claymation

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:55:58PM -0500, Alice Faber wrote:
> Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> >On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:40:27PM -0500, Alice Faber wrote:
> >
> >>Bethany K. Dumas wrote:
> >>
> >>>I saw my first claymation movie this morning. Since then I have found it
> >>>all over the web - it appears to be a registered mark, though the term is
> >>>widely used in a generic sense, it seems.
> >>>
> >>
> >>It's got to be at least 20 years old, going back to the California
> >>Raisins commercial in the mid 80s.
> >
> >
> >It doesn't _have_ to--just because they used the technique doesn't
> >mean the term existed then.
>
> Oh, OK...I was imprecise. I remember seeing the term in press coverage
> of those commercials.

Ah, yes. Fair enough.

JTS