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'''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out, sounding bizarrely like the start of the Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo, 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. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out, sounding bizarrely like the start of the Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo, 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 Book Video, CBS/Fox Video, 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. Of course, re-releases put out via Promotional Concept Group Inc. in the late 1980s-early 1990s will most likely use the 2nd logo instead. The silent version can be found at the end of the Playhouse Video release of ''Here Come the Littles!'' | '''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 Book Video, CBS/Fox Video, 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. Of course, re-releases put out via Promotional Concept Group Inc. in the late 1980s-early 1990s will most likely use the 2nd 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''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' 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. | '''Editor's Note:''' 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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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*A filmed version of this logo exists. | *A filmed version of this logo exists. | ||
* | *On some made-for-TV movies, there's a still variant with a different space background and the text below is "Capital Cities/ABC Video Productions Inc.". Below that is "in association with" in yellow fading in. ''Lady Boss'' uses a filmed version of this, albeit with the IAW text already there. | ||
*A short version, seen on the TV movie ''My Son Johnny'' (and possibly others) starts simply with the comet streaking. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Very good and innovative CGI for the time. This logo uses bump mapping, something not commonly used in the time period. | '''FX/SFX:''' Very good and innovative CGI for the time. This logo uses bump mapping, something not commonly used in the time period. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A majestic, space-like synth fanfare. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A majestic, space-like synth fanfare. The ending theme of any show/movie may also be heard as well. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | |||
*Sometimes, but rarely, the logo is silent. | |||
*There's also a PAL high-pitched version, usually appearing on PAL releases with this logo. | |||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on some old videotapes of TV shows and movies produced and distributed by ABC. It made a surprise appearance at the end of Sundance TV's airings of the ''My So-Called Life'' episode "Life of Brian". It also makes a surprise appearance at the beginning of the 2006 Anchor Bay UK DVD release of ''The Secret Garden''. | '''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on some old videotapes of TV shows and movies produced and distributed by ABC. It made a surprise appearance at the end of Sundance TV's airings of the ''My So-Called Life'' episode "Life of Brian" before the 1998 [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo. It also appears on a few episodes on the said show's DVD releases. It also makes a surprise appearance at the beginning of the 2006 Anchor Bay UK DVD release of ''The Secret Garden'' and also at the beginning of the Kino Lorber DVD release of ''Young Pioneers''. It may also appear on DVD releases of old ABC TV movies from KL and Echo Bridge. This was surprisingly seen at the end of a 2000s OMNI 2 Canada airing of an old ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' episode, before the 2006 BVIT logo. Also appears at the end of some episodes of ''Wild West Cow-Boys of M.O.O. Mesa''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||