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The special's original sponsor for How The Grinch Stole Christmas

posted 8 years ago by raysond
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I read that during its original telecast in 1966 "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" was sponsored by The Coca-Cola Bottling Company and in later airings during its original run on CBS-TV was sponsored by Mattel. CBS aired the "Grinch" annually until 1987. But the original sponsor Coca-Cola was during the premiere telecast in 1966.

[–] [email protected] 8 years ago

I first saw The Grinch in 1967 or 1968, so, second or third airing, and I remember the show's sponsor was an organization called Full Service Banks - not quite the evoker of warm fuzzy feelings for kids like Coke or Mattel, but that's what I remember.

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