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'''Closing Titles:''' | '''Closing Titles:''' | ||
* A different color background (blue, lavender, gray, light gray, or pistachio) background, but the crown is in the upper left corner, and below it are written the stacked words “A KING FEATURES SYNDICATE PRODUCTION”, with the bold grey/white word “TV” written behind it to hence "A KING FEATURES SYNDICATE TV PRODUCTION". This can be | * A different color background (blue, lavender, gray, light gray, or pistachio) background, but the crown is in the upper left corner, and below it are written the stacked words “A KING FEATURES SYNDICATE PRODUCTION”, with the bold grey/white word “TV” written behind it to hence "A KING FEATURES SYNDICATE TV PRODUCTION". This can be seen on cartoons that are animated at Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrahndt Films, Artransa Park Film Studios, Joseph Oriolo Animation (G&H Films, Inc.), among others. | ||
*A crown-less version of the aforementioned closing title is seen on some ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons. | *A crown-less version of the aforementioned closing title is seen on some ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons. | ||
*Cartoons produced at Paramount Pictures Cartoon Studios will have the “Produced by Paramount Pictures Corporation” credit written in it's signature font on the bottom right, with the "KING FEATURES SYNDICATE TV PRODUCTION" words moved on the top left, above and next to the crown. | *Cartoons produced at Paramount Pictures Cartoon Studios will have the “Produced by Paramount Pictures Corporation” credit written in it's signature font on the bottom right, with the "KING FEATURES SYNDICATE TV PRODUCTION" words moved on the top left, above and next to the crown. | ||
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*First appeared on the 1960 ''Beetle Bailey'' cartoon ''Labor Shortage''. | *First appeared on the 1960 ''Beetle Bailey'' cartoon ''Labor Shortage''. | ||
*It also appears on the umbrella series ''The King Features Trilogy'' (the umbrella title for ''Beetle Bailey, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith,'' and ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons) on syndicated TV in 1963. | *It also appears on the umbrella series ''The King Features Trilogy'' (the umbrella title for ''Beetle Bailey, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith,'' and ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons) on syndicated TV in 1963. | ||
* | *Some cartoon shorts that originally appeared in the series have been released on three VHS volumes of [[Rhino Home Video]]’s “Sunday Morning Funnies”: ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, Beetle Bailey,'' and ''Krazy Kat''. | ||
*DVD and streaming site releases (like Tubi) of these cartoons may preserve the logos, as well (the logo has been retained on the ''Krazy Kat Kartoon Kollection'' DVD box set released by [[Koch Vision]] in 2003). | *DVD and streaming site releases (like Tubi) of these cartoons may preserve the logos, as well (the logo has been retained on the ''Krazy Kat Kartoon Kollection'' DVD box set released by [[Koch Vision]] in 2003). | ||
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'''Logo:''' Against a white (gray in B&W) background, we first see a rectangle with a equilateral triangle in the center, along with two triangles on either side with one curved side each. On the lower left hand corner and upper right hand corner of the rectangle, there are two dots. The dot on the lower left drops and explodes into 8 small dots and 5 larger dots. The triangle on the left side drops along with the other dot. The triangle blossoms like a fan into a flower shape, while the other two triangles drop and form an hexagon shaped by six triangles, except the upper triangle is missing. Then at one point, we see the four "pieces" of the KFS logo on the screen, before they suddenly "multiply" and jump all over the screen, finally forming the KFS crown logo (which is either fully black in B&W, or the tips are orange when in color), which shrinks and moves to the upper left of the screen above the words "KING FEATURES PRESENTS" (It is ID'ed as "A KING FEATURES PRESENTATION" at the end of some TV shows). | '''Logo:''' Against a white (gray in B&W) background, we first see a rectangle with a equilateral triangle in the center, along with two triangles on either side with one curved side each. On the lower left hand corner and upper right hand corner of the rectangle, there are two dots. The dot on the lower left drops and explodes into 8 small dots and 5 larger dots. The triangle on the left side drops along with the other dot. The triangle blossoms like a fan into a flower shape, while the other two triangles drop and form an hexagon shaped by six triangles, except the upper triangle is missing. Then at one point, we see the four "pieces" of the KFS logo on the screen, before they suddenly "multiply" and jump all over the screen, finally forming the KFS crown logo (which is either fully black in B&W, or the tips are orange when in color), which shrinks and moves to the upper left of the screen above the words "KING FEATURES PRESENTS" (It is ID'ed as "A KING FEATURES PRESENTATION" at the end of some TV shows). | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The moving shapes jumping across the screen. Each piece of animation is synced | '''FX/SFX:''' The moving shapes jumping across the screen. Each piece of animation is synced with the music. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme begin with the sound notes hearing similar to the Universal theme from the late '70s. These occur during the dropping phase. Then, big band music is heard while all of the shapes jump all over the screen and during the formation of the KFS crown. This music could be | '''Music/Sounds:''' The theme begin with the sound notes hearing similar to the Universal theme from the late '70s. These occur during the dropping phase. Then, big band music is heard while all of the shapes jump all over the screen and during the formation of the KFS crown. This music could be heard on ''The Beatles'' cartoon. Other times, the opening or end theme may play over the logo. | ||
'''Availability:''' Very rare. | '''Availability:''' Very rare. | ||
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*Can be seen on old videocassettes of ''Popeye'' and ''Krazy Kat'' as well as the 1970s cartoon of ''Flash Gordon'' among other KFS classic cartoons. | *Can be seen on old videocassettes of ''Popeye'' and ''Krazy Kat'' as well as the 1970s cartoon of ''Flash Gordon'' among other KFS classic cartoons. | ||
*This logo was seen without music on ''G-Force'' on Cartoon Network. | *This logo was seen without music on ''G-Force'' on Cartoon Network. | ||
*When reruns of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'', as well as | *When reruns of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'', as well as ''Popeye and Son'' (1987-88) were seen on the Family Channel in the early 1990s, this logo followed after both the [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|H-B]] 1974 "Rainbow" and the 1979 "Swirling Star" for the former, and the 1986 "CGI Swirling Star" for the latter version. For the former, this logo was played in sped-up mode due to time compression. | ||
*Also appears on the DVDs of ''Get Smart, Again'' and ''God Bless the Child''. | *Also appears on the DVDs of ''Get Smart, Again'' and ''God Bless the Child''. | ||
*It's also at the end of the Sandy Frank dub of ''Gamera (1965)'', which was featured on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. | *It's also at the end of the Sandy Frank dub of ''Gamera (1965)'', which was featured on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. | ||
*The sped-up variant was also seen on ''Defenders of the Earth'' and was preserved on the DVD release. | *The sped-up variant was also seen on ''Defenders of the Earth'' and was preserved on the DVD release. | ||
*Also appeared at the end of the | *Also appeared at the end of the syndicated series ''Ask Dr. Ruth'', which aired during the 1989-1990 season (the parent King Features Syndicate distributed Dr. Ruth Westheimer's column to newspapers, so naturally their TV arm produced her show). | ||
*Also made an appearance on AMC's print of ''Six Weeks'' back in the early 2000s. | *Also made an appearance on AMC's print of ''Six Weeks'' back in the early 2000s. | ||
*On Tubi TV reruns of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'' under ''The Continuing Adventures of Popeye'' name, this logo and the Hanna-Barbera logos were played in normal mode. | *On Tubi TV reruns of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'' under ''The Continuing Adventures of Popeye'' name, this logo and the Hanna-Barbera logos were played in normal mode. | ||