Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions

(1980)

Logo: We see an old house at night. An insane-looking man walking on the left side of the roof stumbles and falls two stories into some bushes below. Superimposed on the screen is:

A

Guntzelman

Sullivan

Marshall

_________________

P R O D U C T I O N

in association with

The logo then cuts to the current Warner Bros. Television logo of the time.

Trivia: From Steve Marshall, writer/producer of Growing Pains:

"Here's the story behind this logo. We had done a fantasy sequence on Growing Pains involving Ben in a 'war movie' setting. He was on a walkie talkie saying they were down to six men. At that moment, a guy is shot and falls off the roof of an old church behind him. He says into the walkie, "Make that five men". We﻿ had another camera closer in on the stunt man's dive and decided to use that footage for our logo. As I recall, the scream was mine".

Additionally, you can see what appears to be smoke at the right side of the screen, and as he falls, something comes loose and falls off, while another object hangs off the roof.

Variants: On the Growing Pains Halloween Special, the logo uses a different yelling soundbite accompanied with a comical "falling" sound effect and a thud for when the man falls into the bushes. The theme the logo usually plays over is replaced by crickets chirping.

FX/SFX: It's all live-action.

Cheesy Factor: The man appears to be deliberately falling off the roof instead of just stumbling.

Music/Sounds: The sound of the guy falling off the roof yelling "AAAAAAAHHHHH!" as he falls playing over the closing theme of the show from Growing Pains and Just the Ten of Us. On what may be syndicated prints, a man voice-overs during the logos: "Growing Pains is a Guntzelman Sullivan Marshall Production in association with Warner Bros. Television, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution."

Availability: Seen on Growing Pains and Just the Ten of Us. The Halloween variant is on the Growing Pains Halloween Special. The voice-over variation may be on syndicated prints of Season 5 of Growing Pains.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare. The dark image and the scary-looking man falling off the roof may probably give many people the creeps and run in fear, but those who enjoy black comedy may find this logo hilarious.