Starry Night Productions

Background: This is the vanity logo of the beloved Night Court producer Reinhold Weege.

(April 9-30, 1981?, January 4, 1984-1989)
Nicknames: "The Dark Skyline", "GOOM!"

Logo: We start off with a animated skyline of Chicago, USA, over Lake Michigan, in the night. In the center, a large, white flash is slowly rising. When the flash is near the top, it explodes and gives way to increasing amounts of stars in the sky. Shortly after the explosion, the following text appears in white:

STARRY NIGHT PRODUCTIONS

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

...and a laugh is heard at the end (starting in March 1984), that goes over to the WBTV logo of the time period (either the \\' logo on earlier episodes or the '84 "Shield" logo).

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: This logo has cheap, undetailed animation. Not to mention that the "explosion" sound effect sounds more like somebody clapping their hands.

Music/Sounds: After an "explosion sound" (which sounds a lot more like a clap), an eerie electric piano chord is heard, and is held until both logos end. Starting with "Harry and the Rock Star", the 11th episode of Night Court's first season, a man breaking into laughter was heard after the piano chord first started up.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The laugh was rumored to have been either the voice of voice actor Mel Blanc or star Harry Anderson, but, in a comment on an article about Reinhold Weege's death, show writer Tom Reeder states the laugh was Weege's father Chuck, who attended the tapings of the first several seasons of the show and his distinct laugh can be heard during the show.

Availability: Seen on the DVD releases of seasons 1-6 of Night Court, as reruns remove the logo. Also seen on the 1989 sitcom pilot Nikki & Alexander, and may have possibly debuted on the ultra-short-lived 1981 CBS sitcom Park Place.