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'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
* Like the previous logo, a high tone variant also exists. | * Like the previous logo, a high tone variant also exists. | ||
* In | * In rare instances, the end theme plays over the logo. | ||
* In rare cases, this logo would use the [[ITC Film Distributors Ltd.|ITC Film Distributors]] audio, possibly due to sloppy plastering. This specific version was found on a Super 8 excerpt reel of ''The Muppet Movie''. | * In rare cases, this logo would use the [[ITC Film Distributors Ltd.|ITC Film Distributors]] audio, possibly due to sloppy plastering. This specific version was found on a Super 8 excerpt reel of ''The Muppet Movie''. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on the company's programmes from the time-period until 1988, but newer prints may delete the logo or plaster it with the 1987 logo; the in-credit versions of the logo are usually kept intact. | '''Availability:''' Seen on the company's programmes from the time-period until 1988, but newer prints may delete the logo or plaster it with the 1987 logo; the in-credit versions of the logo are usually kept intact. | ||
* The ITC library was, at the time this was first compiled, in the hands of [[Carlton Television]], a company not known for preserving logos or even other corporate identities (it also renamed two of its UK television stations, [[Central Independent Television|Central]] (the former ATV) and [[Westcountry Television|Westcountry]] under the Carlton name in September 1999; the names of those stations were reinstated after Carlton merged with [[ITV Studios|Granada]] in 2003), and some shows which had the logo have been updated with the 1987 ITC logo or other company logos. | * The ITC library was, at the time this was first compiled, in the hands of [[Carlton Television]], a company not known for preserving logos or even other corporate identities (it also renamed two of its UK television stations, [[Central Independent Television|Central]] (the former ATV) and [[Westcountry Television|Westcountry]] under the Carlton name in September 1999; the names of those stations were reinstated after Carlton merged with [[ITV Studios|Granada]] in 2003), and some shows which had the logo have been updated with the 1987 ITC logo or other company logos. | ||
** On ''The Muppet Show'', originally an ITC/ATV-Henson Associates co-production, the scene with the ITC in-credit notice was re-shot to update the in-credit notice with a newer one. However, the first season's variant was | ** On ''The Muppet Show'', originally an ITC/ATV-Henson Associates co-production, the scene with the ITC in-credit notice was re-shot to update the in-credit notice with a newer one. However, the first season's variant was kept on the Peter Ustinov episode on a German DVD releases of ''The Muppet Show'', and the variant used from the second season is intact on VHS releases of "Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff" in Spain ("Gonzo y sus extrañas aventuras"). All modern prints of the show remove this logo completely. | ||
*** 1980s and 1990s reruns replaced it with [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]] logos (or [[HIT Entertainment|Hit!]] for international broadcasts). | *** 1980s and 1990s reruns replaced it with [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]] logos (or [[HIT Entertainment|Hit!]] for international broadcasts). | ||
*** Late-1990s broadcasts (ie. on the Odyssey Network, or Kermit Channel in Asia) plastered over the scene with the [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Television]] logo. This same replacement was made on some DVD releases from the time (e.g. the bonus episodes and all episodes on ''The Very Best of the Muppet Show'' UK DVD releases). The prints of seasons 4 and 5 on Disney+ use this logo at the end. | *** Late-1990s broadcasts (ie. on the Odyssey Network, or Kermit Channel in Asia) plastered over the scene with the [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Television]] logo. This same replacement was made on some DVD releases from the time (e.g. the bonus episodes and all episodes on ''The Very Best of the Muppet Show'' UK DVD releases). The prints of seasons 4 and 5 on Disney+ use this logo at the end. | ||