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McGillicuddy · 06-23-2012, 06:50 PM

I just started watching season 3. Its so cool to see the "Screen Gems" dancing sticks (or whatever this was called) at the end of the closing credits.

Jude The Obscure · 06-23-2012, 10:59 PM

yea--it's great to see them!!!

missy's pop pop · 11-23-2013, 10:37 PM

The "dancing sticks" were used in the 1963-64 and 1964-65 seasons, and IMHO, they're more fun to watch than the so-called "credits from hell" (the "SG" logo seeming to roll out of the projector with that weird electronic music).

It was adapted to at least two other versions:

On "Route 66," they spliced in "Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer" after the "A Screen Gems Production"--

and on at least a couple of Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows ("Magilla Gorilla" and "Peter Potamus"), they ran the sticks and the music alone, with no announcer voice-over.

KurtfromPitts · 01-22-2014, 12:30 PM

I wonder who did the voice-over.

missy's pop pop · 01-23-2014, 11:44 PM

I'm not sure who he was, but he had been doing the voice-over credit for Screen Gems TV shows since at least 1959 ("This has been a Screen Gems film presentation, from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures"). As I mentioned earlier, on the Herbert B. Leonard shows ("Naked City" and "Route 66"), the "Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer" followed immediately.

06-23-2012, 06:50 PM	#1
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	Screen Gems Dancing Sticks I just started watching season 3. Its so cool to see the "Screen Gems" dancing sticks (or whatever this was called) at the end of the closing credits.

11-23-2013, 10:37 PM	#3
missy's pop pop Hooray for "Hazel!" Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 19, 2013 Location: St. Louis Posts: 396	"A SCREEN GEMS PRODUCTION..." The "dancing sticks" were used in the 1963-64 and 1964-65 seasons, and IMHO, they're more fun to watch than the so-called "credits from hell" (the "SG" logo seeming to roll out of the projector with that weird electronic music). It was adapted to at least two other versions: On "Route 66," they spliced in "Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer" after the "A Screen Gems Production"-- and on at least a couple of Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows ("Magilla Gorilla" and "Peter Potamus"), they ran the sticks and the music alone, with no announcer voice-over.

01-23-2014, 11:44 PM	#5
missy's pop pop Hooray for "Hazel!" Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 19, 2013 Location: St. Louis Posts: 396	Who was that mystery voice? I'm not sure who he was, but he had been doing the voice-over credit for Screen Gems TV shows since at least 1959 ("This has been a Screen Gems film presentation, from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures"). As I mentioned earlier, on the Herbert B. Leonard shows ("Naked City" and "Route 66"), the "Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer" followed immediately.

06-23-2012, 10:59 PM	#2
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	yea--it's great to see them!!!

01-22-2014, 12:30 PM	#4
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,534	I wonder who did the voice-over.