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{{InfoboxFound |title=<center>How The Grinch Stole Christmas (sponsorship ads)</center> |image=How the grinch stole Christmas title.png |imagecaption=Title card. |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> |datefound=06 Jan 2021 |foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18gVnqT8dEtemArtDQLm8A Will C Wilson] }} ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas'' is a 1966 television special directed by Chuck Jones based on the book of the same name. While the rest of the special can be easily found, '''promotions from the sponsor were cut from subsequent airings'''. ==Promotion in Question== During the production, Chuck was finding an advertising agency to back the film. Most backed down, but Chuck found an "unlikely source," the Foundation of Commercial Banks, which is ironic since the message is Christmas doesn't come from a store, and even Chuck thought it was ironic, and in his own words: <blockquote>"You got to be kidding! The bankers bought a story in which the Grinch says Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store??!!, Well, bless those bankers hearts. And I didn't even offer collateral."</blockquote> <ref>[https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780446518932 ''Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life'' (1996) pg. 276] Retrieved 26 Sep '20</ref>. The company would sponsor broadcasts of “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” until 1970 when they were subsequently edited out of the special following the sponsorship ending and the FCC’s rule regarding advertising within children’s programming. <ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=eEkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=how+the+grinch+stole+christmas+full+service+banks&source=bl&ots=vJ7f6CK4h4&sig=ACfU3U0H6vzAP4jwGDqthTaZSS4Dtgk_aQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN8aHjhq_oAhXFGM0KHZTVCdoQ6AEwE3oECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=how%20the%20grinch%20stole%20christmas%20full%20service%20banks&f=false ''Life'' (24 Nov 1967) pg. 100] Retrieved 27 Sep '20</ref> Due to this, the promotional tags were lost for almost 50 years, although remnants of the original sponsorship announcement remained intact into the early 1980s with the announcer’s voice stating the title of the special<ref> https://youtu.be/BrU8oa9RCs8?si=DkgSpZSRIR38Lqb3 </ref>. The logo for the company also changed at some point during the 1960s, with new animation being added in place.<ref> https://youtu.be/4KSXNF8kkbc?si=Pd-VVX7I6aqdmqD9</ref> ==Aftermath== Due to the success of the animated special, the bankers were impressed. Dr. Seuss even had an interview for TV Guide by Chuck's childhood friend and future wife, Marian.<ref>[https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780446518932 ''Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life'' (1996) pg. 281-283] Retrieved 26 Sep '20</ref> On January 6th, 2021 YouTuber "Will C Wilson" uploaded the sponsor tags from one of the special's later airings with the new sponsorship animation onto his account, which has since been taken down, although re-uploads have been made of it. ==Gallery== ===Images=== <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> MV5BMjgwOTgwNzc2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDMyNTkxNA@@. V1 .jpg|An image from the original print. FSBLogo1.jpeg|Company logo from 1966 Print FSBLogo2.jpg|Company logo from 1970 Print GrinchBanks1.jpeg|Original standee mentioning the sponsorship GrinchBanks2.jpeg|Birmingham Trust National Bank advertisement GrinchBanks3.jpeg|The First National Bank of Birmingham advertisement GrinchBanks5.jpeg|Citizens Bank of Hattiesburg advertisement GrinchBans6.jpeg|First National Bank of Newark Ohio advertisement GrinchBanks7.jpeg|American Bank and Trust Company advertisement Grinch magazine flyer.jpeg|An ad for the special's premier from the December 18th, 1966 edition of ''The Post-Crescent''. 8F02C592-2721-446E-A284-52190436291E.jpg|The only known advertisement from the company that mentions them sponsoring the special, featured in the November 1967 issue of LIFE Magazine. </gallery> ===Videos=== {{Video|perrow =3 |service1 =youtube |id1 =Oz8JFLMP5so |description1 =The opening title score with the sponsor plug music intact (0:04-0:09). |service2 =youtube |id2 =XsC_I3OHpns |description2 =The closing score with the sponsor plug music intact (1:52-2:33). |service3 =archiveorg |id3 =how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-1966-original-full-service-bank-sponsor-ads |description3 =The sponsor tags from the special's later airings. }} ==See Also== *[[Where Are You Christmas? (lost unreleased Mariah Carey version of Faith Hill song; 1999-2000)]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Found advertising and interstitial material]] [[Category:Found animation]] [[Category:Found media]] [[Category:Historic]]