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===1st Logo (October 31, 1971-May 10, 1978)=== | ===1st Logo (October 31, 1971-May 10, 1978)=== | ||
<gallery mode=packed height=200px> | <gallery mode="packed" height="200px"> | ||
File: | File:Lorimar Production.png| The 1971 logo. | ||
File:Lorimar 1971.jpg | File:Lorimar 1971.jpg | ||
File:Lorimar in-credit.png | File:Lorimar 1971 2.png| The dark variant, possibly because of film deterioration. | ||
File:Lorimar Production.png | File:Lorimar in-credit.png| An in-credit notice with [[Filmation Associates|Filmation]]'s logo. | ||
File:A Lorimar Production.png| An in-credit notice. | |||
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<u>Trivia</u>: The logo was created and designed by Sandy Dvore, who also created the 1982 United Artists "Turning UA" logo and the brush-stroke logo and drawings from the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. | <u>Trivia</u>: The logo was created and designed by Sandy Dvore, who also created the 1982 United Artists "Turning UA" logo and the brush-stroke logo and drawings from the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. | ||
<u>Variants</u>: An in-credit notice/logo can be seen in some early productions from the company, such as in the TV movies Aesop's Fables and The Girls of Huntington House. | <u>Variants</u>: | ||
A dark variant exists possibly due to film deterioration, where the background is brown. | |||
* An in-credit notice/logo can be seen in some early productions from the company, such as in the TV movies Aesop's Fables and The Girls of Huntington House. | |||
* A dark variant exists possibly due to film deterioration, where the background is brown. | |||
<u>FX/SFX</u>: The white line drawing itself to form "LP" and "A LORIMAR PRODUCTION" wiping in. | <u>FX/SFX</u>: The white line drawing itself to form "LP" and "A LORIMAR PRODUCTION" wiping in. | ||
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<u>Availability</u>: Rare. | <u>Availability</u>: Rare. | ||
It's still saved on most episodes of The Waltons on the DVD box sets (with the WBTD logo following it), however TNN (now The Paramount Network) airings in the late '90s plastered this logo with the 1994 WB Domestic Pay TV logo. | |||
This also appears at the end of various TV movies from the era such as The Blue Knight, Bad Ronald, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and Helter Skelter, which are retained on some of the recent DVD and Blu-ray releases (and omitting the Viacom "V of Doom" logo at the end on current releases, although the original Warner Archive DVD-R of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and a recent European TV broadcast of A Dream for Christmas feature the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo plastered over this logo, while a recent Decades broadcast of The Blue Knight had the Viacom "V of Steel" logo over this logo instead). | * It's still saved on most episodes of The Waltons on the DVD box sets (with the WBTD logo following it), however TNN (now The Paramount Network) airings in the late '90s plastered this logo with the 1994 WB Domestic Pay TV logo. | ||
It's also seen on a few earlier episodes of Dallas in its original syndication run. However, most current syndicated episodes prior to 1986, and all episodes on the S1/S2 DVD set plaster/replace it with the WBTD logo, and the 1988 Worldvision Enterprises logo on a couple of S2 episodes (Worldvision distributed the show internationally until the 1990s, when the rights reverted back to Warner Bros.). On the PAL DVD release of Dallas, this is only retained in the first episode of the series. | * This also appears at the end of various TV movies from the era such as The Blue Knight, Bad Ronald, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and Helter Skelter, which are retained on some of the recent DVD and Blu-ray releases (and omitting the Viacom "V of Doom" logo at the end on current releases, although the original Warner Archive DVD-R of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and a recent European TV broadcast of A Dream for Christmas feature the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo plastered over this logo, while a recent Decades broadcast of The Blue Knight had the Viacom "V of Steel" logo over this logo instead). | ||
This was also originally seen on the first two seasons of Eight is Enough, but this logo along with the next logo got plastered by the 1990 WBTD logo in syndication and most reruns. | * It's also seen on a few earlier episodes of Dallas in its original syndication run. However, most current syndicated episodes prior to 1986, and all episodes on the S1/S2 DVD set plaster/replace it with the WBTD logo, and the 1988 Worldvision Enterprises logo on a couple of S2 episodes (Worldvision distributed the show internationally until the 1990s, when the rights reverted back to Warner Bros.). On the PAL DVD release of Dallas, this is only retained in the first episode of the series. | ||
* This was also originally seen on the first two seasons of Eight is Enough, but this logo along with the next logo got plastered by the 1990 WBTD logo in syndication and most reruns. | |||
<u>Editor's Note</u>: Generally speaking, this is noted for its unique design and jingle, but also for its unpolished animation with a noticeable error, as part of the "P" appears before it is animated! | <u>Editor's Note</u>: Generally speaking, this is noted for its unique design and jingle, but also for its unpolished animation with a noticeable error, as part of the "P" appears before it is animated! | ||