A Five Star Motel Production

Background
A Five Star Motel Production is Adam Hammond’s production company. It started out as just a vanity card and appeared on CBS’s shows My Weird Family and Everybody’s In The House. In 1999, 50% of the soon-to-be company was later brought by 20th Century Fox Television, now known as 20th Television. It began appearing on reruns of The Simpsons and Family Guy instead of the original version of 20th Television. It later became a production company in 2018 and it appeared on new episodes of those shows as well, replacing the Gracie Films and Fuzzy Door Productions logo.

1st Logo (1990-1999)
Nicknames: “The Original Motel”, “Classic Motel”, “The Motel That Started It All”

Logo: We see a motel at dusk with the neon all caps red and blue words:

A FIVE STAR MOTEL PRODUCTION

in the middle of a typical 90s motel sign. There are more levels than a usual motel has, making it look more like a hotel then a motel. There is also a party going on in one of the rooms with silhouettes of two girls dancing, a bunch of drunk men getting into a fight with one of them getting killed with a broken bottle, blood splattering on the window and somebody playing a piano. All of the silhouettes have different colours to differentiate between other people. A girl silhouette cleans the blood stain on the window before grabbing a bottle of wine chugging it down and immediately passing out.

FX: Good animation by DOSCAA (Damn Over Sons Cartoon And Animation).

Music/SFX: The closing theme of the show or the muted sounds of the party and the neon lights buzzing.

Availability: Rare for airings of My Weird Family and Everybody’s In The House as they have been plastered by the Paramount+ logo (formerly the CBS Television Studios logo) but very common for airings of classic Simpsons episodes.

Editors Note: This is the start of one of Fox’s greatest companies.

2nd Logo (1999-2018)
Nicknames: “More Partying, Please!”, “The Better Motel”

Logo: Same as the 1st logo except that more rooms are partying, the lights (including the room lights and the logo) are more shiny and the motel looks more like a motel.

FX: Greater animation, ironically done by Walt Disney Animation.

Music/SFX: Same as last one, but muted Eurobeat music is heard and the buzzing of the neon lights can’t be heard.

Availability: Common on reruns of pre-2007 Simpsons and Family Guy episodes.

Editors Note: This looks more shinier and better then the original and also marked a turn for the company as it was brought by 20th Century Fox Television.

3rd Logo (2018-present)
Nickname: “Now That’s A Motel!”

Logo: We start with what seems to be a black screen. Suddenly, a rectangular light turns on, revealing two silhouetted people kissing wildly. It begins to quickly pan, revealing the scenes from the 1st logo. It finally reaches the bend and turns, revealing the motel, now in the shape of an actual motel and with an American flag flying from the roof. We zoom out further to reveal an old style American diner and a cinema, right next to the motel. In the background, the setting sun shines through the 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Studios) structure before dipping underneath. The sky turns dark and the stars and moon come out, making the sign from the first and second logos light up, with the red words lighting up before the blue word does.

FX: Amazing animation, once again done by Walt Disney Animation.

Music/SFX: An orchestral fanfare, sped up in Audacity, or the sounds of the flag flapping in the wind.

Availability: Common on newer episodes of The Simpsons and Family Guy. It will soon make an appearance on the Futurama reboot with its own variant after the “Curiosity Company” logo and before the “20th Television” logo.

Editors Note: This might be the best AFSMP logo ever, if you don’t count the 1st logo.