Select Video

(1979-1988)
Logo: Against a black background, we see a white line drawing in what looks like a TV tube, but it drops down to write an "S", then writing out the word "Select" in a very fancy cursive font. As it finishes the "T", the line drops down to form an underline, then, a rainbow-colored "Video" in a font similar to the UK Palace Video logo, zooms out. Three stars blink on the logo.

Variant:
 * There was a closing logo that was silent and had the ending animation, but this time, a fourth star does blink. Afterwards, "VIDEO" fades out.
 * On a LaserDisc copy of Asterix: The Gaul, a moving rainbow-color pattern (excerpted from Ron Hays Music Image: Odyssey) was applied to this logo on a white background.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A very ominous Moog synthesizer jingle that sounds (a little) like the 1985 FHE "Writing Pad" jingle, then four synth dings as the three stars blink.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On later tapes, a dramatic synth theme is used when the letters write out, followed by calm synth bells when the three stars blink.
 * At the end of a 1985 UK Groovie Ghouls tape, the opening logo is silent.
 * A German warning screen (seen on the left most video) featured a snippet of "Survivor" by Klaus Weiss (from the Selected Sound library).

Availability:
 * Can be found on old UK Popeye, Lassie, and Zorro videos distributed by Video Gems.
 * It also appears on a German Asterix VHS release as well as a 1984 UK VHS of Shazam!.
 * It also appears on the 1984 UK pre-cert VHS releases of Space Sentinels and Asterix the Gaul and the 1985 UK pre-cert VHS release of Inspector Gadget, respectively, as well.