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→2nd Logo (1982-1987, 1991)
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'''FX/SFX:''' The sparkles, the words zooming out and becoming bronze, the rays of light. | '''FX/SFX:''' The sparkles, the words zooming out and becoming bronze, the rays of light. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out | '''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out, followed by a loud synth trumpet crescendo when the words turn bronze and the green words appear, closing with a single drumbeat. A silent version exists, as well. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. At the time, ABC licensed its film and TV library to various companies for VHS/Laserdisc/Betamax release, such as [[Embassy Home Entertainment]], [[Golden Books Family Entertainment|Golden Book Video]], [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|CBS/Fox Video]], [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]], and [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (to name a few). The best way to find this logo is looking for an ABC Video Enterprises print logo on the cover. Re-releases put out via Promotional Concept Group Inc. in the late 1980s-early 1990s will most likely use the 3rd logo instead. The silent version can be found at the end of the [[Playhouse Video]] release of ''Here Come the Littles!''. It's retained at the start of [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] releases of ABC-owned titles, like ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. Outside of VHS releases, this appeared on True Movies airings of ''No Place to Run'' and ''The Kansas City Massacre'', Talking Pictures TV airings of ''The Great Houdini'', a January 23rd 1996 AMC airing of ''The Wild Heart'', and the last few frames of this logo were accidentally kept intact on a [[WildBrain|DHX]] Junior print of ''The Littles'' episode ''The Spirits of the Night''. It may also appear on | '''Availability:''' Rare. At the time, ABC licensed its film and TV library to various companies for VHS/Laserdisc/Betamax release, such as [[Embassy Home Entertainment]], [[Golden Books Family Entertainment|Golden Book Video]], [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|CBS/Fox Video]], [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]], and [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (to name a few). The best way to find this logo is looking for an ABC Video Enterprises print logo on the cover. Re-releases put out via Promotional Concept Group Inc. in the late 1980s-early 1990s will most likely use the 3rd logo instead. The silent version can be found at the end of the [[Playhouse Video]] release of ''Here Come the Littles!''. It's retained at the start of [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] releases of ABC-owned titles, like ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. Outside of VHS releases, this appeared on Carlton Select airings of ''Moonlighting'' (this despite the [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo's presence at the end), True Movies airings of ''No Place to Run'' and ''The Kansas City Massacre'', Talking Pictures TV airings of ''The Great Houdini'', a January 23rd 1996 AMC airing of ''The Wild Heart'', and the last few frames of this logo were accidentally kept intact on a [[WildBrain|DHX]] Junior print of ''The Littles'' episode ''The Spirits of the Night''. It may also appear on older prints of ABC made for TV movies. | ||
'''Legacy:''' Seeing as ABC's circle logo appeared on the company's print logo (where it was placed on top of the ABC Video Enterprises logo), it's a bit strange that it didn't appear on-screen. | '''Legacy:''' Seeing as ABC's circle logo appeared on the company's print logo (where it was placed on top of the ABC Video Enterprises logo), it's a bit strange that it didn't appear on-screen. | ||
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* There was a variant seen on kids' tapes where the 1962-2007 ABC logo is in yellow with a hat on it. The stripes are absent in this logo. | * There was a variant seen on kids' tapes where the 1962-2007 ABC logo is in yellow with a hat on it. The stripes are absent in this logo. | ||
* A longer eight second variant exists. | * A longer eight second variant exists. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' None. | '''FX/SFX:''' None. | ||