Hmmm: In Memoriam, Goodbye Mr. Clean

From a CNN article...

House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Procter & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92.

Peters' most memorable role came as Mr. Clean -- a muscular man with a bald head, a hoop earring and a no-nonsense attitude toward dirt and grime. From the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Peters Jr. helped advertise the famous household cleaner with the trademark jingle, "Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean."

If you're curious here is a little trivia on Mr. Clean. I'm leading off with the most current controversy about the "clean one" simply because it's so ridiculous...

• In September 2008, the European Parliament deemed Mr. Clean potentially offensive, because his build might imply that cleaning can only be accomplished by a muscular man.
• In 1957, Mr. Clean was drawn as a muscular, tanned, bald man, although most people think he is a genie based on his earring, folded arms, and tendency to magically appear at the appropriate time.
• The original model for the image of Mr. Clean was a United States Navy sailor from the city of Pensacola, Florida.
  
• Mr. Clean has always smiled, except for a brief time in the mid 1960s during the "Mean Mr. Clean" series of ads when he was frowning because "He hates dirt!"