RARE TV LAND RETRO COMMERCIALS TONY TIGER GREEN GIANT CHARLIE TUNA 16" X 16" BAG

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StarKist Tuna is the name of a brand of tuna that is produced by StarKist Co., an American company based in Pittsburgh's North Shore that is now wholly owned by Dongwon Industries of South Korea. It was purchased by Dongwon from the American food manufacturer Del Monte Foods on June 24, 2008, for slightly more than 0 million.
Green Giant and Le Sueur are brands of frozen and canned vegetables owned by B&G Foods. The company's mascot is the Jolly Green Giant.
The Minnesota Valley Canning Company was founded in 1903 in
Le Sueur, Minnesota
. It used the brand name "Le Sueur Z" for canned vegetables starting in 1903; "Le Sueur" by itself was first used in 1933.
The brand "Green Giant Great Big Tender Peas" was first used in 1925, and the figure of a giant was introduced three years later by Carly Stanek (Bingum). The brand was created in response to the discovery of a new variety of pea, the Prince of Wales: they were, as Martin Sloan relates, "oblong, wrinkled, and, as peas go, huge. Despite their size, they were tender, and had a special flavor and sweetness that couldn't be matched. The company went to the brands for which it canned and found that none of them wanted to sell the new peas. So Minnesota Valley decided to sell them under its own label. Rather than apologize for the size of the peas, they decided to emphasize it. They named the peas 'Green Giant.'" The original mascot had very little in common with the familiar green figure of today: he was a scowling caveman
[5]
wearing a bearskin rather than foliage designed by John Olson from northwestern MN (this original concept actually owed much to a dark Brothers Grimm fairy tale,
Der Bärenhäuter
–
Bearskin
). In 1935 a young copywriter,
Leo Burnett
, revised the face of the brand: "he traded the bearskin for a leafy suit, gave the Giant a smile...and put the word 'Jolly' in front of the Giant's name." The Giant made his first television appearances in 1954,and was later voiced by
Elmer Dresslar, Jr.
The booming "Ho, ho, ho" became the Giant's signature tagline in 1961.Since 1972 he has had a young apprentice, the Little Green Sprout, who represents the consumer.
The company was renamed to the Green Giant Company in 1950. In 1979 it merged with the
Pillsbury Company
; in 2001, the group was acquired by
General Mills
. In 2015, General Mills sold the brand to B&G Foods for 5 million in cash.
In Canada the brand
Le Sieur
has been used since at least 1964, instead of
Le Sueur
– presumably to avoid the implications of the French word
sueur
(= 'sweat').
In 1963 a 7" 33rpm EP, "When Pea-Pickers Get Together," featuring
Tennessee Ernie Ford
and the Green Valley Singers was released. Side one was a medley of popular folk songs, while side two told the story of how Ford and the Jolly Green Giant collaborated on writing his signature TV song ("How The Green Giant Found His Song (And Almost Lost His Ho! Ho! Ho!)"). The jacket for the record gives the official "biography" of the Jolly Green Giant.
In 1964
The Kingsmen
scored a hit at #4 on the
Billboard
Hot 100
with "
The Jolly Green Giant
", a novelty tune about the Giant's love life.
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In 1999 the marketing industry's leading publication,
Advertising Age
, posited a list of the twentieth century's top ten advertising icons, and placed the Green Giant third (behind the
Marlboro Man
and
Ronald McDonald
, and ahead of
Betty Crocker
, the
Energizer Bunny
, the
Pillsbury Doughboy
,
Aunt Jemima
, the
Michelin Man
,
Tony the Tiger
, and
Elsie
[the
Borden
cow]).
Tony the Tiger is the advertising cartoon mascot for
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal
, appearing on its packaging and advertising. More recently, Tony has also become the mascot for Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers and Tiger Power.
TV Land is an American
pay television
channel
that is owned by
Viacom
through its
Viacom Media Networks
division. Originally a spinoff of
Nick at Nite
consisting exclusively of classic television shows, the channel now airs a combination of recent and classic television series (ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s), original scripted series, and limited theatrically released movies. The network is headquartered at
One Astor Plaza
in New York City.
TV Land is available to about 90 million households in the United States as of January 2016.
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HAS A VELCRO INSIDE TO CLOSE BAG
RARE RETRO COMMERCIAL
TV LAND DECORATIVE CHARACTER BAG
THE BAG HAS THREE NOTICEABLE CHARACTERS ON IT
THE CHARACTERS ARE:
TONY THE TIGER, GREEN GIANT, AND STARKIST CHARLIE TUNA FISH
(HAS SOME SPOTS THAT LOOK DISCOLORED)
GOOD OVERALL CONDITION
MEASURES APPROX.....16" X 16"
MAX DROP 20" ADJUSTABLE STRAP HANDLE
SHORTEST LOWEST DROP 10"
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