The raisins did not stop there, as Viton featured the group in a claymation Christmas special – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – which won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.

Instead, it was a group of tiny, claymation raisins playing a Motown hit in a national ad campaign. They were the California Raisins. RAISINS: Oooh I heard it through the grapevine, raised in the ...