Fat Dog Productions

Background

Fat Dog Productions was a pornographic film production company and distributor based in Chatsworth, California. The company was founded in 1990 by Larry Field who was also the owner of Pipeline Video, an adult distribution company from the 80s and 90s. The company was then sold to Lucky Distributors in January 2005 to continue running the company until 2006 when the company presumably dissolved.

1st Logo (1992)

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Nicknames: "The Creepy Dog", "Creepy Howls", "The Depressing Dog", "The Creepy Shar Pei"

Logo: On a black background, we see a piece of paper with a colorless picture of a fat sad shar pei dog in a circle with the text "FAT DOG PRODUCTIONS". The text above the circle is in an ark and the text below it is in a box. The logo is shown for 18 seconds, then cuts to black.

Variant: A short variant exists where we see a blue background with a circle in the center transitioning to the logo but zoomed in to fit the screen.

FX/SFX: None. The transition in the short variant.

Music/Sounds: Just some wolves howling, in total six times, during the silence.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the short variant, the second howl is cut off.

Availability: Ultra rare. Can be seen on some older porn VHS tapes such as Harry Horndog 6: Girls on Girls 2 for the short variant. Most on-demand prints of VHSes from this period often cut this logo out or simply not retain it at all due to them being distributed by X-Plicit Video. However, HotMovies' print of the aforementioned VHS tape do keep this logo.

Editor's Notes:

• Quality Control: Notably, YouTube user Indescretions (who states that Fat Dog Productions was their father's production company), claims that the logo is much better-looking than it does in the capture currently available on YouTube. It's unknown whether they're simply referring to the second logo, or if a better-quality print of the 1st logo exists.
  • Considering that uploader MachineryNoise describes the above as, "An ugly old wmv file rescued from the hellish depths of the 'scarylogos3' Yahoo group," it's feasible that a better quality print may exist.
• The wolves howling, darkness, and general tone are somewhat unnerving. The whole logo has a very depressing look to it, and the dog's skin does make it quite phallic-looking.

2nd Logo (1992-1994)

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Nicknames: "The Calm Shar Pei", "The Not-So-Creepy Dog", "Colorful Dog"

Logo: On a black background, a wooden circle with the shar pei from before zooms in to fill the screen. This time, however, the shar pei is colored, with it being yellow and the circle being blue. "FAT DOG Productions" then fades in the top right corner while "PRESENTS" fades in at the bottom right, both being in yellow.

Variants:

• A short variant exists where the logo cuts out after the dog zooms in and the text fades in.
• A closing variant has the dog wearing a tuxedo and a black fedora with the following text scrolling in:

All rights reserved
FAT DOG PRODUCTIONS
copyright (year in Roman numerals)

FX/SFX: The screen zooming in and the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: Weird electronic music which is very quiet. The short variant is silent.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on early porn VHS releases from the time. This may also be seen on DVD re-releases of their films as well. Like with the previous logo, it is often cut on VOD releases, but a partial clip of the closing variant was seen on HotMovies' print of Eating P*ssy.

Editor's Note: Not the most professional, and the music is very quiet, but there's at least color and animation.

3rd Logo (1994-January 2005)

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Nicknames: "The Creepy Dog Strikes Again", "Colorful Dog II", "Growling Dog", "The Creepy Shar Pei II"

Logo: On a blue marble background, we see the shar pei from before except its position to the right. To the left is "Fat Dog Productions, Inc. Presents", stacked in Times New Roman.

Variants:

• In the silent variant, the text of the company name has a different font in which is red and green.
• Another variant exists where we see a different theme of the logo with plain yellow text that says "BLACK DOG PRESENTS" with the background being dark green and the dog now being black and is seen wearing a blue cap, golden rings, and a golden necklace/medal.
• Yet another version has some funky beat with the text in Arial and yellow.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Some jazz music along with what seems to be a dog/wolf growling viciously. Some DVD releases may actually have the logo silent. The Black Dog variant is also silent.

Availability: Extremely rare. Can be found on later porn DVD and VHS releases. This logo can also be spotted on some porn video websites, but is very hard to find due to them cutting this logo out and only retain an in-credit notice.

Editor's Note: And it's back to still again. The dog growling may also throw some off.