This is a new McDonald’s spot that has been running in France. It’s called “Come As You Are,” and it shows a teenage guy in a McDonald’s booth caressing his class photo while talking on the phone to a suitor. He hangs up as his dad returns to the table, and his dad begins to talk about how he was a ladies’ man when he was a teen. “Too bad your class is all boys,” he says. The teenager smiles a knowing smile. The words “Come As You Are” flash onscreen. It’s a sweet moment, though one that has you wishing the boy was ready to come out to his dad, and it seems pretty groundbreaking for McDonald’s to make it. But then again, were gay teenagers not welcome to enjoy a Big Mac before? Keep reading »
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French McDonald’s Ad Focuses On A Gay Teenager
This is a new McDonald’s spot that has been running in France. It’s called “Come As You Are,” and it shows a teenage guy in a McDonald’s booth caressing his class photo while talking on the phone to a suitor. He hangs up as his dad returns to the table, and his dad begins to talk about how he was a ladies’ man when he was a teen. “Too bad your class is all boys,” he says. The teenager smiles a knowing smile. The words “Come As You Are” flash onscreen. It’s a sweet moment, though one that has you wishing the boy was ready to come out to his dad, and it seems pretty groundbreaking for McDonald’s to make it. But then again, were gay teenagers not welcome to enjoy a Big Mac before? Keep reading »
Bea Arthur’s Posthumous PETA Ad
Oh, look, a PETA ad that’s not bats**t insane!
Our “Golden Girls” gal Bea Arthur speaks out from beyond the grave to wag her finger at McDonalds’ for using “factory farms” for their meat products. Thank you for being a friend to chickens, Bea! [Bitch Magazine] Keep reading »
Happy Meal Shows No Decay After One Year On A Shelf
Of course we all know fast food is gross. There’s the greasiness, the saturated fat, the unholy mass of calories just waiting to glom onto your thighs and live there forever and ever having little fat babies. Plus, what is that stuff even made of? We don’t know. But we do know it’s far worse than we ever imagined. Joanne Bruso, the author of Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater, has been documenting the life of a Happy Meal. She bought it last year. It’s turned one. And it is still doing fine. Look at it! It still looks the same! The french fries are as perfectly formed as the little plastic toy! That is wrong, wrong, wrong. Thinking back over the Happy Meals I happily ate as a child, I am afraid. [BoingBoing] Keep reading »
If Only: McDonald’s Becomes McFancy In Your Dreams
As if. We’re not sure we could imagine a world in which Hermès decides to co-brand with McDonald’s. Yet, that’s what the blog The Cool Hunter is attempting to do with these funny fashion foods—get you thinking. In the end, however, this McFancy creative stunt could be a good marketing tool for McDonald’s because just looking at this … mmm fries … Micky D’s down the block … uh, what were we saying? Oh yeah, some more tasty images after the jump. [Refinery 29] Keep reading »
Happy 30th Birthday To The Happy Meal!
Thirty years ago, McDonald’s made one of the best marketing moves ever when it launched the Happy Meal. The kids staple with a toy inside has remained a consumer staple for three full decades. Over the years, the Happy Meal hasn’t just lured in children, but adults looking to collect toys. I for sure remember rolling up to Mickey D’s to pick up one of 100 million teenie beanie babies that were given out in 1997––the most popular toy to date. Keep reading »
