CH: The dancing raisins were so popular, they took on a life of their own outside of the ad. She would always show them to me and talk to me about them and how cute and clever they were, and I just thought, why in the world is a grown woman so excited about something so ridiculous? The Raisins released numerous studio albums in the 1980s, starred in a cartoon series, and were nominated for an Emmy for their 1988 "Meet the Raisins" mockumentary. And I told him, all of this sounds absolutely exhausting: KB: I'm still here! Right or wrong, It depends on wherever the votes are. These wildly popular clay animation raisins grew into far more than their creators had ever dreamed of. They grow grapes in the beautiful California sunshine and turn them into raisins. What's the message? Sunmaid had always been the golden child, and now, they were making off with the family fortune. If you would like to know how we handle complaints, please click, . But how did a bunch of dried grapes, burdened with the reputationof being a mediocre, boring snack, become synonymous with swagger? [16], In 2002, the Food Network program Unwrapped featured a segment on The California Raisins featuring interviews with Will Vinton, David Altschul, and Mark Gustafson of Vinton Studios. [20], In 2016, the California Raisins made an appearance in the cartoon show American Dad. Then in 1989, a 13-episode Saturday Morning Cartoon show calledThe California Raisin Show aired. And that might be part of why some raisin packers felt like this all boiled down to: "it's us versus Sunmaid.". Produced by Sarah Wyman, with Charlie Herman and Julia Press. AD SIX: Oh, I heard it through the grapevine! Please take time to look at pictures I try and show condition clear as possible. Find top songs and albums by California Raisins including I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and more. CALRAB teamed up with advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding to try to forge an emotional connection between consumers and the dried fruit. Start the wiki. Paul McCartney requested his own copy on VHS. Yeah the good news is the industry is at a point where people are working together more than they have historically, at least in the past 20 years or so. Stay up to date with what you want to know. SPEAKER FOUR: My mother thought they were great, and she collected the figurines. SW: The California raisin industry is complicated. [6] [Ebm E Ab Eb Cm] Chords for California Raisins Heard it Through the Grapevine (Better Quality) with Key, BPM, and easy-to-follow letter notes in sheet. It wasn't true. That's what happened. Sales of raisins themselves increased 20 percent after the first commercial. So, give them raisins! They all want to have them back [sigh] I don't know if it's just because they love the dancing raisins, or I think more than that, is they just want a powerful campaign, you know, backing up California raisins. The plot of the game involved Tiny Goodbite having to rescue his friends who have been kidnapped and held in a cereal factory. Earlier this year, the CRMBwhich did not respond to my request for commenthired a brand new Vice President of Marketing. Like the whole body was just a head, with arms and legs waving about. Washington, D.C. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy & Terms of Use), African American History Curatorial Collective. While the vines may feel special to their growerslike children!to you and me? The 1980's TV commercials for California raisins have been called some of the best ads ever made. ", In 2017, an episode of The Simpsons called "The Cad and the Hat" included a couch gag segment featuring the California Raisins being killed by Homer.[21]. Merchandise sales included toys and Raisins images on nearly every conceivable medium: lunch boxes, notebooks, clothing, posters, bedsheets, and even a Halloween costume, just to name a few. But, that's not where this story ends. And since they were already touring the country, at least on TV screens, there was only one logical next step. Would everyone contribute to the cost of an ad campaign? Raised in the California sunshine WERNER: He volunteered and said 'I won't be paid, I just want to be a raisin, I have one thing I need to ask though, I will not talk to anybody from the advertising agency, and I will not talk to any clients. Play with guitar, piano, ukulele, or any instrument you choose. But as that money flowed back into CALRAB's coffers, the disagreements became more serious. Lead vocals in the group were sung by musician Buddy Miles. Potato head, but a raisin. In fact, the industry was on an upswing. What about Michael Jackson and what he was contributing? Although Vinton made one last Claymation TV movie about the Raisins in 1990, the end of the '80s brought a decline in the Raisinss popularity. During the peak of their popularity in the late '80s, the California Raisins also had a fan club, merchandise that spanned from plush toys to lunch boxes to air fresheners, and a series of comic books. SW: Michael Jackson sent Will Vinton a video with instructions for how he wanted the claymation to lookdown to the motions and facial expressions the backup raisins were making in the background of the ad. See more ideas about california raisins, raisin, grape vines. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online. Will Vinton. And so, with a $7.5 million campaign on the line, Werner hit play and began dancing across the room to the old Motown hit "I Heard it Through the Grapevine.". Label. In 1987, Vinton featured the Raisins singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in A Claymation Christmas Celebration, a Christmas TV special he produced that won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. SPEAKER FIVE: Every time that commercial would come on, my mom would sing and dance to that song. They help out with keeping prices stable and have an eye on supply and demand. Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web! The raisin packers didn't reach this decision because anyone had anything against the ad, or because licensing fees had stopped rolling in, or even because raisin sales were down. The claymation raisins singing and dancing to Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became a kids TV show, recorded an album that went platinum, launched a range of toys and costumes, and starred in an Emmy-winning Christmas special. Several photos were taken providing a close look at the Raisins' internal armatures and detailing their extremely poor condition, including the absence of the A.C. puppet's head.[18]. Listen to music by California Raisins on Apple Music. BARRY KRIEBEL: Well that's the problem with the advertising! The California Dancing Raisins ad has been called one of the best of all time. RAISINS: Oooh I heard it through the grapevine, raised in the California sunshine. You're over. It was merely entertaining." - The California Raisins II. First aired on September 14, 1986, Werner's idea for a 30-second television commercial introduced audiences to The California Raisins, a group of anthropomorphized raisins with expressive. Seth Werner, the young copywriter newly in charge of the California Raisins account, had a concept. And maybe some people are pessimistic about it, I don't know, maybe people are tired of just the lack of unity. The industry is in talks about a new campaign to promote California raisins. KB: Once we started the Dancing Raisins, people were going to the store asking for Dancing Raisin raisins, and there weren't any! The California Raisins released four studio albums in 1987 and 1988, and their trademark, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," was on the Billboard Hot 100. So, growers and packers paid a tax on every ton of raisins they produced. (laughs). And because Sunmaid was so much biggerthe Kleenex of raisins!they suspected that brand was getting a bigger share of the sales that had trickled down from the ad. Sarah Wyman is our showrunner. First, they provide tools the industry can use to regulate the raisin market. And then, job number two: they work on public relations and marketing for the entire raisin industry. If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. The briefthe goal of the campaignwas to come up with a commercial that would make customers see raisins differently. A Saturday morning cartoon series, The California Raisin Show, debuted the following year, but lasted only 13 episodes. Just to make the ad would cost $300,000. And, for better or worse, they're also in it together on that front. WERNER: We went there because we had to meet the growers, and so we would drive, what was it, an hour, 90 minutes to Fresno from San Francisco, and the account people were all nervous on the way there like 'what are we going to do?'. KB: Raisin processor for many years in different facilities. Select PayPal Credit to have the option to pay over time. It turns out the raisin industry is actually a very contentious industry there's this long history of lawsuits going back and forth between different members. I heard it through the grapevine. The California Dancing Raisins ad has been called one of the best of all time. But in 1994, the raisin industry abruptly pulled the plug on the ad and its spinoffs, and still debates whether or not it was successful. (981) $9.95. KB: Vine doesn't know who it belongs to. Blastfrompasttoys. You're making us put up $32.50 for generic advertising, and Sunmaid's getting the benefit of it. SPEAKER EIGHT: And I guess subliminally, it probably worked because I do remember eating raisins as a snack. RV: I said, 'I'm going to do it where it feels authentic.' RV: And I set it up in the studio exactly how like an old Motown session would be. Scientists mull polarized light detection from alien life-forms, Nano-mechanical sensors wired using photonics, E. coli outbreak leads to massive flour recall, First human CRISPR trial passes safety and ethics review, Cephalopods: Natures camouflaging masters, Scientists detect gravitational waves for the second time, Colorful secrets of chemical elements with slow motion flames. [4] To their surprise, the commercial became wildly popular, paving the way for several future commercials and opportunities through other media. High-top sneakers, sunglasses, and endless swagger. Some people were saying they weren't getting a big enough slice of the Dancing Raisins pie. Kalem Barserian will tell you the ad made the raisin industry money, and he will pull out a calculator to prove it. WERNER: We created this huge conga line that came out of a box of raisins and danced on the coffee table while this husband and wife or boyfriend and girlfriend were watching a movie, and they were unaware that all this was happening in its own little world. SUNMAID AD: My girl talkin' bout my girl. KB: [counts] 350 versus 244. et Cie, S.C.A. Deathly silence filled the Board room for what was probably only another thirty seconds, but seemed much longer. Raisins, dressed up in white gloves and sunglasses, dancing to Marvin Gaye's "I heard it through the grapevine." Strong came up with the idea and asked Motown writers Holland-Dozier-Holland to work on it with him. [9] Blackthorne Publishing also released a six-issue comic book series entitled The California Raisins 3-D which included 3D glasses; these would later be re-released in the Ultimate Collection trade paperback. But Michael Jackson, well he was not about that. Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account, Do you know any background info about this track? But thanks to the California Raisins, its now commonplace to see ads that include anthropomorphized food or candy. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - California Raisins. Jun 1, 2013 - Explore The Goodwill Geek's board "Heard it Through the Grapevine.", followed by 362 people on Pinterest. Vinton and his team hired human dancers to make the Raisins's dance moves look realistic. Is it that people remember it? Refresh your browser window to try again. HARRY OVERLY: I know for a fact that there is animosity that still exists within the industry of what happened back then. Nature's candy. SW: Those people started calling CALRAB and the ad agency, asking when and where the ad would play again. No, not really. So when his friends were like WERNER: 'What are you gonna do with that? I know a man ain't supposed to cry. Still one thing nearly everyone does agree on is the mass appeal of the dancing raisins. SW: That is exactly what I wanted to find out. It's very successful in that sense. So Fresno is like Eden for raisins. You asked someone to name a raisin brand, and they would say "Sunmaid.". Dancing Raisins Heard It Through the Grapevine. CALRAB, the organization who made the campaign, was also closed on July 31, 1994, due to disagreements with raisin producers over the fairness of required payments to the organization. SW: The raisin industry quickly followed up with more ads. SW: In the end, the ad went to air. 30 of those and you have a second of the commercial. SW: Matthew says, whether or not the dancing raisins are part of the industry's future, he remains optimistic. For the last 10 years, he's violated the law and gone against the Raisin Administrative Committee. I mean, you can imagine that! We apologize for the interruption. KB: We're not getting our fair share of it. The success of the dancing raisins exposed fractures in the industry which had been forming just under the surface for decades. First aired on September 14, 1986, Werner's idea for a 30-second television commercial introduced audiences to The California Raisins, a group of anthropomorphized raisins with expressive eyebrows, stylish shoes, and the slickest dance moves since the Chiquita Banana shimmied into advertising in the 1940s. SW: They pulled up to a business park, hopped out of the car, and marched into a conference room. SW: Yeah, that did not go over well within the industry. You got 100,000 tons. And in 1998wait for it, another acronymthe CRMBCalifornia Raisin Marketing Boardtook over as the new hype machine for California Raisins. They were all over the country, on mugs and lunchboxes and tee shirts. But in terms of its impact on the industry it depends on who you ask. McCartney. Werner's big idea was going to be a risk, especially without the celebrity spokesperson the client had requested. On November 4, 1988, CBS aired a primetime television special called Meet the Raisins! Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web! SW: And then at the end the announcer says: WERNER: I remember when I went to college, people would say 'there are three or four ways you can do an advertisement. Hey. A short time after that, he sat in a studio and sang the words into a microphone while strumming his guitar along with a few friends. Which meant packers couldn't slap a Dancing Raisin on their packaging or use the characters in ads unless they got their idea approved by the board. The California Raisins released four studio albums on Priority Records, BMG, and ZTT Records between 1987 to 1994, and their signature song, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", landed on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 84 or 85. onefunplace. I said, 'Ok, that's one piece of the marketing puzzle. I was in the room when it got killed! We may receive commission if your application for credit is successful, the commission does not affect the amount you will pay under your agreement. "We decided that we wanted the raisins to be cool and a bit intimidating," Werner said. The musical mockumentary was again created by Vinton Studios, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Lots of brands tested the limits of this rule, including Sunmaid: BK: I got permission from the manager to create a claymation ad where I had the Dancing Raisins singing to the Sunmaid girl. SW: His boss had him working mostly on trade adsstuff for industry publications not the kind of campaigns you or I would ever see in a commercial or on a billboard. First of all, you've got that family dynamic. But back in 1986, going viral was not yet a thing. SW: Between 1986 and 1992, the Dancing Raisins raked in more than 7 million dollars in licensing fees. It's hurting from some bad weather trends. Like, growing up, we had this little figurine in our doll house, and my parents dressed up as them one year for Halloween. WERNER: Uh yeah, it was probably a little bit of a shock, I guess. Fresno is a dusty, medium-sized city in the middle of California's central valley. From a pop culture standpoint, absolutelypeople all over the world have heard of the Dancing Raisins. Oh! This was not a formula. We may update this record based on further research and review. And that takes unity. And so he says, 'Ok fine. I grew up in California, and it felt like they were everywhere. Everyone is hungering for unity again, they just have to find something to unify around. CH: A warship, the USS Pyro, even asked permission to sail with a California Dancing Raisins flag flying high above ahoy mateys! But in 1986, thats just what happened when the California Raisin Advisory Board launched a series of ads by the California Raisins, a group that existed only in Claymation. "Picture cover". With the musicians all in a room, live, everything. The California Raisins were a fictional rhythm and blues animated musical group as well as advertising and merchandising characters composed of anthropomorphized raisins. Almost across the board, everyone I spoke to had good things to say about the ad itself. Lead vocals in the group were sung by musician Buddy Miles. It even led to an unauthorized collectibles guide published in 1998, cataloging the many items based on the clay characters. Right? They used themselves to make them human. And apparently, making a clay "King of Pop" was a whole 'nother can of worms. RAISINS SHOW: You might have heard about us through the old grapevine. Whod have ever thought that a beloved Motown classic would be brought back to life by a bunch of animated dried fruit? SW: Unity has been a longstanding challenge for the raisin industry. Hey, I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Said I heard it through the grapevine Hey, I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey, yeah (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you Be my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah) Honey, honey, I know That you're letting me go Hey, I heard it through the grapevine 1 Mar. 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SW: I was not even alive when most of those ads aired, and I had the same experience. SW: Then, you've got nature to think about. If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. WERNER: We want sunglasses on them, I want to put them in Converse sneakers, but untie the laces, and they gotta look hip, basically. Just one piece! The mockumentary-style show created a full backstory about the bands rise to stardom and delved into the histories of each of the individual Raisins, who had names by this pointA.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Which wasn't true. There is also some good news though! SW: Within a month of its release, the album went gold. Their cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" peaked at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. They all watched as Seth walked in and took the floor. The comedy podcast Felix Navipod features discussion of the California Raisins on all 166 episodes of its run. Instead, it was a group of tiny, claymation raisins playing a Motown hit in a national ad campaign. He was so into it that he personally got in touch with Will Vinton, the claymation animator, and asked to be included in his own commercial. Many of the items created for the campaign have become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. On the table below them. KB: Because a raisin is a raisin is a raisin. Test your MusicIQ here! It's a pop song reimagined as a nervous breakdown. But Barry Kriebel says, at that point, the actual facts had stopped mattering. Can you just give me an assignment? The California Raisins are a fictional rhythm and blues musical group comprised of anthropomorphized raisins. We may update this record based on further research and review. Vinton and his team spent weeks making about six different figurines and a set made out of clay. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions. The ad was fun, but, to quote The Fruits of Their Labors again, it "made no effort to sell raisins. The 1980's TV commercials for California raisins have been called some of the best ads ever made. SW: Seth's boss handed him the California raisins account. Seth Werner and CALRABthe agency responsible for hyping up California raisinsthey had delivered a hit. Really?'. He said: WERNER: He would not approve the nose that I put on the raisin, no matter what I did, he wouldn't approve of it! Barrett Strong was the singer. He has faith in the industry's ability to work this out. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions. Oh! Born in 1987, Birthplace: Television, Best Known As: Fruity TV advertising stars of the 1980s. SW: He just turned 82, and for the last few decades, he's been privy to almost every dispute in raisin land, and lots of them have landed on his desk. 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But despite it all, by a very narrow margin, more than half the room voted to greenlight the ad. Packers sort the raisins by size, rinse out sand and dirt, control for quality, and pack them all up in boxes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. SPEAKER ELEVEN: We watched it in art class when I was in elementary school. SPEAKER THREE: The one song I remember them doing all the time was "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" To the point where I was a kid and I hadn't, I don't think it really clicked to me that that was like a real song. Even if you weren't alive to see the advertisements, TV. Lead vocals were sung by musician Buddy Miles. RAISINS CHRISTMAS: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer It's those sensational California Raisins in the Emmy-winning Claymation Christmas celebration, next! Losin' you would end my life you see. Thanks to everyone who left us voicemails and shared their memories of the California Raisins in our Facebook group. Music is from Audio Network. The Dancing California Raisins were a go. KB: Grape and raisin grower. Claymation was an unproven conceptthis was probably the first time it had been used in a commercial. And by the end of the night, all anyone could agree on was that one of the siblings was getting a bigger cut than everyone else. Today, the story of the California Dancing Raisins. There was 19 of us at Sunnyside country club sitting in a circle in the main dining room, and we all voted. But of course, that was not really the end of it. And ultimately, when everyone failed to agree, the raisins took the fall. Required fields are marked *. The ads storyboards were pretty simple: A bunch of raisins dance in a line across the screen, grooving to the Motown sound that had been rejuvenated by the success of The Big Chills 6 million-selling soundtrack. SPEAKER FIVE: They just made raisins and dried fruit in general seem really, really hip. Not so much. Director. CH: After the break, five million dollars DOES go a long way, the Dancing California Raisins conga line their way to record deals and awards, and they split the raisin industry right down the middle. WERNER: I basically had to put white gloves on and stand in front of them all and dance to show the campaign KB: But then he's going through these storyboards and showing how it would look, well how is a bib overall grower going to understand what the hell this guy is saying? And the California raisin industry is, after all, a big family. The claymation raisins singing and dancing to Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became a kids TV show, recorded an album that went platinum, launched a range of toys and costumes, and starred in an Emmy-winning Christmas special. Today, it would go viral. But first, he had to get approval from the raisin growers and packers who were paying for it. MICHAEL JACKSON: And Will, keep these guys still until they do the heard it! Lyrics.com. WERNER: We still thought it was cool. They go on for pages and pages, carefully typed out on letterhead and hand-written in beautiful cursive. Or 'if it's bad for Sunmaid, it's gotta be good for them. But the Raisinss influence went beyond just TV and music and began to invade all levels of pop culture. And the band wasn't playing heavy metal or rock 'n' roll. And then it clicked on me that it was like, 'oh, this is a real song, like not a California Raisins song.'. AD TWO: We know raisins are natural, but kids just know what they like. I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine baby I know a man ain't supposed to cry But these tears I can't hold inside Losin' you would end my life you see 'Cause you mean that much to me You could have told me yourself That you loved some one else Instead I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Photo: A Claymation Christmas Celebration / CBS The Raisins Were Featured In Will Vinton's 'Claymation Christmas Celebration' On CBS In 1987 When Seth Werner, a 31-year-old copywriter at the ad agency Foote, Cone & Belding, walked into the pitch meeting, he knew he had to put on a show. SPEAKER ONE: Like obviously, they're raisins, but it just didn't occur to me that like this was a tool to get you to eat like what you see in boxes of raisins. If you require a personal response, please use ourContact page. 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