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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, sounding | '''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out, sounding 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 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. | '''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''. 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 (Canada)|DHX]] Junior print of ''The Littles'' episode ''The Spirits of the Night''. It may also appear on more prints of ABC made for TV Movies. | ||
'''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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*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. | *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 | *A short version, seen on the TV movie ''My Son Johnny'' (and possibly others) starts 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. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On rare occasions, the logo is silent. | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On rare occasions, the logo is silent. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on some old videotapes of TV shows and movies produced and distributed by ABC. It made | '''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on some old videotapes of TV shows and movies produced and distributed by ABC. It made an 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 an 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 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''. It was surprisingly seen on TubiTV's print of ''The Magic Flute'', licensed by DHX/WildBrain, with the Cookie Jar logo at the end. This could be due to the fact that Tubi/WildBrain used a home video master of the film. It was also seen on the Echo Bridge 7 Action Film Pack DVD of ''The Kansas City Massacre''. The still variant appears on Crackle's print of ''Captive''. The filmed variant is extremely rare and is seen on mid 80’s-early 90’s prints of TV movies, one of which is ''Notorious'' (1992). | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' The only flaw is that at the beginning, the space background can still be seen on the side edges of the screen while the logo is close. | '''Editor's Note:''' The only flaw is that at the beginning, the space background can still be seen on the side edges of the screen while the logo is close. | ||
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* The normal version appeared on ABC Video distributed tapes at the time such as ''New York Rangers: 1994 Stanley Cup Champions''. | * The normal version appeared on ABC Video distributed tapes at the time such as ''New York Rangers: 1994 Stanley Cup Champions''. | ||
* The kids' variant was seen on ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' tapes before [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]] took over, early ''Bump in the Night'' tapes, as well as the 1994 VHS release of ''The Secret Garden''. | * The kids' variant was seen on ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' tapes before [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]] took over, early ''Bump in the Night'' tapes, as well as the 1994 VHS release of ''The Secret Garden''. | ||
* The longer eight second variant is extinct. It only | * The longer eight second variant is extinct. It's only known appearance was on the 1995 laserdisc of ''The Day After Director's Cut''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' The kids variant isn't bad due to additional element like the hat, and could possibly be based on ABC Saturday Morning block. | '''Editor's Note:''' The kids variant isn't bad due to additional element like the hat, and could possibly be based on ABC Saturday Morning block. | ||