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===Background=== |
===Background=== |
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'''SFM Entertainment, LLC''' (formerly known as "SFM Media Service Corporation" and "SFM Media Corporation") is a television syndication company established on September 29, 1969 by Walter '''S'''taab, Robert '''F'''rank, and Stanley '''M'''oger (hence the initials of the company). SFM didn't use a logo until 1977. |
'''SFM Entertainment, LLC''' (formerly known as "SFM Media Service Corporation" and "SFM Media Corporation") is a television syndication company established on September 29, 1969 by Walter '''S'''taab, Robert '''F'''rank, and Stanley '''M'''oger (hence the initials of the company). SFM didn't use a logo until 1977. In 1998, media holding company Havas, owner of [[Vivendi Universal|Vivendi]] purchased '''SFM''', except for its '''SFM Entertainment''' division. |
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===(January 17, 1977-December 21, 2000)=== |
===1st Logo (January 17, 1977-December 21, 2000)=== |
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'''Nicknames''': "SFM Rainbow (of Doom)", "Rainbow Fill", "Rainbow of Darkness", "[[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO]]'s Child" |
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'''Variants:''' |
'''Variants:''' |
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*The original version had the text "AN SFM MEDIA SERVICE CORPORATION PRESENTATION" fading-in below. This was seen on 1977-1978 prints of The New Mickey Mouse Club. |
*The original version had the text "AN SFM MEDIA SERVICE CORPORATION PRESENTATION" fading-in below. This was seen on 1977-1978 prints of ''The New Mickey Mouse Club''. |
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*A black and white version exists. |
*A black and white version exists. |
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*Since 1998 onward, the word "ENTERTAINMENT" appears under the SFM logo. Sometimes, a copyright stamp is seen below. |
*Since 1998 onward, the word "ENTERTAINMENT" appears under the SFM logo. Sometimes, a copyright stamp is also seen below. |
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*Two main variants of the 1978 version exist. One is a filmed version and the other is a videotaped version. |
*Two main variants of the 1978 version exist. One is a filmed version and the other is a videotaped version. |
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*A shortened and sped-up version exists that only shows the rainbow filling the letters. |
*A shortened and sped-up version also exists that only shows the rainbow filling the letters. |
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*Another version had the SFM logo shifted downwards and featured the words "Distributed by" above it. |
*Another version had the SFM logo shifted downwards and featured the words "Distributed by" above it. |
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*An in-credit variant can be seen in the 1982 game show pilot ''The Origins Game''. |
*An in-credit variant can be seen in the 1982 game show pilot ''The Origins Game''. |
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*On ''Just the Facts: A Dragnet Case File'', there is a Universal Studios copyright stamp. |
*On ''Just the Facts: A Dragnet Case File'', there is a Universal Studios copyright stamp. |
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*A squished variant of the 1998 version also exists, which appears at the end of an October 8, 2022 UK airing of the 1987 TV movie ''The Quick and the Dead'' on GREAT! Movies Action. |
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'''Technique:''' Cel animation. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The letters filling. For the in-credit variant, the text zooms in from the center to its place. |
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'''Audio''': A series of Morse code beeps typing out "SFM" in Morse code four times. Sometimes, the voice of SFM co-founder Stanley K. Moger was heard saying various announcements; these are seen below: |
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*1977-1978: None. |
*1977-1978: None. |
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*1978-1980: The announcer's spiel was "An SFM Media Service Corporation Television Presentation". |
*1978-1980: The announcer's spiel was "An SFM Media Service Corporation Television Presentation". |
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*1998-2000: Just the beeping sound. |
*1998-2000: Just the beeping sound. |
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'''Audio Variants''': |
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*On some shows such as ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'', it has a theme consisting of seven dreamy synthesized notes. |
*On some shows such as ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'', it has a theme consisting of seven dreamy synthesized notes. This was composed by ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' composers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, around eight years before ''Power Rangers'' came along. |
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*A special variant features an announcer saying "Developed and Produced in Association with the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation". |
*A special variant features an announcer saying "Developed and Produced in Association with the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation". |
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*Another special variant from SFM Holiday Network airings has the announcer saying "A Television Presentation from the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation". |
*Another special variant from SFM Holiday Network airings has the announcer saying "A Television Presentation from the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation". |
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*Other times, it's the closing theme. |
*Other times, it's the closing theme. |
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'''Availability:''' |
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'''Availability''': Uncommon. Was seen on ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'' on the now-defunct Trio (later Cloo), ''The Flip Wilson Show'' on TV Land (in the mid-'90s when the network began) and later TV One, and before that in the 1990s after reruns of ''The Care Bears'' on Disney Channel. The original version was seen 1977 to 1978 prints of ''The New Mickey Mouse Club''. The 1980 version with the announcer can be seen on ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'' and on one episode of ''The Care Bears'' television series as a bonus feature on the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM DVD]] 25th Anniversary release of ''The Care Bears Movie'' and was recently spotted on an Antenna TV airing of ''The Joey Bishop Show'' S4 episode "Larry's Habit". The 1998 version can be currently seen on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (the title used for syndication broadcasts of ''Make Room for Daddy'') on Me-TV, ''The Real McCoys'' on TNN (now Paramount Network), ''The Jerry Lewis Show'' and reruns of the NBC soap opera ''The Doctors'' on RetroTV, ''The Joey Bishop Show'' on Antenna TV, the Christmas special ''Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'' on AMC and The CW, and ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' on Grit. The shortened version can be seen on Grit broadcasts of ''Death Valley Days''. |
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* It was seen on ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'' on the now-defunct Trio (later Cloo), ''The Flip Wilson Show'' on TV Land (in the mid-'90s when the network began) and later TV One, and before that in the 1990s after reruns of ''Care Bears'' on Disney Channel. |
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*The original version was seen on 1977-78 broadcasts of ''The New Mickey Mouse Club''. |
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*The 1980 version with the announcer can be seen on ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'' and on one episode of the ''Care Bears'' television series as a bonus feature on the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM DVD]] 25th Anniversary release of ''The Care Bears Movie'', and also appeared on an Antenna TV airing of ''The Joey Bishop Show'' S4 episode "Larry's Habit". |
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*The 1998 version has appeared on ''Make Room for Daddy''/''The Danny Thomas Show'' on MeTV, ''The Real McCoys'' on TNN (now Paramount Network), ''The Jerry Lewis Show'' and reruns of the NBC soap opera ''The Doctors'' on Retro TV, ''The Joey Bishop Show'' on Antenna TV, the Christmas special ''Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'' on AMC and The CW, and ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' on Grit. |
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*The shortened version can be seen on Grit broadcasts of ''Death Valley Days''. |
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*The 1998 version appears on two TV movies broadcast on GREAT! Movies Action in the UK, those being the ''The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James'' (1986) and ''The Quick and the Dead'' (1987). |
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===2nd Logo (March 24, 2021)=== |
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'''Visuals:''' It is an in-credit logo, consisting of a flat representation of the previous logo with a vibrant, diagonal-angled color palette and no outlines for the logo. "ENTERTAINMENT" is smaller and spaced out. |
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'''Technique:''' A still image. |
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'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the program. |
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'''Availability:''' So far, it was seen on ''The 24th Annual Family Film Awards''. |
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'''Editor's Note''': The logo's longevity is impressive, being used for 23 years. However by this point, its age really shows. The animation was alright for the '70s, but is really simple and primitive by modern standards. Some also have been crept out by the Morse code beeps, announcer (if any) and black background. |
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SFM Entertainment, LLC (formerly known as "SFM Media Service Corporation" and "SFM Media Corporation") is a television syndication company established on September 29, 1969 by Walter Staab, Robert Frank, and Stanley Moger (hence the initials of the company). SFM didn't use a logo until 1977. In 1998, media holding company Havas, owner of Vivendi purchased SFM, except for its SFM Entertainment division.
Visuals: On a black background, there are the white outlines of the letters "sfM" (in Optima medium font). Each letter is then filled with a rainbow pattern of colors. All but the "M" are filled from the top. The "M" is filled starting at its left.
Variants:
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: A series of Morse code beeps typing out "SFM" in Morse code four times. Sometimes, the voice of SFM co-founder Stanley K. Moger was heard saying various announcements; these are seen below:
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Visuals: It is an in-credit logo, consisting of a flat representation of the previous logo with a vibrant, diagonal-angled color palette and no outlines for the logo. "ENTERTAINMENT" is smaller and spaced out.
Technique: A still image.
Audio: The closing theme of the program.
Availability: So far, it was seen on The 24th Annual Family Film Awards.