There will never be anyone quite like him. Scott was part of the Today show for thirty years, broadcasting the weather and delivering personalized birthday announcements for people who were turning years old. He was the first-ever "Ronald McDonald," the brightly-colored clown mascot of McDonald's restaurants.
The character remained an integral part of McDonald's marketing for decades, appearing in commercials and imagery on his own or leading a troop of cartoon characters trademarked to the fast food giant. Scott played Ronald from his first appearance in into the s. Willard Scot's quote in the article in which he appears to claim to be the creator of Ronald McDonald is a claim that is inaccurate.
Ronald McDonald was created by a guy named Frank Hough pronounced "huff" while he was enrolled in an economics analysis fellowship and had been hired as one of Ray Kroc's first full-time employees.
During a meeting in , Hough came up with the concept of Ronald McDonald as a way to market McDonald's as a restaurant that would appeal to families. Frank later became a business professor and for a while the president at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, and students were circulating the story for years about how Hough had been involved in creating Ronald McDonald. When I was writing the centennial history of Graceland College published in , I got Frank to finally go on the record and give the details about this longtime campus rumor.
Frank was very hesitant when I asked him to do this, explaining that he had always been low key about that story and his role in creating that iconic restaurant figure.
But then Frank decided over the course of the call that it was important to let all the facts be known, in connection with this project about the college's centennial.
I'm pretty sure Frank's exact words to me over the phone as he related the origin of Ronald McDonald was that he told the people during that McDonald's leadership meeting back in "Well, families have kids, and kids like clowns. Why don't you create a clown and call him 'Ronald McDonald'? Hough died of MS in at the age of Outside of the standard obituary, the passing of the person who created Ronald McDonald was completely overlooked by anyone in the media.
Like Reply Delete. Reply to username. Moverfan 2 months ago. We got to go over to Windsor at least once and be in the audience--may have been with my Brownie troop, but I'm not sure. Like 1 Reply Delete. MrsPhilHarris 2 months ago.
Then, obviously, this lyric quote would not apply to you: "Be a clown, be a clown. All the world loves a clown I quite like "Send in the Clowns. Like 2 Reply Delete. MrsPhilHarris stephaniestavr5 2 months ago. LoveMETV22 2 months ago. According to Larry Harmon Pictures Corp. That's a lot of Bozo's. There's more than that, in Washington D. Older clowns did not bother me.
Then came IT and bunch of others and I am not watching. Jokers are okay though. Circus and evil type clowns are OUT. LoveMETV22 texasluva 2 months ago. Yes, and there a lot of clown based movies, unfortunately most evil.
Guess there's no profit in good clowns, that went by the wayside after Bozo ended. I just don't have much admiration for the advertising world. At the circus, I liked clowns on stilts. Otherwise, I have no use for clowns. Most recently they were seen on the streets of New York with talking to a birthday kid singing Happy Birthday! While a mascot for McDonald's, Ronald McDonald has maintained good relationships with his friends from McDonaldland , both integral and important.
Since , Ronald has always been bothered by the Hamburglar's constant crave of taking McDonald's hamburgers. Though the rivalry was tiresome, Ronald always knew a way out and has foiled the Hamburglar's plans many times.
The Hamburglar's schemes have always varied from simply taking the burgers in plain sight to using many methods and disguises, though Ronald is able to find a flaw with his plans. But no matter what his intentions, Ronald and Hamburglar remain close friends and even show his nice side by sharing instead of taking. At first, Grimace, like Hamburglar, was a villain who stole McDonald's soft drinks. Ronald however, was able to outsmart his former foe and now ally by tricking him into delivering a flyer saying he has been entered into a contest, and soaking him into Filet-O-Fish Lake when he was pretending to take a picture of the purple creature.
In later years, Grimace became Ronald's friend and they have been in many adventures together since then. They have varied from chasing Fry Kids for french fries, to teasing about the Hamburglar's "touch", and even teaching Birdie learn how to fly. When Ronald first met Birdie, she was still in her egg, waiting to be hatched. Since her debut in , Ronald and Birdie have remained really close friends. Notable things the two have been through together have varied: eating hot pancakes for breakfast, speeding up dinner, teaching her how to fly, and having fun.
As previously stated, Ronald McDonald is one of America's most popular characters. He has been seen in various pieces of merchandise, from plush to comics. The latter with four issues published by Charlton Comics sold from to He was the central focus along with his friends in the long running children's magazine McDonaldland Fun Times , teaching kids lessons, playing games, solving puzzles, etc.
He was also shown in a cameo in the E. In addition, he appeared as one of hundreds of licensed characters in the VHS tape Kids for Character.
Produced by Klasky Csupo, it featured six forty-minute tapes released sporadically between and Beginning in , Ronald would perform at magic shows for children, which still occurs today. He also visits children in the many Ronald McDonald Houses abroad. Ronald McDonald even had his own website respectively titled Ronald. To view the Ronald McDonald gallery, click here. McDonald's Wiki Explore.
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