Jolly Green Giant
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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. 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.
A giant statue of the Jolly Green Giant can be found Blue Earth, Minnesota.
The symbol 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-3 rescue helicopters the United States Air Force used during the Vietnam War. Later the larger HH-53 helicopter received the nickname, "Super Jolly Green Giant".
External links
- History of Green Giant (http://www.greengiant.com/history.htm)
- Statue of Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, Minnesota (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNBLUjolly.html)