So Long, Mr. Clean
House Peters Jr., the original Mr. Clean, passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 92 from natural causes.
House starred as the first real-life Mr. Clean in commercials that ran in the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He also did a bunch of stuff including episodes of "Perry Mason," "Lassie" and "Gunsmoke."
I couldn't find a picture of House as Mr. Clean, so here he is looking Mr. Clean-ish as Shark Man in "Flash Gordon."
I have an old bottle of Mr. Clean under my sink that I will bring out and use to clean my bathroom with today. I stopped using it a couple of months ago, because my dumb ass mixed it with bleach and I haven't been the same after inhaling that shit. But I will fight through the fumes in honor of House!
Rest in peace, House. Heaven will be extra clean today. Below is a Mr. Clean commercial from the 50s. The Mr. Clean cartoon was based on House. Mr Clean! Mr. Clean!
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the character is called "Meister Proper" in Germany and "Mr. Proper" in Poland (and I guess other east-european countries as well) though we've never had commercials with a live actor - all we ever got was the cartoon
waddayaknow
For the record, Mr. Clean magic eraser is tha shit!
Mr. Peters looks like he originated the 'chola brow' look way back in the '50's in that pic.
Mr. Clean doesn't clean mirrors. The commercials telling lies.
It is rumored that Mr. Clean had an affair with Mr. Cream-Jeans(from the Captain Kangaroo show).
Is there any thruth to this?
Submitted by Happy Hour on October 2, 2008 - 11:02am.
Awww maestro limpio..
in spain he is don limpio. RIP :-(
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We should have got him a Life Alert - He may still be with us. All the best, Harry
Personally, as a toddler in the mid-60s, the Ty-D-bol man scared the living shit out of me. I would scream whenever the commercial came on. I just found a '71 commercial on YouTube, but my terror was around 1964. As far as Mr. Clean goes, the guy who followed Peters was kinda hot, in that "I'm-gonna-tie-you-up-with-the-vacuum-cleaner-cord-and-screw-you-till-you-say-daddy" way.
My gaydar goes off, he looks like a beefy muscleman at a Palm Springs White Party.
RIP Mr. Clean Mr. Clean...wow 92! I have a MR. Clean spongemop and have got to try the cleaner w added FUHBREEZE. :)
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That commercial was like a damn mini-series.
I also read that 1950s housewives saw him as a sex object. The piratical earring, tight t-shirt, muscles, gleaming smile, the bald head, the thought that he would appear in your kitchen and lay you out across your checkered oilcloth-covered table, etc.
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That chocolate guy one the AXE ads is just scary! But I would still eat him.
Submitted by Mopa on October 2, 2008 - 10:47am.
Hey MK,
I did the same thing cleaning my tub before. I think my sister was trying to kill me. She told me to clean the tub with ammonia and bleach together.
OMG I did that when I was younger, I nearly passed out in the tub.
as for the rest of it, I'm not saying I NEVER have done that, LOL
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Submitted by tabithastevens on October 2, 2008 - 11:02am.
Somebody please look at the Pepsi commercial from the 50's after the Mister Clean commercial.
She looks exactly like Brittany Spears
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That's because it is Brittany in that commericial.
Awww maestro limpio.. growing up we couldn't afford the original so my mom always bought the generic. I am sure that is the reason our floors never sprinkle with stars.
Somebody please look at the Pepsi commercial from the 50's after the Mister Clean commercial.
She looks exactly like Brittany Spears
rip mr clean...i will have to clean someting in your honor...
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Speaking of comercials, has anyone seen the Axe Body Spray one where there's this creepy chocolate guy walking down the street and girls just start taking chunks out of him, ripping the arm off and licking him in the movie theater? haha i wish I could find such a guy
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Submitted by CeeCee on October 2, 2008 - 10:31am.
Proctor & Gamble's original ad campaign, Mr. Dick, was considered too racy for the 50s.
Hey MK,
I did the same thing cleaning my tub before. I think my sister was trying to kill me. She told me to clean the tub with ammonia and bleach together.
I actually just got done cleaning my tub. The cleaners they have now smell almost as deadly. I always have to leave the bathroom to breathe after spraying and before actually cleaning.
Oh and, btw, am I the only person who cleans her tub naked?
Honestly, I have a hard time bending over the tub from outside to get everywhere and my clothes get messy if I leave then on, so I take off all my clothes and clean the tub while I'm in it.
Then I shower and rinse off the tub and all the walls when I rinse myself off.
And some of you probably already thought I was weird enough.
RIP Mr. Clean. This world will be alot dirtier without you.
That photo actually looks like Michael K. Hmmm.
hahahha CeeCee- I wouldn't doubt it..you can find something sexual in every ad.
Have you guys seen the new M&M's commercial? They have got to be kidding- trying to make something sexy out of candy.....*rolls eyes*
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Yesterday I was one of a load of people
Now you're lying close to me, making love to me
I believe in miracles, where ya from... you sexy thing?
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That pic looks like it came from some old S&M porn movie.
Those brows are almost big sharpie chola.
RIP Mr Clean. I was born in your later Mr Clean commercial years, but sadly, don't remember you.
R.I.P House Peters Jr
ShiningKnight, saving damsels in distress since 1195
92 years old! holy crap! that seems like forever to be alive in this world! he was good on them commercials.... RIP....
Submitted by CeeCee on October 2, 2008 - 10:31am.
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Sex sells....
Years ago I read an article about how perfume and cologne bottles are designed to mimic sexual organs. Perfume in phallic-like bottles tended to sell better.
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"Heaven will be extra clean today"
MK you are ridonkulous! LMAO @U
CeeCEee: interesting.....
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CeeCee, that is hilarious!
Well, he lived a nice long life. Has anyone tried the Lavender & Vanilla Mr. Clean? It is AWESOME!
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All our lives we sweat and save. Building for a shallow grave. Must be something else we say. Somehow to defend this place.
I was reading a book about sublimial advertising and it said he was made to look like a big penis to appeal to housewives.