Wednesday, May 29, 2013

McDonald’s “Lord of the Fries” (Joke) Ad

In this (joke) ad, which is a twist on the classic novel/movie Lord of the Flies (the 1963 movie is the classic, by the way), a group of adolescent boys gets shipwrecked on a desert island, and once there, they find one large order of McDonald’s French fries. Well, this being an ad for McDonald’s, they’ve got to make it look desirable to be obese, so the overweight kid defeats all the other boys, after which he gets the fries all for himself. And for this valor in the face of danger and overwhelming odds, he is rescued by Ronald McDonald’s Playland Yacht, where he gets all he can eat McDonald’s food: Yea! (And the other kids get left on the island to eat each other. {So, does fast food seem healthier to everyone now?})