Big Bladder Pictures

Background
Big Bladder Pictures was a production company founded in 1995 by Rich Kronfeld and Tim Scott, for the purpose of distributing Let's Bowl!, a scripted game show in which contestants would settle disputes in a bowling competition, to local television stations. The company was eventually turned into The Scott-Kronfeld Experience, who partnered with Comedy Central Productions to handle production of the nationally syndicated version of Let's Bowl!, which was created in 2001.

(1995-199?)


(Skip to 26:11 for the logo)

Logo: We see a live-action shot of a messy living room, with two people on a couch sitting in front of a television. The person to the left of the couch is a live-action middle-aged man wearing glasses and a white, sleeveless shirt. He's holding a drink and laughing hysterically at the television. Seated next to him is a poorly-drawn man, animated in a Squigglevision style, with a big smile and a shirt with a "B" on it. The animated man looks back and forth between the television and the live-action man. Below them, we see the stacked text "BIG BLADDER P I C T U R E S" with a thin line beneath it. "BIG BLADDER" is warped towards the viewer, while "PICTURES" is in a thin, spaced font.

Technique: Single shot composed of live-action and animation. The only motion is the men laughing and turning their heads.

Music/Sounds: A twinkling xylophone riff, accompanied with laughing. Over top of it, a man with a deep voice announces: "Big Bladder Pictures".

Availability: Extinct. This was only seen on the early, local TV version of Let's Bowl!, which was shown on Minneapolis-St.Paul stations KXLI-TV 41 (now KPXM-TV), KLGT-TV 23 (now WUCW), and KARE 11. Although the nationally syndicated version of Let's Bowl! is hard to find these days, it's much easier to spot than this version, which likely hasn't seen airplay in more than 20 years.

Legacy: The animation is poorly done, although this may be intentional, similarly to The Scott-Kronfeld Experience's logo. The dark room, xylophone riff, and eerie voiceover may unnerve younger viewers, but this is mostly a humorous logo.