PITS Films

Credits

Descriptions by
Matt Anscher, and Jeffrey Gray

Captures by
Shadeed A. Kelly

Editions by
Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Unnepad

Background

PITS Films was a television distribution arm of Tandem Productions, launched in 1978 to distribute most of their material such as Sanford and Son, Maude, and Good Times, all of which were produced by Norman Lear, with the former by Bud Yorkin. On January 6, 1982, it was folded into "Embassy Telecommunications" with the acquisition of Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation by Lear and Jerry Perenchio, both by renaming the distribution division of T.A.T. Communications Company. PITS was an acronym, which stood for "Pie in the Sky".

(1979-1982)

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Logo: Against a blue background reads the text "DISTRIBUTED BY PITS FILMS" with the word "PITS" in 3-D lettering and in green. In the three spaces of the letters, some white stars zoom in, one by one, as if they're "growing", and then settle in their spaces. As it fades out, it reads:

DISTRIBUTED BY
P☆I☆T☆S
FILMS

Technique: Scanimate effects.

Music/Sounds: A synth tune that ascends and descends repeatedly, composed by John Maxwell Anderson.

Availability: Extinct. While not nearly as rare as the T.A.T. logo, it's still quite difficult to spot, as this logo is scrubbed on current prints.

• 2000-02 reruns of Good Times on TBS was the last network it was seen, on the final season episode "J.J. the Teacher"; all other episodes had the Columbia TriStar Television logo instead.
• It was also reportedly seen on a 2003 TV Land airing of Sanford & Son with SPT following it.
• Allegedly it appeared after a episode of The Jeffersons on WMLW-LP Channel 41 (Now Channel 49) in Milwaukee Wisconsin sometime in the mid 2000's
• It was also seen on Maude.