Peanuts Commercials for the Ford Falcon

The first-ever appearance of animated Peanuts characters came in the form of television commercials for the 1960 Ford Falcon. I learned about them in a book titled Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz. To me, Peanuts represents a more innocent time in America, where neighborhood kids played together, were moral in their actions, and even "crabby" kids like Lucy were not evil. Cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, pirates and naval mariners did battle with makeshift weapons and only one ball team at a time won a trophy. My sisters and I rode in basic cars like the Ford Falcon, without the benefit of seat belts, crawling up onto the package shelf in the back to watch the world pass by, standing on our heads in the back seat, and thinking it a privilege to get to ride up front on the rare occasions when Mom was not in the car, too. It takes me back to my boyhood days in the 1960s and 70s when similar activities were a part of life, without all the computer-based activities to compete for precious spare time. Here is my modest Peanuts paraphernalia collection.

These print advertisements were found on the Doug Pratt website.

Peanuts Memorabilia:

• Peanuts Memorabilia Collection
• Peanuts Hungerford Dolls
• Peanuts Bobblehead (Nodder) Figures
• Peanuts Skediddlers
• Snoopy Wind-Up Alarm Clock Restoration
• Snoopy Astronaut
• Peanuts Commercials for the Ford Falcon
• Saturday Evening Post "Li'l Folks" Comics by Charles Schulz
• First TV Airing of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," 1965 TV Guide
• Peanuts Toys - Featuring Snoopy the Astronaut, 1969 Sears Christmas Wish Book
• Women's Day magazine -February 1968
• Catholic Miss magazine - December 1966
• Life magazine - March 17, 1967

Posted April 8, 2023
(updated from original post on 1/25/2014)