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'''Nickname:''' "The Dancing Sticks" | '''Nickname:''' "The Dancing Sticks", "The Swizzle Sticks"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm</ref> | ||
'''Logo:''' Eleven animated lines "drop down" at the right of the black screen to ascending jazz notes as a swarm of circles scatter near the middle of the left side leaving behind the words "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" in a Benguiat Frisky font. (These circles were what one rec.arts.animation post described as the "spotlights". The "stars" may come from the fact that the circles sparkle like stars.) As this happens, the lines shrink somewhat and spread out, filling the right half and shaking slightly back and forth. | '''Logo:''' Eleven animated lines "drop down" at the right of the black screen to ascending jazz notes as a swarm of circles scatter near the middle of the left side leaving behind the words "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" in a Benguiat Frisky font. (These circles were what one rec.arts.animation post described as the "spotlights". The "stars" may come from the fact that the circles sparkle like stars.) As this happens, the lines shrink somewhat and spread out, filling the right half and shaking slightly back and forth. | ||
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* For a logo from the '60s, this features very smooth animation, especially when compared to other logos of the time. | * For a logo from the '60s, this features very smooth animation, especially when compared to other logos of the time. | ||
* This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the core closing logo community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children) | * This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the core closing logo community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children). This is mostly due to the animation and Siday's early Moog stinger, which has been described to as "creepy"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm, </ref>,"horrifying"<ref>https://mfqreviews.medium.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-is-quentin-tarantinos-ultimate-love-letter-to-60s-cinema-and-bare-edeab9ef10a4</ref>. Commonly referred to alongside other "scary" logos, such as the [[Viacom]] "V of Doom", [[VID (Russia)]] "Mask of Gao Xiong", [[Klasky-Csupo]] "Super Scary Face", [[Paramount Television]]'s "Closet Killer", and [[THX]] "Deep Note". Its notoriety was even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called ''The S from Hell'', as well as get featured in a particularly tense scene in Tarantino's "''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".'' | ||
* Despite its notoriety, | * Despite its notoriety, a large swath of viewers love the logo, with some calling it "charming and innovative"<ref>https://vimeo.com/18332484</ref>. | ||
===External Links=== | ===External Links=== | ||