Rhodes Productions was a television distribution company that was founded in 1970 by Taft Broadcasting. The original company was renamed by Taft as Taft, H-B Program Sales in 1975, while a revived Rhodes Productions was started under Filmways' aegis two weeks later. Filmways held ownership until Rhodes broke apart from the company and became independent again in 1980 after American International Television was folded into Filmways. Rhodes was SCTV 's original U.S. syndicator since 1977. In 1983, John Blair & Company acquired Rhodes from its owners and renamed the company Blair Entertainment, and continued operate under that moniker until 1992. The rights to The Cisco Kid currently belong to the Peter Rodgers Organization (most likely on behalf of the Rhodes family; Rhodes Enterprises is credited on the official DVD releases). As for SCTV, Western International Communications (WIC), who had since absorbed SCTV's co-producer Allarcom, would obtain the rights in 1998. Rights to the show are currently administered by its co-producers (the Second City Toronto and Fireworks Entertainment, who inherited WIC's rights after they were merged with Fireworks by CanWest).
Logo: On a black background, the words "Syndication through" in white appear to the left, then letter by letter come the words: RHODES PRODUCTIONS Both are in the Bauhaus 93 font. After the letters appear, 22 white stars appear in a haphazardly-placed arrangement on the right.
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Technique: Camera controlled/cel animation.
Music/Sounds: An ascending 8-note Moog synthesizer tune (the eighth note rapidly tremolos for the stars' appearance before it's released once the stars finish appearing) composed by John Gonzalez. In some cases, the closing theme of the show was used.
Availability: Depending on the variant: