Viacom

1st logo 1971-1976
This logo has the sylables of "viacom" (in the Peignot font) slining in from the right on at a time while the screen changes colour, from violet to green and then red. After it is completed the camera pans outwark and the words "A" and "PRESENTATiON" are seen to the left and right of "viacom" over a blue background. One version of the logo would replace the red background with black. The music was 4 ascending synthesized pinball-like chimes.

2nd logo 1976-1986
Of all its production logos, Viacom is best known for its fancy-cut V, which was used from 1976-1990.

The logo had the phrase "A Viacom Presentation" zooming in at a very fast pace from the centre of the screen, then the V comes from the centre and moves gradually closer and closer to the screen, eventually taking up nearly the entire screen. The music is a 5-note synthesized tune with a kettledrum crescending throughout, even after the logo faded to black the kettledrum echo can still be heard.

A network television version usually had the V and Viacom zoom in together. There are videotaped and filmed versions of this logo, with the latter usually appearing in black and white programs and had a film-like appearence to it. There is also an uncommon "Warp Speed" version of this logo.

There actually IS a version of this logo with the pinball music from the 1st Viacom logo.

The music and V jar on the screen has been a source of bad dreams and nightmares for many, making this one of the scariest logos ever created.

Programs that had this logo include The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC, My Three Sons, Cannon, and many other old shows that have aired on CBS. It has also been reported to have showed up on All in the Family and The Jeffersons.

3rd Logo 1986-1990
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4th Logo 1990-1999
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5th Logo 1999-2004
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