Yeah I know what you mean. Got excited as a kid seeing that particular intro because I knew it was time for Space 1999! A show far ahead of it's time. I loved it.
@@Smenkhaare Because both shows were produced by the same British producer. Then you learned that both were actually taking place in the exact same time period story wise, and it all made sense. 70's memories... I as a writer have been working on an sequel to the series to bring some closure to a very underappreciated show (1999). When I get close to funding (self) it, I will deliberately seek out ITC's participation. I want their classic logo somewhere in the credits...just for memories sake. And a special modern redo of that classic Kettle drum/French horn/trumpet intro. Only for this show. They can do the modern intro for all their other shows they distribute..
YES! That's the logo I've been looking for! I was only 3 when The Muppet Show ended, but I always remembered the spinning red, blue, and green and the logo that looked a bit like a double helix. That logo came on at the beginning, right before the show started (at least here in the USA). My parents used to laugh at me because any time I saw the logo, I thought it was part of the show and would be so disappointed if it was a different show haha. I was reminded of it when I saw they had put the Muppet Show on Disney+. To be honest, it's weirdly disappointing that it's not there anymore haha.
It was also used on 1980s repeats of Brian Clemens’ Thriller anthology - originally, it just had the ATV logo at either end - but some episodes were repeated, but made up to look new, with that ITC logo at either end and a more protracted opening and closing sequence to make it look like an American TV movie - the UK DVD release of the series was presented in its original TV broadcast format, with each episode having the US title sequence at the end - some of the episodes were retitled and even some of the actors’ and actresses’ names were misspelled!
Here are some lyrics for it. (Opening:) ITC is near! ITC is here!! (Closing:) ITC was here! Now we disappear!! (Later golden version:) We're still here!
My mother used to work for ITC which was before my time when she was working for "The Muppet Show".. By judging by this logo, this was the company my mom used to work all through the 1970's.
The version of the logo shown in 1:12 I have recorded on VHS from when they gave John Carpenter's Halloween on USA Network back in like 1995/1996 or 1997. So that version creeps me out the most. Also that version of Halloween's picture quality was kind of grainy with very little color that left out details so it looked more scarier and creepier than the pristine Remastered versions that are out there today with lots of bright gloomy colors that take away from the film's darkness.
I always loved this ITC logo as a kid growing up in the 70s, Space 1999 like a lot of folks mentioning on here loved that show with Ben Gazzera, brings back fond memories of growing up, and being a former trumpet player from junior high/hs days love the trombone and trumpet introduction music with that spinning sphere.
I remember a version of the pinwheel logo that read "ITC presents" with the ITC logo much larger and dead-center instead of off to the left as in "ITC Entertainment." Maybe used the first season only of the Muppet Show or on something else prior to that?
I guess that the whole point of the strong (some even say "blaring" and "bombastic") orchestral logos like the ITC ones was to inspire awe and be impressive. The "Rainbow Top" ones you show toward the end even once got a "nightmare" rating and were called "about as scary as you can possibly get without causing physical injury".
Interessante compilação de vinhetas de abertura da britânica ITC (incorporated Television Company). A música da vinheta das flores foi usada no Brasil pelo SBT como introdução da eleição anual do Troféu Imprensa! A ITC, responsável por séries como "Thunderbirds", "Stingray", "Joe 90", "Muppet show" e a raríssima "As aeromoças", foi incorporada mais tarde pela americana Universal Studios.
I Keep thinking of Space 1999, The Muppets, and The saint when I hear and see one of those logos . I did not see much of The Saint, but happened to see the end of it and tape recorded the closing credits.
MichaelHansenFUN I guess so. Lew Grade was the guy who founded the company before it went to the US for distribution of the UK based shows and movies during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Skyler Mcfadden , no harm done - Chaz uploaded it seven years ago , he was under ten at the time , he wanted it back on the internet when original UA-camr lost their account . Not sure if he titled same as original youtuber or he was so young , he didn’t know how to change the title .
@roygerdodger721 ohh okay, i really missed you so much, i'll never forget the great times in UA-cam and i haven't register one accunt yet, but i have fun at your channel^^
Do you have the logos with the spinning color shapes that included the words "An ATV Company" or "An ACC Company" in your collection? (Those sets of words were included in the later openings for "The Muppet Show". The wording was changed to "An ACC Company" late in "The Muppet Show" 's last season, I think. The "ATV" and "ACC" initials were presented logo style.)
later version Gold ITC was absolutely terrible. Stick with what sounds powerful and compelling. That being said, thank you Kitty kitty boo for your hard work on bringing the ITC logo history here.
Ever seen the ITC ident from the early 70's in front of a filmed telerecording of an ATV videotape show? There's at least one episode of ATV's Crossroads that starts with an ITC ident. I always thought ITC stood for action & adventure, not a plodding VT soap opera!
the "giant pinwheel in space" one used to both scare and fascinate me as a kid
same here. I will always associate it with Muppets and The Prisoner (1967)
davidpar2, As a kid it meant the Muppets coming on.
Same here lol
@@mrmoore1970 Space:1999!
When you saw this logo before a show in the 60's, you KNEW that show was going to be GOOD!!!!
ADVENTURE!
That French Horn solo... And that BASS with the brass... HEAVEN.
Giant spinning diamond in space makes me think of Space 1999 when ever I see it.
Yeah I know what you mean. Got excited as a kid seeing that particular intro because I knew it was time for Space 1999! A show far ahead of it's time. I loved it.
Totally!
It also presaged UFO as well.
@@Smenkhaare Because both shows were produced by the same British producer. Then you learned that both were actually taking place in the exact same time period story wise, and it all made sense. 70's memories...
I as a writer have been working on an sequel to the series to bring some closure to a very underappreciated show (1999). When I get close to funding (self) it, I will deliberately seek out ITC's participation. I want their classic logo somewhere in the credits...just for memories sake. And a special modern redo of that classic Kettle drum/French horn/trumpet intro. Only for this show. They can do the modern intro for all their other shows they distribute..
@@joncouncil4454 Much success to you. Space 1999 was supposed to be the successor to UFO. I wosh they had adhered to that.
I remember seeing the itc logo at 1:00 at the end of the Muppet show when I was a kid.
Eric Purkey Especially for the UK airing, it had the ATV logo since it was appeared which was not for the US airing.
YES! That's the logo I've been looking for! I was only 3 when The Muppet Show ended, but I always remembered the spinning red, blue, and green and the logo that looked a bit like a double helix. That logo came on at the beginning, right before the show started (at least here in the USA). My parents used to laugh at me because any time I saw the logo, I thought it was part of the show and would be so disappointed if it was a different show haha. I was reminded of it when I saw they had put the Muppet Show on Disney+. To be honest, it's weirdly disappointing that it's not there anymore haha.
It was also used on 1980s repeats of Brian Clemens’ Thriller anthology - originally, it just had the ATV logo at either end - but some episodes were repeated, but made up to look new, with that ITC logo at either end and a more protracted opening and closing sequence to make it look like an American TV movie - the UK DVD release of the series was presented in its original TV broadcast format, with each episode having the US title sequence at the end - some of the episodes were retitled and even some of the actors’ and actresses’ names were misspelled!
Here are some lyrics for it. (Opening:) ITC is near! ITC is here!! (Closing:) ITC was here! Now we disappear!! (Later golden version:) We're still here!
LOL! That was funny!
"Run away in fear...ITC IS HERE!!!"
Always remembered the spinning rainbow and hearing this before Space: 1999 back in the mid '70s. What a blast from the past!
And also UFO, in which Gerry Anderson's 21st Century logo followed...
m.ua-cam.com/video/j2PoXfZdYVU/v-deo.html
I remember the ITC spinning top logo from reruns of the Muppet Show. They, unfortunately, don't show the ITC logos on the DVDs.
I hear that blaring trumpet and see that cosmic pinwheel, I think only one thing: MUPPETS. (I think that logo was even on their first movie!)
you're right! it was on their first two movies before they moved to Tristar for "The Muppets Take Manhattan"
It ran on the show as well. This and the United artist logo song were kind of scary as a little kid. Is it the drumming? Is it just me?
FragglevisionReturns . The logo used in the first two Muppet movies was ADF (Associate Film Distribution).
That how I remember it too from the Muppet's
So true lol
I love this logo cause of watching it over and over when I was a kid during the muppet show.
Who remembers the giant rainbow colored pinwheel in space logo?
I'm so glad this is back, I missed this compliation!!
My mother used to work for ITC which was before my time when she was working for "The Muppet Show".. By judging by this logo, this was the company my mom used to work all through the 1970's.
@roygerdodger721 roygerdodger721 i like your history of ITC that made from the past....thanks for uploading it in the past ^^
I loved the Compass & Globe logo. It preceded Gerry Anderson's "UFO!"
The version of the logo shown in 1:12 I have recorded on VHS from when they gave John Carpenter's Halloween on USA Network back in like 1995/1996 or 1997. So that version creeps me out the most. Also that version of Halloween's picture quality was kind of grainy with very little color that left out details so it looked more scarier and creepier than the pristine Remastered versions that are out there today with lots of bright gloomy colors that take away from the film's darkness.
I always loved this ITC logo as a kid growing up in the 70s, Space 1999 like a lot of folks mentioning on here loved that show with Ben Gazzera, brings back fond memories of growing up, and being a former trumpet player from junior high/hs days love the trombone and trumpet introduction music with that spinning sphere.
WOW! It's AMAZING how the ORIGINAL ITC THEME is BURNED into my MIND after ALL these YEARS!
I remember a version of the pinwheel logo that read "ITC presents" with the ITC logo much larger and dead-center instead of off to the left as in "ITC Entertainment." Maybe used the first season only of the Muppet Show or on something else prior to that?
As a kid in the US I had no idea what this was but it ended every broadcast of "My partner the ghost"- Now I want to know more of its history
Brian Clemens' Thriller used it.
ITC folded into Universal in 1998. Universal is now known as NBCUniversal (owned by Comcast).
1985OldSkool Thanks for the intel, sir!
+1985OldSkool Universal later sold the ITC catalog to Carlton.
1985OldSkool actually it was folded into polygram which was folded into universal
Ryan W. Featherston like Central?
Thanks for saving this. :)
first thing I remember when watching the Muppet show is that spinning thing showing the logo
Yep! This was the show that my mom used to work during her years at ITC in the 70's when "The Muppet Show" was on.
ITC, the only awe-inspiring production logo ever created. All others are just disturbing.
I guess that the whole point of the strong (some even say "blaring" and "bombastic") orchestral logos like the ITC ones was to inspire awe and be impressive. The "Rainbow Top" ones you show toward the end even once got a "nightmare" rating and were called "about as scary as you can possibly get without causing physical injury".
And then, came rapper Big Daddy Kane where they sampled this fanfare and became “It’s a Big Daddy Thing”.
I remember seeing this logo at the begining of the muppet show and at the end after the credits got finished rolling...
1:01 when this logo came on that meant The Muppet Show (in the USA)
I will always remember 1:15 as the opening before The Great Muppet Caper on TV.
Shaun Speers On Magnetic Video releases of the “Great Muppet Caper”, it doesn’t have the ITC logo, it just starts the film with “Lew Grade Presents”.
I remember ITC Entertainment. They produced The Muppet Show and Julie on Sesame Street.
Interessante compilação de vinhetas de abertura da britânica ITC (incorporated Television Company). A música da vinheta das flores foi usada no Brasil pelo SBT como introdução da eleição anual do Troféu Imprensa! A ITC, responsável por séries como "Thunderbirds", "Stingray", "Joe 90", "Muppet show" e a raríssima "As aeromoças", foi incorporada mais tarde pela americana Universal Studios.
I remember this before the Thunderbirds came on / Later I bought the VHS tapes I think they also had the intro
I Keep thinking of Space 1999, The Muppets, and The saint when I hear and see one of those logos . I did not see much of The Saint, but happened to see the end of it and tape recorded the closing credits.
I remember the rainbow top one from one of the muppet movies, I forget which one
I think ITC was based in ENGLAND
MichaelHansenFUN I guess so. Lew Grade was the guy who founded the company before it went to the US for distribution of the UK based shows and movies during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
The muppet show brought me here.
0:43-0:57 = AWESOME.
I can tell this is reuploaded, but is UA-cam and MP4 in the title necessary?
Skyler Mcfadden , You’re the first person to complain in seven years
Kitty kitty boo Sorry.
Skyler Mcfadden , no harm done - Chaz uploaded it seven years ago , he was under ten at the time , he wanted it back on the internet when original UA-camr lost their account . Not sure if he titled same as original youtuber or he was so young , he didn’t know how to change the title .
Kitty kitty boo So, HE uploaded this?
Skyler Mcfadden yes
I first saw the 'pinwheels' ident on a VHS tape of Firepower with James Coburn. I have a special liking for that one.
Classic ITC .the way it ought to be.
Pity it was absorbed by Universal.
@roygerdodger721 ohh okay, i really missed you so much, i'll never forget the great times in UA-cam and i haven't register one accunt yet, but i have fun at your channel^^
Cool video. Good job
The pinwheels are awesome. I think that ran from 1970 -73.
Well into the '70s actually.
Do you have the logos with the spinning color shapes that included the words "An ATV Company" or "An ACC Company" in your collection? (Those sets of words were included in the later openings for "The Muppet Show". The wording was changed to "An ACC Company" late in "The Muppet Show" 's last season, I think. The "ATV" and "ACC" initials were presented logo style.)
This always came on either before or after Space: 1999
@roygerdodger721 What the hell happened that got your account suspended?
The Prisoner DVDs have the ITC logos chopped off.
Didn't pay his BBC subscription fee a la Andy Capp!
Pre 1990's this and THAMES intros... such nostalgia and interest.
later version Gold ITC was absolutely terrible. Stick with what sounds powerful and compelling. That being said, thank you Kitty kitty boo for your hard work on bringing the ITC logo history here.
Dakers11 duck or dick
@@nedajarasunaite2985. . What does that mean?
So when was the request from TheCrafter1991 a few days ago
It's amazing what you can accomplish with a ZX Spectrum and a potato.
ITC Entertainment did Motorweek for MPT in 1993
Didn't pay his BBC subscription fee? (See today's [Feb. 5, 2015] news story {U.K.}.)
Ever seen the ITC ident from the early 70's in front of a filmed telerecording of an ATV videotape show? There's at least one episode of ATV's Crossroads that starts with an ITC ident.
I always thought ITC stood for action & adventure, not a plodding VT soap opera!
Edwin Astley's musical signature?!
You forgot the 1956 logo.
The logo that starts at 0:43 looks and sounds like it came out of the 1970s.
It did. It was used in the late 70s, I believe. That one I like the most.
No the spinning top was in 1976-7
The Golden Pinwheel
Whomever came up with the concept for the black and gold really fucked up.
It's the most awkward animation I've ever seen.
Don't say that
i remember the logo from the british tv series thriller with the us credits much better than the atv logo
Cartoon gadget logo
:)
The saint
i saw the itc 1997 logo from jesus of nazareth
and its universial now
akiraman26 its actully ITV now
1:15
ITC Entertainment did only judge cfdhn
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Does this company still exist?
Katheryne Koelker no
@@jeweljardine8163 Bankrupt?
@@gidzmobug2323no, it folded in with Universal in 1998
I was thought this was Muppet show or Jesus of Nazareth as a kid wow
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royderdodger got suspended because of what?
I can’t remember anymore , sorry
0:52 goldkey entertainment
Space : 1999
Dude i cant see any logos its just black
That’s odd , I can see them