Wolper Productions

[RQBtv]

thumbs up if this should play on an ice cream truck

[naturewoman28]

Cute music.

[masterproxl]

This company would become Metromedia Producers Corporation.

[milligansx01]

kinda creepy and scary since the david wolper is dead

[carlmoore19]

@milligansx01 Not for me. That goes back far enough to end up among childhood listening experiences, and was used, I believe, at the very end of the Mike Wallace-hosted Biography series, which started in 1961. If you look for search-engine keywords "Carl Moore Music" (omitting the quotes), you can go to my site's TV Themes page, then from there to Biography 1961 page, and you find my arrangement of this very theme (slower tempo).

[saml760]

RIP David Wolper

[fromthesidelines]

DAVID L. WOLPER (1928-2010).

[kascnef82]

The man who lent his name to the company passed away last night. May he rest in peace.

[Phoenix1251]

Looks Like The Sega Dreamcast Logo Cut In Half.

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, Channel 4 in New York had first-run rights to "BIOGRAPHY" [through Official Films] during its original syndicated run (1962-'63). After that, Channel 11 picked up the repeats, and aired it for over 25 years....

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

Judging from the chyroned copyright notice for International Creative Exchange (now Cube Entertainment), this is from a 1990s print of the original "Biography" (Wolper sold off its pre-1967 library to them as they were being bought by Metromedia).

[SourApplez1211]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory sound, but scary.

[milligansx01]

@SourApplez1211 the logo was released in 1961 man

[g5nationtonation]

hello mark get to me great logo

you tube g5nationtonation rocker peter

check it out cheers

[BadNews88]

For The Record:

There was also the same logo and Signature Tune in other syndicated Wolper Productions...but ending with *only* the "spiral-ending in-a-W" logo...WITHOUT the words "A Wolper Production"..

[fromthesidelines]

This logo was seen at the end of Mike Wallace's "BIOGRAPHY" (1962-'63)- "A David Wolper Production"- but WPIX, New York, left it off their 16mm film prints whenever they showed them in the '70s and '80s. Wolper eventually got the rights to distribute "CRUSADER RABBIT" in 1965, but they passed it on to Metromedia Producers Corporation, who in turn was bought out by News Corp. {20th Century-Fox}. Wolper originally distributed "MY FAVORITE MARTIAN" in syndication in the '60s and '70s, as well..

[wmbrown6]

When "Biography" was first syndicated, it was shown in New York on WNBC-TV. WPIX was next to run it.

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

Yeah, that won't wake me up tonight....

[toadetterocksmysocks]

creepy

[kidinbed]

Sounds very Willy Wonka-ish to me.

[dahat56]

The first I saw and heard that logo was following the earlier productions "Biography" (before the History Channel). Used to give me the heebies at night.

[vfreeck]

It sounds like something Fred Rogers would make (the neighborhood trolley).

[radamail]

Good comparison!

[milligansx01]

@vfreeck

RIP Mr. Rogers

March. 20, 1928 - February. 27, 2003

Show Released In 1968

[Green18600]

A Highly Unique And Rare Logo!! Soothing Not Deafening!! A Fat 6!!

[JuacoProductions2]

That logo looks like Hanna Barbera Swirling star variant but diferent and with more spins.

[OpenArms81]

Remember seeing The W logo,plastered over credits of Welcome Back Kotter.

[bakuryu79]

Hey guys that one from the video "DIC Nightmare"

[kokujin1014]

This logo was seen in still format at the end of a CRUSADER RABBIT cartoon.

[Pikawil64]

The Dreamcast would be proud of this logo.

[babygiraffe123]

I recently saw this logo at the end of Chico & The Man, without the music.

[heart1987]

the music in this logo sounds cool.

[mrceleb2006]

It was a fast-paced chime tune...and it indeed was cool.

[antster1983]

Must... Eat... Wonka Bar... ;o)

[babygiraffe123]

LOL

[tbonemagnum]

I SAW THIS AT THE END OF BIOGRAPHY THAT WAS HOSTED BY MIKE WALLACE.

[sammyreed]

... but as it is, it sounds like James Bond-meets-Mr. Rogers.

[AllisonSNLKid]

sounds like a slot machine when I won 100 quarters....ok, I'll stop going to Atlantic City now. Oh, one more time...(pulls arm)

[sammyreed]

An orchestral version of that would've been jammin'!

[laserpotato]

Help! I think I've been hyp-mo-tized!

[brindlefly]

oh my god...I was thinking the exact same thing...what was that from?? lol

[kokujin1014]

I remember seeing it at the end of BIOGRAPHY back in the early 1960s.

[mr3urious]

Now that's a hypnotic logo!