[4] To their surprise, the commercial became wildly popular, paving the way for several future commercials and opportunities through other media. SW: So are the California Raisins coming back, do you thinkthe Dancing California Raisins? Not much longer would you be mine baby. 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? CHARLIE HERMAN: On September 14, 1986, California's hottest new band made its debut. We'll do that.'. 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. HO: Well there's there's definitely 12:02 some discussion about that I mean in its infancy right now. What's the message? America's favorite raisin. - The California Raisins II. It also gave the band members individual names and roles: A.C. (vocals), Beebop (drums), Stretch (bass), and Red (guitar/piano).[7]. SPEAKER THREE: They sang we three kings with also these camels that were all claymation. They starred in two claymation TV shorts, and a Christmas special that won an Emmy! SW: Lots of details would have to be worked out first. We were so embarrassed. CEO of.. SW: His dad started farming and processing raisins in Fresno back in the 1920s, and since then, Kalem has bounced around pretty much every corner of the industry. Lead vocals were sung by musician Buddy Miles. Possibly, but in their own sweet, silly way, these spots conveyed a sense of mindless fun and gave the humble raisin its moment in the sun. Sunmaid had always been the golden child, and now, they were making off with the family fortune. Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. I said, 'the only thing I would do, because at that time, you know, you had things like the Chipmunks and all these different things for kids,'. The 1980's TV commercials for California raisins have been called some of the best ads ever made. Commissioned by the California Raisin Advisory Board (CALRAB), a trade group of raisin producers in Californias Central Valley, the commercial was part of a multi-million dollar campaign to combat slowing raisin sales. 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. 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. Paul McCartney requested his own copy on VHS. In 2015, it was announced that a live-action/CGI reboot of the California Raisins would be produced, with president of The Actors Hall of Fame Foundation, Rusty Citron, as one of the people behind the project. Characters Steve and Roger go into a mall representing 1980s culture where they meet the Raisins who proclaim that they are "cursed to live forever. Today, the story of the California Dancing Raisins. Michael Jackson asked to be featured in a sequel. There were some other big names, like Dole and Del Monte, but they didn't just sell raisins. And so he says, 'Ok fine. Qualifying purchases could enjoy 0% interest if paid in full in 4 months on purchases of 99+. Artist. November 12, 1986 SW: You guys, it's from Paul McCartney's manager. 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. I grew up in California, and it felt like they were everywhere. KB: Once we started the Dancing Raisins, people were going to the store asking for Dancing Raisin raisins, and there weren't any! Still one thing nearly everyone does agree on is the mass appeal of the dancing raisins. [6] WERNER: They'd make these little clay models of the raisins, and I remember sitting there with one of the animators, and he'd make an expression in a mirror, and then he'd make that expression on the face of the raisin. Some had small brands that competed with Sunmaid. Audiences quickly connected with the Raisins authentic R&B sound, and The California Raisins version of "Grapevine" even reached No. 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. But there's one letter that really stands out: WERNER: Okay, this is from the Fitzgerald-Hartley Company. From Performing Songwriter Issue 111, July/Aug 2008. SW: Matthew Malcolm was one of the first raisin industry members to return my calls. SW: Between 1986 and 1992, the Dancing Raisins raked in more than 7 million dollars in licensing fees. Paul McCartney requested his own copy on VHS. But of course, that was not really the end of it. SW: The winning concept was a raisin with big eyes, a defined nose, and a wide mouthperfect for lip syncing. Lead vocals in the group were sung by musician Bu, The California Raisins were a fictional R&B group created in the mid-1980s for a commercial produced by the California Raisin Advisory. It began to cost CALRAB too much to market the Raisins, and the public moved on. KB: Heard it through the grapevine! SW: The ad was a hit. And he made it very clear to me right off the bat that no one, him included, would be interested in talking about the New York Times story I'd read. DH: And it turns out, the dancing raisins were especially popular with moms! And a lot people, including many of our listeners, still remember it really well. Like, when Ray Charles had starred in his ad, he agreed to do a cross-country public relations tour, promoting the health and goodness of California raisins. And this is what I told him. [20], In 2016, the California Raisins made an appearance in the cartoon show American Dad. 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. They're just a staple. Washington, D.C. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy & Terms of Use), International Media Interoperability Framework. It was the sequel to the Emmy-nominated special Meet the Raisins! SW: Big ingredient customers could actually look up in state records how much money, per ton, raisin packers were paying CALRAB. Today, it would go viral. But anyway, there's this one line in the story that implies that even though the ad went on to be super successful, even though you and I still remember it all these years later, it may have precipitated some really huge divisions within the raisin industry. Oh I heard it through the grapevine. SW: Even now, decades later when the dust has settled, one thing is still a question. You're making us put up $32.50 for generic advertising, and Sunmaid's getting the benefit of it. But that wasn't the story around town. So many of you remembered that Christmas special. Brought to you by is a production of Insider Audio. Refresh your browser window to try again. [19], In 2014, the California Raisins made a cameo appearance in the RadioShack Super Bowl XLVIII commercial "The '80s Called". They recorded an album that went gold within weeks of its release. CALRAB teamed up with advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding to try to forge an emotional connection between consumers and the dried fruit. SW: When the Dancing Raisins ad stopped airing, Sunmaid's share of direct raisin saleslike in boxes on grocery store shelvesactually increased. 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. Post's Raisin Bran cereal took advantage of the increasingly popular dried fruit and teamed up with the Raisins to help promote their boxed cereal, and fast food chain Hardees bought a license to produce the incredibly popular collectible Raisins figurines. The lead singer is wailing, wearing shadesnaturally, since they were raised in the California sunshine. Was Marvin Gaye spinning in his grave? AD FIVE: Honey, are you playing with your food again? A California Raisins Fan Club began in 1987, which included a Grapevine Gazette newsletter and various memorabilia. Start the wiki. And in 1998wait for it, another acronymthe CRMBCalifornia Raisin Marketing Boardtook over as the new hype machine for California Raisins. 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. Hey. Jackson, who agreed to do his commercial for free (and on the condition that he only work with Vinton, who he knew from their Captain EO project with Disney), helped create his own Claymation raisin with his signature single white glove, fedora, and pelvic-thrusting dance moves. More than 2 million people bought their albums and listened to the Raisins covering songs including "Lean on Me" and "You Cant Hurry Love." CH: This commercial was the most popular TV ad in 1987 and 1988. Select PayPal Credit to have the option to pay over time. Honey, honey yeah. 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. Go directly to shout page. SPEAKER TEN: We had the Christmas special on videotape, we probably watched it like three or four times a December, between when I was like 4 and 8. So, there's an alphabet soup of different boards and agencies and committees to help make that happen. It even led to an unauthorized collectibles guide published in 1998, cataloging the many items based on the clay characters. In 2010, claymation versions of the California Raisins were featured in the special Christmas episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, "A Very Sunny Christmas". 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HO: Oh, there's definitely hope. KB: Vine doesn't know who it belongs to. Okay? And then they called me and they said, 'you know what it's platinum in Canada too!' SW: And that tax is paying for a campaign that's not even advertising your product! SPEAKER SIX: They were an incredible Motown band.SPEAKER ONE: I thought they were a real band, and really did not connect them to like raisins, or like the idea of dried grapes until well into my adulthood. But despite it all, by a very narrow margin, more than half the room voted to greenlight the ad. Was the Dancing Raisins ad a success? As of the 2010s, packages of Sun-Maid Natural California Raisins still feature an updated California Raisin character. You're over. Please take time to look at pictures I try and show condition clear as possible. The band broke up. CH: But while the ad made the dancing California raisins cool did it do anything for actual California raisins? (laughs) That's just the way it is. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. 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. RV: I said, 'I think that's a great idea.' 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. SW: Kalem Barserian, raisin industry veteran, again. They grow grapes in the beautiful California sunshine and turn them into raisins. Browse 55 i heard it through the grapevine stock photos and images available, or search for california raisins to find more great stock photos and pictures. It's hurting from some bad weather trends. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. First, they provide tools the industry can use to regulate the raisin market. And on top of that, there have been many, many more lawsuits. How would the assessment be collected? What about Michael Jackson and what he was contributing? Matthew has observed his fair share of contentious industry meetings. But that little piece of fruit is anything but dry and boring. It's being threatened by growing raisin production in other countries. His crime: growing raisins and then deciding to sell . SW: The raisin industry quickly followed up with more ads. Their cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" peaked at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. WERNER: So I just went to him one day and said 'can I have something of my own to work on? 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. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. But back in 1994, almost ten years after the first dancing raisins ad aired, that good feeling was nowhere to be found. THE THROWBACK MACHINE: Going for the gold, but coming up blonde. This latest incarnation can still be seen on the California Raisin Marketing Board website.[11]. They help out with keeping prices stable and have an eye on supply and demand. 30 of those and you have a second of the commercial. And if you ever saw him. SW: But even as the dancing raisins scored these victories, back in Fresno, things were heating up. Besides appearing in short commercials, The California Raisins shared their musical chops in television specials. Almost like you can hear the band warming up "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" in the distance. Sunmaid. And that is something producer that producer Sarah Wyman has made very clear to me since she began digging into the orgins of the California dancing raisins ad. (laughs). Fresno is a dusty, medium-sized city in the middle of California's central valley. So they'd pose them, they'd take a picture of that, then they'd re-pose them slightly in a slightly different pose, take a picture of that. [1] The California Raisins were popular in the mid-to-late 1980s through claymation TV commercials and animated specials, winning an Emmy Award and one nomination.[2][3]. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You know? The problem, FCB's account supervisor said at the time, was that though customers understood the health benefits of raisins, they had emotional connections with various vice products, like cigarettes because of the long-running "Marlboro Man" ads, or beer based on the popular "Miller Time" ads. From a pop culture standpoint, absolutelypeople all over the world have heard of the Dancing Raisins. While the songs popularized the phrase, they inspired the hit kids cartoon series "The California Raisins" in the 1990s. People loved the singing, dancing Claymation raisins so much that more commercials followed, andin a marketing scheme that was virtually unheard of at the timeThe California Raisins went on to release four albums, score a Billboard Hot 100 hit, and earn an Emmy nomination (and appear in an Emmy-winning show). But I think we're heading in a positive direction now. BK: It actually got to the point where the Dancing Raisins had their own television show. I Heard It Through the Grapevine Lyrics by California Raisins from the Meet the Raisins! The California Raisins were a fictional rhythm and blues animated musical group as well as advertising and merchandising characters composed of anthropomorphized raisins. Please take time to look at pictures I try and show condition clear as possible. And I told him, all of this sounds absolutely exhausting: KB: I'm still here! Oh I'm just about to lose my mind. Strong came up with the idea and asked Motown writers Holland-Dozier-Holland to work on it with him. 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.". And the California raisin industry is, after all, a big family. We apologize for the interruption. CALRAB and the commercials it paid for represented the entire industry. And though the process is time-consuming and expensive, Werner's performance managed to win them over. He has faith in the industry's ability to work this out. But I also take the approach of, that was 30 years ago so I think it's time that we look forward because the industry is in a very dramatic, very drastically different place than it was back then. Vintage California Raisins Posable, Puppets, Bank, Wind up toy. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. And it paid for all that buzz with an assessmentor a taxon the raisin industry. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Photo: A Claymation Christmas Celebration / CBS The Raisins Were Featured In Will Vinton's 'Claymation Christmas Celebration' On CBS In 1987 Of all the acronyms, there's just one you need to remember: CALRAB. The show was broadcast August 29, 1990, on the U.S. television network CBS during primetime. But the Raisinss influence went beyond just TV and music and began to invade all levels of pop culture. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - California Raisins. The California Raisin Advisory Board. So you really had to be in the right place at the right time just to see it, and then when you saw it, you weren't quite sure what that was, but it was different than everything else you saw, and people started just saying 'what was that?'. SW: Yeah, that did not go over well within the industry. And they should pretty much be still once they do their heard it! Right? A series of weather-related disasters during the '70s had thrown the price of raisins completely out of whack. SPEAKER FIVE: They just made raisins and dried fruit in general seem really, really hip. KB: Because a raisin is a raisin is a raisin. Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online. And the answer is usually 'we don't know.. but probably not.' BK: There's always been a 'If it's good for Sunmaid, it's gotta be bad for them.' Director. And call them nature's candy. The California Raisins Original Commercial click to see! SW: Did it feel at any point while you were working on this album like you were making an ad for raisins? If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions. I mean. SPEAKER TWELVE: And it was all claymation, and they'd sing Christmas carols and stuff there were I think other characters and things in it as well. And if you don't have a consensus, it doesn't matter. These days, some growers are abandoning ship entirely, ripping out their vineyards and planting almonds instead. Kalem Barserian will tell you the ad made the raisin industry money, and he will pull out a calculator to prove it. But in 1986, that's just what happened when the California Raisin Advisory Board launched a series of ads by the California Raisins, a group that existed only in . Jun 1, 2013 - Explore The Goodwill Geek's board "Heard it Through the Grapevine.", followed by 362 people on Pinterest. (of Suite D2 Josephs Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds LS3 1AB) which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (with firm reference number 626349). Produced by Sarah Wyman, with Charlie Herman and Julia Press. The California Raisins II is a 1990 claymation television special directed by Will Vinton, featuring the advertising characters The California Raisins. Unless you just happened to have a VCR set up and recording at the exact moment the ad aired WERNER: You had to wait and hopefully see it on TV again on some show you were watching and not know when that was coming, and because we didn't have a very big media budget, it wasn't on that often. Vocals were sung by musician Buddy Miles. You know how families can be about money. It just knows that it needs water, it needs to be pruned, needs to be fertilized, it needs to be babied. The California Raisins were a fictional R&B group created in the mid-1980s for a commercial produced by the California Raisin Advisory. Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine. It's a tax. Very serious-like. WERNER: Uh yeah, it was probably a little bit of a shock, I guess. Kalem Barserian, along with around 40 raisin growers, packers, and industry members, was in that room. MICHAEL BRUNSFELD: The first step in this was we need somebody to create some raisins that are going to dance around. So, just like at Thanksgiving dinner, while CALRAB tried to calm everyone down and broker peace from the head of the table, squabbling raisin packers aired old grudges and argued about who was and was not getting their fair share of the cash. RV: Oh no, to me it at one point it kind of went beyond that. Check mate. And he says, even though the Dancing Raisins are long gone, he and the rest of the industry are still dealing with the fallout. KB: And the packers got pissed at Barry and killed the program. How is that better than Ray Charles?'. If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. The California Raisins were a fictional R&B group created in the mid-1980s for a commercial produced by the California Raisin Advisory. 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. I didn't eat raisins. SW: Back in Fresno, the raisin growers and packers watched with amazement as the Dancing Raisins turned into superstars. SW: That's another thing that makes the raisin industry different. They needed to be the life of the snack bar. The "Heard It Through the Grapevine" theme is fabulous. And so Will said 'well finally I took Janet's nose and put that on the raisin and he bought it [snaps fingers] like that.'. Their cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" peaked at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. Werner's big idea was going to be a risk, especially without the celebrity spokesperson the client had requested. This commercial has witimaginationand it was good enough that I went and bought a box of Californian grown raisins.'. Werner and Fedor also thought that the commercial should use clay animation, a type of stop-motion animation using characters or settings made out of clay or other similarly pliable materials, rather than regular cartoon animation. SPEAKER ELEVEN: We watched it in art class when I was in elementary school. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal (Europe) S. r.l. The face took up most of the raisin's body MB: And then there was little wrinkles here and there, but the more you emphasize that, the more it looked, you know, kind of like a weird prune. Their cover of Marvin Gaye's &, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The answer? Eligibility determined at checkout. Unknown; no label specified. ', 'Today during Ryan's Hope I saw the cutest commercial. Leave a message at (646) 768-4777, or email us at btyb@insider.com. Lead vocals in the group were sung by musician Buddy Miles. This special saw the Raisins hiring a new manager with the goal of making a comeback. MATTHEW MALCOLM: I mean you can't just leave any field barren here, because something's gonna grow. It was merely entertaining." They filed a petition, and that's it! [5] The following year, the Raisins appeared in the Emmy Award-winning A Claymation Christmas Celebration, singing the Christmas carol "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". ', SW: Barry Kriebel was president of Sunmaid at the time. Your email address will not be published. Web. Whod have ever thought that a beloved Motown classic would be brought back to life by a bunch of animated dried fruit? SW: This is Seth Werner. It's very successful in that sense. With lead vocals by former Jimi Hendrix and Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles, the Raisins put out two platinum albums, and spun out a Michael Jackson soundalike ad as well as a spot voiced by the real Ray Charles. CH: The dancing raisins were so popular, they took on a life of their own outside of the ad. Even if you weren't alive to see the advertisements, TV. If you have any issues please contact me before leaving negative response I will always do my best make it right! Between 1987 and 1988, the fictional band released four albums, two of which went platinum. 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! Raisins, dressed up in white gloves and sunglasses, dancing to Marvin Gaye's "I heard it through the grapevine." Umpteen searches though the archives using the terms "California Raisins" and "Hardee's" came up mostly empty, except for . as well as other partner offers and accept our, NOW WATCH: An investment chief at HSBC sees huge trading opportunities outside the US. Done. And even in the 1990s, Sunmaid was like the "Kleenex" of the raisin industry. Seth Werner and CALRABthe agency responsible for hyping up California raisinsthey had delivered a hit. Your email address will not be published. Who'd have ever thought that a beloved Motown classic would be brought back to life by a bunch of animated dried fruit? The California Raisins were the product of an exacerbated ad team, a few broken rules, and the execution of a fascinating visual art form. This figure is also included on CalRaisins.org. 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. 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. MM: At every industry meeting I go to, it seems like someone's asking, some raisin grower's asking 'are you ever going to bring the raisin, dancing raisins back?' Werner and his copywriting partner, Dexter Fedor, knew that they needed to make the dried fruit less of an afterthoughtthe raisins needed personality. SW: Paul. And this broke the mold. MICHAEL JACKSON: And Will, keep these guys still until they do the heard it! SW: For the packers who did have their own brands and worried Sunmaid was running away with raisin sales, there was another issue. You asked someone to name a raisin brand, and they would say "Sunmaid.". 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