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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut
Nope, look again - every element has been changed somewhat - the peacock's neck has been curved, its tail is shortened, and the rounded "eyes" at the tips of the feathers have been squashed into ovals.
Actually, the most likely is that they consulted with RCA/NBC and got agreement that their ad sign could allude strongly to the NBC programming, but had to be modified so that they were not applying the NBC and RCA brands to their TVs. That decision could be something that both sides would prefer - Sears not wanting to say that their sets were "RCA inside" and RCA wanting to preserve their marks for their own products while promoting color TV in general. With such an agreement, lawsuits were avoided, which I still think RCA would have pursued if Sears or anyone else displayed this to the public without consulting.
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"old tv nut"
Youre right,it is very slightly revised,I guess I should have chosen my words more carefully,what I meant was that there was no mistaking it for anything other than the NBC peacock,especially with the further "world of color" association.
I have seen legitimate ads for cars,electronic,etc. where the logo was slightly different because the artists were sloppy and didn't pay close attention to each little detail.
I'm not saying this Peacock was definetly authorized by NBC,but it's too close in my opinion,but who knows.
It's doubtfull they would have risked it without permission.
Sid & Marty Kroft succesfully won a lawsuit against McDonalds arguing that McDonalds had copied the "look and feel" of McDonaldland and it's characters from H.R. Pufnstuf,which they obviously had,but the characters were vastly different compared to Pufnstuf,certainly much more altered than this Peacock logo.
By the way,"H.R." stood for hand rolled.
"H.R. Punstuf,whose your friend when things get rough,H.R. Pufnstuf,you can't do a little cause you can't do enough"
The Krofts sure produced some bizzare shows,"lidsville" has to be the strangest of the lot and certainly one of the wierdest intros ever for a childrens show.