Smart Dog Media

Background
This is Craig Plestis' production company.

Logo (March 14, 2010-)
Visuals: On a light green background is a silhouetted dog with a stack of books, both in. One of the books is open. The dog then barks, before the page of the opened book turns. Underneath it is the company name in white.

Variants:
 * The logo has a Christmas theme during 2011 where the dog is wearing Santa's hat and the books are replaced by a bone decorated with Christmas wrapping.
 * On Who's Still Standing?, after the dog barks, he falls through a trap door and completely disappears, just like how contestants are eliminated on the show.
 * On The Winner Is, the logo is entirely colored in purple, and after the dog barks, a scoreboard appears above.
 * Starting in 2019, the background is black, the text is , the dog and the books are smaller and is shortened.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: Just a dog barking, various sound effects or a soundbite.

Availability: Seen on the American adaptation of Minute to Win It, Who's Still Standing?, The Winner Is, The Masked Singer and Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic, among others.