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Background

Playhouse Video was a sub-label of CBS/Fox Video for children and family releases on video.

Logo (July 7, 1985-1990)

Black and white variant
Muppet Video Variant

Visuals: On a white background, there is a black dot sketching a round snow-globe outline. Then it draws another round outline, followed by outlines of a tree, neighborhood with house, a sun, apples on the tree, and a window on the house. The outlines fill with a rainbow color hue, and the words "PLAYHOUSE VIDEO" with "VIDEO" in spaced-out letters wipe in from top to bottom.

Variants:

On videos associated with Muppet Video, the background would turn red and blue, the Playhouse Video logo would fly away, and the Muppet Video logo animation would form.
There was a grayscale variant on videos of black and white films.
The Chace Surround Sound logo may appear at the top left of the screen.

Technique: Likely Scanimate.

Audio: A synthesized trumpet/piano fanfare.

Availability: It's seen on any tapes by this company from the era, such as the 1970s Dr. Seuss TV specials aired on CBS, Muppet Video releases, and feature films such as Bad Medicine, Kid Colter, In Search of a Golden Sky, Batman: The Movie, and Eliminators, among others. It also appears on the early VHS of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (the later versions were distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment).

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-{{PageCredits|description=Matt Williams and James Stanley Barr|capture=Eric S. and V Of Doom|video=DudeThatLogo}}
+{{PageCredits|description=Jess Williams and James Stanley Barr|capture=Eric S. and V Of Doom|video=DudeThatLogo}}
-=== Background ===
+===Background===
-Playhouse Video was another sub-label of [[CBS/Fox Video|CBS/Fox]] Video for children and family releases on video.
+'''Playhouse Video''' was a sub-label of [[CBS/Fox Video]] for children and family releases on video.
-=== (1983-1990) ===
+===Logo (July 7, 1985-1990) ===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-{{Gallery
+PlayhouseVideo.jpeg
-| align=center
+Playhouse Video (1985, B&W).png|Black and white variant
-| mode=packed
+PlayhouseVideoMuppets.jpeg|Muppet Video Variant
-| height=200
+</gallery>
-| width=
+{{YouTube|id=r5EotE8kW2E|id2=KTlkW6NyAGU}}
-|PlayhouseVideo.jpeg
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, there is a black dot sketching a round snow-globe outline. Then it draws another round outline, followed by outlines of a tree, neighborhood with house, a sun, apples on the tree, and a window on the house. The outlines fill with a rainbow color hue, and the words "'''{{font|Times|PLAYHOUSE}} VIDEO'''" with "'''VIDEO'''" in spaced-out letters wipe in from top to bottom.
-|
-|PlayhouseVideoMuppets.jpeg|Muppet Video Variant
-|
-|
-|PlayhouseVideoB&W.png|B&W Variant
-}}
-<center><youtube width=240 height=185>r5EotE8kW2E</youtube><youtube width=240 height=185>KTlkW6NyAGU</youtube></center>
-'''Nickname:''' "Multicolored Snow-Globe"
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a black dot sketching a round snow-globe outline. Then it draws another round outline, followed by outlines of a tree, neighborhood with house, a sun, apples on the tree, and a window on the house. The outlines fill with a rainbow color hue, and the words:
-'''PLAYHOUSE'''
-'''V---I---D---E---O'''
-appear below via a “wiping” effect.
 '''Variants:'''
 * On videos associated with [[Muppet Video]], the background would turn red and blue, the Playhouse Video logo would fly away, and the Muppet Video logo animation would form.
-* There was a grayscale variant on videos of black & white films.
+* There was a grayscale variant on videos of black and white films.
 * The [[Chace Surround Sound]] logo may appear at the top left of the screen.
+'''Technique:''' Likely Scanimate.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The “etch-a-sketch” style animation, the color “fill-in” effect, the wiping of the words.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized piano fanfare.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It's seen on any tapes by this company from the era, such as the 1970s Dr. Seuss TV specials aired on CBS, Muppet Video releases, and feature films such as ''Bad Medicine, Kid Colter, In Search of a Golden Sky, Batman: The Movie'', and ''Eliminators,'' among others. It also appears on the early VHS of ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' (the later versions were distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment).
+'''Audio:''' A synthesized trumpet/piano fanfare.
-'''Editor's Note:''' This is a favorite among many, including those who grew up with it.
+'''Availability:'''  It's seen on any tapes by this company from the era, such as the 1970s Dr. Seuss TV specials aired on CBS, Muppet Video releases, and feature films such as ''Bad Medicine, Kid Colter, In Search of a Golden Sky, Batman: The Movie'', and ''Eliminators,'' among others. It also appears on the early VHS of ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' (the later versions were distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment).
-[[Category:Home Entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:American home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:20th Century Studios]]