Sandollar Productions (1985-1998)

Credits

Descriptions by
Michael Bass

Captures by
Eric S., RSX-798 and others

Video captures courtesy of
daLurqer, Countrygalfeva, Xenophilius90 and ravenhaven12

Background

Sandollar Productions is the production company that was originally formed in 1985 by manager Sandy Gallin and actress/singer Dolly Parton. Among the first works they produced was A Smoky Mountain Christmas. Sandollar later created a TV subsidiary, Sandollar Television, to produce TV productions. Its biggest hits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. In 1998, Gallin retired, with the company becoming Southern Light Productions, although the Sandollar brand continued to be used on Buffy-related media.

1st Logo (December 14, 1986)

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Visuals: On a black background, the words "Sandollar" in a fancy font is written out on screen. After being written, the words "shine" for a few seconds, and the text "PRODUCTIONS, INCORPORATED" in white fades in.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on the TV movie A Smoky Mountain Christmas.

2nd Logo (September 27, 1987-August 14, 1988)

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Visuals: Over a black background, the logo starts with the word "Sandollar" in a script font zooming out. The logo shines. A red line is drawn below.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on the TV movie Tidy Endings, and possibly on the 1987 ABC show Dolly.

3rd Logo (September 13, 1990-April 25, 1994)

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Visuals: Just a simple logo on a black background reading "SANDOLLAR" in a red Gil Sans font.

Variant: Another variant exists with the text "in association with" under the "SANDOLLAR" text.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: There is sounds of ocean waves moving as the end theme plays. On Someone Like Me, the logo is silent.

Availability: Seen on the first two episodes of the 1990-1991 Fox series Babes. The version with the IAW text under the text was once seen on the short-lived NBC-broadcast show Someone Like Me.

4th Logo (September 27, 1990-September 23, 1991)

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Visuals: On a background which looks like beach sand is the text "SANDOLLAR". Behind the text is an actual sand dollar laying in the sand.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Sounds of ocean waves mixed with various bird sounds.

Availability: Seen on the final episodes of Babes, the 1990 Dolly Parton special Christmas for Home and Wild Texas Wind.

5th Logo (September 14, 1994-July 16, 2000)

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Visuals: On a beach sand background, there is a sand dollar rising up from the background. The word "Sandollar" in the same font as the 1986 logo fades in. The word "TELEVISION" fades in below. A spark appears from beneath the text and the sand dollar.

Variant: On Unlikely Angel, "In Association With" (meaning it cuts to The Kushner-Locke Company logo) appears below in a different font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Similar sounds from the previous logo, or the end theme of the show. CBS and ABC airings used a generic theme.

Availability: Seen on the short-lived series All-American Girl and the UPN series Social Studies, as well as the 1996 TV movie Unlikely Angel, Tourist Trap, Saturday Night Special and The Pooch and the Pauper.

6th Logo (March 10, 1997-May 19, 2004)

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Visuals: Over a purple metal background, the logo starts with the print logo for Kuzui Enterprises on the left, and the print logo for Sandollar Television on the right, much like the previous logo.

Variants:

• On season 1 of Angel, the background is a blue gradient, the Greenwolf Corp logo is seen on the top, and the Kuzui Enterprises and Sandollar Television logos are seen on the bottom.
  • On seasons 2 and 3 of the show, the Greenwolf Corp logo is replaced by the David Greenwalt Productions logo.
  • The season 1 episode "Lonely Heart" uses the regular logos with simple text reading "GREENWOLF CORP" above.
• On the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4 premiere "The Freshman", as well as the episodes "Living Conditions", "The Harsh Light of Day", "Fear, Itself", and "Beer Bad", the logo (along with the Mutant Enemy logo) is cropped to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio.
• Starting with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Wild at Heart", the logo is horizontally stretched correctly to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: None.

Audio Variants:

• Starting with season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the first half of the shortened 1997 20th Century Fox Television fanfare plays over this logo.
• TeenNick airings of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a slowed-down version of the Saradipity Productions logo music due to an editing goof.

Availability: Seen on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Sandollar Productions (1985-1998)

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