If memory serves me, Northern Exposure was a hit series on CBS around the time this cute tourism ad aired for the state of Alaska.
The music is set to the beat of a song from "A Chorus Line", which becomes obvious by the time the ad ends.
Update, 1:16 pm (ET): Turns out the animated portion was originally produced 10 years earlier. Many thanks to the Star twins for the heads-up.
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I first saw this spot on one of NBC's Television's Greatest Commercials specials. My young ignorant mind wasn't familiar with Anchorage, Alaska at the time, so I thought the animals were singing "Wild About Eckrich", as in the sausage. I also didn't pick up on the obvious inspiration from "A Chorus Line" until later on.
There's a longer of this commercial that shows the animated animals exclusively. This is the one that Silverstar and I saw in the aforementioned NBC special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91abAn747lQ
Sweet. I will amend the original post, and add the longer version. Thanks, guys.
This looks a lot like Kurtz & Friends animation.
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