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To give the company funding and to build up their company, as well as give itself practice towards their animation and skills and to build up a production team for future projects, '''Pixar''' put their focus towards commercials in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s for a better start for their company (as do many animators and animation companies starting out or continuing in the field of animation) at the decision of Steve Jobs after the company had been losing a lot of money for years, by opening up their commercial division in 1989.
To give the company funding and to build up their company, as well as give itself practice towards their animation and skills and to build up a production team for future projects, '''Pixar''' put their focus towards commercials in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s for a better start for their company (as do many animators and animation companies starting out or continuing in the field of animation) at the decision of Steve Jobs after the company had been losing a lot of money for years, by opening up their commercial division in 1989.


These commercials would gradually help the company become stand alone and lead them to work their way to make a fully CGI-animated movie. The commercial brands, like Tropicana, Listerine, and Lifesavers, were impressed by Pixar's shorts so much that they came to them to propose the idea of them making CGI commercials for their brands. These commercials were different in that Pixar would only produce the ads if they could be part of the creative development on them, whereas most animated adverts would only have the animation company ''just'' make the animation. Thus, Pixar was given much more creative freedom, in advertising and in general. And as mentioned before, a lot of notable Pixar alumni worked on these in animation or directing, from John Lasseter to Pete Doctor to even Henry Selick, with the same couple people working in the producing and technical directing department. The advertisements' success helped Pixar gained $2 million per year from these while continually getting exposure to the mainstream public.
These commercials would gradually help the company become stand-alone and lead them to work their way to make a fully CGI-animated movie. The commercial brands, like Tropicana, Listerine, and Lifesavers, were impressed by Pixar's shorts so much that they came to them to propose the idea of them making CGI commercials for their brands. These commercials were different in that Pixar would only produce the ads if they could be part of the creative development on them, whereas most animated adverts would only have the animation company ''just'' make the animation. Thus, Pixar was given much more creative freedom, in advertising and in general. And as mentioned before, a lot of notable Pixar alumni worked on these in animation or directing, from John Lasseter to Pete Doctor to even Henry Selick, with the same couple people working in the producing and technical directing department. The advertisements' success helped Pixar gained $2 million per year from these while continually getting exposure to the mainstream public.


The commercial division was officially closed on July 8th, 1996; shortly after the success of ''Toy Story''. However, they did still make some commercials for McDonald's coinciding with the releases of ''A Bug's Life'' and ''Toy Story 2'' in 1998 and 1999 respectively, and the company continues to make commercials with their characters to this day. And despite all of this only some of the commercials have made their way to the internet in recent years, and even though they have mentioned and have shown clips of the commercials in documentaries (''The Pixar Story'' and ''Pixar Shorts: A Short History'') they have yet to properly re-release the commercials in a current format. There lies hope that Pixar may release these on one of their "Pixar Shorts" DVDs. But until something like that happens, we have to rely on personal VHS recordings for the old ads, with quite possibly not every single last one intact.
The commercial division was officially closed on July 8th, 1996, shortly after the success of ''Toy Story''. However, they did still make some commercials for McDonald's coinciding with the releases of ''A Bug's Life'' and ''Toy Story 2'' in 1998 and 1999, respectively, and the company continues to make commercials with their characters to this day. Despite all of this, several of the commercials are completely missing. There lies hope that Pixar may release these on one of their "Pixar Shorts" DVDs. But until something like that happens, we have to rely on personal VHS recordings for the old ads, with quite possibly not every single last one intact.


All of the original 79 Pixar commercials made by the commercial division are listed on pixartalk.com.<ref>[http://www.pixartalk.com/commercials/ pixartalk.com page on Pixar's commercials.] Retrieved 15 Sep '13.</ref> A playlist of the non-McDonald's ones (including variants) can be found on YouTube<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZQ1gdKtWk1E9xISFs_YhADq3TyXCqCMe The Collective Animation Archive playlist containing found Pixar produced commercials.] Retrieved 29 Aug '17.</ref>. Notably, some of the Pixar commercials, including unresurfaced ones, can be briefly spotted in ''Toy Story 2'' while the toys are flicking through the channels on Andy's TV, as well as some Pixar shorts.
All of the original 79 Pixar commercials made by the commercial division are listed on pixartalk.com.<ref>[http://www.pixartalk.com/commercials/ pixartalk.com page on Pixar's commercials.] Retrieved 15 Sep '13</ref> A playlist of the non-McDonald's ones (including variants) can be found on YouTube<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZQ1gdKtWk1E9xISFs_YhADq3TyXCqCMe The Collective Animation Archive playlist containing found Pixar produced commercials.] Retrieved 29 Aug '17</ref>. Notably, some of the Pixar commercials can be briefly spotted in ''Toy Story 2'' while the toys are flicking through the channels on Andy's TV, as well as some Pixar shorts.


==Made in Point Richmond DVD==
==[[Pixar's Made in Point Richmond DVD Rarities (found various Pixar footage; 1986-2000)|Made in Point Richmond DVD]]==
Some point after making ''For the Birds'', Pixar made an employee exclusive DVD called "Made in Point Richmond" that contained most of the commercials listed by Pixartalk. The two Toppan Printing ads are not listed, suggesting they actually weren't Pixar, while one 1993 ad Apple Mac Classic "Introduction" not listed on Pixartalk's list is listed here.  
Some point after making ''For the Birds'', Pixar made an employee exclusive DVD called "Made in Point Richmond" that contained most of the commercials listed by Pixartalk. The two Toppan Printing ads are not listed, suggesting that Pixar didn't actually make them, while one 1993 ad for the Apple Mac Classic, titled "Introduction," that isn't on Pixartalk's list is listed on the DVD.  


Several people are known to have a copy, but none have come out and ripped it for online share at least as of yet.
On May 21st, 2018, the whole DVD was [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cBpzufxPSn6qlLu_yUnpaMkeqQ35-PFm/view uploaded as a disc image] by LMW forum user jaret35 (ayeayematey on Discord), with the vast majority of Pixar's commercial work being on it.


[[File:Tumblr_nb3iaoQcw41sutz8qo3_r1_1280m.jpg|thumb|right|Made in Point Richmond DVD insert listing Pixar commercials.]]
[[File:Tumblr_nb3iaoQcw41sutz8qo3_r1_1280m.jpg|thumb|right|Made in Point Richmond DVD insert listing Pixar commercials.]]
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! style="background-color:lightblue" | Description/Found By
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|Toppan Printing – “Dance of the Waterlilies”||1989||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>
|Toppan Printing – “Dance of the Waterlilies”||1989||<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''||
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|Toppan Printing – “Galaxy”||1990||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>
|Toppan Printing – “Galaxy”||1990||<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''||
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|Cellular One – “Moving Target”||1991||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXx02VoY_3U<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Eggbeaters "Cracks"||1991||[http://youtu.be/S2MCfwTo68o<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
|-
|-
|Tropicana - “Orange Kiwi Passion"||1991||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KixVpG3F1dU<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Cellular One – “Moving Target”||1991||[https://youtu.be/aXx02VoY_3U<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Tropicana - "Three Fruits Dancing"||1991||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgkPgbTnoiM<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Tropicana "Warehouse||1991||[http://youtu.be/CDl8Cjg5AxU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: GloopTrekker
|-
|-
|IncrediBites - "Comp Chomp"||1992||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2qlqJ-b8pQ<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Tropicana - “Orange Kiwi Passion"||1991||[https://youtu.be/KixVpG3F1dU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Bunn Coffee Makers - "In the Mood"||1992||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWDy-7xwkI<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Tropicana - "Three Fruits Dancing"||1991||[https://youtu.be/cgkPgbTnoiM<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Cello”||1993||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXD738kn15g<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|Tetra Pak "Daydream"||1992||[http://youtu.be/AfAn7LBgCbw<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: peetoons (starts at 0:31)
|-
|-
|Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Sprinkler”||1993||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJCA_BHqz0<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|IncrediBites - "Comp Chomp"||1992||[https://youtu.be/S2qlqJ-b8pQ<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|Bank South – “Hungry”||1993||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGat6Em3nU<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey  
|-
|-
|Tetra Pak – “Stranded”||1993||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk7cOUK7Vds<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Bunn Coffee Makers - "In the Mood"||1992||[https://youtu.be/CLWDy-7xwkI<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Dow Corning – “Ideas at Work”||1993|||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDL9Jij0x5U<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Volkswagen Polo “Interview”||1992||[http://ina.fr//video/PUB3774383091 <span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: Anonymous
|-
|La Poste "Ladybug||1992||[http://ina.fr//video/PUB3774399021 <span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: Anonymous
|-
|Kellogg’s All-Bran "Balloon"||1992||[http://youtu.be/BOs75dHHxIo&start=119<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: Angel Milian (starts at 1:59)
|-
|-
|Bank South – “Chase”||1993||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqbxJKcjd8<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Kellogg’s All-Bran "Hourglass"||1992||[http://youtu.be/EjpikFWANCY<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
|-
|-
|Coca-Cola “Kaleidoscope”||1994||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h1O8nkutB94w1UQaym7UMsTjV94VrF4v/view <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|Kellogg’s All-Bran “Cello”||1993||[https://youtu.be/ZXD738kn15g<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Arm & Hammer “Here, There and Everywhere”||1994||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GnAqzABYWaL1VLlJ01ZyJZo2vrobKIR4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|Kellogg’s All-Bran “Sprinkler”||1993||[https://youtu.be/KjJCA_BHqz0<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad”||1994||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Ql-yXPNWA<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Carefree "Bursting"||1993||[http://youtu.be/4i11HAc83_Q<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: barber747
|-
|-
|Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely”||1994||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gze6lcCIpE<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Fresca "Chuckling Straws"||1993||[http://youtu.be/ATkd-XzxniE<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: SuperNintendo96
|-
|-
|Prime Option Credit Card “Strong Option”||1994||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmIpg1_Td4<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey  
|Bank South “Hungry”||1993||[https://youtu.be/hRGat6Em3nU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey  
|-
|-
|Paramount “Logo”||1994||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>
|Tetra Pak “Stranded”||1993||[https://youtu.be/Vk7cOUK7Vds<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey 
|-
|-
|Chips Ahoy – “Circus”||1995||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtfrqxQ0CH4<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Jordan Magic Toothbrush "Launching Magic"||1993||[http://youtu.be/VVmC3TRKFmQ<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
|-
|-
|Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws”||1995||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydzWdnfReg<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey
|Nutri-Grain "We’ve Got Taste"||1993|||[http://youtu.be/eQVOaD7OjpY<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: VHSgoodiesWA
|-
|-
|Coca-Cola “Learning Lesson”||1995||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIb57wXqN8<span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: ayeayematey  
|Dow Corning “Ideas at Work”||1993|||[https://youtu.be/ZDL9Jij0x5U<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey  
|-
|-
|McDonald's – ''A Bug’s Life'' “Belt Loop”||1998||[https://youtu.be/NrhyCYgOTWU <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||There are two, "Belt Loop 1" and "Belt Loop 2." The second one shown is "Belt Loop 2."
|Bank South “Chase”||1993||[https://youtu.be/RCqbxJKcjd8<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|McDonald’s ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Nothing Good on TV Jr.”||1998||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFIaIzZz2Bk <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||
|Coca-Cola “Kaleidoscope”||1994||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h1O8nkutB94w1UQaym7UMsTjV94VrF4v/view <span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Director: Doug Sweetland, Producer: Karen Dufilho Presumably not the version with a different audio track present in the compiled video
|-
|-
|McDonald’s ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Watches”||1998|||[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rsl7qQTCIz4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Director: Bob Koch, Producer: Karen Dufilho
|Arm & Hammer “Here, There and Everywhere”||1994||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GnAqzABYWaL1VLlJ01ZyJZo2vrobKIR4 <span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Eggbeaters "Cracks"||1991||[http://youtu.be/S2MCfwTo68o <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
|Arm & Hammer "About to Uncover"||1994|||[http://youtu.be/CrydXSRK5ao<span
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
|-
|-
|Tropicana "Warehouse||1991||[http://youtu.be/CDl8Cjg5AxU <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: GloopTrekker
|Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad”||1994||[https://youtu.be/X-Ql-yXPNWA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Tetra Pak "Daydream"||1992||[http://youtu.be/AfAn7LBgCbw <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: peetoons (starts at 0:31)
|Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely”||1994||[https://youtu.be/_gze6lcCIpE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
|-
|-
|Kellogg’s All-Bran "Balloon"||1992||[http://youtu.be/BOs75dHHxIo&start=119 <span
|Prime Option Credit Card – “Strong Option”||1994||[https://youtu.be/NEmIpg1_Td4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: Angel Milian (starts at 1:59)
|-
|-
|Kellogg’s All-Bran "Hourglass"||1992||[http://youtu.be/EjpikFWANCY  <span
|Paramount – “Logo”||1994||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmtPajGDcPs <span style="color:green">'''Found''']||The earliest known actual use of the logo was in 1998, it is unconfirmed if this is the one Pixar produced
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: 
The Collective Animation Archive
|-
|-
|Volkswagon Polo “Interview”||1992||[http://ina.fr//video/PUB3774383091 <span
|Ortho "Flamingo"||1995||[http://youtu.be/ESm6SBpNknw<span
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By:  Anonymous
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
|-
|La Poste "Ladybug||1992||[http://ina.fr//video/PUB3774399021 <span
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: Anonymous
|-
|-
|Carefree "Bursting"||1993||[http://youtu.be/4i11HAc83_Q <span
|Chips Ahoy – “Circus”||1995||[https://youtu.be/dtfrqxQ0CH4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: barber747
|-
|-
|Fresca "Chuckling Straws"||1993||[http://youtu.be/ATkd-XzxniE <span
|Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws”||1995||[https://youtu.be/8ydzWdnfReg<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By:
SuperNintendo96
|-
|-
|Jordan Magic Toothbrush "Launching Magic"||1993||[http://youtu.be/VVmC3TRKFmQ <span
|Coca-Cola – “Learning Lesson”||1995||[https://youtu.be/KwIb57wXqN8<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: ayeayematey
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
|-
|-
|Nutri-Grain "We’ve Got Taste"||1993|||[http://youtu.be/eQVOaD7OjpY <span
|Tower Records "Christmas Conga"||1995||[http://youtu.be/9EFaqk5wUeI<span
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By:
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: recordman33
VHSgoodiesWA
|-
|-
|Arm & Hammer "About to Uncover"||1994|||[http://youtu.be/CrydXSRK5ao <span
|Hallmark "Magnets"||1996||[http://youtu.be/kK3K7SLGzFg<span
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: VHSgoodiesWA
|-
|-
|Ortho "Flamingo"||1995||[http://youtu.be/ESm6SBpNknw <span
|Twizzlers "Let Me In"||1996||[http://youtu.be/uh8X77BDUHY<span
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found By: 90s Commercials
|-
|-
|Tower Records "Christmas Conga"||1995||[http://youtu.be/9EFaqk5wUeI <span
|Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop”||1996||[http://youtu.be/WJYJp4O8BTs<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: Oracle Solaris
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: recordman33
|-
|-
|Hallmark "Magnets"||1996||[http://youtu.be/kK3K7SLGzFg <span
|McDonald's – ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Belt Loop”||1998||[https://youtu.be/NrhyCYgOTWU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||There are two, "Belt Loop 1" and "Belt Loop 2." The second one shown is "Belt Loop 2."
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By: 
VHSgoodiesWA
|-
|-
|Twizzlers "Let Me In"||1996||[http://youtu.be/uh8X77BDUHY <span
|McDonald’s – ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Nothing Good on TV Jr.”||1998||[https://youtu.be/hFIaIzZz2Bk<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||
style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found By:
Director: Doug Sweetland, Producer: Karen Dufilho Presumably not the version with a different audio track present in the compiled video
90s Commercials
|-
|-
|Sun Microsystems “Magic Desktop”||1996||[http://youtu.be/WJYJp4O8BTs <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: Oracle Solaris
|McDonald’s ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Watches"|||1998||[https://youtu.be/rsl7qQTCIz4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Director: Bob Koch, Producer: Karen Dufilho
|}
|}
==''Toy Story 2'' Ads==
==''Toy Story 2'' Ads==
While the characters are flipping through the TV channels in Pixar's ''Toy Story 2'', some Pixar commercials, as well as Pixar short films, can be seen as an in-joke. Whether the following screencaps of this scene all include Pixar commercials or not is unknown.
While the characters are flipping through the TV channels in Pixar's ''Toy Story 2'', some Pixar commercials, as well as Pixar short films, can be seen as an in-joke. Whether the following screencaps of this scene all include Pixar commercials or not is unknown.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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IMG 1066.jpg|thumb|A postcard perhaps depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies”.
IMG 1066.jpg|thumb|A postcard, perhaps depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies."
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IMG 1069.jpg|thumb|A postcard, perhaps depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies."
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*'''[[Pixar's Made in Point Richmond DVD Rarities (partially found various Pixar footage; 1986-2000)]]'''
*[[Pixar's Made in Point Richmond DVD Rarities (found various Pixar footage; 1986-2000)]]
*[[A Tin Toy Christmas (lost production material of cancelled Pixar Christmas special; early 1990s)]]
*[[Newt (partially found unfinished Pixar animated film; early 2010s)]]
*[[Inside Out (lost original Bing Bong death scene of Pixar animated film; 2015)]]
*[[The Incredibles "First In Line" (lost online trailers for Pixar animated film; 2004)]]
*[[The Incredibles (found full version of McDonald's Happy Meal commercial; 2004)]]
*[[Blowin' in the Wind (found Pixar animated short; 1985)]]
*[[To Protect and Serve (lost "Cars" animated short; 2015)]]
*[[Cars 3 (lost deleted scene of Pixar animated film; 2017)]]
*[[Toy Story 2 (partially found Bullseye dialogue footage from Pixar animated film; late 1990s)]]
*[[Toy Story 4 (found original script of Pixar animated film; 2014-2017)]]
*[[Toy Story "Black Friday Reel" (partially found rough cut of film; 1993)]]
*[[Toy Story Double Feature (partially found intermissions for films; 2009)]]
*[[WALL·E (partially found original treatments of Pixar animated film; 1994-2008)]]
 


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:44, 10 September 2020

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Kellogg's All-Bran - Cello (1993) - Taken from an old version of Pixar's website.

Status: Partially Lost

To give the company funding and to build up their company, as well as give itself practice towards their animation and skills and to build up a production team for future projects, Pixar put their focus towards commercials in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s for a better start for their company (as do many animators and animation companies starting out or continuing in the field of animation) at the decision of Steve Jobs after the company had been losing a lot of money for years, by opening up their commercial division in 1989.

These commercials would gradually help the company become stand-alone and lead them to work their way to make a fully CGI-animated movie. The commercial brands, like Tropicana, Listerine, and Lifesavers, were impressed by Pixar's shorts so much that they came to them to propose the idea of them making CGI commercials for their brands. These commercials were different in that Pixar would only produce the ads if they could be part of the creative development on them, whereas most animated adverts would only have the animation company just make the animation. Thus, Pixar was given much more creative freedom, in advertising and in general. And as mentioned before, a lot of notable Pixar alumni worked on these in animation or directing, from John Lasseter to Pete Doctor to even Henry Selick, with the same couple people working in the producing and technical directing department. The advertisements' success helped Pixar gained $2 million per year from these while continually getting exposure to the mainstream public.

The commercial division was officially closed on July 8th, 1996, shortly after the success of Toy Story. However, they did still make some commercials for McDonald's coinciding with the releases of A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2 in 1998 and 1999, respectively, and the company continues to make commercials with their characters to this day. Despite all of this, several of the commercials are completely missing. There lies hope that Pixar may release these on one of their "Pixar Shorts" DVDs. But until something like that happens, we have to rely on personal VHS recordings for the old ads, with quite possibly not every single last one intact.

All of the original 79 Pixar commercials made by the commercial division are listed on pixartalk.com.[1] A playlist of the non-McDonald's ones (including variants) can be found on YouTube[2]. Notably, some of the Pixar commercials can be briefly spotted in Toy Story 2 while the toys are flicking through the channels on Andy's TV, as well as some Pixar shorts.

Made in Point Richmond DVD

Some point after making For the Birds, Pixar made an employee exclusive DVD called "Made in Point Richmond" that contained most of the commercials listed by Pixartalk. The two Toppan Printing ads are not listed, suggesting that Pixar didn't actually make them, while one 1993 ad for the Apple Mac Classic, titled "Introduction," that isn't on Pixartalk's list is listed on the DVD.

On May 21st, 2018, the whole DVD was uploaded as a disc image by LMW forum user jaret35 (ayeayematey on Discord), with the vast majority of Pixar's commercial work being on it.

Made in Point Richmond DVD insert listing Pixar commercials.

List of Pixar Ads

Bumper Name Year Status Description/Found By
Toppan Printing – “Dance of the Waterlilies” 1989 Lost
Toppan Printing – “Galaxy” 1990 Lost
Eggbeaters "Cracks" 1991 Found Found By: Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
Cellular One – “Moving Target” 1991 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Tropicana "Warehouse 1991 Found Found by: GloopTrekker
Tropicana - “Orange Kiwi Passion" 1991 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Tropicana - "Three Fruits Dancing" 1991 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Tetra Pak "Daydream" 1992 Found Found By: peetoons (starts at 0:31)
IncrediBites - "Comp Chomp" 1992 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Bunn Coffee Makers - "In the Mood" 1992 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Volkswagen Polo “Interview” 1992 Found Found By: Anonymous
La Poste "Ladybug 1992 Found Found By: Anonymous
Kellogg’s All-Bran "Balloon" 1992 Found Found By: Angel Milian (starts at 1:59)
Kellogg’s All-Bran "Hourglass" 1992 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Cello” 1993 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Sprinkler” 1993 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Carefree "Bursting" 1993 Found Found By: barber747
Fresca "Chuckling Straws" 1993 Found Found By: SuperNintendo96
Bank South – “Hungry” 1993 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Tetra Pak – “Stranded” 1993 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Jordan Magic Toothbrush "Launching Magic" 1993 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
Nutri-Grain "We’ve Got Taste" 1993 Found Found By: VHSgoodiesWA
Dow Corning – “Ideas at Work” 1993 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Bank South – “Chase” 1993 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Coca-Cola – “Kaleidoscope” 1994 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Arm & Hammer – “Here, There and Everywhere” 1994 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Arm & Hammer "About to Uncover" 1994 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad” 1994 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely” 1994 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Prime Option Credit Card – “Strong Option” 1994 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Paramount – “Logo” 1994 Found The earliest known actual use of the logo was in 1998, it is unconfirmed if this is the one Pixar produced
Ortho "Flamingo" 1995 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
Chips Ahoy – “Circus” 1995 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws” 1995 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Coca-Cola – “Learning Lesson” 1995 Found Found By: ayeayematey
Tower Records "Christmas Conga" 1995 Found Found By: recordman33
Hallmark "Magnets" 1996 Found Found By: VHSgoodiesWA
Twizzlers "Let Me In" 1996 Found Found By: 90s Commercials
Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop” 1996 Found Found by: Oracle Solaris
McDonald's – A Bug’s Life – “Belt Loop” 1998 Found There are two, "Belt Loop 1" and "Belt Loop 2." The second one shown is "Belt Loop 2."
McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Nothing Good on TV Jr.” 1998 Found

Director: Doug Sweetland, Producer: Karen Dufilho Presumably not the version with a different audio track present in the compiled video

McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Watches" 1998 Found Director: Bob Koch, Producer: Karen Dufilho

Toy Story 2 Ads

While the characters are flipping through the TV channels in Pixar's Toy Story 2, some Pixar commercials, as well as Pixar short films, can be seen as an in-joke. Whether the following screencaps of this scene all include Pixar commercials or not is unknown.

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