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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Heatter-Quigley Productions was a television production company that was launched in 1960, as a partnership between two former television writers Merrill '''Heatter''' and Bob '''Quigley'''. It was sold to [[Filmways Television|Filmways]] in 1966 soon after creating their biggest hit ''The Hollywood Squares''. They also co-produced the [[ | '''Heatter-Quigley Productions''' was a television production company that was launched in 1960, as a partnership between two former television writers Merrill '''Heatter''' and Bob '''Quigley'''. It was sold to [[Filmways Television|Filmways]] in 1966 soon after creating their biggest hit ''The Hollywood Squares''. They also co-produced the [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon series ''Wacky Races'' in 1968. In 1981, Heatter and Quigley dissolved their partnership, and the company was folded into Filmways Television. Bob Quigley died on November 27, 1989, at the age of 77, while Heatter continued going solo and produced new game shows during that time under his own production company with the name of "[[Merrill Heatter Productions|Merrill Heatter Productions, Inc.]]". Currently, most of the Heatter-Quigley library (with the exception of ''Wacky Races'', which is owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment after their purchase of Turner Broadcasting System in 1996) is owned by MGM Holdings Inc. | ||
===Logo (July 1, 1960-November 27, 1981)=== | ===Logo (July 1, 1960-November 27, 1981)=== | ||
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* On early seasons of ''Gambit'', the byline was replaced with the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH FILMWAYS". | * On early seasons of ''Gambit'', the byline was replaced with the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH FILMWAYS". | ||
* On some episodes of ''Hollywood Squares'' (mainly 1975 eps.) and ''High Rollers'', the logo is not shown. | * On some episodes of ''Hollywood Squares'' (mainly 1975 eps.) and ''High Rollers'', the logo is not shown. | ||
* On ''People Will Talk'', ''The Celebrity Game'', ''Shenanigans'', ''P.D.Q, Showdown'', and the 1965 pilot of ''The Hollywood Squares'', "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" and the [[Four Star Television]] logo from the time appear below the HQ logo, along with a Four Star copyright stamp. However on ''The Hollywood Squares'' pilot, it also featured the text "AND [[CBS Productions|THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK]]" below the Four Star logo. | * On ''People Will Talk'', ''The Celebrity Game'', ''Shenanigans'', ''P.D.Q, Showdown'', and the 1965 pilot of ''The Hollywood Squares'', "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" and the [[Four Star International|Four Star Television]] logo from the time appear below the HQ logo, along with a Four Star copyright stamp. However on ''The Hollywood Squares'' pilot, it also featured the text "AND [[CBS Productions|THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK]]" below the Four Star logo. | ||
* On ''Funny You Should Ask!!'', a 1968-69 ABC game with Lloyd Thaxton, it appears on a scroll: "This has been a Merrill Heatter-Robert Quigley Production...In Association With [[ABC Entertainment|The ABC Television Network]]" (the ABC Circle logo appears in the second part). | * On ''Funny You Should Ask!!'', a 1968-69 ABC game with Lloyd Thaxton, it appears on a scroll: "This has been a Merrill Heatter-Robert Quigley Production...In Association With [[ABC Entertainment|The ABC Television Network]]" (the ABC Circle logo appears in the second part). | ||
* On ''Wacky Races'', it appears as: <center>{{Big|A<br>HANNA-BARBERA<br>PRODUCTION<br>IN ASSOCIATION WITH<br>HEATTER-QUIGLEY, INC.}}</center> | * On ''Wacky Races'', it appears as: <center>{{Big|A<br>HANNA-BARBERA<br>PRODUCTION<br>IN ASSOCIATION WITH<br>HEATTER-QUIGLEY, INC.}}</center> | ||