Reacting to McDonald's Commercials from the 1970's!

[@Tbass-yy8uc]

Us kids in the 70s weren't afraid of everything especially clowns

[@DonnaStewart-ou9lw]

9:32 The only clown that ever scared me was Pennywise!

[@DeLonzoMLara]

Well, Pennywise didn't show up until 1990, so that doesn't count, lol.

[@sharonhash7904]

Nope because they were Gen X the FAFO generation. We had no fear other than not being home right after the street lights came cuz momma would be cooking with a wooden spoon!

[@kennethmaskell8522]

Kids weren't so tender and afraid of everything back then. Oh and by the way we weren't offended by everything around us.

[@gracejones2831]

perfect!

[@DeLonzoMLara]

Yeah, we were more offensive than offended! Lol

[@MsBerries25]

GenXer here. We had a ball back then. Played outside all day and explored creeks, frogs, etc. Shaky noses weren't a thing. H.R. Puff n Stuff was the bomb too lol

[@CraftyInICT]

As someone born in 1967 I pretty much had most of my childhood in the 70s and don’t once ever remember the commercials or characters being scary. In fact they were celebrities to us and getting a McDonald’s happy meal was always exciting.

[@jjoyce46]

None of the kids in the 70's were afraid of these commercials because it was in its time. We loved the commercials and we loved McDonald's. The hamburgers was REAL MEAT unlike today, the fries tasted much better and the shakes were more tastier than today. The chocolate tasted chocolatey! And the food was much cheaper as well as the burgers were bigger and you got more fries. Miss those days.

[@alaricabercrombie2692]

As a fellow 70s kid, I agree 🤗👏👏

[@donnajbasham]

The fries were great because they were fried in beef fat, until the government intervened.

[@DeLonzoMLara]

I miss fries fried in lard! 🍟💔

[@PublicElixir]

Damn straight!

[@eph2vv89only1way]

The cheeseburger was Mayor McCheese (I remember because I was a kid and loved these commercials)

[@bryanCJC2105]

I totally forgot about those McDonald's gift certificate books. A $5 book of gift certificates went a long way. I used to give them to friends for Christmas in 5th or 6th grade.

[@julienielsen3746]

I remember Burger King selling books of certificates to give out at Halloween for small cokes for 10 cents each. Mom passed out those with the candy. She used to make up sandwich bags with candy, stickers, a small toy, and a Burger King certificate in them.

[@theworldofron2712]

That Burger Guy was Mayor McCheese

[@markeast9221]

When I was a kid , a Burger King Whopper was 39 Cents ! The slogan was , It takes 2 hands to handle a Whopper ! You could get a Whopper ,Fry ,and a Coke for a Dollar !

[@peterdavis8471]

Good ole days. 39 cents for a whooper

[@davidrahrer]

Man, I don't remember Whoppers every being that cheap. They are around $8 now!

[@chrisrj9871]

@@davidrahrer- and minimum wage barely keeps up with it.

[@brianjones8751]

2 hands to handle a Whopper means something else these days 😂

[@chrisrj9871]

@@brianjones8751 - which is sad when we think about it.

[@michaeltipton5500]

I remember going to McDonalds as a kid in the 60's. You could get a hamburger, fries and a coke for a quarter. Really. Ronald, your big mac is showing.

[@julienielsen3746]

I remember at our local hamburger place you got a 19¢ hamburger, and 11¢ fries, and a 10¢ coke in the early 60s. We didn't have a McDonald's until 1980.

[@JonS0107]

As a teenager in the 70s I don't remember any of these ads. So either they didn't get a lot of play or I tuned them out. I DO remember the Wendy's ad "Where's the beef!"

[@jjoyce46]

I was a preteen in those days so I remember all of those commercials.

[@julienielsen3746]

Don't you remember "You deserve a break today, .....kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqalqIV8d7-rnpI

[@jeannedickson5921]

Barry Manilow wrote the McDonald's jingle, "You Deserve a Break Today at McDonald's".

[@chrisrj9871]

Their generation never knew McDonald's always changed their slogans and jingles like every other company in existence. Remember when they last did in 2010 and everybody hated it so much they reverted back to I'm Lovin' It and kept it forever?

[@ApricotRse]

Well...no. That's incorrect and a common misconception. While Barry Manilow sang one popular version of the jingle (he was not the only one) and included it in his famous V.S.M. (Very Strange Medley) of jingles he either wrote OR sang OR both, he did not write this particular jingle. That credit goes to jingle singer/songwriter Kenny Karen.

[@julienielsen3746]

It was sung by the Ron Hicklin Singers. Who were like the sound of the 70s in commercials, and The Partridge Family ( the actors didn't sing, except for David Cassidy). theme songs like Love American Style, That Girl, etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoG4eYKHZaZ8eqc

[@Pani-y2g]

Lee greenwood sang one too

[@BatFang-s8y]

Change back from your dollar. They used to advertise a burger, fries, and a coke for 84c including tax. That's what I used to pay at that time. A couple a of weeks ago my uncle and I went there and between us we got four burgers, one small fry, and no drinks. $16.15. Nuts.

[@gregbrown7498]

Born in '69. Love these.

[@eph2vv89only1way]

I googled John Wayne Gacy. He killed his first victim in 1972 and was arrested in December of 1978

[@manuelvillacana9284]

Stephen King's It came out in the year of 1990. And during the 70s and 80s, we didn't have C. G.I. all we had was cartoons and like puppets ( Practical effects.) So it wasn't scary to us.

[@JayPatrol]

Those of us that grew up in the 70's and 80's were not scared of these characters lol Ask your parents or grandparents

[@julienielsen3746]

Kids in the 70s were used to all the weird costume shows on Saturday mornings on TV. Sigmund and the Sea monster etc. So they thought this was cool. No commercial with the McDonald's jingle from then? - Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce , cheese , pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun." People all over America were trying to say that right. 1975 Simpler times. They were great.

[@darrinlindsey]

John Gacy was finally arrested in 1978, in Chicago. He previously lived in my hometown, Waterloo, Iowa. He spent time in prison while in Waterloo. He lived there when I was born, until I was 10 years old. Also while he lived there, a teenage friend of our family went missing, and has never been found.

[@StefenTower]

The burger guy was Mayor McCheese.

[@davidyork8252]

I had one of the Ronald McDonald dolls as a kid! Had lots of fun with it.

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

Where have you guys been? Its been 3 months no video

[@user-ni66er420]

They probably got banned from being to woke

[@user-ni66er420]

I guess to woke to stay on KZbin

[@angelagoodwin5758]

There was a claymation show called Gumby that aired in the 60s and 70s. Might be a fun reaction!

[@julienielsen3746]

Gumby and Pokey. I used to have a little Gumby and Pokey made out of rubber that had wire in the arms and legs so you could bend them. Until the wires started poking through the rubber.

[@Lala-4597]

In the 80's McDonald's had a great jingle. Big Mac, Filet Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries, Icy Coke, Thick Shake, Sundae & Apple Pie. You will need to look it up to hear it, but its definitely a core memory for me.

[@theworldofron2712]

On Wikipedia they claim Grimmace was a taste bud

[@drea4195]

I always thought he was a big purple milkshake blob.

[@L8-4A-D8]

What happened to this channel? It was so fun to watch....

[@chrisrj9871]

It's totally on you if you find the nose offensive.

[@bryahnachristy51197]

I was wondering what Grimace was too In 2012, McDonald's Corp tweeted from their official account that Grimace was "the embodiment of a milkshake, though others still insist he's a taste bud." The account tweeted something similar in 2014, saying "Grimace lore says he is the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud."

[@BatFang-s8y]

Other than myself I've never heard anyone compare Mac Tonight to Jay Leno. Thanks for noticing.

[@tamarrabrundage4298]

Hi guys! Thanks for the amusement!!!

[@Chris_Marrero]

Holly's Winnie the Pooh moment at McDonalds was hilarious! LOL!!! Also wondering what happened to Felipe? Haven't seen him in the videos in awhile

[@melissasanto]

As a child i thought Grimace was the sadness you felt until you had a shake

[@davidrahrer]

Another fun evening! I'm old enough to remember when Ronald McDonald had a Sunday morning show when he would read the comics to us. At the time I do not remember him as being creepy, but I agree that after Gacy my view of clowns was forever mangled. Burger King emphasized that they made to order so you could easily make changes. Back then, McDonalds made burgers ahead of time and kept them under warming lights. If you got an old one, it was really awful. IIRC, a regular MD burger in the mid-80s was 55 cents. The Big Mac jingle came out when I was in 7th grade and I've never forgotten it.

[@travisjay43]

I wish you guys were more consistent with your uploads

[@MichaelJohnson-wc5cn]

Oh, the good old days.. When the ice cream machines were never broken.

[@JoyiKraus]

Yall need to do Davie & Goliath (it was a Sunday Am cartoon - back then you only had cartoons on Saturday… maybe a couple hours during day, but anyway, Sunday Am was dry… so, it was like claymation bible school.)

[@julienielsen3746]

Was Gumby and Pokey on Sunday too? I remember the cartoon called Jot.

[@hazcatsophia]

I was a kid in the 70s. I don’t remember most of the commercials, but I remember the characters. They weren’t scary. I do remember the trash cans. The ones with the characters were during Saturday morning cartoons.

[@Lensmaster1]

These characters were not scary. I don't want to be one of those people who says "kids today", but why are young people scared of everything today? In the 70s, we had nuclear war hovering over our heads yet we had all sorts of characters and talking objects that didn't scare us. Grimace is just Grimace. We didn't think so hard into what everything was. They were all just people who lived in McDonaldland.

[@kel2580]

When we were young we loved these commercials

[@kathygee6270]

People thought so differently back then. Get your mind out of the gutter.

[@DianaMeyreles]

Check out Amos and Andy. Brilliant comedic actors.

[@dereckabackus5411]

I remember the McDonald’s bugler character in tv ads in the 80’s.

[@firebird7479]

I couldn't finish watching this. Too much talking and snide comments over the commercials. Annoying. Anyway, McDonald's had a marketing campaign aimed at kids that included a fictional town called McDonaldland, not unlike the fictional town in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Some of the sets were pretty cool, with bridges, streams, parks, etc. and we dug those "scary" characters, so much so that they were often give away items in the form of some sort of toy. And we also loved getting those gift certificates for Christmas. 50 cents each or a book of ten for $5.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The customer service of restaurants then friendlier the beiing inviti g atmosphere now its like mcdonalds like go were not serving anybody

[@nashe1462]

The guy with the cap on should be modeling! I mean WOW!

[@debrabrownawell617]

In 70s were hamburgers were about .18 - 23 cent . In the early 70s , that 50 cent gift certificate you could get a burger , fry and a coke .

[@dab5740]

50 cent gift certificates… lol. I am older so I sort of remember this stuff. Now it would be $5 gift certificates.

[@texasrebel767]

Back when McDonald's was actually edible!!

[@julienielsen3746]

And the fries were fried in lard, and were so good.

[@lindakaye7935]

You should react to HR Puff and Stuff

[@flattop223]

13:50 There was a collection of videos that McDonald's released in the '80s they were cartoons, and of course they teach lessons and at the end all the kids would get McDonald's food but Sunday was from the cartoon That was Ronald's dog in the cartoon and the fry kids I thought there was the fried guys and then later they came out with smaller ones that were the fried kids but I didn't see that in this Cosmic as I recall was again in the '80s and it was a short-lived character where they were doing space stuff, my guess is that they were bringing out because there was a lot of stuff going on with the space shuttle so they did things like Ronald going to another planet and these were the the guys that were there. It all seemed to shut down when the Challenger blew up was kind of like oh we don't want to talk about space anymore.

[@marysweeney7370]

Those commercials were trippy. I remember those characters I didn't like them...or Ronald. I remember the jingle in the 70's we used to practice and compete with friends to say it the quickest. "Two all beef patties special sauce, lettuce, cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun," See: McDonald's Two All-Beef Patties song - Jingle 1975

[@julienielsen3746]

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[@Lala-4597]

It the mini series was in 1990. The novel came out in 86'

[@paulgutman-o2c]

Hey there, Joe, DT, and Holly! Paul here. My favorite character in those commercials was the Hamburglar. The rest were okay, but HE was the coolest one. :)

[@skullandbones1832]

Those McDonald land small box of different cookies the outside playground most McDonald's had back then and super-sized French fries and drinks they had.

[@jabarrobbins1057]

You guys should react to the McDonalds commercials from the 80s, if you want to see some real evolvement

[@klb9142]

The Evil Grimace was a shake stilling tastebud.

[@flattop223]

3:52 Well I was trying to hear the old commercial to see if they were charging for that Ronald McDonald doll, I think they charged like a buck for it but of course while the voiceover was talking and saying while supplies last and all that you guys wouldn't shut up. It used to be that the fast food places had really good toys with their kids meals. Like that Ronald McDonald doll that's like 13 in tall might have been just a happy meal toy I know I've got a whole set of Burger King toys that were about like that I don't remember what cartoon they were for it might have been Toy Story but when I found them I was like it's can't be kids meal toys but they're still in the bags and that's what it says on them. Also from the beginning I don't ever remember seeing that pirate captain, they always had the hamburglar and the cheeseburger guy that you don't like He was always around I think his nose got a lot smaller but he was Mayor McCheese, later they added officer Big Mac which was a cop with a Big Mac for his head, both of them were removed from the lineup in 1985 but they made a good run, I don't know exactly when mayor McGee's came into the picture but officer Big Mac started in 1971 and they were there through 1985 so 14 years for officer Big Mac and at least one more for Mayor McGee's. They got old and it was tied and very tired anyway.

[@scottisizzle]

Andrew Dice Clay at Rodney Dangerfield's. You haven't heard politically incorrect until you've heard the "Dice Man"!

[@flattop223]

6:42 something that you have to remember is back when these commercials were made the Sid and Marty Cross superstars was the Saturday morning cartoons and live action stuff that everybody watched, things like Sigmund the sea monster and leadsville and HR Puff and Stuff, these commercials are very reminiscent of leadsville and HR Puff and Stuff. Even the voices of meramec cheese and the other characters is very much like the characters voices in Puff and stuff. You're scared, you were not a Gen X kid This would never have scared a Gen X kid. I don't remember the nobody doesn't like McDonald's can jingle and I am a jingles person I can remember jingles from just about everything but this one don't remember it at all. 10:11 The very first Ronald McDonald was a scary looking clown and the actor that played him was Willard Scott, looking back on it now he's, it's just ridiculous.

[@frank-r7v]

you guys should check out dirty jokes in classic cartoons

[@theworldofron2712]

I am a product of the 70s and I do not remember any of these.

[@randialayne9667]

Grimace is supposed to be a giant taste bud, Yikes!

[@Patti-sg1fv]

Hi guys. Are you like left KZbin or something?

[@ztomas1]

Whatever happened to this channel? Why did they just quit?

[@lindakaye7935]

The characters disappeared after the Kroft Brothers sued McDonald's because the characters were too much like their characters.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The mcdonalds cotton doll and glass cups

[@rethink150]

Dean Martin Celebrity Roast

[@dannygaines1352]

Food had "taste" back then and affordable.

[@WonkyWomanLife]

U ought to watch dean Martin celebrity roasts..I love those and they were popular

[@Cablecol]

I see you folks aren't posting anymore.

[@Pani-y2g]

I loved the mcdonalds movies, mcdonalds used to be targeted for kids and now days you cant even have a birthday party there. Mcdonalds is now for adults! Sad. And grimace is from grimace island but lives in macdonald land

[@ChrisCollins068]

She was right. John Wayne Gacy was in the 70s.

[@jamesm.3967]

The characters were kind of borrowed from HR Puffinstuff. A TV show in the late 60s early 70s with live action big characters. Check it out it was weird. Trippy is about right.

[@EVTodd]

I just discovered your channel and really enjoy your videos. However, it appears that you have stopped making them. Do you have any plans to create new videos in the near future?

[@MacMc691]

Coming out of the hippie 60's and into the 70's, none of this is surprising. I did recognize a couple of these commercials, but not one made me want anything from McDonald's, to me, this is just bad marketing. It's hard to argue with their scheme as they're the most successful fast food chain ever, but it was their food that was good from my point of view. These commercials would have done like most clowns do, scare the sh!t out of kids, not make them want to visit it. lol

[@JonathanGreen18]

Where the TypaS ??? 😮

[@jonathanpeters5027]

Where's Felipe?

[@brianjones8751]

Mayor McCheese 👍

[@kunserndsittizen2655]

I guess they gave up

[@jamesm.3967]

More Holly. 😊

[@markeast9221]

Does anybody know what happened to these people ? What's the a story ? They were great !

[@joankeeler6163]

Put Archie back on😅

[@Silveradoman61]

Need new videos

[@roxannemoore5789]

Got a good British comedy Mrs Browns Boys the bikini wax episode ( beware very funny and graphic)

[@returnofbillyjack]

Words have more than one meaning if you think we have enough cows or beef to serve USA alone think again 2 million served two million what cats dogs humans. Red shoes of Ronald look up pictures of red shoes club I wonder what leather it's made of ,,, kids

[@PublicElixir]

You all just have dirty minds what the heck is so suggestive about his wiggling his nose, nobody thought back then what you are thinking nobody complained or protested. You are just looking for something wrong. Captain Crook looked just like a bad pirate should look ugly. These are commercials with children in them, how in the world would you think a nose is sexual on a hamburger character!?

[@victorjohnson7512]

McDonald's was always a bit disturbing. Why the infatuated with little kids? Seems perverted...

[@JackyJames1]

I was born in 1983 ive never seen an add as offensive like " the Mccheesse " character note that his weird nose was bouncing on a kids head ( first or 2nd add...) McChesse needs to have a seat with Chris Hansen catching a predator

[@kenneth2875]

Check out the 18 characters used in commercials here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonaldland?wprov=sfti1#Characters