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Video captures by Wutaii1 Nostalgia


Classic
===Classic (1985-1990s)===
(1985-1990s)


{{YouTube|id=aVt2OEiPJ4U}}
ID: We see a man holding a Nick at Nite logo with a moon, then he creates a living room, including a TV. Then he grabs a remote, turning the TV into something.


'''ID:''' We see a man holding the Nick at Nite logo at the time (a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} crescent moon with the words "'''{{Font color|red|NICK}} at {{Font color|red|NITE}}'''" on it and the word "'''at'''" in a small circle over "{{Font color|red|'''NITE'''}}"), which he places on the sky as he brings in a window frame with curtains, a door that changes the background to that of a living room, a TV set and an armchair, which he sits on. Then he grabs a remote, turning the TV into a random object.
FX/SFX: Stop Motion Animation.


'''FX/SFX:''' Stop-motion animation.
Music/Sounds: Whatever sounds the variants have.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A deep guitar note accompanied with the sound effects of the objects being brought in. The rest of the sounds depend on the variant.
Availability: Extinct.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
Editor's Note: None.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.




===Factory (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Factory
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


{{YouTube|id=PykgKAcVddw}}
ID: In a factory, we see workers making the Nick at Nite logo, but with a crescent moon. When they're done, the workers put the logo on an old TV.


'''ID:''' In a factory, we see workers making the Nick at Nite logo. When they're done, two workers put a sheet with the logo on it inside an old TV.
FX/SFX: Live-action.


'''FX/SFX:''' Live-action.
Music/Sounds: A joyful music, followed by a woman singing "Nick at Nite has delight to be all it's contact to be, in fact Nick at Nite is packed with exactly my kind of Classic TV!"


'''Music/Sounds:''' A joyful theme with a woman singing "Nick at Nite has the night to be all it's cracked up to be, in fact Nick at Nite is packed with exactly my kind of Classic TV!"
Availability: Extinct.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
Editor's Note: None.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.




===Crazy (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Crazy
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


{{YouTube|id=DFeIduWI0dE}}
WARNING: Do not watch the video if you're prone to epilepsy.
{{Epilepsy Warning}}


ID: In a brick background, we see the Nick at Nite logo in a heart, then the door opens then we see a white fish with spots, and pink eyes with a heart, then we zoom in to a head with the Nick At Nite logo as a star for the body. Then the background switches to a lot of backgrounds with crazy stuff.A lot of Nick at Nite logos in a lot of shapes do random stuff. After a few seconds, then a cage door shuts with the Nick at Nite logo as a triangle.
'''ID:''' In a brick background, we see the Nick at Nite logo on a heart, which opens like a door to reveal a white fish with black spots and {{Font color|pink|pink}} eyes with hearts for pupils, which briefly sings the tune as the camera zooms in on its mouth and the scene fades to a person with the Nick at Nite logo on a star for a body and Nick at Nite logos on a circle and triangle for eyes dancing along with other differently-shaped Nick at Nite logos as the background rapidly switches to a lot of crazy patterns. After a few seconds, a prison door closes, revealing the Nick at Nite logo on a triangle on the lock.


FX/SFX: 2D Animation.
'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.


Music/Sounds: A 50s like tune, with a woman singing "Hello out there from TV Land (not to be confused with the TV channel), Why don't you join us!". Then a man sings "Cause it's crazy, it's really crazy, it's Nick at Nite!"
'''Music/Sounds:''' A 50s like tune, with a woman singing "Hello out there from TV Land, why don't you join us!". Then a man sings "Cause it's crazy, it's really crazy, it's Nick at Nite!"


Availability: Extinct.
'''Availability:''' Extinct.


Editor's Note: The rapid flashing, the fish, and the weird shapes can scare more than a few people or give them a headache. Others may simply find it annoying.
'''Editor's Note:''' The rapid flashing, the fish, and the weird shapes can scare more than a few people or give them a headache. Others may simply find it annoying.




===Better (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)==


'''ID:''' We see 3 Nick at Nite logos in different shapes, as a randomized number between 1 and 3 comes up and to make different objects and random Nick at Nite logos in random shapes and colors appear like a slot machine. Then it turns into a dentist flossing someone's teeth, before they form the Nick at Nite logo with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} star.
Better
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.
ID: We see 3 Nick at Nite logos in different shapes. Then a randomized number between 1 and 3 form to make different objects and random Nick at Nite logos in random shapes and colors. (think of a slot machine!) Then it turns into a dentist flossing someone's teeth. Then they form the Nick at Nite logo with a blue star.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A crazy tune.
FX/SFX: 2D Animation.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
Music/Sounds: A crazy tune.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Availability: Extinct.


Editor's Note: None.


===Balcony (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===


{{YouTube|id=icsWZwEQR6s}}


'''ID:''' On a night sky background in a downtown city, we see the Nick At Nite logo in the sky and a woman waiting for something on the balcony, then the logo slides away, appears on the balcony, and slides back in the sky.
Balcony
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''FX/SFX:''' Cut-out animation.
ID: On a night sky background in a downtown city, we see the Nick At Nite logo in the sky with a woman waiting patiently for something, then the logo zooms out, then the logo fades in the night sky, then returns to the sky.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Blues music with a woman singing "If you suffer from a late night TV blues, it's Nick at Nite for the deja vus". Then a man says "All night, every night."
FX/SFX: Cut-Out animation.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
Music/Sounds: Blues music, followed by a woman singing, "If you suffer from a late night TV blues, it's Nick at Nite for the deja vuse". Then a man says "All night, every night."


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Availability: Extinct.


Editor's Note: None.


===Air Freshener (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===


'''ID:''' A car drives across the road in a desert and we see a sign of a coyote howling, a sign of the sun setting, then the Nick At Nite logo stuck on a TV, then we see the car drive into the road, and we can see a few cactuses.


'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.
Air Freshener
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''Music/Sounds:''' A country tune, followed by a man singing "When the coyotes howl and the sun sets low to the best TV you can always go to Nick at Nite".
ID: A car drives across the road in a desert and we see a sign of a coyote howling, a sign of the sun setting, then the Nick At Nite logo got sticked onto the TV, then we see the car drive into the road, and we can see a few cactuses.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
FX/SFX: 2D Animation.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Music/Sounds: A country tune, followed by a man singing "When the coyotes howl and the sun sets low to the best TV you can always go to Nick at Nite".


Availability: Extinct.


===How To (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Editor's Note: None.


{{YouTube|id=MLjIDuMkXrc}}


'''ID:''' We see a Nick at Nite logo with arms and legs and Elvis Presley hair holding a microphone, grooving near a TV, the screen of which show a path of footprints that slide away to reveal the How to Nick at Nite logo. Then we see another Nick At Nite logo but with a girl's hair and arms and legs turning on the TV, turning the spect dial, and jumping on a chair, as the Nick at Nite logo falls down.


'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.
How To
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


ID: We see a Nick at Nite logo but with arms and legs and Elvis Presley hair holding a microphone, grooving near a TV, and on the TV, we can see a path of footprints, then we slide to the How to Nick at Nite logo. Then we see another Nick At Nite logo but with a girl's hair and arms and legs. She turns on the TV, turns the spect dial, then she jumps onto the chair, watching TV, then the Nick at Nite logo falls down.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A 50s rock tune with a man singing "Come on everybody cause the time is right, we're gonna show you how to Nick at Nite!" and a woman saying "Just click on, turn the spect dial, and Nick at Nite!", along with a falling sound when the Nick at Nite logo falls.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
FX/SFX: 2D Animation.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Music/Sounds: A 50s rock tune. The lyrics are "Come on everybody cause the time is right, we're gonna show you how to Nick at Nite!" Then a woman says "Just click on, turn the spect dial, and Nick at Nite!" And the "THUD!" sound at the end.


Availability: Extinct.


===Beautiful Place (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Editor's Note: None.


{{YouTube|id=PaNpBR-uRxk}}


'''ID:''' In a neighborhood, we see houses shaped like televisions with the Nick at Nite logo. We cut to a scene where a family cleans a television set with the Nick at Nite logo as a triangle, followed by a scene where some friends are having a picnic and looking at their television, with changing Nick at Nite logos on the screen.
Beautiful Place
(Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''FX/SFX:''' Early digital VFX. Done by Charlex.
ID: In a neighborhood, we see homes shaped like televisions with the Nick at Nite logo. We cut to a scene where a family cleans off the television with the Nick at Nite triangle logo. That's followed by some friends at the picnic looking at the television with Nick at Nite logos changing.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A swing tune with a woman singing "Hello out there from TV Land, a beautiful place to be. Nick at Nite, better living through good TV!".
FX/SFX: Early Digital VFX. Done by Charlex.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
Music/Sounds: A swing tune with a female vocal. "Hello out there from TV Land, A beautiful place to be. Nick at Nite, better living through good TV!"


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Availability: Extinct.


Editor's Note: None.


===Troglodyte (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===


{{YouTube|id=sgveM0l24jU}}
Troglodyte (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''ID:''' A {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} circle with the Nick at Nite logo, a face, limbs and a cane sings as we see scenes of a man and his boss strangling each other in an office, the man opening the door and falling in exhaustion, the man turning into a gorilla and roaring at his wife after she kisses him, two pills falling in a glass and liquidizing, the man pouring the glass on himself, turning back to normal and sitting on his couch with his wife to watch TV, as the camera rotates to show the Nick at Nite logo on the TV screen and the circle leaping inside to tap the logo with its cane, coloring it.
ID: A mascot shaped like a blue circle sings what's going in in this ident. "If your boss is a jerk, and you get home from work, and feel like a troglodyte, There's instant relief from this heartshaping grief. Thank goodness for Nick at Nite!"


FX/SFX: Cel animation.
'''FX/SFX:''' Cel animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A crazy toon-like tune with the circle singing "If your boss is a jerk, and you get home from work, and feel like a troglodyte, there's instant relief from this heartshaping grief. Thank goodness for Nick at Nite!"
Music/Sounds: A crazy toon-like tune accompanying tha mascot's voice.


Availability: Extinct.
'''Availability:''' Extinct.


Editor's Note: None.
'''Editor's Note:''' None.


Spelling Bee (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


===Spelling Bee (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
ID: In a ciity, A white ball bounces on billboards that spell "NICK at NITE". The ball goes over the bridge and does the same thing again. Finally, the "at" is on a yellow background which folds into a moon shape that forms the Nick at Nite logo.


{{YouTube|id=D7i08uqsjVE}}
FX/SFX: 2D Animation from Arlen Schumer.


'''ID:''' In a city skyline, a white ball bounces on billboards that spell "NICK at NITE". The ball goes over a bridge and bounces on billboards again before bouncing on the moon, which becomes the "'''at'''" circle as the background becomes {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} and shrinks into a moon shape that forms the Nick at Nite logo over the bridge.
Music/Sounds: A conga tune with a female vocal spelling out the name's letters. Finally, the tune morphs into a relaxing orchestral music with a female chorus singing "Nick at Nite for me." then a male guy says "Better living through television".


'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation from Arlen Schumer.
Availability: Extinct.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A conga tune with a female vocal spelling out the name's letters. Finally, the tune morphs into a relaxing orchestral music with a female chorus singing "Nick at Nite for me." and a male guy saying "Better living through television".
Editor's Note: None.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Don't Adjust Your Set (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


ID: An anamorphic dog sing in the spotlight with the shadow of a star from the Nick at Nite logo. "Hello out there from TV Land, Don't adjust your set! Nick at Nite, as classic as you can get! All night, Every night! Hoo!"


===Don't Adjust Your Set (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
FX/SFX: 2D Animation.


{{YouTube|id=dJkxZCzqWpo}}
Music/Sounds: A rock swing jingle to accompany the anamorphic dog.


'''ID:''' We see an anthropomorphic dog dancing in a spotlight, with his shadow being shaped like a star with the Nick at Nite logo on it. The dog sings "Hello out there from TV Land, Don't adjust your set! Nick at Nite, as classic as you can get! All night, Every night! Hoo!".
Availability: Extinct.


'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.
Editor's Note: None.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A rock swing jingle and the dog singing.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
If TV Sets Could Talk (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
ID: In a 3D neighborhood, we see the family shaped like televisions watching the Nick at Nite logo. A daughter plays with a ping pong toy, while mom sings "If television sets could talk and they could tell us they shows they like to play, They all agreed for viewing delight, They rather be tuned to Nick at Nite!"


FX/SFX: Awesome, Not only entry-level, but intermediate CGI.


===If TV Sets Could Talk (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Music/Sounds: A dixieland theme to accompany the mother's singing.


{{YouTube|id=ByINsH5p3y0}}
Availability: Extinct.


'''ID:''' In a 3D neighborhood, we see a family with televisions for heads watching the Nick at Nite logo. The daughter plays with a paddleball with the Nick at Nite logo on the ball, while the mother sings "If television sets could talk, then they could tell us they shows they like to play. They'd all agree for viewing delight, they'd rather be tuned to Nick at Nite!". The daughter ends up knocking over the TV with her paddleball.
Editor's Note: None.


'''FX/SFX:''' Everything in good-quality CGI.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A dixieland theme and the mother singing.
Pre-Post Modern (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
ID: We start off with a sky background, with a yellow border. Countless Nick at Nite logos move. A woman on a paper frame with a paper clip sings "When it's time to relax, there's only one place for better TV today. It's Pre-Post Modern, wild and free. Watch Nick at Nite for good TV."


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
FX/SFX: A combination of Live Action and 2D Animation.


Music/Sounds: A jazz tune to accompany the woman.


===Pre-Post Modern (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Availability: Extinct.


{{YouTube|id=83AeS3_nDAM}}
Editor's Note: None.


'''ID:''' We start off with a sky background with a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} border and countless Nick at Nite logos moving inside. A woman on a sheet of paper held on the frame by a paper clip sings "When it's time to relax, there's only one place for better TV today. It's Pre-Post Modern, wild and free. Watch Nick at Nite for good TV."


'''FX/SFX:''' A combination of live action and 2D animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazz tune and the woman singing.
Gardening (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
ID: In a farm, A man digs up the dirt. Then, he puts miniature TV's in. He waters the dirt to watch the heart shaped Nick at Nite logos grow.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
FX/SFX: A live action timelapse by Jane Aaron.


Music/Sounds: A tune with a wife singing "What is the perfect combination for a TV land sensation?" then a guitar riff plays. Then, a husband and wife duet sings "You and Nick at Nite naturally." Followed by a bass singing "That's right!".


===Gardening (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Availability: Extinct.


{{YouTube|id=PGp698-CSQs}}
Editor's Note: None.


'''ID:''' In a farm, a man digs up some dirt and plants some small TV sets in it. He then waters the dirt and four heart-shaped Nick at Nite logos grow out from inside.


'''FX/SFX:''' A live action timelapse by Jane Aaron.
NAN goes to the Hop (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''Music/Sounds:''' A happy tune with a woman singing "What is the perfect combination for a TV land sensation?" followed by a guitar riff as the dirt is watered and a man and woman singing "You and Nick at Nite, naturally.", followed by a bass singing "That's right!".
ID: On a black background, we see 3 white outlined kids holding up three slide films. One of which carries the Nick at Nite logo.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
FX/SFX: 2D Animation.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Music/Sounds: A medium tempo surf tune with a chorus singing the name.


Availability: Extinct.


===NAN goes to the Hop (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===
Editor's Note: None.


{{YouTube|id=BtV2mb5MC10}}


'''ID:''' On a black background, we see 3 white-outlined kids holding up three slide films, one of which carries the Nick at Nite logo.
Personal Decision (Late 1980s - Mid 1990s)


'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.
ID: A blonde haired woman with a pink skirt enters the kitchen and holds a TV Dinner. She spins around and sings "I've made a personal decision to try better living through television but to make it right, I gotta have Nick at Nite!" She puts it in the microwave to cook until it dings. Finally, He takes out the dinner all heated up and holding the Nick at Nite logo.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A medium tempo surf tune with a chorus singing the channel's name.
FX/SFX: 2D Animation.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
Music/Sounds: A piano and bongos theme to accompany the woman.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
Availability: Extinct.



Editor's Note: None.
===Personal Decision (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)===

{{YouTube|id=eRXEr6gN1Ec}}

'''ID:''' A blonde haired woman with a {{Font color|pink|pink}} dress and an apron spins in while holding a TV dinner with the Nick at Nite logo on it, and sings "I've made a personal decision to try better living through television but to make it right, I gotta have Nick at Nite!" She puts the TV dinner in the microwave to cook until it dings, upon which she takes out the heated dinner and shows it to the camera, revealing the Nick at Nite logo in one of the compartments.

'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A piano and bongo theme and the woman singing.

'''Availability:''' Extinct.

'''Editor's Note:''' None.


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More IDs coming soon!

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Revision as of 10:03, 9 October 2021


Credits
Descriptions by
SuitcaseLover2018

Video captures courtesy of
Wutaii1 Nostalgia

Classic (1985-1990s)


ID: We see a man holding the Nick at Nite logo at the time (a yellow crescent moon with the words "NICK at NITE" on it and the word "at" in a small circle over "NITE"), which he places on the sky as he brings in a window frame with curtains, a door that changes the background to that of a living room, a TV set and an armchair, which he sits on. Then he grabs a remote, turning the TV into a random object.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation.

Music/Sounds: A deep guitar note accompanied with the sound effects of the objects being brought in. The rest of the sounds depend on the variant.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Factory (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: In a factory, we see workers making the Nick at Nite logo. When they're done, two workers put a sheet with the logo on it inside an old TV.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: A joyful theme with a woman singing "Nick at Nite has the night to be all it's cracked up to be, in fact Nick at Nite is packed with exactly my kind of Classic TV!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Crazy (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)

Template:Epilepsy Warning

ID: In a brick background, we see the Nick at Nite logo on a heart, which opens like a door to reveal a white fish with black spots and pink eyes with hearts for pupils, which briefly sings the tune as the camera zooms in on its mouth and the scene fades to a person with the Nick at Nite logo on a star for a body and Nick at Nite logos on a circle and triangle for eyes dancing along with other differently-shaped Nick at Nite logos as the background rapidly switches to a lot of crazy patterns. After a few seconds, a prison door closes, revealing the Nick at Nite logo on a triangle on the lock.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A 50s like tune, with a woman singing "Hello out there from TV Land, why don't you join us!". Then a man sings "Cause it's crazy, it's really crazy, it's Nick at Nite!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: The rapid flashing, the fish, and the weird shapes can scare more than a few people or give them a headache. Others may simply find it annoying.


=Better (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)

ID: We see 3 Nick at Nite logos in different shapes, as a randomized number between 1 and 3 comes up and to make different objects and random Nick at Nite logos in random shapes and colors appear like a slot machine. Then it turns into a dentist flossing someone's teeth, before they form the Nick at Nite logo with a blue star.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A crazy tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Balcony (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: On a night sky background in a downtown city, we see the Nick At Nite logo in the sky and a woman waiting for something on the balcony, then the logo slides away, appears on the balcony, and slides back in the sky.

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation.

Music/Sounds: Blues music with a woman singing "If you suffer from a late night TV blues, it's Nick at Nite for the deja vus". Then a man says "All night, every night."

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Air Freshener (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)

ID: A car drives across the road in a desert and we see a sign of a coyote howling, a sign of the sun setting, then the Nick At Nite logo stuck on a TV, then we see the car drive into the road, and we can see a few cactuses.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A country tune, followed by a man singing "When the coyotes howl and the sun sets low to the best TV you can always go to Nick at Nite".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


How To (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: We see a Nick at Nite logo with arms and legs and Elvis Presley hair holding a microphone, grooving near a TV, the screen of which show a path of footprints that slide away to reveal the How to Nick at Nite logo. Then we see another Nick At Nite logo but with a girl's hair and arms and legs turning on the TV, turning the spect dial, and jumping on a chair, as the Nick at Nite logo falls down.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A 50s rock tune with a man singing "Come on everybody cause the time is right, we're gonna show you how to Nick at Nite!" and a woman saying "Just click on, turn the spect dial, and Nick at Nite!", along with a falling sound when the Nick at Nite logo falls.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Beautiful Place (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: In a neighborhood, we see houses shaped like televisions with the Nick at Nite logo. We cut to a scene where a family cleans a television set with the Nick at Nite logo as a triangle, followed by a scene where some friends are having a picnic and looking at their television, with changing Nick at Nite logos on the screen.

FX/SFX: Early digital VFX. Done by Charlex.

Music/Sounds: A swing tune with a woman singing "Hello out there from TV Land, a beautiful place to be. Nick at Nite, better living through good TV!".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Troglodyte (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: A light blue circle with the Nick at Nite logo, a face, limbs and a cane sings as we see scenes of a man and his boss strangling each other in an office, the man opening the door and falling in exhaustion, the man turning into a gorilla and roaring at his wife after she kisses him, two pills falling in a glass and liquidizing, the man pouring the glass on himself, turning back to normal and sitting on his couch with his wife to watch TV, as the camera rotates to show the Nick at Nite logo on the TV screen and the circle leaping inside to tap the logo with its cane, coloring it.

FX/SFX: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A crazy toon-like tune with the circle singing "If your boss is a jerk, and you get home from work, and feel like a troglodyte, there's instant relief from this heartshaping grief. Thank goodness for Nick at Nite!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Spelling Bee (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: In a city skyline, a white ball bounces on billboards that spell "NICK at NITE". The ball goes over a bridge and bounces on billboards again before bouncing on the moon, which becomes the "at" circle as the background becomes yellow and shrinks into a moon shape that forms the Nick at Nite logo over the bridge.

FX/SFX: 2D animation from Arlen Schumer.

Music/Sounds: A conga tune with a female vocal spelling out the name's letters. Finally, the tune morphs into a relaxing orchestral music with a female chorus singing "Nick at Nite for me." and a male guy saying "Better living through television".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Don't Adjust Your Set (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: We see an anthropomorphic dog dancing in a spotlight, with his shadow being shaped like a star with the Nick at Nite logo on it. The dog sings "Hello out there from TV Land, Don't adjust your set! Nick at Nite, as classic as you can get! All night, Every night! Hoo!".

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A rock swing jingle and the dog singing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


If TV Sets Could Talk (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: In a 3D neighborhood, we see a family with televisions for heads watching the Nick at Nite logo. The daughter plays with a paddleball with the Nick at Nite logo on the ball, while the mother sings "If television sets could talk, then they could tell us they shows they like to play. They'd all agree for viewing delight, they'd rather be tuned to Nick at Nite!". The daughter ends up knocking over the TV with her paddleball.

FX/SFX: Everything in good-quality CGI.

Music/Sounds: A dixieland theme and the mother singing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Pre-Post Modern (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: We start off with a sky background with a yellow border and countless Nick at Nite logos moving inside. A woman on a sheet of paper held on the frame by a paper clip sings "When it's time to relax, there's only one place for better TV today. It's Pre-Post Modern, wild and free. Watch Nick at Nite for good TV."

FX/SFX: A combination of live action and 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A jazz tune and the woman singing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Gardening (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: In a farm, a man digs up some dirt and plants some small TV sets in it. He then waters the dirt and four heart-shaped Nick at Nite logos grow out from inside.

FX/SFX: A live action timelapse by Jane Aaron.

Music/Sounds: A happy tune with a woman singing "What is the perfect combination for a TV land sensation?" followed by a guitar riff as the dirt is watered and a man and woman singing "You and Nick at Nite, naturally.", followed by a bass singing "That's right!".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


NAN goes to the Hop (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: On a black background, we see 3 white-outlined kids holding up three slide films, one of which carries the Nick at Nite logo.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A medium tempo surf tune with a chorus singing the channel's name.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.


Personal Decision (Late 1980s-Mid 1990s)


ID: A blonde haired woman with a pink dress and an apron spins in while holding a TV dinner with the Nick at Nite logo on it, and sings "I've made a personal decision to try better living through television but to make it right, I gotta have Nick at Nite!" She puts the TV dinner in the microwave to cook until it dings, upon which she takes out the heated dinner and shows it to the camera, revealing the Nick at Nite logo in one of the compartments.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A piano and bongo theme and the woman singing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

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