While Steve’s posts below show the weird/offensive/out of touch current marketing McDonalds engages in
I did some digging, and it turns out McD’s has just always been creepy and weird
The commercial from the 70′s below shows how children should go with strangers as long as they can pull cheeseburgers out of their hats(?!)
And here is a gem from NBC’s very own Willard Scott as Ronald
Just when I thought Willard couldn’t get any creepier…BAM..he pulls a John Wayne Gayce. Smuckers indeed.
Another couple of gems courtesy of McDonalds Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ0X1I91SMU