Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions

(April 26, 1988-May 4, 1990)

Nicknames: "Guy Falling Off Roof", "GSM", "AAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Logo: We see an old house at night. An insane looking man walking on the left side of the roof stumbles and falls two stories into some bushes below. Superimposed on the screen is:

A

Guntzelman

Sullivan

Marshall

_________________

P R O D U C T I O N

in association with

The logo then cuts to the WB Television logo of the time.

Trivia: From Steve Marshall, writer/producer of Growing Pains:

"Here's the story behind this logo. We had done a fantasy sequence on Growing Pains involving Ben in a 'war movie' setting. He was on a walkie talkie saying they were down to six men. At that moment, a guy is shot and falls off the roof of an old church behind him. He says into the walkie, "Make that five men". We﻿ had another camera closer in on the stunt man's dive and decided to use that footage for our logo. As I recall, the scream was mine".

The episode in question is the 26th episode of the 3rd season of Growing Pains titled "Graduation Day". However, unlike the quote, Ben actually says that they're down to FOUR men...make that THREE. Additionally, you can see what appears to be smoke at the right side of the screen, as it's the backdrop of Ben's war movie fantasy, and as the Stuntman falls, he is seen dropping his gun, while another object hangs off the roof, presumably the stuntman's helmet.

Variant: An early version exists that has the logo in a different font and the word "Production" placed on the bottom of the screen, above the text "in association with".

FX/SFX: It's all live-action.

Music/Sounds: The sound of the guy falling off the roof yelling "AAAAAAAHHHHH!" as he falls playing over the closing theme of the show. On syndicated prints, Kirk Cameron (Mike Seaver) says the following: "Growing Pains is a Guntzelman Sullivan Marshall Production in association with Warner Bros. Television, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution."

Availability: Last seen on The N's (now TeenNick) reruns of seasons 4 and 5 of Growing Pains, and should be intact on the Warner Archive DVDs. Also seen on the spin-off Just the Ten of Us.