Peanuts (partially found sponsorship ads of animated specials based on comic strip; 1965-1970s)

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A Coca-Cola advertisement at the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Status: Partially Found

Coca-Cola commissioned A Charlie Brown Christmas which that special included product placement for the soft drink, most notably sponsor ID's with a unique animated sequence.[1][2] Footage of Linus crashing into the Coca-Cola sign exists on YouTube as well as subsequent specials, including reissue tags incorporating Dolly Madison snack cakes. According to TV Guide advertisements and Lee Mendelson's website, the first new special to be sponsored by Dolly Madison with Coca-Cola is He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown.

The end credits music fades early in the current version because "best wishes" were given to the sponsors of that year's broadcasts, although A Charlie Brown Christmas had "Merry Christmas from the people who bottle Coca-Cola".

It is unclear when the special sequences stopped. However, standard sponsor tags have been shown annually until CBS stopped showing Peanuts specials in 2000.

Specials with Sponsor Sequences

# Special Title Air Date Status
1 A Charlie Brown Christmas Dec 9th, 1965 Found
2 Charlie Brown's All-Stars Jun 8th, 1966 Found
3 It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 27th, 1966 Found
4 You're in Love, Charlie Brown Jun 12th, 1967 Lost
5 He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown Feb 14th, 1968 Lost
6 It Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown Sep 27th, 1969 Lost
7 Play It Again, Charlie Brown Mar 28th, 1971 Lost

Found Sponsor Sequences

YouTubers "Robatsea2009" and "spetragl" unearthed various pieces of missing sponsor sequences, but these were soon blocked by WildBrain, producers of Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, despite them having no involvement in the former special whatsoever. The black-and-white copies of these tags surfaced elsewhere on the internet, but the color copies were discovered on a 16mm print and transferred by ParamountCartoons of The Internet Animation Database on July 26th, 2017. The full, unedited print of A Charlie Brown Christmas with the sponsor tags intact was uploaded to MEGA on December 22nd, 2018, by user Ramday.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Linus crashing into Coca-Cola sign (unknown, maybe 1965 or 1966), other versions lost except alternate take from the promo. End credits sponsor message added as a companion (unknown if 1965). The audio from a reissue is found as well.

Charlie Brown's All Stars

Charlie Brown mopes by a Coca-Cola sign (this time with circular red "Drink Coca-Cola" logo)- original in black-and-white and spetragl has a color reissue with the late 1960s Dolly Madison logo. Only a late 1960s reissue exists in collector circles and is the only version in color for the "best wishes" greetings.

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Although TV Guide list Coca-Cola as the sponsor it is unclear if "Robatsea2009"'s YouTube version is original or the following repeat, as Dolly Madison is added along with Coca-Cola. Chances are it was retaken, as a similar scene exists in a promo. End credits exist for unknown mid-1960s version. The Peanuts characters run around in Halloween costumes by the sign(s) and Snoopy dances.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas (original title)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (original ending)

Charlie Brown's All Stars 1966 Coca-Cola ad.

Charlie Brown's All Stars (original title)

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (original title)

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (original ending)

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