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'''Music/Sounds:'''
'''Music/Sounds:'''
*An electric piano-type scale is played as the "LP" is formed, going up this scale: Low C, A, E, F, A, Mid C, E, F, A, High C (hold and fade, leaving an echo). This tune was composed by Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson and was played on a Fender Rhodes electric piano. Sometimes, the last note fades-out early or there would be no music. A high tone variant exists as well.
*An electric piano-type scale is played as the "LP" is formed, going up this scale: Low C, A, E, F, A, Mid C, E, F, A, High C (hold and fade, leaving an echo). This tune was composed by Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson and was played on a Fender Rhodes electric piano.
 
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
*Sometimes, the last note fades-out early or there would be no music.
*A high tone variant exists as well which is usually heard on PAL prints.
*The in-credit variant has the closing theme of the movie.
*The in-credit variant has the closing theme of the movie.


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'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
* Like the last logo, a high tone variant of the 1971 Lorimar fanfare also exists which is usually heard on PAL prints.
* On ''Knots Landing'' S2 episode "Hitchhike, Part 2", the logo theme is played on a synthesizer.
* On ''Knots Landing'' S2 episode "Hitchhike, Part 2", the logo theme is played on a synthesizer.
* On a Hallmark Channel Italy airing of ''Dallas'' season 2 episode "Black Market Baby", the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] theme was heard over it due to a reverse plaster error.
* On a Hallmark Channel Italy airing of ''Dallas'' season 2 episode "Black Market Baby", the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] theme was heard over it due to a reverse plaster error.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme to the program.
'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme to the program.


'''Availability:''' Possibly extinct. It's only seen on the original CBS airing of TV movie ''Shattered Innocence''. It is not retained on the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] Archive Collection MOD DVD of the aforementioned title, as it's replaced by the 1992 "Distributed By [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]" logo with the Time Warner Entertainment byline. It's also not retained on the Lifetime/LMN airings, in which it's replaced by the silent 2001 [[Warner Bros. Television]] logo.  
'''Availability:''' Possibly extinct.
* It's only seen on the original CBS airing of TV movie ''Shattered Innocence''.
* It is not retained on the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] Archive Collection MOD DVD of the aforementioned title, as it's replaced by the 1992 "Distributed By [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]" logo with the Time Warner Entertainment byline.
* It's also not retained on the Lifetime/LMN airings, in which it's replaced by the silent 2001 [[Warner Bros. Television]] logo.  


'''Editor's Note:''' A very unique appearance of the print logo, and something of a predecessor of the Marble logo.
'''Editor's Note:''' A very unique appearance of the print logo, and something of a predecessor of the Marble logo.
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* Sometimes, ''Full House'' had Dave Coulier announce over the closing theme and the Lorimar Television jingle which would play over the Warner Bros. Television logo.
* Sometimes, ''Full House'' had Dave Coulier announce over the closing theme and the Lorimar Television jingle which would play over the Warner Bros. Television logo.
* On the TV movie ''There Was a Little Boy'', the whoosh from the logo theme was cut off.
* On the TV movie ''There Was a Little Boy'', the whoosh from the logo theme was cut off.
* On some recent PAL releases of the original ''It'' mini-series, the jingle from the 1994 WBTV logo plays over the logo, presumably due to a reverse plastering error.
* On some recent PAL releases of the original ''It'' mini-series, the high tone variant of the jingle from the 1994 WBTV logo plays over the logo, presumably due to a reverse plastering error.


'''Availability:''' Uncommon.  
'''Availability:''' Uncommon.  
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Most of the times it is the closing theme of the show, but on some instances like the fourth season of ''Full House'' on DVD, it is the previous logo's music. On syndication prints, an announcer says: "(Show title) is a (show creator, usually [[Miller-Boyett Productions|Miller-Boyett]]) production in association with Lorimar Television, (on the [[Warner Bros. Television]] logo) and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution".
'''Music/Sounds:''' Most of the times it is the closing theme of the show, but on some instances like the fourth season of ''Full House'' on DVD, it is the previous logo's music. On syndication prints, an announcer says: "(Show title) is a (show creator, usually [[Miller-Boyett Productions|Miller-Boyett]]) production in association with Lorimar Television, (on the [[Warner Bros. Television]] logo) and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution".
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a few episodes from season 4 of the ''Full House'' DVD box set, you can hear the music from the 1988 Lorimar Television logo after the theme song finishes; it may have been an audio goof.


'''Availability:''' Common.  
'''Availability:''' Common.  
* It first appeared on ''Family Matters'' in 1989, then appeared on seasons 4-6 of ''Full House'', ''Going Places'', ''Getting By'', the very short-lived series ''Scorch'', later season 6 and beyond episodes of ''Perfect Strangers'', and lastly appeared on the first 2 seasons of ''Step by Step''.  
* It first appeared on ''Family Matters'' in 1989, then appeared on seasons 4-6 of ''Full House'', ''Going Places'', ''Getting By'', the very short-lived series ''Scorch'', later season 6 and beyond episodes of ''Perfect Strangers'', and lastly appeared on the first 2 seasons of ''Step by Step''.  
* It can be seen on reruns of ''Family Matters'' on BET, along with seasons 4 and 5 of ''Full House'' last aired on Hallmark Channel, ''Step by Step'' on Hub Network (now Discovery Family).  
* It can be seen on reruns of ''Family Matters'' on BET, along with seasons 4 and 5 of ''Full House'' last aired on Hallmark Channel, ''Step by Step'' on Hub Network (now Discovery Family).  
* On a few episodes from season 4 of the ''Full House'' DVD box set, you can hear the music from the 1988 Lorimar Television logo after the theme song finishes; it may have been an audio goof.
* The final 2 seasons of the original broadcasts and some reruns of ''Perfect Strangers'' from 1991-93 also had this in-credit notice with their respective bylines of the time on their closing credits during that period as well.
* The final 2 seasons of the original broadcasts and some reruns of ''Perfect Strangers'' from 1991-93 also had this in-credit notice with their respective bylines of the time on their closing credits during that period as well.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
'''Editor's Note:''' None.
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