The Bedford Falls Company

Background

The Bedford Falls Company is the production company of Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.

(July 3, 1987- )

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Logo: On a black background is a black-and-white sketch of George Bailey's house (a 19th century 2-storey house) connected on the left to a black filmstrip with a white shadow. It is snowing outside. The text "THE BEDFORD FALLS COMPANY" fades in below. A light goes on in the top left window of the house. The text "in association with" fades in at the bottom of the logo. Sometimes, "in association with" is absent.

Trivia: This logo is a homage to the movie It's a Wonderful Life. Bedford Falls was the name of the town in this movie, and the house belongs to the main character, George Bailey. The logo's music is also a homage to the movie; George and Mary sing the song while arriving home from the pool at the high school reunion party.

Variants:

• On this variant, the logo is still, and in a bright-blue color, as well as the text.
• On later series, the house is smaller, and the text is in a different, bigger font.

Technique: The text appearing and the light being turned on in a room on the second floor.

Music/Sounds: A man and woman slowly singing the last line of the traditional song "Buffalo Gals" -- "...aaaand dance by the light of the moooon." The early variant had a short piano ditty (which is based on the theme of the show). NBC airings use a generic theme.

Availability:

• It was seen on the shows Once and Again, Thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Quarterlife.
• It's most recently seen on season 5 of Nashville.
• The early variant is extinct and was seen on the unsold pilot of Sawdust when CBS aired it as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse in 1987.

Legacy: This logo has creeped out some people due to the dark atmosphere and the singing. Nonetheless, it shouldn't harm anybody else, and it is a pretty unique logo.