Arsenio Hall Communications

Background
This is the production company of actor, comedian and television host Arsenio Hall.

1st Logo (January 3, 1989-May 27, 1994)
Logo: On a black background (with a purple stripe), the words "ARSENIO HALL" are in large capital letters, with "COMMUNICATIONS" in a smaller white font on the bottom of the screen. The word "HALL" takes up most of the screen, and it is in dark blue, while "ARSENIO" (in light blue) is much smaller, and it is near the top of the screen. The words "ARSENIO HALL" have an orange line under them.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: Two arrangements of The Arsenio Hall Show theme music. The first one features the outro of the theme. The second one was the first four bars of the jazzy theme tune (composed by Hall himself), followed by Arsenio Hall shouting heavily "Woof! Woof!" (the dog bark, åla the infamous "Dog Pound" section of his studio audience, which cheered to Arsenio's signature expression while swinging their fists in the air). Though the theme music's arrangement changed with the show's opening titles, this ID remained the same throughout the run.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the short-lived 1991 music program The Party Machine with Nia Peeples, the sounder had Nia going "Arf! Arf!" in place of Arsenio.

Availability: Rare. It was originally seen on The Arsenio Hall Show and The Party Machine with Nia Peeples. Arsenio Jams (edited versions of The Arsenio Hall Show that used to air occasionally on VH1) kept this logo intact. Also appeared on Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You on VHS.

2nd Logo (September 9, 2013-May 21, 2014)
Logo: Same as the previous logo, but the font in "ARSENIO HALL" is different. A silhouette of Arsenio Hall is on the "A" in "ARSENIO".

Variant: On an early episode, there was an alternate logo where we see Arsenio's signature in a pink-red color (also seen at the start of the opening credits of the original talk show but blue) on a black background. As the signature finishes writing itself, a blue and purple backdrop gradually fills the background as the barking sound plays and the Arsenio Hall Communications logo (in a much different font) fades in below.

Technique: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: A five-note guitar riff, followed by a sound of a dog barking.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On earlier episodes, it was a drum beat, accompanied by a single guitar riff note, then the dog barking.

Availability: Seen on the 2013 revival of The Arsenio Hall Show.

3rd Logo (October 29, 2019)
Logo: Same as the previous two logos, but "ARSENIO HALL" is in a sligntly different font and "COMMUNICATIONS" is in a thinner font.

Technique: Same as the previous two logos.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Arsenio Hall: Smart & Classy.