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'''Visuals:''' There is an overhead view of a {{color|slateblue|blue}} earth globe on a black space background. Three comets cross each other's paths one by one as they circle the globe and then appear from underneath, streaking past the globe diagonally in unison from the bottom left to the upper right. As the earth zooms away, the background then fades to {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} space background filled with stars boxed in on a black background. As the screen zooms out from the point, the earth gradually rotates with a comet moving upward while the background orbits. Then, three comets can be seen streaking past the globe in ana diagonal direction from the bottom left corner toward the upper right corner, and gradually zoom away into the black background. The comets fly past the globe, either burning blade-cut imprints in the process throughout the entire box or (starting on May 17, 1997, which has a darker space background at the end) trailing off as they fly past, leaving a frozen motion mark just barely behind the border of the globe. The text {{Font|Times New Roman|<u>BUENA VISTA</u> TELEVISION}} is wiped in from left to right by way of a fancy gradual dissolve. As the comets fly past the globe, the space background fades to a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}/{{color|darkviolet|purple}} gradient, with a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} dot that appears to be the sun appearing on the surface of the globe. The gradient color also appears within the text.
'''Trivia:'''
* The early version of this logo appeared most commonly from 1995 to 1997, when the later version (below) debuted. However, ''Live with Regis & Kathie Lee/Kelly'' continued to use the original version until 2002, though some 1997 episodes used the 1997 version, however.
* The comet blade imprint in the early variant is light-colored from inside the globe portion and dark-colored from outside the globe. The globe also turns black at the end.
* A medium-length version that starts with the globe zooming out also exists, but the comets do not appear until the box shows up.
* On the long version of the 1997 variant, the comets have a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} highlight and the gradient has more {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} tinting.
* On the VHS release ''Winnie the Pooh: Three Cheers for Eeyore and Rabbit'', the long version of the logo fades out at the end. Any other VHS releases that show thisthese cuts to black at the end.
* Like with the previous two logos, reprints of [[Witt/Thomas Productions|Witt/Thomas/Harris]]-[[Touchstone Television (1985-2007)|Touchstone]] shows, such as Lifetime's airings of ''The Golden Girls'' and ''Nurses'', had this logo with a "Touchstone Pictures and Television" copyright stamp, plastering the original Touchstone Television logo with copyright stamp.
* Some prints of this logo have a copyright stamp such as "© [YEAR]" at the bottom, most notably on shows such as ''Bill Nye the Science Guy''. On the long version of this logo, the text "© [YEAR]" faded in midway through the duration.
* On ''Hercules: The Animated Series'', the logo fades into the 1995 [[Buena Vista International Television|Buena Vista International]] logo.
* Usually, the logo is designed for 4:3 display, but surprisingly, the logo appeared at the end of ''Stephen King's Desperation'', and it was stretched to 16:9.
'''Technique:''' CGI by Pittard Sullivan.
'''Audio Variants:'''
*There are different mixes for the short, medium, and long versions. The short and medium versions have a cymbal crash, but it's omited in the long version. The instrumentation on the long version is also stripped down to just two or three horns.
* The short version just has the last seven notes of the theme.
* On pre-2014 cable prints of Seasons 6-12 and 14 of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', the first note of the short version is cut off. On Season 13, only half of the first note is cut off.
* A medium version was sometimes used, where it is mixed with the first note and the rest of the theme, starting with the fourth note of the long version. It is also redone as the chimes have a short delay before each chimes (unlike the flourish at the end of the long version), the fourth and fifth notes are shortened, and the flourish does not play until the last two notes are heard.
* For the first two years with the early version, the music was played at slight warp-speed.
* The closing theme of the show was sometimes used.
* Original airings of Disney's ''Scott Hamilton Upside Down'' had the generic CBS theme accompanying the early version.
* ''Quack Pack'' VHS releases have the 1990 [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]] theme play over this logo.
* On the season 4 ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' episode "Volcanoes"," Bill screams into the logo while an explosion is heard with the logo's standard music.
* Some episodes of ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' play the theme for the long version on the standard logo and the other half in the BVTV international logo.
* On the ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' episode "You Slipped a Disk"/"Chow About That?", the logo is silent.
* The last note is sometimes incomplete.
* On the ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' episode "Comets and Meteors", the flame breath is played during the jingle of the entire logo while footage of the previous logo and the BVTV International logo are in use.
* On ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'', one half of the short music plays through the standard logo, and the other half plays over the 1995 BVTV International logo. On a couple of episodes, this occurred with the long version of the music.
* On ''Winnie the Pooh: Three Cheers for Eeyore and Rabbit'', the dinging noise that is heard at the beginning of the long version is absent.
* On a 2006 AMC airing of ''When a Man Loves a Woman'', a low-toned version was used.
* During Lifetime airings of ''The Golden Girls'', the logo's music would sometimes be slightly off-sync.
* Some original airings of ''Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits'', ''Who Wants To Be a Millionaire'' (starting in 2000), and ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Aloha From Hollywood'' used a generic ABC theme over the 1995 or 1997 version of the logo.
* On the Gene Siskel tribute episode of ''Siskel & Ebert'', the logo is silent out of respect for the late Mr. Siskel. This can be also be found on an Indonesian VCD release of ''The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer'' (while the U.S. DVD release thereof has the theme), ''The PJs'' episodes "He's Gotta Have It" and "Boyz 'n the Woods" on the season one DVD, the September 18, 2001 episode of ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' (the special edition of the show to remembering September 11 attacks), and also on TBS/TNT airings of ''Father of the Bride, Part II''.
'''Availability:'''
* The 1995 version can be found on a DVD print of ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'', and it was also seen on PBS airings.
** This logo can also be found on VHS releases from [[Disney Educational Productions]] of said show.
* The long version of the 1995 logo was last seen on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071102063635/http://www.samwmusic.com/swtelevision.html archived Sam Winans television section] until late 2012 being replaced with the updated version, albeit in low resolution. Television, and home video releases never had this, nor the medium length version of the original 1995 logo.
* On broadcast TV, it was last seen in all its glory mostly until 2008 on Univision reruns of ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'', preceding the previous 1995 [[Buena Vista International Television|Buena Vista International]] "Rainbow Castle" logo.
* It was also seen on ''Live with Regis (and Kathie Lee/Kelly)'' episodes of this era.
* The 1997 version of the logo was also seen on episodes of ''Digimon Frontier'' when it was on UPN, but Jetix (on ABC Family and Toon Disney) and YTV Canada airings don't use this logo at all.
* The "Touchstone Pictures and Television" variant of the 1997 logo plasters the 2nd logo on the DVD print of the ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' episode "Animal Locomotion".
* The long version of the 1997 logo with the "© 1997" was spotted on the ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' episode "Do it Yourself Science"."
** On the DVD release containing the episode, ''Inventions & Do It Yourself Science'', the complete version of this logo appears for the English title, but the Spanish one uses the previous logo with a 1995 Buena Vista International logo. It would be continued to be in use until the show ended in 1998.
* The medium version of the 1997 logo was surprisingly seen on ''Stephen King's Desperation'' (albeit being stretched), although this logo officially ended at the time, but the PAL DVD release has the next logo stretched.
* This logo also makes a surprise appearance on the first nine episodes of ''The PJs'' on the first season DVD, while the rest of the season has the Touchstone Television logo.
** However, it is not intact on Crackle's print of the show.
* This logo has also been seen on Game Show Network reruns of Regis-era ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' episodes starting in March 2023, albeit compressed due to split-screen credits. It was later been reinstated on the Top of the Charts edition (July 22-27, 2001).
'''Legacy:''' The "comets" are a very significant change from the previous "castle" logos, which clearly identified the division with Disney. Regardless, this logo does have its fans.
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