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* It can also be seen at the end of the ''Blondie'' films on the Movies! network and Amazon Prime such as ''Footlight Glamour'' (1943). | * It can also be seen at the end of the ''Blondie'' films on the Movies! network and Amazon Prime such as ''Footlight Glamour'' (1943). | ||
* This logo also appears on GREAT! Movies Classic airings of ''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'' and ''An American Werewolf in London'' as they use old 4:3 SD masters. | * This logo also appears on GREAT! Movies Classic airings of ''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'' and ''An American Werewolf in London'' as they use old 4:3 SD masters. | ||
* This logo does not appear at the end of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'' DVD releases or Tubi | * This logo does not appear at the end of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'' DVD releases or Tubi prints, as it's been plastered over with the next logo below instead. | ||
===2nd Logo (1982, 1985-1990)=== | ===2nd Logo (1982, 1985-1990)=== | ||
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* A warp speed variant exists. | * A warp speed variant exists. | ||
* A slightly longer version also exists where the words slowly fade in. | * A slightly longer version also exists where the words slowly fade in. | ||
* On <u>the test pilot of the cartoon ''Defenders of the Earth''</u>, the text reads "AND King Features Entertainment, Inc." with | * Another version where the end result (in freeze-frame) zooms in to fill the screen exists. | ||
* On <u>the test pilot of the cartoon ''Defenders of the Earth''</u>, the text reads "AND King Features Entertainment, Inc." with a small version of the crown placed to the left of the company name. | |||
* A unique version was seen as the intro to King Features' cartoons on VHS where the background is {{color|blue}}. Here, the crown is above a long white stripe spanning the entire screen, with "King Features Entertainment" on it. Below it is a copyright for King Features Syndicate. "The Sailor's Hornpipe" plays here, in which when the whistle blows, the crown zooms in and takes up the entire screen, with the inside of it fading to the intro itself as the stripe and copyright disappear. At the end, the crown appears over King Features' line-up of characters and zooms in, takes up the entire screen again, and goes back to the logo, thus ending the intro. | * A unique version was seen as the intro to King Features' cartoons on VHS where the background is {{color|blue}}. Here, the crown is above a long white stripe spanning the entire screen, with "King Features Entertainment" on it. Below it is a copyright for King Features Syndicate. "The Sailor's Hornpipe" plays here, in which when the whistle blows, the crown zooms in and takes up the entire screen, with the inside of it fading to the intro itself as the stripe and copyright disappear. At the end, the crown appears over King Features' line-up of characters and zooms in, takes up the entire screen again, and goes back to the logo, thus ending the intro. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI. | ||
'''Audio:''' | '''Audio:''' Beginning with several synth taps, we hear a whirring sound getting louder and with more reverb. 4 synth notes then play in series of 2. A drum plays when the text starts to fade in, with the byline appearing with a twinkle. All of this was played on a Yamaha DX-7. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
* In some cases, the drum sound is delayed slightly. | * In some cases, the drum sound is delayed slightly. | ||
* It may also have the show/movie's ending theme playing over it. | * It may also have the show/movie's ending theme playing over it. | ||
* The closing themes of the animated ''Blondie'' specials from 1989, as well as ''Ask Dr. Ruth'', were heard over the logo. | * The closing themes of the animated ''Blondie'' and Beetle Bailey specials from 1989, as well as ''Ask Dr. Ruth'', were heard over the logo. | ||
* The still variant has the last few seconds of the logo's theme playing. | * The still variant has the last few seconds of the logo's theme playing. | ||
* The warp speed variant had the logo's theme doubled in speed. | * The warp speed variant had the logo's theme doubled in speed. | ||
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'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
* Can be seen on old videocassettes of ''Popeye'' and ''Krazy Kat'', as well as the 1970s cartoon of ''Flash Gordon'', among other KFS | * Can be seen on old videocassettes of ''Popeye'' and ''Krazy Kat'', as well as the 1970s cartoon of ''Flash Gordon'', among other classic KFS cartoons. | ||
* This logo was seen without music on ''G-Force'' | * This logo was seen without music on Cartoon Network reruns of ''G-Force'' in the late 1990s. | ||
* | * Early 90s reruns of the All-New Popeye Hour and Popeye and Son on the Family Channel (currently Freeform), had this following both the 1974 [[Hanna-Barbera]] logo and the 1979 "Swirling Star" for the former (on this show, it was also sped up thanks to time compression), and the 1986 H-B logo for the latter. Tubi prints of ''The All-New Popeye Hour'' (referred to as ''The Continuing Adventures of Popeye'') have this logo and the Hanna-Barbera logos play normally. | ||
* It also appears on the DVD releases of ''Get Smart, Again'' and ''God Bless the Child'', respectively. | * It also appears on the DVD releases of ''Get Smart, Again'' and ''God Bless the Child'', respectively. | ||
* 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 is also preserved on the DVD release. | * The sped-up variant was also seen on ''Defenders of the Earth'' and is also preserved on the DVD release and on the Comics Kingdom YouTube channel. | ||
* It 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). | * It 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). | ||
* It also made an appearance on AMC's print of ''Six Weeks'' back in the early 2000s. | * It also made an appearance on AMC's print of ''Six Weeks'' back in the early 2000s. | ||
* On BET airings of ''The Women of Brewster Place'', the warp speed version is seen with the ending theme playing over it. | * On BET airings of ''The Women of Brewster Place'', the warp speed version is seen with the ending theme playing over it. | ||
* This logo is also retained on [[Air Music and Media Group plc]]'s DVD releases of KFS' cartoons. | * This logo is also retained on [[Air Music and Media Group plc]]'s DVD releases of KFS' cartoons. | ||