08-25-25 - McDonalds Dropping Happy From Happy Meals Because Sometimes Kids Aren't Happy Sparking A Rant BO

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness (98KUPD)

Episode Date: August 25, 2025
Main Segment: McDonald's Dropping "Happy" From Happy Meals – Rant
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

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Overview

In this episode, John Holmberg and the crew passionately tackle the news that McDonald's—at least in the UK—is removing the word "Happy" from Happy Meals to acknowledge that not all kids are happy all the time, and changing the packaging and characters to reflect a wider range of emotions. The crew delivers a signature, raucous rant about "mental health," corporate overreaction, childhood nostalgia, and the meaning of happiness in a world seemingly obsessed with not making anyone feel left out—even at the fast-food counter.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The News: "Happy" is Out, Emotions Are In

[01:38–02:47]

• Holmberg brings up the UK news: McDonald’s is rebranding Happy Meals as just "Meals," dropping positive mascots, and introducing boxes and characters reflecting a spectrum of moods.
• Brady clarifies: "It is in the UK." [02:04]
• The stated reason: to reduce pressure on kids to always be happy, especially highlighted during Mental Health Month.

2. Host Reactions and Satire

[02:47–05:46]

• The crew launches into an incredulous rant about erasing “Happiness” from a product designed to boost a child’s mood.
• Holmberg’s central thesis:

  “The whole point of the Happy Meal was things aren't so great, but there's always happiness in this little box. And now they're basically saying, well, mental health has affected that.” [03:13]

• They lampoon the idea of marketing meals by matching a child’s negative mood:

  “Would you like the meal to be extra sad today?... The Happy Meal was designed to do—change your mood from sad to happy.” [03:01–04:01]

• Crew imagines alternative meal names: “pissed off meal,” “depressed meal,” suicide-themed toys as over-the-top sarcasm.

  “No toys. Riddling. Tiny little handgun. A noose. Yeah. Here’s your saddest suicide meal.” — John [05:00]

3. Nostalgia: The Power of the "Happy Meal"

[05:54–08:22]

• Riff on how the meals once brought joy, not just through food but with toys and colorful, collectible packaging.
• Satire about healthy alternatives (apples, yogurt) sapping the fun:

  “Somehow it was McDonald’s fault people got fat. And then they backed down and made salads and, like, apples. But... you can dip the apples in caramel. Which is, like, still kind of bad for you. Happy Meal, great.” — John [05:54]

• Argue that the Happy Meal is a parenting tool (“shut up meal,” “shut up and be happy”), and making it "sad" is missing the point.

4. Mental Health, Coddling, and "Real Life"

[08:22–14:25]

• Holmberg repeatedly complains about “coddling sadness” and turning life into relentless therapy:

  “It’s alright to not be happy all the time. No, it’s not. That sounds awesome. That should be the goal... Think about how many people eat when they're sad because it makes them feel good. And now the food’s coming at you with sad messages...” [06:42–09:00]

• The crew lampoons the idea of meals with “realistic” toys for each feeling and matches the meal to the child’s mood.
• Extended bit on “sad fortune cookies” and McDonald’s playing morose songs like the MAS*H theme “Suicide is Painless.”
• Counterpoint: Happiness is a goal, not a “harmful expectation.”

5. Wider Satire: Name Changes Don’t Fix the World

[21:00–22:45]

• A quick digression comparing McDonald's change to Apple's emoji changes and the Washington Bullets basketball team changing their name to the Wizards:

  “You don’t suppose it’s because the NBA team is named Bullets, do you? Of course they changed the name. And they haven’t had a murder since. The Wizards. They just have a lot of magic in the street.” — John [21:09]

• Sarcasm about "corporate pats on the back" and superficial changes that don’t fix underlying problems:

  “We think we’re doing stuff. It’s pats on the back... Change the meals to be sad like your kids. Like, that’s dumb. You’re being dumb.” — John [22:49]

6. Peak Nostalgia: Glassware, Toys, 70s/80s Childhood

[23:46–26:03]

• Warm reminiscence about McDonald’s collectibles—glassware, commemorative glasses, cartoon mascots, and the lasting joy they provided:

  “That was the best thing I ever got. Collect all eight. I’ll be back tomorrow.” — John [23:47]

• The hosts recall their own cabinets full of McDonald’s collectibles and how these "real" souvenirs beat today’s disposable toys.

7. Modern Sensibilities, Vegan Sarcasm, and Toughness

[15:55–17:39]

• The “sad meal” is mocked as a vegan, Impossible-burger-based tragedy:

  “Would you like an Impossible burger? Oh, life is impossible. You’re right.” — John [15:57]

• Jokes about “toughening up” echo throughout—Happy Meals “save” parents from tantrums, sadness should be overcome not coddled.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the importance of happiness:

  “If you can’t get happy from a free meal from your parents that’s got a little toy in it... Your kid is... It’s over. It’s too far gone.” — John [06:36]

• On mental health messaging:

  “When your mental health is good, it doesn’t count as mental health. It only counts if you’re feeling like crap... I think the goal is happiness, isn’t it?” — John [11:44]

• On nostalgia and McDonald’s glassware:

  “All of our glasses came from McDonald's and they would give it to you and put a little cap and a straw on it. And you got your first soda in the glass. My hands weren’t even big enough to hold.” — John [25:23]

• Corporate performative action:

  “We think we’re doing stuff. It’s pats on the back. It’s corporate patting themselves on the back. We change the meals to be sad like your kids. Like, that’s dumb. You’re being dumb.” — John [22:49]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Key Segment | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------| | 01:38 | News about McDonald's changing Happy Meals (UK) | | 02:47 | Crew’s incredulous response and satirical breakdown | | 05:54 | Happy Meals as a tool for joy and parenting | | 08:22 | Mental health & “coddling sadness” debate | | 15:55 | Vegan “sad meal” sarcasm and food nostalgia | | 21:00 | Critique of corporate name/symbolic changes | | 23:46 | McDonald’s collectibles from childhood | | 27:28 | Reflection on the value and impact of McDonald's joys |

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Flow & Tone

The episode is a blend of satirical critique, nostalgia, and pointed cultural commentary, delivered in the HMS crew’s irreverent, unfiltered style. They poke fun at modern sensitivities, the corporatization of mental health conversations, and the oddity of rebranding something as iconic as the Happy Meal. The rant is peppered with memorable one-liners and detours into 70s/80s childhood, with a consistent theme: happiness matters, and sometimes a little box—and a toy—can help.

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Transcript

[Brett]

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[John Holmberg]

The best of homework's morning sickness on 98 KUPD. Another thing I saw that is like just against the I'm done being in on this whole thing. Happy Meals in McDonald's are changing their names to just the Meals for you know why Brett oh, and they're also getting rid of one of the characters in a Happy Meal is called Smiles. I think it's just in the UK right now.

[Brady]

It is in the uk.

[John Holmberg]

They're booting them because it's Mental Health Month. Sometimes kids aren't happy so why remind them that they could be? So you get rid of the word.

[Brady]

They redesigned the Happy Meal box to.

[John Holmberg]

Just be kind of smile. Yeah, they got rid of the smile. And the reason why is because a bunch of kids feel pressure to be happy. What? Yeah, there's too much pressure on being happy. It's better to just not. Let's just not even bring up they're making happy a bad word. Happy Meal makes kids sad.

[Brady]

They'll be collectibles.

[John Holmberg]

Let me tell you this.

[Brady]

You got the different.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, they got little mouths. They got the happy smile. And then you got the one that's kind of like, meh. And then another one that's disgruntled. And that one, I think he's angry. This one I think. I don't know. And then he's just sad.

[Brett]

So the new get a pissed off email or so, right?

[John Holmberg]

Meal. Yeah, you get pissed off Happy Meals, you get I'm pissed meal. I'll tell you this right now as a kid time, but I think this.

[Brady]

Is the general one to see the tagline at the bottom of the box there.

[John Holmberg]

It's okay not to feel happy all of the time. Okay? That was the point of a Happy Meal. The Happy Meal was when my kids acting like an asshole and I got no other options here. If I go to that drive through and get him a Happy Meal, everybody's happy. Because it changes the tone of it all. When my kid's sad or miserable or crying or screaming in the backseat and I go to McDonald's and they're like, would you like the meal to be extra sad today? Or like, remind your kid that things are bad? The whole point of the Happy Meal was things aren't so great, but there's always happiness in this little box. And now they're basically saying, well, mental health has affected that. Small cheeseburger, apple pie, Yogurt.

[Brady]

In the UK, a recent study found that 48% of kids feel pressured to be happy all the time.

[Brett]

We all do because they're eating a goddamn Happy Meal.

[John Holmberg]

You get a Happy Meal, the pressure's off. It's awesome. Happy Meals are awesome. That was the best part of my day. If my mom had that, that stupid box brought great joy. If it was frowning at me as my mom brought it to me. I got you a meal to match your mood. I'm feeling pretty down, Mom. Here's a down meal. Aw. Just a reminder. Smile. Eat it. Nothing can change you. That's what the Happy Meal was designed to do. Change your mood from sad to happy. Oh, it's a Happy Meal. It's basically a little Box of things aren't that bad.

[Brady]

And some parents, you know, feel like a minute. That Happy Meal is a drug. Because your kid just want it. And they throw a temper tantrum. They can't have it. Teaching moment.

[John Holmberg]

But what happens when they're sad and you get them a Happy Meal? It reminds them things aren't so bad. Yeah, you're all right. Look, look, it changed your tone. It's like me. If you give me money, if I'm sad and you hand me 20 bucks, I'm like, yeah, thanks. I'll smile. It brings a smile. That was the whole point of the Happy Meal. Now it's supposed to, you know, coddle your emotions. It's a goddamn Happy Meal. If you can't get happy from a free of food, nothing's going to change you. You're. You're a miserable pile of garbage.

[Brett]

Maybe they'll replace the little toys and prizes in there with Riddler.

[John Holmberg]

No toys riddling. Tiny little handgun. A noose. Yeah. Here's your saddest suicide meal.

[Brett]

Here's a razor blade on the.

[Brady]

On the back panel. You can play hangman.

[John Holmberg]

Right? Right. And it always spells out your name. What's the matter, Billy? Not enjoying your depressed meal? Yeah, it really kind of matched my mood. I felt like garbage. And you know what? I opened it up. My sandwich had a bite out of it. Yeah. Cause that's what a depressed meal would do. If your Happy Meal was like, half the fries. They forgot the apple pie part. I know. They have to give you apples now instead, because there's health involved. McDonald's should have never started that garbage here.

[Brett]

So you don't get the normal.

[John Holmberg]

You get an option of, like, healthy apples or, like, a yogurt. Cause somehow or another, take some of.

[Brady]

The joy out of it.

[John Holmberg]

Somehow it was McDonald's fault. People got fat. And then they backed down and made salads and, like, apples. But they can. You can dip the apples in caramel. Caramel. Which is, like, still kind of bad for you. Happy Meal, great.

[Brett]

Make my kid a pussy.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, exactly. Would a pizza place deliver your. What mood are you in? I'm not feeling too great. All right, well, we'll be sure to include a bunch of sad things in your order. Like why I'm ordering a pizza because I'm sad. Eat when I'm sad, and it makes me feel better. Don't make the pizza sad.

[Brady]

What's with the gray box?

[John Holmberg]

Box is gray. It's wet. Open it up. All the pepperonis are an upside down sm. Oh, yeah, man. I forgot I'm eating because I'm sad. I don't want my food to make me sad. When at that I'd go to Arby's. I like Arby's. Just looks weird. We all know why. Got a strange kind of vibe. But yeah, don't make the happy, you know, McDonald's buckle. Don't. American McDonald's don't buckle. That's all I ask. Coddling to a child's emotions through. If your kid can't get happy with a Happy Meal, your kid is. It's. It's over. It's too far gone. Put it in the little fire department drawer and let's start over with a happier kid. Happy Meals don't make me happy. I'm miserable. Stop. Quit crying or I'll give you something to cry about. That was the old sentence. That's not good for his mental health. Worked for me. It made me realize, you gotta overcome some stuff. If I'm feeling Sad and my McDonald's people are like, yep, put that in cement, you're sad. And here's some more sad stuff to pile onto it. I'm gonna stay sad. It's alright to not be happy all the time. No, it's not. That sounds awesome. That should be the goal. And you're not gonna achieve it, but boy, that would be great to be happy all the time. Think about how many people eat when they're sad because it makes them feel good. And now the food's coming at you with sad messages like, you're like a fortune cookie. Told you they said you're fat. Oh, you're fat and you're never gonna lose this weight supposed to give me hope. Well, we're realistic fortune cookies. Now realize that the Mental Health month, a lot of it's gonna be, you know, suicide is an option. Thanks, Fortune cookie. It's not the best one, but it's out there. So think about it.

[Brady]

That's playing inside all McDonald's now.

[John Holmberg]

Nash. Theme song. Suicide is painless. I'll have a number three, a large Coke Zero. What? What's going on in here? Why is Blue Oyster Cult always on? Oh, it's Mental Health Month and we're really focused on the bad parts. Isn't happiness part of mental health too? Isn't that in the spectrum of mental health?

[Brady]

They got rid of it.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, they got rid of the good one. I thought mental health, like, like the spectrum of mental health is sadness, depression, all that stuff, and then also, like, happiness and being okay. Am I wrong? No. So why Delete that from mental health theories.

[Brady]

They didn't. They have it on there. But what if someone wanted the depressed one and they got the smiley box, right?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And then accidentally get the bug?

[Brett]

You call Sue.

[John Holmberg]

Hey, I was upset and you gave me the happy one and it pissed me off. I'm like, well, you're just unstable. That's what you are. Mental health month, man. Somebody will Sue Holmberg's morning sickness.

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[John Holmberg]

Probably right? I went in there. I mean, what do you have to take a little test? All right, I'll take a one of those meals. What would you like the box to look like, sir? I don't know. I guess I'm feeling a little bit indifferent. All right, one indifferent meal. And what else they give you? The smiley one. I told you I was indifferent. Oh, sorry about that, sir. Now my old days ruined. Give me a my day is ruined.

[Brady]

Meal, then the toys inside are like medical jug with Tic Tacs in it.

[John Holmberg]

I got my pills. There's a whole bunch of them too. Don't mix the reds and the reds. Just one at a time. Take a yellow with the red, but not a red and a red. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And I always thought that happiness was part of mental health, but we've deleted all the good stuff. When your mental health is good, it doesn't count as mental health. It only counts if you're feeling like crap. That's it. I think the goal is happiness, isn't it? So more things that tell you to be happy, that's a good thing. And yeah, there's pressure to be happy. It's tough.

[Brady]

And the point of. Look, you can't be. Can't be happy all the time. You're gonna feel the gamut of emotion.

[John Holmberg]

And you have to figure out a way out of it. You got to figure out a way out of it. And guess what? Guess what? Nobody ever tells you when you're happy. You got to find a way out of this.

[Brady]

Quit being happy.

[John Holmberg]

It's a goddamn happy. You can't. That's the goal. The goal is to be happy. And it's. You're gonna have hiccups. Nobody ever tells you that. You gotta stop being happy. You gotta. You gotta have some down time here. You gotta be depressed. No, I don't. I'm feeling great right now. Things are cooking right along. This is a good time. Well, that doesn't count as mental health. Mental health only counts when you're moping around and thinking about hanging yourself. That's when we count, all right? Because that's the most extreme part of it, the whole point of being sad. Dig yourself out of it to get happy, where you try to stay as long as you can until something screws with you and then you end up getting. And you have to start over again. That's the way life works. Now I gotta go to McDonald's, I gotta order one of these. What's in a sad meal? Roaches. Oh, Jesus. Imagine walking into.

[Brett]

Walking in there and this song's playing for you.

[John Holmberg]

I'll have the I think you both know what I want. You need a sad Meal, sir. Yeah. Would you like that with or without the food? What do you mean? A lot of times we just give you an empty box because that's how you feel. Yeah. I'm going to take that box out and I'm going to the box. Here's your rope, sir. Also, the sad meal is $10 more expensive than a regular one because why wouldn't we? Pile on.

[Brady]

Ronald has a frown.

[John Holmberg]

Ronald. The sad crying clowns outside. Hamburglars out there just taking care of the fry girls. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Happy meals are designed to make annoying kids feel better for a little bit. Even if it's for a little bit. Not everybody's happy. And there's a lot of pressure to be that way. Yep.

[Brett]

And it's to make them shut up too.

[John Holmberg]

And shut up. It's a shut up meal, right? Call it a shut up meal. Right? Call it my last resort. Shut the f up meal. You're driving me nuts. Meal before I give you five. Yeah, I'm trying not to hit you. Meal. I know I'm. I know it's frowned upon for me to beat you. So if I give you this, will you shut up? Give me. You know who's really unhappy is the parents. God damn kids. Driving me nuts. If I give you a Happy Meal and $5, will you stop every time they stop.

[Brady]

Well, if you keep your kids happy from May 13th through the 19th without having to go to McDonald's, you'll be all right. Then we'll be happy again. 20th.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Because mental health.

[Brett]

It's only one week.

[John Holmberg]

Only the mental health thing. So once it's over, we're back to, you know, not caring about your kids health.

[Brady]

Going to be a tough week.

[John Holmberg]

Somehow or another, this is going to change the world. But starting May 23rd, we're back at it. Your little depressed kid can suck my. He's gonna eat the Happy Meal or he's done. Sad little kid. He's got a lot of mental problems. That's your fault. Quit telling him he's saddled. Gonna see somebody. Cheer up, buddy. That's all you have to say? Oh, wow, this sucks. I'm unhappy. All right, well, what's it gonna take to make you happy? This is annoying. McDonald's. I'm hating it. Oh, that's a good idea. Let's just prey on the sad. Yeah, if you can't get happy from a free meal from your parents, that's got a little toy in it.

[Brett]

The sad meal would be vegan.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, well, I agree with that. That's how you make me really embrace my mental status. Would you like an Impossible burger? Oh, life is impossible. You're right. I want one of those. It tastes like beans and soc. It just looks like meat. I tried that again. Those impossible burgers. I had another one. Somehow they've gotten worse. I think mass production of them's made them worse. They're not getting better. And I'm all for, like, not slaughtering cows and stuff like that, causing all the methane and the. It's gross. But I love meat so much that I'm. I'm willing to forgive the full on destructive nature of getting the meat. I just don't need to see how it happens. If you could grow plants that taste like meat, get rid of the whole cow slaughter thing, I'm all in. Vegans, you have not come close yet. That stuff's gross. It tastes like beets and dirt. And the worst part is it fools you. Imagine that it's like a Impossible burger is like if you had a girl and you met her at a bar and you get her pants off and the thing looks amazing. That's the perfect looking girl. Peach. It's the best thing I've ever seen. And when you get down there, like a wiener pops out. Oh, you fooled me. I thought you were something else. This is. You're trans meat. This guy said my dad needed to change my mind. I didn't get a happy Meal. I got a slappy meal. Considered it a knuckle sandwich with five fingers across my mouth. Every one of your kids is a pussy. Again. This dude has the best name of all of our listeners. Revel Hollingsworth. I can tell you right now, your parents named you Rebel Hollingsworth. You were gonna be. You were gonna be tough. Nobody names their kids Rebel Hollingsworth. And then goes. Are you feeling a little upset today, Rebel? No. Rebel Hollingsworth won't bow down to sadness.

[Brady]

Never had a problem falling asleep when I was little.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Good night, Rebel. You're a little. A little bouncy for 9pm, rebel. Looks like we're gonna have to take care of that for you. Hey, Rebel. Sleeping. Lights out. Everything's good. He'll wake up in a couple hours and wonder what happens. It's just. It's ridiculous how we coddle sadness. And I understand it. I've been through the panic attacks. I've had that whole thing go down. I know what it's like to have, like, breakdowns. You know what my goal was? Get out of this. Be, you know, be different than this. Don't let this win. And you can get out of it, and you can get out of it. And you have to sit back and go, I can't get myself in these situations where I put so much pressure on me that I feel like everything's weighing on me. And I know that it's a real thing. But McDonald's meals aren't gonna save you. You gotta do. It's all you. Everything about it is you setting your mind straight. And I know the mental health thing, and there's a lot of depression and it's very real, but you can't embrace it. That's the problem. Once you start getting into it, going, this is it. This is as good as it gets. You have lost to it.

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Donovan says good for McDonald's. Replacing a happy Meal is like when Apple removed the gun emoji and put a squirt gun in there. Yeah, it stopped gun violence.

[John Holmberg]

The Washington Wizards. Yeah, they used to be the Washington Bullets, but they looked around and said everyone in Washington D.C. is shooting each other. Made the highest crime rate in America. You don't suppose it's because the NBA team is named Bullets, do you? Of course they changed the name. And they haven't had a murder since. The Wizards. They just have a lot of magic in the street Sorcery. Way too many crystal balls now, but at least it's not murder. You go into the inner cities of D.C. want me to read your Fortune, player? I'm not a wizard. Washington is the place that thinks that everything can be cured if you just change your sports team's name.

[Brady]

I got Pterot cards.

[John Holmberg]

Pterocs that ends. Oh, you got the Biggie card. You're gonna get shot, bitch. Not here in D.C. though, so I'd hang around here. Ain't no violence in D.C. now. Cause, well, you. We got a team called the Wizards.

[Brady]

Thanks for the reading.

[John Holmberg]

What do I owe you? Just hand me your wallet. Inner city brothers dressed like Gandalf, walking around going, I have been influenced. Used to love shooting people, but then they changed the name of the team and now I believe in sorcery and I am a conjurer of spirits and such. That's great work, Lamont. Nice robe. I like all the moons and stars. It has quite an effect.

[Brady]

Is that a Gucci robe?

[John Holmberg]

It is. Oh, I Louis Vuitton. Yeah, but these are stars. And the LVs all make stars. You know, it's the. I like, you know, sharp. That's a lot of Wizards. A lot of that's gonna become a racial slur in D.C. i don't go down. There's too many wizards.

[Brady]

My crunk cup is now a chalice.

[John Holmberg]

I drink of the blood of the youth to stay alive for longer. Oh, a lot of wizards around here. It's getting a little wizardy. Hi, wizard. DC idiots. We think we're doing stuff. It's pats on the back. It's corporate patting themselves on the back. We change the meals to be sad like your kids. Like, that's dumb. You're being dumb. At least it's only in the UK. American McDonald's is still goddamn American. Kids get happy from the meal. Cause we say so. Happy and fat. This is the way fat and happy American kids do. Sa. That's a McDonald's Happy Meal. Your kid needs to put a little meat on his bones. Smile on his face. Knock it off. Play with the little duck. They used to give us, like glasses. They trusted us as kids. Oh, yeah, glassware. That was a gift. Here, four year old. Here's a glass.

[Brady]

Awesome.

[John Holmberg]

That was the best thing I ever got. Collect all eight. I'll be back tomorrow. And just eight of stupid stuff. That girl duck clown, remember that one?

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

She ran around. Yeah, the girl duck clown. I have a glass with her on it. I had Grimace, I had that. I had Ronald, I had the burglar, I had the mayor. I had all of them. Merriam Cheese, Mayor McCheese. I had every one. You go back and get one, you get. You get a. You got glassware. In the 70s, 80s and early 90s, a lot of families, you know, because there wasn't a Bed, Bath and Beyond then had full cabinets and that's what you drank out of.

[Brady]

We still have the series, the Pepsi, Looney Tunes. I think there's burgers.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, great. But your glassware only came out for company. The family dinners at my house were most of the time like cornet and the McDonald's glasses like super Bowl. We lived in West Virginia, which is Morgantown's, an hour south of Pittsburgh. And when they were winning in 78, 79, the Super Bowls commemorative glasses. Collect all four Steelers, you know, Super bowl nine, 10.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

You know, 12, 13, you get those. And then you'd get them all. And then they did one big one of all four Super Bowls. We had all of them. And I swear to God, if you see a picture of my family eating dinner, nice dinner. All of us have a glass with some sort of emblazoned Steeler on there. Or the duck clown thing. All of our glasses came from McDonald's and they would Give it to you and put a little cap and a straw on it. And you got your first soda in the glass. My hands weren't even big enough to hold.

[Brady]

It was the duck clown thing for chicken nuggets.

[John Holmberg]

I think she showed up for nuggets like she. Yeah, she was some sort of science experiment that laid. Nuggets. Nuggets. But it was a better time. Yeah.

[Brady]

When you're drinking out of Yosemite Sam around the dinner table, there's a little bit of.

[John Holmberg]

We had a lot of. We did get those, too. Now that I think about. I had a Sylvester the Cat. Yeah, it's a better time. Now your kids can't even have a Happy Meal. Tell me that wouldn't make them happier. Here's a glass with your favorite cartoon character on it. Like a kid can't get happy from that. Put them in the drawer. It's a fire department's problem now.

[Brett]

What was the Big Mac Cops name?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, the cop. That's a great question. Officer Mac, I think. Was it? That's a good question. Because there were the little fry people.

[Brady]

Fry guys.

[John Holmberg]

The fry guys. They have a name too, I think.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And then there's the. The duck clown thing. I think you're right. I think.

[Brett]

Oh, Officer Big Mac.

[John Holmberg]

Okay. Yeah. It's awesome. Yeah. Big man. And then the duck clown thinks like a chicken. Like, you're right. I think that's a nugget layer. She lays nuggets, falls right out of her ass, puts them in the box, dip it in some honey mustard and you're nuggets.

[Brady]

Or. Yeah, the breakfast for the.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, eggs. She makes eggs too. That's right. It all falls out of her body. All out of her body. And right in that little Styrofoam box. The Hamburglar. The. He was a local psychopath. Stole people's food. Anyway. American McDonald's keeping you fat and happy. That's what I like to hear. Start letting kids chuck glasses at each other and whatever. There has to be a news story somewhere around 1986 where they're like, McDonald's can't give away glasses anymore because it just stopped it. Like, somebody must have killed a kid with one of those glasses because that slashed the.

[Brady]

Well, you can find the same joy from 10 cent plastic toy.

[John Holmberg]

That's true. Yeah. Costs.

[Brady]

Flashwear's gotta be.

[John Holmberg]

But they still charged you. It wasn't free. They. You had to buy the commemorative drink. And it was like $3 for that.

[Brady]

Yeah, there was an ad.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brady]

So that was.

[John Holmberg]

Anyway.

[Brett]

And it Was worth it to your parents to shut you the hell.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, it was the best. I got that Mean Joe Green one and it was. It's regional. It was even better because it was just regional. They weren't selling those things in California. That's the only people in the area around the Steelers were getting that cool stuff. What's the duck's name? Birdie.

[Brady]

There she is.

[Brett]

Oh, Birdie, the early bird.

[John Holmberg]

Oh yeah, she's for breakfast. Yeah, she's laying eggs on your plate, Grimace. Just a big bloated fat. Wow.

[Brady]

How long did.

[Brett]

What was the professor there for?

[John Holmberg]

I don't remember him.

[Brady]

That had been one or two. I mean I remember him, but like he's scaring kids.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, he looks like the guy that. That. That steals Sonic the Hedgehog stuff. Yeah.

[Brady]

And then we had fried kids.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I didn't know anything about those. That. That's.

[Brady]

There's the happy.

[John Holmberg]

I don't remember any of that. They had extra criminals, apparently.

[Brett]

Well, when Uncle O Grim Rock shake.

[John Holmberg]

Uncle O. Grimacey is the. Is the green drunken uncle that showed up. Hey, Grimace, I made the shakes green again. I. Everything up, Uncle McGrimacy. I support the IRA. All right, all right, all right. Grimace, back in the box. What are you gonna do? Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect.

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[Byron]

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