A.A.P. Associated Artists Productions

The old A.A.P. black and white atom logo. A bit scary for some reason

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[rnigma]

The "Atomic" logo wasn't used on the cartoons they distributed, though.

Eliot Hyman started AAP with a shady Canadian named Lewis Chesler - they bought the Warner Bros. library (sound features and color cartoons made till 1948) and syndicated it to TV stations.  Hyman sold AAP to United Artists, then started Seven Arts... which bought WB itself in 1966.

[ChuckK3]

I was also just a kid when this intro was shown on TV. It kinda scared me too, but in a rather fascinating kind of way.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

@fromthesidelines Including the early "Merrie Melodies" series from 1931-33 which are part of the TV package.

[benquicks]

dispicable!

[fromthesidelines]

A.A.P. also acquired the 1933-'55 Popeye theatrical cartoon library from Paramount in 1956 (eventually adding the 1955-'57 cartoons after their theatrical engagements), eliminating the original Paramount titles with their own. This logo was seen on TV prints before several of the early Warner Bros. theatrical features.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

from an old videotape

[samuel63867]

Creio que esta vinheta da antiga AAP seja raísisma. Eu mesmo a vi apenas uma vez, no começo dos anos 1970, ainda nos tempos do preto e branco, antecedendo um filme da Warner que pasou na "Sessão das três", que a TV Record tinha na época e antecedeu a "Sessão da tarde" da Globo.

[splittersora]

I love the music.

[Staszu13]

@rnigma Carroll Rosenbloom (Colts and Rams' owner) was involved too, wasn't he?

[MsGeek703]

I wish there was a better version of this...the beginning really blows it. I'd also love to see the color version as well. Yeah, Bongo Fury AAP. Accept no substitutes. I also would love to reanimate this so you would see the word "geek" as in Ms. Geek spelled out. I know someone who's a really awesome percussionist who would probably be able to do something even cooler than the bongo riff on here. If only I could find a Flash animator who could make my dreams come true...sigh...

[ShaDeed329]

rnigma, I said UA acquired Ziv Television Programs to form "Ziv-United Artists". Ziv Television was phased out in 1962 and it was reverted back to "UATV". Ziv wasn't merged with UAA.

[ShaDeed329]

Ziv wasn't merged with UA-Associated, rnigma. United Artists Television was already formed in 1956.