Angry Ronald McDonald - Saturday Night Live

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[@Deuteromis]

He looks like he could be Pennywise's jaded brother.

[@nyekeishamarshall670]

Damn once you see it; it can't be unseen!!!! LMAO

[@jll9697]

I guess we know what happened to Georgeie

[@nyekeishamarshall670]

@Noir Path pennywise is the clown from the movie IT

[@Deuteromis]

@Noir Path I hope that's a reference to Steven King's Dreamcatcher novel.

[@sammygriffith9198]

Or he could be Nelson the other brother of the joker

[@WormStomperTV]

This truly felt like i was watching an actual play. Actors learning lines and delivering them with emotion. Good stuff.

[@brody5711]

Fr

[@brody5711]

@@itsmefrisco who?

[@BlackoutPatriot]

Snl anymore they stare at cue cards the whole time

[@janelliot5643]

@@BlackoutPatriot I wouldn't mind at all if they could get some good writing in there

[@Erekai]

That's really consistent with older SNL bits. These days, the actors look directly at the cards, and rarely look at each other. It's kind of weird.

[@mauricebeaujon2960]

I love how the audience wasn't sure whether they should laugh at that 7-year-old girls joke 😂😂

[@tripwire4727]

It was creepy as hell 😳 💀

[@honoreeeldridge6510]

Rdhhhvgo86y hi hbjn bbq

[@jamesgoldring1052]

Yeah, way too dark Ronald McDonald should be a jackass, not a full blown gross twisted psychopath,

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

I thought the seven year old girls joke was funny! That sort of thing does happen you know!

[@fozzybear8878]

1983. 37 years ago. Love this.

[@cupcakes7015]

Likewise ☺😆 12/15/2020

[@419Models]

The 7-year-old girls' joke would never fly today.

[@j2times2006]

Fuck that. That shit was funny. Acting like a Rockstar waiting for backstage ass. But since he was a mascot for kids... Aww forget it.

[@alamandrax]

You're both right.

[@tobiaspain]

That WAS a bit cringe

[@419Models]

@@tobiaspain Exactly!

[@NothinginMind503]

It fell flat then

[@chemxfan]

"You don't deserve a break today..." If 2020 could talk, that's what it would've been saying since February.

[@tomhackett2784]

I met Joe Piscopo when I was a waiter at a banquet hall here in NJ and Joe was there for his niece's first communion party. He came into the kitchen to say hi to everybody.

[@StevieDamnit]

If there's ever a place to run into Piscopo, it's NJ.

[@reprintranch]

In the summer of 1982 I worked briefly at a McDonald's. One day, we had a "Ronald" visit the store to put on some kind of show for kids. Everyone on the crew was told not to talk to the Ronald guy. I saw him slumped in an office chair in the back of the store, with those giant shoes on his feet. No make-up or wig, just the costume and giant shoes. I didn't say a word to him. He looked unhappy and unhealthy -- white guy in his 30s or 40s. I wanted to ask him, "how difficult is it to walk around in those shoes?" He looked like he would've rather been anywhere else.

[@FrenkMelk]

This is actually really insightful and telling of the corporate culture back then, thanks for the input!

[@joemartinezjr828]

That was my dad

[@art23428]

Cool nobody asked

[@art23428]

@@joemartinezjr828i doubt it

[@massapower]

JOE PISCOPO.. Man what a talent !!🤩👍🏻👍🏻

[@riffmaster56]

I'm from Joisey. You from Joisey? I'm from Joisey.

[@ziggy12657]

Joe should’ve hosted SNL after he left the show in Season 9.

[@pulphope]

Live-action Krusty!

[@nicholasrogers7276]

Krusty with his booze

[@douglaslowe5]

Wonder if Matt Groening saw this.. predates Simpsons.

[@yamatotakeru9078]

@@douglaslowe5 TRUE

[@williambenson1477]

krusty wishes he was this tough.

[@MaximumCarne]

@@douglaslowe5 Bozo the clown predates this

[@warwagon]

What I noticed is how little they read the cue cards. Or if they did, it wasn't so obvious

[@guddergo7116]

Piscopo was true comedy talent. Just a few words or a funny face was enough

[@ploydp]

One of the few comedians who peaked without ever having a high point.

[@multi150nyc]

LOL at the 1:22 mark of this video..."I think I need a little secret sauce."

[@brucekelly6973]

This is one of those videos you reflexively want to thumbs-down because that clown is such a horrible bastard; but then, you realize; this is a great skit and you wish you could give it eleven thumbs-up.

[@babyjessicascheekbones5463]

Gee, actual acting and not just standing there staring at the cue cards throughout the whole sketch.

[@jdbrown111]

was just thinking the same thing.

[@onepman]

didnt notice that until i read your comment..it does add a lot of authenticity to the skit. you feel like youre watching actual theater rather than rehearsal. maybe back in the day lorne was less concerned about accuracy in line reading, so they could improvise some and be more natural.

[@JockoV]

The script was pretty weak and not very funny but it's jarring to see how much more professional the acting is compared to today. This is a great example of peak SNL kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Cvd5J6bK-JkK8

[@vincenzodimeglio2975]

And no one's trying to hold in laughter and chuckles word after word.

[@katemiller7874]

I know I love it

[@tfchin]

they memorized their lines...pretty good acting

[@fozzybear8878]

When SNL was professional.

[@anthonyariola9884]

Ronald McDonald is cool .....😂

[@BopaBola]

@@fozzybear8878 bro youd not last a second in that position...they wrute sketches all fucking week and get a day to rehearse....

[@fozzybear8878]

@@BopaBola So in the past they memorised lines, and now they read them off cue cards to the left and right. Totally fucking unprofessional.

[@aaronsmith5433]

Thank you, more people need to get on their aśś about this. Compared to this perfectly performed skit, today's shows look like dress rehearsals of slits that didn't make air! I still say Piscapo would be the best gov. Nj ever had.

[@willminkorea2010]

Joe Piscopo was brilliant on SNL. In this video he was playing a cynical Jerry Lewis-type character.

[@jimperry4108]

his lewis was top notch. Plus, Sinatra. Nobody did that better.

[@StewPudasoe]

Joe piscopo sucks..sorry! Pompous ass!

[@E-BikingAdventures]

No. He was playing Ronald McDonald.

[@willminkorea2010]

@@E-BikingAdventures No kidding. Watch a movie called "King of Comedy" that came out the same year that this SNL episode was created. Maybe then you'll understand what's happening in this skit.

[@E-BikingAdventures]

@@willminkorea2010 . Lighten up. I was joking!

[@tonygriffin1330]

Joe Piscapo is one of the best comics to ever be on SNL. I loved it when he did the sports news on Weekend Update. Funny stuff.

[@PittsburghMarky]

Joe Piscapo Saturday Night Sports is legend

[@user-ik8ok9qh2u]

Was that Piscapo playing RMcD?

[@tokyobrandon]

see how they memorized their lines back then? Actual professionals

[@kfures3469]

He looks like he is a combo of Pennywise and Peter Dinklage. I think that's Christopher MacDonald dressed up too

[@aaarod75]

Man I love these old SNL videos the actors were so much better they actually memorized their lines. If you watch the new SNL you can see the actors looking at the cards they don’t even look at each other in the faces when they’re talking to each other there staring up into the distance at the cue cards

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

This skit was made back in the days when actors had talent. There is no way comedy of this magnitude can be produced today!

[@aaarod75]

@@darrylbradshaw3527 Yeah just look at the quality of everything. The way these people act this way different from the way it is nowadays you can actually tell that they are reading off of q cards now. It doesn’t get any better than this

[@reconfighter347]

wow ronald poured that drink without even looking and without spilling a drop. wish I could be that coordinated

[@evilovesperry]

Become an alcoholic

[@Bolgernow]

Only sketch writers grasp that Joe was great in this AND Tim Kazurinsky was PERFECT glue to advance the scene

[@enriquetorresguerra3157]

I would recognize Joe Piscopo, even with paint on his face!

[@feliciajenkins5041]

I need my special sauce🍸🍷

[@kennethwood88]

Jim Beam 🥃

[@MichaelSmith-oz3sv]

This skit will mchaunt my dreams.

[@garyreid6165]

The sketch in which guest Susan St. James does called Ronald McDonald & Wife was a comedic homage to the show McMillan & Wife with Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker.

[@charlesuding8003]

Nice to see a SNL skit where the actors are not staring at the cure cards.

[@caiocmartino]

Yeah, comedians were healthy enough back then! :-)

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

Comedians actually had talent back then!

[@Inlinetodie]

Joe Piscopo solid actor, shunned by Hollywood for standing up for himself and being honest instead of being a whiner like he was depicted as

[@edwinhernandez9276]

Mayor Mc"Cheese didn't support the$15.00 hr minimum wage increase for his Employees @ McDonald's.🍔🙍‍♂️🙍‍♀️

[@brianhassett1994]

$15 per hour to flip burgers. That's funnier than SNL.

[@timhuggins7069]

Because he knows no one will pay $10.00 for a big mac

[@rathersane]

Come the revolution, Mayor McCheese will be first up against the fryer.

[@cbikle]

Joe Piscipo had the same career-trajectory as Chris Kattan; both were standouts in their casts with relatively popular recurring characters, but neither could make the jump to a post-SNL career.

[@wallacewilliams3942]

Actually Chris Kattan got hurt and broke his neck in a skit and noone knew for 6 months, before he had to succumb to mulitple surgeries and his career was over because of it.

[@alexf.6521]

@@wallacewilliams3942 actually i just looked him up on imdb. he has had tons of work in the last few years. and has at least 3 ongoing projects right now

[@mayhemjr.803]

Piscopo's post SNLcareer was much better than Kattan's, come on now!

[@virginiapicker]

Kattan is now selling custom video greetings through this online company that has a bunch of older actors, singers athletes doing the same thing www.cameo.com/chriskattan?qid=1609368940

[@mwillblade]

@Noir Path I'm sure you have your flaws.

[@hubbali666]

Joe and Eddie saved SNL

[@RichV20]

They kept in on life support, but didnt save it as it was almost axed again in 1985 when they left.

[@hubbali666]

@@RichV20 hmm your right.

[@williambenson1477]

joe was snl...

[@jonathancarlson7901]

Behind the scenes of the Joker movie

[@phyrestorm999]

Behind the scenes? I thought this was a deleted scene.

[@mr.pavone9719]

I saw this as a little kid and it really opened my eyes.

[@inamartina9985]

How it opened your eyes

[@samuleinen]

I just watched "the founder" movie, and if it's even slightly real then this skit nails it.. Because the portrait of the founder they made was almost just like this.

[@jimperry4108]

freaking love this so much. Joe knocked it out of the park. Fav part when he gets all smug about a commercial. classic.

[@somedudehisdog134]

joe piscopo's angry ronald mcdonald is great

[@vizn9118]

Piscopo coulda done a great Joker!

[@fakeoldtoughguy768]

Easily but they got that old guy Nicholson

[@redlegs7426]

All of my expectations of Ronald McDonald are crushed 🤣🤣😂🤣😂 joe piscopo was hilarious 👍

[@Marie-fh9fr]

The true essence of mcdonalds 😂

[@paulblodgett4072]

Lol true

[@andrewharper1609]

Arteriosclerosis?

[@oo7warrior]

At least they weren't looking at the cue cards the entire time, like they do nowadays.

[@StarWarsMoments]

Try it. Go ahead.

[@boosh90]

for anyone who questions piscopo's talents this is a fantastic example, I always come back to it

[@Jhymnbeau]

He was truly phenomenal. It's such a shame that his career pretty much flopped after SNL. Personally, I blame the steroids. Thank goodness it wasn't heroine - again. :-(

[@Jazz-dt7fw]

why the hell is this showing up in my recommended now????

[@christianmendoza6844]

I was watching the Inauguration ceremony on Capitol...this was in my recommendation next

[@markshaw2009]

cuz u is gay and stupid.

[@lediffzitro7902]

1:20 7 Liquid Secret Sauces on the table.

[@kenfu9334]

he played that perv like a boss

[@joshjones3116]

looks like the joker - he'd be a good actor for it.

[@jll9697]

It is the joker..😒

[@JVLIVSPhoto]

Joe Piscopo is SOOOO underrated!

[@randallidell7027]

That got dark

[@maxbrandt6]

This is exactly how I imagined Ronald McDonald once he was off camera, just a bitter and hard drinking clown with little tolerance for anyone's nonsense! Show business can be rough stuff, look what happened to Rose McGowan.

[@preservethe80s62]

The actor who played him was. There's a reel of outtakes floating around where all he does is bitch about everything.

[@bubbaguy4411]

@@preservethe80s62 Ok...so..have a link?? Seriously, because this sounds like BS...

[@preservethe80s62]

@@bubbaguy4411 look up "ronald Mcdonald outtakes" on KZbin. The version that's up now has some of what I'd seen before but with an annoying "you make me feel so young" track playing over much of it. Spoiler alert - at one point he feels up the ass of an old lady

[@bubbaguy4411]

​@@preservethe80s62 Ahh...my apologies. I made the assumption you were referring to Joe, not Squire.

[@yorickstrangefield2976]

@@preservethe80s62 I looked it up, but I didn't see Ronald "bitching" about anything...got a link to that?

[@davidszakacs6888]

The clown makeup makes Joe look almost handsome.

[@MarvinMonroe]

How dare you

[@johnwalck3133]

....almost....

[@stormlighter82]

They’re copying David letterman’s segment when he fires Gerard.

[@LordBaktor]

This angry Ronald got nothing on Racka Racka's angry Ronald :P

[@michaelmermingis9935]

2:10 did anybody notice that a mcnugget fell down

[@tryhardgaminghd3166]

I'd pick it up and eat it.

[@bernicebernardino5230]

Lego Brick bbeva and Dave

[@douglaslowe5]

5 second rule

[@CameronBrtnik]

This skit the concept is genius "mcdonald's clown as renowned and respected actor" but it just didn't come off somehow..had so much potential!

[@extremeconcepts1]

1:22 don't we all need some secret sauce

[@geoffreysiehr3939]

They actually learn their lines back then instead of reading them right off of a queque card like they do today.

[@kkofthefunkoffv3]

They've always had cue cards though.

[@pinkystinkeye5120]

Jeanine Garafalo stated in one interview she memorized all her lines, which if u watch her u can tell she does.

[@zapkvr]

Rubbish. People were using cue (mind your spelling) cards in the fifties. We used to call them idiot cards

[@geoffreysiehr3939]

Grunthos The Flatulent User name sounds pretty appropriate. Auto populate idiot. If you really think they do a better job today than they did back then you’re a complete idiot. Their eyes never leave the que cards today.

[@BopaBola]

Most of the cast today is constantly writing all week with a day to rehearse skits alomg with planning weeks ahead. Its not fuckin easy and its more involved than it used to be. Old members who came back to host even recognised that.

[@brifly75]

You don't deserve a break today, lol. Nobody remembers that ad campaign from the 80's?

[@nope_no_nunya.]

I do. I LOL at that line!

[@waamiq360]

Lmao

[@sevenskj]

@@nope_no_nunya. what is it?

[@sevenskj]

oh crap i hope brian dont see this before i get a chance at replying to his original post!

[@thomasfilmer9717]

My old ass does lol

[@chodeshadar18]

That was Joe Piscopo wasn't it? He and Eddie were the only reason to watch that season!

[@jaylau5636]

Lol. I thought it was Tim Curry that was playing the clown.

[@mjfreaklove]

Me too.

[@Tim82ATW]

The way he walked in the door frustrated lol

[@georgepyle6887]

You want fries with that slap in the face???

[@Impailer67]

actually , being Ronald is one of the toughest jobs there is , the rules and conduct codes are insane .

[@ScoopNemeth]

3:03 - funny swipe at one of the McDonalds slogans as a comeback when the writer says give me a break.

[@retro9173]

I think this skit was happening around the same time Paul Mooney was trying to get hired as a writer, now imagine if only have Lorne Michaels would've taken that gamble ..

[@TheAnxietyCloset]

1983 was the Dick Ebersol era.

[@joeruck]

Forgot how great Piscopo was on SNL. Love this lol

[@JayRaphaelJiaoInot]

McDonald as an IT agent

[@johnsheetz6639]

All those liqour bottles 😂😂😂

[@StevieDamnit]

SNL FINALLY decides to unlock this video and it blows up.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

back when SNL wasn't t the Big Corporate Bitch it is now. Now let's see them upload those hidden Tom hanks Israeli "Sony Guts": sketches.

[@saud29]

Man, "Higgins" is married to Julia Louis-Dreyfus....

[@patrickwoods2583]

i never realized how good Joe Piscopo was!

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

"How old?" "...7" "...girls?" LOL

[@TacShooter]

What kind of #pizzagate shite was that?

[@TanukiOkiyo]

That took a dark turn quick

[@nope_no_nunya.]

😳

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

I don't normally like pedophile jokes, but that one was funny!😃😃😃😃

[@jamesmurray3082]

Pispoco was awesome

[@thedemotivationalspeaker3090]

One of the best acted and executed SNL skit ever!!!

[@jknight413]

Never meet your heroes!

[@Redmenace96]

No joke. Your heroes are human. In long years, have met some back stage. Some nice neutrals, and some very childish. Never impressed me as much as their music. That's ok.

[@DizzyDez613]

This makes me think of that fantastic Bill Burr bit. “Listen. If you can’t get your drunk ass down here by 11am, you’re getting a fucking burger.”

[@65coupestang]

"IDIOTS I'M SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS 🤣👍👍.. !!"

[@meadster308]

If you want pancakes at 3pm, ask your mom.

[@ferretface8782]

Stephen King watched this and then wrote 'IT'.

[@matthewjenkins4559]

I wonder how Ronald reacted when McDonald’s took him out as the face of McDonald’s and what he’s doing now? 😆 😆 😆

[@byronp2311]

And they wonder why Mickey D's got rid of the clown.

[@boataxe4605]

They haven’t completely, they still have the Ronald McDonald house.

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

I've heard that Ronald McDonald got a job in the Biden Administration. It is a perfect place for clowns.

[@Dayna092]

They should do another sketch of him as McDonald.

[@NOMAD-qp3dd]

1:52 all that jaw work 😂 dude was so funny.

[@OccupyBlackMedia]

Ronnie on that secret sauce..lol

[@jamesbomd3503]

I can just imagine McDonald's were thrilled with this from SnL And used this skit in their McDonald's children's promotional program

[@craigontheair]

it seems like they actually knew their lines and rehearsed back then. It's so obvious that they're reading off a cue card these days.

[@sunnyjohnson992]

Yes I’ve noticed that too!

[@shiitakestick]

Sunny Johnson - so did Brando.

[@shiitakestick]

all he has to do is act naturally

[@thecircledk8597]

Sweetchuck was a SNL regular for 3 seasons ?!

[@joefelice5062]

Why are people saying IT? Information Technologies? I guess they mean It?

[@doubler713]

I could just hear the record scratch when he asked if the 7 year olds were girls lol. Times have changed

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

Times haven't changed that much. Seven year old girls are still seven year old girls.

[@doubler713]

@@darrylbradshaw3527 stay under the bridge troll.... 🤦‍♂️

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

@@doubler713 I could go underwater and be ahead of you! In the meantime, go look up the word "humor" in the dictionary. You might learn something new!

[@michaelparylak5649]

It was Joe and Eddie that save the show in the 80s.Joe didn't get the recognition Eddie, did but I think they both were equally talented.

[@yusefendure]

True. Can't stand Piscopo's politics, but the man is funny. Always has been. That's a far cry from many current players on SNL.

[@TallSilentGuy]

Krusty The Clown is not happy that his entire schtick was stolen!

[@USMale-fy1xy]

Considering this aired about 4 yrs before there even was a Krusty, I would say the Simpson's stole from Piscopo.

[@BigJared2]

lol I'd peg this skit as sometime around '83 or '84... way before the Simpsons

[@MONROE_GAMES1981]

That was so creepy. He says how old guys says 7 he's like girls..ahh wtf

[@mikejohnson3338]

@The Bank Robber Joker wouldn't fly today? are you kidding? this skit aired very recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXW4dZ93ettoprc

[@williamshaw9047]

One of the first popular SNL characters was named Uncle Roy (Buck Henry), who would babysit two little girls (Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner) and take pictures of them lifting their skirts up, posing it as a game, or encourage them to play Buried Treasure, where they would rummage in his pants pockets for candy. In the final Uncle Roy sketch, the mother comes home and thanks Roy for being so helpful, adding, "You're one in a million" and Henry looks at the camera and says, "Oh, there's more of me out there than you might think."

[@mikejohnson3338]

@@williamshaw9047 Here's ol Buck's justification for those sick sketches: They were written by women. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqO0i4KInaeBqpo

[@robertjohnson8250]

@@mikejohnson3338 There's still a big difference between the 2 though... when considering how the age difference in the "Pocohantas & John Smith" skit was actually factual Just sayin'... that's probably why they did it & got away w/it or didn't care, cause it's TECHNICALLY not really a joke, but rather true

[@mikejohnson3338]

@@robertjohnson8250 point taken (but only because you're a fellow Johnson)

[@tonyawms3186]

"Secret Sauce!" 😊

[@SuperSpace2009]

Now! That is the real Ronald McDonald!

[@sevenskj]

thumbs down.the real rm is nice, he gave me a free mc DLT

[@monsterguyx6322]

Freakin Piscopo! This is still funny af.

[@scottbrandon9390]

That's Joe Piscipo as Ronald McDonald.

[@dominickdirienzo8266]

2:44, no way he’d go for that!

[@ziggy12657]

Why can’t we get SNL Seasons 6-29 on Hulu? Seasons 1-5, and Seasons 30-47 are on Hulu. It’d be nice if we could see all the seasons.

[@thudthud5423]

The Joker - twisted evil Pennywise - unspeakable evil Ronald McDonald - what a jerk!

[@supbrahimhammer.421]

I think I need a little secret sauce

[@joesprong1222]

Love this one!!!

[@scenicvistas]

Another one I'd never seen. Genius! I hope I'm wrong but the actor who played Ronald McDonald? I think he's a Trump Ranger now!

[@lifeguardsrwc8251]

Sweetchuck!

[@xavierpaololedesmamandreza]

So that’s Joe Piscopo......😀