Chris Reblogs
stuff. just stuff.
The very last page of the 1974 Ice Capades program. McDonald’s was a part/sponsor of the 1974 show.
who is the old man, “Napkinstilskin”?
Very Sid and Marty Croft.
When I was a kid, I remember McDonaldland and its characters being a much bigger thing, and then gradually it dwindled down to a few characters before basically disappearing, more or less. I had no idea why this happened, but it turns out that the reason for this was PRECISELY that this Universe of McDonalds characters was a little TOO “Sid and Marty Krofft.”
The full history is here, on yet another detailed Wikipedia page full of info you’d never find in Encyclopedia Britannica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonaldland
The old man is The Professor… who I believe represented chicken McNuggets.
Looking at the wiki, The Professor rarely spoke and just invented things. Doesn’t actually look like he represented anything.
Speaking of Sid & Marty Kroft… did you know they sued McDonalds? Yep.
