“It was kind of a disappointment,” admits Squire Fridell, the actor who wore Ronald’s white facepaint in nearly 50 commercials that aired during the height of his ’80s ubiquity, from 1985 to 1991. (Photo: Orion/courtesy Everett Collection)īut don’t take our word for it - just ask the clown himself. Mac and Me stars Jade Calegory, Mac and Lauren Stanley. The movie’s status as a go-to punchline is confirmed every time Paul Rudd goes on Conan and plays a clip of Mac and Me instead of the actual movie he’s there to promote.
homage (or, if you prefer, rip-off) that, to this day, merits its prominent position on the list of terrible kids’ movies. 12, 1988, to be exact - Ronald made the leap to the big screen in Mac and Me, an E.T. The clown’s face beamed at kids from Happy Meal boxes, TV ads, animated shorts and even 8-bit video games. Good ol’ Ronald has been less visible in the company’s marketing campaigns in recent years, but back in the 1980s, it was next to impossible to escape his blinding smile and equally blinding yellow jumpsuit. His name? Ronald McDonald, of course - the red-haired spokesclown for the McDonald’s fast food empire. Rewind the clock by three decades, though, and a kinder, gentler jester dominated the pop culture landscape - one who served up hamburgers rather than nightmares to billions and billions of children.
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In 2018, Pennywise and his razor-sharp grin would be front and center on the Mount Rushmore of famous clowns. Squire Fridell as Ronald McDonald in the infamous 1988 kids movie Mac and Me.
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