Henson Associates, Inc.

1st Logo (1983-January 21, 1986)

Logo: We see the text

Forha!

HENSON ASSOCIATES, INC.

or

ha!
HENSON
ASSOCIATES, INC.

with the text "HENSON ASSOCIATES, INC." in an ITC Avant Garde font featuring a copyright stamp below in black, all taking place against a beige background. It would sometime be animated depending on the show used. For instance, the first season of Muppet Babies had a still shot of the logo, with the exclamation point shining, and the second season had the Marvel Productions logo fade away on a blue background as the huge "ha!" fades in and zooms out, and when it stops zooming, it looks like the generic logo as the background fades to white.

Trivia:

The logo was designed by David Kaestle and debuted as a print logo in 1975. When the company introduced new stationery that year, the logo was printed twice on the back of the paper so that, when it was folded, the recipient would be greeted with "ha! ha!" The design would also be adapted for other company divisions, including "he!" (Henson Enterprises), "hep!" (Henson Electronic Products), "hi!" (Henson International), "hit!" (Henson International Television), "ho!" (The Henson Organization, Ltd.), "hop!" (Henson Organization Publishing), and "hum!" (Henson Universal Music)
The "ha!" logo is still in use today as the print logo for Henson Alternative.

Variants:

An early version exists of the 2nd version of the logo that had the word "For" next to "ha!" (like the first version).
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years utilized a cut-short version of the later Muppet Babies variant (as to avoid showing the Marvel Productions logo), likely because they lacked another logo to use.

Technique: Scanimate animation.

Music/Sounds: Plays over the ending theme. The closing theme for Muppets, Babies and Monsters, as well as the second season of Muppet Babies onward, an off-key trumpet fanfare is heard at the end of the theme and plays over the logo. On The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, we hear Zoot blowing his saxophone.

Availability: Very rare.

It appeared on the first two seasons of Muppet Babies, but it's usually replaced with a Jim Henson Productions/Jim Henson Television logo. It was however kept when Playhouse Disney UK reran the show in the mid-2000's.
This logo is usually preserved on the 1986 special The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years.

2nd Logo (September 13-December 27, 1986)

Logo: On a white background, we see:

HENSON
ASSOCIATES, INC.

with a copyright stamp below in black. The text bears a strong resemblance to the zooming variant of the previous logo.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The same off-key trumpet theme from the previous logo's variant from that said show.

Availability: Only appeared on season 3 of Muppet Babies.

Henson Associates, Inc.

Jim Henson Productions

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