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From 2005-2018, a variant with the word "ENTERTAINMENT" replacing the text "ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING" was used in tandem with the standard logo. Starting in 2018, the logo is enhanced and now simply says " HBO ". Technique: Computer animation. Audio: A wiping noise and a static sound, followed by a choir and a low synth tone.
- 1st Logo (November 1, 1983-May 31, 1998)
- 2nd Logo (1983?-1990s?)
- 3rd Logo (April 19, 1996-)
Logo: It's basically an in credit text in a custom font that reads "THIS HAS BEEN AN HBO PRESENTATION" with a copyright notice below (though not all shows at the time had this).
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or none. On The Hitchhiker a whimsical droning note (sourced from the opening theme of the program) is used.
Availability: Seen on older HBO programs such as The Hitchhiker, The Larry Sanders Show, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, and pre-season 5 episodes of Tales from the Crypt.
Logo: On a black background, five glowing blue lines wipe in from the left through the center, and a large gold HBO logo fades in over the center of the lines, as glowing red lines that in the center read "An" above and "Presentation" below flash into existence. The HBO logo then "sparkles" a bit.
Variants:
•An early version of the logo had the logo slightly smaller and the color of the lines and text swapped (the center lines red and the text lines blue).
•Sometimes, a copyright date is seen below.
FX/SFX: Decent early 80's animation.
Music/Sounds: A bombastic 8-note tune, the end theme, or none.
Nicknames: "The Static", "The Ant Races", "We're Incredible, I Guess, Aaaah!"
Logo: We start briefly on a black screen, before the screen animates like a TV screen turning on, and it fills with static. A shadowed outline of the HBO logo appears, along with "ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING". The static fades into a black background, though the logo remains, filled with static.
Trivia:
•This logo was based on the opening credits from Dream On, which began with a TV set turning on to display nothing but static.
•This logo was parodied on MADtv in the beginning of a sketch called "Bae Sung Sopranos".
Closing Variants: A simple closing is shown. The logo later turns off like a TV set:
Background: During the 1980s, HBO received an agreement with Vestron Video to license made-for-cable films and specials to videocassette. HBO did not get along with its own video arm until 1984, when it partnered with Thorn EMI Video to rebrand its US operations as Thorn EMI/HBO Video. In 1986, when Cannon Films bought out Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, the label was renamed to HBO/Cannon ...
Nickname: "HBO Special" Opening: TBA. FX/SFX: Scanimate and 70s animation. Music/Sounds: TBA. Availability: Extinct. Only seen on the channel's first broadcasts. Editor's Note: None. Nickname: "The HBO Feature Marquee" Opening: We start out with a space background with a light grid sheet at the bottom running. Then, we see searchlights on the left and right sides, and criss-cross together. At ...
Variant: On HBO Family, the background is white, the word " F A M I L Y " is under the HBO logo. There is also a variation of that bumper in which the background is white, and the HBO logo and "Feature Presentation" are in light blue. FX/SFX: The animation, which is even more simple than the last bumper.
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