AVID:Logo Urban Legends

This page covers logos that are currently lost and contain no visual proof to their existence.

Carlton "F1", "Gold Searchlight" and "Vortex" idents (1998?-1999)
Three Carlton idents from the 1996 ident package has been reported to exist. The F1 ident was mentioned on a Twitter post by UKPRES, and the Vortex and Gold Searchlight idents were mentioned on a post on TV Forum. It is unknown if the F1 ident is the same as Central's version, and it is unknown if the Gold Searchlight and Vortex idents were used or not.

Central "Christmas Tree" ident (1998)
A variant of Central's Carlton Country ident has been reported on an airing of Home Alone in late 1998, where there's snow on the trees. The only mention of this ident is on a post on TV Live Forum.

Columbia Pictures Television "Cokeburst" (1976-1982)
A variant is claimed to exist that had a byline saying "A Unit of the Coca-Cola Company" According to KRS Logos, it was said to have been used on What's Happening reruns during the mid 80s and spring 1982 episodes of The Young and the Restless.

CPHS-6 Extended Variant (1997-2000?)
An extended variant of the 1997 logo has been reported to exist. Several seconds after the stick figures stop dancing, the lady's hair falls out. It is unknown what program had this variant.

DTS Waterdrop (1995-late 1990s)
The sequence in this logo is currently unknown and presumed to be animated with CGI alongside live-action footage.

Originally, the logo served as an alternative to the "Stand Alone" trailer, but was recalled due to its similarities to the Imagine Entertainment logo. It has been alleged to be only seen in three theaters located in St. Louis and Albuquerque before being pulled.

MGM Television "Stylized Lion" (1968)
An alleged logo featuring the "Stylized Lion" used by MGM in 1968 has been alleged to appear on Pogo Special Birthday Special.

The logo has been said to feature a cream jar with a disc containing the stylized lion on the top and the company name vertically aligned to the jar's side edges and face. It begins with the jar's lid facing the screen. The last few seconds of the special's closing theme plays over before one roar closes it off. After that, the jar simultaneously falls backwards and sideways to reveal the text on the jar's side.

Among other alleged details include background drawings/decorations and the company name on the jar's edge is in the block font from the trademark on the record labels.

Oxford Films "Closet Killer" (1970s)
This is essentially an edited version of the September 1968 Paramount Television logo but with Oxford Films' notice in place of said company's. It is unknown where this logo has been alleged to appear as well as whether it has the same audio as the "Closet Killer" logo or not.

PolyGram Television (1981)
This logo claims to have a metallic blue background, with the initials "P.G.T.V" spreading apart to reveal the rest of the company name "PolyGram TeleVision" just before a group of stars zip under the name. The music used is either the end theme of the show or no music at all.

Radical Sheep Productions "Molly" Variant (1992-1999)
A variant featuring the Molly doll from The Big Comfy Couch has been alleged to appear on an unknown airing of said series. The logo plays normally until the "Baa!" sound effect, in which Molly is seen raising and spreading her head and arms respectively in the bottom right corner.

THX "People" (1990s?)
Allegedly, an undocumented THX trailer is known to exist.

It has been said to start similarly to Cimarron, with a conductor's baton, but instead of a wormhole, it shows random photographs of people (likely stills from movies) zooming in, and ends with the THX logo zooming in at a downward angle.

The only mention of this trailer online is on this webpage.

Universal International Television (1963?)
This is essentially an edited version of the 1946-1964 Universal International logo with "Television" added below.

Vestron Video "Early Variant" (1982-1986)
Some early Vestron releases allegedly had a variant where the words are not spelled out by the light and the logo fades out earlier than usual. This was claimed to have been spotted on the 1984 Canadian VHS of Mr. Mom.

VID "Smoke" (1999-2000)
A variant is claimed to exist where the mask is formed from the smoke of a lit match. According to an old edit on the company's Russian Wikipedia page, this variant was seen on Угадай Мелодию, the Russian version of Name That Tune.

WGBH "Flash of Doom" Japanese Variant (1987)
A rare Japanese variant had appeared on a localized dub of NOVA. It consisted of a few Japanese characters in yellow on a background. Shortly afterwards, an glow expands behind the text. There is no music in this logo. It is possible that this may have not actually been a WGBH logo, but rather one for the television channel that had broadcast said dub.