Did the Sunburst Columbia Logo ever have a Coca-Cola byline? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JMFabiano524 · 10-15-2002, 02:07 AM

Hi, my name's James Fabiano, and I am a moderator/member of the Yahoo! Group "The Closing Logo Group" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/closinglogogroup), which is for fans or people interested in the various logos used by production and syndication companies (i.e. the MGM Lion and the Columbia Torch Lady)

Anyway, a longtime logo curiosity among CLG members involves the "Sunburst" used in the 1970s and early 1980s for Columbia Pictures Television (it was an orange half circle with white torch rays in the middle). I, and a few others, swear we saw a version of this logo that had a byline for Coca-Cola, ala the CPT Torch Lady logo of 1982-1988. And the other people who said they saw this say they saw it on WH!!! episodes. So this goes out to anyone with WH!!! videos...if you find any evidence of this logo, email me ASAP at jmfabiano524@aol.com. See, I keep logo video collections, and the so-called CPT "Cokeburst" is high on my want list, if it indeed exists and isn't a mixed-up memory shared by multiple people.

All help is appreciated in advance...

J.

ficlopri · 05-20-2003, 04:32 AM

Yes James. WH did have the logo you writ of.

Frosty81 · 05-09-2015, 02:16 PM

Apologies for reviving a 12-year-old thread, but I do need to contribute:

Later TV prints of the 1957 film 20 Million Miles to Earth had one, too -- but in black & white:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfhaYCAwak
(discovered by SuperMarty-o)

This one actually has the same Coke byline as the 1986-87 Merv Griffin Enterprises logo (where "A Unit of" is set in Helvetica).

The regular colored Cokebursts we've found so far use the 1987-88 Coca-Cola Television byline.

~Ben

10-15-2002, 02:07 AM	#1
JMFabiano524 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 04, 2002 Posts: 525	Did the Sunburst Columbia Logo ever have a Coca-Cola byline? Hi, my name's James Fabiano, and I am a moderator/member of the Yahoo! Group "The Closing Logo Group" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/closinglogogroup), which is for fans or people interested in the various logos used by production and syndication companies (i.e. the MGM Lion and the Columbia Torch Lady) Anyway, a longtime logo curiosity among CLG members involves the "Sunburst" used in the 1970s and early 1980s for Columbia Pictures Television (it was an orange half circle with white torch rays in the middle). I, and a few others, swear we saw a version of this logo that had a byline for Coca-Cola, ala the CPT Torch Lady logo of 1982-1988. And the other people who said they saw this say they saw it on WH!!! episodes. So this goes out to anyone with WH!!! videos...if you find any evidence of this logo, email me ASAP at jmfabiano524@aol.com. See, I keep logo video collections, and the so-called CPT "Cokeburst" is high on my want list, if it indeed exists and isn't a mixed-up memory shared by multiple people. All help is appreciated in advance... J.

05-20-2003, 04:32 AM	#2
ficlopri Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 27, 2001 Location: Methuen, Ma.USA Posts: 659	Yes James. WH did have the logo you writ of.

05-09-2015, 02:16 PM	#3
Frosty81 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2007 Location: Milwaukie, OR Posts: 214	Apologies for reviving a 12-year-old thread, but I do need to contribute: Later TV prints of the 1957 film 20 Million Miles to Earth had one, too -- but in black & white: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfhaYCAwak (discovered by SuperMarty-o) This one actually has the same Coke byline as the 1986-87 Merv Griffin Enterprises logo (where "A Unit of" is set in Helvetica). The regular colored Cokebursts we've found so far use the 1987-88 Coca-Cola Television byline. ~Ben