Rysher Entertainment: Difference between revisions

'''Rysher Entertainment''' was founded by former [[Warner Bros. Television|Warner Bros.]] syndication executive Keith Samples in 1991 as a television syndication company, expanding into TV and feature film production. Cox Enterprises bought Rysher for $15 million in 1993, and merged [[Television Program Enterprises]] into it. Rysher was briefly renamed '''Rysher-TPE''' for a time, and that gave them the TPE, [[Operation Prime Time]] and [[Bing Crosby Productions]] libraries. Rysher was shut down in 1999 by Cox, and the distribution rights to the company's library was acquired by [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] (now [[CBS Studios]] and [[CBS Media Ventures]]). The ownership of the library was later acquired by [[2929 Entertainment]] in 2001 and by Qualia Capital on March 29, 2006, who merged the library alongside the recently-acquired [[Pandora/Gaylord Films]] to form Qualia Libraries (now owned by Village Roadshow through Vine Alternative Investments).

* Seen on early 90s syndicated prints, ''Saved By the Bell'' reruns, which are seen on Me-TV and the DVD box sets.

* Other local syndicated reruns of ''Saved By the Bell'' now have the NBCUniversal logo instead of this one.

* The distribution variant is very rare, as new prints of ''Highlander'' do not feature this logo.

* It was last spotted on an episode of ''Wavelength'', a short-lived talk show that hasn't been shown anywhere since its cancellation.

* As of May 2022, when this logo was first uncovered, it's unknown if any other Rysher programs used this logo at the end of their credits, if this logo was just a placeholder, or was just made for the aforementioned talk show, though the latter two possibilities seem more likely.

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* When Rysher merged with Television Program Enterprises in <u>1993</u>, the text read "{{color|burlywood|{{font|Serif|'''R{{Small|<u>YSHE</u>}}R TPE'''}}}}", with a line under "{{color|burlywood|{{font|Serif|YSHE}}}}", and the text shrinks as it sets.

* Sometimes, <u>"in association with", "And in Association with", or "Produced in Association with"</u> would be seen above the logo.

* One version of the logo featured the text <u>"{{color|burlywood|{{font|Serif|R{{Small|<u>YSHE</u>}}R ENTERTAINMENT}}}}"</u> in a smaller font with "{{font|Serif|''and''}}" below.

* Another variant exists where the animation seems to be <u>slowed down</u>.

* There is also an <u>extended</u> version of the jingle.

* An even longer variation was seen on ''<u>A Passion to Kill</u>''.

* A <u>short version</u> of the music exists.

* In other cases (usually with the "Cox Company" variant), it either uses the opening/closing theme of the show or TV movie or is silent.

* It appears on syndicated reruns of ''Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' and season 2-4 (and some early season 5 episodes) of ''Highlander''.

* The Rysher TPE logo is rare, but still remains intact on all 4 episodes of ''Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style'', a handful of ''Highlander'' episodes from 1993-1995, and appears on the pilot of ''Robocop: The Series'' entitled "The Future of Law Enforcement", which can be found on VHS.

* The "Rysher Entertainment and" variant can be seen on ''Shattered Image''.

* The extended variant was seen on ''Thunder in Paradise''.

* The "slowed-down" variant appeared on a Polish dub of the 1994 TV movie ''Siringo''.

* This logo also appeared at the end of an April 8, 2023 UK airing of the 1994 TV movie ''Siringo'' on LEGEND.

* An <u>early version</u> omits the Cox byline. "{{color|peru|ENTERTAINMENT}}" is also larger.

* A <u>short version</u> starts before the comet shoots through the sky. The longer version was primarily seen on some feature films produced by Rysher from 1995-1997, as well as a few TV shows.

* <u>Feature films</u> often feature the text being smaller, depending on what aspect ratio it was shot in.

* <u>CBS airings of ''Nash Bridges''</u> and ''<u>Four Corners</u>'' used a generic theme.

* On some shows, the <u>first logo's music</u> can be heard.

* On ''<u>Three Wishes</u>'', a whoosh is heard as the comet streaks.

'''Availability:''' Common.

* The logo can be seen on the first 3 seasons of ''Nash Bridges'' (except for season 4, which is plastered by the 2007 [[CBS Television Distribution]] logo, H&I airings use the DVD prints), seasons 4-6 of ''Highlander: The Series'', all episodes of ''Highlander: The Raven'', and the first season of ''Judge Mills Lane'' from 1998-99 which airs on Paramount Global-owned Pluto TV (though this is plastered by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo from episode 125 onward).

* Films that use this logo include ''Destiny Turns on the Radio'', ''Three Wishes'', ''White Man's Burden'', ''Private Parts'', ''Zeus and Roxanne'', ''It Takes Two'', ''Turbulence'', ''House Arrest'', ''The Eighteenth Angel'', and ''Kingpin''.

* Also appears on international prints of [[HBO Films|HBO]] TV-movies from the time period, such as ''Rasputin''.