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Always been confused by the longer version being more "rare" as growing up I always saw that one FAR more than the short version.
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imported>CooleyBoy10 (Always been confused by the longer version being more "rare" as growing up I always saw that one FAR more than the short version.) |
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*Blue/violet starfield, blue/white/gold marquee, bluish-green planet facing the left, marquee sweeps slowly after about 3 seconds, facing the camera at an angle. | *Blue/violet starfield, blue/white/gold marquee, bluish-green planet facing the left, marquee sweeps slowly after about 3 seconds, facing the camera at an angle. | ||
*Violet/red starfield, violet/yellow marquee, blue planet facing the left, marquee sweeps quickly as soon as it fades in,facing the camera at an angle. | *Violet/red starfield, violet/yellow marquee, blue planet facing the left, marquee sweeps quickly as soon as it fades in,facing the camera at an angle. | ||
* There is an "enhanced"/videotaped version shown in widescreen. It had more stars at the beginning, an expanded marquee, the interior of the "Turner" text has more reflections and appears to be shinier, the shining effects on the lettering aren't as cheesy, and the animation in general is much smoother. | *There is an "enhanced"/videotaped version shown in widescreen. It had more stars at the beginning, an expanded marquee, the interior of the "Turner" text has more reflections and appears to be shinier, the shining effects on the lettering aren't as cheesy, and the animation in general is much smoother. | ||
*Sometimes, the logo is shown in black & white. | *Sometimes, the logo is shown in black & white. | ||
*On some occasions, chyroned text is shown beneath the logo; one version says "A Turner Entertainment Co. Presentation", another says "Listed on the American Stock Exchange". | *On some occasions, chyroned text is shown beneath the logo; one version says "A Turner Entertainment Co. Presentation", another says "Listed on the American Stock Exchange". | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' | ||
* The standard variant features a triumphant 10-note orchestral tune, with a flourish as the logo first appears. | *The standard variant features a triumphant 10-note orchestral tune, with a flourish as the logo first appears. | ||
*The | *The short version of this logo features a 5-note calm synth/trumpet theme. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
*A high tone variant of the long version can be found before the short film ''The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | *A high tone variant of the long version can be found before the short film ''The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story'' on TCM. | ||
* A low tone variant of the short version can be found on the ''Top Cat'' episode "The 1,000,000 Derby" on Boomerang. A low tone version of the long version can be found on the 2002 DVD print of ''Logan's Run'' and at the end of the 1999 VHS release of ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!''. It is possible that this is how the NTSC Turner prints of them two were left from the start after the editing. | *A low tone variant of the short version can be found on the ''Top Cat'' episode "The 1,000,000 Derby" on Boomerang. A low tone version of the long version can be found on the 2002 DVD print of ''Logan's Run'' and at the end of the 1999 VHS release of ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!''. It is possible that this is how the NTSC Turner prints of them two were left from the start after the editing. | ||
* A high tone variant of the short version ended up on Canada's Teletoon reruns of ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', due to the entire respective episodes being aired high-pitched. The same can be said for ''The Flintstones'' episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" on recent Boomerang Central and Eastern Europe airings from 2013-2018. | *A high tone variant of the short version ended up on Canada's Teletoon reruns of ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', due to the entire respective episodes being aired high-pitched. The same can be said for ''The Flintstones'' episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" on recent Boomerang Central and Eastern Europe airings from 2013-2018. | ||
*On some Turner shows aired on Teletoon, the logo plays its extended version, but the closing theme plays for half of its length. The other half plays the short logo's music. This was probably done to cover up HB logos, but it's present on the original 1995 print remaster of ''The Tom and Jerry Show'' (1975 version), as seen on Russian, Arabic and Mexican airings of the series. | *On some Turner shows aired on Teletoon, the logo plays its extended version, but the closing theme plays for half of its length. The other half plays the short logo's music. This was probably done to cover up HB logos, but it's present on the original 1995 print remaster of ''The Tom and Jerry Show'' (1975 version), as seen on Russian, Arabic and Mexican airings of the series. | ||
*A silent version is seen on early 2000's TV Land airings of ''Gilligan's Island'' and the VHS of the colorized version of ''The Philadelphia Story''. The same thing happened at the end of a French airing of ''The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission'', though it is not known if the issue came because of the editing done by the dubbing studio or if the European Turner master itself is like that. | *A silent version is seen on early 2000's TV Land airings of ''Gilligan's Island'' and the VHS of the colorized version of ''The Philadelphia Story''. The same thing happened at the end of a French airing of ''The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission'', though it is not known if the issue came because of the editing done by the dubbing studio or if the European Turner master itself is like that. | ||
*2011 reruns of ''The Smurfs'' on POP! in the UK have the final seconds of the end credits theme over the short variant, while the logo along with the H-B Swirling Star and the entire end credits sequence have been digitally sped up to match the ending theme song without the sound of the logos, likely due to time-compressing. | *2011 reruns of ''The Smurfs'' on POP! in the UK have the final seconds of the end credits theme over the short variant, while the logo along with the H-B Swirling Star and the entire end credits sequence have been digitally sped up to match the ending theme song without the sound of the logos, likely due to time-compressing. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Uncommon for both versions. | ||
*This was once found on many movies and shows from the Turner library, mainly on older home video releases by MGM/UA Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video. However, ever since the merger between Turner and Time Warner in 1996, many of the shows have since passed on to Warner Bros. Television Distribution (now under WarnerMedia) and thus newer prints of these shows and movies will use WB logos. However, the logo has still managed to end up here and there on some post-1996 releases. | *This was once found on many movies and shows from the Turner library, mainly on older home video releases by MGM/UA Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video. However, ever since the merger between Turner and Time Warner in 1996, many of the shows have since passed on to Warner Bros. Television Distribution (now under WarnerMedia) and thus newer prints of these shows and movies will use WB logos. However, the logo has still managed to end up here and there on some post-1996 releases. | ||
*The long version appears before several short films on TCM (usually preceded by a TCM Extras bumper), but is usually replaced with the current TCM logo on feature films. | *The long version appears before several short films on TCM (usually preceded by a TCM Extras bumper), but is usually replaced with the current TCM logo on feature films. | ||
* The print logo itself continued to be used until 2015, when they introduced a new print logo. | *The print logo itself continued to be used until 2015, when they introduced a new print logo. | ||
*The logo is also still kept on much of the Hanna-Barbera library. The short version can be still seen on Tooncast broadcasts in Latin America of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'' (both remastered and 80s pre-Turner masters retain it), ''Top Cat'' and all three shows on the Boomerang US channel whenever they decide to rerun them again. It was also kept on Boomerang reruns of ''The Atom Ant Show'', two ''Jonny Quest'' episodes ("Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis"), two episodes of ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (even modern home video releases kept it), and some Hanna-Barbera specials like ''The Town That Santa Forgot'', ''A Flintstones Family Christmas'', ''A Flintstones Christmas'' and ''Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights''. Canada's Teletoon Retro kept the short logo on their prints of ''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988 series). European broadcasts, however, always erase out both versions of the logo on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TCM or TN; if it appears, it's usually unintentional. | *The logo is also still kept on much of the Hanna-Barbera library. The short version can be still seen on Tooncast broadcasts in Latin America of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'' (both remastered and 80s pre-Turner masters retain it), ''Top Cat'' and all three shows on the Boomerang US channel whenever they decide to rerun them again. It was also kept on Boomerang reruns of ''The Atom Ant Show'', two ''Jonny Quest'' episodes ("Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis"), two episodes of ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (even modern home video releases kept it), and some Hanna-Barbera specials like ''The Town That Santa Forgot'', ''A Flintstones Family Christmas'', ''A Flintstones Christmas'' and ''Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights''. Canada's Teletoon Retro kept the short logo on their prints of ''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988 series). European broadcasts, however, always erase out both versions of the logo on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TCM or TN; if it appears, it's usually unintentional. | ||
*The short version of this logo also appears on the 1997 UK VHS of ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Bumper Edition'' after the silent 1969 H-B "Multiplying Rectangles" logo. | *The short version of this logo also appears on the 1997 UK VHS of ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Bumper Edition'' after the silent 1969 H-B "Multiplying Rectangles" logo. | ||