I can’t believe you didn’t mention the commercial where Ronald is under the sheets with a child during a sleepover. The commercial was pulled shortly after the the Michael Jackson allegations. That commercial was creepy as hell
the fact that parents blamed mcdonald's for their kid's unhealthy eating is wild. if ur child is overweight and always eating fast food, its the PARENTS FAULT, not the fast food place 😂
I was never freaked out by Ronald McDonald as a kid. If half the crap I’ve heard that the guys who played him over the years had to go through just for that paycheck is true, then that job is right up there with the Disney mascots in terms of fuckedupedness.
One man who played Ronald was so eaten up by the guilt of knowingly pushing unhealthy food on children and pretending that everything was fine that in his own words, he couldn't do it anymore and just quit.
Can I just say the level of research, vetting, editing, script writing and timeline compiling is not ignored and truly impressive. 😮 I did not expect to be so engrossed in a Ronald McDonald horror history, but I literally had to sit down and finish this in one sitting. ✨ Truly impressive journalism here folks
There was a McDonald’s right around the corner from my house. We had my 10th bday party at that McDonalds. I was only kid at my party who hoped Ronald wouldn’t show up. He freaked me out so bad but damn I loved the food. When he didn’t show I was so damn happy.
"There that one kids that sucks at everything she does." Made me spit out my drink lmao. But the Ronald foundation was a blessing for me and my family. If it weren't for them I wouldn't I have been able to see my son in the NICU when he was born. I will always donate to the program.
@@dubuyajay9964 Yes we are! We both died during childbirth and had to be resuscitated and were very blessed that we made it. Now he's just turned One and doing well!
My great uncle, Robert King Moody, was the main first Ronald McDonald for 17 years. I love how creepy and insane the characters are/were- there’s a cool group on Facebook where the guy who made and filmed the commercials ( I can’t remember his name) has uploaded tons of old archive footage of my great uncle and the others messin around or just being weird and silly- it’s rlly cool to see- also some of the other people who played the other characters are in that group and it’s cool to see them all talking about old times and my great uncle who died in 2001 ❤
Willard Scott was the Ronald McDonald in the striped outfit, Ray ranor was the Ronald McDonald with the two golden arches crossed over in the middle on his outfit and the actor who was Ronald McDonald after King moody was the Ronald McDonald with the red zipper pockets
Having grown up with Saturday morning cartoons and Bozo, Ronald McDonald was always "just another clown" to me. I've always thought of clowns as the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing, and I love pet wolves, so there's that, too. 🤣
Maybe you ought to look inside I de yourself. Clowns are creepy. There is no way around it. Millions of children grew up watching the same Sat morning cartoons, but you are some of only a few who are OK with clowns.
Me too... And omg how interesting yet freaky as heck. I was born in the 90's and seeing all the old skool MacDonald's commercials for the first time is so creepy...
Guess I was a strange little kid, because I was terrified of clowns, but I adored the Ronald statues and constantly wanted to sit next to them and hug them lol.
I never expected that I would find the history of Ronald McDonald's so interesting & furthermore I didn't expect this to end up on a horror UA-cam channel.
Little known fact, maybe. Stephen king was flying out from Logan International and ended up being seated with a guy dressed as Ronald. The clown proceeded to pop out a cigarette, light it and say “Yer that guy who wrote Carrie. Like yer book. Where ya comin from pal?” King responded, “A book signing. My publishers idea. Where are you coming from?” The clown took a drag and calmly responded. “McDonald Land.” And the idea for pennywise the dancing clown was born, so it is said. Great video, love your work, only like 2.5 min in, but I remembered that from an interview with Mr King a while back and don’t want to get sidetracked. Again, love your work. Really loved the American Psycho piece. You should do Fight Club next.
@@lmads8023Joker doesn’t have powers in the conventional sense per say. I have seen a few UA-cam videos theorize that some of his abilities are: perfect timing, hyper sanity, poison immunity. just to list the ones I have heard. Perfect timing because he always seem to be where he needs to. Hyper sanity in the sense that he knows he’s a comic book character;to explain further it’s theorized the Joker’s insanity has brought him to the point that he might be self aware he’s a comic book character in comic book, I say might as it has never been confirmed. Poison immunity he’s been exposed to so many different poisons and toxins over the years, examples include: his signature laughing gas, his joker toxin, which is liquid form of his laughing gas, ace chemicals. All of which he’s exposed him self to several times with the results being that not one of them has ever killed him or left him with any side effects. I hope this answers your question and that you find it to be informative.
I used to outfit every RMD in the world when I worked for my old company. Truth. Most of the actors/ clowns were wonderful people, just doing their job. The head "Ronald" was a real piece of work. Wigs, shoes, jumpsuits, makeup, plus all of the McDonaldland characters, were my account. It was a crazy job.
Does anybody else remember the halloween themed chicken mcnugget toys they used to give out around Halloween? They were these little nuggets dressed in costumes like a witch, a ghost,.etc. ao cute
My mom has pretty much EVERY happy meal toy (most in original bags) from the 80s and some from early 90s....I loved those nuggets in costumes!! I can guarantee they are out of the bag cause I'm sure I played with those as a kid...lol
You mean they *aren't* scary/creepy? I mean, those buggers came out when I was a kid, and even then I knew something was off with how happy and friendly they were *all the friggin' time.* 😀
Wow seeing that clip of the old IT shows why the guy who played the remake PENNYWISE did the eye thing. I feel like the original was him looking around making sure they were alone, where the new one was just something creepy.
I worked for McDonald’s in England from 2013-last year and years ago Ronald used to come in once a year to meet the kids for a charity day. I’m not afraid of clowns but I would dread him coming in. Seeing the bright yellow and red shape skipping into the store and into the back near the kitchen was terrifying. It didn’t help his chaperone would awkwardly force you to get pictures with him 😅
Same! Had a few charity Ronald McDonald charity days at the store I worked at circa 1999-1994! Personally i really enjoyed my days workn for the corporation here in the UK! Got some great memories of those happier times!
The parallels between Stephen Kings clown depictions and McDonald's clown are so eery, the idea of Kings depiction preying on kids and exploiting them are identical to what McDonald's do too.
Honestly, I never thought Ronald McDonald was scary as a kid. Now the King from Burger King freaked me out. Man, when I smell the bbq sauce it takes me back to my childhood. I also loved the McDonald’s cash at Christmas. Awesome video.
Ronald McDonald is a clown and some people have clown phobias. There I just saved everyone 46 minutes of their lives. But seriously, love your videos CZ, started watching you because of Dead Meat and have barely missed a video, love your work dude, keep up the great work.
Funny how no one said they have a clown “phobia” till after watching that stupid IT mini series in the 90’s then a whole generation decided they had one because it was the in thing!
@@werewolflover8636 IT didn't give me a phobia, but that damn clown from Poltergeist nearly did. And I mean the happy, grinning version *before* it went evil.
@@werewolflover8636People have always been creeped out by clowns. John Wayne Gacy(im like.. .. %110 sure he was a good 20ish years before IT came out, i wanna say King even cited him as an inspiration) likely played a huge part in really blowing it up into more mainstream thought, but considering the original clowns were more or less "goofy hobos", and societies have always had a "keep at arms length" attitude with homeless people, i don't think it's that hard to imagine that some kids were likely terrified of the very first clown. Hell, just go to a local mall and watch the Santa thing going on RIGHT NOW! The staff and workers will do everything they can to make it a magical, fun, lovely experience for the kids, amd without fail at least a dozen kids will be screaming and pissing their pants over Santa Claus. The only thing IT made people scared of was the writer who thought a prepubescent gangbang was a good way to show children growing up.
Honestly Ronald living in the middle of a field not a house is such a power move like he knows nothing is powerful enough to kill him even when he is sleeping
I love your channel so much and I'm so scared of clowns, but your commentary makes it less uncomfortable. And I have to say one thing : who in their right mind finds clowns cute and fun and especially this guy?!
I remember being in elementary in like 2011 and being told that Ronald McDonald was coming to our school. There was an assembly and he was actually in the gym and did a bunch of silly tricks, he walked up the bleachers beside me and I remember being a little scared but he was cool af.
This is probably my favorite "Real" Horror History so far, Amazing intro, then that jab at Jared from Subways, and the video only gets better from there. this is so good
Yuck! I've never eaten at Subway, thevsmell coming from that place is disgusting, thier sauces ate often old and rancid my friend told Mr, she stopped eating there after finding out how long thry keep thier sauces..a burger joint here in nz.. Burgefuel, replace thjet sauces fir fresh ones every week!
The only thing I ever got from Subway was the black olives..I'd get a kebab for a meal then I go yo subway to get some black olives yo put in my kebab.
He practically spelled it out for you that it's about child trafficking. How can you be so ignorant? Did you watch the video? I hope it never happens to your family. That's is what seems to take place when people don't get it. They have to be shown.
I have a feeling that McDonald’s will make a low budget horror slasher movie with a Ronald McDonald as the slasher of the film, and try doing a McDonald’s Cinematic Universe. It would be so terrifying and Honeslty a bad idea as well.
40:30 I remember talking to someone who admitted to doing the whole creepy clown shtick in 2016. Granted it was no where near as bad in Australia but he said a vast majority only ever aimed to scare and he talked about in some cases after scaring people out on walks when he’d get back to his care he’d try to as subtlety as possible, make sure they ended up okay. He admitted it was a messed up hobby but he’d do it again if it became a thing. A few people from his ‘community’ did actually beat up one guy who attacked a guy walking his dog when they found out who it was because he broke the ‘rules’ it was wild.
32:34 The freemasons run the world & the fake news corporations. They own fast food corporations like McDonalds & they have been grinding up dead kidnapped children & sneaking human meat into the beef to serve it as McDonalds food products for decades without anyone noticing what they have been eating the entire time. Witchcraft was used as an experimental to poison our food supply & add artificial meat flavors in food to where no body would notice that they have been eating dead people the freemasons trafficked & slayed. They also did smuggle human meat through monsanto for decades. The fake news stations & governments won't report on the truth because their owned by the cabal & if people think that there's never been many fast food places serving human meat secretly is clearly kidding & fooling themselves. The satanic rituals are 100% real.
CZ! I look forward to your Saturday releases, and you're on a roll! I've always hated Ronald McDonald. Creep. I love your ketchup and mustard motif. Thanks again!!
Hey, good video CZ. I am here to tell you, I was born in 1967, and I swear I NEVER SAW A MOMENT of the whole Ronald media. The only time I thought of MickyD's was when I created my "comedy" character American Hamburgler X.
When that incident occurred in Cuernavaca (my town), first versions were that the guy actually died on the spot (heart arrest). I didn't believe it at once, but it was weird to see that the statue was actually removed a couple of days later. It was never replaced.
38:22 The irony that you're pointing out Ronald being creepy while showing the Family Guy parody scene of my most scariest clown of all time, not just clowns, but anything, the Poltergeist clown doll, that is one scary character, so scary that I don't ever want a prop of it in my house, and this is coming from a guy that owns a Annabelle Doll, which I would declare equally scary, considering that I get an eerie feeling just looking at a picture of the Raggedy Ann doll that Annabelle is based off of, but the Poltergeist clown doll is where I draw the line
To be fair super size me was also an awful loaded test. For one he went from being vegan to eating meat and dairy. He also would actively excercise and then just stopped entirely. Not to say McDonalds is healthy by any stretch of the imagination but when you drastically and suddenly change your diet and go from active to entirely sedative in under a day the results are going to be exasperated by your body trying to adjust to a sudden huge change.
That's the worst part. He shot himself in the foot by being so deceptive. If he just ate McD's and still exercised he would still gain weight. He didn't have to be so deceitful about it. In fact, he would've made his point even MORE by showing he STILL gained weight by constantly eat McDonald's even while exercising!
@@dubuyajay9964 A lot of it’s just about calorie intake, if his calorie intake didn’t change he wouldn’t actually gain weight but would absolutely see differences to his blood pressure, stamina etc so still far from healthy. There where just so many more interesting ways he could have gone about it than the extremely dishonest way he did and sadly he was rewarded for it because to many people like sensationalism over honest scientific study.
@@CZsWorldHave you seen Five nights at Freddy's and Wonka? Can you please do an episode of five nights at Freddy's I know there's a lot to cover in the Freddy universe. But can you still do one please? 🥺🥺
The McDonalds that I grew up with around '97 '98.... it was the Mecca of all places as a 7/8 year old. 64, Super Nintendo, Sega Genisis, Playstation...not to mention just the set up of the playground. Many a fun times with friends and even just by myself. As I have gotten older, watching that same McDonalds change with time (especially over the past 5 years), to the point they completely tore down the OG and rebuilt it smaller and now it's not even colorful. It's gray and no playground at all. Don't even get me started on the lame kids' meal toys they give out now... Ronald has always been terrifying, though. We also had our own local horror stories about the ballpen. Like a kid jumped in and several snakes were found in it. A kid's body was discovered there....just to name a few.
Kinda short story, but, is 2021 I went to this for my nieces birthday, and it turns out that the man who started the farm actually was a man who had portrayed Ronald and the fame still had the old suit, with the hair down to the long shoes, I found it really cool, as I was born in the late 2000s I never got to see Ronald really. Actually if I look for it in my camera booth I probably still have a photo of the costume being displayed. And srry this has nothing to really do with the video but 🤷♀️
Even after watching the first quarter, I am still unsure if this is a joke. Edit: He started talking about how Ronald feeds on fear. I think I figured it out now, he is for real.
I remember Ronald showed up to my school once. He talked to us about the power of thinking or something. I don't remember. I also had one of those VHS tapes.
"McKids" was originally a kids clothing store and brand started in the 1980s as a partnership between McDonald's and Sears, so yeah, Ronald McDonald tried to envelope the bodies of children in his proprietary clothing.
Special thanks to Tim Curry .. Tormented me since I'd first seen 'IT' when i was a child. I think that's what made Ronald creepy as hell for me. Tim Curry is still the best one I'd say, creeped me out for ages, still hard to watch 'Scary Movie 2' without seeing him in the clown outfit.
My first son was born in 1989 so in the early 90s we spent alot of time at McDonald's... It was awesome, you didn't have to cook a meal. You also could eat a meal yourself without having to jump up and down to cater to your kids while your own food went cold... My only negative moment was my son losing his glasses in the ball pit. But that was more our fault for not telling him to take off his glasses.. But no we did not leave the glasses, we were broke so my husband spent about 25 minutes searching the pit until he found his glasses... And also he didn't find anything else in the ball pit either. A funny moment was that on a visit to McDs my son spent a weirdly long amount of time next to the garbage can at the entrance of the playland.... So I went over to my son who was talking to the trashcan... I thought my kid might be "special" until I heard the can talking... Yes they one time had a talking trashcan. We never had problems at McDonald's, it was a fun place to go where the kids could play and the parents could relax.. The toys were fun. I miss the glasses they used to give away. All the negative stuff comes from adults that just love to crap on all things fun... Also it wasn't McDonald's Making kids or anyone else fat. It's a treat like any other restraunt, not meant for everyday. No one "only eats McDonald's", the average American family couldn't afford it, McDonald's isn't cheap anymore. The horror stories about McDonald's or the clown himself are just that, stories... And scary stories are fun. No one bans camping, and look at all the horror stories that are about camping in some creepy woods or campground... Friday the 13th...you never see the mom brigades at campground entrances protesting Jason or the legendary "man with a hook for a hand". Idk why people always ruin things. Halloween candy for example.... It never happened other than the original story which was a man who killed his own child for insurance money. There was no widespread occurances of tainted candy. So he's a little creepy, big deal most kids stuff is creepy... Maybe CZ your next deep dive could be where in the hell did Teddy Ruxpin is today? Is he in a cabin deep in the woods holding Chatty Cathy captive?
Lmao so you know everything that’s ever occurred right? You know exactly what’s a story and what’s real? Because of a google search or the news? 😮 wow. You’re so insightful 😂
@@worldwise2023 why so mean? I'm just sharing what mcds meant through my life. It wasn't anything scary.. And Stephen King is my favorite author. I just mean whenever someone or something is popular there's always someone to twist it and ruin it. You forget my generation went through that alot. I our childhoods and those of our kids. Rock music is evil especially if you listen to it backwards, do you know what happened in the 70s if you tried to listen to Stairway... backwards... You wrecked that diamond tipped needle on your stereo and get yelled at by dad bc it was expensive to replace. Then don't forget satanic panic, and Tipper Gore who tried to take our music away. Mikey dieing of pop rocks and coke. Pokémon cards were satanic too... So yes my generation is cynical bc we lived with all the BS stories. But in spite of those stories McDonald's is all happy stories.. Don't get into the McDonald's shooting in 84,that had nothing to do with the clown. The man who did that was a miserable person who wanted to take out as many people he could before killing himself. And that McDonald's was close to his house. And yes there's usually a little truth these stories come from. Halloween candy is one of those. There had never been a report of tainted candy until that man decided to kill his own to get insurance money like the woman who tainted tylonol to kill her husband for money.. They took others lives to make their intended victim look like a victim to a mad poisoner. But I still have nice memories there at McDonald's. I don't let those other things change that.
i see your point, but as a 99 baby and a product of the early 2000s, that all kids around me ever ate. it didnt matter how expensive it was, the parents constantly took them to mcdonalds. after sports, head to mcdonalds. after a concert, head to mcdonalds. parents brought mcdonalds for kids for lunch. getting to school early, mcdonalds breakfast. my parents never took us out to eat, we live a super healthy life, but my age group not so much. it was fast, it was cheap, there was a playplace to get the kids of their back. its no different from the ipad kids now, parents passing off parenting onto some other corporation or technology. my age group did not like ronald, we thought he was super creepy. im glad youre age group had a good experience, but my age group is seeing the obesity and other effects from it. times have changed indeed, but you only have your pre-2000 perspective to go off of.
@@vonniedemers5683 I apologize for being mean ❤️ I feel you. The satanic panic isn’t really gone though and rightfully so. The kids these days are ramping up the devil stuff in music and in videos times ten. Now it’s almost every genre. If you watch the music videos now you might be appalled. It’s even in the most mundane pop songs.
The problem with the ad you did for Factor is that if you try to eat something else instead of your cravings it usually backfires! Either right away, or later in life
I can’t believe you didn’t mention the commercial where Ronald is under the sheets with a child during a sleepover. The commercial was pulled shortly after the the Michael Jackson allegations. That commercial was creepy as hell
You cant just say that and not drop a link!
@@jopenharanRight! I definitely haven't seen that one.
I think some creep was dressing up like him and trying to kidnap children from school in the 70s and 80s!
YUK!
@TheHikingDead it shows the commercial at 15:04 or at least you see Ronald in a bed
the fact that parents blamed mcdonald's for their kid's unhealthy eating is wild. if ur child is overweight and always eating fast food, its the PARENTS FAULT, not the fast food place 😂
Right just don't take em there 🤣 they don't have money 💀
@@trevorthabest161 exactly. lmfao, like, we got mcdonald's at home tf
No its Mcjesus fault
It is their fault when they put questionable things in the meat. Our kids are cannibals.
@patriotmom9053 rotfl ok hun
I was never freaked out by Ronald McDonald as a kid. If half the crap I’ve heard that the guys who played him over the years had to go through just for that paycheck is true, then that job is right up there with the Disney mascots in terms of fuckedupedness.
Same, as an adult, I always wondered what happen to his commercials, since they use to make me happy when I was a kid.
I dont like clowns but bra czsworld is just making him look bad 😂😂😂😅lol
@@MichellePamatz agreed😅I’ll never see Ronald in the same way again lol
One man who played Ronald was so eaten up by the guilt of knowingly pushing unhealthy food on children and pretending that everything was fine that in his own words, he couldn't do it anymore and just quit.
@@ehrgeiz0 I’m not surprised. Today that food is just common place for people too lazy to cook
Can I just say the level of research, vetting, editing, script writing and timeline compiling is not ignored and truly impressive. 😮
I did not expect to be so engrossed in a Ronald McDonald horror history, but I literally had to sit down and finish this in one sitting.
✨ Truly impressive journalism here folks
There was a McDonald’s right around the corner from my house. We had my 10th bday party at that McDonalds. I was only kid at my party who hoped Ronald wouldn’t show up. He freaked me out so bad but damn I loved the food. When he didn’t show I was so damn happy.
He was there..
He wasn't in makeup, but he was singing along with everyone just for you.
Isn't there a McDonald's around the corner from EVERYONE'S house?
@@beautyonabarnbudgetb 44:44 yeppers
@@beautyonabarnbudgetdepends on where you live
I need to take a moment and really compliment Zac for the hilarious script and fantastic editing. Your content is truly a gift to humanity ❤️
Damn another McDonald horror history, I'm all for it
don't you mean I'm Lovin it
Same
Another one? When did CZ do one earlier?
"There that one kids that sucks at everything she does." Made me spit out my drink lmao. But the Ronald foundation was a blessing for me and my family. If it weren't for them I wouldn't I have been able to see my son in the NICU when he was born. I will always donate to the program.
You ok?
Same here! I'm very lucky to the Ronald McDonald Foundation. It was the only way I could stay near my baby who was in the NICU for many months.
@@HollyLuYa94 You and the kid ok?
@@dubuyajay9964 Yes we are! We both died during childbirth and had to be resuscitated and were very blessed that we made it. Now he's just turned One and doing well!
@@HollyLuYa94i’m so happy to hear that you both survived and are doing better now
This is the only man I know that can make Ronald McDonald interesting and give a detailed breakdown of this hamburger hustling clown 🤯
I don't know about all that, I lost interest after a couple of minutes.
My great uncle, Robert King Moody, was the main first Ronald McDonald for 17 years.
I love how creepy and insane the characters are/were- there’s a cool group on Facebook where the guy who made and filmed the commercials ( I can’t remember his name) has uploaded tons of old archive footage of my great uncle and the others messin around or just being weird and silly- it’s rlly cool to see- also some of the other people who played the other characters are in that group and it’s cool to see them all talking about old times and my great uncle who died in 2001 ❤
That's awesome!!!
❤ Robert King moody was the Ronald McDonald with the white pockets on his outfit
@@kristinlambert8811 thx for that! Good to know ! :)
Willard Scott was the Ronald McDonald in the striped outfit, Ray ranor was the Ronald McDonald with the two golden arches crossed over in the middle on his outfit and the actor who was Ronald McDonald after King moody was the Ronald McDonald with the red zipper pockets
As much as I love horror stuff, I never felt threatened by Ronald and his commercials are quite nostalgic
Same. Clowns in general are not creepy to me as well.
Having grown up with Saturday morning cartoons and Bozo, Ronald McDonald was always "just another clown" to me. I've always thought of clowns as the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing, and I love pet wolves, so there's that, too. 🤣
Maybe you ought to look inside I de yourself. Clowns are creepy. There is no way around it. Millions of children grew up watching the same Sat morning cartoons, but you are some of only a few who are OK with clowns.
Yeah right
Clowns aren’t scary to me either except for those made to be scary based on behaviour.
Never have I thought that I would sit down and watch a 46 min video about Ronald Macdonald 😮
Me too... And omg how interesting yet freaky as heck. I was born in the 90's and seeing all the old skool MacDonald's commercials for the first time is so creepy...
💯💯💯💯💯💯
Me neither 😮
Same
Ad breaks are so much better with the lil transitions! feels like im watching a TV show on history channel or something -- awesome job!
Guess I was a strange little kid, because I was terrified of clowns, but I adored the Ronald statues and constantly wanted to sit next to them and hug them lol.
People in general weren't afraid of Ronald, this guy is just talking out his back door.
I was never scared of Ronald, he was like our friend. I was creeped out by a Mac Tonight commercial that just showed his shadow going by. 😆
I knew a guy who was a professional clown & he was mortified the clowns had become horror icons. I felt bad for him, but I love the scary clown image.
Eat yout big mac RIGHT NOW
I loved Ronald as a kid in the 70's. Their playgrounds were great, their characters were all iconic.
Why ?
Lol
Because it was the 70s they were still good minus the Styrofoam
His smile was creepy as hell 😰
No shit Sherlock
Not as bad as the Burger King....
@@Pollywog124💀 okay.....
I mean, he inspired Pennywise…
Ronald McDonald: "Hello, @spoofstarz8437. Want a Happy Meal?"
Oh my gosh!!
Was that urkle in the kids Mc Donald’s commercial!!
So much research you did, great video!! 😊
I never expected that I would find the history of Ronald McDonald's so interesting & furthermore I didn't expect this to end up on a horror UA-cam channel.
Little known fact, maybe. Stephen king was flying out from Logan International and ended up being seated with a guy dressed as Ronald. The clown proceeded to pop out a cigarette, light it and say “Yer that guy who wrote Carrie. Like yer book. Where ya comin from pal?” King responded, “A book signing. My publishers idea. Where are you coming from?” The clown took a drag and calmly responded. “McDonald Land.”
And the idea for pennywise the dancing clown was born, so it is said. Great video, love your work, only like 2.5 min in, but I remembered that from an interview with Mr King a while back and don’t want to get sidetracked. Again, love your work. Really loved the American Psycho piece. You should do Fight Club next.
Unlike Joker and Pennywise, Ronnie has mind crafted thousands of people WITHOUT powers.
Oh, he has powers! Addictive food, commercials, and other gimmicks
@@tatsukinomiya😂😂😂
Joker has powers?
@@lmads8023Joker doesn’t have powers in the conventional sense per say. I have seen a few UA-cam videos theorize that some of his abilities are: perfect timing, hyper sanity, poison immunity. just to list the ones I have heard. Perfect timing because he always seem to be where he needs to. Hyper sanity in the sense that he knows he’s a comic book character;to explain further it’s theorized the Joker’s insanity has brought him to the point that he might be self aware he’s a comic book character in comic book, I say might as it has never been confirmed. Poison immunity he’s been exposed to so many different poisons and toxins over the years, examples include: his signature laughing gas, his joker toxin, which is liquid form of his laughing gas, ace chemicals. All of which he’s exposed him self to several times with the results being that not one of them has ever killed him or left him with any side effects. I hope this answers your question and that you find it to be informative.
I'm gonna get a double quarter pounder right now 🤫
I used to outfit every RMD in the world when I worked for my old company. Truth. Most of the actors/ clowns were wonderful people, just doing their job. The head "Ronald" was a real piece of work. Wigs, shoes, jumpsuits, makeup, plus all of the McDonaldland characters, were my account. It was a crazy job.
Does anybody else remember the halloween themed chicken mcnugget toys they used to give out around Halloween? They were these little nuggets dressed in costumes like a witch, a ghost,.etc. ao cute
I remember those
I remember those❤
❤ I remember too
My mom has pretty much EVERY happy meal toy (most in original bags) from the 80s and some from early 90s....I loved those nuggets in costumes!! I can guarantee they are out of the bag cause I'm sure I played with those as a kid...lol
I use to love the character cookies they would give with happy meals as a kid. They should bring those back lol
Junk food is poison
@@Kat.Evangeline14 okay? Poison me. Tf 🤣
CZs is that type of youtuber that can make a video about something innocent like the care bears and still make it scary/creepy and im here for it 😂😂
You mean they *aren't* scary/creepy? I mean, those buggers came out when I was a kid, and even then I knew something was off with how happy and friendly they were *all the friggin' time.* 😀
Cocaine Care Bears!
thats todays world always offended by something
What a clever idea for your Utube channel! Obviously very popular, and you're hilarious!! Newly subscribed and watching! 👍❤✌
Wow seeing that clip of the old IT shows why the guy who played the remake PENNYWISE did the eye thing. I feel like the original was him looking around making sure they were alone, where the new one was just something creepy.
I worked for McDonald’s in England from 2013-last year and years ago Ronald used to come in once a year to meet the kids for a charity day. I’m not afraid of clowns but I would dread him coming in. Seeing the bright yellow and red shape skipping into the store and into the back near the kitchen was terrifying. It didn’t help his chaperone would awkwardly force you to get pictures with him 😅
LOL
Same! Had a few charity Ronald McDonald charity days at the store I worked at circa 1999-1994! Personally i really enjoyed my days workn for the corporation here in the UK! Got some great memories of those happier times!
The parallels between Stephen Kings clown depictions and McDonald's clown are so eery, the idea of Kings depiction preying on kids and exploiting them are identical to what McDonald's do too.
Honestly, I never thought Ronald McDonald was scary as a kid. Now the King from Burger King freaked me out. Man, when I smell the bbq sauce it takes me back to my childhood. I also loved the McDonald’s cash at Christmas. Awesome video.
Ronald McDonald is a clown and some people have clown phobias. There I just saved everyone 46 minutes of their lives. But seriously, love your videos CZ, started watching you because of Dead Meat and have barely missed a video, love your work dude, keep up the great work.
Funny how no one said they have a clown “phobia” till after watching that stupid IT mini series in the 90’s then a whole generation decided they had one because it was the in thing!
@@werewolflover8636that *and* clowns are scary as fuck
@@werewolflover8636 IT didn't give me a phobia, but that damn clown from Poltergeist nearly did. And I mean the happy, grinning version *before* it went evil.
@@BennyLlama39it was poltergeist for me too
@@werewolflover8636People have always been creeped out by clowns.
John Wayne Gacy(im like..
.. %110 sure he was a good 20ish years before IT came out, i wanna say King even cited him as an inspiration) likely played a huge part in really blowing it up into more mainstream thought, but considering the original clowns were more or less "goofy hobos", and societies have always had a "keep at arms length" attitude with homeless people, i don't think it's that hard to imagine that some kids were likely terrified of the very first clown.
Hell, just go to a local mall and watch the Santa thing going on RIGHT NOW!
The staff and workers will do everything they can to make it a magical, fun, lovely experience for the kids, amd without fail at least a dozen kids will be screaming and pissing their pants over Santa Claus.
The only thing IT made people scared of was the writer who thought a prepubescent gangbang was a good way to show children growing up.
Hey! I love your channel & have been watching almost everyday since finding it. Could you please do a video on the movie “Predestination”
I've watched almost every video on this channel! I love the character breakdowns the most. I just went to see Saw X, wasn't bad.
I saw it at the drive in after the exorcist believer. They weren't great but they weren't bad
Have you seen Godzilla Minus One?
Honestly Ronald living in the middle of a field not a house is such a power move like he knows nothing is powerful enough to kill him even when he is sleeping
Great video!! I always wondered why he disappeared… I also want to watch a video of your research process 🤓
your editing is PURE GENIUS
I look forward to these Horror Histories ... Also the NOES things you missed ... Thanks CzsWorld 💜
Part two please ❤
imo mcdonalds lore is so deep and interesting - thank you for another video for us czsworld!
I love your channel so much and I'm so scared of clowns, but your commentary makes it less uncomfortable. And I have to say one thing : who in their right mind finds clowns cute and fun and especially this guy?!
I remember being in elementary in like 2011 and being told that Ronald McDonald was coming to our school. There was an assembly and he was actually in the gym and did a bunch of silly tricks, he walked up the bleachers beside me and I remember being a little scared but he was cool af.
Did anyone in your school ever go missing??
These are hilarious. I'd love to see like "evil truths of Mrs. Bighead" from Rocko or something. There's a lot of cartoons we could speculate on
This is probably my favorite "Real" Horror History so far, Amazing intro, then that jab at Jared from Subways, and the video only gets better from there. this is so good
Yuck! I've never eaten at Subway, thevsmell coming from that place is disgusting, thier sauces ate often old and rancid my friend told Mr, she stopped eating there after finding out how long thry keep thier sauces..a burger joint here in nz.. Burgefuel, replace thjet sauces fir fresh ones every week!
Macdonald.....M for Murder...MacMurder I'll call it from now on....
The only thing I ever got from Subway was the black olives..I'd get a kebab for a meal then I go yo subway to get some black olives yo put in my kebab.
Having a young Steve Buscemi host this was a great idea. I always love his movies.
LOL Love the way you can make a slightly weird mascot into a killer clown.
lol...I know. I'm like...they are reaching too much. LOL
He practically spelled it out for you that it's about child trafficking. How can you be so ignorant? Did you watch the video? I hope it never happens to your family. That's is what seems to take place when people don't get it. They have to be shown.
You just won’t stop until you have made my entire childhood a nightmare. Damn you CZ!!! But darn was it hilarious. 😂
I have a feeling that McDonald’s will make a low budget horror slasher movie with a Ronald McDonald as the slasher of the film, and try doing a McDonald’s Cinematic Universe. It would be so terrifying and Honeslty a bad idea as well.
Love the jessie vee cameo, another one of my favourite youtubers 😊
40:30 I remember talking to someone who admitted to doing the whole creepy clown shtick in 2016. Granted it was no where near as bad in Australia but he said a vast majority only ever aimed to scare and he talked about in some cases after scaring people out on walks when he’d get back to his care he’d try to as subtlety as possible, make sure they ended up okay. He admitted it was a messed up hobby but he’d do it again if it became a thing. A few people from his ‘community’ did actually beat up one guy who attacked a guy walking his dog when they found out who it was because he broke the ‘rules’ it was wild.
32:34 The freemasons run the world & the fake news corporations. They own fast food corporations like McDonalds & they have been grinding up dead kidnapped children & sneaking human meat into the beef to serve it as McDonalds food products for decades without anyone noticing what they have been eating the entire time. Witchcraft was used as an experimental to poison our food supply & add artificial meat flavors in food to where no body would notice that they have been eating dead people the freemasons trafficked & slayed. They also did smuggle human meat through monsanto for decades. The fake news stations & governments won't report on the truth because their owned by the cabal & if people think that there's never been many fast food places serving human meat secretly is clearly kidding & fooling themselves. The satanic rituals are 100% real.
This might end up like FNAF
I remember the VHS cartoon movies. Stuff was wild man.
early entry at the @1 minute mark. you seem creepier than the Ronald Mcdonald character lo. still watching for now
OK I made it all th3 way to the 17 minute mark. sorry. bye...
CZ! I look forward to your Saturday releases, and you're on a roll! I've always hated Ronald McDonald. Creep. I love your ketchup and mustard motif. Thanks again!!
Great video bato, so Booso created Ronald n Ronald Pennywise...sounds like a perfect movie for It Chapter 3 Return To Derry.
Omg bro I love when you go like deep on things like this . Like urban legends or old scary stories it’s so cool keep doing it pleaseee
Hey, good video CZ. I am here to tell you, I was born in 1967, and I swear I NEVER SAW A MOMENT of the whole Ronald media. The only time I thought of MickyD's was when I created my "comedy" character American Hamburgler X.
This is absolutely insane and I’m 100% here for it.
When that incident occurred in Cuernavaca (my town), first versions were that the guy actually died on the spot (heart arrest). I didn't believe it at once, but it was weird to see that the statue was actually removed a couple of days later. It was never replaced.
I, a 20 y.o male did not just watch a 46:05 video on McDonald’s horror lore…….and enjoyed every second of it 😭.
C'mon...it's a good vid!
This video is very similar to the very underrated Chuck E. Cheese video.
Sometimes the real world is scarier than fiction.....
Plot twist Ronald is actually William Afton.
"I always come back"😂
I’ll take the McDonald’s characters over the Disney crew anytime!
I would LOVE a video about Mac Tonight! The McDonalds Horror Universe continues to grow lol
Next April?
38:22 The irony that you're pointing out Ronald being creepy while showing the Family Guy parody scene of my most scariest clown of all time, not just clowns, but anything, the Poltergeist clown doll, that is one scary character, so scary that I don't ever want a prop of it in my house, and this is coming from a guy that owns a Annabelle Doll, which I would declare equally scary, considering that I get an eerie feeling just looking at a picture of the Raggedy Ann doll that Annabelle is based off of, but the Poltergeist clown doll is where I draw the line
Haha thanks for featuring a clip from one of my videos! That was a nice surprise.
i love how CZ’s outfit too matches 100% with the Mcdonald’s red and yellow style of the restaurant😂
I didn't have time to change before going to a party and had to explain to everyone that I don't work at McDonald's.
@@CZsWorldis your insidious 5 video still coming?
@CZsWorld i would like to request the history of Ghostface, Sydney Prescott and stu macher please 🙏
My new favorite Channel!! I Laughed so hard watching this
To be fair super size me was also an awful loaded test. For one he went from being vegan to eating meat and dairy. He also would actively excercise and then just stopped entirely. Not to say McDonalds is healthy by any stretch of the imagination but when you drastically and suddenly change your diet and go from active to entirely sedative in under a day the results are going to be exasperated by your body trying to adjust to a sudden huge change.
That's the worst part. He shot himself in the foot by being so deceptive. If he just ate McD's and still exercised he would still gain weight. He didn't have to be so deceitful about it. In fact, he would've made his point even MORE by showing he STILL gained weight by constantly eat McDonald's even while exercising!
@@dubuyajay9964 A lot of it’s just about calorie intake, if his calorie intake didn’t change he wouldn’t actually gain weight but would absolutely see differences to his blood pressure, stamina etc so still far from healthy. There where just so many more interesting ways he could have gone about it than the extremely dishonest way he did and sadly he was rewarded for it because to many people like sensationalism over honest scientific study.
@DarkBunnyLord Yes Mr. Bunny.
OMG this one was silly, but fascinating! I grew up as a child during the "Do you believe in magic" era
CZ - just woke up to this notification and briefly assumed it was somehow April 1st in mid-November.
Nope, this is just normal for me now lmao
@@CZsWorld I don't know how you got the ketchup shirt and mustard tie to work, but you're pulling it off.
@@CZsWorldHave you seen Five nights at Freddy's and Wonka? Can you please do an episode of five nights at Freddy's I know there's a lot to cover in the Freddy universe. But can you still do one please? 🥺🥺
Listening as I'm working at McDonalds. I feel like he's better than the mascot we have bow
Uhm... I don't know what I was expecting this week. But I guess it was worth the wait. Thank you professor. 😅😭
This is very entertaining and interesting content. Good job on this, Mr Norris!
The McDonalds that I grew up with around '97 '98.... it was the Mecca of all places as a 7/8 year old. 64, Super Nintendo, Sega Genisis, Playstation...not to mention just the set up of the playground. Many a fun times with friends and even just by myself. As I have gotten older, watching that same McDonalds change with time (especially over the past 5 years), to the point they completely tore down the OG and rebuilt it smaller and now it's not even colorful. It's gray and no playground at all. Don't even get me started on the lame kids' meal toys they give out now...
Ronald has always been terrifying, though. We also had our own local horror stories about the ballpen. Like a kid jumped in and several snakes were found in it. A kid's body was discovered there....just to name a few.
A KID'S BODY!?
Very insightful. I loved it. And my favorite Pet Shop Boys song is "Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore ".
I’m literally from the era of having at least one of my birthday parties in the McDonald’s play place and was graced with Ronald’s presence 💀😂
Wasn't expecting the random "cameo" from Kevin a.k.a. Defunctland
As a kid I was so envious when other kids had their birthdays at McDonald’s playplace😂. It was the equivalent of Chuck E Cheese bdays.
You’re brilliant! Love this!
oh LFG!!! i clicked this immediately!!! about to be one of my new favorite horror history episodes!! 🔥🔥
I’m back to following your account and I still love it.
That 70s statue looks so sad, like he's being punished.
Kinda short story, but, is 2021 I went to this for my nieces birthday, and it turns out that the man who started the farm actually was a man who had portrayed Ronald and the fame still had the old suit, with the hair down to the long shoes, I found it really cool, as I was born in the late 2000s I never got to see Ronald really. Actually if I look for it in my camera booth I probably still have a photo of the costume being displayed. And srry this has nothing to really do with the video but 🤷♀️
Only 2 minutes in and my eyes have already been blessed with the sight of Ronald McDonald nailed to a cross. This is gonna be a good one
You should do a character break down on sweet tooth the clown or a rhings you missed or just a break down on the movie i would love to see it😊
Even after watching the first quarter, I am still unsure if this is a joke.
Edit: He started talking about how Ronald feeds on fear. I think I figured it out now, he is for real.
I remember Ronald showed up to my school once. He talked to us about the power of thinking or something. I don't remember.
I also had one of those VHS tapes.
"McKids" was originally a kids clothing store and brand started in the 1980s as a partnership between McDonald's and Sears, so yeah, Ronald McDonald tried to envelope the bodies of children in his proprietary clothing.
At 41:04 that's Stacy Smith from KDKA in Pittsburgh! Representing the Burgh!
I will say though, Ronald McDonald House really did save my family. Thank you Abbey
Na i was terrified at first, but that kid at 23:38 doing a GOD DAMN FRONT FLIP INTO THE BALLPIT looked so cool
Special thanks to Tim Curry .. Tormented me since I'd first seen 'IT' when i was a child. I think that's what made Ronald creepy as hell for me. Tim Curry is still the best one I'd say, creeped me out for ages, still hard to watch 'Scary Movie 2' without seeing him in the clown outfit.
What about IT 2017?
"What child doesn't love a clown?"
ME! I KNEW THEY WERE EVIL 😂😂😂😂
Honestly with IT alone, Ronald McDonald was easier to make scarier than all of the other children’s characters being used as horror figures.
43:59 I love how almost all the Ronald McDonald parodies are old rackaracka videos
My first son was born in 1989 so in the early 90s we spent alot of time at McDonald's... It was awesome, you didn't have to cook a meal. You also could eat a meal yourself without having to jump up and down to cater to your kids while your own food went cold... My only negative moment was my son losing his glasses in the ball pit.
But that was more our fault for not telling him to take off his glasses.. But no we did not leave the glasses, we were broke so my husband spent about 25 minutes searching the pit until he found his glasses... And also he didn't find anything else in the ball pit either.
A funny moment was that on a visit to McDs my son spent a weirdly long amount of time next to the garbage can at the entrance of the playland.... So I went over to my son who was talking to the trashcan... I thought my kid might be "special" until I heard the can talking... Yes they one time had a talking trashcan.
We never had problems at McDonald's, it was a fun place to go where the kids could play and the parents could relax.. The toys were fun. I miss the glasses they used to give away.
All the negative stuff comes from adults that just love to crap on all things fun...
Also it wasn't McDonald's Making kids or anyone else fat.
It's a treat like any other restraunt, not meant for everyday.
No one "only eats McDonald's", the average American family couldn't afford it, McDonald's isn't cheap anymore.
The horror stories about McDonald's or the clown himself are just that, stories... And scary stories are fun.
No one bans camping, and look at all the horror stories that are about camping in some creepy woods or campground... Friday the 13th...you never see the mom brigades at campground entrances protesting Jason or the legendary "man with a hook for a hand".
Idk why people always ruin things. Halloween candy for example.... It never happened other than the original story which was a man who killed his own child for insurance money. There was no widespread occurances of tainted candy.
So he's a little creepy, big deal most kids stuff is creepy...
Maybe CZ your next deep dive could be where in the hell did Teddy Ruxpin is today? Is he in a cabin deep in the woods holding Chatty Cathy captive?
Lmao so you know everything that’s ever occurred right?
You know exactly what’s a story and what’s real?
Because of a google search or the news? 😮 wow.
You’re so insightful 😂
@@worldwise2023 why so mean? I'm just sharing what mcds meant through my life. It wasn't anything scary.. And Stephen King is my favorite author.
I just mean whenever someone or something is popular there's always someone to twist it and ruin it.
You forget my generation went through that alot.
I our childhoods and those of our kids. Rock music is evil especially if you listen to it backwards, do you know what happened in the 70s if you tried to listen to Stairway... backwards... You wrecked that diamond tipped needle on your stereo and get yelled at by dad bc it was expensive to replace. Then don't forget satanic panic, and Tipper Gore who tried to take our music away. Mikey dieing of pop rocks and coke. Pokémon cards were satanic too... So yes my generation is cynical bc we lived with all the BS stories.
But in spite of those stories McDonald's is all happy stories..
Don't get into the McDonald's shooting in 84,that had nothing to do with the clown. The man who did that was a miserable person who wanted to take out as many people he could before killing himself. And that McDonald's was close to his house.
And yes there's usually a little truth these stories come from. Halloween candy is one of those. There had never been a report of tainted candy until that man decided to kill his own to get insurance money like the woman who tainted tylonol to kill her husband for money.. They took others lives to make their intended victim look like a victim to a mad poisoner.
But I still have nice memories there at McDonald's. I don't let those other things change that.
i see your point, but as a 99 baby and a product of the early 2000s, that all kids around me ever ate. it didnt matter how expensive it was, the parents constantly took them to mcdonalds. after sports, head to mcdonalds. after a concert, head to mcdonalds. parents brought mcdonalds for kids for lunch. getting to school early, mcdonalds breakfast. my parents never took us out to eat, we live a super healthy life, but my age group not so much. it was fast, it was cheap, there was a playplace to get the kids of their back. its no different from the ipad kids now, parents passing off parenting onto some other corporation or technology. my age group did not like ronald, we thought he was super creepy. im glad youre age group had a good experience, but my age group is seeing the obesity and other effects from it. times have changed indeed, but you only have your pre-2000 perspective to go off of.
@@vonniedemers5683 I apologize for being mean ❤️ I feel you.
The satanic panic isn’t really gone though and rightfully so.
The kids these days are ramping up the devil stuff in music and in videos times ten.
Now it’s almost every genre.
If you watch the music videos now you might be appalled.
It’s even in the most mundane pop songs.
45:53 @@vonniedemers5683
The problem with the ad you did for Factor is that if you try to eat something else instead of your cravings it usually backfires! Either right away, or later in life
I wouldn't mind seeing videos like this of the other McDonald's mascots
I wish they would just make him as just as they can and make a movie that looks like a happy family movie and then just turn him into a slasher