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Background

Around 1987, Videoline Productions was renamed Lettuce Entertain You Inc. As with Videoline, the company released dubs of old martial arts films and B-movies. Not much else is known about it, other than it was shut down sometime in the 1990s.

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1st Logo (1987?-1988)	2nd Logo (1988)	3rd Logo (1990s?)

1st Logo (1987?-1988)

Visuals: Essentially a modified version of the Videoline Productions logo; the background is blue, the border is sky blue, the television tube is lime green, and "VIDEOLINE" is replaced with the word "LETTUCE" (a play on the words "Let Us"), along with "P R O D U C T I O N S I N C" being replaced by "E N T E R T A I N Y O U I N C ." in brownish red. The word "presents" is also leaf green.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: A portion of "Morning Mist" by Network Music Ensemble.

Availability: Seen on old dubbed martial arts films from Canada and some B-movies such as Bruno Mattei's The Other Hell, Warrior Women, and Hawaiian Heat.

2nd Logo (1988)

Visuals: The screen fades into a wallpaper-like pattern of the green LEY logo on a faded beige background. The background then fades to a midnight blue background with the same television tube from before, but in green and with a gap inside it. In the gap there is spaced out text reading "L E T T U C E", and "E N T E R T A I N Y O U I N C ." below.

Technique: Fading effects and computer animation.

Audio: A soft '70s funk tune.

Availability: It was seen on Contamination.

3rd Logo (1990s?)

Visuals: On a black background, the same logo from before appears via a square wipe effect downwards. Within the gap, the letters "LETTUCE", in a white Arial font, zoom in one-by-one, followed by "ENTERTAIN YOU INC." flipping in below in the same font. The logo then remains still for several seconds before the logo disappears via the same square wipe effect.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: The music from the first logo.

Availability: Unknown.^[Examples?]

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 ===Background===
-This was a Canadian home video company that released dubs of old martial arts films and B-movies. It also ran [[Videoline Productions]].
+Around 1987, [[Videoline Productions]] was renamed '''Lettuce Entertain You Inc.''' As with Videoline, the company released dubs of old martial arts films and B-movies. Not much else is known about it, other than it was shut down sometime in the 1990s.
+{{ImageTOC
-===1st Logo (1980s)===
-[[File:Lettuce Entertain You Inc..jpg|center|350px]]
+|Lettuce Entertain You Inc. (1988).jpg|1st Logo (1987?-1988)
+|Lettuce Entertain You 2.jpg|2nd Logo (1988)
+|Lettuce Entertain You.jpg|3rd Logo (1990s?)
+}}
+===1st Logo (1987?-1988)===
+[[File:Lettuce Entertain You Inc. (1988).jpg|center|350px]]
 {{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/A9bX4fTcgQA}}
-'''Logo:''' The word "LETTUCE" (a play on the words "Let Us") in a black Aero Extended font, positioned in front of some {{color|green}} lines on a {{color|saddlebrown|light brown}} rectangle with a TV tube shape made of {{color|lime|lime green}} lines that appear to form a "V", along with "ENTERTAIN YOU INC." underneath in a much smaller brownish red font, fades in on a blue background. After a few seconds, the word "{{color|green|presents}}", in leaf green, rises up from the bottom of the screen.
+'''Visuals:''' Essentially a modified version of the Videoline Productions logo; the background is {{color|blue}}, the border is {{color|lightskyblue|sky blue}}, the television tube is {{color|limegreen|lime green}}, and "'''VIDEOLINE'''" is replaced with the word "'''LETTUCE'''" (a play on the words "Let Us"), along with "P R O D U C T I O N S &nbsp; I N C" being replaced by "E N T E R T A I N Y O U &nbsp; I N C ." in {{color|darkred|brownish red}}. The word "{{color|green|presents}}" is also {{color|green|leaf green}}.
-'''Technique:''' Scanimation.
+'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
+'''Audio:''' A portion of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvzp0Re4O3s "Morning Mist" by Network Music Ensemble].
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Two kettledrum beats, and a little electric piano ditty, which repeats twice throughout the duration of the logo. Some rising string notes can also be heard as well.
-'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. Seen on old dubbed martial arts films from Canada and some B-movies such as Bruno Mattei's ''The Other Hell'' and ''Woman Warriors''.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on old dubbed martial arts films from Canada and some B-movies such as Bruno Mattei's ''The Other Hell'', ''Warrior Women'', and ''Hawaiian Heat''.
-===2nd Logo (1990s?)===
+===2nd Logo (1988)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 Lettuce Entertain You 2.jpg
-Lettuce Entertain You.jpg
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/PbdrCa1HHmA|id2=https://youtu.be/iisByKlVoIQ}}
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/PbdrCa1HHmA}}
-'''Logo:''' We see a wallpaper-like pattern of the {{color|lime|lime green}} LEY logo from before on a faded {{color|tan|beige}} background. We then fade to a midnight blue background with a large {{color|lime|lime green}} LEY logo zooming in with "{{color|lime|L E T T U C E}}" at the bottom of the tube and "{{color|lime|E N T E R T A I N Y O U I N C .}}" below it in much smaller type.
+'''Visuals:''' The screen fades into a wallpaper-like pattern of the {{color|green}} LEY logo on a faded {{color|tan|beige}} background. The background then fades to a {{color|darkblue|midnight blue}} background with the same television tube from before,  but in {{color|green}} and with a gap inside it. In the gap there is spaced out text reading "{{color|green|L E T T U C E}}", and "{{color|green|E N T E R T A I N &nbsp; Y O U &nbsp; I N C .}}" below.
+'''Technique:''' Fading effects and computer animation.
+'''Audio:''' A soft '70s funk tune.
+'''Availability:''' It was seen on ''Contamination''.
+===3rd Logo (1990s?)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Lettuce Entertain You.jpg
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/iisByKlVoIQ}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the same logo from before appears via a square wipe effect downwards. Within the gap, the letters "'''LETTUCE'''", in a white Arial font, zoom in one-by-one, followed by "'''ENTERTAIN YOU INC.'''" flipping in below in the same font. The logo then remains still for several seconds before the logo disappears via the same square wipe effect.
-'''Variant:''' There is also a version where <u>the background is black and the words are white</u>. In this version, "ENTERTAIN YOU INC." is not spaced-out.
-'''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A '70s funk tune.
+'''Audio:''' The music from the first logo.
+'''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
-'''Availability:''' See the previous logo. Was seen on ''Toxic Spawn a.k.a Contamination''.
+{{Chronology|[[Videoline Productions]]|}}
 [[Category:Canada]]
 [[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:Canadian home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:Logos with library music by Network Music]]