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I've been a huge fan of claymation for years, probably starting with "The California Rasins" which was created by the California Raisin Advisory Board and first shown June 19, 1986. That commercial series is one of the most genius ads ever produced and it lasted TEN years. (Funny personal aside - in my marketing classes in 1980, we had to create a marketing campaign for PRUNES. Not one of us came up with a campaign concept like The California Raisins.)

The California Raisins released four studio albums on Priority Records between 1987 and 1988, and their signature song, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," landed on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the Raisins would continue to make their strongest impression through animated endeavors, and the characters proved popular enough that they were used to endorse Post's Raisin Bran cereal.

On November 4, 1988, CBS aired a primetime special entitled Meet the Raisins!. The musical mockumentary was again created by Vinton Studios and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Mr. Vinton probably never received the acclaim he deserved for creating that wonderful ad series.

The Brits did a fantastic job of claymation with two of my favorites, "Wallace and Gromit" and "Shaun the Sheep."

RIP, Mr. Vinton...you brought joy to millions of people!

1 posted on 10/05/2018 8:44:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

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Oscar Winning Short "Closed Mondays"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoBmlbQApJE

2 posted on 10/05/2018 8:50:33 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)

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12 years is a long time to live with Myeloma, a blood cancer.
It sounds as though he had a full life.
I do recall the raisin ad campaign. I’m not familiar with his other efforts.

3 posted on 10/05/2018 8:52:07 AM PDT by lee martell (AT)

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4 posted on 10/05/2018 8:56:28 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")

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I loved Will Vinton's 1985 film "The Adventures of Mark Twain"

5 posted on 10/05/2018 9:01:29 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)

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This makes it sound as if Will Vinton invented Claymation. I still remember various claymations from before this time, many by George Pal.

8 posted on 10/05/2018 9:08:25 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar

"..coined the term "Claymation"...

Ahhh, "coined" - but not invented. I'm sure there were others even earlier, bu Art Clokey of "Gumby and Pokey" fame comes to mind immediately.

12 posted on 10/05/2018 9:26:26 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)

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John Fogerty - Vanz Can’t Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjpAYfCFmJ4

13 posted on 10/05/2018 9:30:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

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18 posted on 10/05/2018 10:38:19 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")

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“Oh no, Mr. Bill!”

19 posted on 10/05/2018 10:50:03 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)

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That would be a fun job, until all clay starts to look a-like.

20 posted on 10/05/2018 11:29:23 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)

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