What Ever Happened to Ronald McDonald? (And the Bizarre Rules for Those Playing the Character)
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According to official company statements, Ronald McDonald is “second only to Santa in terms of recognition”. While this may or may not have been true at one point in time, you might have noticed of late that the formerly prominent fast-food mascot has almost completely disappeared from the lime-light. So how did Ronald McDonald come about in the first place and where has he disappeared to in recent years?
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I stayed in a Ronald McDonald house with my sick child for about 6 months and they treated us beautifully. They were so kind and supportive during the toughest time my children and I have ever been through. Thankfully my child made a full recovery.
Blu Daizee very glad to hear that!
logan buffa Thank you very much. My daughter has wanted to be a nurse since she was 5, she was 14 when she got sick. While she was sick she decided she wanted to be a pediatric nurse because she'll know how the kids feel now that she's been through it too. On Sept 2 of this year she moved into her college dorm room. I swear to God I was put on this earth to bring my girls to the world. They're both that amazing.
I had a friend in Florida who stayed in one a couple months when his daughter was ill. He swears by them now and all his charity donations goes to Ronald McDonald House.
It's funny I have given my change to the Ronald McDonald house for years and had no idea what it really did. I just knew it said it was for families and I hate change in my pockets. I'm glad it actually helps people since I have been giving to it for like 30 years lol. Oh and I am very happy to hear your child made a full recovery.
S. Bull Thank you. Yes, your change makes a huge difference. Your helping families in crisis. People often show up with only the clothes they're in and not even a toothbrush because they've been medivacced from a rural hospital or even straight from the side of a hwy from car accidents. We were suddenly 1200 kms from home and didn't get to see our own beds for nearly a year. They help with everything from food and clothing to counseling. You can take virtual tours of the RMHS as well. The one we stayed in is in Edmonton Alberta, they're amazing. I hope you take the tour.
The whole "Clows are creepy" is a fascinating meme in itself. No one would invent Ronald as a mascot now. I'd like to see a video about how clowns shifted from light hearted and fun to stock horror character.
Cargo_Vroom I know it was a typo, but I can’t get the image of killer clown views out of my head now....
Jeeze, with Simon actually even eventually mentioning "It," I am **so** picturing Ronald fucking McDonald, down in that goddamn storm drain, offering that poor little five year old bastard a cheeseburger with only mustard, like my little brother (now a Vegan adult) used to eat.
i thought you said 'cows'
Gacy and the 'IT' clown ruined it for me.
Probably gacy and IT
I broke my arm when I was 5, it was the first time in my life I seriously got hurt. My dad made some calls, and I got to meet (our local) Ronald. He came out to the local McDonalds, did some magic tricks, juggled bowling pins over my head, and signed my cast.
Not much to some, but to a 5 year old kid who'd broken his arm? It was the best day ever
This is wholesome af
That is such a cool memory to have
Demogarose That story really just tells me you had a loving/cool dad rather than a cool local Ronald....good story
@@dl0l.l0lb We all wanna know.. Where does the makeup stop or does it? Gotta love that secret burger sauce!
Omg, amazing!
I’ve done work with Ronald McDonald House Charities, and before I was born, they helped my family out a lot. My brother died at 26 days and throughout those 26 days the RMH in Macon took care of my parents even after he passed. They’re a great charity even if the food isn’t that good for you.
They're amazing my aunt with a brain tumor who passed away helped my grandmother and her
@@justinmopavich3685 I’m sorry for your loss. Every year at my middle school we would have a donation to RMHC and everybody would laugh and we wouldn’t get too much money because people assume it’s McDonalds. One day i was asked to give a presentation about it to my grade and i talked about my experience and then one of my other friends had experience with them as well and after that we ended up getting $1100 in donations. just goes to show how much people judge books by their covers
R.I.P. to your Brother, always sad to hear these stories. Ronald McDonald House Charities helps kids everywhere there is even a Charity house here in Vancouver that has been a God-Send for many!!!
@@TheSpritz0 thank you, it’s good to hear that there are people getting the care they need
Ronald McDonald House is such a wonderful charity, I genuinely don't think they get nearly the credit they deserve. There's a branch here in Cincinnati that supports patients and families from all the local hospitals. I'm glad your family had that support during such a difficult time.
Chief happiness officer sounds like a cabinet position in North Korea.
That's a good one
there is an actual position like that in Venezuela
Either that or the person in charge of the pharmaceuticals.
@@MrGrumblier actually the clown is doing a 20 year stint something about finding his Big Mac in Wendy hot & juicy sorry couldn't resit 😁 you don't even what to know what happened to the king
@@rflatman1043 lol
Wait so if McDonald means "son of Donald", does that also mean that there is another, older, more powerful immortal magic clown out there?
Where is he? What does he want?
His name is Donald Trump and he created McDonald Land
Pennywise
He wants to feed on your happiness
"There can be only one!"
_lightning strikes all around as the new Ronald relishes the power flowing into him from his predecessor_
There is. His name is Donald Pennywise.
He's hiding with the working ice cream machines
here's the secret, it usually always work but its a B to clean it so just say its broken and you won't have to clean it :P
🤣😭
Don’t ask what the chocolate ice cream really is.
Kosama. So THAT'S why I can never get a cone?
ThePugsHaveEyes [WRSO] come to Lincolnshire, their almost always broken when I go, I must be cursed
I've always wanted to rob a McDonald's dressed like the hamburglar.
Best time to do it is when the armored truck comes by to take the money to McDonald Land. Hahahah
Then the Grinch got an idea... a wonderful idea, an awfully idea!
A wonderful awful idea!
Remember their Hambugerler?
Look, honey, I've been promoted to chief happiness officer !!!.
Clowns used to be funny, kids today think they are scary.
I actually met one of the guys playing Ronald McDonald about six years ago at my local restaurant. I was able to grab some time with him after the parents put their cameras away and ask him a few questions.
Apparently it's an incredibly stressful job as you need to be in full makeup and attire even when driving from location to location, because anyone who sees you on the road needs to be able to recognize you.
It's also emotionally taxing as managers are encouraged to report you if your cheery demeanor drops subpar. No matter how hot or painful the job is.
But the benefits are outstanding, the pay is amazing, and you get to travel the country putting smiles on faces anywhere you go. He loved it, but told me it's a job for highly specific people.
It sounds like the perfect job for a disgustingly social and upbeat person. My applause to anybody who can put up such a cheery face for so long in the face of so much adversity.
Any happy dude whos gone through the military would be fine. I used to say hiring people who were abused as kids or military are best; they're used to poor treatment, priorities that make zero sense, and hurry up and wait is a way of life.
Why am I watching a twenty minute video about Ronald McDonald??
Mathgasm same lol
I know I'm stoned 🙃
Watching for the Stephen King interview at the end?
Cause it's late at night and you have come to the weird part of the Internet
Hollowed Hobbyist
How did you know...?
lololol
Ronald McDonald dying alone in a hospital bed because he won't tell the doctors his real name so they can access his medical records or contact any relatives.
"Honestly Doctor, I don't know whose wallet I have in my car, or whose contact information I have. I'm Ronald McDonald, and I'm not a person in costume who could literally lose his job for admitting who he is outside of the costume." Of course, this would be punctuated by many winks.
he has to pay taxes so im sure his real name is on file, and he he has to pay them and file under his real legal name
Liz Kratky M James meant that Ronald couldn’t tell them his real name and therefore they couldn’t find his file. Not that he literally doesn’t have a file
Even better if "Ronald MacDonald" were the actor's real name.
Dying, no doubt of the side effects of morbid obesity and diabetes.
.. Honestly I actually just love this. Simultaneous mix of weird and insidious corporate-style creepiness and doublespeak, and just resulting in a series of awkward scenarios.
@Leroy Brown I think he means the stuff about Ronald's role becoming so 'legally distinct'. He's a mascot that sells junk food, and they play it off for the hypothetical court like he's some personal trainer for kids in charge of company morale or something. It was political maneuvering to avoid backlash, but geez, really? It's easy to hate this kind of language; it has a technical purpose, but to the ear it just sounds like they're treating the whole world as if it doesn't know any better.
THEN AGAIN, this is 2021, and that same language tricked most of the planet into thinking you could stop a [redacted] by strapping a piece of household linen across your face, so maybe that sort of tone is appropriate after all.
@Leroy Brown I mean you read in to the original comment pretty hard, so I thought I'd join you. We're all just trying to come across as intellectuals here, so why not make a sport of it?
@Leroy Brown Well I thought your comment was silly.
@Leroy Brown Mostly I was just pointing out that I understood what material the OC was referencing in the video, and that I don't think it came out of nowhere.
The rest was fishing for some discussion on the matter, but you're clearly convinced no one knew what they were talking about, so have fun with your ears closed anyway.
4:25
"No matches on prints, DNA, dental. Clothing is custom, no labels. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint. No name, no other alias... nothing."
Dark night...
Joker: "As for the suit, it wasn't
cheap, you ought to know.
You bought"
Gamble: " I was wondering where
that 20 dollar charge
from Ross came from!"
Ahh.....also known as "Operation Mincemeat". (Look it up.)
A few years back, our local Ronald had a heart attack. There was no replacement, Ronald made no appearances for several months while he recovered.
I loved talking with him because he was a great story teller. He had magic trick that taught positive stories. I do feel like a better person for knowing him.
That sucks man ☹️
That's awful.. :(
Ken- Does he live in San Diego-I met him today! He told me he had 2 jobs at the time, his boss at the time didn't think he would not be able to fulfill his Job, he later thanked him for fulfilling he promise.. I did work at MD's in Upland Ca but I never met him at that time. that would of been around 1968-I was 16..It was fun talking to Him..
I once wrote and asked McDonald's if they could help me to identify the amazing artist who was responsible for so much of their artwork throughout the 1970s & 1980s because I really wanted to find out more about this person and hopefully see more of their work.
Only recently did I finally discover by unexpectedly finding an online auction of this artist's extensive work that he had created for McDonald's over the years which, quite amazingly and unexpectedly turned out to be more extensive than I would have ever imagined, but included almost every level of detail from the whimsical advertising to the functionality and pleasing aesthetics of the restaurants themselves, from signs, etchings on glass, stained glass, wall murals, fonts, sculptures, and on and on and on. It turns out the artist whose work had captured my eye is described as a "prolific set and theme-park designer for more than four decades until his death in 2005." by the name of Wes Cook. Honestly, it would appear that he was almost entirely responsible for virtually every detail of McDonald's inside and out, top to bottom almost since the time Ray Kroc started out on his plot to make certain that it was virtually impossible to shoot a film, news, or TV productions without having the company logo photo bombing your shots.
Anyways, back to the start of my message about the letter I sent to McDonald's. I waited hopefully expecting that they would be able to help identify Wes Clark, years before I was able to actually find out who he was on my own. Instead, after a couple of months, I finally received an official response from the company in regards to my letter which read:
"Dear Sir, we have received your inquiry and have thoroughly considered your request, but it is our regret to inform you that we are not able to sell frozen meat products directly to the consumer. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but it is our company policy to only offer our fully prepared products directly through our many retail stores.
Sincerely, McDonald's Corp."
YEAH! you and me both. That look you just made is precisely the same exact look that came across my face when I first read that response too.
Things that make you go Hmmmm.
Wes Clark or Wes Cook?
That is fantastic. I hope they sent the artist information to the guy who wanted the meat.
Across the country there's another pissed off guy who asked for a 10 pound bag of frozen burgers and got a book of sketches instead
I think the artist is the frozen meat
@@gapunayisrael 😱🥶
Fun fact: In Japan Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald.
@EL SHNASTO It's pronounced "makudonarudo."
@@wasabista1613 thanks for the facted.
Ran ran ruuuu
In Japan he is known as a psychopath who goes around children's houses, breaks in and hides under the bed and kidnaps them. Am i right?
Speaking of Japan ua-cam.com/video/Q16KpquGsIc/v-deo.html
I remember when Ronald came to my school in second grade and told us, "When you cross the street, look both ways, up in case of a plane crashing on you and down so a shark doesn't eat you."
Fun times. :)
My daughter says Ronald is best friends with Pennywise, and that they live beneath the Mcdonalds. The entrance to their lair is a black tube hidden in the play place, and they come out at night to kidnap children and turn them into hamburgers.
Your daughter hit the nail on the head.
@@mrnonsense1031 maybe hit in the head
Someone please turn this into a movie.
Mayan Boricua well that seems legit.......
The black tube is actually a sewer pipe since Pennywise lives in the sewers. And they are at war with the Burger King.
Ronald is immortal and has magical powers, huh.
How do I join the McChurch?
The God-Emperor of Mcdonalds
There is one on every street
Rumor has it, 3 days a week of McMeals gets you a fast coronary and you get to meet McJesus promptly
Allahu McAkbar!!
All hail the McNugget
I thought that the reason that you haven't seen him around lately was a few years back people would randomly dress as clowns and wander around at night trying to scare people!
I like to think that played a part
Yeah fun times, people getting scared out of their wits by a creepy clown.
@@texassoul7804 what a simpler and happier time that was
@@texassoul7804 I'd rather clowns than covid 🤣🤣
Did we ever find out what happened with that? I feel like that was the part of the show where something really surprising, improbable, and creepy happens, goes unresolved, forgotten, and then, in the big reveal where all the other obvious crazy shit comes together, the announcer is like, "YEAH, HUH?!?! YOU THINK THAT'S NUTS? THING IS, YOU REMEMBER THOSE CLOWNS, RIGHT?!?!?! WELL..."
"one of their employees is actually an ageless magical clown hailing from another dimension that can bend reality, space and time to his will, and tries to attract children to visit..."
This is a sentence I never expected to hear as a description of Ronald....but it's great, haha.
"hey kid get away from that sewer!"
Sid And Marty Kroft. sued Ronald McDonald for ripping off their childrens shows. That's why Mc Donalds land vanished.
The next step in the evolution of Ronald McDonald: He comes out and turns vegan.
@@ashleyburnier9156 he's enough goddamn colors
> Calling the Grey Knights as fast as I can
I want them to bring back the hamburglar
The Hamburglar hasn't been around, because he got too fat stealing and eating too many hamburgers.
bring back Grimace.
at this point a lot of folks would vote for him.
@@ablebaker8664 *Grimace looks like all those Liberal Berkeley Bitches.*
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT
Grimace is nowhere near smart enough to get into college...
but then "gender studies" would be ideal for him/her/(?).
Which raises the question. Exactly what gender is Grimace?
CountCampula they can’t. He’s doing 25-life for his 3rd strike...
Wouldn't it be crazy if Ronald really was an immortal interdimensional clown?
Being Ronald isn't crazy enough? Now he's got to be all Sci-Fi/Monster movie?
So Ronald is a Time Lord from Gallifrey.
And scary
Final doctor who episode ever, he is the doctor, but retires in a final form doing what he loved best. Selling american fast food to young children and getting a laugh as to how gullible they are.
Yes, that would, indeed, be classified as crazy.
I love how they emphasized safe from harm policies when hiring and training Ronald’s. We used the side hug technique to avoid incoming front hugs at the Salvation Army. Finding the balance between showing care/kindness and establishing boundaries to protect children.
I remember when I was like 7-9 I was in a play land and Ronald McDonald came in the playground floor area, and the few kids that where at the playland ( it was like 6-7 ) came out and where gathered around him while I watched at the top of the play land like Batman watching over Gotham
"2nd to Santa" I think I hear a mouse laughing.
McDonalds is bigger than Disney .
@@smhgaming3259 nope. I can easily say not in Africa.
HaHA!! I OWN YOUR CHILDHOOD! HAHA! I OWN YOU! HAHA! HAHA! HAHA! HAHA! HAHA! HAHA! HAHA!
Mermur A in South Africa Mcdonalds is everywhere
@@andreakoeries7230 South Africa is only a small portion of Africa
I wish you had mentioned Ronald McDonald House - the charity that uses the change you put into that slot under the pay window. Its purpose is to provide housing to needy families with sick children so that parents can spend time with their children while they're in a hospital far from home. It doesn't sound like much, but it's invaluable for those who are faced with the prospect of leaving their child alone for long periods in a hospital far from home.
Ronald McDonald House has helped my family twice, now. Both times were for my little brother - once as a newborn due to health complications, and again as a teenager due to accidental overdose on Diphenhydramine (Benadryl).
Both times were emergencies where their help came through in a matter of hours. Even though I don't like McDonalds as a company, I have nothing but the highest respect for their charity organization. They get things done quickly and have some of the nicest, down-to-earth people working for them.
Well he did mention it briefly at 13:08
I was pretty surprised to learn that the Ronald McDonald House is actually a pretty top-notch charity. They're very transparent about their funds and rated highly among several charity watchdog lists, even some of the most cynical anti-corporate peeps I know have nothing but good stories about how the organization helped them or people they love. I thought for sure they would be just another empty symbolic corporate gesture that didn't do much in way of real help, but no, McDonald's actually came through on this one.
that is one of the really good charities. just get a coffee and drop the change please. you and they are making a big difference.
Doesn’t get the props it deserves.
Back in the day, I interviewed Ronald for a newspaper. I asked him what was the hardest part of being Ronald. He said that when he goes to personal appearances, the children would get really excited and grab at his hands. He took off his big white gloves, and almost all of the fingers were in casts. The children break his fingers regularly.
I wish they would bring back Mcdonald Land and all the characters like Grimace and the Hamburgler.
The Fry guys, Mayor McCheese, Grimace, The Ham Burglar...
Me too. I always had fun in the burgler one. Being behind bars!! It was our favorite
Grimace was dope, but what was he?
Woke culture would never allow them to bring those characters back unfortunately. That is a sad but true statement.
Colin Sherritt I think he was the thickshake mascot
wait this isn’t vsauce
... Or is it?
Super Squeegee thank heavens , V sauce is an assole and psyop
Hahahaha I thought it was him too that's why I clicked on hahaha
@@michaeltaylors2456 explain?
Haziq Zaki . V Sauce man is a disinformation outlet
I so love this channel! Where else can you learn about such wide ranging topics as "Why we cry", Lincoln's pocket watch, & Ronald McDonald all in the same week? This is just flat out an awesome channel! Keep up the great work, Simon & Co. I love how you do what you do!
Ronald McDonald doesn't die, he regenerates, Ronald is a Time Lord!
He’s a vampire
If Ronald is ever defeated, someone elsewhere who has eaten McDonalds food will germinate the tiny clown egg that had attached to their rectal lining.
@@googiegress Is this a creepypasta or a thing from South Park, or are you just that awesomely creative?
@@runningoncylinders3829 Clown reproduction is no joke
@@googiegress You should get that quote on a t shirt with a clown image. I'd order one.
I remember a McDonald's opening up in my hometown when I was a kid... Very small town... And Ronald came out and juggled and did magic tricks. It was very cute and very cool.
This begs the question, why are clowns seen as 'creepy' now? They used to be the coolest character out there.
Blame the original IT and John Gacy
Clowns are seen as creepy because,... CLOWNS ARE FUCKING CREEPY!!
Yeah, I really don't get it, the clown fear thing. I don't ever remember anyone being afraid of clowns growing up, and can't pinpoint a time it started to be a thing. I can only guess that somewhere between John Wayne Gacy, It, and a few other terror-clown characters in the 80s and 90s, maybe a generation of clown-o-phobics (I know there's a real name, just too lazy to look it up) was created? Kinda sad.
@@ScottKelly777
Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns.
+jeaniebird
I don't mean to belittle anyone's phobias - I've got a couple of my own. I just don't remember ever hearing of anyone I knew being afraid of clowns when growing up, and remember, whenever it was I started hearing it, being a bit baffled. Of course, the world, and our awareness of it, was smaller to the average child then.
I remember I was in the second grade and Ronald came to talk to us about how to treat each other with kindness and even brought kids to the stage (I remember that it took place in the cafeteria and instead of an auditorium the cafeteria had the stage instead) and would ask them how they would treat each other in these situations.
Looking back I ho early have no idea if it was a REAL actor from the handful that was allowed to play him or literally someone else the school hired, but all I remember was that encounter was the one to make me fear clowns
XD
XxCoolCat27xX only 9 played him on tv. There were thousands of them in reality
I love this channel. Simon has really embraced the dry humor and sarcasm that jazzes up even the most mundane subjects. Great work and it keeps getting better, across all of the channels.
Chef_PC Very Englisb, that....Right then, Off with you, now!!!
@@nickames3808 What?
One time when I was younger I went to a McDonalds in my home town, in Scotland. Ronald McDonald was there and he asked me if I was “hanging loose” . It’s haunted me to this day
Ŵhat is he asking you?
What does that mean?
One asked if he could come home with me in England to this day I am scared of every Ronald mcdonald
You blew your chance to join the well known secret force that protects Earth from invasion
@@MrThemelloman it is just slang that basically means "how are you" or "are you comfortable" and sometimes "hang loose" can mean to stay around as in "hang loose a minute I have to make a phone call I'll be right back". The literal definition refers to male genitalia and is something tailors would ask when fitting a man for a suit. Basically the tailor asking if a guy's man parts were comfortable and the pants weren't too tight.
so, what i'm hearing is that mcdonalds has been playing the longest LARPing session ever?
Yes.
the pics were hilarious
"Oh yas, milkshakes and death!"
and of course
"please don't hurt me I'll never go to Wendy's"
Who else here has nvr seen a Ronald McDonald at any of their McDonald’s? Just me??
RogueOfShadows000 my McDonald’s used to have a statue but they removed it because now it’s just minions like kids meal boxs
Mine still has it's when I was younger a dude would come dressed up every weekend
Comet The demon wolf gameing and vlogs Same with the Mcdonald's in my hometown. They're tearing those down like Lenin statues.
I've never seen one at a McDonalds, but one did visit my Elementary School. Was certain it was a different actor than the one on TV cause his voice was different, but had he not talked I would have probably assumed it was the same guy.
I saw one once when I was 3 or so in Northern California.
The images of his smile and the sound of his laughter haunted me for many years... Some would say that was the moment my sanity was erradicated from my entire existance...
The photo commentary is absolutely brilliant. I am dying, make them memes 💀🤣
The editing is amazing 🤩
"So... do you have an company mascot idea for me, that will attract small children?"
"I do, sir! Have you heard about John Wayne Gacey?"
"Wow-wow-wow.... Wow."
Barely an inconvenience
So Wubbzy is the boss of McDonald's now?
John Wayne Gacey is tight!
🥰🥰 ily guys
The people of pompeii would have survived because the icecream machine that fueled that volcano isnt working.
It annoys me that your comment only has 6 likes. I guess people just aren't into history nowadays..
history? they still never work!
That was clever
I wonder what is worse......the sulfuric gas or the spoilage of milk??
@@InterKELLar the spoilage of milk
So Ronald McDonald is like all the Disney cast members. XD
I remember going to McDonald’s & asking my mum “he’s not in there, is he?”👀😂
Growing up in the 70s, he’d make appearances at LA area McDonalds. I kept waiting for him to appear at the one closest to me. The Saturday he was there, we were broke. :(
When the first MacDonald's opened up near us , they put this giant horrible inflatable Ronald McDonald on top of it. So , naturally , we all went around at 3am to shoot it with our BB guns. We'd shoot it and the next day old Ronald would be dropping all saggy. So they'd patch him up, after two weeks his head was lumpy with patches.
But worse was to come.
A day before the promotion was to end ,we had gale force winds and Ronald got loose! He was blown from the restaurant, to across the highway, and into and over the surrounding houses. He broke chimneys, tv aerials, broke windows and kept going for 2 miles! So much carnage. Eventually he was torn up and deflated ( except for his head) and caught up in the local tennis courts. We all went down to see the tragic sight and to try to get on the news ( it was the 70s) . I still remember his big old head bobbing in the breeze and all the angry homeowners yelling at the MacDonald's workmen who were trying to pack him away.
@@graphite2786 that's an awesome freaking story
graphite This is too good to languish here. Make it a top-level comment!
SCSilk oh well
@Dr. Jack Kevorkian pretty easy to say that when you've never starved for a few days. Seriously I hope you learn some values and morals but you were likely a spoiled brat growing up and that's what you'll be till the end
McDonald's: There's only one Ronald McDonald.
Me: **thinking back to Japanese commercials in which Ronald McDonald is clearly Japanese** You sure about that?
Pokerface welp...I guess we can add shape changing to that list of magical powers
MAKUDONALDUS
@@grantramsay1486 In Japanese class, they taught us it was pronounced "Makudonarudo". Don't ask why I remember that but not all the important stuff they drilled into us. My brain is weird.
@@LnPPersonified ah shootz, yep, that's it! It's pretty fun to say too
But that's not Ronald McDonald. It's his brother, Ronaldo Makudonaldo.
I miss the Hamburglar
And those little Fry Guys. Kind of cruel to make them love fries but have no arms or hands.
What about Birdie and Grimace.
I miss Grimace as well. Also, what about Mayor McCheeseburger?
He got shanked in the (Mc) ribs on the yard while doing time for grand theft ground beef. Rumor had it that the guy who did it had a crown tattoo on his bicep but after some royal money got thrown around the investigation got dropped. They buried him in a bun shaped coffin. R.I.B. homie.
ChessPlaya 24 I thought he's name was "Burger burglar"
Would love an expanded McD Universe of the Characters. Grimmace, Mayor McCheese, Hamburgler.. the older "Original line up" used to push various promitions.
A gritty Wes Anderson reboot?
Kid: Hey Ronald McDonald, where does your food come from?
Ronald: Ask someone wearing normal shoes.
This is an excellent point, shoes can be a good signal for seriousness and whether we should expect wisdom from the wearer
"Chief Happiness Officer". Same title as that Asian lady in the massage parlour around the corner from my house.
How has Hollywood not come up with a movie about someone going through all the training and tests to become the next mascot? It could be like Ender's game meets Kingsman.
That's not the B-Movie Drive-Thru?
My friend's dad was a regional Ronald once upon a time. Their whole family gets free McDonalds for life. He is also a popular clown in our town.
You seem gullible. Does your mom know that you have a UA-cam account?
@@raconteur5195 no it's a real thing...you seem unable to accept facts, did you vote for Trump?
@@rlessmeier "It's a real thing...", says the fact-checker, did you vote for Biden?
Never argue with an idiot. You’ll never convince the idiot that you’re correct, and bystanders won’t be able to tell who’s who.
@@rlessmeier Given the secrecy of being a Ronald actor, I wasn't sure if you were serious or joking in your original statement and I replied assuming the latter.
I'm happy to take your word and we would both be idiots if we were arguing.
I appreciate this longer style of video, I don't know how many episodes have been of this length as I don't follow the channel exceptionally closely but I like having longer videos to listen to in the background while I do other things
If you haven't already, you might check out our podcast The BrainFood Show. Most episodes are about an hour long. :-)
Forget Ronald...whatever happened to Mayor McCheese?!
Sex scandal
Eaten by Pennywise?
Not to mention Grimace and the Hamburgler!
we want the moonman
He was killed in Dealey Plaza instead of JFK, according to #FamilyGuy ¶:
Congratulations on the new “Studio Look”. In my opinion: The new studio looks professional, clean and not distracting. However, the music in the background is quite the opposite; cheap/tacky feeling, clunky and distracting.
Agreed
6 y/o Jennifer - "Ronald, where do hamburgers come from?"
Ronald McDonald - "We load thousands of cows onto trucks and unload them at a factory where we hang them upside down by their back feet and cut their necks before grinding up the bad parts for hamburgers. Do you want to know where chicken nuggets come from?"
6 y/o Jennifer {crying and screaming} - "NO!" {runs away}
Ronald McDonald - "Well hello Jennifer's mom! Want to see where I come from?" 😂😂
Robert Emerson OMG you are priceless!
LOL
So, you're saying the milkshake volcanoes have gone dormant?
Planet Earth has been on medication for lactose intolerance.
but there's a milkshake supervolcano on the verge of waking up. McDonald Land geologists have observed increased geyser activity in and around the Chocolate Milkshake Basin, which combined with the other milkshake volcanoes going dormant could indicate an impending supervolcanic milkshake eruption. 🌋😨😱
McKelis ¶:
You have to scrape the crust off the top
If I'm correct that the wedding ring I see is new, congratulations. I recall you not very long ago referring to your GF and it seems she has a good catch in you.
You are correct :-)
Rich Marceau I noticed the ring at 1:00 I say it before seeing your comment and was like "is that new?"
Congrats!
On another matter, please could you add more lights to the set, I cannot distinguish things, what is happening on the right side of the screen? The contrast between the background and the images is too much, it hurts the eyes. One good lamp to shine on you is all I ask, thank you
Congrats sir!
The thing I said to myself before watching the video was "I feel like ever since that Supersize Me documentary came out, you dont see Ronald anymore" I feel like that can't be coincidence.
In the French town of Carcassonne, the bench fiberglass statue of Ronald that originally adorned the restaurant facing the train station was eventually removed and remained for almost ten years under the front porch of a small villa facing the canal du midi, that housed the local branch office. Out of context, the thing looked incredibly intimidating, as if it had moved there on its own, and was awaiting its next victim.
The background music was kinda distracting, the old background music is just fine. Great video though!
I did not even realize that actors dressed as clowns for McDonalds. I thought Ronald was a plastic statue sitting on a bench in front of McDonalds.
peggyt1243 that's how most of us knew him
Same
Out of curiosity, are you young? I remember McDonald's commercials from my childhood with Ronald McDonald.
I am Canadian. I do not think that a live Ronald ever came here. I also have never been one to watch TV so I do not know if there commercials here with RM.
peggyt1243 I didn't watch much TV either, but I do recall seeing the commercials on Saturday mornings (80s and 90s, but mostly 80s from what I remember) .I'm from the US, though so maybe they didn't air them in Canada much, although I do know Canadians my age or round about who knew of him, but that still doesn't truly mean anything I suppose.
I gotta say the editing for this video is excellent today
New video editor named Sam. (You have seen his work previously on the channel in our Today in History trial month we did in June.) He's great. :-)
Today I Found Out Sam keep up the great work!!!! I look forward to your future videos!!!
Shame about the spell checking.
The hilarious little jokes and asides he mixes into the video are top notch! Loving the format changes
A guy came in to my work that was a Ronald for 30 years! He said they got rid of the "Ronald Program" and he was fired in 2016. He said they only used him for big promotional stuff after that. They got rid of all of the local Ronalds. Honestly it had been years, this was in 2021 and he was still SO SAD about it. His phone was full of pictures of him as Ronald. He told me a bunch of stories about all the stuff he got to do. It was really heartbreaking. He obviously loved being Ronald.
The original Ronald could star in a horror movie
Watch this (wait for it) :
ua-cam.com/video/T3_KtEC1rkk/v-deo.html
Ronald looks like one of those lost episode characters.
Random kid: Mr Ronald what are Mc nuggets made of?
Ronald: Ask someone with normal shoes! (laughs annoyingly and starts dancing away)...
Random kid: confused screaming.
@@Java_Protogen Better to be confused and screaming than find out the truth about them nuggets.
I will never ask him if that is cases of that rule
I like the studio look. I could definitely do without do without the background music though.
AdventureSportFlashlights I agree, the studio looks professional, clean and not distracting. However, the music in the background is quite the opposite; cheap/tacky feeling, clunky and distracting.
Yeah, give up on the music.
The campy text over the photos needs to go too. It's too immature for the clean look that attracted me to TIFO.
Completely agree!
AdventureSportFlashlights
Agreed...... that music has to go.
"Ronald doesn't go out to have work. He goes out to have fun!" Well...there's my life motto right there!
I'm watching this at 5 am, there's a pandemic, and riots going on everywhere. This is how I choose to spend my late night/early morning.
I am truly, sorry
Omg for me its 05:43 xD
Its ok. I think he can bail us out 🤗
Why are u sorry...
May the Ambassador of Happiness be with you, and with us all.
Don't feel sorry,
Enjoy life,
Be nice,
BE happy in yourself
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" - Pliny the Elder
Gave you a like for your name.
* #Kelis
Of corse Ronald McDonald is magic, so is the tooth fairy, Santa, his elves, his reindeer, the Easter bunny, and Chuck Norris. It’s common knowledge.
You forgot Jesus. ;)
Carpe Noctem
Chuck Norris isn't magic. Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.
Skeletor7599 yes, and his beard is magic. It just adds to his power
@@sixstringedthing idiot
Chuck Norris is a magic magic is Chuck Norris
Damn I didn’t know McDonald’s was serving THIS MUCH TEA
I really hope McDonald's paid that guys legal bills and then explained to him that non-disclosure agreements are null and void in a police investigation. I hope they did that, but I'm guessing they didn't and instead berated him from damaging the image by getting into an accident in costume.
Sam they should really be including that in the training
imagine being the cop who showed up to that incident. having to bring Ronald McDonald to a police station in handcuffs. 😂😂😂
Chief happiness officer?
Happiness is mandatory, listen to your happiness officer when they prescribe your happy pills.
Friend computer watches you.
Fitter. Happier. More productive.
Sounds ... like paranoia
Wait..... burgers aren’t picked whole from trees?
you're thinking of the Spaghetti Trees of Ticino... now considered and endangered and protected species due in part to the adverse effects of chemical contaminants and the collapse of local bee hive populations that greatly reduce the pollination of this beloved pasta crop
No. They're grown in gardens between Cabbage Patch Kids and Heinz ketchup bottles
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
I was so disappointed when I found out you can't pick pickles off a tree
There used to be a talking hamburger tree named Ollie Oak. However Ollie Oak got chopped down after police discovered he raped the Hamburglar.
The bonus fact of Nc referring to "daughter of" makes me think about how daughters are never named Jr., like say, Jennifer Jr.
They are sometimes though. It simply requires for them to have the exact same name as their parent and because most women change their surnames when marrying, they don't need the Jr. anymore. Also, what I have seen sometimes is that women often get different middle names to differentiate from their mothers. It's all just personal observations though, I don't have any data to back this up.
@@audrayliar7480 What you said is true regarding the differentiation of middle names in English and Spanish.
I laughed way too hard at french fry bushes
Gives a new meaning to the euphemism, "eating out".
Yeah, the "Mc Muff" could catch on, of course the competition would be fierce. DENNYS would fire back with the "Wham-bam, thank you slam" :D
'The Hamburgular' taught me how to be thief!
If I ever get caught I'm suing McDonalds I swear!!!
He only ever stole hamburgers. He’s like Plankton.
Lmao! "The exact plot of IT." The best thing I've heard in months.
Honestly as soon i heard that description i thought the same thing
Fat floats in water. “Hey Ronald, what happens to the children that binge McDonalds?” “They float.”
11pm: I think I'll go to bed early tonight.
4am: *watching McDonald's lore*
No matter the subject, I find myself looking forward to the Bonus Facts!! It’s like intellectual dessert!!
I want an anime with all different OP anime styled Ronald's assembling, under the command of Boss Ronald, destroying all the other fast food mascots. I also want it to be called The Seven Deadly Ronalds.
.... am I the only one who thought that really ronald McDonald’s was just a statue? Because in my McDonald’s I have NEVER seen him as a person only a statue siting on a bench smiling at me at the door....
Then I guess you never saw any of the 1980s McDonald's commercials. He was EVERYWHERE.
cymond I had the “no tv” mom so yes .... 😂😂 plus i wasn’t born till 1994 so.... yes and I don’t live in America so yes.... lol
Marga that's why you have never seen him then. You are to young and in the wrong country. He was everywhere prior to 2000 or so in America.
That wasn't a statue...
"Ronald McDonald is an ageless magical clown with magical powers that can bend reality, space, and time to his will and tried to attract children to his abode"
He's gotta fertilize the hamburger patches somehow.
That explains why they taste like crap!
So.. like Michael Jackson?
adrenochrome 👀
Ronald is the one and mighty true God to the killer klowns from outer space.
Do a video on What Ever Happened to the McDonald Land characters.
Ronald knows. Yeah, he knows.
My guess would be death. They've probably been eating at mc donalds. Nothing any physician would recommend for extended periods of time...
Hamburgerler is doing prison time. Mayor McCheese lost re-election . Grimace got plastic surgery. Sundae went to Rainbow Bridge. Birdie the Early Bird is in witness protection because she sang. Officer Big Mac passed away from diabetes after eating too many donuts. The Professor was last seen taking a three hour tour on a small charter boat. Capt Crook went to prison after Birdie sang on him....
McDonalds got sued by Sid and Marty Kroft for using the Kroft Brothers to design the McDonald Land characters then canceling the idea then using the characters the Kroft brothers designed without permission. Mayor McCheese was actually a Puffnstuff costume.
They collapsed into chaos when Ronald relocated to Derry, Maine
"So we're clear on who the real MF Burger King is right?"
Savage
That William Shatner impression is on point!
Pausing. Between. Every. Word. Spoken.
I was the Hamburglar for one day. It was a misery.
Also, in Sweden prior to the standardizing of surnames in the 60's (IIRC), if you were a male with a father named Lars, your surname was Larson. If you were a female, your surname was Larsdotter. The surnames of your family thus changed every generation.
Im sure you got that job to have fun with the children
They still do this in Iceland. It’s worse than your family name changing every generation - eg, (dad) Jon Thorsson, (mum) Bjork Gardarsdottir, (son) Egill Jonsson, (daughter) Petra Jonsdottir...
didn't this channel already cover this topic
wink wink nudge nudge say no more
Jim will fiddle it
Sounds like how Disney treats their Characters
Ok who ever did the captions on the background pictures deserves a raise god damn they were hilarious 😂😂😂
It is amazing to see how long Ronald has been around and sad to see how he and other mascots have fallen out of favor!
Hopefully they can figure out how to revamp them so they can continue to exist!
What a coincidence Chief happiness officer is what I call my drug dealer
What a coinkydink! That's what I call mine too!
I call mine doctor
I call mine dad. Wait, what?
My associate has a "Chief Happiness Officer."
He makes the "workers" who are "unhappy" undergo "happiness reformation."
-Any Clothing Store
Well since you asked I been chillin. Collectin my 55 dollars a month from my appearance in Mac In Me. Its hard out here for a clown bro.
Ronald McDonald 😂😂😂😂😂
Yo, I'm feelin' you. Stay down, clown. I'm pouring out some shake on the curb in your honor.
Didn't you flip out and beat some kid a few years ago? Dark times...
Brandon de Graaf Allegedly!!! My lawyer advised me not to speak on that situation
I know what really happened....
...RackaRacka happened...
...and company got bad rep
Ronald McDonald promoting a healthy and active lifestyle makes as much sense as putting Charles Manson in charge of Neighborhood Watch.
Especially now that he's dead.
Charles Manson is dead, so I guess that does make sense. You could just as easily say something like... Oh hell I dunno Suge Knight teaching driver safety?
Hilarious! But true...
You're beginning to understand
I don’t know why, but this is my favorite Today I Found Out video. Maybe it’s the tongue-in-cheek jabs at McDonalds, or maybe I’m just hungry at the right times
What did Wendy say to Ronald McDonald?
"Where's the beef?"
To which Ronald answered ''it's growing on the burger bush'' ; )
Wasn't that a Burger King commercial, not a Wendy's commercial?
Where is the beef, right here. Where is the beef, right here. Where is the beef, right here.
One of McDonald's beef suppliers got caught shipping an entire semi trailer of cow eyeballs and anus's...that was a rumor back in the day.
Yeah that's how Ronald got fired, he didn't really retire. Wendi filed a complaint for harrassment when he tried to put his "Big Mac," in Wendy's, "Hot & Juicy."
I think I liked this channel better without the background music. The choices seem to be quite strange. Who the heck do you have choosing your playlist, a rabid squirrel?
Absolutely agree
No Ronald McDonald does the music.
It’s like really bad porn background music.
You know you've seen too much porn when you know the difference between bad porn background music and good porn background music.
I lost it when you compared this to It! Can't stop laughing😂😂😂😂!!
You laugh now but wait until the interdimensional clowns form an union.
Like the watch Simon 😉
I'm Lovin *IT*
"Hey, HEY-YY!! kids!!..."
[remember when Krusty, desperate for merchandising cash, ran his own Clown School?]
If he can't tell his real name, how does he do his income tax?.
He retired. He is freaking old dude, let him enjoy life fore once!
No! We OWN him.
-McDonald's
Philly Grea for*