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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''SNL Studios''' (a.k.a. '''Saturday Night Live Studios''') is a production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels and [[NBC Studios]]. [[Paramount Pictures]] was also part of the venture, but their part was dissolved in 2004 when NBC merged with [[Universal Pictures]] to form [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal]]. SNL Studios has produced ''Saturday Night Live'' in association with [[Broadway Video]] (also founded by Lorne Michaels), as well as produce movies, mainly those featuring SNL sketch characters. No on-screen logo was used until 1999. | '''SNL Studios''' (a.k.a. '''Saturday Night Live Studios''') is a production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between ''SNL'' creator and producer Lorne Michaels and [[NBC Studios]]. [[Paramount Pictures]] was also part of the venture, but their part was dissolved in 2004 when NBC merged with [[Universal Pictures]] to form [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal]]. SNL Studios has produced ''Saturday Night Live'' in association with [[Broadway Video]] (also founded by Lorne Michaels), as well as produce movies, mainly those featuring SNL sketch characters. No on-screen logo was used until 1999. | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' The flying streaks of lights, and "SNL STUDIOS" dimming in and out. | '''FX/SFX:''' The flying streaks of lights, and "SNL STUDIOS" dimming in and out. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the TV show. The theatrical version has a mystical xylophone theme that ascends as it goes along, which ends with a six-note saxophone solo (reminiscent of the saxophone bits in SNL's themes) and twinkles. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the TV show. The theatrical version has a mystical xylophone theme that ascends as it goes along, which ends with a six-note saxophone solo (reminiscent of the saxophone bits in ''SNL''<nowiki/>'s themes) and twinkles. | ||
'''Availability:''' Not too hard to find, appears on the end of ''Saturday Night Live'' episodes from the 25th season (1999-2000) and beyond, and it also can be found on current prints of the first five seasons of the aforementioned show. The movie version can be found on ''Superstar'' and ''The Ladies Man''. | '''Availability:''' Not too hard to find, appears on the end of ''Saturday Night Live'' episodes from the 25th season (1999-2000) and beyond, and it also can be found on current prints of the first five seasons of the aforementioned show. The movie version can be found on ''Superstar'' and ''The Ladies Man''. | ||