Elves! Cool typefaces! A gigantic man painted green! It’s advertising, 1960s-style! At about one minute in–that’s right ONE MINUTE into A 90-SECOND SPOT selling CANNED CORN–I make an appearance with a stuffed Green Giant doll. They did a lot of those character giveaways back in the day (remember Gary Coleman and his Hubert doll, fellow Chicagoans?). I guess they sold a lot more canned corn back in the day, too.
@MrK3efa Marvel used to occasionally refer to The Hulk as “The Not-So-Jolly Green Giant”.
i used to think the jolly green giant was the incredible hulk
@TheJomogogo not here to convice you! yet, don’t limit yourself to your shortcomings!
@TheJomogogo you’re the brainwashed….not me. I traveled to Mexico/South America ….have you?
@TheJomogogo They are the same ……smart ass! Mexican as is Scandinavian is hertiage…..not a RACE.
@TheJomogogo you’re an idiot ….in 1960′s Mexicans were considered white…until the 1970 census President DIcky Nixon made all Spanish speaking people “HISPANICS” .Mexican is nationally… NOT A RACE!
@RarendtheBlack They’d do things to help you win too, if you were 100 feet tall and laughed like a lunatic all day long. Just to keep you from squashing their little village under your feet.
@roperkids It doesn’t it’s a gimmic made to sell the product. Boy i wish companies could get sued for lying.
How does slicing green beans on the diagonal enhance flavour?
The giant’s corn always wins?
FIXED
I don’t remeber THIS commercial, but I certainly remember OTHER Green Giant commercials… Canned veggies are kind of awful – they either taste and look washed out, or taste bad but have an artificial green. (Like so-called ‘mushy peas’). I’m glad they also make frozen vegetables…
What a classic I love the older commercials.
Ah, what a simpler time.
lol old commercials are the best! That’s a oddly homemade-looking doll haha.
@fuhrman66 Looks like a small bit of salad – cucumber slices and tomato slices.
HO HO HOOO
This “live action” Green Giant dates back to 1962 or 1963 (Nostalgia Television has the first spot in this series). They used variations of this until 1972 when they tried “The Hometown Of The Jolly Green Giant”, but they only showed it a few times. They introduced the Sprout the next year, and used him and the Giant together into the ’80s. Now they’ve brought the Giant back, but he’s a CGI shadow that you see at the end of the ads, with a much lower pitched “Ho Ho Ho”.
Voldemort sells vegetables????
@shaunlandrypersonal ha ha no I wasn’t alive : P
whats that shit beside the chicken leg and the corn?
Q: What makes the Jolly Green Giant say “HO HO HO!”?
A: When someone plays with his little green sprout.
I was way to young to know that the Green Giant was a Queer.
I want my very own green giant!! lol
@BreezesofConey
Then you know shit.
You are just filling in the blanks to fit your misconceptions.
@TheJomogogo Hmm, well I was living in the UK until 1973 really, but from what I know, every mdidle class and wealthy family down in Texas and that region of the US had illegal Mexicans as their: cooks, maids, and gardeners.
Nice post.
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