Great Laboratories

Background: Great Laboratories was a production sub-division of the Structure Broadcasting Company, originally following in the footsteps of Great Structure Television Stations Productions.

1st Logo

(1989-1994)

Nickname: "The Swirling Smoke"

Logo: A spread-out, lowercase, metallic-colored word "g r e a t l a b o r a t o r i e s" sits still and fixed over a dark background, while thick trailing slivers of "smoke" swirl from behind the letters. The motion of the swirl is much faster than its GSTSP predecessor.

FX/SFX: The swirling trail of smoke.

Music/Sounds: A one-note synth theme.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: Low; it could be startling for those who notice the similarity to the GSTSP logo.

2nd Logo

(1994-2003)

Nicknames: "The Lab", "Turning CGI Searchlights"

Logo: A grayish green-colored tower structure pans down from above on a black background, revealing the words:

GREAT

STRUCTURE

LABORATORIES

written in the usual "Great Structure" font, with two static beams standing at the edges of the "L" and the "S" emitting sparks of electricity from side to side, then the structure rapidly zooms-out in its proper slanted "Great Structure" format position. The tower is now in gold, surrounded by a dark blue stormy sky, with thick, bellowing, fast-moving mixture of cumulonimbus and nimbostratus clouds, (similar to the Great Structure Television Stations Productions logo, only the cloud movement is faster and more defined). A jolt of electricity moves up the tower, similar to that of a "Jacob's Ladder".

Trivia: The logo was produced and directed at Studio City Productions.

Later Variant: On Class Rooms, the logo begins from the zoom-out, and the byline "A OLDS CORPORATION COMPANY" fades-in underneath.

FX/SFX: The zoom-out and electricity effect.

Music/Sounds: None. On the variant, a dramatic choir-like sound with sparking electricity.

Availability: This is the rarest Structure logo ever. It appeared on the extremely short-lived 1995 Structure TV series What's So Bad? and the variant is featured on the short-lived 2003 syndicated series Class Rooms, among other shows.

Scare Factor: Medium. The jolt of electricity along with the thunderstorm clouds can unnerve many people for those who don't like thunderstorms.