[Oe List ...] Len Dresslar

[Adam Thomson]

Len Dresslar was an example of the success of Joe's "North Shore" 
strategy. As I remember it he participated in happenings with the O:E 
when he could, as one of those awesome "Guardians" (a role infinitely 
harder to fulfil than being a fully-fledged "order member").

I remember he came with a number of the other Guardians when Joe - 
with Slicker, McCleskey, Rafos and others - came to do RS1 and then 
one the first editions of LENS, on successive weekends in Caracas, 
Venezuela (end-1971, I believe).

That was my first encounter with the movement. I remember Len as a 
handsome, diffident character who added a generous presence to 
proceedings. He certainly did not flourish any fame he may have had. 
(As a Caracas-based Brit, I'd no idea what a Jolly Green Giant was anyway.)

Len was an example of someone who used his situation for the benefit 
of others - for the world, no less. I always savoured my contacts with him.

Love Adam
Dover England

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At 18:29 26/10/2005, you wrote:
>Harry,
>What's the connection to O:E?
>Carolyn
>On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Harry Wainwright wrote:
>
>
>>'Jolly Green Giant' voice dead at 80
>
>>Elmer Dresslar sang 'Ho, Ho, Ho' in TV ads
>>
>>PALM SPRINGS, California (AP) -- Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr., who 
>>extolled vegetables to generations of TV watchers as the booming 
>>voice of the Jolly Green Giant, has died. He was 80.
>>
>>Dresslar died October 16 of cancer, according to daughter Teri Bennett.
>>
>>Dresslar was an entertainer and singer for nearly six decades. But 
>>his voice rang through millions of households when he sang the 
>>simple refrain, "Ho, Ho, Ho," in an ad jingle for Green Giant foods.
>>
>>Dresslar, a Kansas native, moved to Chicago with his wife in the 
>>early 1950s to study voice after touring with a production of 
>>"South Pacific." By the 1960s, the Navy veteran had carved out a 
>>career singing in clubs, on television and in advertising jingles.
>>
>>He recorded 15 albums with The Singers Unlimited jazz group and 
>>appeared on the CBS television show "In Town Tonight" from 1955 to 1960.
>>
>>Ad jingles were the most consistent part of his career, and he 
>>landed roles for Rice Krispies cereal, Marlboro cigarettes, Amoco 
>>oil and Dinty Moore canned beef stew.
>>
>>He periodically re-recorded the "Ho, Ho, Ho" for Jolly Green Giant 
>>commercials, most recently about 10 years ago.
>>
>>Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This 
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>>
>>Peace,
>>Harry
>>
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