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**December 25, 1990: The logo appears with a trilon effect on the Christmas Day 1990 daytime episode. | **December 25, 1990: The logo appears with a trilon effect on the Christmas Day 1990 daytime episode. | ||
**January 11, 1991 (Daytime): Many times, the end-title scene zooms back onto a gradient background and flips over to reveal the MGE logo. | **January 11, 1991 (Daytime): Many times, the end-title scene zooms back onto a gradient background and flips over to reveal the MGE logo. | ||
**January 14, 1991-1993: A page flipping effect that starts from the upper-left hand corner showing a {{ | **January 14, 1991-1993: A page flipping effect that starts from the upper-left hand corner showing a {{color|gold}} background page behind and brings itself downward to the lower-right hand corner to reveal the logos. Some 1992 episodes didn't feature the full {{color|gold}} background page. This effect was edited out from September-early October episodes and was replaced with the standard 1992 MGE logo with the SPE byline when reran on GSN. | ||
**November 1992: When ''Wheel of Fortune'' was taped in Philadelphia, PA during "Philadelphia Week", the logo appeared with a straight fade effect. | **November 1992: When ''Wheel of Fortune'' was taped in Philadelphia, PA during "Philadelphia Week", the logo appeared with a straight fade effect. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Cloud BG Griffin", "Ultra Majestic Griffin", "Sony Griffin", "'90s Griffin", "The Griffin IV" | '''Nicknames:''' "Cloud BG Griffin", "Ultra Majestic Griffin", "Sony Griffin", "'90s Griffin", "The Griffin IV" | ||
'''Logo:''' Against the same cloud background as the then-current [[Columbia Pictures Television]] logo, we see a {{ | '''Logo:''' Against the same cloud background as the then-current [[Columbia Pictures Television]] logo, we see a {{color|gold}} statue of the Opinicus griffin from the previous logo on a pedestal. Underneath the griffin, in the same Bank Gothic MD BT font used on the CPT and [[TriStar Television]] logos of the time, is the text "'''MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES'''", and under that, the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company". This logo was always followed by a graphic with the show's title card and copyright stamp. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This logo was done by Michael J. Deas, who also painted the 1993 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo. It was painted in 1992 and debuted in 1993. | '''Trivia:''' This logo was done by Michael J. Deas, who also painted the 1993 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo. It was painted in 1992 and debuted in 1993. | ||