I recognized him when I got to see this commercial for the first time in decades on You Tube!


So I am posting the lyrics, which I copied, though I am shaky on one line.

The famous ad has McDonald's crew dancing while cleaning:

:triplets :mango: :triplets

The ad has a great tenor manager and six multicultural McDonald's crew members, including two black guys, and I think one Asian, maybe Hispanic. Very nicely done, showing that not only is McDonald's a clean, safe restaurant to eat in, it does not discriminate.

Two Mop Guys Crew: "Grab a bucket and mop..."
Two Rag Guys Crew: "Scrub the bottom and top."

Burger Machine Guy: "There is nothing so clean as my burger machine!"

Broom guy Crew [ John Amos ]: "With a broom and a brush"
Broom/Brush Guy Crew: "Clean it up for the rush"

Fine Tenor Manager: "Before you open the door..."
Al Jolson sound-alike guy gets on one knee: "Put a shine on the floor!"

[ group, dancing filing past ]--one guy: "When we've finished with that..." [ NOT sure that's what they sang, Maybe it's "When we've finished one turn ___?" ]

Burger Machine Guy [ as he files past ]: "Start it over again!"
Fine Tenor Manager: "Tell me what does it mean?"
Crew [ leaps over the counter ]: "At McDonald's it's clean!"

[ Fine Tenor Manager nods, satisfied ]

[ Crew goes out to the parking lot to kick up their heels and dance ]

All: "You deserve a break today! So get up and get away! To McDonald's! McDonald's! McDonald's!"

[ they get on their knees, gesturing to McDonald's doors at the end --Welcome in! ]

the tall black guy IS John Amos from Good Times and Roots. I checked his imdb listing , in "other works"--1971 McDonald's commercial. The Fine Tenor Manager looks familiar --I thought he was the guy in Blazing Saddles who says that the black people can join the town, "But we don't want the Irish!" before relenting. He was a good character actor, with a voice built for singing: David Huddleston who played "Olson Johnson." But in seeing the pics of him on one webpage, he looked different from the guy in the ad.
I know he DID appear on talk shows at the time, because in those days, people who did interesting commercials got invited on talk shows --like Mason Reese ( "Borgashmord" ).

The main Rag Guy looks like one of my TV teachers, but I know it isn't him.

http://www.had.dk/

I recognized him when I got to see this commercial for the first time in decades on You Tube!


So I am posting the lyrics, which I copied, though I am shaky on one line.

The famous ad has McDonald's crew dancing while cleaning:

:triplets :mango: :triplets

The ad has a great tenor manager and six multicultural McDonald's crew members, including two black guys, and I think one Asian, maybe Hispanic. Very nicely done, showing that not only is McDonald's a clean, safe restaurant to eat in, it does not discriminate.

Two Mop Guys Crew: "Grab a bucket and mop..."
Two Rag Guys Crew: "Scrub the bottom and top."

Burger Machine Guy: "There is nothing so clean as my burger machine!"

Broom guy Crew [ John Amos ]: "With a broom and a brush"
Broom/Brush Guy Crew: "Clean it up for the rush"

Fine Tenor Manager: "Before you open the door..."
Al Jolson sound-alike guy gets on one knee: "Put a shine on the floor!"

[ group, dancing filing past ]--one guy: "When we've finished with that..." [ NOT sure that's what they sang, Maybe it's "When we've finished one turn ___?" ]

Burger Machine Guy [ as he files past ]: "Start it over again!"
Fine Tenor Manager: "Tell me what does it mean?"
Crew [ leaps over the counter ]: "At McDonald's it's clean!"

[ Fine Tenor Manager nods, satisfied ]

[ Crew goes out to the parking lot to kick up their heels and dance ]

All: "You deserve a break today! So get up and get away! To McDonald's! McDonald's! McDonald's!"

[ they get on their knees, gesturing to McDonald's doors at the end --Welcome in! ]

the tall black guy IS John Amos from Good Times and Roots. I checked his imdb listing , in "other works"--1971 McDonald's commercial. The Fine Tenor Manager looks familiar --I thought he was the guy in Blazing Saddles who says that the black people can join the town, "But we don't want the Irish!" before relenting. He was a good character actor, with a voice built for singing: David Huddleston who played "Olson Johnson." But in seeing the pics of him on one webpage, he looked different from the guy in the ad.
I know he DID appear on talk shows at the time, because in those days, people who did interesting commercials got invited on talk shows --like Mason Reese ( "Borgashmord" ).

The main Rag Guy looks like one of my TV teachers, but I know it isn't him.

http://www.had.dk/




What year did this commercial air?

Please provide a link to Youtube for this commercial.

Here's the link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qWnwDuwIwKQ

Here's the link
http://youtube.com/results?search_qu...ds+you+deserve



That Link shows nothing

What year did this commercial air?


And it aired in 1971

That Link shows nothing


I put another link up

Here's the link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qWnwDuwIwKQ



I will look at it tomorrow at work since youtube doesn' work all that well with MSNTV

I will look at it tomorrow at work since youtube doesn' work all that well with MSNTV


You need to switch ISP

You need to switch ISP


Not really because I'm not a huge fan of watching video footage on the Web-lol

Not really because I'm not a huge fan of watching video footage on the Web-lol


I do, I watch old TV shows that I haven't watched in a while. I watch movies, the news sometimes. Especially since IN2TV has come out I've watched shows that came out in the 90's that I've never seen or heard of before.

thanks for shareing The Viedo

I do, I watch old TV shows that I haven't watched in a while. I watch movies, the news sometimes. Especially since IN2TV has come out I've watched shows that came out in the 90's that I've never seen or heard of before.


Hope you have a BIG SCREEN

Hope you have a BIG SCREEN


My laptop screen in 19 inches, it's big enough. Sometimes I'll hook it up to my TV and watch it that way.

My laptop screen in 19 inches, it's big enough. Sometimes I'll hook it up to my TV and watch it that way.


Well that's better than looking at it on the Computer

Well that's better than looking at it on the Computer


LOL it's about the same, I don't need a big screen to watch things on my computer. Just last night I watched an old episode of "Bless this House" and it was just like watching it on TV.

LOL it's about the same, I don't need a big screen to watch things on my computer. Just last night I watched an old episode of "Bless this House" and it was just like watching it on TV.



I bought my LapTop in June and have only used it 4 Times-lol I think it's because that MOUSE being in the Middle

What year did this commercial air?

What's strange is that I don't recall seeing this commercial any earlier than 1973. Maybe it was filmed in 1971, and I didn't see it in my part of the country, or just missed seeing it, for some reason.

On the same fast food track:

The Rodney Allen Rippy Jack in the Box commercials were only seen in markets that had Jack in the box --the west coast, and later on Johnny Carson, and other shows, with Rippy as a guest. I would guess, from the lyrics of Rippy's song, that Jack had them in an earlier commercial, and had a contest of some sort for amateurs to sing it, and Rippy won.

[ And in those days, Jack was still a car-hop restaurant in some areas.
I can't see those ads on You Tube. ]


Take Life, a little easier.
Make Life a little easier.
Come as you like, come as you will, to Jack-in-the-Box
Come as you like, come as you are, to Jack-in-the-Box

The implication that I take is that Jack was telling people not to worry about dressing up to go eat. They could wear anything, relax, not have eating out, especially with your kids to be a dressed-up fussy affair. Come any time, enjoy yourself. I'd like to see more of these, those which predate Rippy's.

So later they got rid of the famous Jack clown, though they kept his shadow logo still on take-home bags.

[ little old lady deploring blowing up the clown: "But he's so CUTE!"
a Jack employee telling her of their increased menu.
Approving at last, she says "WASTE him!" takes the plunger, and blows him up
Later, they brought him back, with a vengeance and a JR Ewing-like attitude, and HE blew up whatever it was, to the lambast of critics who didn't recall the earlier ones. ]

Of course, they didn't NEED to blow up the clown to increase their menu. I wonder how far ahead they planned the Jack's Back campaign? It was great, and Jack has been that same CEO guy ever since

:stooges:

I bought my LapTop in June and have only used it 4 Times-lol I think it's because that MOUSE being in the Middle


Buy a mouse or a wireless mouse.

Buy a mouse or a wireless mouse.


My point is you don't NEED A MOUSE if you are using a LapTop so that's why I never use it. I only need a mouse when I'm at my Desk

My point is you don't NEED A MOUSE if you are using a LapTop so that's why I never use it. I only need a mouse when I'm at my Desk
if there is no built in mouse, then how do you expect to scroll on your laptop?

if there is no built in mouse, then how do you expect to scroll on your laptop?



Using the ARROWS

Using the ARROWS
:brent :rofl: Surely you jest!!!! LOL OMG, do people actually use the arrows???? This could be a new thread for you to make Solomon.:lol:

:brent :rofl: Surely you jest!!!! LOL OMG, do people actually use the arrows???? This could be a new thread for you to make Solomon.:lol:


It just makes the Laptop annoying to use to have to keep going back to the middle

It just makes the Laptop annoying to use to have to keep going back to the middle
Using the arrows would be more annoying (to me).

It just makes the Laptop annoying to use to have to keep going back to the middle


The reason the mouse is in the middle is because your palms are on the sides while your typing. SO it makes sense to put the mouse in the middle. If you don't use your Laptop you'll never get use to it. Some people just don't like the mouse, that's why they make mice so you can hook it up to your laptop DUH! LMAO (I just had to use Duh) Anyway just buy a mouse.

:brent :rofl: Surely you jest!!!! LOL OMG, do people actually use the arrows???? This could be a new thread for you to make Solomon.:lol:


I swear he's making me think that he's actually in his 70's instead of his 30's

I swear he's making me think that he's actually in his 70's instead of his 30's


I can't spend hours on a Laptop like I can MSNTV because it's not as comfortable

I can't spend hours on a Laptop like I can MSNTV because it's not as comfortable

Hours?

Hours?


Yeah, some of my male friends play Video Games for 3-4 hours, why can't I be on the Web for 3-4 Hours?-lol

Yeah, some of my male friends play Video Games for 3-4 hours, why can't I be on the Web for 3-4 Hours?-lol


Now you know it's longer than that :lol:

Now you know it's longer than that :lol:


On the Weekends it is because on Sunday Watching Football and being on the Web talking about it at the same time as because a common thing

Now you know it's longer than that :lol:
:brent