Highest Common Denominator Productions

Background: This is the vanity card of The Trouble with Larry creators and season 1 of The Parent 'Hood Executive producers Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.

Logo (1993-1995)
Nickname(s):"Rolling Filmstrip," "Roll That Film Up That Hill," "Struggling Film Stockman"

Logo: On a white background, we see a man in a tattered red shirt and tattered brown khaki shorts struggling to prevent a large roll of filmstrip from rolling downhill by first holding the filmstrip on his back and then turning around to push the film back up. The words "HIGHEST," "COMMON," "DENOMINATOR" and "PRODUCTIONS" are all stacked on top of each other along the lower right hand side, while the filmstrip is slanted in a hill-like pattern and separating the words "COMMON" and "DENOMINATOR."

FX/SFX: The man pushing and pulling the large roll of filmstrip, the shuffling of his legs and feet as he's pushing and pulling, the wobbling of the line of filmstrip.

Variants:
 * On The Parent 'Hood, there is an additional "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" byline that fades in underneath.
 * One episode of The Parent 'Hood has this logo finishing so early that it ended with a long freeze frame.
 * One episode of The Parent 'Hood, the IAW byline is sometimes colored in gray.

Cheesy Factor: Sometimes when the man is pushing the filmstrip, it looks like he has 4 feet and legs.

Music/Sounds: A 16-20 note string-driven song.

Music/Sounds Variant: On The Trouble With Larry, the music is more high-pitched and sped up.

Availability: Uncommon, seen only on the 1st season episodes of The Parent 'Hood, currently on Bounce TV. It was also seen on short lived CBS sitcom, The Trouble With Larry.

Scare Factor: Minimal. The music is mostly harmless but could jump some if followed by the high-toned jingle variant of the 1994 WBTV logo.