BPN Productions

1st logo

(1948-1978)

Logo: The words "Produced with BPN" appear.

2nd logo

(1978-1985)

Logo: We see a face. He looks around. Out of nowhere the Black People Network logo falls and he ducks. The K turns gray and falls. The face winks.

3rd logo

(1985-1997) Nicknames: "Talking Shapes", "The Shapes" Logo: On a white background, we see the BPN logo shapes fall out one by one. Then, they start singing. Music/Sounds: A repeated falling sound effect when they are falling. When they talk, they say "This is B-PNNNNNN....."

4th logo

(1997-2010)

Nicknames: "The Cheesy Shapes"

Logo: On a white background, brown shapes hop onto the screen. The triangle twists around, and then all the letters jump, turning in the letters "BPN" in Futura onto the shapes. The word "PRODUCTIONS" fades below.

FX/SFX: early CGI animation of brown shapes jumping onto the screen, the triangle twisting, them jumping, and the letters falling out onto the shapes. The "PRODUCTIONS" text is simple transition text.

Variants:

• On Chocolate produced shows, the logo is extended. In that extended time, the Chocolate logo falls on the BPN logo and the chocolate splatter all over the screen.
• Rarely, there will be a M in place of the N, and then the P notices it and kicks the M out. The N hops onto the logo.

Music/Sounds: A soothing, childlike synth similar to those of Family Home Entertainment, Baby Einstein, etc.

Editor's Note: The "BPM" variant might have been the inspiration for the Logo Bloopers fad.

Availability: Fairly common.