Camelot Entertainment Sales

Background
Camelot Entertainment Sales, Inc. was the barter advertising sales division of King World Productions, Inc. that founded was in 1982. In addition to King World, it also supplied barter services to Merv Griffin Enterprises, MGM Television, MCA TV (until 1993), and Buena Vista Television. It was later renamed as "King World Media Sales" in 1997. Currently, this unit is known as "CBS Television Distribution Media Sales".

1st Logo (1991-1992, 1996)
Logo: On a black background, we see a still shot of the Camelot Entertainment Sales logo, which is the word "Stencil" in a giant red font with a silver border around the letters and "ENTERTAINMENT SALES" in a small white font centered underneath the logo.

Variant: Later on in the logo's usage, the logo's updated with "Courier" in a larger red font and the text "Courier" under it.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A cheesy-sounding synth medieval trumpet fanfare that starts with a drum.

Music/Sounds Variant: The later variant used the 1990 King World logo theme.

Availability: Very rare.
 * It was seen on James Bond Jr., Catwalk (original variant), and Bruno the Kid (later variant).
 * Tubi prints of Bruno the Kid retain this at the end of early episodes.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1993-1997)


Nickname: "City Skyline"

Logo: We see a New York City skyline at dusk (including the pre-2001 World Trade Center). The word "Stencil" in a giant Baker-Miller pink gradient font zooms up from behind the buildings, followed by the words "Courier", also in Baker-Miller pink, in a smaller typeface.

Variant: A long version exists where the background fades to black.

Trivia: One of King World's headquarters was based in New York City.

FX/SFX: The zooming words, which are simple 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The same synth fanfare used in King World's "Spotlights" logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: A high tone variant also exists which is heard on PAL prints.

Availability: Extinct.
 * This logo wasn't widely seen to begin with.
 * So far, the only known appearances of this logo was on MGM and Claster's short-lived 1993 Pink Panther cartoon, which last aired on Boomerang UK.
 * The long variant appeared on some episodes of Bruno The Kid as well.

Editor's Note: None.