Mr. Muscle 1970s

[billyboylb]

I just saw her at a benefit performance in LA a few months ago. She's still going strong. And she's tiny in person.

[streetcarjay]

Hey it Mrs. Garrett!

[elc1960]

There's an old TV ad here on YouTube with Charlotte Rae taking a shower (!) while she extols the virtues of "clean, safe oil heat". At first, she's startled to see a camera crew in her shower, but at the end she's rather titillated by the idea of America seeing her naked. And of course, she used to run around in a bathing suit in Hulk Hogan's show "Thunder In Paradise". Quite a hussy, that Mrs. Garrett . . .

[scottbaino]

She looks better as a redhead!

[bodleladle]

get that fat Natalie to clean it Mrs. G...

[memutch]

I can't believe that 25 years later they still sell ovens that don't clean themselves!

[scorpietta]

She always cracked me up ... I mean, her voice is so comic!! She was in the movie "Hair", too.

[elc1960]

@scorpietta She was also Molly the Mailwoman on "Sesame Street", and played Officer Leo Schnauzer's wife on "Car 54, Where Are You?" (the TV show, not the movie). She's been around on TV for a very long time.

[wattever333]

GREAT delivery! Listen to all the inflections! Look at how many facial expressions she has. It's very tight.

[regressing2apes]

I LOVE IT

[regressing2apes]

I USED THE MAGAZINE AD IN A PICTURE COLLAGE IN 2ND GRADE. I NEVER KNEW IT WAS C. RAY!

[CanadiAnnie]

WOO, Charlotte Ray!!

[Dremple]

Its Mrs. Garrett!!

[ScorpioRising100]

HOW many times over the years have my friends and I laughed while reciting the lines...

"25 years with my head in an oven..scaping, SCRUBBING!"

LOL!!

[123magee]

I have been looking for this commercial for years, I have always googled,"be a cook momma said I'd get a man", and never got any hits. Then I just googled, Mr.Clean Commercials, and found it in no time.

[saugagirl83]

Oh, that wacky Mrs. Garrett! :)

[heine71]

Mr. Muscle was first made around 1973 or 1974 or 1975.

[QBCNetwork]

She took the good & took the bad, took em both & there you have, The Facts of Life.

[singlewhitegaboi]

Whenever I think of Charlotte Rae, I think of this commercial! Brings me back!

[blackshogun77]

this is how everyone used to start in showbiz. Now you have to go on American idol or be a rap star

[tygersflowerz]

Shit, do they still sell that?? I'm buying it.

[kentgraovac]

I remember this from the 70s, but not til just rewatching it now, over 30 yrs. later, did I realize it was Mrs. Garrett herself, Charlotte Rae, who was in it.

[2dboy]

I saw this ad so many times as a kid that i have been randomly reciting the lines for the past 25 years - argh!

I can also still say the ingredients of a Big Mac - backwards!!!

oh my poor brain

[damron13]

Charlotte Rae was always a fat ugly lady.

[TrashTalkinJuicers]

Charlotte was a great character actress and was always fun to watch. She fit the comedy relief role so well. Loved her on the Facts of Life. I wonder where she is now? Thanks for posting this friend. A vintage 5 star winner!

[thelifeaquatica]

@TrashTalkinJuicers Your on the internet and your wondering where she is now?

[vonbontee]

YES! Haven't seen this ad in 30+ years. I was hoping it'd show up here someday. Thanks!!

[OofusTwillip]

I seem to recall a Canadian version of this ad, with Helene Winston (King's mother on "King of Kensington") instead of Charlotte Rae.

The script went something like, "Fifteen years with my head in an oven, scraping, scrubbing... The grease! The fumes! The mess!"

[heine71]

I wish you had it to post on YouTube...