Radical Sheep Productions

Credits

Descriptions by
Henrynguye5

Captures by
Henrynguye5

Editions by
Prodigy012‎, TagTheRhino 880‎, Pumpkinman99, Henrynguye5 and Tobias Benson01‎

Video captures courtesy of
LogicSmash, Nate D and Broken Saw

Background

Radical Sheep Productions was a Canadian children's television production company who's most popular production was The Big Comfy Couch. Founded in 1985 by Henson puppeteer Robert Mills, the company also once housed the "Sheep Shop", which provided puppet construction and design services until 2003 when it closed its doors. In 2016, Boat Rocker Media purchased Radical Sheep, folding it into its family and children's media unit two years later.

1st Logo (March 2, 1992-1999)

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Logo: On a black background with blue light in the lower right corner, we see the words "RADICAL SHEEP" in a bold white font. Below it, a star writes the words "Radical Sheep Productions" in Mistral with a little shine when it ends. Everything casts a shadow.

Variants:

• On an airing of one episode of The Big Comfy Couch (likely "Wait Your Turn!"), during the lamb bleating sound effect, the puppet of Molly (Loonette's doll) pops up in the bottom right corner of the screen, moving her head upwards with her arms raised as if she’s jumping.
• On season 3-4 (1994-1995) of The Big Comfy Couch, there is no fading, cutting straight to the Owl Communications logo.
• On Amigo and Me, the URL "www.radsheep.com" fades in below.
• On 2010 prints of Ruffus The Dog, the logo is still with the text already written and is very brief. On some episodes of said show, Ruffus and two piggies dance under the logos, however still. Their dancing continues to the Hunkey Dorey logo, where they reveal the show's URL with a fade wiping effect.

Technique: 2D animation or none.

Music/Sounds:

• 1992-1993: None.
• 1993-1999: A music box rendition of the first five notes of "Mary Had a Little Lamb", followed by a lamb bleating. However from 1994-1995 the lamb bleating is delayed for a bit.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• On Amigo and Me, the music box theme and “Baa!” are different sounding.
• On 2010 prints of Ruffus the Dog, a condensed, reorchestrated version of the 2010 Maryland Public Television jingle is heard over the logo, even though the show predates that logo. This was probably done either intentionally, or as a result of a plaster/editing error. Some episodes feature a drumbeat with cymbals as the characters dance.

Availability: Rare. Seen on 1992-1996 episodes of The Big Comfy Couch, which can be found on VHS and DVD. The "Molly" variant is long extinct and was seen only on a certain airing of the episode "Wait Your Turn!". It's also seen on Amigo and Me, Ruffus the Dog, and Panda Bear Daycare.

Legacy: This logo is well remembered by those who grew up watching The Big Comfy Couch and other Radical Sheep shows. The Molly variant is also infamous for being one of the hardest and rarest logos to find.

2nd Logo (2000-December 29, 2006)

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Logo: On a blue background, we see a gray sheep with orange wings in the back and the text "RADICAL SHEEP" written below, with "RADICAL" in a futuristic font and "SHEEP" in-between two curved lines.

Variant: On Land O’ Hands, the text is as big as the screen (although the sheep is the same size), and the top half of the background is purple while the bottom is covered in a shadow. Below is copyright info saying "c. Radical Sheep (Hands) Inc. 2000", with the website URL below.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A remade version of the music. However, PBS airings of The Big Comfy Couch use the 1993 music.

Availability: Seen on later episodes of The Big Comfy Couch and Land O’ Hands.

3rd Logo (October 3, 2010-December 13, 2017)

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Logo: On a white background, an orange wing zooms out and quickly spins in a 360-degree loop, revealing the rest of the winged sheep from the previous logo. As it zooms out, "RADICAL" in the same font as before writes in below, and "SHEEP" fades in below and quickly moves up, with it and the two curved lines slowly moving away from each other. The logo slowly zooms out.

Variant: An early version of the logo exists where the sheep flies in, with its wings quickly flapping, and rests in its position. The text simply wipes in below and there is a copyright for Stella and Sam Productions, along with an ISBN code.

Technique: Simple 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The end theme with the same sound of the lamb bleating from the 1993 version of the 1st logo with a boing sound.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Fangbone!, The Next Step, The Bagel and Becky Show and Ollie! The Boy Who Became What He Ate. The early version is seen on Stella and Sam.

4th Logo (May 26, 2017-October 28, 2018)

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Logo: On a gradient white background, we see a purple sheep made with two paralellogram ovals for the ears, a triangle for the head, a cloudy aqua green wool and two rectangles for legs. Below him is the text "Radical Sheep". The sheep nods his head and stomps his legs repeatedly.

Variant: There is a version where the sheep is the "O" in the big word "Junior" below the company name. On The Polos, this is on a black background on the bottom with the Jam Filled logo on top. On Ollie: The Boy Who Became What He Ate, this is on a green background.

Technique: 2D animation. For the "Junior" variant, none.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: No longer current. First seen on season 5 of The Next Step. The "Junior" variant was seen on Radical Sheep's preschool-oriented shows, including The Polos and Ollie: The Boy Who Became What He Ate.