1960s Green Giant TV commercial

[jefflatimer86]

"you know who's vegetables"? I didn't know Voldemort canned veggies.... 

[monkeeman1966]

If this was made today, the giant, like Santa Claus, wouldn't be allowed to say Ho, Ho, Ho. Ha, Ha, Ha, Green Giant!  It doesn't sound right. lol

[eminatic]

i wonder how much that rag doll is worth today

[txeire]

lol...when he reached back into his rear and pulled out the long brown...well, anyway.. this immature moment was brought to you by Green Giant :-D

[MrFrontrowkid]

I'm a little older than most of you "kids." I recall hearing the Jolly Green Giant song on radio when it sponsored Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. FYI - That was a choral group that sang traditional songs, Christmas etc. You could send in a label of a JGG can of peas, corn, etc. and get a Little Golden Record with the song recorded. And it played on 78rpm. Oh, do you know to make the JGG scream in pain...You grab him by the niblets.....Sorry. just couldn't resist.

[pcreator]

Bachmann/Palin 2012 for more bean flavor in the White House!

[vincevega0]

Green Giant's feces provides fertilization of the land. :-)

[JakeandElwoodBlues]

@vincevega0 You're a sick fuck, but I still LOLed!

[TheLouis003]

this week's tv guide!? oh boy i got to get it!!

[lexybieber22]

wonder what would happen if you sent in the money and the labels?????

[OldsVistaCruiser]

@lexybieber22 - This commercial has to be pre-1963 for two reasons.

First, there's no ZIP code on their address (and it's such a simple address that the U.S. Postal Service wouldn't be able to deliver it today), and second, did you notice that (real 90% silver) Benjamin Franklin half-dollar?

ZIP codes were introduced in 1963, and the Kennedy half-dollar came out in 1964. If you want to write Green Giant today, their address is:

Green Giant

P.O. Box 9452

Minneapolis MN 55440-9452.

[elc1960]

@OldsVistaCruiser This commercial is from either 1967 or 1968 (although for true comfirmation on the date, you can ask the poster - she's the little girl hugging the rag doll, and is younger than me by about 2 years. She would have been a newborn if this ad had been done in 1963). The ad was originally created to be shown during an NBC animated special of E.B. White's "Stuart Little", but it played for short time afterwards as well. Green Giant Co. was the main sponsor of that special.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

@elc1960 - Green Giant must have been quite behind the times. Use of ZIP codes was nearly mandatory by 1967. Also, the use of silver in U.S. coins was discontinued after 1964, and the old silver coins were quickly removed from circulation by collectors.

The Post Office Dep't. (now the USPS) had Ethel Merman singing the virtues of ZIP codes in a 1963 TV commercial which you can find here on YT at youtube.com/watch?v=USUYRqiHq0­I&feature=related .

[elc1960]

@OldsVistaCruiser I've seen that Merman PSA here before. Green Giant Co. might have been one of the few at that time to be still not using ZIP codes, but I can't say for sure. The name of the little girl in the ad is Colleen Wainwright (aka "communicatrix"), and it should not be difficult to get details from her about it. She was one of the first people that I subscribed to on YouTube, and this ad was a big reason why. Cheers, OVC!

[sfinge5]

wtf kind of doll is that

[BurnRoddy]

Is the one of about a good squeeze wide

[elc1960]

Quite a slick move Red Robin pulled - they stole the Green Giant jingle and changed the words to "Reeeeddd Robin" and then threw in a "Yummmmm" at the end so they wouldn't get their asses sued off by General Mills/Green Giant Co.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

@elc1960 - So I'm not the only one who thought that Red Robin ripped off the Jolly Green Giant!

[elc1960]

@OldsVistaCruiser Indeed you are not. In all honesty, I've never eaten at a Red Robin restaurant (there aren't any in Rhode Island, where I live). Can't say that I would eat there if we had one.

[kenntracie]

the jolly green giant is a helicopter -.-

[MrK3efa]

i used to think the jolly green giant was the incredible hulk

[elc1960]

@MrK3efa Marvel used to occasionally refer to The Hulk as "The Not-So-Jolly Green Giant".

[roperkids]

How does slicing green beans on the diagonal enhance flavour?

[blarson12]

@roperkids It doesn't it's a gimmic made to sell the product. Boy i wish companies could get sued for lying.

[RarendtheBlack]

The giant's corn always wins?

FIXED

[elc1960]

@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.

[shmuli9]

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...

[MrDeCorey]

What a classic I love the older commercials.

[MissMom4evr]

@MrDeCorey Me, too. There is nothing like them.

[fyourcouchnigga]

Ah, what a simpler time.

[mastior]

@fyourcouchnigga

they produce GMO Genetically Altered Foods, Bleached of all Nutrition, Infinite shelf life

Sterilizes Humanity, Out Lawed in Australia, Mexico, parts of S.America and EUROPE

Account of GMO's it is predicted this next generation will be shortest lived generation of all

Bar Codes beginning with 8 on veggies dictates it is GMO, Monsanto is the culprit.

Poisoning natural staples via pollination. Via Round Up product.

All Fast Foods use GMO's all the worst foods on Earth

[Virchew]

lol old commercials are the best! That's a oddly homemade-looking doll haha.

[tabood1]

HO HO HOOO

[elc1960]

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".

[24allix]

Voldemort sells vegetables????

[fuhrman66]

whats that shit beside the chicken leg and the corn?

[elc1960]

@fuhrman66 Looks like a small bit of salad - cucumber slices and tomato slices.

[TheRealBluesisblood]

Q: What makes the Jolly Green Giant say "HO HO HO!"?

A: When someone plays with his little green sprout.

[walleyrt69]

I was way to young to know that the Green Giant was a Queer.

[lisaluvsjoee]

I want my very own green giant!! lol

[BreezesofConey]

I love sitting here with my eyes closed and pretending it's the 1960s again.

[BreezesofConey]

@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.

[TheJomogogo]

@BreezesofConey

Then you know shit.

You are just filling in the blanks to fit your misconceptions.

[supremes1964]

@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!

[supremes1964]

@TheJomogogo They are the same ......smart ass! Mexican as is Scandinavian is hertiage.....not a RACE. 

[supremes1964]

@TheJomogogo you're the brainwashed....not me. I traveled to Mexico/South America ....have you? 

[supremes1964]

@TheJomogogo not here to convice you! yet, don't limit yourself to your shortcomings!

[nickschor1]

These were actually out of work Keebler elves. Apparently there was a labor dispute and GJ picked them up before new contract could get hashed.

[Lucruza]

50 cents? No, that's waaay to expensive!

[Sheri451]

I love corn, I used to love green beans until we began eating them every single Sunday. I fixed some carrots last week and ate those instead.

[elc1960]

Had to tell ya - there's another Green Giant ad from this same time frame (mid-60s) on TVParty.com. It's one I haven't seen anywhere on YouTube. It features a "Mr.Haney"-like traveling salesman in a truck driving into the valley and ends with barbershop quartet style harmony singing the jingle.

[OlegKostoglatov]

I hate canned green beans, I wouldn't give an award to those even if the Green Giant was towering above me at the fair.

[shaunlandrypersonal]

"remember Rodney Allen Rippy and his Hubert doll, fellow Chicagoans?). "

Well...yeah...but that would be Gary Coleman with the Hubert Doll. Rodney was Jack in The Box.

[communicatrix]

@shaunlandrypersonal Gah! You're right. I'm doubly saddened now on this difficult day. RIP Gary Coleman.

[kbkcogic]

@communicatrix I wish I could find the Hubert Doll commerc ial on youtube

[Smackersgirl1]

@shaunlandrypersonal ha ha no I wasn't alive : P

[elc1960]

That jingle stays in your head and you can't get it out . . . ever. If you walk into a room full of people over 40 and start singing "In the valley of the jolly . . . ", at least one person will sing "Ho Ho Ho - Green Giant!" Go ahead, try it. I promise you, it never fails.

[elc1960]

What a treasure that ad is. As a kid growing up in the '60s, I used to see these ads all the time. This ad, I believe, was a promo shown during NBC's broadcast of an animated special "Stuart Little", during which the Giant was the primary advertiser. I think it's from 1967 or 1968. (Which means, of course, that "communicatrix" and I would be approximately the same age . . . tell me baby, are you single??? [just kidding]

[skeilak]

I must have turned cynical at a very young age, because I can well remember watching this commercial, and turning to my mom, and saying, "Of course the Giant wins every year! Who'd want to make a giant angry?"

Funny, though, that theme song still pops into my head, every so often.

[Ms2MuchFun]

Wow! I remember these commercials. Thanks for posting it.

Now that I think about it - I wonder why I never got my doll? LOL.

[tedzodd]

I loved the Green Giant when I was that age! You were adorable! I can't stand canned corn though.

[SpongeStorm4000]

The Jolly Green Giant jingle reminds me of the Taco Bell scene in the movie, "Demolition Man," where the guy sitting at the grand piano performs the jingle. "Good things from the garden/garden in the valley/valley of the Jolly Green Giant/good things from the garden/garden in the valley/valley of the Jolly (Ho! Ho! Ho!) Green Giant!"

[melsiwe333]

HO HO HO..... GREEEEEEEN GIANT!!!!!

[monkeymichel]

when will Monsanto make GMO Green Giant corn?

[WebVMan]

Green Giant should duke it out with Paul Bunyan.

[wilson809isback]

I saw this at CNET's Apple Byte by Brian Tong

[someperson331]

i want a green giant doll right now!!!!

[Strome88]

Apparently that doll is worth quite a fortune today.

[slideawae]

lol, that doll was such a piece of crap.

[ajb0215]

Ho Ho Ho...Green Job Czar!

[Jesomatic]

you think i can still get that rag doll?

[FlamingoKicker]

Actually you can find some on ebay for around $10

[bullbuder]

i guess they figured out the earlier comercials were scaring kids,so they didnt show the green giant close up.looks like his face is n tha shade.

[Jutisan]

Lol rag-doll looks like a green ginger-bread-man with extra mold.

[dcat918]

You mean the little girl at the end is you? I take this commercial aired around 1966 or 1967. Am I right?

[AnimePlanet7]

...Because canned food has alonger SHELF life!

[PfcBuck]

I live in Le Sueur and my grandpa worked and retired from the green giant company, and i never got no fucking green giant stuffed fucker. i want mine now

[TIPTON340]

I can't understand why one would want to eat can food instead of fresh vegetables from the farmer's market.

[MoeGreensRightEye]

Now we all know how healthy and WONDERFUL you are.

[LastTree]

Love it! Love it! Do you still have your Green Giant Doll?

[spritersie]

50 cent for a doll like that? back then it must have costed 25 cent to produce them, i bet these dolls are collectors items nowadays:P

[SpyroTheDragon1267]

LOL

[GreenYoshi3]

LOL

[chowder707]

I wonder what would happen if i did this today.

[mullethead201]

Well, the giant man is olympic skier, Keith Wegman.

[rikiyamashi]

he stole santa`s catchphrase

[scorpio3738]

Ha Ha Ha Green Giant

[communicatrix]

Paul, Paul...it's the GREEN ribbon. Because it's GREEN--oh, never mind.

I'll have to check out the paper more closely. I was mesmerized by a shot of my hands 44 years ago.

[dudemantwo]

The giant has pretty legs...

[heine71]

Paul Frees says "THE BLUE RIBBON!"

Notice a Peanuts comic strip next to the 1960's Green Giant Rag Doll premium Sunday comic ad?

[mdumas43073]

AAUGH!