[78-L] first Nipper, now the Peacock^

[David Breneman]

--- On Fri, 1/28/11, Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This morning on Yahoo News
> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NBC-Universal-now-apf-3953093694.html?x=0&.v=4
>  
> The famous color peacock logo is going away in favor of a
> text-only NBCUniversal.  Wow.

The *real* peacock, the one designed by John J. Graham, went
away in 1975.  But after the "Nebraska N" fiasco, they brought
back a much simpler version.  Maybe it will come back again,
but if they simplify it any more, it won't be recognizable
as a bird.  There's a great web page on the history of the
peacock here:

http://www.big13.net/NBC%20Peacock/NBCPeacock1.htm

I've got a beautiful 16mm IB Technicolor print of the
original "Laramie Peacock".  I keep it in my safe
deposit box!