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Background

In 1987, Karl-Lorimar Home Video was renamed Lorimar Home Video after Stuart Karl resigned from the company due to disputes with his superiors; he died in 1991 from skin cancer. As a result of Karl's resignation, KLV-TV was dropped, and Jerry Gottlieb was named CEO of the company. In 1988, a joint venture with Jim Henson Productions, Jim Henson Play-Along Video, was established. It was folded into Warner Home Video in 1989, when Warner Communications bought out the Lorimar studio.

Logo (1987-1989)

Visuals: A multi-colored line of yellow/orange/red/blue sweeps onto a black background. It straightens out, and sets itself down at the bottom of the screen as "HOME VIDEO" appears. Then a whole mess of gray dust collects and converges above the "HOME VIDEO" bar, forming the "LORIMΛR" logo, made larger to fit the width of the bar and in a 2D effect, with a trademark symbol next to it. Then, to give it a shiny look, little stars sparkle at the letter's edges in time with the "ding... ding... ding..." fade-out of the music.

Variants:

A print version exists at the start of Jane Fonda's Workout videos, where the logo looks exactly like the print Lorimar Television logo, except "HOME VIDEO" replaces "TELEVISION".
A short version also exists where the logo starts at the dust forming the "LORIMAR" text.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synthesized sweep brings in the bar, and after the dust forms the logo, a 4-note synth melody plays. The music closes with a "ding... ding... ding..." fade-out.

Audio Variant: A silent variant exists.

Availability:

This can be seen on videos such as several Jane Fonda workout tapes, Housekeeper, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Russkies, Trick or Treat, End of the Line, Nowhere to Hide, Big Shots, In the Mood, Made in Heaven, The Chipmunk Adventure, King Kong Lives, Prettykill, Nobody's Fool, Action Jackson, and Insignificance, among others.
It has also been seen on a early 1990s Warner Home Video VHS reissue of Americathon instead of the then-current Warner Home Video logo, and on a reprint of Clifford's Sing-Along Adventure, where it's plastered over the third Karl-Lorimar Home Video logo.
The silent variant can be found on some Kideo Video releases.
It also showed up on a later reprint of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, preceded by the WHV "Cheesy Shield" logo with the Warner Communications byline.
It also appears on the 1993 UK VHS release of Jane Fonda's Complete Workout from Warner Home Video.

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-'''Visuals:''' Same as the third Karl-Lorimar Home Video logo, but instead the text above the bar reads "{{color|silver|'''LORIMΛR'''}}" (and is larger to fit the width of the bar and does not have a 3D look to it) with a trademark symbol next to it.
+'''Visuals:''' A multi-colored line of {{color|gold|yellow}}/{{color|orange}}/{{color|red}}/{{color|dodgerblue|blue}} sweeps onto a black background. It straightens out, and sets itself down at the bottom of the screen as "{{Font|Impact|{{color|red|HOME}} {{color|dodgerblue|VIDEO}}}}" appears. Then a whole mess of {{color|gray}} dust collects and converges above the "{{Font|Impact|{{color|red|HOME}} {{color|dodgerblue|VIDEO}}}}" bar, forming the "{{color|silver|'''LORIMΛR'''}}" logo, made larger to fit the width of the bar and in a 2D effect, with a trademark symbol next to it. Then, to give it a shiny look, little stars sparkle at the letter's edges in time with the "ding... ding... ding..." fade-out of the music.
 '''Variants:'''
-* A print version exists at the start of ''Jane Fonda's Workout'' videos, where the logo looks exactly like the print [[Lorimar Television]] logo, except "HOME VIDEO" replaces "TELEVISION".
+* A print version exists at <u>the start of ''Jane Fonda's Workout'' videos</u>, where the logo looks exactly like the print [[Lorimar Television]] logo, except "HOME VIDEO" replaces "TELEVISION".
-* A short version also exists where the logo starts at the dust forming the "LORIMAR" text.
+* A <u>short version</u> also exists where the logo starts at the dust forming the "LORIMAR" text.
 '''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Audio:''' A synthesized sweep brings in the bar, and after the dust forms the logo, a 4-note synth melody plays. The music closes with a "ding... ding... ding..." fade-out.
-'''Audio:''' Same as the third Karl-Lorimar Home Video logo.
+'''Audio Variant:''' A <u>silent variant</u> exists.
 '''Availability:'''
-* Can be seen on videos such as several Jane Fonda workout tapes, ''Housekeeper'', ''Return of the Living Dead Part II'', ''Russkies'', ''Trick or Treat'', ''End of the Line'', ''Nowhere to Hide'', ''Big Shots'', ''In the Mood'', ''Made in Heaven'', ''The Chipmunk Adventure'', ''King Kong Lives'', ''Prettykill'', ''Nobody's Fool'', ''Action Jackson'', and ''Insignificance'', among others.
+* This can be seen on videos such as several Jane Fonda workout tapes, ''Housekeeper'', ''Return of the Living Dead Part II'', ''Russkies'', ''Trick or Treat'', ''End of the Line'', ''Nowhere to Hide'', ''Big Shots'', ''In the Mood'', ''Made in Heaven'', ''The Chipmunk Adventure'', ''King Kong Lives'', ''Prettykill'', ''Nobody's Fool'', ''Action Jackson'', and ''Insignificance'', among others.
-* It has also been seen on a early 1990s Warner Home Video VHS reissue of ''Americathon'' instead of the then-current Warner Home Video logo.
+* It has also been seen on a early 1990s Warner Home Video VHS reissue of ''Americathon'' instead of the then-current Warner Home Video logo, and on a reprint of ''Clifford's Sing-Along Adventure'', where it's plastered over the third Karl-Lorimar Home Video logo.
 * The silent variant can be found on some Kideo Video releases.
 * It also showed up on a later reprint of ''The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh'', preceded by the WHV "Cheesy Shield" logo with the Warner Communications byline.