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* The "S" logo was designed and animated by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates of New York (now Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv), a firm also responsible for the six-feathered NBC Peacock, the 1984 PBS logo, the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo, and the Chase Manhattan Bank logo, among other designs. | * The "S" logo was designed and animated by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates of New York (now Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv), a firm also responsible for the six-feathered NBC Peacock, the 1984 PBS logo, the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo, and the Chase Manhattan Bank logo, among other designs. | ||
* In the 2019 Tarantino film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', the jingle can (partially) be heard on a television. Depending on how you feel, it may seem appropriate that said TV is somewhere on the Manson Compound (especially during a particularly unnerving scene). The logo's music is credited in the end credits of the movie. | * In the 2019 Tarantino film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', the jingle can (partially) be heard on a television. Depending on how you feel, it may seem appropriate that said TV is somewhere on the Manson Compound (especially during a particularly unnerving scene).<ref name="Screen Gems Logo in Tarantino Film"/> The logo's music is credited in the end credits of the movie. | ||
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* This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the logo enthusiast community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children), earning its unofficial nickname, the "S from Hell". This is mostly due to the animation and Siday's early Moog stinger, which has been described as "creepy"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm</ref> and "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|VID]]'s "Mask of Guo Xiang", [[Klasky Csupo]]'s "Splaat", [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]]'s "Closet Killer", and [[THX]]'s "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''. | * This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the logo enthusiast community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children), earning its unofficial nickname, the "S from Hell". This is mostly due to the animation and Siday's early Moog stinger, which has been described as "creepy"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm</ref> and "horrifying"<ref name="Screen Gems Logo in Tarantino Film">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|VID]]'s "Mask of Guo Xiang", [[Klasky Csupo]]'s "Splaat", [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]]'s "Closet Killer", and [[THX]]'s "Deep Note". Its notoriety was even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called ''The S from Hell'' (directed by Rodney Ascher, who later directed the 2012 documentary ''Room 237''), as well as get featured in a particularly tense scene in Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''. | ||
* Despite its notoriety, a large swath of viewers love the logo, with some calling it "charming and innovative"<ref>https://vimeo.com/18332484</ref>. Thus, it has earned the alternate nickname the "S from Heaven." | * Despite its notoriety, a large swath of viewers love the logo, with some calling it "charming and innovative"<ref>https://vimeo.com/18332484</ref>. Thus, it has earned the alternate nickname the "S from Heaven." | ||