NBC Logo History
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
This video will not include EVERY single variant. I decided to add my favorite variants, including variants included in other logo histories on NBC, because if I added every variant, then it would be unwatchable.
I have decided to feature logos from NBC Studios (examples: the 1959-63, 1960-66, and 1966-75 "Snake" logos.
The ident at 13:24 might be fake, but I don't really care because, in my opinion, it's a good way to start the batch of the "living color" ident section, so I'd rather you didn't complain or point out about how it's fake.
The following logo history has been brought to you in living color, on the JontyMaster TH-cam channel! This video is also to celebrate the end of my school year, and I got to finish this on the day I had my final exam.
NBC is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. It is the oldest of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks, having been formed on 15th November 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America.
Twelve years later, NBC Television was launched on 30th April 1939 by David Sarnoff. The television network premiered at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair with President Franklin D. Roosevelt introducing the first broadcast of the network. He was the first U.S. president to appear on television.
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What are your favorite idents from NBC?
UPDATE: NBC released a new logo in 2022. Here is the link to an ident: th-cam.com/video/wRqTyt4d7zE/w-d-xo.html
For the epilepsy bit, skip to 18:55 instead, not 18:47. That was a mistake
The 1956-1962 peacock & the 1962-1976 peacock were my favourite NBC idents
the novocom idents
The 1993-2002, 2000-2004, 2003-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2013 ones.
My Favorite Ident Logos Are 12, 14, 15, And 22.
Don't forget the 1992-1995 ones too.
NBC, the most famous of the Big 4 American television networks and the godfather of television as a whole, unforgettable for its chimes and peacock. Wonderful job!
And the oldest one out there
However CBS took number one
And was the first television that started television here
Big 4? What are the other three?
@@moonapoo9736 ABC, CBS. and Fox
_Brought to you in living color._
Excellent one! NBC's idents are colourful. The "peacock" logo is one of the most iconic logos for an television network, along with the "abc" logo and the CBS "Eyemark" logo from America, as well as the 1997 "BBC" logo from the UK! The majority of their idents are excellently animated and well-executed.
Some of my favourite idents from NBC would be:
• the 1962 _"in living color"_ ident
• the ident at 21:01
• the "Let's All Be There!" ident (1985) animated by Pacific Data Images
• the 2013 ident
Despite all that, there are some creepy variants (please do not watch this video at night):
• the variant at 10:08 where the peacock is having a seizure
• the variant at 17:11
• the variant at 20:03 with the creepy-looking peacock. The only source found from the ident is in black and white, possibly due to the damaged video-tape...
Thanks, Man! The "peacock" is definitely a classic, along with the other big company logos you mentioned.
The 1962 ident is probably one of the most recognizable for those born in the 60s or those in the logo community. The ident at 21:01 is rather impressive for the 70s. It looks to me like it was animated with cel animation of some sort. The "Let's All Be There" ident from 1985 is brilliantly animated, and Pacific Data Images also did some of the other idents, including the 1984 ident. The 2013 ident reminds me of the Resene paint commercial from New Zealand, and I love the piano rendition of the NBC chimes.
The variant where the peacock has a seizure can be quite creepy to those who don't expect it to go crazy. Where the variant came from still remains a mystery. The "livid color" variant confused me the first time I saw it in late 2018. The variant at 20:03 is, while sort of cursed, also rather interesting.
According to The New Communicators 2, this ident from 1970 was produced by Cellar Door Cinema, a children's filmmaking workshop based out of Lexington, Massachusetts. This logo was likely directed by studio founder Marjorie Lank and animated by children ages 8 to 15. Another example of Cellar Door's animation The Purple Jungle was featured on the program.
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5:09 this one is also a bit scary because of the wavy sound. And it sounds like your in a horror movie
Fun fact: the actual peacock on the last frame of the “creepy” animation was created by a 5-year-old girl at the time (according to the Logopedia along with one color frame of the animation)
also the creepy peacock was created by a 6yo boy named Jean Falcone
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The B&W Peacock at 13:24 was real. It originally aired in October1967 before a preview of The Beatle's movie "A Hard Day's Night." The NBC penguin was an alternate logo for the movie special. Viewers who had B&W TV sets mostly saw the peacock this way throughout the 1950's and into the mid-1970's.
22:45
22:53
22:56 22:57 22:57 22:58 22:58
NBC logo history (1926-2002)
0:16 1930
0:19 1932
0:45 1933
0:24 1936
0:52 1944
1:00 1945
1:07 1946
1:12 1947
1:20 1947
1:23 1948
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1:42 1949
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3:24 1949
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4:27 1951
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4:45 1958
4:51 1959
4:55 1961
5:01 1958
5:09 1960
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5:21 1962
5:27 1962
5:30 1963
5:37 1964
5:42 1965
5:46 1966
5:53 1954
5:59 1955
6:04 1955
6:10 1956
6:20 1956
1956-1962
6:26 1956
6:32 1956
6:40 1956
6:46 1957
6:55 1957
7:03 1957
7:08 1957
7:21 1958
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7:42 1958
7:52 1958
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8:09 1959
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8:42 1960
8:50 1960
9:01 1960
9:14 1960
9:26 1960
9:34 1960
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9:53 1960
10:05 1960
10:07 1961
10:19 1984
10:42 1961
11:01 1958
11:05 1959
11:09 1960
11:15 1960
11:20 1960
11:23 1961
11:29 1962
11:36 1962
11:41 1962
11:46 1962
11:54 1962
11:59 1963
12:06 1963
12:13 1964
12:19 1969
12:25 1961
12:29 1961
12:36 1961
12:41 1962
12:46 1962
12:51 1962
12:58 1963
13:04 1963
13:10 1963
13:16 1963
1962-1975
13:23 1963
13:33 1964
13:46 1964
13:55 1964
14:06 1965
14:20 1965
14:25 1965
14:35 1966
14:47 1967
14:59 1968
15:10 1968
15:18 1969
15:24 1969
15:37 1970
15:44 1971
15:50 1971
15:58 1972
16:07 1972
16:14 1973
16:26 1973
16:39 1973
16:45 1974
17:02 1974 (reversed)
17:11 1974
17:19 1974
17:32 1974
17:39 1974
17:47 1993
17:57 2002
18:07 2009
18:10 1966
18:15 1967
18:19 1969
18:21 1970
18:24 1970
18:27 1970
18:29 1970
18:35 1970
18:39 1970
18:43 1970
18:49 1968
18:55 1971
19:01 1963
19:03 1993
19:06 2009
19:26 1967
19:49 1968
20:02 1970
20:09 1972
20:22 1972
20:41 1976
20:51 1976
20:54 1976
20:57 1977
21:01 1977
21:12 1977
21:22 1977
21:30 1977
21:39 1978
21:46 1978
21:50 1979
21:54 1980
21:59 1980
22:03 1980
22:07 1980
22:18 1980
22:23 1980
22:35 1980
22:40 1981
22:45 1980
22:49 1980
22:54 1980
22:58 1980
23:02 1981
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23:17 1981
23:24 1982
23:34 1983
23:41 1983
23:50 1983
24:01 1984
24:10 1984
24:34 1985
24:38 1985
24:46 1985
24:51 1985
25:04 1985
25:50 1986
26:10 1986
27:06 1987
27:20 1988
28:08 1989
28:47 1990
32:01 1990
1993-2002
30:46 1993
30:27 1993
30:57 1993
31:44 1995
32:01 1995
32:13 1997
34:09 2001
34:17 2002
17:11 What's wrong with this
@@JAYDENCHANELL0422 thats nbc idea
@@DipsanDhimalNepali ohh okay i saw it
@@JAYDENCHANELL0422 also they killed peacock with SeIzUrE
35:12 Red M&M Raging
Love the M&M's guys!! The apprentice one at 35:10 was hysterical, at the least, the red one got his red back
what i love about NBC's logo history is how dynamic it is.
It was associated with a tiny three note xylophone prior to the late 1950s.
I Love These Old Nbc Logos From The 70's, 80's And 90s. Great Television Back In This Generation.
Very well done, Jonty, your best ever logo presentation yet, and I must say, your longest, as much as I would like to see the other variants, this is good. If I have to pick favourites, it would be, of course, the "in living color" peacock and the snake, I also love the bumpers from the nineties with various artists participating, including John Kricfalusi, I think NBC was trying admirably to imitate MTV and Nickelodeon to get the Generation X crowd at the time.
Thank you once again! The peacock in "living color" idents are probably the most classic out of all the other NBC idents, and the bumpers from the nineties were creative, and it was interesting to see that John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren & Stimpy, decided to create an ident for NBC. Probably my most favorite out of the "artists collaboration" idents would have to be the one created by Peter Max. It's very tense.
12:00 presenter announcing the wrong network, ending it with "goddammit" got me dead🤣
~ thebelovedmoon 🌙
One of my favorites
HE SAID CBS ITS ACTUALLY NBC XD
Which show did he cuss on? My bet was the Jack Parr Show.
lol
It's from the b&w 16mm print of "CBS Affiliates` Advisory Board Gag Reel" on 1963.
That was a great logo history on NBC! I really enjoyed it!
Thanks, Connor! I had a blast making it!
NBC
Connor?? Patterson?? Is that you
Hey it's me NBC Peacock fan! (aka Thinking Spot Friends).
33:23 This was the logo that became a hit in the meme culture.
It's funny how stylized the NBC logo became. Sure, it looks aesthetically pleasing, but I remember by the time I was growing up in the early-2000s, I couldn't even tell it was a peacock. I thought it was like a castle tower with banners or spotlights behind it or even just a abstract logo. When my parents told be it was a peacock, I didn't even believe them!
The streaming service Peacock just makes more sense
Oh, my God, that horrid, ugly double-box logo. I remember SNL mocking it MERCILESSLY. The “Smart as a Peacock” variant came from them, too - they had no mercy for the double-box’s successor, either.
Who is SNL and which timestamp (or video) has it?
1st Logo (1929 - 1931) 0:15
2nd Logo (1931 - 1943) 0:20
3rd Logo (1943 - 1946) 0:50
4th Logo (1946 - 1947) 1:05
5th Logo (1947 - 1949) 1:10
6th Logo (1949 - 1952) 3:20
7th Logo (1952 - 1966) 4:35
NBC 2000 Sony PlayStation
9:38 face jumpscare
12:00 This is the cbs television oh god damnit
12:01: This is the CBS Television…
If isn’t an April Fools ‘ joke, someone has lost his job…😂😂😂
Columbia broadcasting system
Announcer: god damnit
It would be nice to celebrate NBC's 100th year, to present all of the logos in between programs throughout the year. It would be a fitting tribute. :-)
17:26 “Wait a minute! You’re not the NBC peacock!”
"BWAAARRGH!"
LMAO
Ah that brings back memories of my younger days. A time when TV companies were creative and proud of the opening and closing logos.
18:47 i'm so glad i'm not the only one who thought the special id was a little seizure inducing
The NBC "Trapezoidal N" was subject to controversy - Nebraska ETV (Now Nebraska Public Media) had sued for trademark infringement. In the end, they got new studio equipment and a new logo.
20:03 bro this is all of your nightmares condensed into one NBC ident, i didnt know 6 year olds can draw something straight out of a creepy youtube video youd find when you type a period in the search bar
36:18
The following programs are brought to you in living color... on NBC
10:53 “Confidentially, he dyes his feathers.”
What a Disney show off!
12:00 "This is The CBS Television- OH! Goddammit...!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍒
apparently he read the wrong thing lol
This is the ABC-oh god dang it.
Produced in association with 20th century-oh godda__it.
This is the PBS-god damnit
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆😆
In 2026 is the 100th anniversary of NBC Universal
The NBC part of that turns 100
18:50 "special special special"
18:54 "If its REALLY special its on NBC~"
20:01 is terrifying
same for 14:59 bc of the sound effects
Also, I’m a little thrilled to see some of my captures here
(Mister Foureyes is Jadsi; me)
Has my playlist helped?
25:08 25:09 NBC'S Let's All Be There!
30:15 The Cancellation Daily Double promo.
Excellent Dude! And as always keep up your awesome work.
Yea that was amazing. I like how nostalgic those are. Great work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
how unlucky that a few days after this video came out, they released a new rebrand 😭
Lmao
The 1957 and 1962 logos are the ones that have fairly bizarre variants.
12:03 Wrong network my friend. 😂😂😂.
9:34
NBC Peacock: What the fuck is that
Mask:👁👄👁
🔥🔥🔥
10:18
NBC Peacock:🥱.
NBC Peacock:I just had a really weird Dream, I dropped somebody put an entire hour of commercials on the air, 😄 Ridiculous nobody would watch that, I got go lay of the alfa sprouts.
10:42
Ludwig Von Drake: Red Yellow Green & BlueBlueBlue Red Purple Green Blue Purple Red & WHITE! & GREEN! & RED!. & RED! & BLUE! &. and AN a- phew… Oh, What a Show-Off.
(Snap)
Ludwig Von Drake: How do You like that guy
34:40
34:58 I wonder what that long story was…
That aside, awesome!
WHAAAAAAAT??!
AN NBC LOGO HISTORY?
YOU DID IT ONCE AGAIN JONTYMASTER.
YOU MADE A GREAT LOGO HISTORY
Thanks :-D
the moment we be waiting for nbc!!!
The 1976-1979 logo looks like the Holiday Stationstores logo.
Yeah, It Does
This is the CBS television- oh god damn it.
-last words before being fired-
"Wait a minute your not the NBC peacock"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
10:17 ah yes, my favourite animation. *The dying peacock.*
I love the SNL parodies of the logos. (Smart as a peacock, Our age is showing, etc)
Yeah lol. I also like the Johnny Carson variant where the peacock gets blown to smithereens.
19:19 You forgot to cut NBC Analog shutdown
12:01 The narrator said the wrong broadcast lol 😂
How come others aren’t commenting this bruv?
Oh God Damn It
15:06 R.I.P NBC
Nbc is not dead!
Catnap, HES ALIVE
Super nice! Now we just need an ABC logo history to have the big three networks…
My thoughts exactly.
Uh oh sorry to bother itv
No 11:57
4:27 - oldest logo in color?
0:25 The most irritating 20 seconds in broadcast history.
34:35 Where did you find that ident?
This: th-cam.com/video/39g5XS3pNTY/w-d-xo.html
17:57 Where did you find that another ident?
1:56 whoever voiced this literally gives me nightmares
1:48
22:28 at that moment he knew, he fricked up.
3 more years until NBC turns 100 years old!
OUR AGE IS SHOWING!
30:57 - my favorite
A very creative way to make a throwback ident. Smooth morphing there.
9:39 what are you doing jonty
I wonder if the "it just starts in black and white" logo was wizard of oz.
I'm pretty sure it is.
This was made right before the new logo came out in January 2023 and my favorite NBC logo of all-time is the Peacock inside of the 'N' from 1979-86.
The ident where the colors are already there is cool
21:28 big year is "NBseeUS"
Beluga and Belu-mom. Are cats.
@screamy5268 oh shut up
Very good. Very good. *Peacock sneezing; losing feathers* 😂
This logo history is brought to you in living color, by JontyMaster.
Nice logo history, by the way.
32:02 The FINAL Laramie Peacock (thank god he didn't sneeze)
17:26 17:27 17:28 17:29 17:30 17:31
The 1970 face one creeps me out
Because I was react Google images by
Searching for scariest nbc ident so I find out this face form 1970's
But I never see his face again I getting
a scare factor of me so I was like peacock
Mascot very iconic and another 1970 color version must be scary also gave version nightmares.
12:00 It's NBC, not CBS
20:09 My favorite
Request : Pervez Productions logo History [1966? - 1991]
Can't be too surprised if 20:09 used scanimate
It was!
NBC was like Godfather of television
That’s why *The Godfather* made its NBC debut there.
The hardest-working network in show business.
Where did u find 27:30
29:37 my fav one
12:00
NBC Narrator's first mess up 😂
My favorite part is the characters are Red and Yellow M& M's.
17:03 "CBN"
The An Adventure Of Color
Got me smilin
10:42 Was that Disney's jab at NBC?
Technically it can be found in that one episode. But I found it pretty cool when I first saw it!
23:07 NBC (Argentina) Ident 1981-1982
You're watching NBC, This is the NBC Television Network
1st logo: 1926 - 1931
2nd logo: 1931 - 1943
3rd logo: 1943 - 1946
4th logo: 1946 - 1952
5th logo: 1952 - 1954
6th logo: 1954 - 1956
7th logo: 1956 - 1975
8th logo: 1959 - 1975
9th logo: 1975 - 1979
10th logo: 1979 - 1986
11th logo: 1986 - present
will you do a cbbc history logo
John K’s NBC logos @ 29:39 & 30:06.
9:35 C’mon man, don’t trigger my 2010s-acquired jumpscare-induced internet trust issues like that.
Tell that to the NBC Peacock.
I kinda find the 1949 logo creepy mainly because of the kinda dark setting and the fanfare from the time
The chimes are also unnervingly soft and slow compared to the others.
Ikr
4:36 This came from the pilot episode of "Jeopardy!" in 1964.
The most famous three notes in American history.
12:00
Someone clearly messed up
My all time favourite (all networks around the globe) is the one from 2009-2013
18:05 Very Creative Cursing.
"Buttafuco"
this logo is scary 😱 and it makes it so easy of NBC
0:30 sounds like Radio Keith orbeum
17:11 IS THE NBC PEACOCK GOOD, BRO? MAYBE HE SHOULD REST.
Awesome logo history jonty also from America
22:23 This is suitable for horror movies
22:27 They also laugh (it's not funny)
The John Kricfalusi Animation For NBC In 1993 Is Pretty Cool He Created Ren And Stimpy For Nickelodeon
Including The M&M’s Bumpers Too
20:02 this one is the worst of them all, I saw one before with a jumpscare and I never wanted to see this logo again lmao
I agree with this THIS WAS WRONG 😂😂
Fun fact: That particular ident was actually animated by a 6 year old, which is rather impressive.
@@JontyMaster DANG, A 6 YEAR OLD? i mean, i did make some good flipaclip stuff when i was 6 so its not surpising
@@JontyMasterThat needs to be in a creepypasta/analog horror video. That 6 year old made it actually perfect for a analog horror video.
@@thatonebirb2763 LOLLL I agree.
how do people get the early stuff?
17:26 not an rtx peacock💀
15:01 this part absolutely scared me LOL
watching this for the last time