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*Using the "P" in the previous logo as a basis, this logo (and the accompanying lump serif font) was designed and animated by Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, a firm also responsible for many other logos such as the [[Screen Gems | *Using the "P" in the previous logo as a basis, this logo (and the accompanying lump serif font) was designed and animated by Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, a firm also responsible for many other logos such as the [[Screen Gems (1948-1974)|Screen Gems]] "S from Hell", the 1986 NBC peacock and the [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] logo. The logo introduced at the PBS annual meeting on March 30, 1984, and made its first network appearance six months later to the day. | ||
*Despite being created on a 60-field system, this logo runs at 24p. | *Despite being created on a 60-field system, this logo runs at 24p. | ||
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*Basketball: There is a facial close-up of the man in a wheelchair from "Activities"; he plays with his basketball; then we see him on the left smiling ("I am PBS.") | *Basketball: There is a facial close-up of the man in a wheelchair from "Activities"; he plays with his basketball; then we see him on the left smiling ("I am PBS.") | ||
*Young Woman: This variant features the same dancing woman from "Performers". First is her riding on a scooter, then smiling at the camera wearing a picture hat, and finally spinning as she does in the "Performers" variant, but closer to the right of the screen so we see the logo animating ("I am PBS"). | *Young Woman: This variant features the same dancing woman from "Performers". First is her riding on a scooter, then smiling at the camera wearing a picture hat, and finally spinning as she does in the "Performers" variant, but closer to the right of the screen so we see the logo animating ("I am PBS"). | ||
*Elder: The same elderly man from "Performers" dances and | *Elder: The same elderly man from "Performers" dances and takies a bow ("I am PBS"). | ||
*Caregiver: There is the same woman and her baby from "Generations", in which were taking care of themselves and smiling at the camera. ("We are PBS"). | *Caregiver: There is the same woman and her baby from "Generations", in which were taking care of themselves and smiling at the camera. ("We are PBS"). | ||
*There is also a version of the logo without any live-action footage. A burst of light comes in from either side of the screen, and we see an outline of the "P-head" logo (in a style similar to the 1984 logo). Other lighting effects occur, and at the end the circle "P-Head" logo animates, with "PBS" on its right side and "Be more" on its left. There is no voice-over. | *There is also a version of the logo without any live-action footage. A burst of light comes in from either side of the screen, and we see an outline of the "P-head" logo (in a style similar to the 1984 logo). Other lighting effects occur, and at the end the circle "P-Head" logo animates, with "PBS" on its right side and "Be more" on its left. There is no voice-over. | ||