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===Background===
===Background===
RKO/Nederlander Productions was a joint venture of [[RKO Pictures]] with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.
'''RKO/Nederlander Productions''' was a joint venture of [[RKO Pictures]] with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.


===(1982-1983)===
===(1982-1983)===

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'''Nickname:''' "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"
'''Nickname:''' "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"


'''Logo:''' On a plain black BG, we see the RKO Pictures logo from the '80s in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.
'''Logo:''' On a plain black background, we see the 1981 [[RKO Pictures]] logo in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.


'''Variant:''' On ''Madame in Manhattan'', the positions of the words "RKO" and "NEDERLANDER" are swapped, making it "NEDERLANDER V RKO".
'''Variant:''' On ''Madame in Manhattan'', the positions of the words "RKO" and "NEDERLANDER" are swapped, making it "NEDERLANDER V RKO".
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Revision as of 13:19, 24 March 2022

Credits
Descriptions by
Eric S. and Mr. Gann

Editions by
Shadeed A. Kelly


Background

RKO/Nederlander Productions was a joint venture of RKO Pictures with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.

(1982-1983)

Nickname: "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"

Logo: On a plain black background, we see the 1981 RKO Pictures logo in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.

Variant: On Madame in Manhattan, the positions of the words "RKO" and "NEDERLANDER" are swapped, making it "NEDERLANDER V RKO".

FX/SFX: Just the logo fading in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. It was last seen on the TV broadcast of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1982. The Nederlander/RKO version is present of the aforementioned special.

Editor's Note: None.

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