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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><div class="WPC-editableContent<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" id="WPC-area?cellId=PITS+Films&amp;version=77&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FPITS%2BFilms&amp;saveType=page</del>"><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo description by</font><font color="#333333"> Matt Anscher, and Jeffrey Gray</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo capture by</font><font color="#333333"> Shadeed A. Kelly</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font><font color="#333333"> Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Unnepad</font></i></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font size="3"><br/><u>Background</u>: PITS Films was a television distribution arm of [[Tandem Productions]], launched in 1978 to distribute most of their material such as <i>Sanford and Son</i>, <i>Maude</i>, and <i>Good Times</i>, all of which were produced by Norman Lear, with the former by Bud Yorkin. On January 6, 1982, it was folded into "[[Embassy Communications|Embassy Telecommunications]]" with the acquisition of [[Embassy Films Associates|Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation]] by Lear and Jerry Perenchio, both by renaming the distribution division of [[T.A.T. Communications Company|T.A.T. Communications Co.]] PITS was an acronym, which stood for "<font color="#333333">Pie in the Sky".</font></font><br/><font size="3"><br/><br/><font color="#333333">(1979-1982)</font></font></font><br/><div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><img align="bottom" alt="PITS Films (1979)" height="189" src="http</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/</del>R-MpRFZsHAZop1c9BdiaXQ9443<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/GW251H189" title="</del>PITS Films (1979)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" width="251"/></del><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="187" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/a9dc95fcbf11684dab835f14a5511768916c194d" width="250"></iframe></font></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "PITS Stars", "Cheesy Stars"<br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: Against a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">background reads the text "</font><font color="#333333"><b>DISTRIBUTED BY </b></font><b>PITS FILMS</b><font color="#333333">" with the word "</font><b>PITS</b><font color="#333333">" in 3-D lettering and in </font><font color="#00ff00">green</font><font color="#333333">. In the three spaces of the letters, some </font><font color="#808080">white </font>stars, one by one, that seem to be growing, and then settle in their spaces. As it fades out, it reads:</font><br/><br/> </font><div align="center"> <div align="center"> <font color="#333333"><b><font size="3">DISTRIBUTED BY</font><br/><font size="6">P☆I☆T☆S</font><br/><font size="3">FILMS</font></b></font></div></div> </div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/> </font><div align="center"> </div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The stars "growing". All Scanimate effects.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A warbly synth tune that ascends and descends repeatedly, composed by John Maxwell Anderson. As a sidenote, Anderson said in interviews that he was poking fun at himself while composing the score, as he was not a trained nor talented musician.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. While not nearly as rare as the T.A.T. logo, it's still quite difficult to spot.<br/></font><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">Late 1990s reruns of <i>Good Times</i> on TBS was the last network it was seen, on the final season episode "J.J. the Teacher", and only because [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar]] forgot to plaster it with the infamous "Boxes of Boredom".<br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">It was also reportedly seen on a 2003 TV Land airing of <i>Sanford &amp; Son</i> with SPT following it. <br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">It was also seen on early syndicated airings of<i>Maude</i>.<br/></font></li></ul><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Editor’s Notes</u>: This logo is notorious for its rarity, ugly animation, color scheme and synth music.</font></div></div><br/></div></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo description by</font><font color="#333333"> Matt Anscher, and Jeffrey Gray</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo capture by</font><font color="#333333"> Shadeed A. Kelly</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font><font color="#333333"> Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Unnepad</font></i></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font size="3"><br/><u>Background</u>: PITS Films was a television distribution arm of [[Tandem Productions]], launched in 1978 to distribute most of their material such as <i>Sanford and Son</i>, <i>Maude</i>, and <i>Good Times</i>, all of which were produced by Norman Lear, with the former by Bud Yorkin. On January 6, 1982, it was folded into "[[Embassy Communications|Embassy Telecommunications]]" with the acquisition of [[Embassy Films Associates|Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation]] by Lear and Jerry Perenchio, both by renaming the distribution division of [[T.A.T. Communications Company|T.A.T. Communications Co.]] PITS was an acronym, which stood for "<font color="#333333">Pie in the Sky".</font></font><br/><font size="3"><br/><br/><font color="#333333">(1979-1982)</font></font></font><br/><div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[File</ins>:R-MpRFZsHAZop1c9BdiaXQ9443<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.jpeg|251px|</ins>PITS Films (1979)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="187" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/a9dc95fcbf11684dab835f14a5511768916c194d" width="250"></iframe></font></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "PITS Stars", "Cheesy Stars"<br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: Against a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">background reads the text "</font><font color="#333333"><b>DISTRIBUTED BY </b></font><b>PITS FILMS</b><font color="#333333">" with the word "</font><b>PITS</b><font color="#333333">" in 3-D lettering and in </font><font color="#00ff00">green</font><font color="#333333">. In the three spaces of the letters, some </font><font color="#808080">white </font>stars, one by one, that seem to be growing, and then settle in their spaces. As it fades out, it reads:</font><br/><br/> </font><div align="center"> <div align="center"> <font color="#333333"><b><font size="3">DISTRIBUTED BY</font><br/><font size="6">P☆I☆T☆S</font><br/><font size="3">FILMS</font></b></font></div></div> </div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/> </font><div align="center"> </div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The stars "growing". All Scanimate effects.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A warbly synth tune that ascends and descends repeatedly, composed by John Maxwell Anderson. As a sidenote, Anderson said in interviews that he was poking fun at himself while composing the score, as he was not a trained nor talented musician.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. While not nearly as rare as the T.A.T. logo, it's still quite difficult to spot.<br/></font><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">Late 1990s reruns of <i>Good Times</i> on TBS was the last network it was seen, on the final season episode "J.J. the Teacher", and only because [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar]] forgot to plaster it with the infamous "Boxes of Boredom".<br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">It was also reportedly seen on a 2003 TV Land airing of <i>Sanford &amp; Son</i> with SPT following it. <br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">It was also seen on early syndicated airings of<i>Maude</i>.<br/></font></li></ul><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Editor’s Notes</u>: This logo is notorious for its rarity, ugly animation, color scheme and synth music.</font></div></div><br/></div></div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=PITS+Films&amp;version=77&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FPITS%2BFilms&amp;saveType=page"><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo description by</font><font color="#333333"> Matt Anscher, and Jeffrey Gray</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo capture by</font><font color="#333333"> Shadeed A. Kelly</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font><font color="#333333"> Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Unnepad</font></i></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font size="3"><br/><u>Background</u>: PITS Films was a television distribution arm of [[Tandem Productions]], launched in 1978 to distribute most of their material such as <i>Sanford and Son</i>, <i>Maude</i>, and <i>Good Times</i>, all of which were produced by Norman Lear, with the former by Bud Yorkin. On January 6, 1982, it was folded into "[[Embassy Communications|Embassy Telecommunications]]" with the acquisition of [[Embassy Films Associates|Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation]] by Lear and Jerry Perenchio, both by renaming the distribution division of [[T.A.T. Communications Company|T.A.T. Communications Co.]] PITS was an acronym, which stood for "<font color="#333333">Pie in the Sky".</font></font><br/><font size="3"><br/><br/><font color="#333333">(1979-1982)</font></font></font><br/><div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="PITS Films (1979)" height="189" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/R-MpRFZsHAZop1c9BdiaXQ9443/GW251H189" title="PITS Films (1979)" width="251"/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="187" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/a9dc95fcbf11684dab835f14a5511768916c194d" width="250"></iframe></font></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "PITS Stars", "Cheesy Stars"<br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: Against a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">background reads the text "</font><font color="#333333"><b>DISTRIBUTED BY </b></font><b>PITS FILMS</b><font color="#333333">" with the word "</font><b>PITS</b><font color="#333333">" in 3-D lettering and in </font><font color="#00ff00">green</font><font color="#333333">. In the three spaces of the letters, some </font><font color="#808080">white </font>stars, one by one, that seem to be growing, and then settle in their spaces. As it fades out, it reads:</font><br/><br/> </font><div align="center"> <div align="center"> <font color="#333333"><b><font size="3">DISTRIBUTED BY</font><br/><font size="6">P☆I☆T☆S</font><br/><font size="3">FILMS</font></b></font></div></div> </div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/> </font><div align="center"> </div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The stars "growing". All Scanimate effects.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A warbly synth tune that ascends and descends repeatedly, composed by John Maxwell Anderson. As a sidenote, Anderson said in interviews that he was poking fun at himself while composing the score, as he was not a trained nor talented musician.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. While not nearly as rare as the T.A.T. logo, it's still quite difficult to spot.<br/></font><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">Late 1990s reruns of <i>Good Times</i> on TBS was the last network it was seen, on the final season episode "J.J. the Teacher", and only because [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar]] forgot to plaster it with the infamous "Boxes of Boredom".<br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">It was also reportedly seen on a 2003 TV Land airing of <i>Sanford &amp; Son</i> with SPT following it. <br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">It was also seen on early syndicated airings of<i>Maude</i>.<br/></font></li></ul><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Editor’s Notes</u>: This logo is notorious for its rarity, ugly animation, color scheme and synth music.</font></div></div><br/></div></div>Travis