California Raisins Commercial Compilation

Here's a compilation of every California Raisins commercial I could find, including a couple of animated Raisin Bran commercials and a couple of short specials on the California Raisins and Will Vinton. I love the California Raisins (and Will Vinton in general)... I even own one of the claymation puppets from the original commercials!
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[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

These kind of commercials would die without youtube. Thank God this exists.

[@polarjet1833]

Imagine getting up at 2:00 AM to get some raisins and all of a sudden your raisins jump out of their box and start dancing while singing “I Heard It Through the Grape Vine”

[@imagine9132]

i would be creeped out but if there singing i heard it throught the grapevine then i would stick around

[@vendiesel8690]

Lmao

[@marialiyubman]

It’s the only reason to like raisins.

[@lesliemolina]

I'd say time to quit drinking. Lol.

[@erehjeager6474]

it depends if michael jackson is there

[@PIXPromosMore]

R.I.P. Will Vinton--one of the unsung heroes of animation.

[@masterfarr8265]

he invented claymation, how people are that oblivious is beyond us.

[@MovieFan1912]

May he Rest In Peace.

[@mrhobs]

@@masterfarr8265 I've got nothing but enormous amounts of respect for Vinton and all he did for the medium/art form, but why do people say he invented claymation? Unless you just meant "coined." I mean Gumby is basically the epitome of claymation regardless of what terminology was in use in the 1950s. You can go back further in time, but I'd pick Clokey as the one that really popularized clay animation.

[@mrhobs]

@kurbsyde Nice. I'm happy you purchased ALL.

[@aaronsarchive82]

One of my favorite animators of all time. Poor guy deserved better in his final years.

[@joemama8525]

Imagine being so talented that Ray Charles wants to be in your art, and Michael Jackson lets you use his voice/likeness FREE OF CHARGE. That's how monumental these characters were.

[@snoccyboi9875]

Not to mention that will vinton's animation was involved in moonwalker

[@karonkeyes1357]

The best California raisins commercial of all time is the Michael Jackson one

[@MRATOMIC-yz2cx]

Will Vinton was a genius in the world of claymation. We need someone like this to revive this lost art form.

[@mrnukes797]

Don't worry his son took over the company and Laika still carries on claymation

[@sabreflash6489]

MY BOI MICHEAL FREAKING JACKSON

[@ros6305]

When I was 12 my uncle jonsey died I'm a semi truck accident. The last thing he gave me was a California raisin statue he will be missed:)

[@Nick-cp8wf]

Touching story. Great memories.

[@Rambo-Gaming]

I was a huge California Raisins fan as a kid (still a huge fan). I had a couple of the t-shirts, a few of the figures, the coloring books, I even had "The California Raisins Sing The Hits" on cassette tape. Seeing these old commercials brings back a lot of great memories.

[@g-nuts1219]

Did you even had their Nintendo NES game?? The California Raisins: The Grape Escape.

[@Rambo-Gaming]

​@@g-nuts1219Unfortunately, no.

[@Aethian]

That cassette was the first one I ever bought with own money.

[@matthewsoucy9073]

The California raisins should to make a comeback

[@juliah8351]

Honestly

[@mrhobs]

I mean, I'd take their classic stuff, but would be great to get one with Gorillaz covering "Heard it through the Grapevine." (Like Michael Jackson did.) Oh man, I really want that now and I'll never get it, thanks A LOT! lol

[@mrhobs]

I suddenly feel inspired to set up an animation studio and make one... maybe co-starring The Noid. Heh

[@SideMoneyGarage]

We need them.

[@jonahradzikinas490]

Mom: “Quit complaining. The food isn’t that hot.” The food: 2:08

[@Jabroniville]

haha I actually saw the California Raisins at Ice Capades live :). The only thing I remember was the singer talking about how "We were once ordinary grapes", but the sun turned them into raisins, lol.

[@shawneldridge4465]

🤠 Yesssss The California raisins, these commercials were so good at its time and I know we all loved and enjoyed watching them. I am surprised that they never came up with the album, like seriously they had some good stuff back then. I miss watching these commercials on television, most definitely they need to put them back on and come up with some new California raisin commercials too. Can't help what we like and we can't help what we enjoy too

[@WilliamWood-vu8bx]

How many remember watching these wonderful commercials?

[@masterfarr8265]

The best part of 2020 besides new years eve was discovering these guys

[@Go1239w]

In an African household raisins are golden 😭 and snacks! 🤷🏽‍♀️ I couldn’t eat raisins for a long time after I liked the California raisins commercials, and so I put the raisins in water and plumped it up and ate it or Kellogg’s corn flakes with extra milk and add the raisins and wait until the raisins plump up .

[@aliciamack9323]

True they were it was for me growing up that time

[@porshawalker5298]

This Man Will Vinton is Such a Genius 😀👍🏽👌🏽✌🏽😃

[@vickiehurt2665]

I remember these! I ❤ these commercials! So ingenious!!!

[@groenfan851]

Ahoyhoy There, Fellow KZbinrino! I just got a 1987 California Raisins Fingertronic foam puppet my aunt rescued and salvaged from an abandoned house and they were about to throw away some great vintage toys and collectibles. We salvaged some great , and surprisingly valuable; though, toy-wise I don't care about monetary gain, but just that these pieces of historical value get a chance , that's what matters to me.

[@nathanmontenegro7927]

See these commercials at 3 AM when I was a kid would've traumatized me for life.

[@luvlyleo2836]

The raisins were awesome 🥰💯

[@Dill_Pickle1997]

Didn’t this guy do the claymation for moonwalker?

[@BokanProductions]

Versipellis the rogue Changeling yup his name is Will Vinton

[@aliciamack9323]

This is from my childhood i grew up half way in the 80s through the 90s in brooklyn new york

[@deadfishparty]

How do you not see Will Vinton’s Christmas special in every commercial?

[@juliah8351]

They really gave us a powerful message

[@migaudible6239]

California baby you know what it is big daddy dawg! Grew up with the California raisins, God bless old America!

[@tyhillbroussard4924]

These commercials wanna make me wanna eat raisins

[@SideMoneyGarage]

same!

[@Nikkyeshiva83]

that library commercial rapper sounded like sir mix a lot.

[@nastystew6942]

I still have my Dad's California rasin sandwich stage set that plays music with the rains on top!

[@MacTonight]

Aww I love that set!!

[@migaudible6239]

God damn!

[@marialiyubman]

Whoever made these animations and came up with this concept was an absolute genius and I salute you. I hate raisins, and this makes me want to try them again. And they made kids like healthy snacks with music. 😍 my heart just melts.

[@jenwatson2623]

Saw most of the the commercials and remember some of the other things... but I will never forget taking a picture of a old friend at the California State fair , standing next to California raisin . An my best friend would not get in the picture when I was talking it😏

[@smashwrestlermachinexzibtt6707]

i love California Raisins is my favorite all time

[@richardmills1505]

This is my GD childhood right here! I'm a native Californian. This was a BFD back in the day!

[@jann4sundown]

Thank you! Brings back so many memories

[@tylerteo74]

Garfield will totally hate this

[@mlpfan1993]

LOL!!! As a huge time Garfield fan I find that hilarious, good one!

[@haileyshannon7548]

The Raisins even had their own show on CBS’s Saturday Morning, alongside other greats as The Muppet Babies, Pee-Wee and guess who else…

[@88Hellrazr]

I had the figure's back in the day!

[@crushthecrusher1265]

I love the California Raisins rap music is awesome

[@DeliveryDemon]

Dude I have... just found d these commercials. Born in '06 do too late to watch these. But dang now I want some grapes. And to listen to CCR

[@johnberry8367]

There's only actually been 13 California raisins commercials in 8 years they showed the commercials.... that's because it took 5 months to make a 30 second ad of them.....

[@JoseTwitterFan]

Rest In Peace Will Vinton

[@groob2204]

I don’t know what your selling but ILL TAKE YOUR INTIRE STOCK!

[@cl_interp5]

Oh no. I remember this and how creepy it is! Just like Michael Jackson's speed demon

[@spunchbop47428]

Wait til you see screen gems

[@charliered420]

The same animator did both.

[@marialiyubman]

I caught myself laughing at myself 😂🤣 I love watching the figurines dance and sing and they make me smile, but I can’t stand raisins in my food, so whenever they dance and there’s an image of raisins getting sprinkled on food, my face makes one of those weird baby expressions of:” brain.exe stopped working” 🤣😂

[@theonlyfink4803]

Aww man these were awsome when I first met them

[@wheelzwheela]

They should reboot the California Raisins… well not a reboot. They need to be exactly the same.

[@mrhobs]

Back when commercials could hold your attention heh.

[@tyhillbroussard4924]

I've herd everything through the grapevine!

[@jenwatson2623]

Love claymation , still love it it takes a true artist to go there 🌞😎 It's like good puppies and good cartoonist ❣ Other technology is here now an it has its own unique way, but it's still not the same as doing what all these people did.

[@ringerson4x4]

Memories.

[@user-do6xy9rc2t]

Loved the Raisins ever since my infanthood! 🎶🎶🎶

[@1helluvawomen]

I remember I had the rain coat and umbrella with these raisins on them. I loved them!! When I was 5 years old!! 😂😂

[@danahc4851]

I had a California Raisins lunchbox in 1st grade (1989)!!!

[@Tizohip]

3:02 good beat

[@dragondaveltd1992]

1:32 Definitely loved this one with Ray Charles

[@stevenadams8743]

Great commercial

[@Scorch1028]

I liked the California Raisins figurines that were inside of cereal boxes.

[@lipgloss-and-cigarettes]

god damn you Will Vinton! you made the noid and California raisins! *this is a joke,don't take it seriously,i actually think the california raisins and the noid are hilarious*

[@evadream375]

During the years great immagination and creativity through art

[@guzzpacho1592]

This is magical baked out of your mind

[@ConqueringWeightLoss]

Hoppy Is Happy I have a compilation of these commercials on dvd and i love smoking out to it.

[@ronaldredmond3308]

I forgot about the Ray Charles one. Classic.

[@energy9270]

And people think Mac Tonight is creepy....

[@Laughwithmeoratme]

They should make The Golden California Raisins and have them be country stars 😂

[@sideswipebl]

Heard It Through The Grapevine is lowkey SUCH a bop

[@backintogear9071]

This is the type of stuff you watch when you're high as effffff

[@Asesigamer118]

Lol yes

[@Asesigamer118]

And it is awesome

[@RealBanana]

Crazy that these guys would become so big

[@susanfit47]

The California Raisins were originally created to "Make Raisins Cool Again".

[@diamonddeniro]

This was before I was born (1989) but I think I saw the Michael Jackson one. Looks very familiar. My great grandma LOVED those raisins. She got a birthday cake with the raisin figurines on it. I use to play with those things growing up. If she were still alive, I wonder if she would remember these if I showed her this video

[@TheBlairWenchProject]

_lmao my childhood. I used to love these ugly ass things._

[@crushthecrusher7134]

I love the California Raisins are my favourite band ever the California Raisins are the best

[@isaiahmoore3351]

Ray Charles commercial is fire 🔥

[@kentokae]

Raisins were my favorite snack as a n 80s kid

[@EthanAnania]

That is so amazing!

[@Brobey]

Holy crap dude! I am such a big California Raisins fan and yet I couldn't find these before! Nice job. And could you do a video on the California Raisins again like or Will VInton related? Maybe show your puppet you have and do you have a California Raisins collection?

[@MacTonight]

Sure! I have quite a bit of California Raisins memorabilia. I'd love to do a video of my puppet too!

[@Brobey]

Aw Sweet! Thanks!

[@8balliztik]

I remember getting creeped out by these animations when i was a kid, lol. Idk why. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@MkStarfighter]

1:19 Pause on this timestamp and you’ll see the screaming raisin image

[@BWOY_MU5H]

THIS was the first virtual artist

[@aaronthexfactorguy3004]

I love the California raisins

[@zenfrog17]

the hardest working raisins on the planet!

[@MovieFan1912]

4:55-5:25 Is that Jackie Vernon? I was expecting him to say “Happy Birthday!” at any moment.

[@haileyshannon7548]

I just saw the Claydream documentary and I kind of want to find more videos of the Raisins, The Noid and more

[@Julayla]

2:02-2:32 This was also on the VHS copy of Meet the Raisins. Nice job on the commercial collection over the years

[@wildcloud1476]

im surprised that seth macfarlane hasnt done a skit about the california raisins, hes done one for the noid and adam west at the same time.

[@Mike-wo3un]

Drinking a really nice cold glass of high antioxidants and you feel extremely refreshed afterwards

[@dorde4763]

I want you guys to know that Michael Jackson did the commercial for free and provided input on his raisin counterpart, and that is very strange to me

[@stan66829]

Sounds like him, he usually gave all his concert money to charity anyway, he was a giving guy so sounds about right 🤷‍♂️

[@joemama8525]

Michael liked clay animation. There was a whole segment in Moonwalker using it.

[@zidanefandango3227]

I Heard It Through The Grapevine Raisin California Sunshine

[@timburr4453]

Bring back the California Raisins

[@depressesdpasq6289]

Love this!

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

RIP Will Vinton

[@gitafaranita3026]

2:20 California Raisin bubblegum scene (for golden paw)

[@jackson5116]

5:55 shows that they were used to promote their biscuits still, and not a kids meal promotion.

[@SudokuBro]

"Books! Check em out!"

[@cnfanldealt3]

Farewell, Will Vinton.

[@marialiyubman]

I claim that stop-motion animators must be on some hard drugs… I mean, how else do you have the patience for this???

[@jackson5116]

2:02 that was their debut

[@bensakschek615]

Will Vinton was a genius

[@idaniaartemis9647]

I had the saxophone and the microphone figurines.

[@jackson5116]

0:42 that line is why they don't directly use Marvin's song, his doesn't say that line.

[@purpletomatocinema]

The California Raisins on ice looks kind of creepy😳

[@sharonevans5453]

Wow my little brother sent to me...hmmm a blast from the past. The Claymation was a big deal, they sold errithang🤗

[@Ghostly1989]

7:54 nothing apparently he left before eating anything they made him :/