wendy@houem.UUCP (08/23/83)
here's a question i've been asking all summer (i don't know the answer): does anybody remember the *real* words to the old "macdonalds is your kind of place" jingle? everybody i've asked remembers the "hack" words: macdonalds is your kind of place hamburgers in your face pickles up your nose french fries between your toes macdonalds is your kind of place! we all thought that was pretty funny when i was twelve (ten? eight?) -- i guess that's why nobody remembers the original words. it's no wonder that ad campaign didn't last long. i deserve a break today -- wendy
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (08/24/83)
First of all wendy, it seems like you must be doing some spying asking about McDonalds, but we shall leave that debate for another time (net.flame can get to it after they resolve "war is bad.") Be that as it may, I don't remember the original McDonalds jingle, but I do remember a Hollywood pro- duction number where they were cleaning the joint: Grab the bucket and mop. Scrub the bottomand top. There is nothing so clean, as my burger machine. When it's over what then? Start all over again. Tell me what does it mean? At McDonalds it's clean. You deserve a brick today, OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz
emma@uw-june (Joe Pfeiffer) (08/25/83)
And who wrote the "you deserve a break" jingle? -Joe P.
jsg@rlgvax.UUCP (JSG) (08/26/83)
Everyone knows BArry Mannilow (sp?) wrote the "You deserve a break today" theme. No comments about Barry M. are neccessary. jeff [seismo, mcnc, brl-bmd, allegra, we13]!rlgvax!jsg
wombat@uicsl.UUCP (08/26/83)
#R:houem:-15300:uicsl:5200015:000:342 uicsl!wombat Aug 25 14:38:00 1983 What's this? Out here the "hack" verse was McDonald's is your kind of place They slap you in the face They take your parking place They serve you rattlesnakes McDonald's is your kind of place If you like rattlesnakes Your kind of place! As for the "real" words, though, I haven't the foggiest. Wombat pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat
kilhefer@psuvax.UUCP (08/26/83)
If I remember correctly, Barry Manilow wrote the jingle for the old MacDonalds theme. He also wrote several other themes such as the old Bandaids theme, Kentucky Fired Chicken, and many more. John Kilheffer (..allegra!psuvax!kilhefer)
ampstt@ihuxr.UUCP (08/27/83)
McDonalds is your kind of place Hamburgers in your face French fries between your toes Dill pickles up your nose And dont' forget those famous shakes Made from polluted lakes McDonalds is your kind of place!!
terryl@teklabs.UUCP (08/27/83)
No, no, no!!!!! Here's what we used to sing back when I was working at a McDonald's in high school(how many of you out there would admit to working there???) Hold the pickles, Hold the lettuce, Special orders do upset us, All we ask, Is that you Let us "Serve It Our Way", Have it our way, Have it our way, At Burger Queen
dce@tekecs.UUCP (David Elliott) (08/27/83)
I'll admit it. I worked at McDonald's for 9 months in high school. When you are 16 years old and have never worked anywhere before, it's a great job to get you started. They work you so hard that other places will hire you on the knowledge that you will be glad to work at a job that's the slightest bit easier and requires any thinking at all. Also, they know you won't expect more than 10 cents a year in raises. David