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'''Music/Sounds''': Silent, or the intro and outro music of the program. | '''Music/Sounds''': Silent, or the intro and outro music of the program. | ||
'''Availability''': Extremely rare. Seen on old | '''Availability''': Extremely rare. Seen on old kinescope prints from some live shows from KTLA such as ''Time for Beany''. This logo is intact on a few episodes of ''Beany'' on YouTube. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': This is the first time we see the Paramount script font on a television broadcast. | '''Editor's Note''': This is the first time we see the Paramount script font on a television broadcast. | ||
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===3rd Logo (January 1-September 1968)=== | ===3rd Logo (January 1-September 1968)=== | ||
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File:Paramount Television (1968) 1.png | File:Paramount Television (1968) 1.png | ||
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=== 4th Logo (September 1968-December 20, 1969) === | === 4th Logo (September 1968-December 20, 1969) === | ||
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'''Nicknames''': "Split Rectangle", "Yellow Split Rectangle", "Benevolent Rectangle", "The Closet Killer", "The Bumper Sticker", "Split Box" | '''Nicknames''': "Split Rectangle", "Yellow Split Rectangle", "Benevolent Rectangle", "The Closet Killer", "The Bumper Sticker", "Split Box" | ||
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'''Variants''': | '''Variants''': | ||
*There was a variation seen on ''Here's Lucy'' in which the mountain has no bylines or copyrights. | *There was a variation seen on ''Here's Lucy'' in which the mountain has no bylines or copyrights. | ||
*Around September-November 1968, the word "CORPORATION" is missing on the rectangle on some shows. | *Around September-November 1968, the word "CORPORATION" is missing on the rectangle on some shows. | ||
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*September-December 1969: An 8-note horn-driven jingle written by Dominic Frontiere a.k.a. "The Closet Killer". | *September-December 1969: An 8-note horn-driven jingle written by Dominic Frontiere a.k.a. "The Closet Killer". | ||
'''Availability''': Extremely rare, as it is usually not intact on many common prints of the TV shows it was on. This was seen on ''Mission: Impossible'' on ALN (now Youtoo America), season 3 of both ''Mannix'' and ''Star Trek'''s 1999/2004 Paramount DVD releases, several ''Star Trek'' episodes on CBS's YouTube channel and when they were aired on TV Land, as well as the 1969 TV movies ''The Immortal'' (which is intact on current DVDs), ''The Young Lawyers'', and ''Seven in Darkness''. | '''Availability''': Extremely rare, as it is usually not intact on many common prints of the TV shows it was on. This was seen on ''Mission: Impossible'' on ALN (now Youtoo America), season 3 of both ''Mannix'' and ''Star Trek''<nowiki/>'s 1999/2004 Paramount DVD releases, several ''Star Trek'' episodes on CBS's YouTube channel and when they were aired on TV Land, as well as the 1969 TV movies ''The Immortal'' (which is intact on current DVDs), ''The Young Lawyers'', and ''Seven in Darkness''. It is intact on season 1 of ''Here's Lucy'' on Amazon Prime. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': This logo resembles a bumper sticker, which could be a tongue-in-cheek reference to Paramount's then owner at the time. This logo was also known for its jarring theme (in its twilight years), which would become more noteworthy in the next logo. | '''Editor's Note''': This logo resembles a bumper sticker, which could be a tongue-in-cheek reference to Paramount's then owner at the time. This logo was also known for its jarring theme (in its twilight years), which would become more noteworthy in the next logo. | ||