Grundy Television: Difference between revisions

''In memory of '''Reg Grundy (1923 - 2016)'''''

''This article is about the original Australian production division of the Reg Grundy Organization. For the company's U.S. television division, see [[Reg Grundy Productions]].''

===Background===

'''Grundy Television''' was formed in 1959 by Reg Grundy as "Grundy Organisation" (a.k.a. "Reg Grundy Organisation", later "Grundy Organization" in late 1979 spelling the name in the U.S. English dictionary). In 1983, he formed the U.S. television production division "[[Reg Grundy Productions|Reg Grundy Productions, Inc.]]" and established more companies in other countries. The Grundy companies were sold in 1995 to a British-based company Pearson, plc. In July 2000, [[Pearson Television|Pearson Television]] was sold to Luxembourg-based compny CLT-UFA and merged to become the RTL Group and renamed Pearson Television to [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]] in 2001. In 2006, Grundy Television merged with fellow FremantleMedia-owned Australian TV production company [[Crackerjack (Australia)|Crackerjack Productions]] to form "FremantleMedia Australia". Until 2013, the name Grundy still existed in Germany as "Grundy Light Entertainment" and in Italy as "Grundy Productions Italy".

===1st Logo (1960-1980)===

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'''Logo:''' We see the following words on the screen:

'''Availability:''' Seen after the credits of Grundy shows of the era, such as ''The Young Doctors'', ''Blankety Blanks'' (the Australian version of ''Match Game''), and on earlier episodes of ''Prisoner''.

===2nd Logo (1980-1990)===

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'''Logo:''' While the logo was basically the same, it had different interpretations over the years.

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'''Logo:''' On a nighttime background with stars, we have a crystal icosahedron outlined in {{Font color|gold|gold}} zooming out slowly to make its way to the center as it rotates. We later see a {{Font color|gold|gold}} comet flying from left to right in the middle of the icosahedron to reveal the name "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''GRUNDY'''}}}}", fading and zooming in the middle of the icosahedron as it continues to rotate and later turns {{Font color|silver|silver}}, leaving the {{Font color|gold|gold}} outline in place. As the comet passes by, we see yet another comet going to the opposite direction on the bottom of the icosahedron revealing the word "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''TELEVISION'''}}}}" as it fades in while the 2nd comet passes by from the opposite. We later see the word "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''PRODUCTION'''}}}}" fading in below.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, a large, elliptical {{Font color|gold|gold}} ring with a {{Font color|peru|bronze}} aura forms in the center of the screen while a white dot that reveals itself to be a comet flies clockwise from the back and circumnavigates it as if circling a globe. As this happens, the top right portion of the ring disappears and a {{Font color|gold|gold}} trail is formed below, making up a stylized “{{Font color|gold|G}}” shape. As the aura fades out, a curved boomerang-style trail is cut through the left side. A small point of light shines briefly on the top right end of the “{{Font color|gold|G}}” upon completion. Throughout this formation, the word “{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''GRUNDY'''}}” (in a white Copperplate Gothic font) fades-in below, with the respective company byline a split second later.

*The version with the music appeared on most game shows including ''Sale of the Century'', ''Temptation'' and the 2002 revival of ''Perfect Match'', among others.

*The abridged variant was used during the first season of the Finnish soap opera ''Salatut Elämät''.

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