Timely News?

Our job is like a baker’s work — his rolls are tasty as long as they’re fresh; after two days they’re stale; after a week, they’re covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out.
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist

The Los Angeles Times finally got around to listing the obituary of Len Dresslar, the voice of the Jolly Green Giant. Why did it take so long? Any longer and Dresslar would have returned reincarnated. He died Oct 16.

The passing is certainly worthy of obit news, but if the paper waited this long it was either an oversight or someone from the family called and gave them hell.

In our consumer driven society the Jolly Green Giant has been acknowledged by Advertising Age magazine as one of the three most recognizable American advertising icons of the 20th century – after Tony the Tiger and the Marlboro Man.