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==Paramount Home Video== | ==Paramount Home Video== | ||
===1st logo <br>( | ===1st logo <br>(1979-Summer 1980)=== | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' One of the 1st home video company logos ever made, it shows that it's pretty simple. | '''Editor's Note:''' One of the 1st home video company logos ever made, it shows that it's pretty simple. | ||
===2nd logo <br>( | ===2nd logo <br>(October 1980-January 1981)=== | ||
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It shares the same amount of cheesiness from the Paramount Television Service, with the added edition of the cheap cut to it and the chyroned "HOME VIDEO" text. Its also known to creep out some thanks to the ominous music and nature. On the other hand, it's a favorite to those looking for the tapes that have this logo. | It shares the same amount of cheesiness from the Paramount Television Service, with the added edition of the cheap cut to it and the chyroned "HOME VIDEO" text. Its also known to creep out some thanks to the ominous music and nature. On the other hand, it's a favorite to those looking for the tapes that have this logo. | ||
===3rd logo <br>( | ===3rd logo <br>(1983-March 1987)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely common. | '''Availability:''' Extremely common. | ||
*This was used as a de-facto home video logo, and can be seen on every VHS and Laserdisc release from that period -- this also includes television series (such as the original ''Star Trek''), comedy specials, and third-party acquisitions like ''Teen Wolf Too'' | *This was used as a de-facto home video logo, and can be seen on every VHS and Laserdisc release from that period -- this also includes television series (such as the original ''Star Trek''), comedy specials, and third-party acquisitions like ''Nutcracker: The Motion Picture'' (where this plasters the original Atlantic Releasing Corporation logo), ''Teen Wolf Too'', ''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''. Combine this with its 16-year span, and this may be the most common home video logo period. | ||
*Look for either the 75th Anniversary print logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels. | *Look for either the 75th Anniversary print logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels. | ||
*The 75th Anniversary logo plasters over the "Blue Mountain" logo on the 1987 home video releases of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Children of a Lesser God'', ''Top Gun'', and ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. Meanwhile, the standard Gulf+Western version plasters over the 75th Anniversary Logo on the 1988 releases of ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Back to the Beach'', ''Fatal Attraction'', and ''Planes, Trains, & Automobiles''. International VHS release of these films (all released by CIC Video, with the exception of ''Crocodile Dundee'') will likely have the film's original logo intact. | *The 75th Anniversary logo plasters over the "Blue Mountain" logo on the 1987 home video releases of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Children of a Lesser God'', ''Top Gun'', and ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. Meanwhile, the standard Gulf+Western version plasters over the 75th Anniversary Logo on the 1988 releases of ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Back to the Beach'', ''Fatal Attraction'', and ''Planes, Trains, & Automobiles''. International VHS release of these films (all released by CIC Video, with the exception of ''Crocodile Dundee'') will likely have the film's original logo intact. | ||