Fast Food | Ep #15

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This week we pull up to the drive-thru an order an overview and history of fast food, from Ray Croc to roast beef (ugh). Would you like fries with that shake? 

Show Notes: 

01:25 A defining moment 
04:30 McWorld
05:40 The McMenu Song / Big Mac Jingle
06:18 Communist fowl
11:01 Drew's fry/shake combination/abomination 

13:03 Interlude: Wesley Willis: "Rock n' Roll McDonald's"

14:12 Ray Croc: the original dude 

16:34 The Cool McD McDLT

22:18 Ronald McDonald: No Child Left Behind 

23:48 The McDonaldland Characters 

25:30 McToys: McDonaldland Playset | Playskool McDonald's

27:33 Happy Meal Hall of Fame: Changeables | Astrosniks

28:34 Interlude: Teenage Bottlerocket: "Blood Bath at Burger King" 

29:35 Burger King: The Pepsi to McDonald's Coke

32:03 Jack in the Box: The Mountain Dew to Burger King's Pepsi

37:05 Monterey Jack's

39:20 Taco Bell

45:15 Interlude: Das Racist: "The Combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell"

47:31 Roast beef: ugh

50:58 Whatsamatter, McFly; chicken?

52:42 Outliers

1:00:44 Fast Food Nation

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Fast Food | Ep #15