Welcome to Good Mythical Morning. I’m so glad you made it. We are going to discover all the, all the weird things that McDonald’s doesn’t want you to know, including the things that our writers made up. But first, we’re going to donate $1,000 to http://www.350.org to aid in their mission to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. Please join us in giving at http://www.350.org/donate. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Stevie, you ever had a McGriddle? Come to think of it… I don’t believe I have. What? Because– You should. I, when I’ve gotten breakfast at McDonald’s I’ve always gotten a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit. Well, those aren’t even good. I wouldn’t say they’re not good. David Hill just went “yes.” Don’t, don’t, don’t don’t jump to me. About me. Not about you. I don’t, I don’t know if you would. I think you would. Yeah. I don’t know if you would. What do you mean those aren’t even good? I don’t like the, isn’t there just an English muffin? They’re not known for their biscuits. I’ll tell you that. But have you had one of their biscuits? Yeah. Well, yeah. Probably on this show. Have you ever had the full breakfast with the pancakes? No. My kids used to get that all the time. My dad would get that, like, for some reason when we were traveling, it was the only time When he, when you were traveling? That’s, that’s strange, man. No. Yeah. Like. ‘Cause you sit in the back. It’s a lap food. On a road trip. Oh. But you have to go in. We’d go in. But he is like, we need a good breakfast. We had a full breakfast. McDonald’s has got a good square breakfast And there’s the bigger one. And the smaller one. For a reasonable price. Huh. So I’m lovin’ it. ‘Cause it’s Styrofoam. I’m lovin’ it is strange but true. And I’m bluffing. It is strange and not true. I get it. I also always go bacon and they never go. It never goes sausage. Their sausage is good. That’s very lesbian of you. For real, I always go bacon. The sausage is better than the bacon, honestly. Oh, really? I think so. I don’t know why. I don’t care. Yes. I, the, the bacon McGriddle, not even a thing to me. Oh, well, don’t say foolish things. I mean, it’s good. I never order it. It’s really good. But if you know that the sausage won’t exist it’s just not as good. All right. When Grimace, the character, first debuted he actually had six arms. He was… There is something about Grimace, but that ain’t it. He was a sextopus when he first came out. But then he went into rehab. Okay. So. His extra limb scared the children. It’s fake. But. But. Yeah? When Grimace first debuted in 1971, he did have four arms. Oh. And was known as Evil Grimace. What? But he terrified children so much that they canceled out the bottom arms. What? But we were told that he was a taste bud. He, I, yeah. Somebody said Grimace was a taste bud. And I took that to heart when I heard that. I believed it first appeared in 1971, ’72, McDonaldland’s specification manual. In ’73 all of the characters were redesigned. Okay. We got that from the Instagram caption. May not be true, but let’s say it is. Man. Okay. So when I put “is Grimace” into Google it populates a taste bud immediately. Great. And? But, it seems like it’s a longstanding rumor that they haven’t… Confirmed? Fully disputed? Yeah. ‘Cause who’s got a purple tongue? And what are his other two arms doing? Are they like going into his own stomach? He’s trying to rip himself open. Like, yeah, he’s, is he trying to rip himself open? I’m a taste bud. I must see what’s inside of me. Hit us. In 2006, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society– Oh. That’s a good one. Successfully lobbied McDonald’s to change the McFlurry lid design because hedgehogs kept getting stuck inside of them. Do you remember what the design was? ‘Cause I mean now it’s a, like, a dome with a hole on top. Well, that’s what it was like too. And those hedgehogs, well, they love to stick their heads in domes. It sounds like something that would be made up kind of like, ocean creatures get caught up in the six pack — You think that’s not true? No, I don’t think it’s true. Yes. I don’t think it’s true. You don’t think the ocean creatures get caught in six pack things, from cans? No. I believe that’s true. I believe it inspired this lie related to hedgehogs. Oh, I think it’s true. I definitely think it’s true. And I think we’re gonna get to see a picture of a dead hedgehog. Just choking on it. It’s true. All right. Show us the picture. There’s no, there’s no photo. But hedgehogs– Dead hedgehog. I guess are — Google it. Rampant. Can you search “dead choked hedgehog McFlurry pre-2006?” Oh my goodness. Well. Guys, we’re seeing it. There it is. Freaking hedgehogs. In McFlurry lids. Poor guy. It’s like a vet’s cone. Yeah, it’s like a, yeah, it’s like a vet cone. You’re exactly right. I mean, and listen, if I had a hedgehog society this would be one of the main things that we were talking about. Poor buddy. To be honest with you. Right behind Sonic. Okay. You know, and we’d be mad at Sonic for not letting us be the mascot yet, with the restaurant. You know, licensing issues with that. McDonald’s doesn’t have a grooming line, do they? Oh. Yes, Stevie. I wanna talk. Thank you Stevie. I wanna talk about the grooming line because we’re really proud of it. And you can buy all of it at amazon.com/mythical and you know, we’re all thinking about gifting. You know, you gotta start thinking about gifting. The Mythical clay pomade. I use this every morning on my hair. Like I wouldn’t lie to you. I love this stuff. Why am I opening it now? No, no. Just smell it. Just to smell it. ‘Cause I love the smell. It’s like, it’s subtle and that’s not, but it’s fierce, but flexible. I can’t even get the daggone top back on. And the regular pomade– There’s an original pomade. The original pomade we used for a long time when my hair was shorter– It’s mighty but malleable. I used it all the time. And then we’ve got, we’ve got the beard bomb here. I use that. And then we’ve got an amazingly high quality brush that you can get. And we got the comb. It’s a nice detangling brush. That is, yes. You read it right. It is musical. You can get– Is the beard oil in there? The beard oil is not in this. And this is for sale too. I think I stole it. The– And the Chapsticks. The Chapsticks. Yeah. The end part was good. Peanut butter peppermint, best lip balm you’ll ever taste. And people who haven’t had it will be intrigued when you gift it to them. And then they’ll be telling you how good it is. I promise. Also, cereal milk. We don’t talk about it enough. Listen — It’s good stuff. A comb that plays a theme song, in and of itself is something you could talk about for a really long time. And it’s just one thing in this, one thing among many That’s– If Rachel is watching right now Yeah. Rachel, right about that. McDonald’s PlayPlaces became so popular that in the nineties they branched them out into standalone versions of the indoor playgrounds called “Leaps and Bounds.” What? I don’t understand. They just made them, it was just a playground. Well, basically, yeah, but– But no food. Yeah, but– It was standalone… It was a precursor to, like all of those bounce places and like all the play places that people take their kids and there’s no, there’s food there but it’s not about the food. You think it’s fake? Well, you made it seem real as you talked about it. But I’m gonna stick with my answer. No, I think it’s fake too. I was trying to fool you. I think that they actually did the opposite. Like they took away the ball pit. One ball at a time. That’s the weird thing. Too much urine. Did you know that? Not enough play. They did one ball a week so no one would notice. No one noticed. And no one ever talked about it because of that. For a while there, for three weeks, there were three balls. It was brilliant. Three weeks ago there were three balls and then two balls, and then one ball. And then when there was no balls, it was just a pit. The only thing I remember about the PlayPlace as a child is I remember going into a slide and it smelled like dirty diaper. Oh gosh. And I went to my mom and I said, it smells like dirty diaper. And that’s the last time I have ever been into one. Because it was the tunnel slide. Oh Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah, man. And the heat from the sun just baked that diaper turd. Oh, something slipped out, man. When they were sliding down, you know that was true. Dang. This is fake. It’s real. What! Parents could pay $4.95 to get their kid unlimited access to the indoor sculpted playground. But by 1994 they had merged with Discovery Zone. Discovery Zone. They did a thing for a while. What? That is wild. Beyonce. Has a golden card that grants her free McDonald’s for life. Wow. Wow. I don’t wanna brag, but I might have a Chipotle card. What are they called? A burrito card. I might have one as well. I do have one. But it’s not for life. It’s just for– it’s for one year. It’s just for one year. I’ve been using the heck out of that thing. Been using the heck out of it. Not for life. Why would Beyonce… Brittany is back here freaking out. What’s it called? That you have burrito cards. It’s just called the cards. I’ll give it to you after six months from now. Do you know that one of the things it says on the card is it says “also good for one catered event up to 50 people.” Yeah. Just for free. You can just do it once a year. 50 people. 30 of us in here. 30 in here. Yeah. And we’ve got two cards. Something to think about. Hm. Yep. Two-thirds of our employees can eat with us one day and it’s not gonna be randomly selected. I’m just gonna say that. They’re gonna fight. We’re gonna fight until there’s a hundred people. The hundred people that can make it. Yeah. Everybody else has to stand on the outside and get a dollop of original pomade. Beyonce. That’s cool. I think it’s true. I think it’s true. I just don’t think– ‘Cause if you’re gonna give a gold card to somebody– You’re the wrong one. Let it be Beyonce. You know what I mean? Let it be. I very much agree. Unfortunately, it’s fake and, sad news here. I think, because they do have a gold card and Bill Gates, Mitt Romney, Warren Buffet and Rob Lowe are all said to have one. Oh well, you gotta be a white dude to have one. Yeah, you gotta be a white guy. That’s right. Or like some of the richest people on the planet. You know, bill Gates is using that thing all the time. That’s so strange. I mean, I use that Chipotle card. I think we got it. I actually don’t know why we got it. But I mean, we’re fans of Chipotle and it was like one of the episodes of Food Network Show Inside Eats. And I don’t know if we got it related to that. They also won a food feuds. It might have just been that. So maybe that was it. We don’t know exactly why we got it. Maybe that was the closest we’ve ever gotten to have it a sponsorship. If I had it on me, I would show it to you. Oh, I, oh no, it’s in the dressing room. The late Queen Elizabeth actually owned a drive-through McDonald’s. That’s true. The late Queen Elizabeth. She did, she was a big fan. Why, why? You know what– Ice cream machine. You know why she does? It’s because it was on, it’s on the palace grounds. So she technically has to own it. Right. Right. But she likes to operate it. It’s in their food court. She like to operate it with her white glove. She would grab it with her white glove and she would pull on the ice cream thing and– Oh! And if she got a little ice cream on her white glove, Whoopsie! No one would notice. That’s why she wore white gloves. A lot of people don’t know this. Frosty. They were frosty colored. Yeah. Frosty? It’s not Wendy’s. You got me. It says ice cream. It is true. She bought a shopping center near Windsor Castle for 92 million pounds. Holy. Or roughly $98 million. And the McDonald’s was one of the properties it contained. The queen owned a mall? What? Yep, she did McDonald. Y’all hear that helicopter? She’s flying in. She’s coming in. I think Chipotle heard us talking. I’m sorry. What we were gonna do. McDonaldLand also expanded into a direct-to-video series from the creators of the Rugrats called the Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald. I think I remember this. This feels true. I feel like I– This feels like eighties. I feel like I remember it as well. Do you remember this intro? Wake up, wake up. It’s another day. Time to get going. Why sleep when we can play? Where’s a Sunday? Good morning, Ronald. Gotta get ready to enjoy the view. Looking kinda cool. Looking kinda new. There are things we should be trying, me and you. A new day’s here and fun is overdue. Peewee Herman much? He had a hamburger bed with multiple comforters of every topping for a burger. Yeah. This meant I do not remember this. It makes me uncomfortable. Of course. What Ronald McDonald featured thing doesn’t make you uncomfortable, Link, but. Who’s comforted by Ronald McDonald, I think is a better question. Yeah, I mean it’s, it’s also like the Grinch the movie. But maybe that was after where it was all the Rube Goldberg stuff. Yeah. I don’t remember this. I thought it was animated. He sleeps in gloves. And a clown face 1998. 1998? Is there pictures of Ronald McDonald without the clown makeup? Like the guy who played him in the commercials? Oh, I don’t know if I’m ready for this. That’s, are we ready for this? Uh-oh. Uh-oh. We’re doing some searching. Oh, it’s gonna be like, We’re gonna look at it. A hedgehog in a McFlurry. We’re gonna decide if we wanna show it to you. [Man In Background] What? We missed it. You’re not listening? Come on guys. The Ronald McDonald without makeup. It ain’t over. Ronald McDonald without makeup. I just assumed it wasn’t the same. There’s an actor. So you’re saying it’s like Blue Man Group? Yeah. [Man Behind Camera] Well one of the originals was Willard Scott from the, remember when he did the weather? No, but there’s one guy that like, you think like the actor guy. The actor from the, like, just Google it if you would, I’m okay that you weren’t listening, but. Squire Fridell. Who would that be? King Moody. George. Is this, is this not on, Morgan? Help us out here. [Woman In Background] They couldn’t see it. Oh, King Moody. Oh, so it was working. [Woman In Background] You could see. Oh, it was just okay. It was just. okay. You, so. There’s a bunch of different ones. Who is Googling? Chappy, were you Googling? No, Brittany was. Brittany, you were googling? [Brittany] Yeah. [Man In Background] No, we were looking at the cast of The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald. Oh. We weren’t looking at anything. So you guys were hard at work listening. Yeah. And here we go. And here I was ridiculing you for not listening. And it was just the, man. There he is. Got the egg all over my face. There he is. Oh. Well. Squire Fridell? Squire Fridell. That was a good strong jaw in that guy. That was ’85 to ’91. That’s prime. That’s the guy. That’s prime Ronald. That is him. Jack Doepke was ’91 to ’99. Let’s see Jack, let’s see that guy. Can we get all these guys together? What? Yeah. So this is the next. Oh my goodness. Look at him. So Jack Doepke, he’s a little… He looks like a Doepke. Scarier. Oh, well what happened to him? But Squire. Squire’s nice. I would only Google Squire and not Jack Doepke. Oh, he fell on hard times once he took the makeup off. All right, let’s see. Let’s hear the next one. In the eighties and nineties, McDonald’s commercials featured a group called The Fry Kids. Oh yeah. One of which was played by a young Matt Damon. Well, I remember The Fry Kids, but. Young Matt Damon. They were all inside french fry boxes. I don’t think we would’ve wasted Matt Damon’s talent on that. I think this is true. That’s fake. Oh, next one. Wait, that’s we’re, we’re done. You’re plum out. I can’t get enough. Unleash your legendary style with our line of Mythical Grooming and personal care products at amazon.com/mythical.