Mr Clean (Was Re: Hitchens letter to Seattle peaceniks)

lweiger at umich.edu lweiger at umich.edu
Thu Jan 16 10:09:59 PST 2003


--On Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:14 AM -0800 andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:


> When I was growing up there was a detergent ad for a
> product called, I believe, Mr Clean, that showed a
> bald buff guy riding through the 'burbs on a horse
> holding a lance, he would zap stuff drying on the
> line and make it sparkle, and the slogan was "Whiter
> Than White!" I am not making this up, as Dave Barry
> says, other ancient participants on the list can
> confirm this for you kids who don't believe me.
> Anyway, maybe Hitch got the idea from Mr. Clean. jks

I believe that the bald, buff dude still features prominently in Mr. Clean ads.

-- Luke



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