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===Background===
'''Funnybone Interactive''' was a software developer aimed at kids, formed as "'''The Cute Company'''" in 1985. It was renamed to its then-current name in the early 1990s, and was acquired by [[Davidson & Associates]] in 1995, and; the next year it became a part of the CUC Software family, before folding into CendantDavidson in 1997.
===Logo (1996-December 31, 1997)===
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'''LogoVisuals:''' On a white background, we see a cartoony bone in a off-white color is seen laying on the distance.ground, Aas whistlinga cartoon dog, which vaguely resemblesresembling a Dalmatian walks in from the distance, thenwhistling. As he walks, uphe outpeeks ofat nowherethe bone and stops whistling to look at it, before stoppingwalking neararound theto bonestand over top of it, confused. He peeks over the bone, looks at the screen as he smiles with his tongue out, then makesan someopen sillygrin, facesand beforethen suddenly bitingbites hisdown teethon thin air, promptingbecoming himdazed and starts to starthave a laughing likefit. aHe starts to act more maniacmaniacal, pointing at the bone andas poundingwell, theand groundthen asslams hedown doesonto so.his gut Inon the middlefloor, ofslamming his laughingfists in a fit of laughter. As he does this, he takespicks up the bone and throwsthen tosses it ininto the air, before stoppingwhere it withspins hisaround fingerand zooms in slowly, and then the Funnybone logo rises up and slams into the bone, causing it to become a part of the logo. The logo features the laughing dog inside a sky blue boxrectangle, withholding somethe bone up on one finger as the rectangle has a grungy edgesblack border. TheUnderneath yellowthe dog, the text "FUNNYBONE", can be seen in aan weirduneven font with somealso a grungy outlinesblack border, appearsand at"'''''i then bottomt ofe ther bluea boxc andt "interactivei v e'''''" appearscan underneathalso be seen below it.
'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' A weirdrather upbeat, cartoonishcartoony tune. isCartoonish heardsounds throughout,can andalso webe hearheard thethroughout dog brieflythe whistlinglogo as he walks up. There's also some sound effects correlatingcorresponding to the actions onscreen, andwith the dog laughing almost like Stimpy from ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. There'sAt alsothe end, the tune starts to get more bombastic before it ends in a bangcrash assound hefollowed catchesby thea bonesynth withnote. hisThe dog can also be heard calming down at the fingerend.
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Appeared on some children-oriented CD-ROMs of the time, such as ''Eat My Dust'', ''Stay Tooned!'', and ''Animaniacs Game Pack''. ▼
▲'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Appeared on some children-oriented CD-ROMs of the time, such as ''Eat My Dust'', ''Stay Tooned!'', and ''Animaniacs Game Pack''.
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