Columbia Pictures Television Logo History

[Mrbaltimore2001]

1:40 Mom yells from upstairs, at 9:58pm. "Okay it went off now. Time for yall to go to bed."

[Maxantium]

Good Job ! 

[thegabe2140]

1:25 there is a new logo found,seen on ''skap mateers''

[thegabe2140]

0:38 i saw that on 1st sesons of ''days fro our lives'' on nbc.

[thegabe2140]

1:50 but the lolo i did'nt wacthed

[GeoEntertainment2011]

1:51 LOL Airplane

[YankeeJet24]

For decades I have been saying that the Portland Trail Blazers have been ripping off the logos from 25 seconds to about 50 seconds. The Blazers started in 1970 and that Screen Gems logo was in the 1960s so you know the Blazers ripped it off.

[rurmundo]

1:01-1:18 saddly

[redraiderredinLubboc]

The Screen Gems logo sounded too much like the NBC logo. The 1977-86 Columbia logo and theme was the best. In 2002 the Sony logo sounds WAY to much like an old Universal there.

[Imaan158]

1:18

[LemmingsMaster]

When I first found this upload, it had been at least 15 years since I saw the logo on tv when I was 6. Now that I was able to look at more details, I was 'afraid' I had found out that there was no torch, but the light was just the sun in the black sky like seen from space or the moon. And the statue's hand was empty, just in the air pointing out the background like a beautiful lady statue in front of a beautiful background. But I like the torch better. I'd like a duplicacy of this pic in person.

[bogercs]

Lady Colombia's been holding her torch ever since movies were invented.

[njforever1234]

Most viewed by adult males ages 45-54.

[duequesne]

It would be nice to know what years they were used.

[bloodshotclam]

Wait, did I said Dawson's Creek was owned by Sony? It was owned by Warner Bros. I'm sorry folks.

[Braenchild1]

Creepy!

[CenaTv2]

1:19 to 1:43 = Married with Children. an awesome show!

[youngmatthew1197]

I have some wonderful and scary memories about our beloved torch lady she scares me sometime but she was beautiful she kinda reminds me of my mom she beautiful too, oh i remember when i sick it was a Tuesday when came home from school the year was 1986 i was watching "Who's The Boss" when show the ended i saw Columbia Pictures i puked. Yeah eww, but my grandmother was there to rinse out the bucket oh those were some bad times, but whitin a day was i was all better and that was my story see ya.

[mattiek93]

@youngmatthew1197 omg i had a nightmare about the torch lady when i was like 4 years old in i think 96' or 97'. my mom used to watch days of our lives and the columbia logo was at the end of every episode and i always tried to leave the room or close my eyes and ears when it came on, haha.

[benschlechter]

@mattiek93 I used to run out of the room and hide if I saw a show that had the old Columbia Sunburst logo, the 1982 CPT Torch lady and the 1988 Torch lady.

[mattiek93]

@benschlechter lol, the torch lady seriously freaked the hell out of me. she still gives me the creeps. not sure y.

[treatyoself2tee]

@youngmatthew1197 worse has happend to me i puked about 11 TIMES once

[MrTcSkinnerplay]

I have a lot of interest in these logos.

[mariobrasil9]

i thought the final music from sony was that thingy of "V of Doom"...

And the sony pictures logo that makes "Pee Cee" ?

[robloxman41]

screen jems?

[domirules28]

the torch lady with the music at 1:04 puts me on my vomit orange living room rug on a dreary and cool late afternoon in 1985...

[Sheri451]

I think the torch lady is Jim Backus wife. I read that in something about Gilligans Island.

[screenlover87]

I see those awesome logos at the end of my favourite TV shows

[odog65]

what was the logo with the rocket flying around it from Jimmy Neutron?

[ls14]

@odog65 That was for a show called Beakman's World an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution. Starring Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach, Eliza Schneider, Senta Moses and was on the air from 1992 to 1997 in both cable and CBS.

[bloodshotclam]

@ls14 Beakman's World is simular to Bill Nye the Science Guy.

[howardmckinley2]

@bloodshotclam I Watched Bill Nye 2wice

[bloodshotclam]

@howardmckinley2 You have? How was it?

[howardmckinley2]

@bloodshotclam It...Twas...GREAT! I Watched It At My Middle School I'm 11

[bloodshotclam]

@howardmckinley2 I like Bill Nye the Science Guy too, not too much as Beakman's World.

[howardmckinley2]

@bloodshotclam Ok

[bloodshotclam]

@howardmckinley2 How was it OK?

[howardmckinley2]

@bloodshotclam I meant it dosen't matter if you don't Bill Nye as much.

[bloodshotclam]

@howardmckinley2 Oh, all right.

[odog65]

@ls14 oh ok. it's been a long time since I've seen that show

[bloodshotclam]

Did Columbia Tristar Television form in 1996? Because there's the 1996 CTT logo at 2:16. Also what's the 1996 CTT logo's nickname?

[GrinderMan918]

I think on 2:16 It was Columbia Tristar on 1996 and 2001 on 2:32

[bloodshotclam]

@GrinderMan918 Yeah you're right. And 2:16 to 2:32 can be shown on Total Drama Island, All in the Family, Dawson Creek, and I think Strong Medicine.

[bees32189v2]

0:00 - 0:06 screen gems box Logo 0:07 - 0:21 screen gems torch lady Logo's 0:22 - 0:26 screen gems dancing sticks Logo 0:27 - 0:54 screen gems s from hell Logo's 0:55 - 1:02 CPT Pretzel Logo's 1:03 - 1:09 Columbia sunburst Logo's 1:10 - 1:19 Columbia torch lady Version 1 1:20 - 1:54 Columbia torch lady Version 2 1:55 - 2:03 Columbia torch lady Version 3 2:04 - 2:12 Tristar Television Logo's 2:13 - 2:44 Columbia Tristar Televison Logo's 2:45 - 3:04 Sony Pictures Television Logo's

[MEGAMAND1]

colombia pictures just keep making creepy logos and music jeez thank you for scaring my childhood me *sarcasm*

[njforever1234]

I start remembering things at 1:55.

[blukmage19]

1:19 - 1:53 I used to have crazy dreams through this music a long time ago. I even envisioned COLUMBIA then *move camera stage right* see a collie on a tiny planet before blacking out and it loops again.

[livinlarge18]

The CTTD Standard version was taken from All in the Family on TV LAND

[bloodshotclam]

The CTT Logos were shown on episodes of Total Drama Island from 1996-2000.(Before the rest of the episodes from 2000 to so on moved to SPT.)

[offcampusstudent1993]

@bloodshotclam How do you know?

[bloodshotclam]

@offcampusstudent1993 How do I know what?

[offcampusstudent1993]

@bloodshotclam I thought Warner Bros owned TDI.

[bloodshotclam]

@offcampusstudent1993 No your wrong. Sony Pictures Entertainment owned TDI.

[bloodshotclam]

@offcampusstudent1993 Warner Bros didn't, Columbia TriStar Television did own the american copyright of the show, also because the copyright portion said @ Copyright 1998 Columbia TriStar Television and Teletoon International All Rights Reserved, and it's also the author of the film/motion picture for purposes of Article 15(2) of the Berne Convention and all national laws giving effect thereto.

[offcampusstudent1993]

@bloodshotclam Warner Bros. had a part in TDI since they released the first season DVD on August 18, 2009.

[bloodshotclam]

@offcampusstudent1993 No, the Total Drama Island DVD was made by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.

[YoshiAngemon]

The Logo at 1:19, I made a flipnote of it, except the Torch Lady ended up firin' her lazer at the end of the logo! How come nobody ever does a Shoop Da Whoop of Famous logos?

[Temujin18S]

looks like most of u are old here i remember the ones toward the end

[jbuugi]

Illuminati logo at its finest right here....

[trainman536]

columbia and TriStar are actually like Disney/Pixar TriStar was going to die so Sony (AKA Columbia) bought them out and to this day their contract stil states that TriStart can leave at any time. The same is true with Disney/Pixar. Pixar can leave at anytime.

[lavalampluva]

They didn't include the "Screen Gems" logo used at the ending of "Green Acres"

[vinylrecord68]

@lavalampluva "Green Acres" wasn't produced by Screen Gems...it was under Filmways Television (which is probably under News Corporation)

[tomtrh]

0:21 used to scare the shit outta me!

[burger414]

@tomtrh yeah me too! I still get goose bumps! to this day, I still wonder what makes these logos "scary"

[donjabroni]

Do you have the mid-80s CTP with the Rastan logo with it?

[donjabroni]

Sorry, I mean Rastar

[pancakeman22]

What happened to the 5-star ratings?!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blue387]

The one with the rocket at 1:50 is from Beekman's World.

[MrRackensack]

he forgot the blue columbia pic logo with the sun

[invaderzimfanbase]

Doesn't Coca-Cola Make Soda ?

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@invaderzimfanbase

Yes, obviously. They did own the whole of Columbia Pictures from 1982-1989. That alone also led to Coke buying out Merv Griffin's company in late 1986, and Embassy Pictures/Television in 1985.

[invaderzimfanbase]

1:50 WTF a rocket farting LOL

[CameraCapers]

Wow!  Thank you for such a wonderful montage of clips! It is amazing how many times they "repackaged" themselves!

[chocolateman85006]

Two comments:

1. I really like the sunburst one.

2. Does anyone what shows had the pretzel logo?

[FRANK172]

For number 2, I think Tabitha had the Pretzel logo.

[dudeitsjoe]

1:50- 1:53 makes me laugh. That damn rocket.

[dandyky]

Good clip but what about the version of the Torch Lady that appeared at the beginning of "A Man Called Flintstone"? Wilma Flintstone as The Torch Lady!

[vinylrecord68]

It wouldn't count here because it was an opening movie logo.

[acla9000]

That's right, I also remember that!!

[RayPointer]

When the shortened the Electronic music from the 1965 logo, you hear the splice on the third note.

[wendyglowworm]

I like the dancing sticks at 0:23.

[ErazorDJ]

LOL the coca cola company xDDDDDDD

[Talic3Numismatist]

A silent version of the Torch Lady from 1:09 to 1:43 appears at the end of the VHS version of Milo and Otis.

[QuietStormMan]

I like the CPT logo from the late 70's...it's the one I remember the most growing up watching Fantasy Island, Family, and what's happening, & charlie's angels.

[HankLandMan]

The logo at 1:02, I've been trying to remember whose logo that was for a while now! Thanks.

[Beechboy68]

Whats happenin? hey hey hey....on channel 5 KTLA in the late 80s and the early90s they stil had the tv shows playin with that coca cola unit stuff the logo

[DJCandyManMike]

Call me crazy, but I like the jingle during the S from Hell logo, though I like the pretzel logo as well. My favorite of the jingles, though, has to be the one between 1:02 and 1:19. I remember seeing those logos on tv growing up, and though I've seen most of the ones that followed as well, the jingle from the times mentioned is my favorite mainly because it's the first Columbia jingle I remember. Nostalgia counts for a lot with me.

[ClassicTVMan81]

That's the one from 1974-76, which is seen at the 0:54 and the 0:59 marks.

[SFTeen2000]

I love the fanfare theme 1:20 to 1:53. I was born in the 90s but the 80s Columbia Theme is my fave!

[loneshewolf74]

I used to think the "Torch Lady" was the Statue of Liberty! :P

[Krivcsa]

Me too! Who is she actually?

[Naruhinaluver15]

@loneshewolf74 me 2

[Jayaughn]

@loneshewolf74 I did too!

[pixelated111]

@loneshewolf74 LOL I still thought she was the statue of liberty, until I saw your comment

[angelpichu1]

@loneshewolf74 you mean it's not the statue of liberty?

[howardmckinley2]

@loneshewolf74 She's Columbia Wild,Wife Of Oscar Wild!

[Pikafan2132]

@loneshewolf74 So was me.

[JojoPandacutie1989]

One of my favorite logos in this video is the Sony, and the Torch Lady with the Tristar, & The Pretzel logo of CTP. The worse one is the S from hell and the 1970 Columbia logo before the Torch Lady logo.

[ColumbiaPicturesFan]

I like the jingels from 1:19 to 1:53

[ColumbiaPicturesFan]

1:15 has horrible quality. Someone take it through the renew machine!!!

[ColumbiaPicturesFan]

No the 1930's one from the earlier episodes of the 3 stooges was the first one.

[jinglebell61]

Did YoshiAngemon said Beakman's World?

[YoshiAngemon]

No, but I mentioned the variant that's on the video.

[ColumbiaPicturesFan]

SONY????? Gosh I hate Sony pictures!!! Why did they buy Columbia????? Gawd!

[ShaDeed329]

Because they can!

[Nintendofan4000]

well at least they still allow the columbia name to live on in feature length movies in theatres.

[ekkostar]

Tri-Star Bells for the win.

[manning44070]

don't listen to gameshowfan1999. he is a cyber bully who tried to bring me down. he doesn't know me very well and besides he either needs to go to the psyco ward or to the local police for cyber bully and it's illegal.

[AdamBriell]

Gamesshowfan1999 is a Nice User. Hes not a Bully!

[aaalfross]

massones????

[Nithus0]

zionists

[mikey42]

I don't understand what is so scary. If anything, the Screen Gems/Columbia/Tristar/Sony logos got quite bland as the decades passed.

[GODZILLAMANASS]

Tristar and Viacom are the ones that really scared me when I was Little

[neinsudtexas10]

The one at 1:19 is the one I grew up with and i remember it very well. I like the most recent logo and music the best. It looks nicer and the music isn't scary.

[Staszu13]

That would be the second one on this vid....(ahem) da dadada dada da DA dadada dada! The Three Stooges thing!

[Staszu13]

The dancing sticks thins was pretty scary. Liked the "fanfare of doom" bit though - it meant the Three Stooges were on!

[manning44070]

the three scariest variations were

1. sunburst

2. torch lady 1982

3. sony pictures variation

[GDelva2003]

The one at 1:19 was my childhood favorite

[bebofilm]

I like the Columbia TriStar Television logo better! Love the pegasus!

[pbanta62]

The Tri-Star Pegasus I thought was the most beautiful studio logo. I remember the first time I saw it at the theater I thought it was a preview for a new movie featuring a pegasus! LOL! I miss the horsie.

[jolonui]

1.03 and 1.12 were very good logos for their time

[kefkaroth]

u forgot the coca cola one from the mid 80s.

[LJK193]

lol at 1:53

[MikePike5]

Pegasus Is Not A Real Horse But it's imaginary. It has wings and flies. It is a horse of Tristar.

[Hondo20132]

2:45 can be seen on Jeopardy!

2:50 can be seen on Wheel of Fortune.

[nbc11newsclips]

it's a unit, not a subsidiary

[nbc11newsclips]

a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company

[Down10]

The music on the latest Sony Pictures logo sucks, though not as bad as the notorious trill of the Screen Gems logo.

[vividwatch47]

Frank DeVol composed the "Dancing Sticks" (Reeds) emblem that was used from 1963 to 1965.

[whammy850]

1:12 - BEAUTIFUL quality!

[TigerWalrus26980]

1.09 - the music sounds a bit like someone's actually pouring a glass of Coke, doesn't it?

[steveallen808909]

anyone know if the murder mystery suspence theme with the lightning is on here>?

[saanzacs]

When did the 'yellow pretzel' come in?

[saanzacs]

From Screen Gems to Sony Pictures Television, it's all come a very long way!

[TheWiihardcoregamer]

A SCREEN GEMS PRODUCTION!

I never used to like to watch columbia's movies but Stuart little 1, 2 & 3 was a successful movie to me! I wonder what they are doing now...

[vfreeck]

Whatever Viacom is doing...

[livinlarge18]

I have the 1982 early theme there is a ding sound before the synthesizer theme

[overdrive2000]

WAIT! You forgot COCA-COLA TELECOMMUNICATIONS!

[pickle133hp]

Nice. :)

[SteelEye009]

The version at 1:13. Where's that from?

[livinlarge18]

That'a a prototype version of the 1982 logo

[SteelEye009]

Yeah, I know that. But which TV show?

[1soniccool]

I like ths SPT sort one it was on king of queens!

[livinlarge18]

that also appears on WXPS's syndicated repeats of The Nanny

[0megadon]

wtf wheres viacom

[rkdvideo]

I think the first one was used at the end of the early Father Knows Best eps. The second one with the first torch lady is from the Three Stooges when they came to televsion in the late 50's. Now when they show the Stooges on TV, they don't use that one anymore. And the earlier poster is right, the latest Sony Pictures logo does suck. Although I haven't seen it used very much yet.

[rtivey01]

i can"t remember screen gems

[tvlandman2]

The logo at 21 seconds looks like it should have been (was?) used after Bewitched. The style of the letters looks similar to what you'd see during Bewitched's cartoon intro. Every time I have watched Bewitched in syndication, thought, they always use the yellow/orange "S From Hell". Anyone know anything else about this script logo?

[bongomanfromdalou]

It was used on "Bewitched," as well as most Screen Gems shows from 1963 to 1965 when the "S From Hell" logo replaced it! When "Bewitched" went into syndication in 1968, the "dancing sticks" of the 1964-65 season disappeared and were replaced by the newer logo.

[andyvines]

in the video at the time 1:10 are write "A Unit of The Coca-Cola Company" when did happen?

[rickjr37]

They bought Columbia in 1982 under the unsuccessful guidance of producer David Puttman("Chariots of Fire"). Then,about 4 years later,they sold it to producer Norman Lear("All in the Family")who had bought Embassy Communications around the same time. Lear merged Embassy with Columbia then,sometime in the '90s,Sony bought the company.

[RetroMusicFan4]

The current Sony Television logo sucks.

[rohitad]

Columbia pictures is the worst studio logo ever created. No wonder most of the movies, studio, tech, vice versa is going down under. Tri-Star is a million times cooler. Columbia pictures has the worst music which cud frighten everyone.

[shadejford]

No, there are other studio logos way more unimaginative than Columbia's. United Artists' is a good example. I'm glad they brought back the Columbia lady after so many years of using that cold, antiseptic modern art Screen Gems logo. The lady and the Tri-Starlogos are good paintings reminiscient of the best work from European Renaissance artists.

[tvlandman2]

It is notable to mention that Screen Gems is was resurrected in 1999 and still uses the same "S from Hell" Logo(as some people call it). Only now it is modernized with black and silver coloration. Heres an article from Wikipedia:

"Similar to Dimension Films, Screen Gems produces and releases smaller-budget science fiction, horror, teen movies, farce or ethnic films with more centralized target audiences than Columbia TriStar's mainstream outputs".

[shadejford]

Yeah, it's interesting that Screen Gems has "gone back to the past," in order to go forward. During the late '50's and early 60's, Columbia produced a lot of low budget sci-fi, horror,teen and farce movies.

[UKMikey]

It's not really relevant to this montage, but in general I miss the restful sounding Machine Head jingle used on C-T Home Entertainment DVD releases.

[UKMikey]

... between 2001 and 2005.

[SEATTLEGRL1]

Totally cool...pop culture stuff!

[epiphany55]

Amazing use of symbolism.

[thewipsportsfan]

I miss the 70's logos they were great

I'm dissapointed that there were none of the 90's logo's with Charlie O Donnell (Wheel of Fortune Announcer)s voice at the end.

 I wonder if the fast version of the current logo was from Blood + the anime series.

[jakestooge34]

The Screen Gems logo with the Columbia Pictures byline probably appeared on the first season of "Police Story" and the final season of "The Partridge Family".

[devares2006]

Is it just me or is the Tri-Star music and the Sony Pictures Television music sounds almost alike?

[soln4suh]

i doubt very seriously that eric siday knew when he created the screen gems-c.t.p. music in the late 60's that we'd be discussing how creepy the music is 40 years later. some things become classic over time.

[599GTBF1]

2:11-2:18

those logose were seen at the end of several shows,including "Dragontales"(PBS/Discovery Kids Latinamerica)and REAL-TV(SPIKE TV)

[bashir1980]

I remember when one of these themes was played on "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," just funny. I think they are missing some logos from the late 60s and early 70s. And I wonder who that ColPic lady is.

[ShaDeed329]

I think you mean Screen Gems 1952

[Urvy1A]

It makes me want to get a Coke or Coke Zero!