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Background

Working Dog is an Australian comedy production company that has worked in both film and television. It has worked on successful TV shows such as FrontLine, The Panel and Thank God You're Here. It also has three theatrical productions including the iconic Austrailan movie The Castle. Working Dog doesn't use a logo for their productions but do have a logo on DVDs, which are distributed by Roadshow Entertainment.

Logo (February 18, 1998-)

Visuals: On a white background, there is an Australian cattle dog with a shadow below and the text "WORKING DOG" underneath. The dog pants and barks once.

Variants:

A variant used for films produced by the company exists. A gray spotlight fades on a black background and reveals the dog, while the text in a golden texture blurs in and get closer.
On the US version of Thank God You're Here, the dog is still on a white background.

Technique: Live-action. The movie version uses also CGI.

Audio: The dog panting then barking.

Availability: Seen on shows produced by Working Dog productions such as The Panel and Thank God You're Here. It also appears after the Roadshow logo on DVDs of Working Dog's films, beginning with The Dish.

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 ===Background===
-'''Working Dog''' is an Australian comedy production company that has worked in both film and television. It has worked on successful TV shows such as ''FrontLine'', ''The Panel'' and ''Thank God You're Here''. It also has three theatrical productions including the iconic Austrailan movie ''The Castle''. Working Dog doesn't use a logo for their productions but do have a logo on DVDs, which are distributed by [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Entertainment]].
+'''Working Dog''' is an Australian comedy production company that has worked in both film and television. It has worked on successful TV shows such as ''FrontLine'', ''The Panel'' and ''Thank God You're Here''. It also has three theatrical productions including the iconic Austrailan movie ''The Castle''. Working Dog doesn't use a logo for their productions but do have a logo on DVDs, which are distributed by [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow Entertainment]].
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+===Logo (February 18, 1998-)===
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-'''Logo:''' On a black background we see a gray spotlight and an Australian cattle dog. Gold letters move closer together to spell "WORKING DOG". The dog barks.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, there is an Australian cattle dog with a shadow below and the text "WORKING DOG" underneath. The dog pants and barks once.
 '''Variants:'''
-*A variant exists where the logo simply fades in, the dog pants and barks and the logo fades out. This variant has the logo on a white background with no spotlight and the words in black, seen on ''The Castle: Pool Room Edition''.
+*A variant used for films produced by the company exists. A gray spotlight fades on a black background and reveals the dog, while the text in a golden texture blurs in and get closer.
 *On the US version of ''Thank God You're Here'', the dog is still on a white background.
+'''Technique:''' Live-action. The movie version uses also CGI.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The letters moving into place and the live-action dog barking.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The dog panting then barking.
+'''Audio:''' The dog panting then barking.
-'''Availability:''' Current. Seen after the Roadshow logo on DVDs of Working Dog productions starting with ''The Dish''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on shows produced by Working Dog productions such as ''The Panel'' and ''Thank God You're Here''. It also appears after the Roadshow logo on DVDs of Working Dog's films, beginning with ''The Dish''.
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