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===Background===
===Background===
This was the second name of [[Videoline Productions]]. As with Videoline, the company released dubs of old martial arts films and B-movies. Not much else is known about it.
Around 1988, [[Videoline Productions]] was renamed '''Lettuce Entertain You Inc.''' As with Videoline, the company released dubs of old martial arts films and B-movies. Not much else is known about it, other than it was shut down sometime in the 1990s.

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|Lettuce Entertain You Inc. (1988).jpg|1st Logo (1988)
|Lettuce Entertain You.jpg|2nd Logo (1990s?)
|Lettuce Entertain You 2.jpg|3rd Logo (1990s?)
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===1st Logo (1988)===
===1st Logo (1988)===
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'''Visuals:''' Same as the Videoline Productions logo, except the background is {{color|blue}}, the border is {{color|lightskyblue|sky blue}}, the television tube is {{color|limegreen|lime green}}, and "'''VIDEOLINE'''" is replaced with the word "'''LETTUCE'''" (a play on the words "Let Us"), along with "P R O D U C T I O N S I N C" being replaced by "E N T E R T A I N Y O U I N C ." in brownish red. The word "{{color|green|presents}}" is also {{color|green|leaf green}}.
'''Visuals:''' Same as the Videoline Productions logo, except the background is {{color|blue}}, the border is {{color|lightskyblue|sky blue}}, the television tube is {{color|limegreen|lime green}}, and "'''VIDEOLINE'''" is replaced with the word "'''LETTUCE'''" (a play on the words "Let Us"), along with "P R O D U C T I O N S   I N C" being replaced by "E N T E R T A I N Y O U   I N C ." in {{color|darkred|brownish red}}. The word "{{color|green|presents}}" is also {{color|green|leaf green}}.


'''Technique:''' Scanimation.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation.


'''Audio:''' Same as the Videoline Productions logo.
'''Audio:''' Same as the Videoline Productions logo.


'''Availability:''' Seen on old dubbed martial arts films from Canada and some B-movies such as Bruno Mattei's ''The Other Hell'' and ''Woman Warriors''.
'''Availability:''' Seen on old dubbed martial arts films from Canada and some B-movies such as Bruno Mattei's ''The Other Hell'', ''Woman Warriors'', and ''Hawaiian Heat''.


===2nd Logo (1990s?)===
===2nd Logo (1990s?)===
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Lettuce Entertain You 2.jpg
Lettuce Entertain You.jpg
Lettuce Entertain You.jpg
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{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/PbdrCa1HHmA|id2=https://youtu.be/iisByKlVoIQ}}
{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/iisByKlVoIQ}}


'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the television tube from before, but larger and with a large gap along the bottom, appears via a square wipe effect downwards. Within the gap, the letters "'''LETTUCE'''", in a white Arial font, zoom in one-by-one, followed by "'''ENTERTAIN YOU INC.'''" flipping in below in the same font. The logo then remains still for several seconds before the logo disappears via the same square wipe effect.
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'''Visuals:''' There is a wallpaper-like pattern of the {{color|lime|lime green}} LEY logo from before on a faded {{color|tan|beige}} background. The background then fades to a midnight blue background with a large {{color|lime|lime green}} LEY logo zooming in with "{{color|lime|L E T T U C E}}" at the bottom of the tube and "{{color|lime|E N T E R T A I N &nbsp; Y O U &nbsp; I N C .}}" below it in much smaller type.

'''Technique:''' Computer animation.

'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.

'''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}}

===3rd Logo (1990s?)===
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{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/PbdrCa1HHmA}}


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'''Visuals:''' The screen fades into a wallpaper-like pattern of the {{color|green}} LEY logo on a faded {{color|tan|beige}} background. The background then fades to a {{color|darkblue|midnight blue}} background with the same LEY logo from before zooming in, but in {{color|green}}, "{{color|green|L E T T U C E}}" spaced out a bit further and thinner, and "{{color|green|E N T E R T A I N &nbsp; Y O U &nbsp; I N C .}}" is spaced out further and in a smaller print.
'''Variant:''' There is also a version where <u>the background is black and the words are white</u>. In this version, "ENTERTAIN YOU INC." is not spaced-out.


'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Technique:''' Fading effects and computer animation.


'''Audio:''' A '70s funk tune.
'''Audio:''' A soft '70s funk tune.


'''Availability:''' See the previous logo. It was seen on ''Toxic Spawn a.k.a Contamination''.
'''Availability:''' It was seen on ''Toxic Spawn a.k.a Contamination''.


{{Chronology|[[Videoline Productions]]|}}
{{Chronology|[[Videoline Productions]]|}}

Latest revision as of 18:41, 26 January 2024

Credits
Captures by
Henrynguye5

Editions by
Henrynguye5

Video captures courtesy of
MachineryNoise

Background

Around 1988, Videoline Productions was renamed Lettuce Entertain You Inc. As with Videoline, the company released dubs of old martial arts films and B-movies. Not much else is known about it, other than it was shut down sometime in the 1990s.


Contents

1st Logo (1988) 2nd Logo (1990s?) 3rd Logo (1990s?)
1st Logo (1988) 2nd Logo (1990s?) 3rd Logo (1990s?)


1st Logo (1988)


Visuals: Same as the Videoline Productions logo, except the background is blue, the border is sky blue, the television tube is lime green, and "VIDEOLINE" is replaced with the word "LETTUCE" (a play on the words "Let Us"), along with "P R O D U C T I O N S   I N C" being replaced by "E N T E R T A I N Y O U   I N C ." in brownish red. The word "presents" is also leaf green.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Same as the Videoline Productions logo.

Availability: Seen on old dubbed martial arts films from Canada and some B-movies such as Bruno Mattei's The Other Hell, Woman Warriors, and Hawaiian Heat.

2nd Logo (1990s?)


Visuals: On a black background, the television tube from before, but larger and with a large gap along the bottom, appears via a square wipe effect downwards. Within the gap, the letters "LETTUCE", in a white Arial font, zoom in one-by-one, followed by "ENTERTAIN YOU INC." flipping in below in the same font. The logo then remains still for several seconds before the logo disappears via the same square wipe effect.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]

3rd Logo (1990s?)


Visuals: The screen fades into a wallpaper-like pattern of the green LEY logo on a faded beige background. The background then fades to a midnight blue background with the same LEY logo from before zooming in, but in green, "L E T T U C E" spaced out a bit further and thinner, and "E N T E R T A I N   Y O U   I N C ." is spaced out further and in a smaller print.

Technique: Fading effects and computer animation.

Audio: A soft '70s funk tune.

Availability: It was seen on Toxic Spawn a.k.a Contamination.

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