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, 31 December 2020There's no need for that final logo, since it appears to be more like a variant of the 2nd logo. (R-B Animated Entertainment)
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==Rankin-Bass Productions== | ==Rankin-Bass Productions== | ||
=== 1st Logo ( | === 1st Logo (November 23, 1968-December 10, 1974) === | ||
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'''Bylines:''' | '''Bylines:''' | ||
* "A | * "A DIVISION OF [[Tomorrow Entertainment|TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT]]" (c.1971-1974) | ||
* Videocraft copyright notice, e.g. "Videocraft International Limited MCMLXX" | * Videocraft copyright notice, e.g. "Videocraft International Limited MCMLXX" | ||
* Bylineless | * Bylineless | ||
''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* The logo appears to have varying speeds when it comes to the circles appearing, as well as slight differences in the lettering's shape. | |||
* When it debuted in 1968, the logo was slightly different. The most notable difference is that the TV monitor isn't present, but there are also a number of smaller differences. The rectangle's animation is slightly different, the circles appear slower and with part of "ranKin bass" as well alongside them, and the text appears to be a bit cleaner. The copyright date also uses Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals. This has first appeared on the rare 1968 special, ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'', but can usually be seen on ''The Little Drummer Boy'' and ''Frosty the Snowman''. | |||
* On later reprints of ''Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town'', the logo has a slight orange tint to it. | |||
* On ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'', the screen starts off white before fading to the logo, in which it appears to hang around until the flute starts to play. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Shapes form an abstract "R", and the text appearing. | '''FX/SFX:''' Shapes form an abstract "R", and the text appearing. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 1966 Videocraft International logo. Sometimes, it is silent. Recent prints of ''Frosty the Snowman'' have it either with the film's closing theme or silence; original prints and [[Family Home Entertainment|FHE]] releases have the music. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 1966 Videocraft International logo. Sometimes, it is silent. Recent prints of ''Frosty the Snowman'' have it either with the film's closing theme or silence; original prints and [[Family Home Entertainment|FHE]] releases have the music. | ||
'''Music/Sounds | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* There is a variant in which the bongos come in early. | |||
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' had some of the tune come in earlier than beforehand. | |||
'''Availability:''' Common, especially around the Christmas season. It appears on most of Rankin-Bass's Christmas output when aired by CBS, Freeform, AMC and other channels, as well as on DVD and most VHS releases. Strangely enough, on one airing of ''The Little Drummer Boy'', this logo was replaced with the "Blues" logo! It was plastered by the 1984 WBTV shield on the 2000 DVD of ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'', but on the 2007 "Deluxe Edition" DVD, the logo is intact, while older FOX/ABC Family (now Freeform) airings plastered this logo with the 1990 WBTD and 1994 WBTV Domestic Pay TV logos due to split screen credits. | '''Availability:''' Common, especially around the Christmas season. It appears on most of Rankin-Bass's Christmas output when aired by CBS, Freeform, AMC and other channels, as well as on DVD and most VHS releases. Strangely enough, on one airing of ''The Little Drummer Boy'', this logo was replaced with the "Blues" logo! It was plastered by the 1984 WBTV shield on the 2000 DVD of ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'', but on the 2007 "Deluxe Edition" DVD, the logo is intact, while older FOX/ABC Family (now Freeform) airings plastered this logo with the 1990 WBTD and 1994 WBTV Domestic Pay TV logos due to split screen credits. | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "The Blues" | '''Nickname:''' "The Blues" | ||
'''Logo:''' The screen flashes three different shades of blue, with the effect that they're getting sucked inwards, into a rectangle at the left of the screen. Every time they go through a shade, that's the color the rectangle is until all three have been done and the screen is white. Then the circles appear to complete the stylized "R-B," except instead of just appearing, layers of the circles zoom in until they fill the outline–they sort of "grow" in their places. To the right of the logo appear the words "A ranKin bass PRODUCTION" as usual. It looks like the first logo without the TV monitor. | '''Logo:''' The screen flashes three different shades of blue, with the effect that they're getting sucked inwards, into a rectangle at the left of the screen. Every time they go through a shade, that's the color the rectangle is until all three have been done and the screen is white. Then the circles appear to complete the stylized "R-B," except instead of just appearing, layers of the circles zoom in until they fill the outline–they sort of "grow" in their places. To the right of the logo appear the words "A ranKin bass PRODUCTION" as usual, with "ranKin bass" wiping in with the circles before the rest appear. It looks like the first logo without the TV monitor. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "The Jazz Blues" | '''Nickname:''' "The Jazz Blues" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, the 1975 logo plays, without the "A" and "PRODUCTION" above and below the now-white "ranKin bass" word, respectively. The word "''animated''" in a script like font flashes and appears. The words " | '''Logo:''' On a black background, the 1975 logo plays, without the "A" and "PRODUCTION" above and below the now-white "ranKin bass" word, respectively. The word "''animated''" in a script like font flashes and appears. The words "entertainment from" then appears. We then cut to a sped-up version of the Telepictures "Linecoaster" logo. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 1975 logo, sans the flashing of the text. | '''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 1975 logo, sans the flashing of the text. | ||
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=== 2nd Logo (September 9, 1985-December 5, 1989) === | === 2nd Logo (September 9, 1985-December 5, 1989, December 7, 2001) === | ||
[[File:GW232H75.jpg|400px|center]] | [[File:GW232H75.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
[[File:GW308H231.png|400px|center]] | |||
'''Nicknames:''' "'80s RB", "3D-RB" | '''Nicknames:''' "'80s RB", "3D-RB" | ||
'''Logo:''' We see the classic Rankin-Bass logo, except made completely three-dimensional, with the text in royal blue | '''Logo:''' We see the classic Rankin-Bass logo, except made completely three-dimensional, with the text in royal blue and in the corporate font of then-current parent company Telepictures. A white line forms under the logo, and that line "springs" into a cursive "Animated Entertainment". Then, the "R-B" zooms up, and the shapes slide apart as they come closer to the screen, revealing a white "from". As the "O" overtakes the screen, we see the animation of either Telepictures (1985-86) or Lorimar-Telepictures (1986-89), which eventually fills the entire screen. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* A shortened version exists that ends after the company name forming. This was due to the 1984 WBTD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on a later Russian print of ''ThunderCats'' S1 episode "Return to Thundera". | * A shortened version exists that ends after the company name forming. This was due to the 1984 WBTD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on a later Russian print of ''ThunderCats'' S1 episode "Return to Thundera". | ||
* Another shortened version exists in which the logo fades out just as the "R-B" begins to zoom up. This was due to the 2003 WBTVD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on AMC's prints of the special ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.'' | * Another shortened version exists in which the logo fades out just as the "R-B" begins to zoom up. This was due to the 2003 WBTVD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on AMC's prints of the special ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.'' | ||
*On their last production before they closed, ''Santa, Baby!'', the logo was much smaller and flatter, flipped around vertically at the beginning of the logo, and had the line animation play out much slower. It also, obviously, didn't follow up with the transition animation. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The text appears like a spring. | '''FX/SFX:''' The text appears like a spring. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A bouncy, synthesized oboe theme (composed by Bernard Hoffer). On the first season of ''ThunderCats'', the music segues into a custom fanfare for the Telepictures logo (also by Hoffer) and from 1986 onward, it segues into the end of the Lorimar-Telepictures theme when the logo appears. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A bouncy, synthesized oboe theme (composed by Bernard Hoffer), with a "spring" sound effect when the line morphs into the "Animated Entertainment" theme. On the first season of ''ThunderCats'', the music segues into a custom fanfare for the Telepictures logo (also by Hoffer) and from 1986 onward, it segues into the end of the Lorimar-Telepictures theme when the logo appears. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' A departure from the '60s-era animation of the previous logos. It is a definite improvement, and likely a favorite of those who remember watching ''ThunderCats'' and ''SilverHawks''. | '''Editor's Note:''' A departure from the '60s-era animation of the previous logos. It is a definite improvement, and likely a favorite of those who remember watching ''ThunderCats'' and ''SilverHawks''. | ||
[[Category:Television Logos]] [[Category:Animation Logos]] [[Category:WarnerMedia]] | [[Category:Television Logos]] [[Category:Animation Logos]] [[Category:WarnerMedia]] | ||