HBO IDs

(1990-1994)
Nickname: "Simply The Best Choice"

Opening: An orange ball bounces onto a colorful patchwork background four times. Each bounce changes its color (to pink, chartreuse, aqua and purple) and the background (ending with the patchwork background), and several multicolored pieces gradually appear. The pieces eventually form a HBO logo that turns yellow with a green border and the ball lands into the "O", still changing colors.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A short calypso theme with a harp and some percussion hits. A male voiceover says "Simply the best choice on TV. HBO."

Availability: Extinct. One of HBO's other openings would follow this one, except before a series.

Editor's Note: None.