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===Background=== |
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'''Witt/Thomas Productions''' was a production company that was formed in 1975 when Paul Junger '''Witt''' joined with Tony '''Thomas''', the son of |
'''Witt/Thomas Productions''' was a production company that was formed in 1975 when Paul Junger '''Witt''' joined with Tony '''Thomas''', the son of comedian Danny Thomas. In 1976, the company was renamed to '''Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions''' when writer and Witt's wife, Susan '''Harris''' joined the company with their first series ''Soap'' a year later. In the 1980s, the company was renamed back to "Witt/Thomas Productions", but the Witt/Thomas/Harris name continued until 1995 when ''Empty Nest'' ended. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the show. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the show. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' During NBC's original broadcasts of the final season (1994-95) of ''Empty Nest'' and the second through fourth seasons (1994-96) of ''The John Larroquette Show'', it used NBC's generic theme and CBS airings of |
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' During NBC's original broadcasts of the final season (1994-95) of ''Empty Nest'' and the second through fourth seasons (1994-96) of ''The John Larroquette Show'', it used NBC's generic theme and CBS airings of ''Pearl'' used its generic theme. |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Soap'', ''Benson'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Empty Nest'', ''Nurses'', ''The Golden Palace'', ''Blossom'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Brotherly Love'', ''The John Larroquette Show'', ''Minor Adjustments'', ''Muscle'', ''It's a Living'', among others. |
'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Soap'', ''Benson'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Empty Nest'', ''Nurses'', ''The Golden Palace'', ''Blossom'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Brotherly Love'', ''The John Larroquette Show'', ''Minor Adjustments'', ''Muscle'', ''It's a Living'', among others. |
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Revision as of 15:30, 12 November 2022
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Background
Witt/Thomas Productions was a production company that was formed in 1975 when Paul Junger Witt joined with Tony Thomas, the son of comedian Danny Thomas. In 1976, the company was renamed to Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions when writer and Witt's wife, Susan Harris joined the company with their first series Soap a year later. In the 1980s, the company was renamed back to "Witt/Thomas Productions", but the Witt/Thomas/Harris name continued until 1995 when Empty Nest ended.
(September 4, 1975-April 27, 1999)
Logo: On the closing credits, we see this text, often in a Clarendon Bold font on most shows produced by the company:
A WITT THOMAS HARRIS PRODUCTION
Variants:
- During the later years, it was referred to as "A WITT/THOMAS PRODUCTION", although this variant of the logo was 1st seen on It's a Living as well as the ABC sitcom Condo from early 1983, which was seen with a copyright notice.
- On Brotherly Love, Pearl, later episodes of Blossom, and The John Larroquette Show, the "Witt/Thomas" in-credit name was shown outside of the credits and placed on a black background with a gradient shade of blue to make it seem like an outside logo.
- On the pilot episode of Herman's Head, the company name is written with the names in separate lines, but without Harris.
- On Beauty and the Beast, the two names are separated by a hyphen instead of a forward slash and superimposed into the credits.
- On the series Woops!, the company name is placed in a dark blue background, and the two names are separated by a hyphen.
- On some episodes of Herman's Head, the variant above is seen, but it's shown in-credit.
- During the 3rd and final season of Nurses, this logo was in a double-font combo, much like the closing credits from that season.
- During the later years of Benson, as well as Hail to the Chief and the 1985-89, 1st-run syndicated episodes of It's a Living, the copyright notice is in the Helvetica font.
- On the Blossom episode "Rockumentary", instead of the usual in-credit logo, the logo is in a pink color at the bottom of the screen on a black background with a live action shot of Dreyfuss the dog from Empty Nest inside a circle (which is also in a pink outline) with the barking being dubbed by Blossom (Mayim Bialik).
- On the final season of Empty Nest, it was shown on a black/blue background with the name in the typical Witt-Thomas-Harris Bold Clarendon font.
FX/SFX: None, but the scrolling of the credits on Soap and Benson from 1977-1980, as well Hail to the Chief from Spring 1985, on some 1984-1986 episodes of Benson, and the pilot episode of It's a Living.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.
Music/Sounds Variants: During NBC's original broadcasts of the final season (1994-95) of Empty Nest and the second through fourth seasons (1994-96) of The John Larroquette Show, it used NBC's generic theme and CBS airings of Pearl used its generic theme.
Availability: Seen on Soap, Benson, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Nurses, The Golden Palace, Blossom, Beauty and the Beast, Brotherly Love, The John Larroquette Show, Minor Adjustments, Muscle, It's a Living, among others.