Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Rare Treats: The first appearance of the Jolly Green Giant (1954)

 We've all seen those animated commercials for Green Giant products through the decades. However, it's now come to light, after all these years, that the Giant's 1st appearance was done with claymation.

Green Giant, and the company that would be its parent for a time, Pillsbury, were the sponsors of The Mickey Rooney Show, aka Hey, Mulligan!, which lasted one season because Rooney reportedly insulted the president of Pillsbury.

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