The SHOCKING True Story of McDonald's

[@WatchMojo]

Do you hope the McPizza makes a comeback? Share your McDonald’s memories in the comments! For more food videos, click here!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6WakGisrpV1fcU

[@obcdeath1]

That feels like a commercial. How much did Mcdonalds pay for this promo.

[@Xbox_no_More]

Yess

[@mohammadsadramanshadi8060]

Great video

[@VGarcia1984]

all i know McDonalds was Israeli alongside Starbucks 💁🏻‍♀️💯

[@shunt5001]

YES!! Loved McPizza

[@classicutie93]

When Ray crock enters the story and they described him as a "down on his luck milkshake mixer salesman" I knew this was the villian of McDonald's. The milkshake machine is still living on as the villian of McDonald's to this day lol

[@rogueguardian]

OMG you're right 😂

[@VMan29397]

Its not his fault that falls on the shareholders

[@eviltwin4760]

@@VMan29397 it’s just ironic is all.

[@Tocoolfors]

@@rogueguardian 😅

[@woodyjohnson8575]

The infamous "sorry, our milkshake machine is out of order" excuse currently being spouted in a colosol number of McDonald's on any day given day

[@AA-qb7ni]

The Founder is such a good yet sad film that explains the expansion of McDonald's. Michael Keaton was great!!

[@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606]

For Realllll

[@lisameeks4964]

Michael Keaton is always great ! I'll have to check this out. Don't know how I missed it.

[@matthewpaul6904]

The movie open with Ray Croc looking right at you, giving his pitch so you feel his charm as a salesman early on and understand how he got people to listen to him.

[@AA-qb7ni]

@@matthewpaul6904 such a good opening!!

[@AA-qb7ni]

@@lisameeks4964 I'd definitely recommend!!

[@trinaq]

I recall watching "The Founder", and found it interesting that Ray Kroc stole the idea for the restaurant from the McDonald brothers, and used their name to make themselves wealthy.

[@shaggydee91]

The American Dream

[@Dreamybloo101]

This explains almost everything about McDonald's

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

McDonalds sure hits the spot. Especially fresh and hot. Was fun to watch. Great video

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I missed when I worked at McDonalds when the Brats and Chicken Wings were on the menu! Those plus the cup salad meant I had a perfect meal every shift! Not to mention Super Sized was still available with HUGE milkshakes! 😋

[@shaggydee91]

U should get ya stomach checked 😹

[@djkreature]

I worked at McDonald's for 3 days back in 1997. The smell of microwaved lettuce tomato, mustard, ketchup, and mayonaise was so disgusting I quit

[@renatocosta8315]

Mentions of how Ray Kroc, Maurice and Richard McDonald, Ronald McDonald and Friends, the business relationship with Disney especially with realizing how The Founder brought the upbringing of how Fast Food Chain became the global phenomenon that it’s became definitely made sense for why Watchmojo made sense for why this video had to be released.

[@edkeaton7242]

I rather enjoyed "The Founder". It was a fascinating film to watch and Michael Keaton was amazing! His acting is always top notch.

[@_am.ber_]

What I miss most about old McDonald's is that it was for kids. I don't go there for myself, it's all for my child. Now we don't have any child friendly atmosphere, they don't allow birthday parties anymore, there's no longer any playground equipment, no mascots, no cookies....it's sad.

[@GrandMasterLynx]

I miss the Cookies they were sooo good

[@sircharlesdinsmoredinsmore1089]

One of my favorite McDonald’s memories were the old video game kiosk at the play area I used to go to as a kid and watching the wacky adventures of Ronald McDonald on VHS that series was made by Klasky Csupo

[@shainahullihen1159]

@sircharlesdinsmoredimore1089, I remember those kiosks but I only played it once with my brother when my mom was filling out an application there. We played Mario Kart 64 or another game. I also remember watching the wacky cartoon once but don't remember the episode or finish watching it ☹️.

[@shainahullihen1159]

@sircharlesdinsmoredinsmore1089, I miss playing in the McDonalds play areas.

[@sircharlesdinsmoredinsmore1089]

@@shainahullihen1159 there is a youtube channel that has all 6 episodes of that wacky cartoon

[@Kevan808]

Wow I never even heard of the McDonald brothers! Kinda feel sorry for them.

[@jpmusson]

Fun fact: Bermuda (where I’m from) has a law against franchises, BUT there was a US naval base in the 90s where there was a McDonald’s. On Wednesday they used to let people into the base and as kids we used to go and get a Happy Meal - I even had a birthday there as a young child as it was such an unusual treat. Later, Bermuda took the land back after the US no longer needed the base, and unfortunately due to the law, the McDonalds had to go :(. Bermudians generally hit up McDonalds whenever they fly to a foreign country to feed their childhood addiction!

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Wow, I actually checked this out and yes Bermuda does not allow foreign franchises to preserve the old world image.

[@jpmusson]

@@sureshmukhi2316 the only exception being a KFC franchise in Hamilton that was there before the law and therefore was grandfathered in.

[@stevenmccart5455]

In the early 60s I used to go to that Downey McDonald's with my uncle every Sunday afternoon. It's still there.

[@williechambers9766]

McDonald's did mean a lot to me. It was the first restaurant that my parents let me buy something with my own allowance. I worked on the McDonald's riverboat in STL. Met my ex wife after not knowing where she was for 3 years and just so happen to run into her as she was working there.

[@sensiblegear6049]

AnW is the oldest Fast Food Chain I believe

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

When I worked in McDonald's when I was 19, I got paid about $3.50 per hour. It was sht.

[@elliesaint1984]

my cousin worked at McDonald's for a while and he said the same thing, that the pay was crap and they expected him to work overtime for only a few cents extra, he said that's why he quit

[@joesphsteelflex3154]

Man, I`m sorry, buddy. :( $3.50 an hour is nothing! You might as well had been woring there for free. :/

[@skrzn11]

$3.50?! In Australia minimum wage for McDonald’s is $15-24 an hour and higher depending on your age.

[@logantrimble006]

Another reason why I'm glad I've never worked at a McDonald's in my life. My first crappy job was for a catering business as a dishwasher, and even then, I got paid minimum wage. 3.50 an hour? If everyone's getting paid that much, then why isn't there a worker's strike going on right now?

[@eviltwin4760]

It was about 8 years ago I worked there. Started at 8.50ended at 9.25 2 years later. That job sucks everyone hates it for many reasons. Now I think the minimum wage is 15 there which would’ve made it worth it. As an 18 year old then that was my first job so I wasn’t mad at the pay. The workload is crazy and the customers don’t respect you half the time. I didn’t realize how severely underpaid we were until I got another job. Jobs less taxing on the body and paying more money. Now I’m a chef and I’ll always be humbled from getting yelled at by customers in the window who wanted no pickles and somehow think it was my fault lol. Working at that pace definitely helped me working in culinary now. But I wouldn’t recommend that job to anyone unless you had no where else that will hire you. The saddest part was there were older people without any trade or skill that could garner them higher wages somewhere else. People with children living off of those low wages. That really inspired me to not end up in that position. I don’t regret working there because it made me tougher and made me understand the harsh reality of the world (getting ridiculed by strangers everyday and also seeing how miserable my coworkers were). I just wish I worked there maybe 1 year instead of 2 lol. Also saying I worked at McDonalds didn’t really help with getting girls at the college I attended.

[@nat_zero_six1156]

I just watched the Founder yesterday.

[@michaelbullock8011]

Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed night

[@kcollier2192]

It's not always the people that make the company that are remembered, it's the people that make the company grow that are remembered...

[@eviltwin4760]

They all should be remembered. There cannot be one without the other.

[@BroAnarchy]

Ah ... Another heart-felt American restaurant origin story where the true founders get bought out by a portion of money microscopically and laughably smaller than what their founding business was ever worth.

[@Hains22]

Dropped my cellphone in McDonald’s sprite and the battery started charging

[@shainahullihen1159]

@Hains22, oops, lol 😃😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂.

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

I like that Grimace was originally "EVIL Grimace" with four arms and a milkshake thief. 😸

[@Tbowles54]

SuperSize Me. Had to watch that in 8th grade health class.

[@minitower]

I want the old place ground to come back as well as the old characters

[@kindoe66]

Oh wow..kind of cool to know the McDonald's Bros grew up in Manchester NH. 🙂

[@bennymora3086]

After watching The Founder, it made me feel bad for those Mcdonald brothers.

[@Optimusprime809]

Loved The Founder, I chanced upon the film on Prime Video without knowing what it was. Got so hungry when they started talking about the burgers near the start! But it was so shocking when Ray screwed them over without any remorse.

[@jonbourgoin182]

2:48 peanut butter and jelly with french fries? Really? Barf.

[@MarioFaker]

In-N-Out as it is now is how McDonald’s used to be before Ray Croc…

[@johnnythewalrus]

Wow, it's weird to see an 80 something year old person with Wario as their Google profile pic.

[@ageraau8893]

Been waiting for a LONG time!

[@kzombiez]

You can get a mcpizza in Orlando FL :)

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I watched The Founder and I didn't know anything about their history until I watched the movie. Wow, that was surprising.. @.@

[@juliemcarthur3004]

I love mcribs

[@genquin]

I remember a Macdonald close to my house that had an old diner train that was always locked and I would try to peek into the window to see what it was like inside 😁😁😁

[@mathieuleader8601]

Walt and Ray worked as ambulance drivers in WW1

[@big.venom.snake.boss.]

Man I miss 2016 what a year that was

[@rn6312]

Feel free to say why. I'm curious anyway.

[@arba9145]

2019 was my year then 2020 happened

[@mikejonas6331]

2005 and 2013 here. Best!

[@calistopholies830]

I’m waiting for a Super Bowl commercial with Ronald McDonald McDonald land this would be such a cool come back! Yea

[@richardpenstone4330]

I would love to see the McRib back in the UK, hasn't been back for years :(

[@delorme9]

The McRib Girl would like that too

[@justincameron9661]

Informative

[@cameronjr8]

Fun Fact: The actor who played Ronald McDonald is in Squid Game!

[@GhostlyPB_Pug]

I’m crying 🤣, I had to search that up to make sure I wasn’t being trolled.

[@NikkiSaMoneforever]

Really!!! Now i gotta look it up. That’s pretty cool

[@leesashriber5097]

I won't eat anything at McDonald's, except for the fries and that's rarely.

[@mikeithappen]

I want to watch The Founder. 😅 Can you make also the history of Jollibee. 😊

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse The two biggest mascots of capitalism in one thumbnail

[@trexadvent4726]

What do you think is the best thing about McDonalds compared to other Burger 🍔 restaurants?

[@eagleeye2300]

Nothing.

[@Kevan808]

Best fries 🍟

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

The nuggets and their sweet tea

[@LaurenKaminski]

Their burgers are gross! The best is their ice cream (when the machines work),fries,chicken nuggets & some of their breakfast,the rest of the stuff isn’t any good!

[@Glowria_Explorez]

I miss the wraps 😭😭😭

[@antonmassopust568]

Always love McDonald's I always loved going to the McDonald's after the baseball games and those wonderful toys that they eventually offered us from Batman to Kim Possible to many of the Rescue Rangers to every Disney character you can possibly imagine a friend of mine had a McDonald's party and I was very well little jealous but that's okay

[@logantrimble006]

I personally love all the Looney Tunes ones they did, but my favorite license they got was for Super Mario Bros. 3. I own all these sets to this day, and they bring back so many good memories for me too.

[@SecretWars98]

Great Video! 👍 Can only imagine how good it tasted before the Pre-Magna Carta* 😋 🍟 💯

[@TheDoom143]

The happy meal was the genius move. They targeted kids and named it happy. That means McDonald’s equals happy. And that definition lives everyone through out their lives.

[@barron204]

The movie Supersize Me was interesting. It probably should have been included in the video.

[@brianmalone28]

So the 2 original founders never got the real credit they deserve??? Typical business 🌎 mentality.

[@logankerr8090]

say what you want bout Ray Kroc, but if it wasn't for him, McDonalds wouldn't be up in Canada or around the world

[@blacksun7471]

So basically this video is saying... just go watch the movie.

[@mohammadsadramanshadi8060]

Great video

[@Lst.gaming23]

It feels good to hear your city on a 24 million KZbin channel! :)

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, WatchMojo. You should do a video on the story of Pixar Animation Studios.

[@jimbo9208]

already did

[@eagleeye2300]

I was maybe 7 or 8 when McDonald's made its big debut. I am 60 + now. I still remember the food from back then...And it was real food, and good. The crap that they "serve" now is not even real food...Or if it is, it is the lowest quality that they can pass off as edible. Haven't eaten there in 15 years, maybe more. I take that back...Had some breakfast sandwiches when desperate. Those were not so good, either.

[@logantrimble006]

I'm not surprised that this is the case these days. Even Ray Kroc wanted to cut corners wherever he could. That's why he took up using insta-mix as a cheaper way of creating milkshakes. All he cared about was saving money and making a profit, which is why this business has gone downwards these days. Even I'm sure after seeing the movie that I get better burgers from both Five Guys and my own griddle these days.

[@luffo9999]

I miss Ronald Mcdonald lol 😂

[@velinfransiscahuang7033]

This food is so nostalgic 🍔🍟

[@DavidLPike]

I miss the McRib sandwich, and the Deluxe Cheeseburger.

[@dolphinsfan3245]

What? That The burger buns are bigger than the actual meat patties or that there's no salt on the fries 🍟 ? That's the truth Watch Mojo ! 🤣 Oh it's wayyyyyyy expensive too 😂

[@homecooking5]

I am shocked😨

[@chefvonsean4057]

That’s crazy how someone believed in them more than themselves and made it the most iconic thing in American history!

[@NickyJohnK219]

I love McDonald’s

[@Bringthewinter]

Sad story. So I guess the main ingredient in the “secret sauce” is tears.

[@shainahullihen1159]

Right now, I'm eating McDonalds for my lunch and I have a Shamrock Shake ( my first Shamrock Shake). The shake is so good and it tastes just like a Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie 😋😃😍❤️.

[@rss2105]

Even though I hate McDonalds food 🤮 I still find it sad that they got rid of Ronald.

[@malakcanvas]

@WatchMojo we need a list of kid shows/programs from the 60s-70s.

[@gryphonlaw2138]

Me: can I get a vanilla mcshake?" McDonalds: "I'm sorry the ice cream machine isnt working" Me: "dude this is a kroc" Now infamous line: that's a bunch of crock" And now you know.

[@prowolf633]

McDonald’s should bring back their old characters and McDonaldland for their commercials! Plus I hope they can clean up from this history

[@horse19821]

If you want to see,how McDonald's became a Global Franchise success story,than you have to see the Movie "The Founder" on 2016 first!🍔🍟

[@elliesaint1984]

I knew McDonald's had been around longer than white castle, honestly I hadn't even heard of White Castle until I was a teenager in the mid nineties

[@egalejat4477]

अब गर्मी का मौसम आ गया है अपनी छत और पेड़ पर पानी रखे ताकि उन बेजुबान पक्षियों को राहत मिल सके और वह आपको दुआएं दे ✌️👻 👍

[@dreamguardian8320]

With a story like this, Ronald McDonald should try getting a chance to fight in a show called Death Battle. Maybe go up against some mascots that also had shocking true stories. Like Chuck E Cheese, Five Nights at Freddy's, Pennywise, or Killer Klowns from outer space.

[@fransuke12]

I know that the other McDonald brother had a anger issue.

[@safahmie]

Wow this breaks my heart.

[@michealschmidt908]

The Mc Rib is actually pork put into a rib mole and tons of salt not to mention the sauce in all it has 36% of your daily intake of salt

[@FreezeDollar]

I didn't know that until now.

[@joeweeks7095]

They need to bring back the cheddar melt.

[@Catgirl22002]

The UK and Australia both trying to work out if it’s THEIR Manchester that you’re talking about. 😂

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do top 10 actors who could play Norman Osborn Iron Patriot the leader of the Dark Avengers in the MCU?

[@dominicwilliams214]

The poor McDonald bros man they got what they made basically stolen by greed

[@LJ808]

I knew the actual shocking truth wouldn't be revealed in this video....

[@LeonardoKlotz]

George Lucas and Disney in a nutshell

[@obcdeath1]

That feels like a commercial. How much did Mcdonalds pay for this promo.

[@jimbo9208]

none that fans suggest it

[@daquantillman5104]

I was eating McDonald’s when I found this 😂

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do comic book origin of DC Dr_Light?

[@manoftheusajones5147]

Do The Story of Skylanders next

[@shunt5001]

I hate clowns and Ronald kept me away from McDonald's as a kid (unless my parents went to get it drive thru)😅

[@brianarbenz1329]

The last time I ate at a McDonald's I weighed 257 pounds. Today I weight 177. 'Nuf said.

[@efaz4321]

Another McDonalds shocking fact their food is always ass

[@thejawe33]

The real definition of a CROC! ooppss misspelled.

[@milabek5188]

interesting but when did Icecream mashine broke?

[@Disney65Fan]

Haha and I work here. It's got its ups and downs. The customers are the worst imo.

[@AmazingSpider-Man]

No one can defeat McDonald's. Not even Disney.

[@jimbo9208]

Disney is not a fast-food restaurant

[@toneynight83]

BRING BACK MIGHTY WINGS🔥

[@pompomirific]

McDonald’s monopoly ❤️❤️❤️

[@RayMcElroy50]

Great, now my burger tastes like guilt

[@dangelopatten62]

So when did Ray Kroc meet the devil 🤘 to expand the brand and sell out the brothers even though they died after him?

[@isamtoon]

The background music is covering the narrator's voice.