But First These Messages: Peanuts Edition

Peanuts 

          Combining two things we do on this blog into one subject is our goal today. Yes, we are taking our commercials strand "But First The Messages" and our talk of "Peanuts" and combining them into one thing.  Also the format for this post is going to be a little different to a normal "But First These Messages" post  but only a little!  It's still a loose history since there so much that we might not do until another post or something.

    Before "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and actually this helped open the door for Peanuts characters to appear in specials in the future, and what I am talking about are the Ford Motor Company days.

                  Ford in 1959 had gotten the license to use Peanuts characters in their ads introducing a classic person to the world of Peanuts on television, Bill Melendez , who was working at Playhouse Pictures, who worked with Ford in advertising.

  

     The first commercial has Charlie Brown handing out chocolate cigars  because Ford has a new car and sure why not?  In our modern sad times, if someone even made a candy like this their would be like 98 Hot Takes on awful websites about how this is bad or something.  (Sorry ranting here)  It's limited in animation but still pretty impressive to see the characters in action and talk.  Yes, they were animated in color for the 7 people* with color television in 1959. (* we mean it wasn't a high number)
 
 It's also a reference to the 1959 strips from when Sally  was born and CB was giving out chocolate cigars

From May 30th  1959 

    Later on the Peanuts sell us the 1960 Ford Falcon. They sold them so well I just bought 20! 

       

     It's 2 minutes long so buckle up!

   

        I like how in these ads they interact with the narrator there's a classic charm there.

Woah, I'll buy 20 more cars 

more after the jump, I wish we had a sponsor

    While, the Peanuts stopped selling us Fords, sadly, they didn't stay off television for long, eventually getting a Christmas special , the first Peanuts special of many, in 1965.

Fun fact: The Early Peanuts specials were sponsored by Coca-Cola. The Original intro for "A Charlie Brown Christmas" had  Coca Cola's name right there.



   Later on , the Peanuts ended up showing on other products from cars to bread. In this case, Weber's Bread.




  They also were featured in other bread ads, because bread of course.



  It's not Peanut Butter and Jelly meaning , oh no!  Peanuts Butter is Peanuts people! Wake up!

 Yeah that'll cure his broken back, Charlie Brown! 

     Later on, Dolly Madison put Peanuts characters in their ads.  Here's a 1980's appearance of Peanuts characters where Snoopy plays a Zinger zapper. 

    

        Finally, the cereal ads.  And The Peanuts characters appeared in Cheerios.  I mean it's still Cheerios so would I buy them?

     

     There's Peanuts stickers!  I'll buy 200 boxes please.

  Cheerios were later banned by the NFL as performance enhancing drugs (This is not true)


    Oh you sly dogs, you didn't go with kicking, though I don't think Peppermint Patty would do the Lucy.

Charlie Brown has the power up now! 

   The Peanuts characters went on to promote  Chex.  

 I like commercials that give me ideas on what to do with their products, I'll buy 300 boxes.




   
 
 Snoopy better be getting paid over time here!



  I want to  add this here this was the natural progression of "Peanuts"




 Natural progression.

Woah Snoopy, I love Peanuts too but calm down! 

    

  Since Snoopy does love Root Beer, I had to add this one!
   

 Cream Soda? What are we doing here? 

Regina Steamer Carpet Cleaner could only have character featured 

   Poor Pig Pen suffers this whole ad!

 Regina: We'll suck your life force! 

 One more thing from, Japan! 

 That's it for now, there is so much we could do in future posts, and that's not even with the Met Life stuff ! I hope you enjoyed this, we may do future installments of Peanuts Editions of But First These Messages. It's like a series in a series crossover with another series.