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===Background=== | |||
== | Peter Rodgers Organization (PRO) is a television syndication company, based in Hollywood, California. It distributes more than 2,000 films, documentaries and television series to global markets. PRO claims to hold the largest library of films of any non-studio distributor. It was founded in 1976 by Peter S. Rodgers, who left [[National Telefilm Associates]] to form this company. Since his death in 1988, his son Stephen Rodgers has served as the CEO of this company. | ||
* Video of the new music, click [https://youtu.be/dfGxbvUvGx4?t=25m29s here]. | |||
* Video of the original music, click [https://youtu.be/XD3m-ysPhes?t=22m26s here]. | ===(1998- )=== | ||
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*Video of the new music, click [https://youtu.be/dfGxbvUvGx4?t=25m29s here]. | |||
*Video of the original music, click [https://youtu.be/XD3m-ysPhes?t=22m26s here]. | |||
'''Nicknames:''' "The Spinning Reel", " The Flipping Reel" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Spinning Reel", " The Flipping Reel" | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' | ||
* Original Version: A rapid synthesized warbling (which sounds like helicopter rotor blades spinning), getting louder as the logo gets closer to the screen, followed by a sub-bass 110hz sine wave hum when the logo stops spinning. | *Original Version: A rapid synthesized warbling (which sounds like helicopter rotor blades spinning), getting louder as the logo gets closer to the screen, followed by a sub-bass 110hz sine wave hum when the logo stops spinning. | ||
* New Version: Sometimes, a synthesized build-up is heard, accompanied by a soft crash as the logo stops zooming. | * New Version: Sometimes, a synthesized build-up is heard, accompanied by a soft crash as the logo stops zooming. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* Sometimes, it's silent. | *Sometimes, it's silent. | ||
* At the beginning of Me-TV's print of the movie Beginning of the End, this logo has, weirdly enough, the Wheel of Fortune theme song playing over it. | *At the beginning of Me-TV's print of the movie Beginning of the End, this logo has, weirdly enough, the Wheel of Fortune theme song playing over it. | ||
'''Availability:''' The original version is rare now, but the new version is common. It can be seen on recent prints of programs that it distributes, such as Hopalong Cassidy, The Rifleman, The Bill Cosby Show, Movin' On, The Saint and I Spy, as well as older cable prints of Killer's Kiss and newer cable prints of Hopalong Cassidy movies. | '''Availability:''' The original version is rare now, but the new version is common. It can be seen on recent prints of programs that it distributes, such as ''Hopalong Cassidy'', ''The Rifleman'', ''The Bill Cosby Show'', ''Movin' On'', ''The Saint'' and ''I Spy'', as well as older cable prints of ''Killer's Kiss'' and newer cable prints of ''Hopalong Cassidy'' movies. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo was somewhat notable mainly thanks to PRO itself taking down YouTube videos with it. | '''Editor's Note:''' This logo was somewhat notable mainly thanks to PRO itself taking down YouTube videos with it. | ||
[[Category:Television Logos]] | [[Category:Television Logos]] | ||
[[Category:American Television Logos]] | |||
[[Category:American Logos]] | |||