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#TBT: The Heartbreak of Dating Product Mascots

From Mr. Clean to Tony the Tiger, the road to relationship has been paved with anguish and sales figures.

Christopher Harrity Jul 23, 2015

Christopher Harrity

Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.

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