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Background

This is the production company of owners Howard West and George Shapiro, who both served as executive producers for Seinfeld.

Contents

1st Logo (July 5, 1989)	2nd Logo (May 31, 1990-May 14, 1998, November 23, 2004)

1st Logo (July 5, 1989)

Visuals: On a blue background are the following stacked words in white:

in association with
Howard West and
George Shapiro
Productions
and

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen only on The Seinfeld Chronicles (the Seinfeld pilot) on DVD. Re-runs usually cut this out.

2nd Logo (May 31, 1990-May 14, 1998, November 23, 2004)

Visuals: On a black background is the text:

A WEST/SHAPIRO
PRODUCTION

Below it is "in association with".

Variants:

On the 1994 prototype reel of NBC's split-screen credits (known as "NBC 2000"), a modified version of the logo is inside of the credits. The logo is much smaller (with the background filling the entire frame) with the show's logo and "PRODUCED FOR NBC BY..." above and "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" below.
On original NBC broadcasts of Seinfeld episodes from 1994-1998, it uses the demo variant but the company name now just reads "WEST/SHAPIRO PRODUCTIONS".
On the 2004 documentary The Seinfeld Story, the names are reversed and it reads "A SHAPIRO/WEST PRODUCTION in association with". The font here is also bolder.
On TV Land reruns of Seinfeld, the text is shown in all uppercase on the network's on-screen credits alongside the logo.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: The closing theme of Seinfeld or none.

Audio Variants:

On one episode ("The Blood"), salsa music (itself playing in the scene where Kramer and Newman make sausages) plays over the logo. It continues into the Castle Rock Television logo.
Another episode ("The Race") has Fidel Castro (voiced by Michael Sorich) telling George the story of when he was at a party ("Once, when I was at a party, I put my plate on someone's piano."). He continues into the Castle Rock logo.
A few episodes of Seinfeld have the end theme continue into the Castle Rock logo.
The Seinfeld episodes use the following audio variations other than the above variations:
- The final season episode "The Merv Griffin Show" has the classic jazzy theme of the show mentioned in the episode's title, continuing into the Castle Rock logo.
- The Seinfeld episode "The Pothole" has more echo when the closing theme plays. During the Castle Rock logo, Newman screams over the latter's logo instead.
- The Seinfeld episode "The English Patient", a couple voices say "Manilow, Manilow!" and they continue into the Castle Rock logo with more voices saying the same quote.
- On the Seinfeld S8 episode "The Millennium", the end theme of the show plays normally but ends with a distorted of the goose laughing sound from the Giggling Goose Productions logo.

Availability: Seen on Seinfeld. Reruns cut this logo out; however, this logo is intact on international airings and in home media. Also seen on the "Best of" Seinfeld 100th Episode VHS tape (released in 1995 as part of a promotion with General Mills). The Shapiro/West variant was seen only on The Seinfeld Story (the Seinfeld reunion special broadcast on November 23, 2004).

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+===Background===
-=== 1st Logo (September 8, 1987) ===
+This is the production company of owners Howard '''West''' and George '''Shapiro''', who both served as executive producers for ''Seinfeld''.
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="222">
-File:Shapiro-West Production (1987).png
-</gallery>'''Logo:''' On a black background is the text "A SHAPIRO/WEST PRODUCTION" with a copyright notice "©1987 S.W.A. PRODUCTIONS, INC. all rights reserved".
+{{ImageTOC
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+|Howard West and George Shapiro Productions.png|1st Logo (July 5, 1989)
+|West Shapiro Productions.png|2nd Logo (May 31, 1990-May 14, 1998, November 23, 2004)
+}}
+===1st Logo (July 5, 1989)===
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing soundtrack to the program.
-'''Availability:''' Extinct. Seen at the end of ''Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential'', an HBO comedy special which is long gone outside of off-air recordings.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-=== 2nd Logo (July 5, 1989) ===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="226">
 File:Howard West and George Shapiro Productions.png
+</gallery>
-</gallery>'''Logo:''' On a blue background are stacked words in white. On top is "in association with", in the middle is "Howard West and George Shapiro Productions" and on bottom, "and".
+'''Visuals:''' On a blue background are the following stacked words in white:
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+<center>in association with<br>Howard West and<br>George Shapiro<br>Productions<br>and</center>
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still graphic.
-'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''The Seinfeld Chronicles'' (the ''Seinfeld'' pilot) on DVD. Re-runs usually cut this out.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+'''Audio:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''The Seinfeld Chronicles'' (the ''Seinfeld'' pilot) on DVD. Re-runs usually cut this out.
-=== 3rd Logo (May 31, 1990-May 14, 1998, November 23, 2004) ===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="277">
+===2nd Logo (May 31, 1990-May 14, 1998, November 23, 2004)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="220">
 File:West Shapiro Productions.png
+File:West-Shapiro (Split Screen).png
-</gallery>'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see "A WEST/SHAPIRO PRODUCTION". Below it is ''in association with''.
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=bhoWbqZaC34|id2=yhEfhBtJoAg|id3=Xoi2Y0j9jBo}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background is the text:
-'''Variants:'''
-*On original NBC broadcasts of ''Seinfeld'' during the 1996-1997 season, the logo is squished to fit inside the split-screen credits and reads "WEST/SHAPIRO PRODUCTIONS in association with".
-*On the 2004 documentary ''The Seinfeld Story'', the names are reversed and it reads "A SHAPIRO/WEST PRODUCTION in association with". The font here is also bolder.
+<center>A WEST/SHAPIRO<br>PRODUCTION</center>
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+Below it is "in association with".
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
+'''Variants:'''
+*On <u>the 1994 prototype reel of NBC's split-screen credits</u> (known as "NBC 2000"), a modified version of the logo is inside of the credits. The logo is much smaller (with the background filling the entire frame) with the show's logo and "PRODUCED FOR NBC BY..." above and "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" below.
+*On <u>original NBC broadcasts of ''Seinfeld'' episodes from 1994-1998</u>, it uses the demo variant but the company name now just reads "WEST/SHAPIRO PRODUCTIONS".
+*On the 2004 documentary <u>''The Seinfeld Story''</u>, the names are reversed and it reads "A SHAPIRO/WEST PRODUCTION in association with". The font here is also bolder.
+*On <u>TV Land reruns of ''Seinfeld''</u>, the text is shown in all uppercase on the network's on-screen credits alongside the logo.
+'''Technique:''' A still graphic.
-'''Music/Sound Variant:''' In "The Blood", salsa music plays over the logo and continues into the [[Castle Rock Television|Castle Rock]] logo.
+'''Audio:''' The closing theme of ''Seinfeld'' or none.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Seinfeld''. The logo is cut out on reruns, but is intact on the show's DVD's. Also seen on the "Best of" ''Seinfeld'' 100th Episode VHS tape that was released in 1995 as part of a promotion with General Mills. The Shapiro/West variant is extinct.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
+* On one episode (<u>"The Blood"</u>), salsa music (itself playing in the scene where Kramer and Newman make sausages) plays over the logo. It continues into the [[Castle Rock Television]] logo.
+* Another episode (<u>"The Race"</u>) has Fidel Castro (voiced by Michael Sorich) telling George the story of when he was at a party ("Once, when I was at a party, I put my plate on someone's piano."). He continues into the Castle Rock logo.
+* A few episodes of ''Seinfeld'' have the end theme continue into the Castle Rock logo.
+* The ''Seinfeld'' episodes use the following audio variations other than the above variations:
+** The final season episode "The Merv Griffin Show" has the classic jazzy theme of the show mentioned in the episode's title, continuing into the Castle Rock logo.
+** The ''Seinfeld'' episode "The Pothole" has more echo when the closing theme plays. During the Castle Rock logo, Newman screams over the latter's logo instead.
+** The ''Seinfeld'' episode "The English Patient", a couple voices say "Manilow, Manilow!" and they continue into the Castle Rock logo with more voices saying the same quote.
+** On the ''Seinfeld'' S8 episode "The Millennium", the end theme of the show plays normally but ends with a distorted of the goose laughing sound from the [[Giggling Goose Productions]] logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Seinfeld''. Reruns cut this logo out; however, this logo is intact on international airings and in home media. Also seen on the "Best of" ''Seinfeld'' 100th Episode VHS tape (released in 1995 as part of a promotion with General Mills). The Shapiro/West variant was seen only on ''The Seinfeld Story'' (the ''Seinfeld'' reunion special broadcast on November 23, 2004).
+[[Category:American television logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Television logos]]
+[[Category:Vanity cards]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]