John Charles Walters Productions

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Background

This is the production company of former MTM Enterprises employees James L. Brooks, David Davis, Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger.

(March 24, 1978-June 15, 1983)

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Nickname: "Good Night, Mr. Walters!"

Logo: We see a clip of a stereotypical businessman named Mr. Walters (played by Ed. Weinberger, a producer for this production company) leaving his office, with a credit superimposed over the clip stating:

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JOHN CHARLES WALTERS
Production

This is usually followed with an "In Association With" screen.

Variants:

• The color of the text varies by show. The credit is yellow on Taxi, white on Cindy, and blue on The Associates.
• 1978-1979 episodes of Taxi included the "In Association With" notice on the logo itself, bypassing the separate screen.
• One holiday variant of the logo has the female voice calling after him, "Merry Christmas, Mr. Walters!".
• On Italian prints of Taxi, the text "Una produzione JOHN CHARLES WALTER in associazione con" is seen on a black background without the live-action footage and voices.

FX/SFX: It's all live-action.

Music/Sounds: The ending of the show's theme song combined with a female secretary saying, "Good night, Mr. Walters!", and Mr. Walters grumbling, probably from a hard day on the job. None for the Italian variant.

Availability: Rare, as it can be seen at the end of Taxi. This was also seen on the short-lived series The Associates and the 1978 TV movie Cindy.

Editor's Note: "Mr. Walters" is going in delayed motion (a la the MTM Enterprises logo). Despite that, this logo is a favorite of many.

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