RKO/Nederlander Productions
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Logo description and captures by Eric S. and Mr. Gann
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Background: RKO/Nederlander Productions was a joint venture of RKO Pictures with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.
(1982-1983)
Nickname: "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"
Logo: On a plain black BG, we see the RKO Pictures logo from the '80s in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.
FX/SFX: Just the logo fading in.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. It was last seen on the TV broadcast of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1982. The Nederlander/RKO version is present of the aforementioned special.
Editor's Note: None.
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Background: RKO/Nederlander Productions was a joint venture of RKO Pictures with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.
(1982-1983)
Nickname: "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"
Logo: On a plain black BG, we see the RKO Pictures logo from the '80s in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.
Variant: On Madame in Manhattan, the words "RKO" and "NEDERLANDER" are switched around making it "NEDERLANDER V RKO".
FX/SFX: Just the logo fading in.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. It was last seen on the TV broadcast of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1982. The Nederlander/RKO version is present of the aforementioned special.
Editor's Note: None.