Revue/ MCA Television With the 1958 Long Revue Studios Theme

[letticiarsd898]

Lovely satire!

[MrDeCorey]

Wow fantastic they made so great logos back then.

[livinlarge18]

GREAT SPOOF JOHNNY!

[revueguy]

Order your copy of "Whispering Smith, the TV Series" starring Audie Murphy, coming April 20 in a 3-DVD collection from TMG and NBC Uni. Filmed in 1959-60, it didn't make the NBC schedule until late 1960-61, when 20 out of 25 episodes were aired. Don't expect the sliding filmstrips, but the twin tube logos of Revue/MCA instead.

[actionsub]

@revueguy The twin tube logo was on the majority of the Whispering Smith episodes, but a few were made late enough that the sliding filmstrips would have been on them, as no logo appeared during the theme music. However, the pinheads at TMG lopped off the sliding filmstrips part and left those eps without logos at all.

[revueguy]

@actionsub The same can be said for Riverboat's season 2 episodes which would have had the sliding filmstrips, then the single tube would have appeared with the revue filmstrip inside of it with a Meladare Co. production above the tube. Shame on TMG for that one, too!

[mikey42]

Wow, I'm a great fan of Esquivel. I had no idea he was behind that.

[brycemonaghan]

HEY!!!! THEY ARE PLASTERED TO THE 1958 Revue Studios

[ShaDeed329]

No it's not.

[blizzy63]

Viva Esquivel!

[vzeu019j]

Nice Spoof!

[LFWISKOOL]

Bummer.

[revueguy]

This theme for Revue did not exist until 1960 when it was composed by Stanley Wilson and Juan Esquivel, the latter was recruited by Wilson to write the theme and scores for a Revue western series, "The Tall Man".

[ShaDeed329]

No it did not. It was 1958. According to the Film and Television Studio Logo Signatures site.

[MooseShady]

Revue Guy was right...The fanfare came out in 1960 even though it was composed in 1958.

[ShaDeed329]

But still, 1958 is still credited as when it came out.

[terrinoble]

Esquivel rules.

[ma55aracin9]

do you mean Juan Garcia Esquivel?

[ShaDeed329]

He's that same person.

[ShaDeed329]

I don't do any pre-ordering these days. Sorry. And I've been known about the twin tubes a long time ago.

[ShaDeed329]

The logo is from the 1959-1960 season. Because from 1958-1959, it was "productions, inc." before changing it to "studios".

[MooseShady]

That's because Revue's parent company of the time MCA acquired the Universal Studios lot for $11 million for their expanding their television empire. They don't called MCA 'The Octopus for nothing.

[ShaDeed329]

I've been known that.

[meesterfonnyboy]

Spoof?

[JohnnyL80]

Yes

[dandydonaldo]

Shamley Productions: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

[meowfit]

COOL!!!!

[VideoWizard2006]

That means that next year is the 50th anniversary of this theme. Wow!

[ShaDeed329]

Uh-huh!

[revueguy]

@ShaDeed329 Great news, ShaDeed329! you can watch the recently discovered lost episode of Whispering Smith titled "The Interpreter" right here on this YouTube website. It has the Revue sliding filmstrips ident at the end, you know, the music, the filmstrips, and the single tube of Revue with A WHISPERING CO. Production above it and the MCA bug and byline below, so enjoy the logo!

[ShaDeed329]

Fits well.