Fuzzy Door Productions

Credits

Descriptions by
Trogga and BenIsRandom

Captures by
V of Doom

Editions by
CNViewer2006, KirbyGuy2001 (Logoblin), and DaBigLogoCollector

Background

Fuzzy Door Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Seth MacFarlane in 1998, with Erica Huggins as president of the studio. The company is best known for working on Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. In January 2020, the company signed a deal with Universal Television (the company had previously worked with their film division on the Ted films) and moved from its longtime home at the 20th Century Fox Studios lot to the Universal City Studios. The company did not use a logo until 1999, when Family Guy premiered.

1st Logo (January 31, 1999-April 27, 2020)

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Visuals: On a black background, there is a door partly open with a leopard print design on it. Below the door is the company name with a trademark symbol, both in the Lithos Pro Bold font.

Trivia: The name of the company and logo design comes from the leopard-printed fake fur-covered door to the house MacFarlane lived in when he was attending Rhode Island School of Design as an undergraduate in animation. This logo was designed by Cory Brookes, a friend and housemate of Seth's at the Fuzzy Door residence.

Variants:

• Both 4:3 and 16:9 versions of the logo exist.
• Sometimes, the logo fades in and out.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: Usually silent, though the first two episodes of Family Guy have a brief ditty that resembles the theme song.

Audio Variants:

• On the DVD commentary for the first episode of Family Guy, the theme is heard over the dialogue, possibly because Fox used split-screen credits at the time and they wanted to give the logo closing music instead of it being silent.
• On the DVD commentary for the fictional Family Guy episode "New Phone, Who Dis?" (aka "You Can't Handle the Booth!", a meta episode where the Griffins record DVD commentary for the aforementioned fictional episode), Peter talks over the logo, interrupting animation producer Sharon Smith and then he says "Um, Fuzzy Door! Bye!".
• Some episodes of the aforementioned show have the last note of the show's theme song echo.
• Otherwise, it's the end theme of the show, or a generic theme on Fox.

Availability:

• Seen on most episodes of Family Guy (with the last episode to use this logo being "Absolutely Babulous"), as well as The Cleveland Show, American Dad!, Bordertown, and the online series Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy.
• It was also seen on the live-action shows The Winner, Dads, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Blunt Talk, and the first two seasons of The Orville, as well as at the end of the films Ted, A Million Ways to Die in the West, the DVD film Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, and Ted 2.
• Some later episodes of Family Guy skip the logo, though some syndie prints add this logo to it. It is also often skipped on other shows, possibly due to time.
• It was last used on the American Dad! episode "Cheek to Cheek: A Stripper's Story".

Legacy: This logo is a favorite among fans of Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane's works in general.

2nd Logo (November 10, 2019-)

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  Still variant

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  Animated variant

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  Animated variant (alternate)

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Visuals: On a navy blue background, the company name in the Bahnschrift font is seen in white and spaced out. In between the two words is a stylized white door that's cracked open.

Variants:

• An animated variant exists, where the blue door opens and it turns white, as the words fade in against the background, which is now gradient. This variant is sometimes shortened.
• A long version of the animated logo exists, where the colored doors fly around to form the finished product. Plus, the background has more movements, including dark purple to navy blue, as well as the finished product has a white vignette on the background.
• On Cosmos: Possible Worlds, the logo's colors are inverted.
• On the animated Good Times reboot, the logo is next to the Coco Cubana Productions logo.

Technique: Either a still, digital graphic, or 2D computer animation for the animated version.

Audio: A 3-note trumpet fanfare with three French horn notes. Presumably composed by Walter Murphy.

Audio Variants:

• The long version has an extended and rearranged version of the fanfare, including the first five trumpet notes at the beginning.
• Otherwise, none or the end theme of the show.
• Original Fox airings use a generic theme and a voiceover.

Availability:

• It debuted on the Family Guy episode "Peter & Lois' Wedding", and used in term with the previous logo until the end of April 2020. Also appears on Cosmos: Possible Worlds, The At-Home Variety Show, and newer episodes of American Dad! starting with "100 Years a Solid Fool".
• The animated version debuted on the Family Guy episode "Stewie's First Word". Some Season 20 episodes of the show don't use this logo, most likely due to time constraints.
• The music variant debuted on Season 3 of The Orville (subtitled New Horizons), and later appeared on the TV adaptation of Ted.
• The still variant was recently seen on The End is Nye, as well as on the animated reboot for Good Times.
• The long version was seen on the company's website.

Legacy: This logo is considered boring compared to its predecessor, as well as another downgrade in a decade trend of simplified logos. The variants with animation and music are better received though.