You have to be able to do some tricks with this logo. Visuals: On a black background, there is the word "SPECIAL" (in the Avant Garde font) spinning toward the camera with a yellow, orange, pink, and blue "trailing" effect. As the screen zooms inside the "C" in "SPECIAL", the word "SPECIAL" in white zooms out, and then turns neon pink when it stops zooming. As this happens, the words "A CBS" and "PRESENTATION" appear suddenly, above and below "SPECIAL" respectively. Trivia: • This was parodied on some special episodes of Animaniacs in 1993-1996, with "ANIMANIACS" in place of "SPECIAL" spinning towards the camera, and the finished phrase reading "AN ANIMANIACS SPECIAL PRESENTATION", with "ANIMANIACS" in yellow and the rest of the text in red. The music heard is a different bongo-driven orchestral fanfare. • This open has also been remade as a reference by Supernatural, The State, Clone High, and The Venture Bros. Variants: • 1980s-1991: A pink or white "CC" symbol fades into the top or bottom right corner of the screen halfway through the animation. • 1988-1991: On some programs, a "CBS StereoSound where available" graphic also appears at the end of the animation. Technique: Camera-controlled motion graphics. Audio: A series of bongo drums, leading into a jazzy horn fanfare. The music is an abridged version of "Call to Danger", composed by Morton Stevens for the soundtrack of the original Hawaii Five-O series. Availability: • This appeared on special programs and especially many holiday specials that were broadcast annually during this period, including the Garfield TV specials, A Charlie Brown Christmas (back when CBS held the broadcast rights before ABC acquired them), Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, every Grammy Awards ceremony until 1990 and the Star Wars Holiday Special. As such, if you have old tapes of CBS from this period, this should probably be an easy find considering this intro's longevity. • Outside of off-air recordings, it can be seen on The Making of The Deep on the U.S Blu-ray of The Deep. It was also seen on Hulu prints of the 1971 TV special The Cat In the Hat and The Lorax (preceded by the 1995 Paramount logo). Legacy: One of the most popular opens on television, thanks to the music and longevity.
