Kids Edutainment Video

(1988-1990)
Logo: On a light purple/pink background, the silver text "Kids Edutainment" scrolls to the left side of the screen. When it is fully off screen, a silver bar with the word "Video" on the far right of the bar in white, scrolls on screen. The bar zooms out and the "Kids Edutainment" from earlier, but stacked, rises from behind the bar.

Variant: Sometimes the logo is shown on a black background, and also positioned at a lower point then usual.

FX/SFX: The scrolling.

Cheesy Factor: The whole logo looks like it was made on Blender in 10 minutes. Also, the bar appears to be off center and the text is not round. And not to mention, the logo also shifts upwards after the first few seconds!

Music/Sounds: A 2-note trumpet tune throughout the logo. A 3-note trumpet tune is heard when the bar is seen and zooms out. This is actually a low pitch version of an APM Music track, "Setting Sail" composed by Dick Stephen Walter.

Music/Sounds Variant: On an early print of Three Wishes, the logo with the black background is used with a toy piano playing the first three notes of "I Love You" (Barney's favorite song). This was also used for the music of The Lyons Group logo on very early prints of The Backyard Show and Three Wishes, with Sandy Duncan singing "Love you!"

Availability: Can be found on 1988-1990 videos of Barney & The Backyard Gang. The black background variant can be found on A Day at the Beach, the 1989 re-release of The Backyard Show, and Three Wishes, although a few prints of this video use the regular version with the purple background.

Scare Factor: Low to medium for the normal version; the trumpets as well as the cheesiness and in your face animation in the beginning may surprise some children. Medium to high with the black background; the trumpets and in your face animation are still here, combined with the darkness and surprise appearance from the warning screen (and lower position?). Medium with the toy piano music; the music is calmer.