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*Sometimes, the logo is shown in black & white.
*On some occasions, chyroned text is shown beneath the logo; one version says "A Turner Entertainment Co. Presentation" and another says "Listed on the {{w|American Stock Exchange}}".
*A slowed-down variant of the short version of this logo also exists, which appears on the 1989 UK VHS release of ''Porky Pig and Friends'' from [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]].
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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*The short version of this logo also appears on the 1997 UK VHS of ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Bumper Edition'' after the silent 1969 H-B "Multiplying Rectangles" logo and on the ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (1980-81 series) episode "Alaskan King Coward" on both the ''Scooby-Doo! Holiday Collection'' and ''Scooby-Doo! Winter Wonderdog'' DVD releases after the 1994 H-B "Comedy All-Stars" logo.
*The intro logo can also be still seen whenever ''Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School'' (1988) airs on Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast, as well as at the end of the 1966 ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' special on Cartoon Network.
*The slowed-down variant of the short version also appears on the 1989 UK VHS release of ''Porky Pig and Friends'' from [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] as well.
*The enhanced version was also recently found on films like ''Nine 1/2 Weeks'' (surprisingly, the [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] PAL DVD release of said film retains it as well) and ''Oxford Blues'' on the Encore networks, and can be found on the original DVDs of ''Poltergeist'', ''The Wizard of Oz'', ''A Christmas Story'' (it was also spotted on a 2001 TNT airing), ''Logan's Run'', ''How The West Was Won'', a 1998 VHS of ''Gone with the Wind'', and a 2000 VHS of ''Shaft'' (1971), among other pre-1986 MGM films from MGM/UA Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video.
*It was also seen on Movies! airings of ''Crossfire'' (1947).
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Turner Entertainment Company (commonly referred to as Turner Entertainment Co.) was established on August 2, 1986 by Ted Turner, initially as a media distribution subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, to oversee its film and television libraries for domestic and worldwide distribution, after its acquisition of MGM/UA Communications Co.[1] and United Artists Corporation respectively[2]) Since Time Warner[3] acquired Turner Broadcasting in 1996, it has served as an in-name only subsidiary of and copyright holder for Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
The logo itself was originally used by Turner Advertising Company, the predecessor to Turner Broadcasting System, as shown in this photo.
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1st Logo (1987-2001) | 2nd Logo (January 1, 1988) | 3rd Logo (October 1988-December 4, 1993, 2001) |
Logo: On a blue/violet gradient CGI starfield, a blue oblong marquee with gold trim with the word "Turner" in silver and fancy italic letters with the right arm of the "T" extended over the other letters, and the left arm curled moves in, close to the screen from the right. The camera turns left to follow it, and it approaches a green globe, like a planet or moon, positioned in the top left and lit from there and behind. As it approaches, it zooms out and turns its left side (the camera's right) in away from the camera, eventually settling in front of the globe as the camera movement stops.
Variants:
Other variations:
Technique: CGI.
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Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon for both versions.
Logo: A still of the Turner logo on a white background, which is positioned center-left. There are segmented lines behind the logo.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: A snippet of the Droopy cartoon "Drag-A-Long Droopy", which is an echoed gunshot after Droopy says the line "Exciting, isn't it?".
Availability: It's seen only in the documentary Tex Avery: King of Cartoons.
Logo: This has two distinct versions:
Variants:
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Turner used this logo mainly as a print logo during this era, and any onscreen appearance of this logo is quite rare.
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