Tempo Pre-School (UK)

1st Logo (1992-2005)


Nickname: "Jack-in-the-Box"

Logo: On a white background, we see a black-outlined oval with a drawing of a jack-in-the-box juggling three blue balls. The jack-in-the-box has red and yellow-green sides with red polka-dots clothing and a matching hat and a red spring. The box is blue with a yellow zigzag drawn on it. Above the jack-in-the-box is "Tempo pre-school" in red drawn font.

FX/SFX: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon, seen on tapes in the Tempo Pre-School lineup during the early-to-mid 1990's.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is more boring than scary.

2nd Logo (1996-2005)


Nickname: "Jack-in-the-Box II"

Logo: We see a blue box with yellow zigzags around it, in a corner of a bedroom. The camera revolves to the front of it, then after a second, it shakes. It does so a few times, then a jack-in-the-box (in its same style as before) with two blue balls either side of its face and one on top jumps out and sways forwards and backwards 3 times. The words "Tempo pre-school" appear in the same font and in an arc via shining light, then the bedroom corner changes to a white background with the Jack-in-the-box in an oval. The Abbey Home Entertainment logo appears at the bottom right corner of the screen.

FX/SFX: The shaking of the box, the swaying of the jack-in-the-box, and the words appearing one by one via shining light.

Cheesy Factor: The swaying of the jack-in-the-box and the words appearing by light reek of early CGI. The CGI is terrible for its time.

Music/Sounds: A keyboard synth with an xylophone back-up, plus a quiet thudding sound when the box shakes, followed by a springing noise when the Jack-in-the-box jumps out. When the words appear via light, a twinkling sound occurs.

Availability: Seen on many pre-school videos in the UK such as Fun Song Factory and Bumper Favorites, plus other videos that are pre-school.

Scare Factor: None to medium; it's a great logo, but some people may get scared by the jack-in-the-box suddenly jumping out and swaying.