The famous Claymation animator — most famous for the California Raisins commercials but with a lot of other work to his credit — has passed away. Thanks, sir, for all the stop-motion wonderment you brought to the world.
Will Vinton, Revolutionary Animator With Claymation, Dies at 70
He and a partner won an Oscar with a stop-motion technique using clay figures, the likes of which found a wide audience in the California Raisins commercials.
"I heard it through the grapevine!" Those California raisins are a fun childhood memory. We used to have the VHS movie that looked like a Beatles documentary, only with the California Raisins.