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Background

Don Meier, having produced and directed Zoo Parade for NBC from 1950 to 1955, formed his own company to produce educational and entertaining programmes for family viewing. Don Meier Productions produced Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Watch Mr. Wizard and the occasional film.

Logo (January 6, 1963-1988)

Visuals: At the end of the credits, a white "dMP" in a conjoined Microgramma font zooms out from the bottom of the screen as the scene fades to black. After a second, the logo fades to orange and then stops, as the stacked text "A DON MEIER PRODUCTION" appears below it in the same font.

Variant: A short-lived earlier variant exists where the symbol is completely different, having an abstract "dMP" made out of shapes and cote-outs. The logo starts off with 8 white lines forming in the credits before they cut to the symbol zooming out. "Production is properly capitalized, and then the logo inverts in colors after a second.

Technique: Camera-controlled animation superimposed onto the end credits.

Audio: The ending theme of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, which varies from episode to episode.

Availability: Seen on the original Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom series.

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 '''Don Meier''', having produced and directed ''Zoo Parade'' for NBC from 1950 to 1955, formed his own company to produce educational and entertaining programmes for family viewing. '''Don Meier Productions''' produced ''Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'', ''Watch Mr. Wizard'' and the occasional film.
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+===Logo (January 6, 1963-1988)===
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+'''Visuals:''' At the end of the credits, a white "'''{{big|d}}MP'''" in a conjoined Microgramma font zooms out from the bottom of the screen as the scene fades to black. After a second, the logo fades to {{color|orange}} and then stops, as the stacked text "'''{{color|orange|A DON MEIER PRODUCTION}}'''" appears below it in the same font.
-'''Logo:''' The company's initials, rendered in a stylized typeface, appear on the screen linked together with the legend "A DON MEIER PRODUCTION" beneath it.
+'''Variant:''' A short-lived earlier variant exists where the symbol is completely different, having an abstract "'''{{color|orange|dMP}}'''" made out of shapes and cote-outs. The logo starts off with 8 white lines forming in the credits before they cut to the symbol zooming out. "'''{{color|orange|Production}}''' is properly capitalized, and then the logo inverts in colors after a second.
-'''Variant:''' An earlier version of the logo has the initials in a different, stylized typeface with the "M" inverted and most of the "d" and "P"'s holes being filled.
-'''Technique:''' The logo zooming out and the text fading in.
+'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled animation superimposed onto the end credits.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Incidental music from the ending theme (in this case, ''Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'').
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of ''Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'', which varies from episode to episode.
-'''Availability:''' Rare, seen on the original ''Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'' series.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on the original ''Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'' series.
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