View source for Blair Entertainment

{{PageCredits|description=Sean Beard, James Fabiano, Jason Jones, and Matt Williams|capture=Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, and V of Doom|edits=Eric S, Silversword55, CuriousGeorge60, and Bob Fish|video=LogicSmash and Broken Saw}}

===Background===
'''Blair Entertainment''' was a television production/distribution company established in 1983 by the television division of John '''Blair''' & Company following their acquisition of [[Rhodes Productions]], repurposing the company to serve as the syndication unit of the TV sales representation agency. Blair Television was bought out in 1985 by [[Storer Communications]] and was acquired by [[New World Entertainment]] in 1993 following the merger of SCI Television, Inc.

=== (1983-1993) ===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Blair.jpeg
</gallery>
{{YouTube|id=gnsMYN_LPiA|id2=C7Mp-c-Xgv0|id3=iT_eqpTAejY|id4=Qvnu3gTiEQU|id5=IuglDlafEdM|id6=Fa8iLctb-P4}}

'''Logo:''' The word "{{Font color|gold|'''BLAIR'''}}", in {{Font color|gold|gold}}, flies from the bottom and moves to the top of the screen with 3D trail effects (usually over the closing scene of the show, other than that, it's a black background). "{{Font color|gold|'''BLAIR'''}}" flashes and under that, a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}}-white backslash light writes out a {{Font color|purple|purple}}-{{Font color|red|red}}, cursive "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Entertainment'''''}}}}". A {{Color|lightblue|light blue}} pair of lines is drawn both above and below the logo, and a stylized logo of some sort appears in the middle of the bottom pair (a white box with "'''JB'''", the initials of John Blair, created by {{Font color|limegreen|green}}, {{Font color|red|red}}, and {{Font color|dodgerblue|blue}} boxes and lines). A rectangle is seen in {{Color|lightblue|light blue}}, placing in "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Entertainment'''''}}}}". When the logo's completed, the background turns a shaded {{Font color|blue|blue}}. The logo then shines.

'''Trivia:''' The "JB" logo seen at the bottom is the logo for Blair Television, when Blair formed the company sometime around 1975.

'''Variant:''' On some TV shows such as ''Dracula'', there is a sped-up version.

'''FX/SFX:''' "BLAIR" flying, the rest of the logo drawing. As for the in-credit text, the credits either scroll or is superimposed.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Starts with a "whoosh" as "BLAIR" flies, then three light, relaxing and peaceful long tones (similar to NBC's signature 3-note chimes). After the first one, 3 digital-like notes are heard.

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
* Some versions use only two digital-like notes, the last 1.5 notes for a short version.
* Other versions are silent.
* The in-credit variants used the closing theme instead.

'''Availability:''' Rare. It appeared on some TV shows from the '80s, such as ''Divorce Court'', ''Break the Bank'' (1985-86 revival), ''Strike it Rich'' and 80s syndicated prints of ''The Cisco Kid'' (these same prints were also used on the final season of ''SCTV'' as part of the Happy Hour segments hosted by Happy Marsden, played by cast member John Hemphill).The sped-up version can be found on the short-lived 1990 series ''Dracula'', which is on DVD. Also appears on the Celebrity's Just for Kids prints of the two ''Lollipop Dragon'' TV specials. Was also seen on early '80s repackaged prints of ''SCTV'' in syndication, Nick at Nite, and Comedy Central, although the Rhodes Productions logo would be seen on certain 1977-81 episodes, due to them having the original end credits. Can currently be seen on Amazon Prime's prints of ''Strike it Rich'' as part of Buzzr's channel there (the Fremantle logo appears after it).

{{TV-Navbox}}{{Navbox-WaltDisney}}
[[Category:Television logos]]
[[Category:American television logos]]
[[Category:American logos]]
[[Category:20th Television]]
[[Category:20th Century Studios]]
[[Category:The Walt Disney Company]]