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'''Calvin the Camel''', credited as '''Calvin T. Camel''' in ''[[MediEvil|MediEvil's]]'' [[ | '''Calvin the Camel''', credited as '''Calvin T. Camel''' in ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil's]]'' [[credits]], was [[SCEE Cambridge Studio]]'s toy camel. He was brought into the office by [[James Busby]] who got him by trading in a Cadbury chocolate bar's competition tokens.{{Note|name="calvin"|Calvin Sawdust, also known as Calvin the Camel, was a marketing character created by the [[wikipedia:Bartle Bogle Hegarty|Bartle Bogle Hegarty]] advertising company to promote Cadbury's [[wikipedia:Picnic (chocolate bar)|Picnic]] brand in 1991. Calvin starred in a commercial where he sang a parody of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky."<ref>{{Cite web|author=Richmond, Susannah|published=April 5, 1991|title="Singing camel to give Picnic a boost"|newspaper=Campaign}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/c3d74978-bc98-4d63-a82f-73e216dd9ff0|title=Cadbury's Picnic Commercial: Goo C'Chew|site=History of Advertising Trust|retrieved=January 3, 2022}}</ref>}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}} Busby considered Calvin to be "sort of the ''MediEvil'' mascot."{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}} | ||
The camel's tail was cut off and sown back on at a Christmas party.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_2.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 1}} Calvin was well-travelled, as team members would take him on holidays with them to places such as Portugal, Greece, America and South Africa.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_3.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 2}} | The camel's tail was cut off and sown back on at a Christmas party.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_2.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 1}} Calvin was well-travelled, as team members would take him on holidays with them to places such as Portugal, Greece, America and South Africa.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_3.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 2}} | ||
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Calvin the Camel, credited as Calvin T. Camel in MediEvil's credits, was SCEE Cambridge Studio's toy camel. He was brought into the office by James Busby who got him by trading in a Cadbury chocolate bar's competition tokens.[a][3][4] Busby considered Calvin to be "sort of the MediEvil mascot."[3]
The camel's tail was cut off and sown back on at a Christmas party.[4][5] Calvin was well-travelled, as team members would take him on holidays with them to places such as Portugal, Greece, America and South Africa.[3][4][6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Calvin Sawdust, also known as Calvin the Camel, was a marketing character created by the Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertising company to promote Cadbury's Picnic brand in 1991. Calvin starred in a commercial where he sang a parody of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky."[1][2]
References
- ↑ Richmond, Susannah, "Singing camel to give Picnic a boost" in Campaign. Published April 5, 1991.
- ↑ Cadbury's Picnic Commercial: Goo C'Chew on History of Advertising Trust. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2 on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
- ↑ Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 1 on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
- ↑ Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 2 on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).