Put a graphic over/in a video clip

What I'm trying to do is put the logo Baywatch (but my own version, something stupid like Boobwatch) over a beach scene I have. Since it's not a font, can I do this in iMovie in anyway? I'd create it in Photoshop, but can I get the graphic on top of the video? Something how you put on font on the video rather than "Over Black." I want to put the graphic on the clip.
If not, are my only other options exporting the video to Photoshop and doing it all in there? Or the second option, making the font?

I need to buy the plug-ins to do this correctly, but in the meantime, here's what you can do. It won't put your logo over the TOP of the background footage, but it may work until you purchase the plugin that's needed:
1. Add an edit mark at the beginning and end of the sequence you want to overlay the logo. To put an edit mark, press Apple Key and 'T' at the same time.
2. Click the clip inside the edit marks by simply clicking on it. It turns dark blue.
3. Go to Advanced pull-down options and select Extract Audio. This will pull the audio from the selected clip and place it in one of the two audio tracks below the video clips.
4. While the video clip is still selected, delete it by pressing the Delete key. Don't empty the iMovie trash just in case you need to Undo your move.
5. Move the logo into your iMovie clip bin, then move it into the video timeline exactly where your previous clips was deleted. If it's longer or shorter than the extracted audio clip below it, double-click the logo image in the timeline and adjust it's duration. I think default is 0:05:00 seconds, but that can be changed. If you imported the logo image from iPhoto, it may have the Ken Burns move pre-selected, in which case you need to un-select Ken Burns, then adjust the duration of the logo image.
6. Now your extracted audio should play seamlessly along with the logo image.
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