Aliens: McDonald’s Doesn’t Control the World

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Stay Free examines the, in hindsight, cult-like advertising McDonald’s did over the year. From McDonaldland to the Evil Grimace to Shamrock Shakes to Happy Face to Mayor McCheese to talking wastebaskets to Double Dutch to the Hamburgler, Stay Free writes, “Here’s a mind-blower for hungry third-world countries: in America, where the soil yields healthy food in abundance, we teach our kids to fantasize about over-processed crap with the nutritional value of the inside of a York Peppermint Patty growing in the wild.” Revel in the history of McDonald’s television fantasy land. After viewing the commercials, you can understand why intelligent life forms visiting this planet don’t stay for long.

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