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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. And 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. And 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. And the success surely showed as 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. And 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. And 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. And the success surely showed 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 2000 respectively, and of course 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'' & ''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 2000 respectively, and of course, 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'' & ''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.


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, 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.
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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 they actually weren't Pixar, while one 1993 ad Apple Mac Classic "Introduction" not listed on Pixartalk's list is listed here.  


Several people are known to have a copy, but none have came out and ripped it for online share at least as of yet.
Several people are known to have a copy, but none have come out and ripped it for online share at least as of yet.


[[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.]]


==List of Pixar ads==
==List of Pixar Ads==
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|Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop”||1996||[http://youtu.be/WJYJp4O8BTs <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: Oracle Solaris
|Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop”||1996||[http://youtu.be/WJYJp4O8BTs <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: Oracle Solaris
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==''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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==See Also==
==See Also==
*'''[[Pixar's Made in Point Richmond DVD Rarities (lost various Pixar footage; 1986-2000)]]
*'''[[Pixar's Made in Point Richmond DVD Rarities (lost various Pixar footage; 1986-2000)]]

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

Status: Partially Found

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. And 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. And 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. And the success surely showed 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 2000 respectively, and of course, 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 & 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.

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, 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.

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.

Several people are known to have a copy, but none have come out and ripped it for online share at least as of yet.

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
Cellular One – “Moving Target” 1991 Lost
Tropicana - “Orange Kiwi Passion" 1991 Lost
Tropicana - "Three Fruits Dancing" 1991 Lost
IncrediBites - "Comp Chomp" 1992 Lost
Bunn Coffee Makers - "In the Mood" 1992 Lost
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Cello” 1993 Lost
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Sprinkler” 1993 Lost
Bank South – “Hungry” 1993 Lost
Tetra Pak – “Stranded” 1993 Lost
Dow Corning – “Ideas at Work” 1993 Lost
Bank South – “Chase” 1993 Lost
Coca-Cola – “Kaleidoscope” 1994 Lost
Arm & Hammer – “Here, There and Everywhere” 1994 Lost
Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad” 1994 Lost
Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely” 1994 Lost
Prime Option Credit Card – “Strong Option” 1994 Lost
Paramount – “Logo” 1994 Lost
Chips Ahoy – “Circus” 1995 Lost
Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws” 1995 Lost
Coca-Cola – “Learning Lesson” 1995 Lost
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
Eggbeaters "Cracks" 1991 Found Found By: Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
Tropicana "Warehouse 1991 Found Found by: GloopTrekker
Tetra Pak "Daydream" 1992 Found Found By: peetoons (starts at 0:31)
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

Volkswagon Polo “Interview” 1992 Found Found By: Anonymous
La Poste "Ladybug 1992 Found Found By: Anonymous
Carefree "Bursting" 1993 Found Found By: barber747
Fresca "Chuckling Straws" 1993 Found Found By:

SuperNintendo96

Jordan Magic Toothbrush "Launching Magic" 1993 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
Nutri-Grain "We’ve Got Taste" 1993 Found Found By:

VHSgoodiesWA

Arm & Hammer "About to Uncover" 1994 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
Ortho "Flamingo" 1995 Found Found By: The Collective Animation Archive
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

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.

Gallery

See Also

References