Requiem For a Themed McDonald's

[@QuintonReviews]

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[@grimroten3299]

Sweet

[@gladspooky9455]

Hope you get more care packages from corporations.

[@JP17500]

Hey does anyone know if there is any news on the Animporhs video?? Really looking forward to it!

[@josephbyrne8215]

Shoutout for the soyboys shirt

[@moniboo523]

Quinton, could you please do discontinue fast food items...I swear up and down to friends McDonald's had soup in the early 90s no one believes me!

[@oh_no_martians]

I went to the dinosaur McDonald's in Benson, AZ a few years ago with my family. They had a guy in a Ronald McDonald costume playing pop songs on a ukulele inside. He finished his song and, since we were the only family in the restaurant, he asked me "What would you like me to play, young man?" I asked him if he knew any Metallica and this fucking legend played Ride the Lightening in the middle of the goddamn dinosaur McDonald's. This is my most treasured memory.

[@dankenstin8803]

“A Ronald McDonald who plays a ukulele cover of Metallica songs inside a dinosaur-themed restourant? *Shhh!* *He is legend...*”

[@mustacheboyo]

Tucson has a Dinosaur mcdonald's too, I've been there alot, I think it was the first mcdonald's here to install a kiosk system

[@jesriddle5450]

I remember a dinosaur themed one and a 50s diner with a jukebox somewhere around in pheonix from my childhood. I feel like there was a weekly bounce at another?

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

That is the inexorably based.

[@TheGermanItalianGuy2]

I used to live in Paradise Valley in Phoenix, Arizona and that dinosaur McDonalds was basically my childhood McDonalds

[@maxresdefault_]

"I was not sponsored by McDonald's, I was bribed by McDonald's" That's the kinda clarity I want in my content

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Now all I need to figure out how it can happen to me. *psst* Disney, I am for sale.

[@archvaldor]

I'm not really a fan of evil multinational corporations, but I have to say I am genuinely impressed by the handwritten note.

[@TheVividKiWi]

I agree. I came to the comments to say this. I feel slightly conflicted lmao.

[@BusterNut]

The 4b from McDonald's is the only reason why I go sometimes, everything else sucks besides the nugs

[@natthechristian6271]

@@BusterNut McNuggets are pretty dope.

[@11energize]

Same lol. I don't support it but I do admire it I guess haha

[@hunterroach666]

@@BusterNut dude. I loved McDonald's chincken nuggets. Ate them at least once a week. I have not eaten them for a year. Last few times I tried them I hated them. They changed them. They're thinner and the breading is weird. Really disappointing.

[@smoothesuede4978]

Let's start a campaign to find & send that last Elvisaurus Rex to Quinton. He deserves it. It deserves him.

[@angusmcnay5449]

NO IT'S MINE. I DESERVE IT, NOT HIM

[@casperchristiansen2458]

We should also give him Wado; he needs Wado.

[@buranflakes]

@@angusmcnay5449 Theoretically 2 of them may be in existence since 2 of them were made

[@thehillisalive]

I found a petition to save the Sacramento statue and it sadly only had 32 signatures. I wonder what happened to it

[@TheBookchic]

audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/elvisaurus-statue-2-500-waterford-mi.933852/ It's 2,500 and I think it's still for sale?

[@FluffyHeretic]

quinton: prepare to be disappointed about this restaurant that no longer exists me: i probably wont care that much quinton: it was dinosaur-themed me: OH FUCK

[@katef.8185]

Sad to say that the happy meals mcdonalds in Dallas was torn down and made into a more "modern" basic mcdonalds not too long ago :/ We live in a cruel and unfair world

[@ronmegaron]

You said “prepare for heartbreak,” but I did not imagine such profound heartbreak about a restaurant could exist.

[@Laurabeck329]

They killed MY BOI

[@ronmegaron]

@@Laurabeck329 🎶 It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday... 🎵

[@MrIrrationalSmith]

Coincidentally, "heartbreak" can be caused by eating too much McDonald's.

[@isthatzo7703]

@@MrIrrationalSmith boooooo

[@ronmegaron]

@@MrIrrationalSmith 👏👏👏

[@graefx]

The emotional whiplash of imagining Quinton going and seeing Elvisaurus on this fever dream trip across the country only to within seconds saying the dream is dead took part of my soul.

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

At first I rolled my eyes at his disclaimer about the coolest McDonald's being closed down, then Elvisourous Rex popped up on screen and I broke down in sorrow. How dare they kill such a legend!

[@henryapplebottom7231]

He's out there, somewhere. Elvisourus lives.

[@alphabulblax1649]

Seeing all those bright and colorful McDonalds transform into the simple brown cubes we know now made me feel unreasonably sad.

[@collinmclaren6608]

Your naive childhood optimism is now replaced by the cold industrialized Corporation™

[@SirArthurTheGreat]

@@collinmclaren6608 But the corporation was in here *taps your feeble mind* all along

[@RagmaticalRachel]

@@collinmclaren6608 It was always cold industrialized corporation though! It just had a ball pit before.

[@pig-serpent830]

I feel the same way about social media. Myspace and old KZbin and, heck, Neopets had so many customization options for your pages that have been stripped away by the 2010s Facebook style of social media. I keep hoping for a pendulum swing back into personalization, but seeing how many themed McDonalds have been removed in the last 3 years doesn't give me hope for things like this.

[@DuskLegend]

@@RagmaticalRachel true but they also cared about giving you something more. Now they just hook you up to a hamster water dripped, no wheel or anything

[@JamieSandel]

I love that this video is visually framed as a two-man show between Quinton and Garfield

[@lukeschock9338]

One of these days Garfield is going to say something profound in a vid

[@annacollins8999]

@@lukeschock9338 "the hatred in your heart warms you now, but it will eventually leave you cold in your grave." -Hugeass Garfield Plush

[@zeppelopod]

Entergagement McDonalds

[@stonerdoomclown]

good mythical morning

[@redglovedmilitant1862]

We had a motorcycle McDonalds, I took my GF to eat there and I told her "wait until you see the inside of this McDonalds" we entered and the motorcycle inside was gone along with all the decorations. This video explains it all.

[@graysonrogers-barnes6302]

Ouch, that must have been sad ;^;

[@redglovedmilitant1862]

@@graysonrogers-barnes6302 yeah it was

[@siarhian10]

Near the Scottish border, there's a Mcdonald's in a service station that looks like a Church. It's tradition for us to visit this specific Mcdonald's when we visit family there. Very strange feeling being in a car for several hours going all the way from Wales to wind up in the McChapel.

[@manaash4316]

Goin' to mcChapel and we're gonna get nuggets, baby

[@c.l.6957]

Praise be to Mickey D

[@whitegemgames]

Ronald died for our sins

[@gryotharian]

There’s one in Vancouver Canada too. Live there currently but haven’t had the chance to go in yet. Gonna need to get on it

[@arigadatred5395]

I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your fries

[@malfattio2894]

The Defunctland channel might be able to help you out, this project seems right up his alley

[@ArloMathis]

Definitely

[@Akasha6915]

the crossover special we need

[@andyonionade581]

Love that channel

[@poilaaliop]

You are so right, seconding this

[@Moxy_1984]

Good idea!

[@doubtful_seer]

I’m not sure why Quinton can’t "prove" the log cabin McDonald’s. It’s in Asheville, NC. The whole city is very intertwined with the Biltmore Estate, and that McDonald’s is part of it. I’m so confused why he couldn’t find it. His family probably can’t remember it because they just lumped it in as a smaller part of a larger trip to Biltmore. I have a very distinct memory of a restaurant and the road in front of it from when we had to go to Louisiana because of my idiot father and his stupid lawsuit for his stupid business with a stupid woman who didn’t want to pay him. I haven’t talked to my father in years, but my mom barely remembers, if at all, the restaurant, and tree lined road in front of it, I remember so super clearly, even though I was _extremely_ young. I also have very specific memories about our attempts to get back home to North Carolina via railroads that my mom just lumps in with the, legitimately, three different land methods we had to take to get home. I fell in love with traveling via rail and I have a wish stemming from that time to travel the country by rail. (Unfortunately poverty, disability, and the US having a horrible railroad system means it’ll likely never happen, especially since I’m already 30.) Kids will kinda just grip onto things that the adults think are barely worth remembering. Anyway, point of the comment is that the McDonald’s definitely does exist.

[@danielsiegel3]

I know there was a similar one in Wisconsin Dells as wel

[@warriorseamonkey1693]

Ive been there actually

[@MK-dh2mi]

I hope Quinton reads this comment, you might change his life.

[@katyb4527]

I realize this reply is 3 months old, but thank you. I live in Asheville, and as soon as he said "log cabin McDonald's" I was like, 'oh yeah, it's right down the road.' I immediately came to the comments to make sure someone had pointed it out. I will say, though, it's more well known for the grand piano inside than the log cabin aspect. I'm pretty sure they've even done specials about it on the food network in the past. Weird that he wasn't able to find any info about it.

[@doubtful_seer]

@@katyb4527 yeah, it only took me a very quick Google search

[@ActuallyRea]

The reaction to the second elvisaurus one shot me i am deceased Good luck with your subscriber and patron goals this year! I’ve been subscribed for a while so I can’t do that again but i’ll happily make a patron pledge c:

[@Cumbulus]

Legit I got so excited then so sad about that restuarant. It's like a ton of things I'm into in one place

[@ringer1324]

Yeah I really hope he reaches it

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

Those hopes were dashed as quickly as they came into light.

[@therealmrmago9077]

#justiceforelivsaurus kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXa5hapsa9mroac

[@Karmy.]

Glad I got to see the Walled Lake one in person even if it was for a quick crappy pic

[@andyv8624]

Interesting, I didn’t realize “Rock and Roll McDonalds” by the late Wesley Willis was about a specific McDonalds location.

[@Zulf85]

Same here - my mind is absolutely blown lmao

[@Akirakirakirakiraa]

rock over london

[@keelerrobinson5772]

RIP to the legend

[@VicPerfecto]

@@Akirakirakirakiraa rock on, Chicago

[@buranflakes]

Same

[@JZekis]

I grew up near a Rock and Roll McDonald's and one of the problems I always noticed with the themed McDonald's is they didn't always clean the stuff attached to the wall that often. It was not uncommon to go into that location and see dusty records. So I kind of understand the sanitary issues. It got renovated a couple years ago.

[@Phished123]

"I'm not sponsored by Mcdonalds, I was BRIBED by Mcdonalds" gave me a hearty bellylaugh.

[@blackout295]

I knew this video was too uncharacteristic of Quinton

[@ddjsoyenby]

i needed those mcnuggets.

[@scottking8189]

Looks like his life’s sponsored by McDonald’s

[@cringage]

this awoken the memory of me crying in the bathroom of a jungle mcdonald’s and my mom telling me the lions singing in the walls won’t eat me

[@zoinksscoob7020]

I’m so sorry u had to relive that trauma

[@calico.katttt]

The part about themed McDonalds having worse health code violations actually makes sense! In my hometown we had our own "Rockin'" McDonalds with memorabilia, but it was shut down around 2010- I vividly remember that it was because an elementary classmate of mine's brother found a worm in his sweet tea. It's since changed owners and been completely rebuilt.

[@ZipplyZane]

It seems really weird that McDonald's is trying to bribe you into going to a bunch of places that they clearly don't like or want to support. It makes me wonder if someone at the company hates the new move and wants you to try and revive them.

[@alexanderdzudzek]

Maybe they have lost track of the survivers of the purge. Quinton will serve McDonalds by giving them a comprehensive list of locations doomed to be renovated

[@TheStoenk]

@@alexanderdzudzek OH SHIT ITS A TRAP DONT DO IT QUINTON

[@DruNature]

MCDONALDS are mostly all franchised owned by individual companies, most of them arenot really the corporate MCDs so chances are that every themed restaurant was just privately owned and thus when they went under there gone.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Lol. I’m

[@emmathedilemma07]

hopefully because i personally would love for them all to be revived

[@Zettabyte7]

"A plane was placed on top of the restaurant... this opened around 1997 and became suddenly unpopular a few year later" Oof

[@sobersplash6172]

literally took a reread to understand what he meant

[@ChaosTherum]

I'm really disappointed I live close enough that I could have visited it.

[@prinkulwatno5061]

I just discovered your channel a few days ago, Quinton, and I love your content. I love these in-depth dives into things that I've never really thought about or considered before. It's honestly fascinating. I just finished your Victorious video (had to split it up into multiple viewing sessions, haha) and I thought it was great! Keep up the good work, and I hope that you're able to do your themed McDonald's roadtrip some day :)

[@arlequinelunaire418]

That a 50s theme was one of the most common ones for McDonalds (along with Hungry Jacks, basically an Australian Burger King) feels a bit like rubbing it in, given that most of the diners and malt shops from the actual 50s were all put out of business by chains like McDonalds

[@Karmy.]

My local McDonald's was one too, opened in 1988 It was cool until they remodeled it into the bland boring modernistic box that so many have been turned into I rarely go to that one these days anyways because they charge like twice the price on everything compared to every other McDonald's in the area

[@josephinegrant8941]

Yesss, I'm pretty sure there's still a few 50s themed Hungry Jack's in Logan

[@JeffreyPiatt]

Wind Gap, PA had one with that theme but it was 50's music themed

[@Mellodreama]

pouring one out for all adults who appreciate a "childlike" theme, hope they come back

[@alisesousa1577]

I don't even understand. There are so many boring adult places in the world, McDonald's shouldn't be one of them.I don't go to McDonald's to feel like an adult. I go to McDonald's to stuff 20 chicken nuggets down my maw while I feel nostalgic about a time when going to McDonald's was exciting. When McDonald's was synonymous with "fun".

[@imaginekudryavka9485]

I have a feeling that in a decade or two at most, we are gonna be seeing a _lot_ of "nostalgic" McDonald's locations with the "old" (90s/00s) look. They haven't been gone long enough for it to work yet, but once millennials like me are all in their late 30s and 40s, and have like 10 year old kids, we are bound to be suckers for that kind of move.

[@bece00]

Personally i just really prefer some color and visual interest in my surroundings. Im sick of this "modern = boring" Edit: oh my god sorry this comment is a year old

[@NinyaBOT]

Throughout the entire video, I had in the back of my mind "yeah its pretty but God Mcdonalds in my head is just disgusting" and then you finally got to the health code violations and yeah. I almost feel bad for associating Mcdonalds with "disgusting environment", honestly I'm sure nowadays they're a lot more clean, but when I was a kid, I just recall every single one being completely dirty so the association stuck and it's honestly the biggest thing I think about when I hear about any Mcdonalds. Kids are gross, you create a giant jungle gym themed place for kids to crawl around in all these nooks and crannys that's so large it would take forever to clean it + nasty, greasy food supposedly being the main point of the entire place, you're gonna have a bad time.

[@autumn7809]

Sticky

[@killedcatharsis1979]

The death of Elvisaurus cannot be understated in a discourse on the death of the nation itself. With this beloved icon's demise came the destruction itself of American ideals: fast food, rock 'n' roll, and dinosaurs. Godspeed, my sweet reptilian friend. Godspeed as you travel to that glorious, unattainable McDonald's in the skies.

[@ByzantineDarkwraith]

am i the only one who read this in a german accent for some reason

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@ByzantineDarkwraith I was thinking more of a Captain Picard vibe.

[@rattyeely]

😭🙏

[@SIDEKICKDUSTY]

I've known about the Wesley Willis song, "Rock and Roll McDonald's" for around 20 years and never knew it was about a themed location, always just pictured people going to a regular-ass McDonald's and dancing to the music played on the muzak machine

[@haris_robinson]

MCDONALDS WILL MAKE YOU FAT. THEY SERVE BIG MACS. THEY SERVE QUARTER POUNDERS. THEY WILL PUT POUNDS ON YOU.

[@xenos_n.]

Same

[@tailsnascarfan93]

I like Rock and Roll McDonald's because Vinesauce Joel unironically enjoys it.

[@CRydon200]

@@haris_robinson No shit, Sherlock

[@sparking117]

@@CRydon200 Those are lyrics from the Wesley Willis song, homie.

[@rubytuck7705]

I'm Australian and have NEVER heard of themed McDonalds... this was such a wild ride

[@foxdurham784]

Just wanna say that my wife literally screamed in joy when she came in our office and saw how huge your Garfield plush was.

[@LnnyOsoTo]

My mother was also impressed but had a much less flattering reaction... Specifically she said: "he (Quinton) looks like that garfield besides him"

[@mmmorgi]

@@LnnyOsoTo I wish I was as beautiful as Garfield

[@connorxx7180]

@@LnnyOsoTo Garfield has no flaws

[@ChicaneryBear]

Have you shown her the whole Garfield plushie saga?

[@siyotsistu]

@@LnnyOsoTo garfield has looks that compete with shrek and strength to compete against cuthulu

[@cassie6146]

I love how Quinton has just embraced having the giant Garfield as his co-host.

[@Raph584]

we need a collab with jenny nicholson's Spider

[@Nikki-jn3ud]

@@Raph584 yess

[@zeppelopod]

@@Raph584 - and the giant porg!

[@LSGUnon]

Hearing about Elvissaurus Rex being gone was a deep cut in my soul. Hearing that it was in Sacramento (only an hour away) was heartbreaking. Hearing that it closed in 2017 (when I was old enough to drive there myself) has left me a shell of a broken man.

[@jamierosefaz1641]

As a native Floridian that grew up visiting themed McDonalds (cause what else are ya gonna do), thank you for validating my childhood restaurant memories

[@flippyfan4444]

i’m in Brevard County, where there’s a space themed McDonald’s in Titusville, right across the water from where the rockets launch - at least, i hope there still is

[@Yamismol]

I remember a specific one with happy meal boxes being carried around the ceiling of the restaurant on a converter belt kinda thing and that’s the only thing I remember from that specific McDonald’s

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Same, I live in Orlando so I've been to the old Entertainment McDonald's and the current version of it...tho they wouldn't let me play in the playplace it as an adult :(

[@AnchorArm]

As much as I understand the desire for a company to distance itself from accusations of child manipulation, its sooo sad seeing the color of McDonald's LITERALLY vanish. Its like the Pixies from Fairly Oddparents ousted poor Ronald

[@line6peavey]

Its a corporation my guy. Its not a mom and pop business that cares about you and your family. Everyone in these comments is fucking crazy.

[@beepboop8751]

@@line6peavey We know this, but where's your sense of fun, can we not enjoy things? We don't think it cares for us, we just like the silly nature of themed restaurants.

[@coryfice1881]

@@line6peavey Thinking mom and pop business's care about you.

[@jaybee27D]

@@line6peavey let people enjoy things, they know it’s a load of corporate manipulation in the end, but that’s like getting mad at people for liking Mickey Mouse cartoons because Disney’s such a terrible company.

[@PersephoneDarling28]

The bullshit critics needed to back off. So what if McDonald's successfully monopolizes the child demographic?

[@ParmuhJon]

I really do hope this project contributes to our ability to hold onto non standard McDonald's franchises. I'm not a die hard for the food or the company, but I do appreciate there being policies that allow franchise owners to decorate their restaurants and showcase their collectors items/memorabilia. It gives people an air for freedom and creativity :)

[@0.-.0]

born too late to explore the world born too early to explore the universe born just in time to have gone to themed McDonald's

[@spacecat7864]

If Quinton put this on a mug I would buy it.

[@gamergaymer965]

@@spacecat7864 samee

[@Scrungusss]

"Capitalism breeds innovation" > All McDonalds start to look the same

[@sapnupua5]

T.T

[@inedanap6253]

That's all part of the innovation- it matches the desires of the market. When theming sells, people find new ways to theme. Chances are innovations are still happening at McDonald's, but matching the desires and needs of the current market

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

the new mcdonald’s look sleek i guess, but i liked the previous look better, i am biased because they literally rebuilt an entire mcdonald’s which took like 2 months

[@hanster.gun.3438]

@@inedanap6253 trust me they aren’t doing any useful innovating at McDonald’s

[@Tribrachidiumheraldicum]

@@NeedyBoBeedy I think it's probably good, motivated by greed and focus groups or not, that they are moving away from marketing towards children. Now it looks as soulless and corporate as it actually is. I'm addicted to fast food by the way, and I love them being honest about our relationship.

[@badazzledhippo6010]

As someone who grew up in Florida during the themed McDonald’s boom, I can confirm that it was a WILD time.

[@CryptoTonight9393]

"I know nothing about Homestuck" Oh god he has no idea what he'd be getting into. That's uh that's uh quite the deep topic there.

[@MirthandirRose]

I'm just waiting for when Quinton drops the Homestuck video and he inevitably gets harassed and/or threatened with a lawsuit by WhatPumpkin.

[@SpookyDeerArt]

@@MirthandirRose homestuck legal threats....... 2! EDIT: just checked and he has 2k patrons... the trepidation is real

[@loonloonlikemoonmoon1577]

As a Homestuck, not reading Homestuck is self love. Genuinely hope he doesn't touch the epilogues or H^2 if he does do this.

[@loonloonlikemoonmoon1577]

@hatsune minecraft Fuck, you're right. I forgot that Homestuck ended at [S] Terezi: Remem8er. Real shame we never got to see the end of the story but I think Hussie was right to call it quits when they did.

[@dani-the-toad]

@@loonloonlikemoonmoon1577 woah… what universe are you from i only remember [S] Cascade, really good flash i just wonder what happened after they passed the fourth wall

[@c.l.6957]

The minute you said "Florida" I knew there was going to be an alligator McDonald's

[@ddjsoyenby]

i'm surprised there wasn't a mcalligator sandwich.

[@GoogieBuiscut]

Theres a big ass mcdonalds at Orlando. It has t two floors and they sell shit like pasta and fucking cake. Also has an arcade and has a Moon man with his piano statue

[@Tabbyrose1]

I desperately remember a two story cabin type McDonald's somewhere near Bishop, California. It had a fireplace and all, but I can find zero proof it ever actually existed so I feel the pain for the North Carolina one.

[@Houndoomgirl77]

The NC one is in ashville and can be looked up pretty easy, idk how he couldn't find it

[@culwin]

Corporate: "We're going to have to stop using Ronald McDonald as our mascot" Everybody: why? Corporate: "We're making him look bad"

[@lookbovine]

No, more like “he looks like a stooge meant to just make us look better”. Way to listen & comprehend.

[@Naterkix]

Even if they don't wanna tailor to kids, you'd think they'd want to make people think "I wanna go there" when looking at the building instead of "wow, that looks so generic, I might fall asleep and crash my car into it just so it's less boring".

[@stuff31]

quinton's room is slowly becoming filled with more and more treasures

[@TravNash]

I always thought that McDonald's were just trying to pander to kids who grew up with old school style and now is a place for the soul destroyed to drink coffee and cry in modern minimalist interior design.

[@gggg-hq4td]

It grows up with it's customers

[@joelnelson4770]

I'm proud to be a Wisconsin native simply because we have two log cabin McDonalds locations

[@allgodsnomasters2822]

Which tribe(s)?

[@emmittmorgans8076]

@@allgodsnomasters2822 Not meaning to speak for Joel (or any pre-colonial peoples), but I'm an honorary member of the Opeimgonnaskootchrightbyya tribe.

[@trashrabbit69]

There's a weird retro/Badger themed one in Middleton just west of Madison. Never have I felt proud of a city whilst eating two $1 cheeseburgers before.

[@TinaEisch]

I'm from Wisconsin as well! I remember there being a sold gold mcdonalds which was like 50s themed.

[@LilBpixi3]

@@trashrabbit69 I lived in Middleton for a year and since moving that McDonalds is definitely thing thing I miss the most, the closest one near me now is connected to a gas station :(

[@Yourapplefriend]

The most heartbreaking part of the video is towards the end when Quinton hopefully speaks about how the pandemic will be over soon. Watching this nearly two years later and still being stuck at home is so disappointing.

[@Yourapplefriend]

@ellie Unfortunately many people who are chronically ill, disabled, or otherwise immunocompromised. Due to one or a combination of those factors a lot of us are still pretty stuck at the moment. Hopefully things will clear up even more soon though! 💚

[@noraunhappy]

I work a few minutes away from the Big Mac Museum. I remember when it opened it was a big deal, everyone was really excited and it was super hyped up. And then almost immediately everyone stopped caring and it just became another McDonald’s to eat at.

[@Phished123]

I never realized it was a Big Mac Museum because any time you go through that section of road you are trying to get through there as quick as possible to avoid getting stuck in the traffic. I always knew it as "the Mcdonalds with the massive playroom" and still never went there even when i was a kid.

[@OctorokHero]

I'm pretty sure my family passes the Big Mac Museum on the way to our grandparents, but we've never been. I need to finally convince them to go next time before it's too late.

[@lucavalente6620]

A Big mac museum...that sounds like the most American thing I ever heard xD

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

This is the first I've ever heard of Elvisaurus Rex. I was elated to hear there was a second one. The devastation I felt at hearing he was also gone cannot be expressed in mere words. Thank you for a fascinating video and so glad to hear you weren't sponsored, what a relief.

[@joe_krogan]

There used to be a sci fi "galactic" mcdonalds in west bend wisconsin. Easily one of the coolest things in my childhood and a regular visit even though i lived like an hour and a half away. The whole thing was custom. Even the tables were built to entertain, they had lights you could interact with that would make noise. the play area was insanely massive, with references to star trek, star wars, and iirc, the alien series. they also had video games. now it's the same sterile, bland, hollow, expressionless husk that we see all over the planet. i miss the 90s and early 2000s.

[@SynGirl32]

Place straight up sounds like Pizza Planet irl, that would've been awesome.

[@americanbrunch3040]

There was a non themed McDonald's in Fairbanks Alaska where there was a house behind it that hated McDonald's and had a bunch of anti-mcdonalds propaganda all over their yard and house.

[@casperwashere]

That is hilarious thank you for informing me

[@LuckyHicks2]

This is pure speculation but I don't think that was part of the theme, that might've been a real house that just really fcuking hated that restaurant. /s

[@deedee42179]

@@LuckyHicks2 no that’s totally true LMAO he built a giant fence around his backyard and hung a ronald mcdonald from a tree in his backyard- fun to watch

[@HeronSight]

"going to the CIA themed McDonalds and hading out leaflets of the communist manifesto while eating" challenge.

[@aloden500]

I think that gets you a free trip to the guantanamo themed McDonald's.

[@CrimsonKamina]

I’m coming back to this video two years after almost dying to covid. This channel helped me so much

[@gryotharian]

There’s what I’m pretty sure is... a church themed McDonald’s? Near where I live. I dunno, I haven’t gone in there yet but I gotta go before it closes. The outside looks like a church and they’ve got a fake stained glass McDonald’s logo

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Is it the one around 14:00?

[@TheMartinChronicles]

@@liamsgreatbitgaming 👈What he said.

[@gryotharian]

@Jared Jams ironically it’s in Canada

[@SkiddlyBink]

my favourite thing about quinton is that he'll take a very niche topic that i had no idea would interest me and dig up the most fascinating, batshit stories about it

[@DetectorCliche]

He is definitely something akin to a modern anthropologist

[@shanez1215]

It's like last week tonight but not owned by ATT and more personal.

[@QuestVHS]

Your best video yet, I’m glad someone recognizes the weirdness and interesting history behind these buildings. It sucks that so many of them are gone :/

[@wolfishmeow]

I had no clue that our local “Monster Movie Mcdonald’s” was such a marvel. It was cool to me as a child, but because it was inside of a Wal-Mart I really didn’t consider it to be anything special. It’s a shame I didn’t appreciate it one last time before it got remodeled.

[@kappaross6124]

When he said "they removed him during the pandemic" I shouted "NO!" so loud my roommate checked up on me to make sure I'm okay. ...I'm not.

[@dizzy.melodies]

Exactly exactly, I live around 2 hours from Walled Lake I was already planning a visit to him :'(

[@dizzy.melodies]

Correction: I live 37 minutes from there. Why is life so cruel that him and I never met?

[@salamisofdragons4597]

I've been to the one in Roswell, New Mexico. Honestly, that whole city's like an amusement part. Just no rides. There's a ton themed shops. If you ever do this, you need to spend a day in that town. There's SO much fun stuff to see and do.

[@ToastyJunebugs]

I didn't realize how much I did NOT need the phrase 'Ronald's Cave' in my life.

[@Nikki-jn3ud]

Ronalds dungeon

[@LedosKell]

Ronald's Basement

[@SkiddlyBink]

ronald's ancestral home

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Enter Ronald's hole.

[@NozomuYume]

Ronald's Tunnel of Love.

[@EpicGamerWinXD69]

I remember the one time me, my mom, my dad, my brother, and my cousin all went to sea world. But I don't actually remember what we did very well, but I do remember crawling around in McDonald's with the worlds largest play place afterwards. Isn't memory weird?

[@paulisaperson0516]

Devin

[@buranflakes]

I remember seeing Chicken Run in a movie theater, but not the actual watching the movie part, just the part where we went to McDonald's after and they had Chicken Run happy meal toys

[@SuzysRedStripes]

That's Probably for the best.

[@hannahw8266]

I grew up near Dallas and I remember the joy of going to the happy meal box store and the devastation of it being torn down. I now have the joy of living in tucson and I’m proud to convey that the dinosaur wore a mask for a significant potion of 2020.

[@TheMimic12]

"I think everyone who grew up in the Midwest knows the one McDonald's that you knew better than to go to." The way I felt that.

[@SethWistful]

Saaaame. It's been modernized, but knowing how many health code violations that place has still makes me shudder.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

What's even better is when that's the only McDonald's within a reasonable distance.

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

This vid is basically a sad reminder that mcdonald's isn't the place it used be due to the various changes made for it throughout years just so it can stay relevant in today's era .

[@jonahj9519]

Yeah like, I didn’t even realize Ronald McDonald stopped being the mascot. Over a decade of being gone and I’m only now realizing it.

[@SuzysRedStripes]

Like all their stupid design choices that sucked out all the color and life in the store and make it look like another depressing office complex?

[@CB30001]

I was pretty sad when the local McDonalds near me (I've lived in the same neighborhood most of my life) no longer had hamburger seats and gamecube kiosks

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

@@SuzysRedStripes Wait... Is McDonald's logo still red in America, or is it now green too like for us Europeans?

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

@@SuzysRedStripes yup

[@Howshegoineh]

The whole time I was hoping you'd mention the Walled Lake location and that ending broke my fking heart, dam you mcdonalds. It was also that one McDonald's where every surface was always sticky

[@Kadaspala]

There's a Bavarian themed McDonalds in Leavenworth, Washington that I'm pretty sure isn't going away any time soon. The whole city of Leavenworth is a Bavarian themed tourist town and it requires it's businesses to comply to that aesthetic. Dunno if the inside is themed at all though, but the outside is fun.

[@PersephoneDarling28]

I've been there and it isn't. It's a nice McDonald's though and the whole town is lovely and has awesome food

[@lukeschock9338]

The one in Sedona Arizona has the same thing but they require their business fit to a certain color scheme, so it has a green M and interior

[@lilhonor5425]

There was a 40 year old McDonald’s next to my undergrad campus that was torn down recently. Everyone would go there late at night and was pretty infamous. RIP Drunkdonalds gone but not forgotten

[@andisarna8315]

the McDonald's in my hometown when I was a kid was fish themed (probably since it was the Great Lakes region). it had fake pikes and bass hanging from the ceiling, and the walls were painted like an underwater lake scene

[@SynGirl32]

As a Canadian, I had no clue themed McDonalds even existed before this, much less that they were dying, so thank you for making me aware of this pressing issue.

[@lunaitc]

As a Torontonian I did because there used to be one in the Toronto Zoo and my grandmother's apartment was a five minute walk from, of all things, a golf-themed McDonalds. I just had no idea it had ever been this extensive. I should add that both of these were long before the late 90's-Early 2000's boom.

[@Dymphnos3127]

In Nova Scotia they had a Lighthouse McDonalds in Tanatallon, and a Movie Theatre one in Bayers Lake across from the actual movie theatre (an Empire Theatre become Cineplex that was also featured in one of the Trailer Park Boys first feature length films).

[@jonleibow3604]

I knew about them from going on trips to Frankenmuth MI, a Bavarian-themed village which had a semi-themed McDonalds. The attached Play Place has a vaguely-Bavarian exterior and they called it a "Play Platz" (German for "Play Place")

[@Dani-xl3bm]

@@Dymphnos3127 WHAT!? I have lived in Nova Scotia my whole 31 years and I had no idea we had any themed ones!

[@SynGirl32]

@@jonleibow3604 Not even correct German, it should be "Spiel Platz."

Everytime the word "Rock and Roll McDonalds" was said, the voice of Wesley Willis comes into my head

[@reikageyama7240]

I have been to that dinosaur McDonald's in Michigan a few times as a kid! I've even got to eat next to that statue (and touch it) too! It has to be the coolest thing that I've ever seen at a McDonald's before, including the animatronic Ronald McDonald that used to be at my local McDonald's before it was removed due to it scaring too many of the regular juvenile patrons. I really wanna go see Elvisaurus again . . . Hopefully soon! Edit: Crap I should've watched a bit more of the video before posting this. My heart and soul are now crushed . . .

[@annalivingtv]

Omg I wanna see a video of that animatronic Ronald McDonald that sounds crazy

[@kaydens.3977]

I've been to the rock n roll, underwater, dinosaur McDonalds a few times and I think I always convinced myself it was some weird recurring dream until it was mentioned in this video

[@ddjsoyenby]

lucky.

[@nickudeschini4812]

Modern McDonald's has this weirdly brutalist aesthetic to it.

[@jeremiahhockett1537]

I guess minimalism is the new brutalism.

[@Yachirobi]

@@jeremiahhockett1537 Yes. Sometimes it's nice but, so often, it's sad and ugly and it needs to GO.

[@rattyeely]

Yeah, weird modernist style, almost would be cool if it just had more fun shapes and colors, but of course we can't have nice things

[@eerielakeerie]

i remember watching and rewatching a, like, travel channel documentary about “The World’s Coolest McDonalds” in utter fascination as a kid. I also went to the Safari themed McDonald’s in Orlando on a school trip and it absolutely blew our minds. I was also lucky enough to go to the Largest Playplace (back when it had the large fry facade) which intimidated me bc i was awkward and shy, and a Roman Ruins themed on in Rome! Also, the Biltmore McDonalds in Asheville with the giant grand piano.

[@plasticbutler]

Gee. What event could've possibly happened in a few years that an image of a plane seemingly crashing into a building made that particular McDonald's unpopular all of a sudden?

[@johnnydavis4537]

i felt so much joy when i remembered i'm headed to michigan this summer. i thought "hey, i can go see elvisaurus with my cousins". i thought everything was going to be alright. and then that hope was ripped from me.

[@superscatboy]

I feel like the modernisation and "adultisation" of MacDonald's leaves a gap in the market for a restaurant with a "high class restaurant" theme, with tablecloths, fancy silverware, waiters, candelabras, and a wine list.

[@geo-fry6372]

I remembered playing Super Mario Sunshine at a McDonald's near my childhood home. The fact that a restaurant had 2 GameCubes was amazing.

[@JesseSlater]

And in the 90s, they had SNES and CD-i machines.

[@boi6002]

Me too!!!

[@spacecat7864]

I remember the Nintendo’s at McDonald’s! I was one of those weird kids who didn’t anything and my mom couldn’t afford game systems so she used to bring me there and buy me a happy meal toy on its own and get herself a coffee while I played Nintendo hahaha.

[@JesseSlater]

@@spacecat7864 that's a wholesome memory.

[@nezuminora9528]

Those must have been the greasiest controllers in existence

[@DarkwingSnark]

Normal people: thinks about going on vacation once quarantine is over. Me: I want to safely get surgery so I can stop being anemic. Quinton: McDonalds.

[@deadphoenixrising]

I hope your surgery happens soon and goes well.

[@DarkwingSnark]

@@deadphoenixrising You're very sweet, thank you. 💛

[@dagreen92]

People were really mad when they tore down the Rock n Roll McDonalds in Chicago. It was there forever, and was a city landmark.

[@ethanriem9242]

My heart fluttered when you mentioned Mcdonalds roofs looked like french fries -- it wasn't just me.

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

Like a butterfly having its last spastic bursts of seizure-induced wing flaps before it seizes up and seizes to function.

[@ethanriem9242]

@@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674 from all the ding dang macdonald I ate

[@whatisupbruh2738]

I’ve been to the field museum like 30 times over since I’ve lived in Chicago and I’m just now finding out in a McDonalds history video that Sue is the most well preserved and extensive dinosaur bone collection ever found, the internet is an amazing place

[@dappleback]

Not one for reading the informational plaques, huh?

[@penti8345]

also, i have a similar vivid childhood memory about a cool mcdonald’s, except it was an underground mcdonald’s in washington DC. definitely the coolest one i’ve been to. not necessarily themed, but it was still really cool to me as a little girl.

[@annalivingtv]

Underground?? That sounds awesome

[@magicalgirlmascot]

I used to work at Curves (the gym) and we had a similar scenario. When I first started going in 2006, franchisees had a lot of creative control over how to decorate. Our gym had a big construction paper tree on one wall where your name got added on a different coloured leaf every 100 workouts, and one of the machines faced the wall so they put up pictures for you to look at while using that machine. Another one I went to had a gorgeous mural with pillars and vines, like it was looking out over some small European port town. Then after I started working there, around 2014, the franchise changed hands and the new owners wanted all Curves to look more or less the same. They made us paint only certain colours (and they were boring), we couldn't have anything on the walls, only 1 plant, took away our stepping pads that greatly reduced impact from stepping/jumping/etc on them and replaced them with these thin-ass yoga mat things that fucked up people's knees and ankles, and made us buy all new machines that worked exactly the same as the old ones, only they were purple instead of white. And they didn't give us any money to help offset the costs, or if they did it was minimal, and many locations closed because of it. And for what? The whole CHARM of Curves was that they were all different, and it made it feel like you were at your local gym run by actual people who care about these kinds of things instead of a corporation like Planet Fitness. There was a whole community around people who worked out at our gym. Sorry if this is incoherent, it's been a few years since my location went out of business and I'm still incredibly bitter about it lmao

[@SuperJediJimmy]

Upon finishing this video, I immediately hit up Ebay, Etsy, and Amazon to see if there were any fan-made miniature recreations of the Elvisaurus statue for sale. Was immediately disheartened to see that none currently exist. (Hurt starts playing)

[@andrewmazzarini2742]

22:49 Last month I took a drive up to the White Mountains to see the Meredith and North Conway locations for myself. Sad to say the Meredith location has been standardized, and we need to find that moose head. The North Conway one, however, has been renovated but still has the chairlift and gondola seating!

[@QuintonReviews]

This is great news! I'll be visiting the North Conway location in October!!!

[@andrewmazzarini2742]

@@QuintonReviews Nice! While you're there, you've gotta drive the Kancamagus Highway, paired with the foliage, it'll make for fantastic B-roll footage

[@Xxsugarbunny]

I didn’t even remember until watching this video, but we had a 1950s McDonald’s where i was a kid. There were Marilyn Monroe and Elvis statues, records and old pictures all over the walls, etc. I remember I didn’t really think much of it as a kid.

[@TMT66666]

There’s one like that at 3850 Veterans Highway in Bohemia NY

[@matthewdaley4403]

There was one in Madison, WI up until a few years ago

[@leiram8833]

Me too! It was in Westchester, NY, by the HMart. IDK, it might even still be there.

[@aspentree242]

There was one like this in Topeka but it was remodeled in the last few years 🥲

[@jinxthedestroyr2405]

the nasa themed mcdonalds in houston is the regular one i went to after school every day my entire childhood and im now just realizing how crazy it is

[@michaelperrino8506]

I passed by that one somewhat frequently growing up but never went in. I don't live in Houston anymore, so now I might not get a chance. I work in the space industry now, too, so it would especially be interesting to go to.

[@jinxthedestroyr2405]

@@michaelperrino8506 idk what it looks like on the inside anymore, but last i went it was just a regular mcds inside, the only interesting thing is the astronaut on top. my dad works across the street at nasa, which is why id go there after school (:

[@ravenclawesome9093]

So this is where all those liminal space / weirdcore images came from

[@yupitsjessbbyx3]

Being a defunctland fan as well as a fan of yours, I am BEYOND excited for this.

[@tophatgrendel]

I got lost once and ended up at the McDonald's in Miami, OK. It was like an abandoned shopping mall inside.

[@TheSonicboy12]

im so sorry you were in miami

[@escabasket153]

There’s also a Miami, AZ though I’ve never been there.

[@camerondailey2627]

@@escabasket153 how do you pronounce it? Because Miami in Oklahoma is pronounced "my-am-uhh"

[@mestopresto]

I'm happy to see someone else who loved Elvisaurus :) I actually grew up minutes away from the Walled Lake location, I went there all the time. When I was little I used to climb all over the poor dinosaur, so he was there for at least 20 years or so! The entire location was especially neat. The neon lighting was present all throughout the building, and the walls were covered in (HORRIBLY faded) art, photos, and memorabilia from the 50s. They also had other older McDonalds things in general - the play place was outside and used to be the McDonaldLand pieces. Though the play structures were later updated, the seating and signage still stuck around, and they kept the Ronald McDonald statue! There was also a "celebrate your birthday here!" sign with all the McDonalds characters in the back corner of the restaurant that I would always look at. It was very much a location that just... didn't get rid of anything. Which of course made it wonderful. Both my sister and I knew it was going to shut down with all the remodels that were happening, and we were hoping that maybe somehow the location would slip through the cracks and remain in all of its glory... but alas, the greatest McDonalds location and Elvisaurus are gone :( Thank you again for recognizing the little location, I'm happy its existence brought you hope and joy for even a moment. It meant a lot to me too :)

[@TriegaDN]

YES that mcdonalds was my childhood. That play area that people loved talking about how disgusting it was too! I don't think I climbed all over the dino ever, I feel like that it something my mother or grandmother would yell at me to not do! Was there in the mid-late 90s from my earliest memories as a toddler

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

The closest we have to a "Themed McDonald's" where I live is a McDonald's that's built inside the old City Bank. No joke, on the old facade there's now a big "McDonald's" in gold lettering.

[@KBReal870]

Theres a burger king around me that used to be a train station.

[@taylorhollinger2326]

I have the exact opposite. In DC, there's a bank that has an officially branded cafe attached. I can't tell if I love the Capital One Cafe, or if it's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.

[@ericobrocki5850]

Holy shit, I used to go to the Hollywood McDonald's, it was inside a Walmart. Ironically the aesthetic of the restaurant made me lose my appetite. That Wasp Woman poster freaked me out as a kid. XD

[@ParabolicVA]

One non-standard McDonalds I love is the one in Sedona, AZ. And there's a good chance it's immune to the "modernization". See, the Sedona city council is VERY particular with the aesthetics of their city. It's out by the Red Rocks, the rust-colored mountains in the AZ desert, and it's Sedona law that any commercial building that goes up in the city MUST adhere to strict appearance guidelines that reflect and compliment those mountains. Not only is the McDonalds built to look like a modern send up of an adobe building in rust colored and sandy tones, but the council was also opposed to the iconic golden arches as they figured they would clash with the Red Rocks. Meaning that it's the only McDonalds in the entire world (to my knowledge) with different colored arches. Instead, the arches at the Sedona McDonalds are turquoise. The Sedona city council literally bullied a multi-national corporation into changing their logo for a single location because they are just that uptight about their city's appearance. I find that to be wild. And it's because of that that I think it may stay that way. After all, a modern McDonalds would clash horrendously with the rest of the city and the mountains that surround it and we know by now the terrifying power the Sedona city council wields.

[@annalivingtv]

I go to college in Santa Barbara and they’re also very strict about image here, especially closer to the center of town-everything has to be Spanish style with the orange tile roofs and white, textured plastered walls, most of the buildings downtown also have Spanish tile on the walls. So all our fast food chains are in Spanish-style buildings and they don’t have that big logo on the top I’ve also been to Leavenworth in Washington which is a Bavarian-style village. Essentially the entire town looks like a classic German Christmas village. The fast food buildings are all built in Alpine architecture with big pointed roofs and slanted wooden beams, and they all have to use the same font that’s used on every sign (including street sign) in the whole town. It’s genuinely so cute I suggest looking up pictures

[@calebwinfrey7151]

I didn’t realize how good I had it when my home McDonald’s was the Spy Museum

[@LeeAnnaHolt]

As a Vegas native, that Barstow McDonald's is a standard stop off to Disneyland. I basically grew up eating there. The moment you mentioned it, I was immediately thrown back to eating in the train car dining room.

[@uhoh3116]

I have so many memories stopping at the Barstow McDonald’s anytime my family went to California lol.

[@fisheyenomiko]

YES! I knew I'd been there, I just couldn't remember when... Damn, I haven't been to CA in a loooong time.

[@ddjsoyenby]

cool.

[@auna9893]

I grew up right around the puyallup Washington dinosaur McDonald's! I have many fond memories there, and was just telling my husband about it the other day! My school choir actually preformed for the grand opening of the remodel, as we used that specific location for school fundraisers! I still remember the big Mac song they has us sing. My grandfather would bring my sister and I there all the time after fishing trips and days when he would watch us