What in the world could a pizza mascot and the legendary actor from Smokey & The Bandit have in common? Well, they both used to rock the exposed chest hair. Yes, early versions of the Little Caesar’s Pizza guy had chest hair!
Here’s both iterations of the suave li’l guy.
We imagine someone at corporate simply didn’t think the chest hair equated to fine-quality pizza pie.
I will have to respectfully disagree. That early guy will always be MY Little Caesar. That’s the toon I remember from my first exposure to the franchise in the 1980s, so, nostalgia.