MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE 1950-60's Mr. Clean 60 second Promo

[Gamescook]

Didn't expect to see a commercial from this era showing a husband divvying up the household cleaning evenly with the wife.

[aramanth]

Ladies, has your husband been inviting a tall bald pierced capri pant wearing man over to the house often? If so...

[FortunaFortesJuvat]

I''m so inviting Mr Clean to my house this weekend!

[gypshasballs22]

Mr. Clean cant protect you from Nukes

[supersonic070]

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[avonmacray2000]

Mr. Clean might knock off your wife you jerk, stop smiling before he wax her ass.

[02chevyguy]

Use Mr. Clean...TO WASH THE CAR? I guess somehow P&G had some sort of deal with body shops during that time for new auto paint jobs.

[AssholePatrol]

DON'T INTRODUCE HIM TO YOUR WIFE!

Mr. Clean will steal her faster than he can clean your sink!

[Rienei]

if only cleaning was THAT easy lol

[fallendecember88]

Mr. Clean rocks! I love the summer citrus scent!

[RichHartley19671]

@fallendecember88 I know what you mean. It's the only stuff that seems to work on my stainless steel sinks without scratching them (Comet would turn them into scrap metal in a matter of months).

[giantsammich]

his powers include removing the walls of the house >:D

[FonzyBoyWonder]

i had butt secks with that cartoon

[evanellis]

Why does Mr. Clean look like a stereotypical gay from the '70s/'80s?

[BARBUS69111]

i love this ad



[ljbimoore]

I must say that in spite of trying not to laugh at all the innocently over-looked homo-erotic lyrics this is a super fun jaunty jingle. I miss this kind of advertising.

[nrdesign1991]

Somehow the 60's cartoons remind me a bit of today's cartoon style

[sony635beyond]

wow!! call me crazy but the jingle song is awesome!! you wont hear anything close to this today

[secretname1000able]

@sony635beyond IKR

[sarniatownreggae]

I remember watching this as a three year old. That zooming bottle at the 0:55 mark, that brought you the close up of Mr. Clean's face, scared me and gave me nightmares.

[MelanieLouM]

@sarniatownreggae So I'm not the only one that was scared shitless by those Mr. Clean commercials back then, huh? ^_^

[OldsVistaCruiser]

@sarniatownreggae - There were a LOT of creepy advertising characters from the 1950s and 1960s. If I was a 3-year-old, I would have been scared out of my mind by McDonald's Speedee. My parents basically kept me isolated in the boonies until I was 9 - I had never heard of McDonald's (or pizza) until I was 10 in 1974. We went to all of two restaurants - Burger Chef and Gino's (the mid-Atlantic hamburger chain that had exclusive rights to KFC - it was sold out in 1982 and came back in 2010).

[CultCraze]

what an absolutely fantastic commercial!

[creature752]

YEAH!!!!! MR CLEAN

[bongomanfromdalou]

The animation looks like it was made about 1959 or 1960 because the cartoon shows the original glass Mr. Clean bottle--but when they zoom in on the "New! Better in the Bucket!" label, it's a plastic bottle from about 1963 or '64 (that's when most household cleaners switched from glass to plastic bottles)...

[tbear4pa]

The date is exactly right on the nose because it's the second commercial that was ever made for Mr. Clean, right after the original 1958 "Cleans You Whole House" commercial had premiered. The only missing link was that there may of been another separate commercial for 1961-1962, before it was again revised in 1963 with the introduction of the plastic bottle, which means that the jingle was used at least through 1960, or perhaps 1961-1962.

[MrCleanNation]

JOIN THE MR. CLEAN NATION!

[fromthesidelines]

Most commercials were filmed in black & white in 1962, 'heine'- it wasn't until about 1965  that Mr. Clean first appeared in color {am I right, 'tcaddone'?}.

[palsee]

i think its hot the way the dude want 2 help clean the house with the bald dude they be totally bonding!!!!!!!

[heine71]

"You're amazing, Mr. C" - Never called Mr. Clean "Mr. C" in later years.

[heine71]

Format Films did the animation? The singing man reminds me of David Seville from the Format Films produced Alvin Show of the 1960's.

[tcaddone]

There is a "French" version of this for the Canadian market also.

[heine71]

Wish you had the Canadian version in French of this Mr. Clean TV commercial!

[tcaddone]

I will see if I have the video for this. I definately have the sound track.

[tcaddone]

This one is from about 1962-1963. My father wrote, produced, directed and wrote the jingle for this one. In 1963 he also did Mr. Clean as a police officer. In 1965 it was "Mean Mr. Clean". All good stuff. Thanks for posting. TC

[heine71]

Any pics of Mr. Clean as a police officer (or a Mr. Clean police officer commercial to post on YouTube) around?

[tcaddone]

I only have these on video. I am getting them transfered to DVD. I should be able to download onto YouTube then.

[heine71]

Was there a color version of this?

[samoyed81966]

They might have reuse most of the early Mr. Clean commercial. As the commercial ends, they feature the Mr. Clean bottle which in the late 1960's. Because the Mr. Clean bottle at the end of the commercial was plastic and it says "New! Better in the Bucket! You can smell the difference". When Mr. Clean was introduced in 1958, it came in glass.

[travis7310]

Are you sure that you don't mean 1958?