Green giant

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Jolly Green Giant, 1970s Ad Not a lot of planting in Jolly Green Giant land this year with all the flooding they've had this year.

The Jolly Green Giant is an interesting mascot in that I'm entirely certain what age group he's targeted at. If he were marketed towards children I suppose the message he sends would be about how if you eat your vegetables you'll grow big and strong? and green? As a mascot he does well in that the brand is immediately recognizable when you spot the giant's green beaming face in the freezer aisle.

Jolly Green Giant A farmer in Kansas has claimed to have seen the Jolly Green Giant picking vegetables from his fields. The Incident took place late last night when a man was doing his nightly rounds on his Kansas farm property. The man identified as Willford Eastwood claims that as he was riding around his property on an ATV he saw the Jolly Green Giant picking vegetables and putting them in tiny little plastic bags. He described the giant being about 30 feet or 9.144 meters in height with…

Born in 1925, the Jolly Green Giant was the representative of The Minnesota Valley Canning Company. His creation was due to the company’s introduction that year of a new variety of European pea. These new peas were a much larger variety than those grown in America and were tastier. Minnesota Valley applied for a trademark calling the new pea “Green Giant.”

My Jolly Green Giant costume has leaves that are actually glued to my hair and I’m painted green with green food coloring. So far people seem to really love this costume. It’s fun to do and it’s easy to do and I like doing it . Literally all I did was take apart a fake ... Read more The post Really Green Jolly Green Giant Costume appeared first on Coolest Homemade Costumes.