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Speaking of PBS, does anyone remember the very old tri-colored PBS logo (an animated blue P, orange B and green S with a Moog synthesizer in the background?) That scared the sh*t out of me as a little kid! After a lot of searching, I found the animation from the logo here: http://ctwmedia.tripod.com/videos/ (click on 1970s PBS logo). I think I was about six when the "B" and the "S" were removed, and the "P"-head turned right. The webmaster who has this told me that he got it off a Saturday Night Live skit a few years back...
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That was kinda eerie, wasn't it?  ;)

I remember watching Sesame Street, Electric Company, Villa Allegre, Mr. Rogers, 3-2-1 Contact, and NOVA.  As I got older I got hooked on Are You Being Served?.  I love that show!  :D

Quoting: I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!! I always said the same thing about that logo and sound..everyone I know thinks I am NUTS!! In a way, I kinda liked it and thought it was cool, but if it came on at night and I was alone (especially when I was EXTREMELY young, so maybe that was still late 70s even)..I would be freaked out. Once I got older though, it just became routine. I beleive you are right, HurrMark, the logo changed about 1985..and I have no idea if PBS has a regular logo..when I watch PBS now (yes, the more "adult" shows, LOL), I only notice the local channel's logo and not the networks. Also, as many PBS shows were produced by my hometown station WGBH Boston (my famly lived a very short time in the same neighborhood as Julia Child)..the WGBH production animation/logo kinda creaped me out too..the "neon" letters writing themselves with another strange synth in backgroud.End Quote

As a four, five year old, I was scared to death of http://www.gregssandbox.com/pbs/pbslogo2.gif. When the closing credits of Sesame Street came on (the Friday closing credit tune was pretty scary itself), or whatever I was watching, I quickly changed the station because you knew it was coming. It sounds stupid, but that's how I was. But looking back, it was a pretty neat logo...and considering that it was first used in 1971, it was rather modern for its time.

I remember the WGBH logo too (I still see it from time to time)...while not as scary as the PBS, that unnerved me a bit too. Frankly, most TV logos at the time scared me, from PBS to CBS to EBS.

PBS's logo is still used all the time where I am...although it's a much more "tamer" version than when I was a little kid (and a lot more boring). Actually, someone told me that an underlying reason why they changed the logo was that some Republicans were angry that the "P"-head was facing left. I don't know how valid that is...but it's rather interesting.

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That was kinda eerie, wasn't it?  ;)

I remember watching Sesame Street, Electric Company, Villa Allegre, Mr. Rogers, 3-2-1 Contact, and NOVA.  As I got older I got hooked on Are You Being Served?.  I love that show!  :D
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I loved all of them except I never watched NOVA.

Howard  ;D

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I always thought the "Friday" version of the Sesame closing credits was somewhat unusual..I liked seing Barkley (sp??) the dog and the kids and all..that was shot when the show started in 1968 I beleive and was a part of it til way past my time watching it. The end part, with the metalic sounding music and plain back background/white lettered..that was creepy..we thought that was when it was time for the monsters to come out of the TV screen and eat me. I changed channels at that point too..unless I wasn't able too..then I had to see that creepy "democratic" PBS logo, LMAO. You know with the way Washington has such a hold on PBS, and being the Reagan years that right/left rumor may really be true. You know Sesame..part of the "liberal media"..oh well..maybe the P is facing DOWN to the ground now with it's gross lack of funding.
If you wanna watch some 70s/80s classic PBS shows..watch NOGGIN..it's on my cable..they show classic Sesame (some 1968-70 episodes with Orange Oscar!), Zoom, Electric Company, etc..I really can't beleive how bad Sesame is now..I hate how everything has to be so flashy and "hip", even young children's learning shows.
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I don't remember the Barkley ending for some reason...I have no idea why. But as I said, that PBS logo from the early 80s scared the hell out of me. If I couldn't turn off the TV, I would run away from the room to avoid seeing that thing.

I think I completely stopped watching Sesame Street in '85, right after Snuffleupagus was revealed to everyone (even though I mastered everything years before). So I was still watching during the Elmo era (which began in the fall of 84)...unfortunately. Remember in November 83 when Mr. Hooper passed away, and they had that special? Pretty sad moment...

I liked the Teeny Little Superguy skits...anything with the Count and that typewriter that went "noo noo noo na noo..." the most.

After Sesame Street, I didn't watch PBS as much as before...I saw 3-2-1 Contact and Electric Company on occasion. I guess I saw Reading Rainbow the most. Later in the decade, I was really into "Square One"...I was a fanatic of that show (I loved math). Loved Mathnet...Kate Monday and George Frankley were AWESOME!!!!. And that video teaching probability at some haunted house that went something like "Probability, don't you mess with me. As long as there's a ghost of a chance". Another I remember was the video which taught percents where that high school kid sung about devoting certain percentages of his love to various things (mom, dad, his music, his "New York Football Giants"), while leaving all the rest (like three percent) for his girlfriend. And remember Mathman...that parody of Pacman? That was great!

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Mathman..mathman..mathman..only prime numbers..mathman, mathman...OHH...lol..I like a lot of the earlier Sesame stuff..I tured 5 in early 1982 and don't recall watching too much after that...I saw sesame live in Boston in 82..my younger siblings watched til past I did..I occasionally saw it around them..but only saw it get flashier and in my opinion, not as good. I am not an Elmo fan..my worst memories of Elmo actually are from around 1996..when two grown women fistfought over a "Tickle Me" doll right before Christmas that year..Funny how a year after those same peices of junk were like gold, they were collecting dust on shelves (at least where I worked tehy were).

BTW Hurr..that song..Eight percent of my love..I can give you eight percent of my love..I've already spent 92% but I'm saving all the rest for you (his g/f). I thought that was mean, lol.
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Oh yeah...92%...for some reason I thought it was 97%. Good memory. And yeah, that was pretty mean.

Actually, I found a website for this show (I guess there's a website for all the "oldies"...) www.squareonetv.org.

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Does anyone remember the early 80's version of The Sesame Street ending when you'd see characters holding up the Sesame Street logo while someone in the background would say:

"Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letters V,P and by the number 3.Sesame Street was a production of The Children's Television Workshop,Adios"!

Howard  ;D
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I remember the sign-off with the "Adios" and the letters "sponsoring" the day's episodes...I don't remember any sign held up by characters. I'm fairly certain Luis did the "Adios" thing (I guess it would make the most sense...he taught me quite a bit of Spanish for a four year old...)

Anyone remember when they numbered the episodes at the beginning of each episode? I remember watching when I was about five and saw Episode 1983 (I think...maybe it was 1984), and being it was the year 1983, I got very excited...

The more I think about it...I think I remember seeing episodes in the 1500's...so if 83 was the 14th year of the season, and episode 1983 was on at the time, then about 140 episodes were produced a year. So going back about 400 episodes from #1983...I guess that was around the year 1980 or so...when I was two.

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I never knew why they always numbered their episodes.

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Well most TV programs do number their episodes..why Sesame did (and I think still does) show the number (as the intro started)..who knows..maybe it helps kids learn sequencing. Sesame actually started on Nov 10, 1969..not 1968 like I said..exactly 5 days before the 1st Wendy's opened here in Columbus! RIP Dave Thomas..he gave a lot to children, the world, and the 80's! (Where was the beef???)

I remember the kids holding up the sign. Sometimes the Count or one of the other monster characters would tell us which letters sponsored today's episode.

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I know it's at least early 90's, but does anyone remember the game show based on the "Carmen Sandiego" computer games? That show and the games are how I aced history & geography in school. Also, what about Reading Rainbow? I always thought that was cool, though I could never find half the books in my school library. Any thoughts, let me know.

RIP, Mr Rogers. You'll be missed.
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I remember "Carmen San Diego". "Reading Rainbow" was cool too with Lavar Burton hosting that show. I remember that. Seaseme Steet I used to watch too like everybody else on this board did it seems like.

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The silent-movie like sequences where he would quicky and secretly paint a number in some conspicuous place..btw..I really didn't like Jim Henson falling down  with ## pies, milkshakes, etc..I thought it was rather cruel but I guess it does teach something..
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Oh my god, I remember that now.  Especially the painting guy.  :D  I feel like an outcast.  I never got into SS, even as a little kid.

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The silent-movie like sequences where he would quicky and secretly paint a number in some conspicuous place..btw..I really didn't like Jim Henson falling down  with ## pies, milkshakes, etc..I thought it was rather cruel but I guess it does teach something..
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Oh my god, I remember that now.  Especially the painting guy.  :D  I feel like an outcast.  I never got into SS, even as a little kid.

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Oh my god, I remember that now.  Especially the painting guy.  :D  I feel like an outcast.  I never got into SS, even as a little kid.
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Hey Squirrel,you remember the painter epsiode with the part when he was painting a 3 on a woman's umbrella? What was her name?

Howard

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Hey Squirrel,you remember the painter epsiode with the part when he was painting a 3 on a woman's umbrella? What was her name?
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I have no idea.  ???  But I think I remember the clip.  Doesn't he paint it, look away for a moment and she spins her umbrella a bit and when he looks back he's like "where the heck did it go??"   :)

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I didn't watch Romper Room that much, but I do know that it was on WOR-9 in New York, which was NOT PBS. I don't know if it's still the case, but WOR (along with TBS, which was then WTBS from Atlanta and WGN from Chicago) were broadcast nationally on cable. We didn't have cable, but my grandparents did, so I sometimes watched it when visiting them.

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I didn't watch Romper Room that much, but I do know that it was on WOR-9 in New York, which was NOT PBS. I don't know if it's still the case, but WOR (along with TBS, which was then WTBS from Atlanta and WGN from Chicago) were broadcast nationally on cable. We didn't have cable, but my grandparents did, so I sometimes watched it when visiting them.
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wow!  thanks HurrMark,I remember "ROMPER ROOM" on WWOR-9, when it was called that. Now it's UPN-9  in NewYork. (terrible station now, by the way).  
I guess I got mixed up between all the classic 70's-80's childrens stations.

Thanks again HurrMark. ;D

Quoting:I was just talking to a friend of mine (age 30 now) who was also afraid of that  PBS logo..that is so odd how many young people were afraid of that..considering I think the artists who designed it probably thought it was cute and friendly. It was very 70s though..and I imagine when they updated it in the mid 80s PBS must have received some sort of complaints about it scaring their kids! (considering the 20 and 30something year olds confessing now 20 years later!!). Mr P must have been a democrat..since you all know PBS is part of the "liberal media" (I have no idea where that actually IS..especially if you look at American coverage of the Iraq war so slanted toward Mr. Dubya et al..oh well..different subject!).
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Cute and friendly? Naah...not even close. The circles which popped out in the "B" and "S" made it look like some kind of creature with scary beady eyes. I hate to admit it because it's somewhat embarrassing, but there was a point when I was about four where I actually had nightmares that the "PBS monster" would enter my room when I was fast asleep...and they always occurred when I uttered the three letters "PBS". It frightened me so much that for years after that I never called PBS "PBS"...I just called it "public television". Yes, I was weird :-) But I'm a big boy now, so this obviously doesn't bother me as much...although when I saw the animation online for the first time in about 18 or 19 years recently, I was a bit startled (not too much), probably as a lingering effect of my childhood, and the fact that it's been nearly two decades since I last saw it.

But my 16 year old brother thinks I'm weird for fearing a TV logo. And looking back, it does seem weird.

There were some other scary logos...Lexington Broadcasting System after Inspector Gadget comes to mind, with its snakey letters. And the Emergency Broadcast System...although I think everyone conscious was scared of that in those days.

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Who remembers the honkers from Sesame Street?
You just had to love those two. ;D

Howard
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Were they the guys who had little yellow cups on their heads?

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Were they the guys who had little yellow cups on their heads?
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No,those were horns.They would always talk in honkese.They were silly sometimes.  ;D

Howard