rocketraider Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Peanuts Comic Strip, February 05, 2012 on GoComics.comThought it was kinda cool that today's strip (originally from 1965) shows what is clearly a 1965 LTD sedan. I can't remember ever seeing another Peanuts daily or Sunday that tied in the Ford advertising connection like this one does.Charlie Brown's dad was a barber. Guess he was doing alright for himself to own a new LTD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Glenn,I caught that too, though in the print version in today's Washington Post. I don't even recall ever seeing another car in Peanuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5219 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The "Peanuts" characters were used in Ford advertising for a few years in the sixties. I have seen them in print ads for the Falcon. They might have been used in other Ford campaigns. Does anybody else recall this?I think that this was an early case of product placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I remember this strip but I didn't remember the car.I grew up reading Peanuts and still enjoy them to this day, even the TV specials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I knew Ford started using Peanuts characters in the late '50s, but I thought that 1965 was well after they stopped. I used to have a 1960 Falcon, and the Peanuts characters were used extensively in 1961 and 1962 Falcon ads. Googling the various terms I discovered that they began using them in either 1957 or 1959 depending on who you listen to. However the last ad or commercial I can find using Peanuts characters is for the 1964 Falcon. I think by 1965 Ford had dropped Peanuts, and maybe Charles Shultz was trying to get them back by (clearly) putting their car in the strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Boy, you guys are sharp! I thought I was pretty observant, but missed that car completly. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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