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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. |
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'''Nickname:''' "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt" |
'''Nickname:''' "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt" |
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'''Logo:''' On a plain black |
'''Logo:''' On a plain black background, we see the 1981 [[RKO Pictures]] logo in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below. |
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'''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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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.
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.