Animation cel from television commercial for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company featuring Snoopy
notes: label: Description
content: Part of an animation cel used in the making of a 1987 MetLife (Metropolitan Life Insurance) television commercial featuring "Snoopy" from the comic strip <i> Peanuts .</i>
label: Description
content: Charles Schulz’s <i>Peanuts</i> was a syndicated newspaper comic that ran from 1950-2000. Originating from Schultz’s original cartoon <i>Lil Folks </i>, <i>Peanuts</i> became one of the most popular comic strips ever, running in over 2,6000 newspapers, developing into a massive multi-media franchise and marketing juggernaut. The strip, whose 17,897 cartoons were all written and drawn by Schulz, was noted its psychological depth and a philosophical bent, as well as for providing a humorous yet honest window into interpersonal relationships and life’s myriad challenges. Featuring only children and animals as characters, including the depressed yet perseverant Charlie Brown his joyful, imaginative pet dog Snoopy, the security blanket wielding Linus and his “crabby” older sister Lucy, <i>Peanuts</i> established reoccurring stories and motifs that have become part of the world’s shared popular culture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0170.02.1
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0170.02.1
label: accession number
content: 2017.0170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cel
label: Object Name
content: cel, animation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acetate, paint (overall material)