The Jolly Green Giant — one of the most recognizable figures in advertising history —first appeared in 1928. ... As far as I know, only an audio clip from one of Beard’s segments survives.

Ho!" voice of the Jolly Green Giant in 1959. The voice-over job was a gold mine. Dresslar earned several hundred thousand dollars in residuals and noted that the Giant put his daughters through ...

Crackle: We lost track of him in the 1970s when he opened an art gallery at SoHo and got just too fabulous for us. Snap: He’d no sooner dive into a bowl of milk than go to the Met Gala in Dockers.

And that's how the Jolly Green Giant got the booming laugh which became his signature tagline in the new media of TV commercials. (SINGING) Ho, ho, ho. Green Giant. In the '60s, he got a jingle.

Q: I really did enjoy everyone celebrating Julia Child’s birthday. But, I do remember another chef that was on television before her, James Beard. I remember seeing his cooking shows and I guess ...