Rai (Break Bumpers)

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1st ID (1976?-1979?)

ID:On a striped B&W background, a white streak comes in and turns into four (five in the first variant) things, before exiting. Starting in 1978, the background is white, the streak and things it turns into are colored and the things are only animals.

Black and White Variants: Beginning: Flower, lion, cat, dice, letter "P". Ending: Wind-up chicken, boat, toucan, peacock. Beginning: Moose, flower pot with a face, rocking horse, letter "P". Ending: Hedgehog, iron, donkey, ball. Beginning: Camel, kettle, rooster, letter "P". Ending: Drum, train, whale, ball. Color Variants: Beginning: Rooster, fox, black swan, bee (on a flower). Ending: Squirrel, toucan, tiger, duck. Beginning: Armadillo, elephant, penguin, ostrich. Ending: Parakeet, snail, mandrill, dove.

FX/SFX: The morphing.

Music/Sounds: A string theme with four harp notes, which segue into an arpeggio. Later the theme would be shortened to the four harp notes.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This bumper, while not as popular as others, is still liked due to its creativity.

4th ID (October 14, 1979-December 26, 1983)

ID: On a white background, a pomegranate swings from right to left, revealing a picture of a pomegranate tree that gradually zooms in the next two times the pomegranate swings by until we can see a close-up of one of the pomegranates on the tree. The camera then zooms in the pomegranate. At the end of a program, the pomegranate swings three times before stopping in the middle of the screen and splitting in two, with a seed falling in front of the right half.

FX/SFX: The swinging pomegranate, the picture, the picture zooming in.

Music/Sounds: A light four-note synth ditty, with an arpeggio at the end. The end version has it play in a different pitch.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This bumper is very well-liked.

5th ID (September 17, 1979-October 31, 1986)

ID: On a white background, a walnut zooms in. It then opens and releases multicolored shapes. At the end of a show, the shapes come back inside the walnut, which zooms out.

Variants: Depending on the variant, the shapes are either butterflies, flowers or balloons.

FX/SFX: The walnut zooming and opening, the shapes flying out.

Music/Sounds: A twelve-note synth flute-like theme, with a lighter flute sound when the walnut opens.

Availability: Rare.

Editor's Note: This bumper is one of the most popular Rai bumpers.