Bedford Falls Company

(1987-2008)
Nicknames: "The House", The Creepy House"

Logo: On a black background is a black-and-white sketch of George Bailey's house (a 19th century 2-story house) connected on the left to a black filmstrip with a white shadow. It is snowing outside. The text "THE BEDFORD FALLS COMPANY" fades in below. A light goes on in the top left window of the house. The text "in association with" fades in at the bottom of the logo. Sometimes, the words "in association with" are lacking.

Trivia: As you may have guessed, this logo is a homage to the movie It's a Wonderful Life. Bedford Falls was the name of the town in this movie, and the house belongs to the main character, George Bailey.

FX/SFX: The text appearing and the light being turned on in a room on the second floor.

Cheesy Factor: The Bailey house looks like an undetailed, tacky etching, the snow looks fake, and the filmstrip with the shadow (which most likely represents It's a Wonderful Life as a film) gives the visual part of this logo that extra creepy feeling.

Music/Sounds: A man and woman slowly sing the last line of the traditional song "Buffalo Gals" -- "...aaaand dance by the light of the moooon." (A recording of "Buffalo Gals" can be heard in It's a Wonderful Life.)

Availability: Can be seen on reruns of Once and Again on We TV. It also appeared on thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and quarterlife. It's also on DVD releases of thirtysomething.

Scare Factor: Medium. The creepy singing and the darkness might scare more than a few; it doesn't help that on My So-Called Life this is followed by the mildly creepy ABC Productions logo. Low for the variant with the NBC generic music. None to minimal for those used to it.