Fatal Farm

Background: Fatal Farm is a freelance directing collective composed of Zachary Johnson and Jeffrey Max, known for an over-the-top bizarre visual editing style. Ever since 2007. they have directed many commercials, most notably some of the Terry Crews Old Spice ones and worked on professional comedy skits from the likes of Tim & Eric and Key & Peele. Their best known creation, however, is Lasagna Cat, a web series that reenacts a Garfield comic strip in live-action, and follows it with a nonsensical, usually connected music video. They are currently developing of their own original TV series, Tales of the Old West.1st Logo(December 1, 2006-December 19, 2012)Logo: It's just the Fatal Farm logo (Two letter "F"s on top of their web address "Fatalfarm.com" superimposed over the last few seconds of the video, usually done in the same style as the opening title's to the parodied show.FX: None or a fade-in or other transition. The variants use the respective animation described below.Variants: Baywatch Alternate Intro contains a longer version where before the actual logo appears. The text "Fatal Farm" scrolls a la the opening title of the show with images of fruit snacks visible inside of it. The Fatal Farm logo itself is not in the opening title style or superimposed on anything; it is blue-white gradient colored against a solid black background.Night Court Alternate Intro does something similar with the words "Fatal Farm" in the shows font zooming in at the end before the logo itself doesGolden Girls Alternate Intro has the whole logo as gingerbread cookies.The Facts of Life Alternate Intro has the "F"s as the back cover of a book a character is holding, as the address fades in below it.Knight Rider Alternate Intro has the "F"s as machines on wheels that ride in the screen diagonally up from the bottom left.The Munsters Alternate Intro has the URL appear via the same stamping hand that had changed the whole cast names to Dan Hedya. Also, mushrooms are in the background and one flies across the logo.Doogie Howser Alternate Intro has the "F"s appear on the same monitor from the show's actual opening before the URL is "typed in" like a computer.ALF Alternate Intro has the logo appearing via computer glitching effects, also the "F"s are the font of the show's actual logo rather than the traditional font.Window Washer has the logo, silver-colored fade in via crosswipe on a black background. Also the name is "Fatal Farm" rather than "Fatalfarm.com".Music: Usually none or the end of the video's music, but Home Improvement Alternate Intro used nautical sounds of bells ringing and Doogie Howser Alternate Intro has typing sounds and one lone medical beep at the end.Availability: Can be seen on all the Alternate TV Intros videos as well as Window Washer (their entry for Channel 101's "Everything" film festival).Editor's Note: For such a surreal and at times disturbing film company, this logo is surprisingly tame in nature.2nd logo(January 14, 2008)Logo: On a black background the logo to Lasagna Cat (the show name on top of a simplistically drawn pan of lasagna) is shown. After a second, the words sink and the Fatal Farm "F"s rise up from the pan as the web address fades in on the bottom of the pan.FX/SFX: The words moving, the fade-in.Music/Sounds: A disgusting squishing noise. On the promo on the official Fatal Farm YouTube channel, the end theme as well as people laughing play along with the squishing.Availability: Seen on all 2008-era Lasagna Cat videos as well as the official promo for the series on Fatal Farm's main channel.Editor's Note: A bit more creative than the last, but still surprisingly tame.3rd Logo:(February 9th, 2017)Logo: On a black background, the Fatal Farm "F"s, colored aquamarine, flip in from the center of the screen. "FATAL FARM PICTURES" is below.FX/SFX:The letters moving, the text fading-in.Music/Sounds: The audio of the mock "trailer".Availability: Only seen on the Lasagna Cat video "1 (800) 591-3274".Editor's Note: This may possibly be a parody of a real life logo, as on the trailer it is followed with StudioCanal and Canal parodies.4th logo(February 23, 2017)Logo: A redone version of the 2nd logo. The only changes are it is redone in CGI, "Fatal Farm" appears on the pan rather than "Fatalfarm.com", and the company name actually looks integrated in the pan rather than just being put over it.FX/SFX: See Logo 2.Variants:"10/20/1984" has the logo appearing like an 80s VHS recording (a style the video proceeding it, a parody of the Miami Vice pilot, is also in). When it is done, a "VHS ending" screen appears.In "12/04/1980", the logo appears and plays on one of the pop-ups that pop-up on Garfield's computer screen when he unsuccessfully tries to watch porn at the end of the video."02/26/2003" has the words "Lasagna Cat" in Japanese kanji.In "12.20/1996", the pan first appears with no text. Then, in sync to the ending music ("Funky Monkey Dance" from MOTHER 3), the words appear and suddenly reappear crooked and upside-down. Just as rapidly, the "F"s and letters of the name appear (with the crooked "Lasagna Cat" still with them in the pan). Finally, numerous copies of the words and pan rapidly fill the screen.Music/Sounds: A different squishing noise.Music/Sounds Variants:"07/27/1978" contains the sound of a wet fart after the logo fades out."10/20/1984" has a beeping noise after the normal audio to go with the VHS screen."12/04/1980", in addition to the audio, has the sounds of the pop-ups appearing and getting Xed out by Garfield, as well as the music he is listening to, playing over it."12/20/1996" and "02/18/2009" have the end theme ("Funky Monkey Dance" from MOTHER 3 and Odie playing Kenny G's "Songbird" very badly on a sax, respectively) playing along with the squishing.Availability: Can be seen on all the 2017-era Lasagna Cat videos (except the three teaser trailers and "Sex Survey Results", which had no logos, and "1 (800) 591-3274" which used the 3rd logo).Editor's Note: Great update to the second logo. The variants are all creative and keep the attitude of the series bizareness perfectly.