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On December 21, 1987, Coke spun-off its entertainment business and sold it to Tri-Star Pictures. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." and merging the [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] and [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures]] theatrical banners. By January 2, 1988, the Embassy Communications logo was phased out and was replaced by the Columbia Pictures Television logo, but the series by Embassy Communications retained the copyright for its series until March 19, 1988 (the last production to use an Embassy copyright was the final season ''Facts of Life'' episode "Big Apple Blues" while others began using the ELP copyright by February 1988), when Embassy Communications was renamed as "ELP Communications", but was under the production banner of Columbia Pictures Television from 1988-1994, and [[Columbia TriStar Television]] from 1994-1997 (both studios however, still produced their series individually). ELP Communications is a joint venture between LEP Holdings and PEP Communications that was formed on December 21, 1987. In 1998, after ''Beakman's World'' was cancelled, [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] retired Embassy Television. However, Embassy currently remains as an in-name-only unit of [[Sony Pictures Television]]. | On December 21, 1987, Coke spun-off its entertainment business and sold it to Tri-Star Pictures. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." and merging the [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] and [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures]] theatrical banners. By January 2, 1988, the Embassy Communications logo was phased out and was replaced by the Columbia Pictures Television logo, but the series by Embassy Communications retained the copyright for its series until March 19, 1988 (the last production to use an Embassy copyright was the final season ''Facts of Life'' episode "Big Apple Blues" while others began using the ELP copyright by February 1988), when Embassy Communications was renamed as "ELP Communications", but was under the production banner of Columbia Pictures Television from 1988-1994, and [[Columbia TriStar Television]] from 1994-1997 (both studios however, still produced their series individually). ELP Communications is a joint venture between LEP Holdings and PEP Communications that was formed on December 21, 1987. In 1998, after ''Beakman's World'' was cancelled, [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] retired Embassy Television. However, Embassy currently remains as an in-name-only unit of [[Sony Pictures Television]]. | ||
===1st Logo (September 25, 1982-1983 | ===1st Logo (September 25, 1982-1983)=== | ||
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* A filmed variant of the logo exists. | * A filmed variant of the logo exists. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation, done by R/Greenberg Associates. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A high-pitched, | '''Music/Sounds:''' A high-pitched, six-note synthesizer tune with the last note held out, followed by a chord while the 6th note is held with an additional four notes sped-up a little under the held sixth note and a fifth note rolling noticeably with a final pound at the end. This was composed by Ray Colcord. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
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* '''Embassy Communications:''' Rare for the 1986 version and it's seen on the TV movie ''Firefighter'', retained on season 8 of ''The Facts of Life'' last aired on Me-TV and the Shout! Factory DVD release, all season 2 episodes of ''227'', and all season 3 episodes of ''Who's the Boss?'' both on Amazon. The grey "☆E" dark variant is extremely rare and can be seen on ''Guilty of Innocence: The Lennell Geter Story'', in which the Sony Pictures Choice Collection DVD-R as well as recent broadcasts of Sony Movie Channel retains it. The 1987 version is ultra rare and was originally seen on season 1 and early season 2 episodes of ''Married... With Children'' (the last being "You Better Watch Out"), the sitcom ''The Charmings'', 1987 episodes of ''Who's the Boss?'', ''227'', ''The Facts of Life'', and the sitcom ''Women in Prison'' before January 2, 1988. This was also used to plaster older Embassy Television logos as sighted in a rerun of a season 1 episode of Double Trouble and some season 5 episodes of ''Silver Spoons''. But most reruns and the DVDs of ''Married... With Children'' have it plastered over with the SPT logo. However, it is retained on ''The Facts of Life'' S9 episode "Adventures in Baileysitting" and the first episode of ''The Jeffersons'' on TV One called "A Friend in Need". It was retained on a few S8 episodes of ''One Day at a Time'' on Antenna TV reruns, but are obscured due to split-screen credit crunching. | * '''Embassy Communications:''' Rare for the 1986 version and it's seen on the TV movie ''Firefighter'', retained on season 8 of ''The Facts of Life'' last aired on Me-TV and the Shout! Factory DVD release, all season 2 episodes of ''227'', and all season 3 episodes of ''Who's the Boss?'' both on Amazon. The grey "☆E" dark variant is extremely rare and can be seen on ''Guilty of Innocence: The Lennell Geter Story'', in which the Sony Pictures Choice Collection DVD-R as well as recent broadcasts of Sony Movie Channel retains it. The 1987 version is ultra rare and was originally seen on season 1 and early season 2 episodes of ''Married... With Children'' (the last being "You Better Watch Out"), the sitcom ''The Charmings'', 1987 episodes of ''Who's the Boss?'', ''227'', ''The Facts of Life'', and the sitcom ''Women in Prison'' before January 2, 1988. This was also used to plaster older Embassy Television logos as sighted in a rerun of a season 1 episode of Double Trouble and some season 5 episodes of ''Silver Spoons''. But most reruns and the DVDs of ''Married... With Children'' have it plastered over with the SPT logo. However, it is retained on ''The Facts of Life'' S9 episode "Adventures in Baileysitting" and the first episode of ''The Jeffersons'' on TV One called "A Friend in Need". It was retained on a few S8 episodes of ''One Day at a Time'' on Antenna TV reruns, but are obscured due to split-screen credit crunching. | ||
'''Legacy:''' | '''Legacy:''' Its special variations (such as those from ''The Jeffersons'') have been praised by those who see it as unique. | ||
===Copyright Stamps=== | ===Copyright Stamps=== | ||