Syndicast Services
Eric S.
1st Logo (1980's?-1988)
Visuals: On a blue background, a TV tube shape is seen on the left side of the screen with white striping (possibly to represent static) inside of it, and the static slides to the right to reveal "SYNDI" in the same styling, as well as 2 bracket-like shapes to represent the tube shape. Once the static finishes sliding, it disappears via a "scratching" lines effect and forms into the text "CAST", forming the name "SYNDICAST". Once its finished, "SERVICES INC" appears below, both inside and outside the TV tube.
Technique: Scanimate.
Audio: None.
Availability: It was seen on season one episodes of DC Follies (although most episodes may use the Access Syndication logo instead), and the last two seasons of The Mike Douglas Show (after Group W dropped the series). Intact on iTunes prints of DC Follies.
2nd Logo (1987)
Visuals: On a black background, the text "SYNDICAST", in the same font as before, but now in a metallic golden color, slides across the screen diagonally from right to left as 2 gold brackets zoom out from above and twirl around before settling into their diagonally-angled place. As they do so, "SYNDICAST" comes in from the left while "PREMIERE SHOWCASE" comes in from the right, both of them with a psuedo-3D effect and at a diagonal angle. As they come together, they glow red.
Technique: Scanimate.
Audio: A portion of Olympic Champion Fanfare by Keith Mansfield.
Availability: It was only seen on S.N.A.F.U.: The World's Screwiest Foul Ups.
