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* This logo would appear in different colors. The letters would appear in either yellow, neon yellow, gold, athletic gold, or orange, and the globe as either blue or green, though all this may be attributed to film deterioration. | * This logo would appear in different colors. The letters would appear in either yellow, neon yellow, gold, athletic gold, or orange, and the globe as either blue or green, though all this may be attributed to film deterioration. | ||
* The name would sometimes fade in. | * The name would sometimes fade in. | ||
* | * Filmed and videotaped versions of the logo exist. | ||
* One version of the logo has the picture "flipping away" when the music finishes. | * One version of the logo has the picture "flipping away" when the music finishes. | ||
* On ''The Morton Downey, Jr. Show'', the logo would iris in from the [[QMI Television]] logo. | * On ''The Morton Downey, Jr. Show'', the logo would iris in from the [[QMI Television]] logo. | ||
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* On ''The Munsters Today'', the series used the last 11 notes (the second half) from the MCA TV theme. | * On ''The Munsters Today'', the series used the last 11 notes (the second half) from the MCA TV theme. | ||
* On ''My Secret Identity'', the music theme of the series would play over this logo. | * On ''My Secret Identity'', the music theme of the series would play over this logo. | ||
* | * A silent version also exists. | ||
* On shows with the aforementioned copyright card, the theme | * On shows with the aforementioned copyright card, the theme plays over both the card and the MCA logo. On ''Pictionary'', an announcer says "...and is distributed by MCA!". | ||
* ''The New Lassie'' uses an abridged 1981 Universal Television theme, the same one heard on ''Charles in Charge'' starting with season 2 at the time. | * ''The New Lassie'' uses an abridged 1981 Universal Television theme, the same one heard on ''Charles in Charge'' starting with season 2 at the time. | ||
* On most episodes of the 1980s version of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', the low tone 1982 Universal Television theme is used. | * On most episodes of the 1980s version of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', the low tone 1982 Universal Television theme is used. | ||
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'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
* It appeared on ''Bionic Six'', ''FTV'', ''Puttin' On the Hits'' (the only source of the "flipping away" variant known to exist), and reruns of ''Gimme a Break!'' and ''Kate and Allie'' in the 1980s. | * It appeared on ''Bionic Six'', ''FTV'', ''Puttin' On the Hits'' (the only source of the "flipping away" variant known to exist), and reruns of ''Gimme a Break!'' and ''Kate and Allie'' in the 1980s. | ||
* This | * This logo still appears on the Canadian complete series DVD (from VEI: Visual Entertainment Inc.) and Antenna TV reruns of ''Gimme a Break!'', 1986-1990 reruns of ''Kate and Allie'', and ''Amen'' on getTV. | ||
* It was also seen on shows like ''The Munsters Today'', ''Out of This World'', ''My Secret Identity'', ''The New Lassie'', ''That's Incredible!'', the 1982 TV special ''The Best Little Special in Texas'', and ''The Toni Tennille Show'' (the first known appearance of the logo). | * It was also seen on shows like ''The Munsters Today'', ''Out of This World'', ''My Secret Identity'', ''The New Lassie'', ''That's Incredible!'', the 1982 TV special ''The Best Little Special in Texas'', and ''The Toni Tennille Show'' (the first known appearance of the logo). | ||
* The filmed version appeared on worldwide prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong, Jr.'' (both were originally from ''Saturday Supercade''), ''The New Dragnet'', and ''The New Adam-12''. | * The filmed version appeared on worldwide prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong, Jr.'' (both were originally from ''Saturday Supercade''), ''The New Dragnet'', and ''The New Adam-12''. | ||