# Ho, ho, ho - dead giant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 26, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980 "2005-10-26T12:57:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980/1 "2005-10-26T12:57:57Z")

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[CNN story](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/26/obit.greengiant.ap/index.html)

Elmer Dresslar, the voice of the Jolly Green Giant, has died.

One of the most memorable commercial taglines in TV history.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980/2 "2005-10-26T13:11:17Z")

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I hope he took that bastard Sprout with him.

It is so wrong that I knew what this thread was about, and I laughed at the title none the less.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980/3 "2005-10-26T14:03:34Z")

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I will now have that HO HO HO in my head all day.

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980/4 "2005-10-26T14:11:59Z")

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This worries me. It’s my theory that the Jolly Green Giant and Santa Claus are/were one and the same. Look at the evidence!

1. They both say “Ho Ho Ho”
2. Santa only works one night a year. The JGG only works in the spring, summer, and autumn. Easy to moonlight.
3. How does Santa get around the world in one night, and with all the presents? He’s a giant!
4. The colours of christmas- red and green. Due to holly berries…or the two different outfits of Santa!
5. Santa is often described as “jolly”.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-dead-giant/327980/5 "2005-10-26T14:45:30Z")

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An obligatory note to an ealier “giant,” [Herschel Bernardi](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076453/)