What's the deal with McDonalds "Hamburglar"?
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Oh, this one's a keeper IMHO. First, I recently documented that the McDonald family was regarded by a "tracker of names" as one of the 17 families running the world. Second, something OP hasn't said yet is that McDonald's stole IP from H. R. Pufnstuf to create these characters and was fined a million dollars. Third, I like where IP is going with how creepy the original and revised characters are (I never liked Grimace as a kid). Fourth, compare Mac Tonight. Fifth, there are an incredible number of oddities in the McDonald's legal career (one of my favorites, a bit off track, is that they claim IP over "Mc" everything, and usually win except they have so far chosen never to take on the Cayman Islands restaurant founded by one James MacDonald and so there are no (Kroc) McDonald's in the Caymans; note this is a bit different from the urban legend version).
Disclosure: I once worked at McDonald's.
During this research it was saying, "Disappearance: Mayor McCheese was largely phased out in the mid-80s due to legal issues. The character design was found to be too similar to H.R. Pufnstuf (a lawsuit by Sid & Marty Krofft), leading McDonald's to retire him from the main lineup, which explains his absence in this later 80s-era promotional shot."
I didn't know about the "Sid & Marty Krofft" muppets. Was following them on instagram.
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They're these big muppets.. like mascot costumes. Huge heads like Mayor McCheeze. lol.