Jolly Green Giant, RIP

By at 4:59 pm Tuesday, Oct 25

Elmer "Len" Dresslar, Jr., the voice of the Jolly Green Giant, has died. He was 80 years old. Dresslar was a jazz singer in the group Singers Unlimited but became best known for vocalizing "Ho, ho, Ho" on more than four decades of TV commercials. Link

UPDATE: Reader Steven Henry reminds me of this previous BB post about a vintage sticker collection, including one that says, "Jolly Green Giant, Rest In Peas" Link

David Pescovitz

Collector of anomalies, esoterica, and curiosities.

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