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| | name = Ronald McDonald | |||
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| | first appearance = McDonald's Commercial 1963 | |||
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| '''Ronald McDonald''' is a ] who is the primary mascot of the ] ] chain. According to the book '']'' (2001), 96% of school children in the ] can identify Ronald McDonald, making him the United States' most recognized ] icon. Only ] was more commonly recognized. In ]s, the clown inhabits a fantasy world called ], and has adventures with his friends ], ], ], and ]. The McDonald's Corporation has also characterized Ronald McDonald as being able to speak 31 different languages including ], ], ], and ].<ref></ref> In recent years, the "childish" ] has been largely phased out, and Ronald is instead shown interacting with normal kids in their everyday lives. He was originally created by ]. | |||
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| Many people work full-time making appearances in the Ronald McDonald costume, visiting children in hospitals. There are also ]s, where parents can stay overnight when visiting sick children in nearby ] facilities. Due to the controversy over ], critics have likened McDonald to ], the former mascot of ].<ref></ref> Since ], McDonald has been officially recognized as the "Chief Happiness Officer" of the ]. | |||
| ==Origin== | |||
| ] as Ronald McDonald, from the first of three pre-recorded ]s to feature Ronald. Note the "food-tray hat".]] | |||
| The first version of Ronald McDonald's origins involves ] (a local radio personality who also played ] on ] in ] from ] until ]), who performed using the ] "Ronald McDonald, the Hamburger-Happy Clown" in ] on three separate television spots. These were the first three television ads featuring the character, whose later appearance was substantially similar to George Voorhees' prior appearance as '''Ronald Mcdonald''' (spelt with a lower-case "d") as shown in the ''Valley News and Green Sheet'', a ] newspaper of the time. | |||
| Scott, who went on to become NBC-TV's "Today" show weatherman, claims to have "created Ronald McDonald" according to the following excerpt from his book ''Joy of Living'': | |||
| :"At the time, ] was the hottest children's show on the air. You could probably have sent ] or ] over and it would have been equally as successful. But I was there, and I was Bozo... There was something about the combination of hamburgers and Bozo that was irresistible to kids... That's why when Bozo went off the air a few years later, the local McDonald's people asked me to come up with a new character to take Bozo's place. So, I sat down and created Ronald McDonald." | |||
| McDonald's does not mention Voorhees or claim that Willard Scott "created Ronald" in their statement: | |||
| :"The smile known around the world," Ronald McDonald is second only to Santa Claus in terms of recognition. ''(According to one survey, 96% of all school kids in the United States of America recognize Ronald (''stunning-stuff.com'')).'' In his first TV appearance in 1963, the happy clown was portrayed by none other than Willard Scott." | |||
| On ], 2000 Henry Gonzalez, McDonald's Northeast Division President, thanked Scott for creating Ronald McDonald, during a taped tribute to Scott on the "Today" show. | |||
| In 1965, Roy Burgold assigned ] as Boss Clown worldwide in charge of hiring, writing, creating shows, media handling, training, and major events such as The White House appearances, Macy Days, etc., and finally opening Ronald worldwide for 35 years. Aye Jaye was responsible for the hiring of hundreds of past field Ronalds, including the current David Hussey. But the original creator is ]. | |||
| == Actors == | |||
| At any given time, there are dozens, or possibly hundreds, of actors retained by McDonald's to appear as Ronald McDonald in restaurants and events. It is assumed, however, that the company uses only one actor at a time to play the character in national television commercials. Following is a list of such primary Ronald actors. | |||
| *] (Washington, D.C. 1963–1965) | |||
| *] (South California, 1965-1970) | |||
| *Bob Brandon (1970-1975) | |||
| *] (1975-1984) | |||
| *Squire Fridell (1984-1991) | |||
| *Jack Doepke (1990-1992) | |||
| *] (1992-2000) | |||
| Various forms of the name "Ronald McDonald" as well as costume ] persona, etc. are registered trademarks of McDonald's. McDonald's trains performers to portray Ronald using identical mannerisms and costume, to contribute to the illusion that they are one character. | |||
| McDonald's marketing designers and stylists changed elements of the Ronald McDonald's character, persona, style, costume and ] when they adopted the clown as a trademark, possibly in deference to ], the tradition of ]s to scrupulously avoid copying other clowns' appearance or performance style. | |||
| ==In other countries== | |||
| In ], Ronald McDonald greets people in the traditional Thai "]" greeting gesture of hands together. | |||
| In ], Ronald McDonald is called ドナルド・マクドナルド - Donald McDonald - apparently because this is easier for the Japanese to pronounce. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| * Schlosser, E. (2006) Chew on this: everything you don’t want to know about fast food. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. | |||
| ==External links== | |||
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| * Site also has ominous "Hey kids! This is advertising!" displayed in the upper right corner by Ronald. This is as if to imply most children won't get the meaning of the site. | |||
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ronald mcdonald sucked my cock last night :)
he was really bad in bed :P