http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXOOhTwRJDI
The PBS “Tri-Coloured Everyman P-Heads” logo, which was shown from October 1971 until September 1984, when the PBS 1984’s “Split-Profile” P-Head logo became PBS’s new logo.
The Tri Colored P-Head logo was still seen on new episodes of PBS shows until November 1985, (Although it still continued to be used occasionally, though lesser and lesser, until 1990).
This was also, according to the Closing Logo Website, one of the scariest logos in the history of television, due to its startlingly primitive animation and frightening Moog synthesizer tones, including a sound like a telephone at the beginning.
Anybody scared?
If you know who was behind the PBS audio logo, leave a comment!
via bigrene2
Yep, I used to have nightmares about it as a 6-year-old. I was stupid enough to tell my family about these nightmares- which resulted in ridicule for the next 10 years.
I heard this on Nova, 321 contact, Great Performances, Matserpiece Theater, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mister Rogers' Neigborhood, Zoom and The Macneil/Lehrer Newshour
This logo had creeped me out for over twenty-five years of my life
I heard this on Nova, 321 contact, Great Performances, Matserpiece Theater, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mister Rogers' Neigborhood, Zoom and The Macneil/Lehrer Newshour
This logo had creeped me out for over twenty-five years of my life
The band Neon Indian used the music from this logo in their song "Should Have Taken Acid With You".
I’ve seen that scary PBS logo on every show in the 70s through the mid 80s. It’s now on
PBS Rewind and Mr. Rogers on Pluto TV!!
Tad I hav Aspergers, I still have to mute the sound every time it airs!