">One Platinum Series variant had a much cheaper star field at the beginning which fades into The Three Stooges which is still and plays for a second and reverts into a still image. The URL was seen for two seconds before fading out, and the animation for the rectangle was only shining.</font></li><li><font size="3">On MCA/Universal Home Video reprints distributed by GoodTimes, the MCA/Universal logo would play as normal, but the logo fades out when the wrapped around words 'UNDER LICENSE TO" appears in its place and straightens itself out on the star field, the 1990 GoodTimes logo would follow.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zooming of the film reel and formation of the logo. </font><div> <u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div> <div> </div> <div> <font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Some tinkling sounds, then a whoosh as the film reel shifts downward, followed by a bombastic synth orchestral fanfare with a choir mixed in. On the "PLATINUM SERIES" variation, an additional whoosh is heard as the rectangle shines. On some releases, the logo is silent. The closing version of the Platinum Series variant just had three whoosh sounds in-sync with the rectangle shining.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>:</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="3">There is a strange version of the Platinum Series variant where the sound effects are absent; this was used on the 1991 Platinum Series tape of</font></font></font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>March of the Wooden Soldiers</i> (colorized).</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. Seen on releases of the period. This was used in tandem with the next logo for its last 3 years. Some early printings of 1990 tapes had used the previous logo, but general copies had used the 2nd logo, instead.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(1997-2005)<br/> </font><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><img alt="Goodtimes Entertainment (1997-2005)" height="165" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/YwFZ_bHYx3UoW25ecGtTCw16108/GW207H165" title="Goodtimes Entertainment (1997-2005)" width="207"/><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes Entertainment (2004)" height="157" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/6688cf0440190581efd07a96b2514642/GW205H157" title="GoodTimes Entertainment (2004)" width="205"/></div><div align="center"><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes Entertainment (URL,2001)" height="157" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/acf3314e3032fed91873960e1bdb5003/GW273H157" title="GoodTimes Entertainment (URL,2001)" width="273"/><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes Entertainment (Now In Production,1998)" height="158" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/a1d7e1ceaa2c90741e5e8891ebeb01c7/GW201H158" title="GoodTimes Entertainment (Now In Production,1998)" width="201"/><img align="bottom" alt="GoodTimes Entertainment (Feature Presentation,2004)" height="158" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/a79607e65779fe671b0891c3e23df01b/GW203H158" title="GoodTimes Entertainment (Feature Presentation,2004)" width="203"/></div><div align="center"><font size="1"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="138" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/8640ca5dd030028d5a2c9d70c411ef917fb884b9" width="243"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="134" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/284b5d96cb346ad06f14447ec06f94e829a49470" width="238"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="134" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/09326cb184725c67891be48a98ed18a881fad35f" width="239"></iframe></div><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="134" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/8b9fb540bbb0a502069e97e224a963d90e334cad" width="239"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="134" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/2949174cf545ebfdb3d5d336a21a4f21d0bf37bd" width="239"></iframe></div> <div> <div> </div></div> <div> </div><u><font size="3"> <br/></font></u><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "Zooming GoodTimes", "Skytimes"</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: We start seeing a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">cloud background with clouds moving. The text "</font><font face="Impact">G</font></font><font face="Impact"><font>OOD</font><font color="#333333">T</font><font>IMES</font></font><font color="#333333"> <b>ENTERTAINMENT</b>" in </font><font color="#35adfc">baby blue</font><font color="#333333">, zooms-out as the cloud background becomes ochre. After it zooms out,the logo shines once.</font></font></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variants</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">There exists a filmed and a videotaped variant.</font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">There is a variant with an URL that says </font><font color="#808080">www.goodtimes.com</font><font color="#333333">. This variant is filmed.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">A variant with "</font><font color="#74a7b3">FEATURE PRESENTATION</font><font color="#333333">" fading underneath exists. This variant is videotaped.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">A shorter variant where "</font><font color="#95b5ba">NOW IN PRODUCTION</font><font color="#333333">" fading underneath is known to exist. This variant is videotaped.</font></font></li><li><font size="3">A trailer variant is known to exist.</font></li><li><font size="3">A shorter version exists on trailers and promos.</font></li></ul></div><div><font size="3"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333">: The clouds and logo moving and shining.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333">: None.</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: Seen on GoodTimes releases of the period. The URL variant can be seen in <i>Rudolph And The Island Of Misfit Toys</i>. The "FEATURE PRESENTATION" variant is seen on the DVD of <i>The Night Before Christmas</i>. The "NOW IN PRODUCTION" variant is seen on a trailer for <i>In Search Of Santa</i>on the VHS of <i>Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer: The Movie</i>. The trailer variant is seen on trailers for <i>Ben Hur</i>and <i>Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer: The Movie</i>.</font></font><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font><font><font size="3"><br/><b>GoodTimes DVD</b></font><br/><br/></font><font size="4"><font size="3">(1998-2005)</font><br/></font></div></font><font size="3"><div align="center"><img alt="Goodtimes Home Video - CLG Wiki" height="226" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/0CCNDjewdeWrAZSdF_3o1A10261/GW300H226" title="Goodtimes Home Video - CLG Wiki" width="300"/><iframe frameborder="0" height="232" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/75b594474a7e7db33fd6e512ce3f74bb23365119" width="412"></iframe></div></font><font size="3"><div><br/><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Nickname</u>: "Watertimes" <br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see black water, and we see "G<font>OOD</font>T<font>IMES</font> ENTERTAINMENT" (as seen in the 3rd logo). It then dives into the water, and bright blue, lighting-like electricity is seen. The words emerge from the water with a cloud of steam and the standard DVD symbol appears under the GoodTimes logo:</font></div><div><br/><div align="center"> <font size="6"><u><font size="7">G</font>OOD<font size="7">T</font>IMES</u></font></div> <div align="center"> <font size="5"><font size="4">E N T E R T A I N M E N T</font> </font></div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> <font size="6">DVD</font></div><br/><font size="3">The URL text "www.goodtimes.com" appears at the bottom of the logo.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The logo, water, and electricity.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A brief synth note and a deep whir as the logo dives, followed by a synth tune with heavy percussion, ending with a MIDI-like cymbal crash and 3 synth horn notes.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on GoodTimes DVD releases of the time such as <i>The Nutcracker Prince</i>, <i>Car Wash, Earthquake, Born in East L.A., Problem Child, Jaws: The Revenge, Judgement Night, </i>and <i>Bustin' Loose.</i><br/><br/></font></div></font></div> <div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><br/></div></div>Travis