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===(July 1, 1948-March 21, 1984)===
===(July 1, 1948-March 21, 1984)===
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File:Markbill.jpg
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File:Markbill4.jpg
File:Markbill5.jpg|''The Match Game'' (1962-1969)
File:Markbill6.jpg
File:Markbill7.jpg
File:Markbill8.jpg|''Choose Up Sides'' (1956)
File:Markbill9.jpg
File:Markbill10.jpg
File:Markbill11.jpg
File:Markbill12.jpg|''Nothing But The Truth'' (pilot for ''To Tell The Truth'', 1956)
File:Markbill13.jpg
File:Markbill14.jpg
File:Markbill15.jpg
File:Markbill16.jpg
File:Markbill17.jpg
File:Markbill18.png|''The Price Is Right''
File:Markbill19.jpg|''Number Please'' (1961)
File:Markbill20.jpg
File:Markbill21.jpg
File:Markbill22.jpg|''Get The Message'' (1964)
File:Markbill23.jpg|''Get The Message'' (1964)
File:Markbill25.jpg|''Beat the Clock''
File:Markbill26.jpg|''Puzzlers'' (unsold pilot, 1980)
File:Markbill27.jpg
File:Markbill28.jpg|''Tattletales''
File:Markbill29.jpg|''Child's Play''
File:Markbill30.jpg
File:Markbill31.jpg
File:Markbill32.jpg
File:Markbill33.jpg|''The Price Is Right'' (early version, September 1972)
File:Markbill34.jpg
File:Markbill35.jpg|''I've Got a Secret'' (1972-1973)
File:Markbill35.jpg|''I've Got a Secret'' (1972-1973)
File:Markbill38.jpg
File:Markbill38.jpg
File:Mark Goodson-Bill Todman (Password, 1971-12-07).png|''Password'' (1971)
File:Markbill39.jpg|''Tattletales''
File:Markbill39.jpg|''Tattletales''
File:Markbill40.jpg|''What's My Line? At 25'' (1975)
File:GoodsonTodmanShowoffs1975.jpg|''Showoffs'' (1975)
File:Markbill42.jpg|''Password All-Stars'' (1975)
File:Markbill44.jpg|''Password'' (1975)
File:Markbill46.png|''Family Feud'' (pilot #3, 1976)
File:Markbill47.jpg|''I've Got a Secret'' (1976)
File:Markbill48.jpg|''Family Feud''
File:Markbill49.jpg|''Family Feud''
File:Markbill50.jpg|''Double Dare'' (early version, 1976)
File:Markbill50.jpg|''Double Dare'' (early version, 1976)
File:Markbill51.jpg|''Double Dare''
File:Markbill51.jpg|''Double Dare''
File:Markbill52.jpg|''Family Feud''
File:Markbill53.jpg|''Family Feud''
File:Markbill57.jpg|''The Better Sex'' (1977)
File:Markbill58.jpg
File:Markbill58.jpg
File:Markbill59.jpg|''Password Plus'' (1979-1982)
File:Markbill60.jpg|''Family Feud''
File:Mark Goodson-Bill Todman (1979, Mindreaders Pilot 3).png|''Mindreaders'' (Pilot 3, 1979)
File:GoodsonTodmanMindreaders1979.jpg|''Mindreaders'' (1979-1980)
File:Markbill63.jpg|''Blockbusters'' (1980-1982)
File:Markbill64.jpg|''To Tell the Truth'' (1980)
File:Mark Goodson-Bill Todman (To Tell the Truth, 1980, 80-19).png|''To Tell the Truth'' (1980, alternate version)
File:Markbill65.jpg|''Password Plus'' (1979-1982)
File:Goodson-Todman (What's My Line, 1950-02-02).png|''What's My Line?'' (early variant, 1950)
File:Goodson-Todman (What's My Line).png|''What's My Line?''
File:Goodson-Todman (Cullen TPIR, 1961).png|''The Price Is Right'' (Cullen)
File:Goodson-Todman (Password, 1967).png|''Password'' (CBS)
File:Goodson-Todman (What's My Line, 1972).png|''What's My Line?'' (syndicated)
File:Goodson-Todman (To Tell the Truth, 1973).png|''To Tell the Truth'' (syndicated)
File:Goodson-Todman (The Price Is Right, 1974).png|''The Price Is Right'' (Barker/James)
File:Goodson-Todman (The Price Is Right, 1974).png|''The Price Is Right'' (Barker/James)
File:Goodson-Todman (Match Game '73).png|''Match Game'' (early version, 1973)
File:Goodson-Todman (Match Game '73).png|''Match Game'' (early version, 1973)
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File:Goodson-Todman (Concentration, 1976).png|''Concentration'' (later variant, 1976)
File:Goodson-Todman (Concentration, 1976).png|''Concentration'' (later variant, 1976)
File:Goodson-Todman (Tattletales).png|''Tattletales''
File:Goodson-Todman (Tattletales).png|''Tattletales''
File:Goodson-Todman (Now You See It, 1974).png|''Now You See It''
File:Goodson-Todman (Family Feud, 1982).png|''Family Feud'' (ABC/syndicated)
File:Goodson-Todman (Card Sharks, 1978).png|''Card Sharks'' (1978-1981)
File:Goodson-Todman (Beat the Clock, 1979).png|''Beat the Clock'' (1979)
File:Goodson-Todman (Beat the Clock, 1979).png|''Beat the Clock'' (1979)
File:Goodson-Todman (Blockbusters, 1981).png|''Blockbusters'' (1980-1982)
File:Goodson-Todman (Blockbusters, 1981).png|''Blockbusters'' (1980-1982)
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'''Logo:''' There is usually no production logo shown on television; many shows simply ended with the following words shown on the screen (usually superimposed):
'''Logo:''' We see the following words shown on the screen (usually superimposed):


<center>A<br>MARK              BILL<br>GOODSON            TODMAN<br>PRODUCTION</center>
<center>A<br>MARK              BILL<br>GOODSON            TODMAN<br>PRODUCTION</center>


The names may be separated by either a bullet or a hyphen.
The names may be separated by either a bullet or a hyphen. The words would be accompanied by "asterisks" (one on top and one on the bottom) to capitalize on the success of ''The (New) Price Is Right'', which featured these asterisks around its set. Though in the case of ''Blockbusters'', the asterisks will sometimes have no gap in them, other times they have a gap in them. On the pilot for ''Child's Play'', there was only one asterisk, which was located on top.
 
'''Trivia:'''
Much like Aaron Spelling, various vanity labels were used to copyright their shows in the end credits. Examples of those under G-T include:
* ''Card Sharks'': "Suzanne Productions" (later credited to "MG Productions" towards the end of the Jim Perry run of ''Card Sharks'')
* ''Password''/''Password All-Stars'' (ABC): "Peak Productions, Inc."
* ''Password Plus'': "The Password Company"
* ''The Price Is Right'': "Price Productions" (''Price'' also used this under Mark Goodson Productions)
* ''The Better Sex'': "Strong Productions, Inc."
* ''Family Feud'': "The Family Company" (''Feud'' also used this under Mark Goodson Productions until the end of the Dawson run)
* ''Mindreaders'': "The Mindreaders Co."
* ''Tattletales'' (1982 version): "The Tattletale Company" (This was also used under Mark Goodson Productions until the end of the 1982 version's run)
* ''Match Game'': "Celebrity Productions Inc." First used in 1978, when copyright notices were added to the show.
* ''Beat the Clock'' (1979): "The Clock Co."
 
'''Variants:'''
* On some shows, such as ''The Price Is Right'', ''Match Game'', ''What's My Line?'', ''Tattletales'', the 1973-78 edition of ''Concentration'', the 1979-80 version of ''Beat the Clock'', ''That's My Line!'', and the original 1980-1982 run of ''Blockbusters'', the words would be accompanied by "asterisks" (one on top and one on the bottom) to capitalize on the success of ''The (New) Price Is Right'', which featured these asterisks around its set. Though in the case of ''Blockbusters'', the asterisks will sometimes have no gap in them, other times they have a gap in them. On the pilot for ''Child's Play'', there was only one asterisk, which was located on top.
* On ''Now You See It'', it reads "MARK GOODSON BILL TODMAN" and is contained within the four lines on the game's main board. Each line is revealed as the announcer reads the notice.
* On the earliest episodes of ''The Price Is Right'', the text is written in the same font as the show's logo, which is known as "Pricedown."
* Starting in late September 1972, ''Price'' used Handel Gothic (better known as the Warner Communications corporate font) for its credits. Long credit rolls often used a heavier, wider font.
* On 1973-75 episodes of ''Price'' and ''Match Game'', "MARK GOODSON BILL TODMAN" is displayed on a row horizontally, instead of the names being displayed separately next to each other.
* On episode #793 of ''Match Game '76'', the text is yellow.
* On episodes of the 1971-75 ABC edition of ''Password''/''Password All-Stars'' and the 1976 edition of ''I've Got a Secret'', there is an additional copyright underneath the company's name.
* The 1975 ABC game ''Showoffs'' had its Goodson-Todman card against a full audience shot, which also included a full set shot that disappeared in front of a curtain.
* On the 1976-77 game show ''Double Dare'' (not to be confused with the 1980s and 1990s Nickelodeon game show), the names Mark Goodson/Bill Todman were etched inside the big main game board on a mini black background in either a white or yellow font.
* The in-credit text would sometimes be shown a second time in the 1970s before showing the in-credit title name with the copyright stamp on the long credits. Seen on several ''Family Feud'' episodes.
* On ''The Better Sex'', there is a cartoon sketch of a man and woman tugging against each other on the word "Production".
* On early episodes of ''Family Feud'' from 1976, the logo is either colored in red or yellow-orange in the same font as the show's title, while the remainder of the run would be in white until some point in 1982. This font is known as "Needlepoint".
* On the 1980-81 syndicated version of ''To Tell The Truth'', the G-T card is in a stacked formation and in a disco-type font.
* On the pilot episode of ''Family Feud'', it has a yellow background and red text.


'''FX/SFX:''' None.
'''FX/SFX:''' None.


'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:'''  
'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' Usually the closing theme from whatever show that was using it, along with an announcer who says the program name and the company name.
Usually the closing theme from whatever show that was using it, along with an announcer who says:
* 1950s-1967: "This has been a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production ([NAME] speaking)." Some shows have the show's title preceding the usual spiel. This can be heard on some episodes of the 1971-75 ABC edition of ''Password'' (briefly ''Password All-Stars'' from very late 1974-early 1975) with the spiel saying: "''Password''/''Password All-Stars'' is a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production! John Harlan speaking!"
* 1967-Late 1984: "This is [NAME] speaking for [SHOW], a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production."
* Gene Wood did not use "speaking" in his closing announcement on ''Showoffs'', rather saying "This is Gene Wood for ''Showoffs'', a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production." The standard announcement is present on pilot #2.
* On ''That's My Line!'', Johnny Olson says, "This is Johnny Olson speaking. I'm your announcer, ''That's My Line!'' A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production."
* On some series such as ''The Rebel'', it's the end-title theme of the show. There is no closing announcement.
* Occasionally, the announcement is modified for special occasions or other reasons. For example, on the December 31, 1982 episode of ''The Price Is Right'', Olson says "This is Johnny Olson speaking, wishing you a happy new year for ''The Price Is Right'', a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production!"


'''Availability:''' Common.
'''Availability:''' Rare. Most shows only used a simple in-credit notice; the asterisk was featured on some shows such as ''The Price Is Right'', ''Match Game'', ''What's My Line?'', ''Tattletales'', the 1973-78 edition of ''Concentration'', the 1979-80 version of ''Beat the Clock'', ''That's My Line!'', and the original 1980-1982 run of ''Blockbusters''.
* This is still retained on many G-T shows of the era airing on the Game Show Network/GSN (though they may be somewhat obscured by split-screen credit "crunches" or cut off completely) and Buzzr.
* The only show to remain uncompressed on GSN was Password Plus.
* This can also be found on many DVD releases of ''Match Game'', ''Family Feud'', and ''The Price Is Right'', as well as Buzzr releases of Goodson-Todman shows offered through Amazon Prime.
* Either ''The Price Is Right'' or the 1982 revival of ''Tattletales'' was likely the last series to carry the Goodson-Todman name; ''The Price Is Right'' last used this on March 21, 1984.


'''Editor's Note:''' The classic announcer spiel and asterisk design are fondly remembered by fans of 1970s-80s game shows.
'''Editor's Note:''' The classic announcer spiel and asterisk design are fondly remembered by fans of 1970s-80s game shows.
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