McDonald’s Holiday Commercials

<p><strong>Day 10:</strong> Lace up your ice skates for a look at 3 classic holiday commercials starring McDonald’s clown in charge.</p> <h4>On This Episode</h4> <ol> <li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), a hand-animated woodland owl delighted to see a fast food mascot in my front yard.</li> <li><strong>Joey O.</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/imgonnadj24">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>) from <a href="http://ynotradio.net/">Y-Not Radio</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Words_W_Nerds">Words with Nerds</a>.</li> </ol> <hr /> <h4>Topics and Tangents</h4> <ol> <li>Grape jelly is good on Sausage McMuffins. Don’t @ me.</li> <li><a href="https://mcdonalds.fandom.com">McDonald’s Wiki</a>, which of course exists, runs down all 7 versions of the <a href="https://mcdonalds.fandom.com/wiki/Happy_Holidays">“Happy Holidays” ice-skating commercial</a>.<br /> Yes, there are <strong>seven</strong> edits of this one classic commercial, and they’re all on YouTube:</li> </ol> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ki88K3nZXI">1982</a> - the original, with King Moody as Ronald and the “You Deserve a Break Today” jingle variant.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD985pymuFA">1983</a> - with the “McDonald’s and You” jingle variant.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTOThyZvUA">1984</a> - with the “It’s a Good Time for the Great Taste” jingle variant.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaRt637Nfk">1986</a> - with Squire Fridell as Ronald, the version I remember most.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74WQ9H9JI4">1988</a> - with Fridell and the original jingle.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbe8kc2gE2g">1990</a> - with Fridell and the “Food, Folks and Fun” jingle variant.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaRt637Nfk">1991</a> - with Jack Doepke as Ronald, bad lighting, and “The Wish that Changed Christmas.”</li> </ul> <ol start="3"> <li><a href="https://www.you