Just For the Heck of It
Take a walk down memory lane with this frankly scary video of an early version of Ronald McDonald. I doubt that today's parents would let this guy within a hundred yards of their kids, but these were less paranoid times. And check out the tailfins on the cars in the background!
Comments
Willard Scott as Ronald Mc Donald.
Posted by: Fred Laudeman | October 16, 2007 10:55 PM
That is Willard Scott. He had the local Bozo the Clown franchise in Washington DC in the early 60's and had an ad account with the local McDonalds chains, for whom he developed the Ronald character. McDonalds used another character for the national campaign, but the clip you have here was one of Willard's.
See:
http://www.thejoyboys.com/ronald1.htm
Posted by: Wally Ballou | October 17, 2007 03:29 AM
Now all that's missing is a video of the earliest appearance of the Grimace, better known as the Evil Grimace. He wasn't the cuddly, happy swollen purple character that appeared later.
Posted by: physics geek | October 17, 2007 05:25 AM
That would be the great Willard Scott as the very first Ronald. What a guy!
Posted by: BlogDog | October 17, 2007 06:13 AM
Isn't that Willard Scott?
Posted by: bovious | October 17, 2007 07:02 AM