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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' The end of the show's closing theme, usually segueing into the Filmways Television "Trail" logo theme. | '''Audio:''' The end of the show's closing theme, usually segueing into the Filmways Television "Trail" logo theme. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on the first season of ''Thundarr The Barbarian'' and ''Fangface'' on Boomerang until these shows were taken off the schedule. | ||
*This logo is also intact on said shows' DVD releases; however, the Warner Archive release of the former has the 1994 Hanna-Barbera "Action All Stars" logo plastered over this logo instead. | |||
* | *The version without the company name was seen on the 1980 three-part ABC Weekend Special ''Scruffy''. | ||
*The version without the company name | |||
===2nd Logo (September 12, 1981-December 4, 1993)=== | ===2nd Logo (September 12, 1981-December 4, 1993)=== | ||
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*<u>1981-1982</u>: The logo fades-out to make room for the company text reading "A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY". | *<u>1981-1982</u>: The logo fades-out to make room for the company text reading "A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY". | ||
*<u>1982-1988</u>: The latter text is seen below the logo "flashing" into place, after the logo flashes. Also, the logo itself has less of a shining effect than of that in the 1981 version. An earlier variant has the byline merely fading in, in a smaller font. Yet another early variant has the Taft byline fade in at the same time as the company name. | *<u>1982-1988</u>: The latter text is seen below the logo "flashing" into place, after the logo flashes. Also, the logo itself has less of a shining effect than of that in the 1981 version. An earlier variant has the byline merely fading in, in a smaller font. Yet another early variant has the Taft byline fade in at the same time as the company name. | ||
*<u>1988</u>: After Taft restructured into Great American Broadcasting and Taft bylines began to be removed, the "shining" part of the 1981 variation would sometimes be played in slow motion over the regular-speed music to keep the second screen from appearing. This was seen on reprints of ''Thundarr the Barbarian''. On some prints of ''Goldie Gold and Action Jack'', the logo simply fades out during the shining before the logo fades out to the Taft byline. | *<u>1988</u>: After Taft restructured into Great American Broadcasting and the Taft bylines began to be removed, the "shining" part of the 1981 variation would sometimes be played in slow motion over the regular-speed music to keep the second screen from appearing. This was seen on reprints of ''Thundarr the Barbarian''. On some prints of ''Goldie Gold and Action Jack'', the logo simply fades out during the shining before the logo fades out to the Taft byline. | ||
*<u>1988-1992</u>: The 1982 version is now bylineless. | *<u>1988-1992</u>: The 1982 version is now bylineless. | ||
*On ''<u>Police Academy: The Animated Series</u>'', the bylineless 1982 variant is used, but "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears under the name. This would be followed by the 1984 WBTV logo. | *On ''<u>Police Academy: The Animated Series</u>'', the bylineless 1982 variant is used, but "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears under the name. This would be followed by the 1984 WBTV logo. | ||
*A still variation exists, which | *A still variation exists, which cane be found on <u>season 1 of ''It's Punky Brewster''</u> and ''<u>Piggsburg Pigs</u>''. | ||
*On some programs like ''<u>Miss Switch to the Rescue</u>'', and ''<u>Bad Cat</u>'', there is an in-credit notice that generally reads "Produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Inc., a division of the Taft Entertainment Company." | *On some programs like ''<u>Miss Switch to the Rescue</u>'', and ''<u>Bad Cat</u>'', there is an in-credit notice that generally reads "Produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Inc., a division of the Taft Entertainment Company." | ||
*A <u>short variant</u> also exists, which starts in the middle of the logo shining and the name below it simply reads "RUBY-SPEARS". This was seen on the ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book". | *A <u>short variant</u> also exists, which starts in the middle of the logo shining and the name below it simply reads "RUBY-SPEARS". This was seen on the ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book". | ||
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'''Audio Variant:''' On some shows, it uses the <u>closing theme</u> of the show. | '''Audio Variant:''' On some shows, it uses the <u>closing theme</u> of the show. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on the second season of ''Thundarr The Barbarian'', ''Centurions'', and ''Dink the Little Dinosaur'' when these shows were shown on Boomerang. | ||
*Currently preserved on said shows' DVD releases. | |||
*Currently | |||
*This is also kept intact on ''It's Punky Brewster'' on the DVD prints. | *This is also kept intact on ''It's Punky Brewster'' on the DVD prints. | ||
*It was also seen years ago on [[BKN International|BKN]]'s reruns of ''Rambo: The Force of Freedom'', followed by the 1986 [[Carolco Television Productions|Carolco Television]] logo; this is also retained on DVD. | *It was also seen years ago on [[BKN International|BKN]]'s reruns of ''Rambo: The Force of Freedom'', followed by the 1986 [[Carolco Television Productions|Carolco Television]] logo; this is also retained on DVD. | ||
*It also | *It was also seen on the 1980s ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' when it was last seen on Cartoon Network around 2002 (it was also seen on the 1988 episodes produced by [[Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]] for Ruby-Spears). | ||
*The ''Thundarr The Barbarian'' episode "Last Train to Doomsday", and the Ruby-Spears' ''Superman'' series both use the 1988 variant. | *The ''Thundarr The Barbarian'' episode "Last Train to Doomsday", and the Ruby-Spears' ''Superman'' series both use the 1988 variant. | ||
*It also does not appear on DVD prints of ''Q*bert'' and syndication prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' from ''Saturday Supercade'', respectively, which plaster this logo with the 1980 [[MCA Television Enterprises|MCA TV]] logo instead. | *It also does not appear on DVD prints of ''Q*bert'' and syndication prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' from ''Saturday Supercade'', respectively, which plaster this logo with the 1980 [[MCA Television Enterprises|MCA TV]] logo instead. | ||
*The original 1981 version of this logo also | *The original 1981 version of this logo is also intact at the end of a 16mm print of ''Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit'', which is then followed by the 1981 [[Worldvision Enterprises]] logo. | ||
*The 1982 version of this logo also | *The 1982 version of this logo was also seen at the end of ''Cabbage Patch Kids First Christmas'', ''Mister T'' and ''Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos'', respectively, and is also retained on the 2011 DVD releases of these latter two shows from Warner Archive Collection. | ||
*The 1982 version of this logo also | *The 1982 version of this logo was also seen at the end of a late 1980s print of ''Mister T'', which is then followed by the 1988 Worldvision Enterprises logo. | ||
===3rd Logo (September 10, 1995-October 26, 1996)=== | ===3rd Logo (September 10, 1995-October 26, 1996)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
* | *Only seen on ''Skysurfer Strike Force'' which is long gone. | ||
*The logo does not appear on ''Mega Man'' (1994) despite their co-production with [[Capcom]] and [[The Summit Media Group]]. | *The logo does not appear on ''Mega Man'' (1994) despite their co-production with [[Capcom]] and [[The Summit Media Group]]. | ||
{{Chronology||[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br>[[Turner Entertainment Co.]]}} | {{Chronology||[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br>[[Turner Entertainment Co.]]}} | ||