john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (05/11/85)
Does anyone out there remember pre-McDonaldland Mc Donald's? I vaguely remember that Ronald was introduced before the rest of the gang. As I recall, he used to travel from McDonald's to McDonald's on a somewhat un reliable conveyance called a Flying Hamburger. Can anyone confirm this for me? I am trying to convince my 18-year old girlfriend that it really existed. Also, does anyone remember McDonald's first attempt at selling ice cream? As I recall, it was some sort of tri-flavored cone. Does anyone remember the name? (I still have the McDonaldland poster they gave you if you bought one.) One last thing, does anyone remember the old-style McD resturants? -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Silly Quote: "Oh sair, it was Kahn. We found him in an unlinked inode. He put creatures in our bodies... made us post lies, say things, flame things, but keptin was strong..."
steven@ucla-cs.UUCP (05/13/85)
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The ice cream was called Triple Ripple (a trademark of McDonalds Inc).
It was a vanilla, chocolate and strawberry already packed in a cone.
It was bad. They tried some other things that were a lot better, but
fared no better. Several were regional test products. Does anybody
remember (or like) McChicken Sanwhiches? Or McFeasts? They also had
a steak sandwhich for a while. It might just have been called Steak
Sandwhich. Anyone remember any other products?
Steve Berson
UCLA Computer Science Dept.
steven@ucla-cs.arpa
{ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!stevenman@bocar.UUCP (M Nevar) (05/13/85)
< One last thing, does anyone remember the old-style McD resturants? There is still one in existence in Elizabeth, NJ. Red and white stripes with large golden arches on the sides. Mark
michaelf@ISM780.UUCP (05/13/85)
One thing I do remember about the original Ronald McDonald
is that he was gay, said so, and was replaced. Too much for Ray
Kroc to handle. They were worried because so many kids
looked up to Ronald.ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/13/85)
> Does anyone out there remember pre-McDonaldland Mc Donald's? I vaguely remember > that Ronald was introduced before the rest of the gang. As I recall, he > used to travel from McDonald's to McDonald's on a somewhat un reliable > conveyance called a Flying Hamburger. > Ronald McDonald, the Hamburger Happy Clown! > > One last thing, does anyone remember the old-style McD resturants? > Yes, I do. Up until a few years a go we had a rather silly looking thing that was the old building with a new style roof. The tops of the arches still stuck out the top. When I lived in Denver about three years ago, I found four of the original style (White and red tile with the arches "supporting" the sloping roof). One was torn down and another one had a new one built down the street, but they had the old one open during the summer. One has this little guy on the sign that says "speedy service." For you Denver Burgo-nostalgics the remaining ones are located (my memory is hazy). Wadsworth and 6th Avenue Federal and the Boulder Turnpike (I think) In Arvada near I-70, I can't remember the street name, begins with R I think. The one that was torn down was on Broadway on the south side of the city and I have the feeling that there used to be one near Cinderella City as well. -Ron
jkw@lanl.ARPA (05/14/85)
> > > > One last thing, does anyone remember the old-style McD resturants? > > Yep. Albuquerque used to have a lot of them -- white and red tiled walls and oh, them golden arches. My family of 5 would get 12 hamburgers for $2. This would hold us for lunch with some left over for our two-hour drive home in the evening. I remember several debates over the possibility that the "Over ## Billion Sold" sign could conceivably hold any truth. They're all gone now -- replaced by brown slump block beauties. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare ~ ~ The lone and level sands stretch far away................. ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
brahms@spp3.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms) (05/14/85)
> [] > The ice cream was called Triple Ripple (a trademark of McDonalds Inc). > It was a vanilla, chocolate and strawberry already packed in a cone. > It was bad. They tried some other things that were a lot better, but > fared no better. Several were regional test products. Does anybody > remember (or like) McChicken Sanwhiches? Or McFeasts? They also had > a steak sandwhich for a while. It might just have been called Steak > Sandwhich. Anyone remember any other products? How about McRibs. At the time, they were about the only thing worth while eating at McD. -- Brad Brahms usenet: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms arpa: Brahms@usc-eclc
hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (05/15/85)
> [] > The ice cream was called Triple Ripple (a trademark of McDonalds Inc). > It was a vanilla, chocolate and strawberry already packed in a cone. > It was bad. They tried some other things that were a lot better, but > fared no better. Several were regional test products. Does anybody > remember (or like) McChicken Sanwhiches? Or McFeasts? They also had > a steak sandwhich for a while. It might just have been called Steak > Sandwhich. Anyone remember any other products? > > Steve Berson I may be one of the few people (still?) alive today that actually LIKED the McChicken Sandwich. Except for the excess of lettuce. But I don't quite remember where they tested the much-publicized McRib. -dave
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (05/15/85)
> > < One last thing, does anyone remember the old-style McD resturants? > > There is still one in existence in Elizabeth, NJ. > Red and white stripes with large golden arches > on the sides. > > Mark There are probably several more at various places in the U.S. There is an old McDonald's (red and white stripes et al) in my corner of the world at S.E. 92nd & Division (or thereabouts) in Portland, OR. -- Walt
gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) (05/16/85)
-- > > One last thing, does anyone remember the old-style McD resturants? > > Mark The original, first, number 1 McDeaths is in scenic DesPlaines, Illinois, a west suburb of Chicago. It's still there, and is being turned into a McMuseum. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 16 May 85 [27 Floreal An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***
jbtubman@water.UUCP (Jim Tubman [LPAIG]) (05/17/85)
In article <437@cvl.UUCP> hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu) writes: >I may be one of the few people (still?) alive today that actually LIKED >the McChicken Sandwich. Except for the excess of lettuce. But I don't >quite remember where they tested the much-publicized McRib. > >-dave One of the places where they tested McRib in western Canada (in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, at any rate). It was really awful, and didn't last long. Jim Tubman University of Waterloo
mag@gitpyr.UUCP (Mark A. Gravitt) (05/20/85)
In article <437@cvl.UUCP> hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu) writes: > >I may be one of the few people (still?) alive today that actually LIKED >the McChicken Sandwich. Except for the excess of lettuce. But I don't >quite remember where they tested the much-publicized McRib. > >-dave I do recall the at least one of the regions in which they tested the McRib sandwich. The sandwich was actually rather good and I've often wondered why it was discontinued... (it was one of the very few fast-food sandwiches in which you could SEE the onions!) Anyway, the McRib seemed to sell well on the south side of Atlanta. -- Mark A. Gravitt | "You, therefore, love one User Assistant | another and in patient Office of Computing Services | endurance conceal one Georgia Institute of Technology | another's shortcomings." Atlanta, GA | [Testament of Joseph 17:2] ..!{akgua, allegra, amd, hplabs, ihnp4, masscomp, ut-ngp}gatech!gitpyr!mag ..!{rlgvax, sb1, uf-cgrl, unmvax, ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!mag
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (05/20/85)
> > fared no better. Several were regional test products. Does anybody > > remember (or like) McChicken Sanwhiches? Or McFeasts? They also had > > a steak sandwhich for a while. It might just have been called Steak > > Sandwhich. Anyone remember any other products? > > > > Steve Berson > > I may be one of the few people (still?) alive today that actually LIKED > the McChicken Sandwich. Except for the excess of lettuce. But I don't > quite remember where they tested the much-publicized McRib. > McDonald's on the west coast carry the McChicken sandwiches but no McRibs. McDonald's on the east coast carry McRibs, but no McChicken's. I don't know why the disparity, but I noticed it when I travelled east in '83. Otherwise, the menu selection remains the same. I don't know where the dividing line is, though. -- Walt
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/22/85)
> McDonald's on the west coast carry the McChicken sandwiches but no McRibs. > McDonald's on the east coast carry McRibs, but no McChicken's. I don't know > why the disparity, but I noticed it when I travelled east in '83. Otherwise, > the menu selection remains the same. > Not true. McDonalds in Denver and Maryland didn't get McRibs but Missouri and Indianapolis did. In addition, I believe what was being tested at the same time as McRibs was Chicken McNuggets not McChickens. We got McChickens around 1979 or so. Test markets of McRibs and McNuggets was in 81/82. -Ron