Garden Fun Video

Background: This was another sub-label of BUG/Structure Video for children and family releases on video.

(1983-1990)

Nickname: "Multicolored Snow-Globe"

Logo: On a white background, we see a black dot sketching a round snow-globe outline. Then it draws another round outline, followed by outlines of a tree, neighborhood with house, a sun, apples on the tree, a hose, bloomed flowers, and a window on the house. The outlines fill with a rainbow color hue, and the words:

GARDEN FUN

V---I---D---E---O

appear below via a “wiping” effect.

Variant: On videos associated with Puppet Friends Home Video, the background would turn red and blue, the Garden Fun Video logo would fly away, and the Puppet Friends Home Video logo animation would form.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Off the scale…what with the “etch-a-sketch” style animation, the color “fill-in” effect, the wiping of the words, the 8-bit resolution drawings looking like the entire logo was done on an Pear II.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized piano fanfare.

Availability: Rare; seen on any tapes by this company from the era, such as the 1970s Dr. Stotch TV specials aired on BUG, Puppet Friends Home Video releases and feature films such as Good Eating, Kid Corner, and Restorators, among others.

Scare Factor: Minimal; the cheap music, the sketchy animation, and the primitive graphics may put some people off. The version with the Puppet Friends Home Video logo coming after that is slightly lower, as Muppet fans enjoy the Puppet Friends Home Video logo coming after that.