User blog:TrickyMario76543/Simspons DVD Releases Closing Logos Guide (Season 3)

Introduction
Welcome back to my Simpsons Closing Logos Guide! First off, I would like to apologize for the long wait for this part, I've been busy with other stuff and I haven't had time to write this. Today we will be looking at the logos used at the end of each season three episode on DVD.

The third season began on September 19, 1991 with the episode, "Stark Raving Dad" and ended on August 27, 1992, with "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?".

Release date & information
The Complete Third Season boxset was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (previously known as Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/FOX Video, and FOX Video) on August 26, 2003 in Region 1, October 6, 2003 in Region 2, and October 22, 2003 in Region 4. It contains all 24 season 3 episodes, plus bonus features too. The packaging follows a similar concept to the previous boxsets, this time though, the background is purple and the outlines in the background is food objects or beverages instead of Simpsons characters. This time, the picture inside the TV has the Simpsons family sitting on the brown couch looking rather disappointed (I have no idea why.) I should also point out that the picture seen on the TV sums up what I think of logo plastering in general.

Logos used on the Third Season
Like the previous two seasons, the logos used at the end of the show is the Gracie Films logo & The 20th Century Fox Television 1981 logo.

Variant
However, before we move onto analyzing the logos seen at the end of each episode, I would like to advise you that there's a variant of the FOX logo in this season. It's pretty much the same as usual, expect that the tower is further away from the screen, you can see more of the tower in this variant. This variant has been confirmed to have appeared on the following Season 3 episodes, "Bart the Murderer", "Homer Defined", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Lisa's Pony", "Flaming Moe's", "I Married Marge", "Radio Bart", "Separate Vocations", "Colonel Homer", and "Black Widower". This variant was also used on another TV series titled "Working Girl".

Closing Logos Seen
Now, look at the logos seen at the end of each episode on this boxset. As with the previous two entries, each sub-header will contain the production code, episode name, and original airdate. Underneath it, it should contain photos of what logos are seen. The caption underneath will also note (if any,) sound or visual variations are used or if the closing theme plays over any logos. I would like to point out on some episodes with the 20th Television logo from the previous two episodes (and likely this season too), there's a bit of a difference on the logo. Some episodes have the News Corp. Byline under it, while other episodes have no byline under it. I haven't noted this in my guide. Hopefully, I'll come back to them and add info on if the byline is present on the 20th Television logo. For now though, let's start analyzing the logos seen. Let's hope that this boxset won't be as big as a disappointment as the Season 2 one.

Episode 7F24: Stark Raving Dad (September 19, 1991)
DYK?:
 * 1) That during the credits, Micheal Jackson is credited as "John Jay Smith"? You can read more about this on this wiki.
 * 2) This episode was re-aired in prime time following Michael Jackson's death?
 * 3) That this episode, (along with "When Flanders Failed") has a production for a Season 2 episode (7F24 & 7F23 respectably)? Is it possible that these two episodes were originally meant to be produced and aired during Season 2's run, but got pushed back or delayed and aired during Season 3 instead. Do you have a different theory behind this. Comment below explaining your theory behind this oddity?

Episode 7F23: When Flanders Failed (October 3, 1991)
DYK?: As mentioned before, this episode has a production for a Season 2 episode (7F23)?

Episode 8F05: Treehouse of Horror II (October 31, 1991)
DYK?:This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode to feature the logo's theme played on an organ?

Episode 8F09: Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk (December 5, 1991)
DYK?: That the title translates to "Burns Sells the Power Plant"?

Episode 8F10: I Married Marge (December 26, 1991)
DYK?: That Season 3 is one of two seasons were there's no Christmas break during the season? This episode aired on Boxing Day as well!

Episode 8F14: Homer Alone (February 6, 1992)
DYK?: That Marge's roar in this episode sounds similar to the roar from the MGM Logo?

Episode 8F23: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (August 27, 1992)
DYK?: Similar to Season 2's "Blood Feud", the episode's air date is about three months after the previous episode? Was their another production delay!?

Results
Now for the final tally of the logos seen...
 * Episodes with the Gracie Films logo (24/24) (100%)
 * Episodes with the 20th Century Fox Television 1981 logo (5/24) (20.83%)
 * Regular Variant (2/5)
 * Zoomed out tower variant (3/5)
 * Episodes with 20th Television logo (19/24) (79.17%)

Analysis
Alright, Lets take a look at the data. The Gracie Films logo appeared on all 24 episodes of Season 3. On four occasions, there was a custom version of the theme. They were "Treehouse of Horror II", "Lisa the Greek", "Homer at the Bat", and "The Otto Show". As for the FOX logo, the 20th Television logo was rather widespread. It plaster the original TCF-TV logo on 19 of the 24 Season 3 episodes. On five episodes however, The original logo was retained, the episodes with the regular version that retain the logo are "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", and "Saturdays of Thunder". While the episodes with the zoomed out tower version that retain the logo are "Treehouse of Horror II", "Colonel Homer", and "Black Widower". It should also be noted that this is the final season of the Simpsons to use this FOX logo (The 20th Century Fox Television 1981 logo).

Conclusion
This set gets a C. Since the original TCF-TV logo is retained on five episodes, this set is a massive improvement logo wise over the last one (which had the 20th Television logo plaster over the original logo on every single episode of Season 2). However, It's still not that better though, it should of been retained on every single episode of Seasons 1 all the way to 3. The total amount of episodes of Seasons 1 to 3 combined is 59, meaning that 59 episodes would of had the TCF-TV 1981 logo. Though every episode expect for two in Season 1, none in Season 2, and five in Season 3, it's plastered over with the 20th Television logo. That's 7 out of 59 episodes with the original logo intact! The total precent of episodes with the original (How many times have I've said that now?) is 11.86% of Season 1 to 3 episodes with it. Since this is the last season to use this logo, I won't have to complain about plastering this much starting from the next season. Thanks for reading this, this is Tricky signing off!