Starry Night Productions

Background: This is the vanity logo of Night Court producer Reinhold Weege.

(January 4, 1984-May 3, 1989, 2008-present)
Nicknames: "The Dark Skyline", "GOOM!" ,"Explosion of Doom", "Evil Laugh (Laughing variant)"

Logo: We start off with an animated skyline of Chicago, USA, over Lake Michigan, in the night. In the center, a large, white flash is slowly rising. When the flash is near the top, it explodes and gives way to increasing amounts of stars in the sky. Shortly after the explosion, the following text appears in white: STARRY NIGHT PRODUCTIONS

IN ASSOCIATION WITH ...and a laugh is heard at the end (starting in March 1984), that goes over to the WBTV logo of the time period (either the \\ logo on earlier episodes or the '84 "Shield" logo).

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: This logo has cheap, undetailed animation. Not to mention that the "explosion" sound effect sounds more like somebody clapping their hands.

Music/Sounds: After an "explosion sound" (which sounds a lot more like a clap), an eerie electric piano chord is heard, and is held until both logos end. Starting with "Harry and the Rock Star", the 11th episode of Night Court's first season, a man breaking into laughter was heard after the piano chord first started up.

Music/Sounds Variant: In Big Brother, there's a 3-sided logo that has Piller and Segan logos and the Regency Enterprises (similar like Regency Television) logo. From now on, we can hear the Regency Television fanfare.

The laugh was rumored to have been either the voice of voice actor Mel Blanc or star Harry Anderson, but, in a comment on an article about Reinhold Weege's death, show writer Tom Reeder states the laugh was Weege's father Chuck, who attended the tapings of the first several seasons of the show and his distinct laugh can be heard during the show.

Availability: Only seen on the first six seasons of Night Court.

Scare Factor: Depending on the variant shown.
 * Original version: Low to high. The explosion can easily produce a jump scare if caught off-guard, and the dark colors, the explosion, the eerie electric piano "GOOM!" chord can contribute.
 * Laughing variant: Medium to high. The elements of the previous version, along with the laughter makes this variant scarier.
 * Low to medium to those who are used to it.