VIR (Poland)

(1990s)

Nicknames: "Cheap Spiral Logo", "Argentina's Apprentice", "They've Probably Used Mario Paint"

Logo: In between a warning screen that is shown on a brown-ish rectangle of a black screen, a logo consisting of a spiral figure with the red text "vir" on the left of it appears. There's the blue company info below:

VIR Sp. zoo ul.Grochowska 94

04-301 Warszawa POLSKA

The info then dissapears, as the logo starts to spin and flip at a very low framerate. The logo then moves back then gets closer again, spinning. Once the logo stops moving, each letter starts flashing in different colors, before returning to red again.

FX/SFX: The logo moving and flipping.

Cheesy Factor: Everything of this screams low budget. The very low framerate, poorly executed design, simplistic flipping and spinning and stolen music seems like a prime job from a dated computer program. It actually looks more of a slideshow than a professional logo.

Music/Sounds: The intro of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes.

Availability: Scarce. Seen on tapes distributed by them on Poland, some of them were distributed by Cannon/VMP Video.

Scare Factor: None. May be one of the most cheesiest Polish home video logos in existence.