Katie Face Productions

Background

Katie Face Productions was the production company of Tony Danza. The name of the company comes from his reaction to seeing his newborn daughter for the first time; she was given the name Katie, because he felt she had a "Katie face".

Logo (September 18, 1990-September 15, 2006)

Extended version

Normal version

Visuals: On a black background, the red text "Katie Face" writes itself in a shiny cursive font. Then, the word "PRODUCTIONS" fades in underneath near the right.

Trivia: In a 1995 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tony Danza said that the logo is a homage to his "upbringing in parochial schools, where they stressed penmanship."

Variants:

On the 2004 version of The Tony Danza Show, the logo animates at the bottom of a sketch of a girl in profile. A still version of the variant appeared on the TV movie, Crowned and Dangerous.
On Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17, the logo is still.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: An upbeat 8-note softshoe theme with a bell-like instrument and tap-dance drum beats, composed by Ray Colcord. The music perhaps references Tony Danza's profession in tapdancing.

Audio Variants:

On TV movies, it usually used the closing theme of the movie.
On Countdown, The Whereabouts of Jenny and Before They Were Stars, there is an extended, re-arranged version of the music.

Availability: Although this first appeared on the unsold US pilot of Countdown, it wasn't seen on television until the TV movie The Whereabouts of Jenny. This logo was also seen on Hudson Street, Before They Were Stars, and the 2004 version of The Tony Danza Show, as well as some TV movies such as Bermuda Triangle and Crowned and Dangerous.