I like when the different PBS logos are animated instead of just prints. The final PBS' "P" however is the most simple, but iconic logo that treasures childhood's memory for generations.
This sequence of sounds and the lil man’s head would captivate me as a child to this station. I knew fun programs would come on any minute and I felt safe. I would wonder where these images were coming from and how the place looked like. Strange feeling as an adult finding answers to questions I had thought about long long ago.
It’s a good thing they settled on the p-head. Many of the other ideas would have seemed dated much sooner. The p-head is very versatile, even with font changes and such. It still works today, just look at the set of the PBS Newshour
The animation sequence as well as the music makes me think of animations by Chuck Jones and his team back in the 60's-70's days when they made cartoons.
Bonus(I think):The animation was the text moving up, then the blue P-Head, the yellow B, & the green S all together rushing in, but PBS said,"No."So they went for the 1971 animation we now know today.
"If We Turn the face Around he is gonna have his nose right up to B" his nose suddenly squashes B and S a little "If he gets it closer more, B & S Will Be Pushed Away"
Also, the animation sequences of this video appear to be by Chuck Jones, animator for the Tom and Jerry/Looney Tunes/Dr. Seuss cartoons back in the 60's/70's years.
Although successful, he failed to recognize the need to differentiate PBS from other networks. While the big three were about ratings, PBS was about people and programming. Chermayeff and Geismar took Lubalin's Everyman, flipped it to face the future, (as they did with the NBC peacock) repeated the outline, and turned it into Everyone, which is basically PBS's audience and benefactor. Lubalin's logo was nothing more than just mere letters with weird shapes and a P-head that faces to the past . But still, a veritable effort.
That's YOUR opinion. How YOU guys see the logos as scary are not how I see them. The P-head was facing those directions because of political views. Left for democrats(liberals), and right for republicans(conservatives).
Paul Gumagay didn't you see in the video that he considerd have the P facing forward but that's would have made it nose touching the b in an akward way and with the chermyeff and geismar they could have just easly use the P from the original logo without modifying it other then flipping it but that would have made it very flat and boring
The NOO YAWK/JOISEY is strong with this man. Becomes hilarious when you realize that the "P-head" has been facing right since 1984. So, PBS eventually would get its wish. ^^
And I can assume that the quality of this video makes the voices of Lubalin and Blass "the same"? Of course, the animation and some of the sound effects remind me of the 60's shorts and films animated by Chuck Jones. Ever heard of him?
How much is anyone willing to bet that this logo was all of a setup? That PBS was supposedly vague of wanting a "national" brand and the artist who had the common sense thought like the rest of us (like patriotism) and got shot down by the (PC) PBS creative folks? It seemed like PBS was deliberately wanting something to look so bad that they HAD to rebrand in 1984. OTTH PBS's first closing logo was a generic three colored Helvetica like text that was inherited by NET. If they knew PBS was launching, you'd think they'd have a rebrand from the start.
You're right, it's surprising how many client misses he went through. And then arrived at such a classic. Maybe it's just hyperbole for the cameras? Regardless, it's nice to see when the legends aren't afraid to show that they're human too.
I like when the different PBS logos are animated instead of just prints. The final PBS' "P" however is the most simple, but iconic logo that treasures childhood's memory for generations.
it's just good to know that even the greatest designers' ideas were rejected many times- makes it easier to deal with mine lol
"He doesn't look happy, but at least he looks hopeful."
*eagle suddenly melts*
"Nope, he looks dead. Not big deal."
Did any of them think that?
It is a joke.
Kaden Vanciel
Yeah.
"OK, who left the wax eagle under the heat lamps again?" XD
lol
This sequence of sounds and the lil man’s head would captivate me as a child to this station. I knew fun programs would come on any minute and I felt safe. I would wonder where these images were coming from and how the place looked like. Strange feeling as an adult finding answers to questions I had thought about long long ago.
It’s a good thing they settled on the p-head. Many of the other ideas would have seemed dated much sooner. The p-head is very versatile, even with font changes and such. It still works today, just look at the set of the PBS Newshour
2:24 P-Head Squashes B and S
THE BEST LOGO EVER MADE
I'm torn between this one and WGBH from roughly the same period. Try as I might for the life of me I can't decide which one I love best.
Bro p head is based
This logo was the branding for PBS Digital Studios from inception to 2019. No concerns of baggage...40 years later it seemed to work well for them.
The animation sequence as well as the music makes me think of animations by Chuck Jones and his team back in the 60's-70's days when they made cartoons.
same as Looney Tunes
They have to do all original and alternate PBS logos.
But by 1984, Chermayeff & Geismar took Herb Lubalin's P from the previous logo and had it faced right, plus adding another outline of the face.
C&G were also the designers of the Screen Gems "S from Heck" (1965-74) and NBC's present Peacock logo (since 1986).
This segment came from Media Probes - Episode 6: Design
Since the old man said that the logo happened 10 years ago, the video must have tooken place in 1981.
Herb Lubalin died in 1981.
Herb even used his very own fonts ITC Avant Garde and Lubalin Graph for his PBS logo wordmarks.
I love Lubalin Graph. I know these days it's seen as a bit of an "old-school" font, but I still think it looks nice.
Bonus(I think):The animation was the text moving up, then the blue P-Head, the yellow B, & the green S all together rushing in, but PBS said,"No."So they went for the 1971 animation we now know today.
No, this is just about how they made the logo, not how it formed.
B IS ORANGE
@@Spike3939-yx Perhaps a mix of both colors while still leaning towards yellow?
Ok then?
It’s official, P Head’s original name was the Blue man
little man
@@thebluescratchy2009 or Everyman
hi tph
@@Server2008 epic find moment
@@ThePowerpuffHotline yes
Ironically, the logo looked at the right side in the future.
"If We Turn the face Around he is gonna have his nose right up to B"
his nose suddenly squashes B and S a little
"If he gets it closer more, B & S Will Be Pushed Away"
And Text are Gone And P-Head was a Split
PBS Was Called Nation Educational Television
2:24 BRO P-HEAD KISSING B & S 💀💀💀
No she is not 😅😅😅
It looks like kissing
@@YellowBallOfficial she?
Herb Lubalin is my Great-Great-Uncle.
NO! REALLY?
Yup, it’s true
@@SnootracSpells96 no
Wow! I didn’t know that!
What was wrong with their first try? After all, this is NATIONAL TV.
2:05
P-head's blinks
0:56 why so many stars?
(meanwhile there are 50 stars on the American flag and god knows how many stars there on the sky some nights)
to design United States
I need to remember that beginning person is Bill Blass.
There was already a video of this, called, "The Origins of the PBS Logos", but it has already been deleted.
Also, the animation sequences of this video appear to be by Chuck Jones, animator for the Tom and Jerry/Looney Tunes/Dr. Seuss cartoons back in the 60's/70's years.
stars to bird to p head
@@kadenvanciel9335 Don't forget many Looney Tunes and/or Merrie Melodies cartoons!
PBS logo from 1971-1984
2:00
PBS
2:21 2:27 the first pbs stop Motion
Although successful, he failed to recognize the need to differentiate PBS from other networks. While the big three were about ratings, PBS was about people and programming. Chermayeff and Geismar took Lubalin's Everyman, flipped it to face the future, (as they did with the NBC peacock) repeated the outline, and turned it into Everyone, which is basically PBS's audience and benefactor.
Lubalin's logo was nothing more than just mere letters with weird shapes and a P-head that faces to the past . But still, a veritable effort.
That's YOUR opinion. How YOU guys see the logos as scary are not how I see them. The P-head was facing those directions because of political views. Left for democrats(liberals), and right for republicans(conservatives).
And the colors. And the 1984 design supposedly had red, white and blue.
Paul Gumagay didn't you see in the video that he considerd have the P facing forward but that's would have made it nose touching the b in an akward way and with the chermyeff and geismar they could have just easly use the P from the original logo without modifying it other then flipping it but that would have made it very flat and boring
Could that be why they added what logo experts call the split?
this is the best logo EVER tho
pbs 1979 got at red head 2:01
cool.
The NOO YAWK/JOISEY is strong with this man.
Becomes hilarious when you realize that the "P-head" has been facing right since 1984. So, PBS eventually would get its wish. ^^
an incredible video
i thought this was about the 1984 p-head split logo at first
*0:22** IF THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO FROM THIS MADE, THIS WOULD'VE CAME OUT IN 1981!*
NECHO II Excatly.
Ikr
And that, people was how P-head B and S were created.
KUHT launched 1953
THEY JUST CALLED P-HEAD "THE BLUE MAN" WTF!!!
Who the hell is “they”? Herb never called him the “P-Head”, nobody did until later.
@@RQBtv Sorry. I meant "he" called P-Head the blue man
@@KC_and_Carl I wasn’t mad about the pronouns, just that that’s what the designer himself called him
Who's the man at the beginning?
And I can assume that the quality of this video makes the voices of Lubalin and Blass "the same"? Of course, the animation and some of the sound effects remind me of the 60's shorts and films animated by Chuck Jones. Ever heard of him?
How much is anyone willing to bet that this logo was all of a setup? That PBS was supposedly vague of wanting a "national" brand and the artist who had the common sense thought like the rest of us (like patriotism) and got shot down by the (PC) PBS creative folks? It seemed like PBS was deliberately wanting something to look so bad that they HAD to rebrand in 1984. OTTH PBS's first closing logo was a generic three colored Helvetica like text that was inherited by NET. If they knew PBS was launching, you'd think they'd have a rebrand from the start.
Interesting
Their dream came true in 1984, without the B and the S though...
ew 2018 me
👏👏👏👏👏
its shocking how many semiotic mistakes he made and kept repeating through out the design processes.
You're right, it's surprising how many client misses he went through. And then arrived at such a classic. Maybe it's just hyperbole for the cameras? Regardless, it's nice to see when the legends aren't afraid to show that they're human too.
Could you please number those mistakes?
0:39
anyone doing graphics in school and was brought here
2:25 P-Head Kissing B
Good thing the "Jewish" PBS logo was rejected.
Good. I agree that the final result deserved to be more representing of the human race itself rather than a certain religious faith.
PBS didn't know Chanukah
@@SaraHouck461you talking about P head?
PBS didnt like cpb's logos i see
Why The P-head’s Nose On B?
push it fake good (because of 2D animation)
"He's gonna have his nose right up to B."
*HONK*
They should have chosen the 1:39-1:40 logo instead of the sh*tty man logo that is used by users around the internet.
What is wrong with the P Head?
P-head: logo kids and the logo community.
Come on, p head isn’t that bad…