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Having watched the movie "Misery" last month, I think we can rule out Lauren Bacall as the 6th and 7th logos' announcer.
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imported>AUnnamedDragon (Having watched the movie "Misery" last month, I think we can rule out Lauren Bacall as the 6th and 7th logos' announcer.) |
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'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI. | ||
'''Audio:''' A new age tune with guitars and flutes, composed by Elias Associates, followed by an announcer | '''Audio:''' A new age tune with guitars and flutes, composed by Elias Associates, followed by an female announcer who says "This is PBS." | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
* On some shows, | * On some shows, the announcer says "You are watching PBS." This was used for program breaks. | ||
* Some programs, such as the first 17(?) episodes of ''Baking with Julia'', have this with a similar tune (G#-D#-F), with a different announcer saying "This is PBS." | * Some programs, such as the first 17(?) episodes of ''Baking with Julia'', have this with a similar tune (G#-D#-F), with a different announcer saying "This is PBS." | ||
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'''Technique:''' Computer effects combined with live-action. | '''Technique:''' Computer effects combined with live-action. | ||
'''Audio:''' A brief synth swell and a 3-note flute fanfare, then a new age percussion tune (with men vocalizing), followed by the announcer from the previous logo | '''Audio:''' A brief synth swell and a 3-note flute fanfare, then a new age percussion tune (with men vocalizing), followed by the announcer from the previous logo who says "This is PBS." If we listen carefully, we can also hear a trombone and strings in the background as well. There is also a variant that exists with the announcer saying, "You are watching PBS." This was used for program breaks. | ||
'''Availability:''' This logo can usually be found on reruns and some [[PBS Distribution|PBS Home Video]] tapes (mainly the ones that use the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] logo instead of the PBS Home Video logo) such as ''An Ice Cream Show''. It is also preserved on '98-'02 episodes of ''Scientific American Frontiers'' on the Chedd-Angier website. On home video, the man in gold shirt variant appeared on ''An Ice Cream Show'' (where it plasters the 5th logo), and the woman in blue shirt variant appeared on ''Great Old Amusement Parks'' and ''A Hot Dog Program''. | '''Availability:''' This logo can usually be found on reruns and some [[PBS Distribution|PBS Home Video]] tapes (mainly the ones that use the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] logo instead of the PBS Home Video logo) such as ''An Ice Cream Show''. It is also preserved on '98-'02 episodes of ''Scientific American Frontiers'' on the Chedd-Angier website. On home video, the man in gold shirt variant appeared on ''An Ice Cream Show'' (where it plasters the 5th logo), and the woman in blue shirt variant appeared on ''Great Old Amusement Parks'' and ''A Hot Dog Program''. | ||