So this 1979 McDonald's commercial, tied to the first Star Trek movie obviously, might be most notable for starring the world's least threatening Klingon (seriously, "Happy Meal?" Couldn't they at least have been "Angry Meals" or something?). But what blows my mind is the recollection that Happy Meals used to come with cookies. Holy shit I remember those McDonaldland cookies being somehow incredibly plain but delicious. I'm certain they were plain; I'm probably making up the fact they were delicious. but the fact remains that they were part of the damn Happy Meal. Nowadays? Nothing. Goddamn it sucks to be a kid nowadays. (Via Gizmodo)
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You can still get the cookies with a Happy Meal instead of the toy if you ask. And I do, when the toy blows.
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I don't remember getting cookies with my Star Trek Happy Meal, but I do remember the Star Trek iron-on insignia I got inside the box that I wore so proudly when I was kids. but nothing was cooler than getting the Star Wars glasses at burger King!!!!
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the only thing I remember about mcdonalds from when i was a kid was getting my arm stuck in mayor mccheese's mouth.
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LOL Klingons advertising for Mcdonalds Happy Meal.I remembered back in the Late 1970s STAR TREKK first appeared in theathers I remebered the first StarTrek Happy come with Iron on Stark Trek Symbol ironed it on the Tshirt i thought it was Cool!
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"Sounds like the best FFF evah!" Oh HELL no. Been reading older stuff from the site (the lists are a personal fave), and if there's something I've realised, it's you NEVER give FF authors ideas, especially the FFF authors (offenders?)
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"The bloody klingonese "Hit the hut!" still makes me wonder "What the Fuck?"" Sounds like the best FFF evah!
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Never saw that one, but there was one back when I was little from Pizza Hut, when they had the old "Hit the Hut!" commercials. Klingons go to Pizza Hut, where they get a meal deal that includes Star Trek cups with model lids like a TOS-style communicator (still have that somewhere), a Romulan Bird of Prey, and even the Enterprise. As you can guess, the Klingons shoot the Enterprise cup, upsetting the one who got it. Didn't think Klingons cried. ;) Couldn't find a youtube version, probably for the best. The bloody klingonese "Hit the hut!" still makes me wonder "What the Fuck?"
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"Revenge is a dish best served happy." - Ancient Klingon Proverb
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Geekfather, see The Trouble With Tribbles for an example of that usage.
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the cookies were delicous
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October 1985, actually.
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OM Sez: "...Actually, the real "Holy Grail" of McDonald's commercials now is the version of this that was aired on Mexican TV stations..." That seems kinda weird to me, because I remember when McDonalds opened two restaurants in Mexico City (one North, one South) and it was all, like, "¡¡¡ADM!!!UNO! ¡Nos toca McDonalds! ('OMG! We get McDolands!)" and that was in 1986. 'Course that was in <i>Mexico City</i>, and it's all conceivable 'n' stuff that there may have been some restaurants nearer the border, and that the ads were shown up there. Or maybe OM was joking and I, with my Amazing Osmium Skull, took him/her seriously...? (HINT: Smart money says "Rotwang! is a motard".)
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I'm still trying to think of jokes based on Star Trek: The Motion Picture...
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Gary Owens speaks Klingon? Probably learned it while Space Ghosting.
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Sure you could get a Angry meal from Mickey D's. But Hallmark never has offered a D7 battlecruiser in their Christmas ornament collection.
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!!! THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THE COOKIES. THE COOKIES WERE MY EVERYTHING.
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...Actually, the real "Holy Grail" of McDonald's commercials now is the version of this that was aired on Mexican TV stations, where the Klingon is translated instead of the English VO.
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Well, I confess I went to Burger King with the new movie and bought a toy of Bones that says, "I'm a doctor not a physicist." "Today is a good day to die... from obesity and a heart attack" I don't know why that made me laugh so.
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Goddamn...way to make me crave something I can never have again!!! Those cookies,and the little choco chip ones,WERE delicious. I ate them well into adulthood. I remember getting pissed off at a McDonalds manager that was probably a good fuve years younger than me when he told me they didnt make them anymore....they can shove those fresh-baked "cookies" right back up Grimaces ass for all I care. And why the hell did they stop making the McJordan??? Michael Jordan aint dead and he never raped anyone(as far as we know). That was a delicious burger....they dont even have to call it a McJordan if they dont wanna pay him his cut...just bring the burger back!!! OK...this has gone on long enough...time for my meds(and by "meds" I mean beer)
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Waitwaitwait. Waitaminute. Happy Meals DON'T come with the cookies any more? My kid's four weeks old and I already weep for his future.
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I really miss the old McDonald's chocolate chip cookies. They were yummy, crunchy little wheat-flour cookies, and they were awesome. Unfortunately, they replaced them with "fresh baked" cookies that are kind of boring.
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Cookies? With a Happy Meal? How quaint! (I'm jealous)
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that commerical shows how much happy meals and mcdonalds have changed over the decades and how movie tie ins like happy meals were almost new back then not to mention gary owens must have been offered his own happy meal to do the voice in the commercial
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I've got one of those trek boxes on my wall, happy memories. The prizes today however are far superior, my kids get action figures, I got some cheap ass wrist communicater that broke in the parking lot.
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Well, in lew of Happy Meals, yeah it does suck (the boxes were so much better than the bags). The fact that they did away with fries and soft drink and now have apple slices and milk is criminal. However, they make up for it with all the awesome PlayLands. 3, sometimes even 4 storied levels of innertube/slide/ballpit awesomeness. Back when I was a kid, just a bunch of spring riders and a few slides. And of course, they don't look kindly on me when I try to relive my youth on the new playgrounds. Lucky damn kids.
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They still sell McDonaldland cookies. They're a shortbread cookie with a hint of lemon. I just had a bag. But, after eating 2 pounds of salt with a serving of french fries, your child taste buds may have been in overdrive.
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The cookies were delicious, but as far as being a kid nowadays, I have to politely disagree. Have you seen some of the toys that come in Happy Meals now? Some of them are cooler than toys we had to have purchased for us as kids! They sure beat transforming french fries!
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The cookies were delicious. I know it. The whole Quadrant knows it. That's why there learning to speak Klinonese.
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No, no, you are correct. The cookies were plain and delicious, but maybe our tastebuds weren't mature back then.
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"Klingonese"? WTF were they thinking?
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