Bohbot Entertainment

Credits

Descriptions by
mr3urious, Logophile and Mariofan88

Captures by
mr3urious, Logophile and V of Doom

Video captures courtesy of
firedemon727

Background

Bohbot Entertainment was an American advertising and marketing company founded in 1985 by Allen J. Bohbot. The company was heavily involved in the children's entertainment market, running a syndicated television block in the United States called "Amazin' Adventures", which began in 1992; the block mainly consisted of shows created and or produced by Bohbot, but also featured third party programming from DIC Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television (in the case of Extreme Ghostbusters and the second and third seasons of the Jumanji animated series). In 1997, the block was renamed as the Bohbot Kids Network (BKN), and by then had begun to air on FOX, UPN, and WB affiliates until 2000 (it also aired nationally for a brief time on Sci-Fi, now Syfy). Bohbot soon renamed itself to BKN, Inc.

In 2001, BKN International (which was originally formed in 1994 as Bohbot's international division, but became independent in 1999) acquired all of their former parent company's assets, in order to produce more in-house programming available for broadcast to various networks around the world.

1st Logo (August 11, 1989-1992)

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Logo: On a lavender gradient background, we see the words "Productions, Inc." on the screen, with "Bohbot" swinging in from the right. It bounces in place as it stops turning. The byline "A Bohbot Communications Company" is shown below.

FX/SFX: "Bohbot" turning into place and bouncing.

Music/Sounds: A light synth tune with a "slam" sound or the end theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on Video Power and Girl Talk.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (August 11, 1989-1992)

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Nickname: "The Searchlights"

Logo: On a blue background with four diagonal lines is the text "Bohbot Entertainment, Inc." with a small "Distributed By" above in white text and in shadow effect. Below is a Bohbot Communications byline. Two searchlights move left and right and shine through the text.

FX/SFX: The searchlights.

Music/Sounds: A familiar orchestrated show-tune-like theme. This was actually a piece from "Theatreland" by Dick Walter.

Availability: Extinct. Only known to have appeared on Girl Talk.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (September 16-October 14, 1989)

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Logo: Against a teal/black background with a series of dark blue bars and dots moving past, a white rectangle with a silver frame turns into place, which has the text "Bohbot Entertainment, Inc." written on it. The words shine one-by-one, and the byline "A Bohbot Communications Company" fades in below.

FX/SFX: The bars, dots turning, and shining.

Music/Sounds: A high-pitched techno tune.

Availability: Extinct. Only known to have appeared on Ring Raiders.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (September 13, 1992-December 12, 1996)

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Nicknames: "The Bohbot Marquee", "Bohbot Entertainment Presents..."

Logo: We zoom out from a white movie marquee with a purple outline and large "chaser" lights around it, which is settled against a blue background. Written on it is "Bohbot Entertainment" with "PRESENTS..." below.

FX/SFX: The zoom-out and chaser lights.

Music/Sounds: A calm 5-note synth-horn fanfare, sometimes with a female voice saying the company's name. Starting in 1994, a different horn fanfare was used, which sounds more "heroic" (which was also heard on the Amazin' Adventures bumper).

Music/Sounds Variant: A high-tone version exists on PAL prints of A Hollywood Hounds Christmas.

Availability: Appears on a majority of shows produced or distributed by the company, mostly on Amazin' Adventures. Despite this logo being like an opening logo, most shows used this at the end of the show, rather than the beginning.

• It was first used on US prints of King Arthur and the Knights of Justice and last appeared on Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
• It appears on many DIC programs at the time, including Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (although some DVD releases edit the logo out), Double Dragon, and Street Sharks, alongside pilots and specials like Battletoads and A Hollywood Hounds Christmas. It also appeared on Bohbot's syndicated reruns of Inspector Gadget, to which these prints are kept on most DVD releases. It was also used on first-run airings of DIC's Action Man Cartoon (abit it’s removed on VHS and DVD), and might have also been used on first-run airings of Gadget Boy as well.
• It was also used on the US airings of Saban's Around the World in 80 Dreams and Saban's Gulliver's Travels.
• It can be seen on Mighty Max, season 2 of The Mask, and on first-run airings of Skysurfer Strike Force, but most modern prints of the series nowadays plaster it with the "BKN Space Station" logo.

Editor's Note: It's a favored logo among many people in the logo community.