Mac Tonight

Anonus · 2015-04-28 03:14:34

Because I felt he warranted his own thread.

Here's a web page by the guy who portrayed him

Yarrun XIX · 2015-04-28 03:18:21

Imipolex G · 2015-04-28 03:25:38

because nothing sez "classy" like eating dinner at McDonald's

Anonus · 2015-04-28 04:31:29

oh are you kidding the bourgeoisie have McDonald'ses in their basements and shit

Salix Babylonika · 2015-04-28 05:04:19

Yarrun XIX · 2015-04-28 06:04:57

Mo has the magic power to summon anyone on Twitter by name.

Salix Babylonika · 2015-04-28 06:06:06

Queen Lux is a cool lady.

Salix Babylonika · 2015-04-28 06:06:39

obligatory, though this song is actually by Saint Pepsi

Salix Babylonika · 2015-04-28 06:22:16

I will make every member of this board listen to "Enjoy Yourself" if it kills me.

Salix Babylonika · 2015-04-28 06:27:07

Doug Jones Remembers ... Mac Tonight
The campaign was created locally for the west coast, and to bring up the after 4pm dinner business. The first 4 spots were shot in late 1986, with the first airings in early 1987. So I was the originator of Mac's physical character. With the crazy success of these spots on the west coast, McDonald's spread the campaign nationwide in the U.S. in the summer of 1987, and shot 2 more spots to add to that run. With more crazy success nationwide, more and more spots were shot, and the campaign went throughout all the free world by 1988.
This initial blast lasted over 3 years through spring of 1990, with a re-visit to the character, including newly produced commercials in 1996 and 1997.
There were only 2 commercials in which I did not play the character, and they were filmed with a replacement actor when I was in China working on "Warriors Of Virtue" in early 1996. So the total campaign over all these years included 29 spots, with my gangly limbs gracing 27 of them.
This was only my 4th commercial booking when it started, so you can imagine how excited I was to get involved with a campaign that had this much exposure and success for so many years. And I truly loved the character of "Mac". He was so smooth, hip, cool, and never felt the need to impress anyone … he just sat at his piano, spinning on a giant burger, or floating on a cloud, entertaining himself in the solitude of the open night sky. If the public wanted to join in on the fun, they were very welcome, with his "love ya babe" attitude.

Doug Jones

Los Angeles, April 14th, 2006

yo this is actually legitimately cool

you can be as cynical as you want about marketing and capitalism--and there is very good reason to be--but when it creates a piece of actually cool pop culture like this I think that's worth celebrating in a small way.

Mac Tonight is just a chill moon-man who likes french fries and jazz. There's nothing wrong with that.

Anonus · 2015-04-28 06:31:35

Planet Jane said:
I will make every member of this board listen to "Enjoy Yourself" if it kills me.

I've listened to it multiple times and am listening to it right now

Salix Babylonika · 2015-04-28 06:52:17

That entire album is worth a listen, honestly.

Plus it has Mac Tonight on the cover.

Odradek · 2015-04-28 10:52:45

The fact that it's to the tune of Mack The Knife weirds me out.

Because Mack The Knife is a song about a murderer.

Calica · 2015-04-28 10:59:44

Panurge said:
The fact that it's to the tune of Mack The Knife weirds me out.

Because Mack The Knife is a song about a murderer.

wasn't it also written by a Marxist

Odradek · 2015-04-28 11:03:10

It was an adaptation of a song written by German Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht, yes.

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