Should Ronald McDonald Retire?

[HuckleB]

Corporate Watchdog Group Says Ronald McDonald Is Bad for Children and Other Living Things
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2010/03/ronald_mcdonald.php

Apparently, it's a question some are asking. What says DU?

[marmar]

1. Clowns still terrify me

[Canuckistanian]

20. Can't sleep. Clown will eat me.

[BlooInBloo]

27. ...

[Orrex]

2. They should bring back Willard Scott

[RKP5637]

3. +1, n/t

[HuckleB]

8. Wasn't he trying to get a reality show?

Something about weather balloons?

[Toucano]

4. Loser parents blaming a clown.

The word is "no".

[sandnsea]

5. Have him plant a garden

and teach the McDonalds test food kitchen how to cook real food again.

[HuckleB]

6. That must have been before my time.

But, still, great idea.

:hi:

[Ozymanithrax]

7. No, he is married to Bob Gray and living happily in Derry Main

[paulsby]

9. 2 mcd's apple pies for $1 is a GREAT deal.

i frigging love those things.

hot, tasty, cinnamony love

for a buck

if the clown had anything to do with this, i'm for him

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Getting rid of Ronald will have little effect. I do support posting nutritional data in the stores

I seem to recall some resistance here at DU to giving consumers that data at the point of sale.
As much as I hate clowns, spare ronald and give parents the tools they need to manage their kids nutrition.

[HuckleB]

11. The data should be available, IMO.

I'm not sure why anyone would be against it.

:shrug:

I really don't care about RM, myself, either way.

[Oldenuff]

12. Retire him already..

Then he can get that job as a greeter at Wal Mart that he has always wanted.

[HuckleB]

13. He's already moonlighting down the street, holding signs for a local tax accountant.

[eShirl]

14. They should bring back the 1970 psychedelic McDonaldland commercials

but I think they'd have to pay off Sid & Marty Krofft first

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboOxvOmgAc&feature=related

[HuckleB]

15. THANK YOU! That's awesome!

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Oh my, and that could be a marketing thesis all on its own

[lpbk2713]

16. It would be a huge moral victory for Hamburglar.

Think of the children!



:eyes:

[HuckleB]

21. Indeed. But think of the landfill space that will be taken up by RM statues!

:evilgrin:

[ocd liberal]

17. Please retire!

In 1968 when I was 7, I hoped out loud many times that Ronald McDonald would disappear in my lifetime.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

18. NO, but the Hamburglar needs to check into sex rehab. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

19. Interesting. a three-way tie as of 10:50 EST

Exactly 29% for the first 3 questions.

I say, leave him be.

[HuckleB]

22. It's still close.

And I don't think he's going anywhere.

[Warren DeMontague]

23. Cage match with the Burger King!!!

In The THUNDERDOME!

[elias49]

25. That king's insane!

Let them have at it!

[HuckleB]

28. Reality TV's Next Blockbuster!

[Iggo]

26. Retire? When he's still getting all that play from the ladies?