New Wave Entertainment

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1st Logo (1998-2005)


Logo: We see a TV turning on inside a split-box rectangle (a la Paramount Closet Killer). The left section of the rectangle contains a television set with a picture of an eye, the other half contains the letters "NWE". Below are the words "NEW WAVE ENTERTAINMENT" and underneath that is "TELEVISION" or "DVD". The eye blinks.

Variant: At the end of The Baking of American Pie 2, the logo is shortened to the eye blinking.

FX/SFX: The TV turning-on, the eye blinking.

Music/Sounds: A synth buzzing sound.

Music/Sounds Variant: The Baking of American Pie 2 uses the closing theme.

Availability: Seen on various special features on DVDs from Warner Home Video such as Chasing Liberty, and DVDs from Universal such as Dawn of the Dead, The Interpreter, and the 2006 release of Smokey and the Bandit, as well as the first volume of Star Wars: Clone Wars.

2nd Logo (2006-2007)


Logo: An orange bookcase falls down, with these contents (left-to-right) on each shelf:


 * Top: "N," a camera, a lightbulb
 * Middle: A pencil, "W," a microphone
 * Bottom: A disc, a TV, "E"

Then the bookcase turns quickly around to reveal an orange square, with which a brown nine-square pattern swings into the frame. The orange text "NWE," with "NEW WAVE ENTERTAINMENT" below, shines.

Variants: There is a still logo. This can be seen on Dane Cook's Tourgasm.

FX/SFX: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A crashing sound, followed by a five-note string flourish.

Availability: Extremely rare. This was discovered after the featurette "Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage," which can be seen on the 2006 DVD and HD-DVD and 2010 Blu-ray of Poseidon.

3rd Logo (2007-2012?)


Logo: It starts out like the previous logo, only this time, it turns around to reveal nine orange skewed squares. The text "new wave entertainment" is seen below it.

Variants:


 * There is a still variant.

FX/SFX: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Either the previous logo's music or none.

Availability: Can be seen on special features on DVDs such as Alvin and the Chipmunks, and on stand-up comedy specials such as Dane Cook: Isolated Incident. It also appears at the end of the documentaries Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices and Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London. Some Netflix Comedy specials produced by themselves use in-credit text.

4th Logo (2012?-2014)
TBA.

5th Logo (2014-2015?)
TBA.

Comedy Dynamics
Background: Comedy Dynamics (formerly New Wave Dynamics) is a company established by Brian Volk-Weiss in 2008. It produces many comedic content. It was originally owned by New Wave Entertainment until it was spun off in 2017.

(2016- )
Logo: On a black background, a light appears, revealing a yellow microphone, while the yellow outlines draw the futuristic words. The camera pans over, and the light reveals the futuristic words "COMEDY DYNAMICS" in yellow. The camera cuts to the finished logo zooming out, and the lights draw the yellow words, with the "I" being the form of the microphone. The byline then draws below. The logo ends in a switch off effect.

Bylines:


 * 2016-2017: "A NEW WAVE COMPANY"
 * 2017- : "A NACELLE COMPANY"

Variant: A short version of the logo exists.

FX/SFX: The CGI animation of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh, followed by ascending buzzing noises, ending in a whistle. A static sound appears when the logo is about to switch off.

Availability: Seen on Comedy Dynamics material from the era, like stand-up specials (like Willie Barcena: The Truth Hurts), as well as Spectrum's revival of Mad About You.

Editor's Note: None.