80's Mcdonalds Tour (Rockford IL) 1987

[@Religious_man]

Cute little boys. They're all grown up and in they're 40s if they are still around. I was only 7 at the time and living in Huntley in Mchenry County. I would start living in Rockford in the spring of 2001. I don't live on Harrison Avenue though.

[@Blahbevava]

Thank-You for your comment. I'm one of those boys and doing well. 42 today. I have no idea the whereabouts of the others though as it was a long time ago. Also after thinking about it further this may have been the McDonalds on Mulford Rd just North of state on the Left. Of course it's been completely redone now.

[@Religious_man]

😲

[@TRJ2241987]

This was shot on the same day I was born.....February 24th, 1987.....awesome!

[@marioPop76]

In 2000-2001, I was in 3rd grade and we went to a local Cici's Pizza for a field trip, got to tour its kitchen, and made our own pizzas there.

[@Blahbevava]

That's sounds really fun.

[@depletable]

I would've been turning 5 that year in March, so these kids are my peers. I remember how nice and safe things felt for kids. A lot of things and places catered to children in such ways. Of course there were horrors in the world like there are today, but there was a bit of effort to protect us from them or at least the knowledge of them. The experience, for me, was a very positive one all from the perspective of a child in a middle-class military family. Beautiful times, but things change. We have to find out to construct beauty in the present and in the future. It's up to us.

[@Blahbevava]

Very joyful positive experience during that time for me as well. Indeed now it's our turn to show our own kids and the next up and coming generation good and better times as well. There's a lot of evil to deal with in the world today.

[@1337hax]

god damn ur 41 but ye true

[@depletable]

@@1337hax Yeaaaah, I'll be 41 in a few months.

[@CedricM.Taylor]

the lady doing the tours sounds like she should be on children's television.

[@hismajestyericcartmanthese5755]

Play School

[@morbidcurios]

What a lucky Kid , got to play on the playset, super clean restaurant , got a tour behind the counter , Norm and Cliff from Cheers was there...

[@erikskonovd3718]

I too remember taking class trip to McDonald's in the late 80s, but I can't remember why or how schools had time to do such a thing. The food wasn't made to order then but it had way more heart. At that time the moon man toys were in the happy meals to promote late nite feasting.

[@christineadams6732]

These kids are so well behaved I was 6 years old when this was being taped I graduated from high school in 1998 I started working for McDonald's in my hometown iam still working for McDonald's 24 years later plus I work for Walmart too full-time at both places

[@optimisticdreamer4122]

Christine that is really cool, Your a trooper, 24 years at mcdonalds and work another full time job to at walmart. This video must be fun for you. 2 full time jobs are hard, I give you alot of credit. I was 5 years old in 1987, I am 40 now.

[@christineadams6732]

@@optimisticdreamer4122 Thank you very much for the beautiful compliment

[@song4you80]

This was a Tuesday and I was 24 years old. I had just moved to Tennessee from Illinois 11 months before. I worked at the McDonald's in Dolton IL in 1981. All the guys look so nice and clean and Cleanly shaved not covered in nasty tattoos.

[@user-kx6fw8ub9g]

tattoos aren't nasty

[@lazycuntwhostillwantssubs479]

@@user-kx6fw8ub9g depends on opinion

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

It's hilarious how when men are watching kids they run up slides backwards and jump on moving merry go rounds and the dads just stand there and keep talking like "oh well..." LOL! I've got videos of me being watched by my dad when I was a kid and we were tearing up jack and my dad was just laying there watching tv not worrying about it. The 80's ruled. LOL!

[@reneastle8447]

We'll get them back. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talents, pure originality and variety, old school, and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s. The 80s will be first on our to do list.

[@reneastle8447]

@AkihiroYamauchi06 Not a bad idea, pal.

[@Spiritualchick82]

Yeah dad's are usually real chilled out around their kids while mom's get more easily stressed out/really protective of their little ones. Mom's instinct vs dad chill vibe. Lol

[@lejonbrames8820]

Over here is our shake machine. Unfortunately it's broken right now.

[@Blahbevava]

Lmao

[@aaronlane8276]

I guess some things do never change.

[@savpalafox07]

Thank you for sharing this masterpiece with us🙏

[@tedbrogan1]

I remember having my 6th birthday at a McDonald's the same year as this and going on the same kind of tour! Glad I wasn't the only kid that did this kind of thing lol

[@jackramey3456]

This brings back so many good memories. I worked there from '86 to '89 (not this actual location). This video nails it. I knew every piece of equipment and every nook and cranny of my McD's. Those grills, bun toasters, fryers, coolers, condiment dispensers, I knew them all. Great video. And those McDLTs! I made hundreds of them!

[@redmustangredmustang]

The big reason why McDonalds remodeled and did the McCafe's and went the modern Starbucks route was to appeal to the now adult Gen-xers and older Millennials like you see in this video as kids. Most of the Happy Meals and playgrounds that you saw appealed to that generation and getting the Boomer parents to take these kids there because the parents had the money in the 80's and 90's. Starting in 2005 the now college Millennials and adult Gen-xers were not kids anymore so McDonalds decided to go the Starbucks route with the McCafe and appeal to them with the Forever Young remodel starting again in 2005. The sad part is that the playgrounds, and Ronald McDonald and friends, and Happy Meals fell off the way side. We would love to have that back, but McDonalds decided go a different a route which was a bad idea.

[@ky-pr7sh]

It’s sad how they don’t do this anymore 😕 McDonald’s ain’t fun no more it’s too modernized and boring I will never understand why they did that

[@Blahbevava]

Agreed..

[@jamesw288]

Illumanti control

[@stars660]

The new McDonald's reminds me of the yuppie couple in Christmas Vacation. It's modern, but has lost It's fun personality.

[@aaronlane8276]

Mcdonald’s today looks like the prison cafeteria.

[@stars660]

@@aaronlane8276 lol

[@janetmarie410]

I remember when I was in kindergarten or class took a field trip to McDonald's I remember I didn't care about the tour I just cared about playing in the ball pit and slide and them giving us cookies with milk

[@FelicianoCookie]

I remember when I was little in the 1990s going on tour at a McDonald's with my school, little did I know I would eventually work at one when I turned 20 xD

[@krissanders987]

I’m a 87 baby, these kids are just a bit older than me. I never thought a trip to McDonald’s was considered a field trip😂

[@joshuamarsh7098]

I was born exactly 6 months and 1 day after this video was made

[@mattshaggs2931]

Man, I took the SAME tour when I was little, maybe around the same age. I remember they showed us how they made the pancakes...out of real batter! Today, they're "queued"...which is microwaved lol

[@Blahbevava]

Thank-You for sharing. I'd have probably forgotten about this entire event if it were not for my father having taped it.

[@ronaldreagan7551]

This is crazy, time keeps going and people grow older. I just turned 19 yesterday and 30 doesn’t seem far away. These young boys are adults now. Just reflecting.

[@Blahbevava]

I'm one of those boys now an adult of course and yes it does go fast. Enjoy your 20's and 30's...make the absolute most of them. Ignore the negativity and division in our culture right now..get out, have fun anyway and enjoy the years of your youth.

[@kenryu364]

Man this is a time machine. This would be my dad back in the day

[@cindyr7407]

I remember the good ole' 80s style McDonald's as a 7 year old kid. I currently work at McDonald's now, and it's a pretty good job. But it's sad to see that the "happiness" has faded away. When my local McDonald's remodeled in 2016, they removed all of the playgrounds, and made it into a cafe style place. There is a small playground inside, however it's closed due to COVID. But that playground never compared to the original one. They even had small merry go rounds, which they removed in 2010.

[@Blahbevava]

Thanks for sharing. It's the way the culture has gone these days sadly. Assimilated by the Borg.

[@ShadeATV]

My preschool did this and even let me take an order during teh drive thru part!!! They called it “teh surprise area”. It was real fun

[@stephenberman9971]

I notice how thin everyone was in McDonalds, the workers, the Dad's the kids, today it's not like that. Cool video, I never knew they did tours. I was 9 in 1987. They stopped serving the cookie boxes, the orange drink, the apple pie was so much better deep fried. They use to even have a cheese danish in a yellow styrofoam container, I remember then having that in 1989. They had the best happy meal toys of all the other fast food chains, sometimes you would just go their to collect a new toy for the week to complete your set. Now, it's not about the toy, it's not special, they even use to have safe toys for kids under 3 & the best Ronald McDonald commercials about Christmas, ice skating, the muppet baby characters. McDonalds doesn't taste that good & isn't that special anymore. My parents use to take me & my brother their after school for a Mc Nugget happy meal or on the weekend, it was inexpensive & you got a free toy, ice cream, shake. Sadly, we went to many McDonalds in the 1980's & 1990's, we never saw the playground, would have loved that so much, they didn't have it we were lived I guess. I've been going to McDonalds since I was 4, loved playgrounds, but it was still great, now nothing to look forward to there, even the prices got pretty high lately. A few items & it's $30 for lunch, same as an expensive restaurant. But I loved the good times, I wonder if they still give birthday parties with birthday cake, never had a party there, but always wanted to try the cake, I love cake. The kids in this video are so sweet & cute, great video, everyone looked good, happy. I miss those days so much. Kids have everything now, so in general a happy meal toy wouldn't really impress them sadly. In the 1980's, it made your week. The beach toys were fun, halloween pails, cabbage patch kids dolls, hot wheels, you wondered what toy they's have next month, now kids just don't care. We seriously need to bring the old McDy's back, the whole Ronald McDonald gang & make this place happier & fun again.

[@Blahbevava]

Well said my friend. Thank-you for sharing. Great memories from a wonderful decade.

[@jamesw288]

@@Blahbevava yep I turned 6 in October 1987 totally remember that

[@CharlesWhite-wh4cc]

You are a 80's mcd customer and you have the great memories of going there as a kid. Yes the menu has changed, loved fried pies, orange drink, cookies, apple and cheese danishes, bad parties. We did have a great childhood. It will never b the same again......

[@peace.love.n.blessings]

I was 3 in 1987, and I definitely remember a different world than the one that exists today.

[@MrEggcake]

One of the dads isn't very thin.

[@ky-pr7sh]

Thanks for this video it’s kinda crazy to watch I was born in 2000!!

[@jamesw288]

Lol I graduated high school in 2000 you a kid lol

[@glenn5517]

@@jamesw288 i got my pension in 2000 kid

[@CanadianFan]

And health inspector just happened to visit at that moment 😁

[@optimisticdreamer4122]

Amazing video, I was 5 years old in 1987 but live in Massachusetts. Mcdonalds was so cool back then! I wonder where the lady who took the kids on the Tour is today as well as the Manager. The children would be 40 years old now, I wonder if they still live in the local town or what they did? Its such a cool time warp, Feels like its 1987 now.

[@bundyvlogs6139]

Oh wow!! ...the icecream machine WORKED back then??

[@Blahbevava]

ha ha....Yes once upon a time!

[@msyana6418]

Yep. Had to have been a long time ago lol

[@edmariequinones6017]

2yrs before I was borned. Mc Donald's tours???. 80s were soooo different

[@tinabastarache2674]

these kids look around my age. i was 5 in 1987

[@Blahbevava]

Then we are the same age :-)

[@tinabastarache2674]

@@Blahbevava cool

[@thrilla1111]

@@tinabastarache2674 wait how old are you? Just wondering

[@tinabastarache2674]

@@thrilla1111 38 currently my birthday is in june

[@jamesw288]

I was born in 81

[@musicalmelodies3595]

I wish I could take a tour like that with the lady talking to me like I'm 5.....i am 35

[@jameshetfield9999]

I was born in 1982 I love this

[@nicktendo69lmao99]

You were 1 when you made Kill Em All?

[@jameshetfield9999]

@@nicktendo69lmao99 no remorse I started to make from inside the belly of my mom. Than by one I had four horseman and seek and destroy. Whiplash wasn’t me.

[@lazirgaming747]

The guy filming is like he is from 2024 and when back in time just to do this.

[@jasonpegram2114]

I was 8 years old when this was shot and i'm guessing these kids were probably around the same age give or take and i can remember the birthday parties and the happy meals and yeah those were good times

[@Blahbevava]

Good times indeed, We were 5 years old that year. Quite young but I remember 1987 very well actually.

[@jasonpegram2114]

@@Blahbevava by chance is that mcdonald's still there

[@Blahbevava]

@@jasonpegram2114 Yes it's still there, though has been rebuilt since that time. 4403 Harrison Ave, Rockford, IL 61108

[@jasonpegram2114]

@@Blahbevava awesome a mcdonald's i use to go to as a kid it's still there but it too has been rebuilt i would like to see a mcdonald's that still has that 80's vibe and is still open

[@servabo_fidem1449]

This is so sweet

[@GrinddalCPH]

Wow, this is 6 months before I was born ☺️

[@recratdemopublican2024]

8:42-8:49 is Jeremy Allen Wilson that lives in West Georgia

[@pongopeter3089]

This home video was recorded one year before I was born.

[@jamesw288]

I was 5 1/2 at that time remember those times

[@roachtoasties]

I used to work at a Taco Bell, many, many, many years ago. There were no tours there. The way the company was back then was, what they don't know won't hurt them. The area behind the counter often became a huge mess.

[@redmustangredmustang]

You want to feel old, that woman giving the tour is probably in her mid 50's right now.

[@dobbins2550]

Indoor playground back in 1987. I was 11.

[@AM-sk1fl]

Incredible when. The USA was USA 😓😪🤔🙄

[@Blahbevava]

Indeed, I do miss this era.

[@jamesw288]

9:19 Jonah Hill is a time traveler

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

The kid in yellow is hard headed and probably in prison right now

[@terratheterribl]

It's crazy thinking how the kids in this video are at least 15 years older than me

[@tapethegrape8195]

This is awesome I live in Rockford Illinois what McDonald's is this by chance? Oh I see in the description LOL

[@patricklee4316]

I want McDonald’s now.

[@convoyfilms5665]

1987 McDonald's man life my dream plus vhs training instead of online no WI fi no interupt ads unless in video

[@AnyoneAnywhere82]

This lady is maybe mid 20s? Idk I’m bad at estimating age. But imagine being in your late 50s and browsing KZbin and finding video footage of yourself at McDonalds giving kids a tour.

[@Blahbevava]

Yeah I'm hoping it might happen at some point and she decides to comment. Would be awesome.

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

87’

[@DarkAngel-ms2sq]

8:11 Back when the ice cream machines were working. Now in 2022, they’re always broken 🙄

[@ivansgreatadventures9542]

Everyone say hi Debby...Dad- HI DEBBY!!

[@appleforever6664]

You’ll never see that today! Liability is an issue...very sad!

[@lamaudelewis9866]

I was almost 1 lol

[@nathanbush6781]

I love this! These days, OSHA wouldn’t allow this. McDonald’s would be in soooo much trouble, and then the Karens that aren’t even related to the kids would file child endangerment suit settlements against McDonald’s, 🙄🙄🙄

[@Blahbevava]

Yeah I can't stand this time period in just about every way shape and form. Would got back to the 80's in a heartbeat if I could and never leave!

[@timdailey2690]

I’m lovin it

[@Lanae8199]

I was in kindergarten that year.

[@Blahbevava]

Same..I went into Kindergarten that fall.

[@Lanae8199]

@@Blahbevava My kindergarten year was ‘86-87.” So, I might be a year ahead of you. I graduated high school in 1999.

[@jimrockford4968]

Wow that's my wife

[@Blahbevava]

The woman leading the kids on the tour?

[@singlesenses2805]

Then: having spend with everyone Now: everyone playing phone 😂

[@thetreeofhatsunemiku7760]

r/phonesarebad

[@oscarbartualcanovas1784]

Teaching future employees

[@clawfan101]

Debbie wasnt having that comment from one of the dads at 5:25 lmao.

[@Blahbevava]

That was my dad...LOL

[@jojosurrayyah]

Where are there gloves wen they are cooking???

[@Blahbevava]

Believe it or not wearing gloves at least in the state of Illinois is not required by law. So long as hands are washed regularly that is the regulation. From what I understand it has to do with a study that found people who wear gloves rarely change them and use them instead of washing their hands making it even more probable for contamination.

[@aaronjensen5524]

2.24.87 (February 24, 1987) was a Tuesday.

[@Blahbevava]

I'll take your word for it. The following day was my birthday.

[@aaronjensen5524]

@@Blahbevava Shut the front door! You were born February 25th 1982? Or 1981?

[@Blahbevava]

@@aaronjensen5524 82....why?

[@aaronjensen5524]

@@Blahbevava Oh I was just curious. 2/25/1982 was a Thursday

[@lorenzo7742]

Cool

[@hismajestyericcartmanthese5755]

The kids will be in there mid 40s in 2022

[@LuigiLaker]

I'm surprised none of them asked where Ronald was.

[@Blahbevava]

I remember seeing the commercials as a kid and always hoping but of course it never actually happened.

[@LuigiLaker]

@@Blahbevava I hear ya..as a fellow 80's kid, I remember these days..when McDonald's was awesome and fun..now it's a depressing, wannabee Starbucks..hell, I'm surprised they're even called McDonald's anymore, seeing as how so much has changed..

[@Blahbevava]

@@LuigiLaker Agreed... Mcdonalds has been assimilated by the Borg collective it seems. Though does reflect our rather cynical and dark culture now. Hoping changes can be made to make things brighter again as we go into the future.

[@sabrinaroy306]

I wonder if anyone of them boys have worked at mc Donald's.

[@akhector]

Older workers like that are extremely rare in Australia these days they have to pay them too much

[@timowthie]

I really don't think she's all that much older. Could be 18. I always assume with footage from the 80's and earlier that people look older than they actually are.

[@timdailey2690]

During the McDLT era!!

[@declan9250]

Debbie would be approaching 50 lol

[@Blahbevava]

I suppose she would. Would be great if some of those employees found and commented on this video.

[@donkique956]

Most of the kids playing now need high blood pressure and cholesterol meds.

[@Blahbevava]

ha ha, I'm one of them, not quite yet, hopefully never.

[@nicktendo69lmao99]

WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87

[@ryry998]

Hurry up and invent time travel already so I can get back to the 80s and leave this crappy 2021 world behind!!!

[@nanabanana1983]

The ladies all wore skirts

[@diamondsking3790]

Normality back then

[@xAKALISx]

How was this in my reccommendation/feed? Way too damn creepy. This had to be off State and Alpine

[@Blahbevava]

It's possible...from what I recall as a 5 year old it was the Harrison Ave location near alpine, but if someone has a better memory than I do feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[@xAKALISx]

@@Blahbevava Man, if it was, they went through a lot of changes. And not in a good way! I grew up right behind highlander on Alpine. A whole lot changed from what is was in the late 80s to mid 90s..

[@Blahbevava]

@@xAKALISx Indeed things have changed. I grew up very close to you then and worked at that Hilander for a couple years in the early 00's. Went to AC Thompson elementary.

[@xAKALISx]

@@Blahbevava No way! Went to AC Thompson also! Use to walk to Highlander through the dead end and laundromat there. Before the bike path was a thing and the corner of charles and alpine was a gas station.. We knew the family that owned it/ran it. They run the uhaul behind papa johns across the street

[@Blahbevava]

@@xAKALISx That's Awesome, thanks for sharing. Got to wonder if we ever ran into each other or knew each other. I started AC Thompson in Kindergarten in 1987 and was there until roughly 1992. I grew up down just off of Charles st. in the Maple-Wood subdivision near the quarry. Used to get my haircut at Alpine Barber shop. Many stores no longer around there like Pet Center, Radio Shack, Ann's Pizza, and of course Eagle Foods.

[@floydrobinson8847]

Work. Don't come over my house. Messing with me. Forget yall. Owners start wars with there employees. And there roof work. From a McDonald's maintenence.

[@MrAliyoun]

Did you recording this on 1987?

[@Blahbevava]

Yes this was recorded in 1987 by my father. I'm one of the little boys.

[@MrAliyoun]

@@Blahbevava Oh and my dad recording in 2013 :) so what is your color shirt?

[@SheckleRFan715]

@@Blahbevava i think ur in your 30s now

[@Blahbevava]

@@SheckleRFan715 Yes 38. How time flies.

[@scripts1827]

@@Blahbevava damm

[@MrAllen-fv9cj]

I love her accent, definite wife material!

[@paula-yr7pp]

Bet Macdonalds do not allow this anymore

[@Blahbevava]

Sadly this country hardly allows anything anymore without it being tracked, logged, regulated, and taxed.

[@michaelargenta3856]

So much cross contamination going here i'm going nuts... Hey kids -- look at the fry machine..hehehehe.. So the safe is in the managers offfice.. okie dokie...

[@MartenFerret]

Please keep your hands in your pockets! The lady is hot and she can burn you! D:

[@dominicking5181]

Pre-9/11 stuff.📱😎

[@isantelove6572]

Tuesday February 24

[@briandziedzic420]

What the hell she talking about hot my food is always cold

[@michaelargenta3856]

not mine -- mine is always pretty good.

[@SimirJohnson]

Teaching kids about minimum wage jobs. My goals were higher than that.

[@Blahbevava]

I don't think the intention was serious. It was simply something fun to see for 5 year olds.

[@legstitchedtigerftw2455]

Son

[@muazjirmuazjir7708]

Hyyy👍👍🥀🥀

[@jasonpegram2114]

Wow she was annoying i bet the kids thought so too they were probably like why is she yelling at us

[@Blahbevava]

Nah she was alright...

[@hismajestyericcartmanthese5755]

You will not able to take your kids behind the front counter these days. Safety hazard

[@Blahbevava]

You can barely breath in this country anymore without it being tracked, logged, regulated, and taxed.

[@hismajestyericcartmanthese5755]

@@Blahbevava you will be fired if you took customers to the cash office.