1960s Art Linkletter Green Giant peas TV commercial

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00:00When I was a youngster, we used to have a hero, kind of a boyhood hero, called Horatio

00:07Alger, and his motto used to be, sink or swim, maybe you remember it.

00:11I never thought I'd run into that set of facts and figures, sink or swim, when I was vacationing

00:17in Green Giant land this summer, but I did, and took some movies of it.

00:21I want to show you how sink or swim can be applied to Green Giant brand peas.

00:25Here's a shot of that float test for Green Giant brand peas that I've told you about.

00:30All the peas harvested get this sink or swim treatment.

00:33They have to swim or they don't rate being canned under the Green Giant label, because

00:37only the truly young and very tenderest peas float in this special saltwater solution.

00:44This was one of the wonderful parts about my visit, a handful of the freshest, tenderest,

00:48sweetest peas I've ever eaten.

00:50When you buy a can of peas, you don't float them, because the Green Giant has tested them

00:54for you already.

00:56You just heat them and eat them, and do it often.

00:59Look for the Jolly Green Giant on the label.

01:03He's the guy who assures you that the Green Giant brand peas were picked and packed at

01:08the fleeting moment of perfect flavor.

01:11Go get the Jolly Green Giant!