Comedy Central Productions: Difference between revisions

|Comedy Central Productions 1991 (High Quality).png|1st Logo (November 1, 1991-July 3, 1994)

|Comedy Central Productions 1995 (High Quality).png|2nd Logo (July 4, 1994-January 5, 1997)

|A569a9247c39bd060dbf02ef4020203c.jpeg|4th Logo (August 13, 1997-December 1, 1999)

|XIVWl6BKxmMLjsbKrpBkIg19538.jpeg|5th Logo (January 1, 1999-February 13, 2002)

'''Audio:''' Penn Jillette saying "This has been a presentation from Comedy Central!"

* Most episodes of ''MST3K'' on PlutoTV and DVD releases have this and the [[HBO Downtown Productions]] logo removed; however, they can still be seen on the episodes "The Rebel Set" and "Beginning of the End" on PlutoTV.

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'''Audio:''' Penn Jillette saying "This has been a presentation from Comedy Central", along with some men scatting and whistling the network's generic tune from the time throughout, and ending with a man shouting "HEY!"

===3rd Logo (January 5-November 30, 1997)===

'''Visuals:''' It begins with a shot of a credit card being inserted into what is presumably an ATM. It then switches to a shot of an ATM screen, with text in {{color|limegreen|green}} being displayed from top to bottom in a computer-type font. The text reads "{{color|limegreen|{{Font|Courier|'''THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF:'''}}}}", followed by the Comedy Central logo in {{color|limegreen|green}}, and "{{color|limegreen|{{Font|Courier|'''THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE'''}}}}" under the logo. The last line "blinks" a few times, becoming highlighted in {{color|limegreen|green}} with the text in black.

* An edit exists on the first three episodes of ''South Park'' where the "credit card" animation is kept in, but the ATM screen is cut as it abruptly switches to the next logo.

* Similar to the next logo, ''South Park'' episodes on their website have a copyright stamp added to the logo, along with the Comedy Central URL.

'''Audio:''' The whirring of the credit card being inserted and the "beeping" sounds, like a real ATM.

* The credit card animation was retained on some early episodes of ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' when it was aired on GSN.

'''Audio Variant:''' A variant with different synth "bong" sounds was seen on the ''South Park'' episode "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut".

* It first appeared on the first three episodes of ''South Park'' as part of the variant for the previous logo (see above).

* The ''South Park'' first season DVD removes this logo on all but "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", while the second season DVD features this logo intact.

===5th Logo (January 1, 1999-February 13, 2002)===

* On ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'', ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', and ''South Park'', it's the sound of muffled slushing and bubbling.

* First seen on season 2 episodes of ''Comedy Central Presents'' and last seen on the ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'' episode "Lerapy".

* The blue variant was seen on ''South Park'' episodes from this era up to "Probably", but given constant plastering from the next logo, it can now only be seen on "Prehistoric Ice Man" on the second season DVD (the first ''South Park'' episode to use it, the rest of the episodes on the DVD end with the previous logo).

* Nearly all of the colors can be found on DVDs of ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'' episodes from the era.

* The blue version can also be seen on the DVD of ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', at the end of ''Comedy Central's Canned Ham: The Dr. Evil Story'' (a fake documentary tying in with the film).

'''Audio Variant:''' Sometimes, if the logo is plastering older Comedy Central logos, the original logo's audio will still be heard.

* The audio variant can be heard on later prints of the un-aired ''South Park'' pilot, as well as the remastered prints of early seasons of said show.

* The blue background variant appears on the TV movie ''Windy City Heat'', and on ''Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust''.

'''Note:''' From 2004 onwards, most Comedy Central originals stopped using a logo altogether in favor of in-credit text reading "This has been a presentation of Comedy Central" and a copyright stamp.