Simon & Schuster Video

Background : This is the home video arm of book company Simon & Schuster. Earlier videos were mainstream titles, but in order to differentiate them from Paramount Home Video (also owned by Gulf & Western), it was changed to be nontheatrical and nonfiction material. (1980s)

Logo : On an orange marble background, we see the tan text "Simon&Schuster" scroll up from the bottom of the screen, and rest in the upper middle. Once it does so, it turns into a brighter embossed color. This is followed by "V I D E O" scrolling up as well, resting a space or two underneath "Simon&Schuster" and doing the same thing. Finally, two bars, one thin and the other thick, scroll up and rest in between the two lines of text.

FX/SFX : The text scrolling up and changing colors.

Music/Sounds : A nice synthesized piano theme. This was later changed to a different version performed in a lower pitch on an electric piano (though there is an alternate version done in the original pitch).

Availability : Very rare. It can likely be seen on home media releases from the company during the time frame.

Editor's Note : None.