McDonald's Commercials -1971 to 1974 Collection

In roughly chronological order...
1971 You Deserve a Break
1971 McDonaldland
1971 Evil Grimace and the Movie Producer
1971 Gobblins in the Garden
1971 McElection Day
1972 Feed the Wastebaskets
1972 Evil Grimace and the Beauty Contest
1973 Heading For McDonaldland
1973 Keep America Clean
1973 Ronald and the Nutrients
1973 Say Cheeseburger
1974 Breakfast (at Participating Restaurants)
1974 Invisible Car

[@lindaeasley4336]

Those McDonalds characters were iconic . The Grimace and Hamburgler became a part of American pop culture

[@HumphreyAlphaandOmega]

I even have a plush of grimace 😂

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

That first one was better than “Hamilton.”

[@TnseWlms]

The "Everybody's Heading for McDonaldLand" commercial had another version where all the characters get into a car. Then they all exit the car last in first out even though the car doesn't drive anywhere.

[@bengaljam4550]

Genuis. All aimed at children. Got em hooked young.

[@randall2034]

Those commercials were so dope!! To bad McDonalds retired these characters thanks to Sid and Marty Kroft for making these McDonald’s land Characters great!

[@Puppetgirl93]

Actually Sid and Marty Krofft had nothing to do with creating the McDonaldland, that was Needham Harper and Steers advertisement agency that was involved with the creation of McDonaldland, it was also why Sid and Marty Krofft sued McDonalds for copyright infringement because they noticed too many similarities to Pufnstuf

[@mikesilva3868]

@@Puppetgirl93 agreed huge sid and marty krofft fan 😊

[@evanwalters63]

That first one traumatized me.

[@zeekman7223]

Grimace: I’m thoisty! 😊awww

[@jimmyvibes]

Haha - a young John Amos! Now we know what inspired McDowell's.

[@raymccue5569]

GROOVY MAN!!!! Wish I could go back to that time!!!😁😁😁

[@bqkmg2037]

Love and remember these early 1970s mcdonalds commercials.

[@avisittodonnalandmiami]

11:25 Lone Jogger

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

Happy memories❤😂

[@SammEater]

The 'Mcdonaldsland' jingle is pretty catchy.

[@christopherarcher5271]

RIP mcdonaldland 1963-2019

[@theworldofcharacters8877]

When Grimace used to be a villain

[@johnpastore7685]

I remember this commercial. In the morning getting ready for school

[@zulemabarraza1416]

1971 0:00 1971 You Deserve a Break 1:01 1971 McDonaldLand 2:04 1971 Evil Grimace and the Movie Producer 3:05 1971 Gobblins in the Garden 3:36 1971 McElection Day

[@skythewolfgon5843]

4:38 - The Wastebaskets 5:38 - Evil Grimace with the cups 6:38 - Everybody's heading for Mcdonaldland 7:38 - Clean up the country 8:41 - Ronald & The Nutrients 9:40 - Captain Crook Cheeseburgers 10:49 - Breakfast at McDonald's 11:48 - Professor's Car

[@bsteven885]

A "TRIP" through McDonaldland? 😎 What a TRIP! 😂😂😂

[@zulemabarraza1416]

1973 6:36 1973 Heading for McDonaldLand 7:37 1973 Keep America Clean 8:38 1973 Ronald and the Nutrients 9:41 1973 Say Cheeseburger

[@painin2teeth]

Clever. Can't make that like this anymore

[@METALHEAD-fh8qc]

5:58 LOL I love how Grimace talks like that!

[@nathanboatright236]

2:00 what the hell did i just watch

[@jpolar394]

The days when McDonald's was affordable. " CHANGE BACK FROM YOUR DOLLAR "

[@someguyyoujustmetbyyyan5911]

Inflation my boy, to them back then 50 cents would be like 3 bucks to us now

[@howdyeveryone7940]

@@someguyyoujustmetbyyyan5911 Shut up

[@haileyshannon7548]

5:52 Isn't that Jodie Foster?

[@Perririri]

She inspired John Hinckley, Jr to shoot Mayor McCheese! 😛

[@ronniewaters9782]

@@Perririri LMFAO!

[@MelancoliaI]

ah the original Hamburglar with his creepy pale skull-like face

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

And Grimace had four arms!

[@danalt1539]

itiswhatitaint anditaintwhatitis, Of course he is! But I discovered that the face for the original, evil Grimace doesn’t look evil or angry. But he does on one close-up!

[@LemonWedgeinc]

He was meant to be a little runt

[@acholl980]

Happy birthday Grimace.

[@theorca5173]

Let's make mayor Mc cheese our next president.

[@Perririri]

Remember the *Mayor McCheese assassination* on Family Guy?

[@Mark-yy2py]

After trump.

[@theamericanshepherd5378]

I remember a Simpsons Halloween episode where Quimby dressed up as Mc Cheese when a witch turned him into the real thing and a pack of dogs started eating him. "I am not a happy meal." he said.

[@impalaman9707]

Wow, Grimace used to be a "heel"?. All the years I knew him, he was good natured and loveable! Hard for me to even imagine him as a villain!

[@robbiewalker2831]

Ironic, considering the name Grimace involves scowling.

[@impalaman9707]

@@robbiewalker2831 I never gave the name any thought. Always looked like he was happy to me

[@sumyunguy4150]

@@robbiewalker2831 No, more like pain or suffering.

[@acholl980]

Within a year Ronald's "adversaries" were friendly associates. Grimace become Ronald's lovable partner, Captain Crook was more like Tintin's Captain Haddock, even The Hamburglar less like a criminal than just guy with a clepto burger addiction. Also they removed Grimace's multi arms in later commercials.

[@jeffwolcott7815]

I never see Ronald anymore on television or at the restaurants. Its bad enough we don't see the others but Ronald McDonald? The place has lost part of it's identity.

[@youtuber3328]

to be COMPLETELY honest i did do and will really really LOVE mcdonald's

[@beccabankston5870]

Sing Along everyone! and check out Jodie Foster at 5:49 Get yourself ready for a trip through Mcdonaldla-hand. Take along a friend and grab a hold of Ronald's ha-hand. Follow Ronald McDonald through the land of Apple Pie Trees And don't be surprised if you meet Big Mac and Big Cheese. There's thick shake volcanoes. You'll even find a french fry tha-hatch. Now just turn around and see if you won't find a hamburger patch. As your headin' for a McDonalds In McDonaldland A McDonalds, in McDonaldland....

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

Wrong time stamp bud, 1:05 is where it’s at

[@zulemabarraza1416]

1972 4:36 1972 Feed the Wastebaskets 5:36 1972 Evil Grimace and the Beauty Contest

[@TombstoneChris]

Watching these commercials today and makes me sad. I mean I don't even think they have Ronald McDonald anymore. And definitely don't have any of the other characters. I feel really bad for kids today because they will never ever be able to grow up with all the cool things we did.

[@esmeraldanoriega9746]

Hey I'm 13 and I totally agree with you. I absolutely love vintage and retro stuff. I actually sometimes can prefer old stuff over new stuff just because it's so interesting and fun.

[@troywright359]

Advertising junk food to kids is a nono

[@KratostheThird]

Now McDonalds is shoving down identity politics down our throats in their commercials. Their corporate Twitter page is also insufferable.

[@StacyHirsh]

1:38 really trippy 😊

[@theamericanshepherd5378]

I always liked the different characters McDonald's and Burger King had and how they did their own little episodes. You don't see that anymore. How come Wendy's never had anything like this?

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Mayor mccheese and sheriff Big Mac i loved

[@mackpines]

Love the first commercial. Back when the mansard restaurants were new.

[@realazduffman]

Note in "Clean" the multimixer, which they were no longer using! Still my fav McD commercial

[@wstine79]

2:05 "Yesterworld Entertainment" brought me back here.

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

Those two Mcheese and sheriff Big Mac makes me hungry

[@danorthsidemang3834]

The hungry wastebaskets scared the crap out of me as a kid

[@emodogggg8524]

Lol Ronald McDonald is more scary

[@aidanwise7163]

@@emodogggg8524 CAN YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT RONALD MCDONALD THAT CLOWN WILL GET YOU TONIGHT IF YOU BE QUIET (I'M WARNING YOU) (PAY ATTENTION) (DO THE RIGHT THING) (LISTEN CAREFULLY) (BE GOOD) 5 RULES OF DOING RIGHT STUFF

[@danorthsidemang3834]

The hamburger patch rules

[@blancopop7845]

They went from these commercials to "if you're not eating mcdonalds, FUCK YOU!"

[@RealHyperHedgehog]

I miss when McDonald’s commercials had characters and lore.

[@jamesmurray8558]

You deserve a break today.I worked at the fish bowl red&white at Central Park,Bessemer Superhighway.Mayor McCheese, Officer Big Mac.

[@tysonsheinin6900]

The kids in these videos are all likely senior citizens now.

[@lindaeasley5606]

They may be technically senior citizens but it doesn't mean they're ready for a nursing home. Some of us actually participate in the world like using iPhones and streaming content from the internet on our laptops and stuff like that

[@nickdiamond7595]

I never realized how "special" Grimace was.

[@Dolsondufour]

Good old days

[@channingyourtatum6726]

I like the way they get cheap @ 10:10 by not showing the pirate puppet as he does his cheeseburger chant. If they were to accomplish that, they would have had to upgrade the puppet. 😄🏴‍☠️🍔

[@MrDavito2]

This is the real Ronald McDonald from my childhood. Before John Wayne Gacy.

[@robbiewalker2831]

Is it wrong to say the idea of McDonaldLand in general should’ve been brought back?

[@aidanwise7163]

@@robbiewalker2831 ALL LIES

[@1972mercurycougar]

Mayor Mc Cheese, sounds like the Owl, from H.R. Puffinstuff!!

[@JxT1957]

i remember the 60s mcdonalds commercials

[@StacyHirsh]

they need to bring the Mcdonalds characters back! i grew up with the characters in the McDonalds commercials in the 70's and 80's

[@josephpanzarella1417]

What's interesting is that in its early years the focus was 100% on kids. McDonald's was a place where kids were taken to eat by their (reluctant) parents. It didn't occur to them till later that adults would be drawn to this junk food just as much as kids.

[@troywright359]

Now they focus mainly on adults because people complain about advertising to kids

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

The uniforms different then when McDonald's really was great resti

[@christopherarcher5271]

I don't know why i shortly called the hamburglar lone jogger in 1975 it doesn't make sense. No wonder they change his original name back

[@troywright359]

5:49 No coke No shakes.

[@Perririri]

7:38 - #JohnnyHorizon *has entered the chat*

[@zulemabarraza1416]

1974 10:40 1974 Breakfast (At Participating Restaurants) 11:48 1974 Invisible Car

[@SammEater]

1970's McDonald's ads reminds me of H R Pufnstuff, probably on purpose.

[@Mark-yy2py]

SammEater I understand McD’s got into some legal issues for that.

[@bluetennant1998]

I remember seeing a KZbin video of the first listed commercial.

[@mateusrosito3436]

macdowels!

[@kennethbesselman5739]

Mc Bowels

[@joshuagarciajr817]

So f****** cool! Why would they fired them mascots? Why would they have a clown apocalypse?

[@britpoppansy]

So when these commercials were running my mom was in high school. I wonder if she saw them on her black and white TV and thought "this is lame".

[@izellkinney9314]

They had to stop the mayor mccheese commercials because they were sued by the producers of h r puff n stuff.

[@unorthodoxromance254]

Izell Kinney Yep, Sid and Marty Krofft Productions, Inc. v. McDonald’s Corp. It set the precedent for using both an extrinsic and intrinsic test for determine substantial similarity (i.e., whether or not a work infringed upon another copyrighted work.) Originally, McDonald’s asked Sid and Marty Krofft if they could work with an advertising agency to make characters for an ad campaign. When they refused and the campaign got cancelled, McDonald’s went ahead and created their own characters that obviously were intended to be Krofft characters. You can’t just copy someone’s work because they didn’t let you have the rights.

[@ericdunn360]

Grimace used to have 4 arms.

[@only257]

Cute ads😊

[@daleschroeder-jm9gu]

I always wanted a fry guy😁

[@chuckschick9265]

Grimace was evil???!!

[@bluetennant1998]

Originally, I think...

[@davisdavis468]

His name is literally grimace...

[@nathanboatright236]

Grimace is thanos

[@maria-xu3uv]

Grimace is thanos and beanos so..yeah

[@haileyshannon7548]

Not really just stupid!

[@jeffreyrichardson]

a dollar seven for any size hot coffee scott and laurie free

[@jenniferbice8998]

Back when Potsie worked for McDonald's.

[@troywright359]

4:45 Grime Time Ronald spitting bars

[@gameraddy9926]

I'm here because of ChadTronic.

[@edreid7872]

The first one...featuring the Boogie nights creep into young girls...😂

[@TheCheesecakedeath]

McDonald's singing about nutrition... 🤔

[@ZeeKay1_]

This video will give me nightmares

[@resourceress7]

5:50 That's Jodie Foster!!

[@lb2.0.45]

Hey John Amos

[@rockyracoon3233]

Where is John Amos?

[@mariebelladonna437]

What in the clogged artery, fried in animal fat, creepy puppets, bushy red afro did I just watch?? And why am I now hungry...?

[@curleyqlink228]

06:55 Ted Cassidy (Lurch) as Officer Big Mac

[@LemonWedgeinc]

I love this little runt hamburgler more than the weird kid hamburgler

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

No karen or kevin crazies then and mcdonalds customer's experience was great

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

Where was the pirate

[@kirkmorgan-austin8361]

Now they don't give a shit about cleanliness or serving quality food ‼️

[@skythewolfgon5843]

The nutrients are kinda creepy to me

[@mikesilva3868]

🙃cute ads

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Back then when mcdonalds employees were decent not jerks

[@kennethbesselman5739]

They should cutoff the Hamburglar's VEE- JAY!!!!!

[@jeffreyrichardson]

michael doug jody peter benchley chief brody 5

[@fedenovo1]

Damm clown gave those toddlers some o that ol weed.

[@MichalaJohnson-zv5pp]

In McDonaldland a McDonald’s

[@arielledanos243]

Who came here because the chadtronic?

[@jeffreyrichardson]

jodis toys for tots diamonds and gold the cost lots douglases plant pots

[@jeffreyrichardson]

kristens twenty first lauries cold fresh liverwurst scott sick call the nurse

[@Bigtoonscomedycartoons479]

WTF 6:30

[@xnoart8268]

long haired Ronald was the most unlikeable

[@celiah3500]

Is it just me or are these really fucking weird

[@KratostheThird]

They were trippy.

[@SammEater]

It was the 1970's everyone was on drugs.

[@riverlighttrider]

I never saw the early commercials until now ... but I never ate there because it was cute but because it was there, it cost less, and it was clean ... Targeting kids and acting like burgers and fries and shakes and fried pies is real food for everyday is really disturbing

[@ACHIMax1994]