McDonald's and Puberty

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 8:42pm

Remember when kids thought the 70s were cool?

They weren't, really.
Growing Up McDonald's Commercial

[all that jazz]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 8:47pm

That was lovely!! I wish we would go back to feathering, everyone had such great hair!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 9:16pm

I REMEMBER that commercial.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 9:26pm

I remember when McDonald's hamburgers had beef in them.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:47pm

I remember when Ronald travelled in a flying hamburger.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:57pm

Jesus, commercials were three-act plays back in the seventies.



These young people all died from heart disease.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:59pm

Coda: During her first semester at Smith, Mary Ryan met Dana Ferguson and she never looked at a man again.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:59pm

I remember when McDonald's tried serving pizza. (I don't know who thought that idea up, but I could have told them it was a stupid idea.)

[all that jazz]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:27pm

I remember that!! Though I was very little, so I can't recall if I actually liked them. That was back when they also had sprinkles as a sundae toping.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:49pm

What I remember from my very young childhood when the McDonalds had the arches and no indoor seating:

There were no desserts.

The big innovation came years later: hot (fried) apple pies.

There was only one size of soft drink and it was probably 10 ounces. Which was a perfectly reasonable soft drink size. Also, there were no coke products, only orangeade.

There was only one size of french fries, today's small. And it was a perfectly reasonable serving size.

There was just Ronald. No Grimace.

[clever name]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:56pm

Totally had that haircut..and that yellow dress.

[CJ N2N]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:02am

My..... That was one of the most depressing, random and uninvolved with the product commercial i've ever seen.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:06am

"There was just Ronald. No Grimace."

No Mayor McCheese? No Hamburglar? (No wonder Wendy's did so well. All that male bonding over at McDonalds was kind of creepy).

I remember when the Egg McMuffin came out. That was a big deal. Everybody was thinking, "Nobody wants to eat breakfast at McDonalds."

Updated On: 5/17/13 at 12:06 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:11am

This is the one I remember.
Would you settle for a french fry? For now?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:20am

I LOVE vintage McDonald's ads.

You Deserve A Break Today

Updated On: 5/17/13 at 12:20 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:25am

^^^ That commercial did not make me gay, but it definitely contributed to the gay I am. "Scrub the bottoms and tops." Singing and choreography. Bears.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:28am

LOL, Namo!

"You deserve a break today" A classic tagline, if there ever was one!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:38am

OMG! The fried apple pies were the best, as long as you didn't burn the inside of our mouth on the lava like filling!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:42am

I love that commercial, it's like it was written by Judy Blume. I expected that girl to have her period in homeroom.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 1:58am

We really need a like button, both Namo and Jordan that was laugh out loud

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 5:39am

Jesus, the Little Sister one still makes me cry. Probably PMS.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 10:11am

Watching that first one, I think I actually smelled Wella Balsam wafting out of the screen as she brushed her hair.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 10:23am

^^^The room reeked of Love's Baby Soft.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 10:33am

"McDonalds can put good food in your family and change back from your dollar!".

Shows how old I am.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 10:34am

Love them! We were a Burger King family in the 70's. I'm not sure who made that decision for us.