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'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled/cel animation. | '''Technique:''' Camera-controlled/cel animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Four | '''Music/Sounds:''' Four synthesized ascending pinball-like chimes. The first 3 play as each part of "'''{{small|V}}i{{small|ACOM}}'''" slides in, and the last, which plays over the zoom-out, has a zap-like "WHOOSH" that blends in with the last bell, combined with a synth chord and gurgling/telephone-like sounds. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
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'''Availability:''' Ultra rare, due to excessive plastering with later Viacom logos, [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]] logos, the [[CBS Studios|CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television]] logos, and the [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logos. | '''Availability:''' Ultra rare, due to excessive plastering with later Viacom logos, [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]] logos, the [[CBS Studios|CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television]] logos, and the [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logos. | ||
* The | * The color version turned up on many season 11 and 12 episodes of ''My Three Sons'' on Odyssey Network/The Hallmark Channel back in the early 2000s. Many variations have also been spotted on these episodes when shown on Me-TV, as part of an unusual combo with CBS Television Distribution preceding it (with the exception of one episode, S12 E23, which first aired on August 2, 2018.) These sightings mark the first known time this Viacom logo has been seen on national American television since the Odyssey/Hallmark airings from the early 2000s. | ||
* The dark variant was spotted on several color episodes of ''My Three Sons'' and the Magnetic Video VHS release of ''5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Heckle and Jeckle''. | * The dark variant was spotted on several color episodes of ''My Three Sons'' and the Magnetic Video VHS release of ''5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Heckle and Jeckle''. | ||
* This logo also appears on earlier 16mm syndication dupes of shows/movies distributed by Viacom, mostly before 1976, which occasionally appear on eBay. Such shows include: ''My Three Sons'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', and ''The Beverly Hillbillies''. | * This logo also appears on earlier 16mm syndication dupes of shows/movies distributed by Viacom, mostly before 1976, which occasionally appear on eBay. Such shows include: ''My Three Sons'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', and ''The Beverly Hillbillies''. | ||
* This logo can also be seen on some older prints of episodes of ''The Banana Splits and Friends Show'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', ''Whirlybirds'', ''Petticoat Junction'', pre-mid-1970s prints of ''The Rookies'' (which is now with Sony Pictures Television), ''Family Affair'', ''The Houndcats'', and the Canadian produced TV series ''The Amazing World of Kreskin'', among others; that includes 16mm kinescopes. | * This logo can also be seen on some older prints of episodes of ''The Banana Splits and Friends Show'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', ''Whirlybirds'', ''Petticoat Junction'', pre-mid-1970s prints of ''The Rookies'' (which is now with Sony Pictures Television), ''Family Affair'', ''The Houndcats'', and the Canadian produced TV series ''The Amazing World of Kreskin'', among others; that includes 16mm kinescopes. | ||
* This logo has been sighted on a DVD from Mill Creek, '100 Awesomely Cheesy Movies', which is a repackaging of another 2 Mill Creek DVD sets. On 'The Swingin' Seventies' section of the DVD, the 1970 TV movie adaptation of ''Jane Eyre'' retains the | * This logo has been sighted on a DVD from Mill Creek, '100 Awesomely Cheesy Movies', which is a repackaging of another 2 Mill Creek DVD sets. On 'The Swingin' Seventies' section of the DVD, the 1970 TV movie adaptation of ''Jane Eyre'' retains the color logo at the end. | ||
* Only a small amount of home media releases retain this logo. At least one VHS release of ''The Houndcats'' has this logo (that one being the UAV Corporation release), but it is unknown how many more have it, including releases from [[Trans World Entertainment]], or the recent DVD releases. It was also spotted on a VHS of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' by Premier Promotions. | * Only a small amount of home media releases retain this logo. At least one VHS release of ''The Houndcats'' has this logo (that one being the UAV Corporation release), but it is unknown how many more have it, including releases from [[Trans World Entertainment]], or the recent DVD releases. It was also spotted on a VHS of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' by Premier Promotions. | ||
* This logo is preserved on recent airings of S11 and S12 episodes of ''My Three Sons''. | * This logo is preserved on recent airings of S11 and S12 episodes of ''My Three Sons''. | ||