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*Starting in <u>1998</u>, ABC airings of ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'' had a generic theme and/or voiceover. | *Starting in <u>1998</u>, ABC airings of ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'' had a generic theme and/or voiceover. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It appears on most of Rankin/Bass's Christmas specials when aired annually by CBS, Freeform, AMC and other channels, as well as on DVD and most VHS releases. | ||
*Strangely enough, on one airing of ''The Little Drummer Boy'', this logo was replaced with the 1975 "Blues" logo. | *Strangely enough, on one airing of ''The Little Drummer Boy'', this logo was replaced with the 1975 "Blues" logo. | ||
*The variant with the "Tomorrow Entertainment" byline was seen on ''Festival of Family Classics'', ''Kid Power'', ''The Red Baron'', ''Mad Mad Mad Monsters'', ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes'' and early '70s prints of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''. For the latter, it was probably last seen in the 2000s on the Canadian channel YTV. | *The variant with the "Tomorrow Entertainment" byline was seen on ''Festival of Family Classics'', ''Kid Power'', ''The Red Baron'', ''Mad Mad Mad Monsters'', ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes'' and early '70s prints of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''. For the latter, it was probably last seen in the 2000s on the Canadian channel YTV. | ||
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'''Audio:''' Same as the 1971 Motown Productions logo. | '''Audio:''' Same as the 1971 Motown Productions logo. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on ''The Jackson 5ive''. | ||
===3rd Logo (December 19, 1975-July 5, 1987)=== | ===3rd Logo (December 19, 1975-July 5, 1987)=== | ||
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*On an <u>old broadcast of ''The Little Drummer Boy''</u>, the NBC chimes were heard due to sloppy plastering. | *On an <u>old broadcast of ''The Little Drummer Boy''</u>, the NBC chimes were heard due to sloppy plastering. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Retained on most Rankin/Bass holiday specials from this period on DVD releases and reruns on Freeform and AMC. | ||
*The Warner Bros. variant is preserved in credits pushback on Freeform airings of ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' and ''Nestor the Christmas Donkey'' during the 24 Days of Christmas Marathon. | *The Warner Bros. variant is preserved in credits pushback on Freeform airings of ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' and ''Nestor the Christmas Donkey'' during the 24 Days of Christmas Marathon. | ||
*The last special with this logo was ''The Wind in the Willows'' (though it had been produced in 1983 and released on video in the UK the same year, it did not air in the U.S. until 1987 on ABC). | *The last special with this logo was ''The Wind in the Willows'' (though it had been produced in 1983 and released on video in the UK the same year, it did not air in the U.S. until 1987 on ABC). | ||
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'''Audio Variant:''' On the <u>PAL DVD print of S1EP5 of ''ThunderCats'' titled "Return to Thundera: Part 5"</u>, this had the music from the next logo with the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] "Crashing Comets" logo in a high pitch (likely due to NTSC to PAL conversion), and also due to a reverse plastering error as well. | '''Audio Variant:''' On the <u>PAL DVD print of S1EP5 of ''ThunderCats'' titled "Return to Thundera: Part 5"</u>, this had the music from the next logo with the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] "Crashing Comets" logo in a high pitch (likely due to NTSC to PAL conversion), and also due to a reverse plastering error as well. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' This was a prototype/placeholder logo, and only appeared on the broadcast pilot for ''ThunderCats'' (''Exodus'' and ''The Unholy Alliance''). | ||
* It was then plastered by the next logo when repeated on the show's fall premiere of that same year. | * It was then plastered by the next logo when repeated on the show's fall premiere of that same year. | ||
* However, this logo | * However, this logo strangely survives on the PAL DVD prints of the show, plastering the next logo on all the episodes. | ||
===2nd Logo (September 9, 1985-December 7, 2001)=== | ===2nd Logo (September 9, 1985-December 7, 2001)=== | ||