Spiffy Pictures

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Background: Spiffy Pictures is a Chicago-based production company founded by brothers David and Adam Rudman, both of whom (specifically the former) are known for their work on Sesame Street. The company centers around producing shows for preschoolers and are known for their puppetry work.


(August 31, 2004-November 8, 2008; November 25, 2015-)

Nickname: "Spiffy!"

Logo: On a tangerine background, an oval with a stylized animal wearing an artist's cap inside a circle with "SPIFFY" at the top and "PICTURES" at the bottom zooms out to the middle of the screen. The animal zooms up, says "Spiffy!", zooms back out and then winks.

Variants:

  • On Bunnytown, it starts when the animal says "Spiffy!" and the accordion plays late.
  • In 2015, the logo was redone with new animation and a different font for the logo’s text (to match the website logo), but the audio and overall concept of the original logo were kept the same.
  • There is another variant of the 2015 logo where the animal doesn’t say anything and just winks.

FX/SFX: The oval and animal moving.

Music/Sounds: A 2-note accordion jingle followed by the animal's dialogue (voiced by David Rudman) and two dings as he winks.

Music/Sounds/Variants:

  • On the Jack's Big Music Show episode "Spunky the Alien", the animal says "Swinky!"
  • On the Jack's Big Music Show episode "Silly Show", the animal sounds like a parrot. It sounds like he's saying "SPUNKEH?!".
  • On Nature Cat, the ending theme is heard.

Availability: Seen on Jack's Big Music Show, Bunnytown, Nature Cat, Frankie and Frank and Curious Buddies. Don’t on expect this to appear on Scooby-Doo Adventures: The Mystery Map, though the company was credited for the production.

Editor's Note: None.

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