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===Background===
'''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 Communications|Embassy Television]]" (now ELP Communications) with the acquisition of [[Avco Embassy Pictures|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 "'''T'''uchus '''A'''ffen '''T'''isch", which meant roughly "Enough talk- put your [butt] on the table"<ref>''Even This I Get to Experience'' written by Norman Lear. p 260 https://archive.org/details/eventhisigettoex0000lear/page/260/mode/2up</ref>. T.A.T. Communications Company is now known as ELP Communications and serves as an in-name
===Logo (1979?-1982?)===
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'''Audio:''' A 12-note synth theme that was composed by associate producer John Maxwell Anderson.
'''Availability:'''
* It was only seen on original daytime CBS reruns of ''One Day at a Time'' and ''The Jeffersons'' and CBS Late Movie airings of ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', as well as original NBC reruns of ''The Facts of Life''. It has been said that it appeared on a few broadcasts of ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' on TV Land in 2002 during the Norman Lear Marathon and in 1994 on reruns of ''The Jeffersons'' on WGN-TV.
* VHS releases of ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' were rumored to have it, but it has been confirmed it's not on them.
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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 roughly "Enough talk- put your [butt] on the table"[1]. T.A.T. Communications Company is now known as ELP Communications and serves as an in-name-only unit of Sony Pictures Television.
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Visuals: We start off with an orange screen. The screen then starts to zoom out to reveal that it's a 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.
Technique: Early computerized effects, likely animated with a Grass Valley 300 production switcher.
Audio: A 12-note synth theme that was composed by associate producer John Maxwell Anderson.
Availability: Nearly 20 years of searching have yielded only a partial recording, as well as 2 audio files.
Legacy: This is perhaps the rarest logo on this wiki. As a result of its rarity, it is also one of the most popular/infamous logos in the community, spawning a widespread amount of parodies, remakes, and fake "findings".
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