Comments on: Jolly Green Giant in a dickie http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339977 Frank Diekman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339977 (Horror movie trailer voice) "Tonight - there will be no leftovers."  (Horror movie trailer voice) “Tonight – there will be no leftovers.” 

]]> By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339976 Frank Diekman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339976 He's got his ascot and his dickie. He’s got his ascot and his dickie.

]]> By: Alexandros http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339422 Alexandros Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339422 I love Mexicorn! Cooc some rice and mix it with Mexicorn and you have an awesome side dish! I love Mexicorn! Cooc some rice and mix it with Mexicorn and you have an awesome side dish!

]]> By: Tony Barnhart http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339392 Tony Barnhart Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339392 Fun Jolly Green Giant fact:  The guy who voiced the Jolly Green Giant was also the bass in a group called "Singers Unlimited."  http://www.singers.com/group/Singers-Unlimited/ Fun Jolly Green Giant fact:  The guy who voiced the Jolly Green Giant was also the bass in a group called “Singers Unlimited.”  http://www.singers.com/group/Singers-Unlimited/

]]> By: maryn http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339328 maryn Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339328 No, see, it happened like this: That's the rich matriarch. Her son scandalized her by falling in love with the housekeeper's beautiful but low-class daughter. But she died in childbirth, depriving her son of a mother and the household of a cook, hence the canned food. Also, given the look passing between the guy and the Giant, Sonny is suddenly reframing his sexuality, and Mumsy is secretly relieved. No, see, it happened like this: That’s the rich matriarch. Her son scandalized her by falling in love with the housekeeper’s beautiful but low-class daughter. But she died in childbirth, depriving her son of a mother and the household of a cook, hence the canned food. Also, given the look passing between the guy and the Giant, Sonny is suddenly reframing his sexuality, and Mumsy is secretly relieved.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339323 Halloween Jack Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339323  Oddly enough, the Rule 34 site is bereft of JGG porn, probably because it's an older ad series. (The site does feature dirty versions of various ad characters; there's a whole bunch with Progressive Flo getting it on with Erin Esurance, for example.)  Oddly enough, the Rule 34 site is bereft of JGG porn, probably because it’s an older ad series. (The site does feature dirty versions of various ad characters; there’s a whole bunch with Progressive Flo getting it on with Erin Esurance, for example.)

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339318 Halloween Jack Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339318  That's when Mom developed a taste for cucumbers.  That’s when Mom developed a taste for cucumbers.

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339245 TheMudshark Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339245 Guess who´s going to finish ALL of their veggies this evening. Guess who´s going to finish ALL of their veggies this evening.

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339221 skeletoncityrepeater Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339221 They still make Mexicorn, it's good for what it is.. In my opinion, corn is one of the few things that tastes good from a can. They still make Mexicorn, it’s good for what it is.. In my opinion, corn is one of the few things that tastes good from a can.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339187 Incipient Madness Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339187 I love their depiction of the typical family. A perimenopausal woman got herself a much younger man as a husband. They had a son who is now 13 and her hubby is in his mid to late thirties while she is nearing sixty. Not a criticism. Wish it had happened to me.  I love their depiction of the typical family. A perimenopausal woman got herself a much younger man as a husband. They had a son who is now 13 and her hubby is in his mid to late thirties while she is nearing sixty.

Not a criticism. Wish it had happened to me. 

]]> By: hogan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339107 hogan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339107 ho ho ho green giant! i grew up that jingle on the TV between wild wild west and the jetsons. ho ho ho green giant! i grew up that jingle on the TV between wild wild west and the jetsons.

]]> By: Layne http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1339055 Layne Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1339055 They are plying him with alcohol so as to get him good and roaring drunk.  Then, and only then, they can blind him with the sharpened stick and escape from his house of death by clinging tightly to the undersides of his sheep...  They are plying him with alcohol so as to get him good and roaring drunk. 

Then, and only then, they can blind him with the sharpened stick and escape from his house of death by clinging tightly to the undersides of his sheep… 

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338986 Culturedropout Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338986  Well, he's gotta take those Jolly Green Dumps somewhere, doesn't he?  And I'll bet there's corn in it...  Well, he’s gotta take those Jolly Green Dumps somewhere, doesn’t he?  And I’ll bet there’s corn in it…

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338867 Shibi_SF Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338867 Mexicorn has always been my favorite "flavor" of canned corn.  (It's tasty and I like the cultural enrichment on the label!) Mexicorn has always been my favorite “flavor” of canned corn.  (It’s tasty and I like the cultural enrichment on the label!)

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338855 Donald Petersen Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338855 What a world.  Crystal stemware, tuxedoes, diamonds, fine table linens, silver candlesticks... and canned peas & Niblets for dinner.  Probably washed down with Bubble-Up. What a world.  Crystal stemware, tuxedoes, diamonds, fine table linens, silver candlesticks… and canned peas & Niblets for dinner.  Probably washed down with Bubble-Up.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338818 jimh Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338818 Always keep a huge fork around, just in case Mr. Popular drops by. Always keep a huge fork around, just in case Mr. Popular drops by.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338782 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338782 I'd pay good money for some JGG porn.  It's too bad nobody thought of it while Ted Cassidy was still alive. I’d pay good money for some JGG porn.  It’s too bad nobody thought of it while Ted Cassidy was still alive.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338779 rattypilgrim Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338779 Actually, I think the napkin isn't quite draped properly to do the job hence Mom's admiring gaze. She's thinking "they don't call you Green Giant for nothing". Actually, I think the napkin isn’t quite draped properly to do the job hence Mom’s admiring gaze. She’s thinking “they don’t call you Green Giant for nothing”.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338765 vonbobo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338765 Look at those GREAT BIG TENDER SWEET PEAS! Just look at em'! Look at those GREAT BIG TENDER SWEET PEAS! Just look at em’!

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338757 Mujokan Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338757 The most interesting thing about this pic is that you used to be able to move product on the conceit of being "high class". As opposed to just "rich".  The most interesting thing about this pic is that you used to be able to move product on the conceit of being “high class”. As opposed to just “rich”. 

]]> By: dross1260 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338744 dross1260 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338744 Jolly Soylent Green Jolly Soylent Green

]]> By: mesocosm http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338715 mesocosm Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338715 That one Green Giant spot has been a real monkey on my back. I'll tell you one thing: If they ever ask you to put on a pair of green tights, no matter how much they offer you, you just walk away. Walk away. That one Green Giant spot has been a real monkey on my back. I’ll tell you one thing: If they ever ask you to put on a pair of green tights, no matter how much they offer you, you just walk away. Walk away.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338709 tristan eldritch Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338709 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: The Pagan Years. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: The Pagan Years.

]]> By: t3kna2007 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338696 t3kna2007 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338696 After striking out on Pollux VI, Apollo tries again in a different setting. Him: "You will gather laurel leaves! Light the ancient fires! Kill a deer! Make your sacrifices to me! Apollo has spoken!!" Them: ... After striking out on Pollux VI, Apollo tries again in a different setting.

Him: “You will gather laurel leaves! Light the ancient fires! Kill a deer! Make your sacrifices to me! Apollo has spoken!!”
Them: …

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338683 Thorzdad Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338683 That's not a dickie. That's a formal board front and collar, normally worn with a dress shirt. Way back in the day, shirts came collarless. Men actually wore separate, starched collars. For formal occasions, the collar was joined with a starched board front, which gave a flat, un-wrinkled look under a tuxedo or formal attire. If you ever watch old cartoons where a character pulls on the front of another character's shirt, and the front of the shirt suddenly rolls-up like a window shade, this is the sort of attire the gag is lampooning. That’s not a dickie.
That’s a formal board front and collar, normally worn with a dress shirt. Way back in the day, shirts came collarless. Men actually wore separate, starched collars. For formal occasions, the collar was joined with a starched board front, which gave a flat, un-wrinkled look under a tuxedo or formal attire.

If you ever watch old cartoons where a character pulls on the front of another character’s shirt, and the front of the shirt suddenly rolls-up like a window shade, this is the sort of attire the gag is lampooning.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338661 grimc Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338661 "What's for dessert? Funny you should ask, Billy..." “What’s for dessert? Funny you should ask, Billy…”

]]> By: TooGoodToCheck http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338604 TooGoodToCheck Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338604 If someone wrote that today, I'd say they were doing something interesting with compost. At the time from which I assume this ad originates, I'm guessing we're talking synthetic fertilizers.  "Making the rich earth richer" could mean dumping a pile of urea on it. If someone wrote that today, I’d say they were doing something interesting with compost.
At the time from which I assume this ad originates, I’m guessing we’re talking synthetic fertilizers.  ”Making the rich earth richer” could mean dumping a pile of urea on it.

]]> By: teknocholer http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338590 teknocholer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338590 "Special ways of making rich earth richer..." OK, I want that explained before I buy another can. “Special ways of making rich earth richer…”
OK, I want that explained before I buy another can.

]]> By: lknope http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338575 lknope Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338575 Dickie?  I bet that family is just grateful for the large napkin covering the Green Giant's lap.  That's a mighty short toga. Dickie?  I bet that family is just grateful for the large napkin covering the Green Giant’s lap.  That’s a mighty short toga.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/jolly-green-giant-in-a-dickie.html#comment-1338569 Guest Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142383#comment-1338569 Hello cannibalism! Hello cannibalism!

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