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The Jolly Green Giant is a symbol of the Green Giant food company of the United States , appearing as a smiling green-skinned Giant wearing a tunic, wreath and boots made of leaves. He was usually accompanied by "Sprout", a normal-sized person. The Giant first appeared in advertisements in 1928 ; the name originally came from a variety of unusually large Pea called the "Green Giant" that the company canned and sold. POP CULTURE The mascot became so well-known that the name came to be used for other sorts of things that were large and green in color, for instance the HH-53 rescue Helicopter s the United States Air Force used during the Vietnam War . Later the larger HH-53 helicopter received the nickname, "Super Jolly Green Giant". Also, the green Superhero Monster , The Incredible Hulk , is often described in jest as "The Not-So-Jolly Green Giant".
PORTRAYAL . Despite being over 6ft (1.82m) tall, Dresslar never portrayed the Giant in TV commercials. The figure viewers saw on screen was Keith Wegeman , an Olympic Ski Jumper . His daughter is Soap Opera actress Katherine Kelly Lang from The Bold And The Beautiful . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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