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=== Background === |
=== Background === |
The T.A.T. Communications Company (also spelled simply as "TAT") was formed in 1974 by Norman Lear and comedian Jerry Perenchio, a year before Bud Yorkin ended his partnership with Lear, which produced The Jeffersons and One Day at a Time among others. In 1976, T.A.T. formed its own distribution division. On January 6, 1982, T.A.T. Communications Company was reincorporated as "Embassy Communications, Inc." and renamed the T.A.T. production division as "Embassy Television" (now ELP Communications) with the acquisition of Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation by Lear and Perenchio, while the distribution division of this company was renamed "Embassy Telecommunications". T.A.T. stood for a Yiddish phrase pronounced "Tuchus Affen Tisch", which meant "Putting one's butt on the line". Currently, T.A.T. Communications Company is now known as ELP Communications and serves as an in-name only unit of Sony Pictures Television.
Logo: Depending on the show, it would say either:
or
But on certain shows like The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, it would read:
Variants:
FX/SFX: The scrolling of the credits or superimposed. On Fernwood 2Nite, the text fades.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme from any specific shows.
Availability: Uncommon.
Editor's Note: None.
Nicknames: "The T.A.T. Star", "Cheesy Star"
Logo: An orange screen first appears. The screen then starts to zoom out to reveal that it's a Scanimated star, as it reveals a black background with the text "TAT" in lined letters and "COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" in white. It's currently unknown what the rest of the logo is, as the video gets cut off near the end, though given the PITS Films logo had similar animation (the big difference being the stars zoomed in in the PITS logo), it's possible that it's just the first star and a second star similarly appeared between the A and the second T.
FX/SFX: The Scanimated star descending onto the background.
Music/Sounds: A poorly done 12-note synth theme that was composed by associate producer John Maxwell Anderson.
Availability: Long extinct. 15 years of searching have yielded only a partial recording.
Editor's Note: This is perhaps the rarest logo on this wiki. As a result of its rarity, it is one of the most popular/infamous logos on here. It is also infamous for the widespread amount of parodies, remakes, and fake "findings" of it that have spread as a result.