Ya know, maybe the McDonald’s people saw the Burger King Subservient Chicken site and decided that they wanted to one-up BK by making a site that would virally market itself by appearing to be unintentionally ludicrous.
One can only hope.
Thanks! You, too. 
In addition to wierd/offensive ad campaigns - have you seen some of the toys they sell? One lot looked like a load of shrunken heads on a key chain (you had to add the stamp face) and the latest(?) lego boys doing sports (where are all the girls - oh, that’s right, they don’t play sport) with no arms and strange pole things that you attach to push them along I guess? Almost creepy - who designs this shit and do kids actually like playing with them for more than 10mins?
My guess would be the lunatics who design Hello Kitty. Things no one needs, yet are compelled desperately to want.
Very scary, indeed.
In addition to Shayna’s link, there’s always Cecil’s take: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990827.html
Yah, it’s out of control ! Next thing you know they’ll be using … I dunno, Justin Timberlake in their ads !
… oh, wait …
Is this a big secret or something? If you have to be told that a meal that turns the bag it comes in translucent is unhealthy, I weep for you.
And I assumed that Hamburglar was a victim of “three strikes” laws.
I don’t understand the Adult Happy Meals. Are the pedometers disposable? Why do you need a new one every time you eat there? 
I’d like a McTapeworm roll and a McSalmonella Donburi please.
You lose the pedometer in the fat rolls on your gut.
Mayor McCheese was the hamburger head, not Hamburglar. Hamburglar wore a black and white striped suit, and the big purple gumdrop thing was Grimace.
I definitely remember the Hamburglar and Grimace from McDonald’s commercials 10-15 years ago.
Grimace.
That’s his name.
Thank you!
It was like a steering wheel in the fly of my pants.
It was drivin’ me nuts.
and I am a girl.
Since I haven’t offended enough demographics today:
Australia:
- After we spend the day chasin’ kangaroos and watching koala’s fock in trees like rabbits, we are powerfully hungry from such a walk about. Me and me mates like to grab a bite to eat on our way to the rugby game before we get so pissed rooting for our team before getting kicked out, then we pick up some take away and go diggin’ for opals and see if we can score with some sheila’s. *
McDonald’s:* Get pissed, then get fed with greasy transfatty foods. It’s the way we do things Down Under. G’Day *
Brazil
*Before we shoot our losing goalkeep in an important game we always eat a Super Value Meal. More bang for our buck and it keeps us looking rotund for the topless chicks with hot bodies on the beach. Rawrrrr! *
McDonald’s: We can’t guarantee you will see topless hot brazilian chicks, but you never know. *
France
- Eef you zink zat a country as Great as ours will allow such crappy food to infiltrate our superb gastronomical fare you are an ediot. Wait, it will bring jobs and buttloads of those ill mannered fat tourists with loaded wallets to our country?
Hehehehehe! We surrender! Viva la Big Mac! *
McDonald’s Every caves into us sooner or later. And we mean *Everyone *.
Sweden
Hun do wah bjork ! bjork bjork! ::::salad flies everywhere:::::
McDonald’s of Sweden: * Europe’s Unheated Attic. Eat a Double Cheese Bjorker and Be Happy! *
Lichtenstein
*If you took all the hamburgers eaten globally by McDonald’s customers over the years you could cover the entire country of Lichtenstein.
If you did this to New Jersey, it would be considered an improvement.
**McDonald’s: We’re Lichtensteiners! **
Please don’t hurt me.
Ms Ujest - you’re funny.
If Maccas was sued in the 70s, did countries outside of the US have different agreements, because I’m sure we had the Hamburlar et al well into the 80s?
HR Pufnstuf? McDonaldland? I don’t see it. McDonald’s commercials in the '70s never made me thing “acid trip”.
I want to see i-am-black.com
We’re Black Americans “living in the ghetto,” where our diverse cultures and the everyday American lifestyle become one. We’re hanging on to our great traditions while we breakdance and give each other high-fives to the beat of the times. We honor our heritage - but we love being Americans. From crack-pipes to tech-nines, from hip hop to fried chicken, we’re weaving the threads of our culture into the fabric of everyday American life. Whether we’re sipping on 40s of malt liquor or enjoying a Big Mac® sandwich, we’re helping make the magic re-mix called America become even richer. And McDonald’s is right there with us, everyday!
Cisco you bad. You so baaaaad.
Maybe not, but that animated Ronald McDonald by Clasky Csupo definitely screams “massive drug abuse at work.”