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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on every MCA Videocassette release from 1980 to 1983. However, your best bet is to find it on an early MCA Home Video reprint; details of some of these cases are below. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on every MCA Videocassette release from 1980 to 1983. However, your best bet is to find it on an early MCA Home Video reprint; details of some of these cases are below. | ||
*A few of their first releases were ''Jaws'', ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', ''Psycho'' (which has the black & white variant), ''Smokey and the Bandit'', and ''1941''. | *A few of their first releases were ''Jaws'', ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', ''Psycho'' (which has the black & white variant. Also on the 1984 MCA Home Video reprint), ''Smokey and the Bandit'', and ''1941''. | ||
*This was also used on some PolyGram Pictures movies distributed by Universal, such as ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Missing'', ''King of the Mountain'', ''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'', and ''Endless Love''. | *This was also used on some PolyGram Pictures movies distributed by Universal, such as ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Missing'', ''King of the Mountain'', ''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'', and ''Endless Love''. | ||
*A few early MCA Home Video titles, like ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'' (which surprisingly retained this as late as 1993), ''Eddie Macon's Run'', ''Psycho II'' and ''Woody Woodpecker and His Friends, Volume 2'', feature the latter logo on the packaging, but retain this logo both on-screen and on the tape labels. | *A few early MCA Home Video titles, like ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'' (which surprisingly retained this as late as 1993), ''Eddie Macon's Run'', ''Psycho II'' and ''Woody Woodpecker and His Friends, Volume 2'', feature the latter logo on the packaging, but retain this logo both on-screen and on the tape labels. | ||
*Other reprints have the exact opposite: the 1984 reprint of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (originally released 1981, in print into late 1985) reuses the 1981 box art and tape master, but has updated tape labels. | *Other reprints have the exact opposite: the 1984 reprint of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (originally released 1981, in print into late 1985) reuses the 1981 box art and tape master, but has updated tape labels. | ||
*Later reissues have both updated logos on the packaging and labels, but still preserve this logo on-screen due to reuse of older tape masters. This is the case with ''American Graffiti'' (1985 release, in print into early 1986) and ''The Bank Dick'', starring W.C. Fields. | *Later reissues have both updated logos on the packaging and labels, but still preserve this logo on-screen due to reuse of older tape masters. This is the case with ''American Graffiti'' (1985 release, in print into early 1986), the 1931 version of ''Dracula'' and ''The Bank Dick'', starring W.C. Fields. | ||
*Despite similar circumstances to the releases above, the 1984 reissue of ''1941'', which reuses the 1980 box art, has the logo below. | *Despite similar circumstances to the releases above, the 1984 reissue of ''1941'', which reuses the 1980 box art, has the logo below. | ||