This ad most likely aired in late 1968 or early 1969. Although the Big Mac was invented in '67 it did not roll out nationwide until the next year. The earliest national print ad I can find for it was from March 1969.
I like the way he said "Another Hamburger" when the second patty was placed.I bet at that moment lots of jaws dropped 😮! Lol 😂 It's still delicious to this day!
In the UK and Ireland, two new limited editions of the Big Mac were launched for the 50th anniversary... the Mac Junior, and the Grand Big Mac. For the 51st anniversary, they launched three new limited editions... the Big Mac Bacon, the Mac Junior Bacon, and the Grand Big Mac Bacon. For the 52nd anniversary, the Grand Big Mac returned for a limited time, without the Mac Junior. November 2020, the new limited edition Double Big Mac was launched for the Christmas season.
In the late 60’s and early ‘70’s, there was a lot of perky flute and trumpet noises in the soundtracks of TV commercials and sitcoms. I noticed that 10+ years later, the style had disappeared.
Strange how things change. Melody is absent in commercials, movies, video game music and music in general etc... now days it's all about strict rhythm and over the top bass. I miss melody
Notice the Big Mac was considered a big burger for the time in this commercial and in all McDonald's commercials in the 60s and 70s you see a 12 oz. drink along with a small bag of fries and small burger .Fast food restraunts started super sizing in the 80s
I was eating McDonald's since I was a kid, but I just had my first Big Mac in 2019 at the age of 46. I didn't think much of it, although I did think about the experience a lot and realized that I probably would have been more impressed if I ate it in the mid 1980s instead of long after all the gourmet burger chains exploded and my standards were already high by that time.
Me too: I went from the cheeseburger to the quarter pounder around 7th grade or so. Then I switched to the double cheeseburger: a bit less meat but a lot less bread, and would often get a fries with that. I lived abroad after college and the double cheeseburger is everywhere while the quarter pounder isn't. I got married at 44 to a woman who likes Big Mac's and I had one finally around age 46. It was good. I think I've had one more but I've made it to 56 with only two of them.
Every so often Mcdonalds brings back the Grand Big Mac, which is the size of the original big mac. It's definitely worth getting it, when it's available. It actually fills you up, whereas a normal big mac meal doesn't, really
Announcer's voice sounds similar to the one you used to hear at drive-in intermission ads..."The snack bar is open! Where you'll find freshly popped popcorn, sparkling cold drinks, delicious freshly brewed piping-hot coffee, and all kinds of ice-cream candy and goodies to tempt you. We'll notify you in plenty of time before the movie begins, so stretch your legs and come to the snack bar, NOW!"
Awesome Big Mac Debut as well as a Full 60 Second Version! This was for sure a 1969 because of the McDonald's logo look at the end of Ad! Anything earlier such as 1964-1968 Had a Slash mark Across the Logo M as well as the Wide Extended Golden Arched Grounded Sign! Thank-You for sharing and God Bless!
What you need to make a Big Mac - Lightly toasted bun - Pure beef hamburger - A slice of Cheddar blend cheese - *SOME CRISP FRAISH LETTUCE* - Secret sauce - The club slice, toasted - Another hamburger - A little more sauce just for good flavor - Crisp dill pickles - The sesame seed crown
The Grand Big Mac was a limited edition marking the 50th anniversary of the Big Mac. In the UK and Ireland, two new limited editions of the Big Mac were launched for the 50th anniversary... the Mac Junior, and the Grand Big Mac. For the 51st anniversary, they launched three new limited editions... the Big Mac Bacon, the Mac Junior Bacon, and the Grand Big Mac Bacon. For the 52nd anniversary, the Grand Big Mac returned for a limited time, without the Mac Junior. November 2020, the new limited edition Double Big Mac was launched for the Christmas season.
@@angusseletto1511 The original Big Macs are taller than todays. But the Grand Big Mac was twice as wide. It was bigger than the Quarter Pounder. I couldn't finish it even though I didn't order fries with it.
wish I could've been around to eat these daily back then, and had the almanac to tell me which key comics would be worth millions in 45 years, so I could store them away!
McDonald's needs to go back to their 70's menu model. Trim off all that extra stuff and go back to what they were famous for: their burgers, fries, filet o fish, and shakes.
it was more likely 14 billion. They stopped counting at 99 billion. I'm trying to figure out mathematically what the area of a grill would have to be to cook the 99 billion burgers simultaneously
This was Probably Late 1968/Early 1969 Cuz mcdonalds updated their logo in 1968 I tried The Big Mac Twice First was on My 12th Birthday 6/28/2021. And In Middle School They was doing something special for me Before my birthday 6/12/2023. And it was Delicious 😋 🤤
Same here. I've been eating McDonald's since 1973. The prices were were better & bigger portions were served. Now it's being served less & charge more money. The pattie is supposed to be bigger than the bun. Anyway McDonald's is still very successful.
"chemical, processed, sugar filled" isn't necessarily bad for you. A nutrition professor ate nothing but donuts and vitamin supplements for 4 months, targetted the usual number of calories/day, weight exactly the same and was in perfect health when finished. And dying for a steak and salad.
Remember: "I Want a Big Mac Someday, with a Milkshake or Coke and a Large Fries, for only just 5 Bucks, not today!" "Two all Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onions, On a Sesame Seed Bun".
And one dude saw this and decided "I'm gonna eat one of these everyday for the rest of my life!"
Don Gorske
A good ol Wisconsin man!!
This ad most likely aired in late 1968 or early 1969. Although the Big Mac was invented in '67 it did not roll out nationwide until the next year. The earliest national print ad I can find for it was from March 1969.
Nice slice of history.
And you are correct!! I watched the commercial on TV back then!!
They used to have fresh beef. Then went to frozen and recently put fresh beef on Quarter Pounders. Wendy's used fresh beef all the time.
@Gray. If you're correct on the years you mentioned, can't fool everyone.
Anything with a Slash Across The M on McDonalds logo ended in 1968! 1969 For Sure!
Some crisp, freash lettuce...
"lettuce"
The guy in this '67 commercial must be Canadian(eh!). 😆😁
Lmao
False advertising they throw a bunch of lettuce on the big mac
Yeah I heard him say it like you spelt it Charles,you've got a good ear,made me laugh free ash lettuce haha
I like the way he said "Another Hamburger" when the second patty was placed.I bet at that moment lots of jaws dropped 😮! Lol 😂 It's still delicious to this day!
Happy 50th anniversary Big Mac
And believe it or not, I was born within 4 days of its invention that year.
Cheap Eats but not Elite Eats! Gosh where can u get food thats inexpensive?
Yep.
In the UK and Ireland, two new limited editions of the Big Mac were launched for the 50th anniversary... the Mac Junior, and the Grand Big Mac.
For the 51st anniversary, they launched three new limited editions... the Big Mac Bacon, the Mac Junior Bacon, and the Grand Big Mac Bacon.
For the 52nd anniversary, the Grand Big Mac returned for a limited time, without the Mac Junior.
November 2020, the new limited edition Double Big Mac was launched for the Christmas season.
Shut up
R.I.P
Jim Delligatti
1918 - 2016
Lived almost a century. I've heard of athletes dying in their 40s and 50s.
This burger actually looks pretty good. Wish I had been around in 1967 to try it!
Yes too bad this burger was removed fron the menu i would have loved to try it aswell.
The Big Mac is still used today.
@@matthewthescienceguy7627 oh ffs 🤦♂️
@Steve Kovaleski You're eating way too much of this garbage Steve.
@@oksat6495 If the pickles were crisp then clearly the 2023 Big Mac is an inferior model.
0:52 the first showing of the current logo.
Actually, that's a slightly different logo than the current one. But yes, that one served as the basis for the current one
In the late 60’s and early ‘70’s, there was a lot of perky flute and trumpet noises in the soundtracks of TV commercials and sitcoms. I noticed that 10+ years later, the style had disappeared.
Strange how things change. Melody is absent in commercials, movies, video game music and music in general etc... now days it's all about strict rhythm and over the top bass. I miss melody
Watching this while eating a big mac..
Nice
My favorite McDonald's menu item. It's delicious!
Nerd
It's the worst imo. I'm fine with McDonald's but I feel sick to my stomach after eating a Big Mac
I don t Like it
@Michael Trent Hmmm, Surf and Turf .
@Michael Trent Arch Deluxe!!
i remember eating 2 of these in under a minute when i was 14. john belushi from animal house was my inspiration
i remember eating 3, but it took me like 5 minutes. No hurry
Notice the Big Mac was considered a big burger for the time in this commercial and in all McDonald's commercials in the 60s and 70s you see a 12 oz. drink along with a small bag of fries and small burger .Fast food restraunts started super sizing in the 80s
This technically is a 1968 spot for the then-new Big Mac sandwich at McDonald's. It was invented in 1967, but wasn't nationally sold yet.
More than likely a 1969 because of the Logo look at the end of the ad! 1968 and earlier had the Slash mark going across M look!
I was eating McDonald's since I was a kid, but I just had my first Big Mac in 2019 at the age of 46. I didn't think much of it, although I did think about the experience a lot and realized that I probably would have been more impressed if I ate it in the mid 1980s instead of long after all the gourmet burger chains exploded and my standards were already high by that time.
Big Macs are good, but their original cheeseburgers are the golden ticket imo.
@@DarthTrilluminati yup, two double cheeseburgers extra onion extra pickle 🔥
39 years eating at mcdonalds. never had a big mac, dont know what the secret sauce tastes like.
@@MooseMeusif you've had Thousand Island dressing, you've had Special Sauce!
Me too: I went from the cheeseburger to the quarter pounder around 7th grade or so. Then I switched to the double cheeseburger: a bit less meat but a lot less bread, and would often get a fries with that. I lived abroad after college and the double cheeseburger is everywhere while the quarter pounder isn't. I got married at 44 to a woman who likes Big Mac's and I had one finally around age 46. It was good. I think I've had one more but I've made it to 56 with only two of them.
RUclips back at it again with its recommendations
a Big Mac's a Big Mac. But a Quarter Pounder is a Royale with Cheese.
It's not, most places. It's not in Japan or Hong Kong. It's simply unavailable. I like a double cheeseburger more than the QP though.
@@lqr824They were making a reference from the movie “Pulp Fiction.”
@@peedfarded but that movie's characters are actually generally speaking incorrect
MISSING THE ONIONS.
When the Big Mac started, onions were omitted.
How they have shrunk over the years!! They should be called now "The Tiny Mac" or "The Micro Mac"
Durrrrrrrrrrrrr
Exactly. It's not even a big Mac anymore, just a double cheeseburger with a club in the middle, and they have the balls to charge five bucks for it.
@@Terribleathletes ikr, big Macs are just oversized buns with microscopic ingredients
Every so often Mcdonalds brings back the Grand Big Mac, which is the size of the original big mac. It's definitely worth getting it, when it's available. It actually fills you up, whereas a normal big mac meal doesn't, really
no, the patties at McD have ALWAYS been 1/10 of a pound. You're just bigger now so it looks smaller.
Announcer's voice sounds similar to the one you used to hear at drive-in intermission ads..."The snack bar is open! Where you'll find freshly popped popcorn, sparkling cold drinks, delicious freshly brewed piping-hot coffee, and all kinds of ice-cream candy and goodies to tempt you. We'll notify you in plenty of time before the movie begins, so stretch your legs and come to the snack bar, NOW!"
Awesome Big Mac Debut as well as a Full 60 Second Version! This was for sure a 1969 because of the McDonald's logo look at the end of Ad! Anything earlier such as 1964-1968 Had a Slash mark Across the Logo M as well as the Wide Extended Golden Arched Grounded Sign! Thank-You for sharing and God Bless!
Oh he makes it sound so good
Is it me, or, does that lettuce look like sauerkraut? 😝 😁
I remember my first Big Mac when I was a kid during the 80s, it was absolute magic!
Some crisp, FRAYSH lettuce.
Lol
I don't want to be rude but fresh is spelled f-r-e-s-h.
@@jordanjaynes390 whooosh
"For the bigger than average appetite!" Nowadays put down 2 or 3 of these things and a large fries in a single sitting. 'Merica!
It's only 3 oz of meat on Bread with Sauce Pickles and Leaves. A Baconator has 8 oz of beef.
Nice, the beef patties were the same width as the bun unlike today
The Big Mac was much larger then
POV: You saw this ad before the video 😉
Wow I can’t wait to try one!
The FIRST EVER Big Mac at McDonald’s
I’m lovin’ it
Dressed many a Big Mac bun...between 1976-80..
To all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and a sesame seed bun. I won a contest on the radio saying that the fastest. lol
0:22
FRAYSH LETTUCE
"fraîche"
What you need to make a Big Mac
- Lightly toasted bun
- Pure beef hamburger
- A slice of Cheddar blend cheese
- *SOME CRISP FRAISH LETTUCE*
- Secret sauce
- The club slice, toasted
- Another hamburger
- A little more sauce just for good flavor
- Crisp dill pickles
- The sesame seed crown
I don't want to be rude but fresh is spelled f-r-e-s-h
0:55 só faltava o slogan atual, "AMO MUITO TUDO ISSO".
"Ah ah big mac" sandwich will never get old haha
Bet this guy knows how to get " Fraysh" with the ladies.....
that beef looks so fucking good
They recently had the Grand Mac, a slightly larger version of the Big Mac, but they suddenly don't seem to have it anymore.
D.A. Elliott Jr. Yeah the Grand Mac is just the cheeky buggers going back to the original size and making a big deal of it
The Grand Big Mac was a limited edition marking the 50th anniversary of the Big Mac.
In the UK and Ireland, two new limited editions of the Big Mac were launched for the 50th anniversary... the Mac Junior, and the Grand Big Mac.
For the 51st anniversary, they launched three new limited editions... the Big Mac Bacon, the Mac Junior Bacon, and the Grand Big Mac Bacon.
For the 52nd anniversary, the Grand Big Mac returned for a limited time, without the Mac Junior.
November 2020, the new limited edition Double Big Mac was launched for the Christmas season.
@@angusseletto1511 The original Big Macs are taller than todays. But the Grand Big Mac was twice as wide. It was bigger than the Quarter Pounder. I couldn't finish it even though I didn't order fries with it.
Wow I love this haha simple
McDonald's big mac was introduced to the Pennsylvania state & areas closer to Pittsburgh back in 67
Maybe Pittsburgh rock n roller Donnie Iris was one of the first folks to have a Big Mac?
Oh - 'cheddar blend' cheese! I never knew that! It must have been real back then.
That's actually what American cheese is. Read the ingredients on the Kraft one and that's what it says.
American cheese is a blend of Colby and Cheddar with emulsifiers.
Richard Nixon was a fan of these. And he knew his hamburgers, since he started a hamburger stand during the war for his fellow soldiers.
Think I'll go for a Big Mac today!
No onions. When did they start with them?
habyss 1975 i think
Make that 1974.
Onions didn’t exist back then. They where made in a meth lab in Ohio in 1972
He’s joking.
@@Sorryhurtsgazing No, the earliest known onions date back to 3500 B. C.
The voice sounds like Olan Soule.
This big Mac is so good
wish I could've been around to eat these daily back then, and had the almanac to tell me which key comics would be worth millions in 45 years, so I could store them away!
McDonald's needs to go back to their 70's menu model. Trim off all that extra stuff and go back to what they were famous for: their burgers, fries, filet o fish, and shakes.
Wow the year I was born, i had to see this tv commercial.
What is contained in the secret sauce? Is it tartar sauce by any chance?
I remember seeing the 14 million sold sign on my local McDonalds around 1977 or 78.
Big Mac started test marketing in the Midwest in late '67, but didn't launch nationwide until March of 1968.
it was more likely 14 billion. They stopped counting at 99 billion. I'm trying to figure out mathematically what the area of a grill would have to be to cook the 99 billion burgers simultaneously
Gotta appreciate where the efforts at for selling the product though ❤
0:50 The dark blue smiley face animation looks similar to a happy meal box
Ubiquitous tijuana brass sound that was everywhere.
Legend
t was the crisp dill pickles that got me.
8/10 Cardiologists agree, it’s great for your heart.
LOVE BIG MAC🎉
I Love Big Mac Sandwich From McDonald's because It Makes Me Hungry!?
Lol! They should have added another slice of cheese to the second beef patty! XD
My favorite McDonald’s item. Just don’t eat too many!
Makes me very very hungry
Simple good classic American advertising
The Big Mac is almost 57 years old! Also, is that Herb Alpert on the trumpet?
groovy man
50 years ago
This is the 1st Commercial to use the current McDonald's Logo
Even back then the hamburger meat looks as thin as it is today, but at least back then the hamburger meat covers the roll.
no, it looks the same to me
Why does this make me want to get a Big Mac all of a sudden (definitely without pickles)?
what did he say about the second layer of the bread? the club slice? the crumb slice? can anyone help me please?
Club slice. As in "club sandwich."
@@mrray4015 Yup.
The secret sauce we all know is Thousand Island dressing.
This was from 1968, not 1967.
Fraish lettuce, but no onion.
Better adjust my Zenith, the lettuce looks a little sad, like they've been using that same handful for the last several ad campaigns
Ask for another slice of cheese on the top patty. It’s a game changer
Even that big Mac back then looks more appetising then the Big Mac now
It looks exactly the same.
really? I think they're exactly the same, no?
This was Probably Late 1968/Early 1969 Cuz mcdonalds updated their logo in 1968 I tried The Big Mac Twice First was on My 12th Birthday 6/28/2021. And In Middle School They was doing something special for me Before my birthday 6/12/2023. And it was Delicious 😋 🤤
And the rest is history
Back when McDonald's had real food...
Same here. I've been eating McDonald's since 1973. The prices were were better & bigger portions were served. Now it's being served less & charge more money. The pattie is supposed to be bigger than the bun. Anyway McDonald's is still very successful.
Mcdonalds has never had real food. Its always been inedible garbage
More sauce for good flavor… genuis
Before that catchy jingle: Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!
They don't even have onions on this one
This trend in chemical, processed, sugar filled and fatty factory food has contributed to the biggest health crisis in our world today.
"chemical, processed, sugar filled" isn't necessarily bad for you. A nutrition professor ate nothing but donuts and vitamin supplements for 4 months, targetted the usual number of calories/day, weight exactly the same and was in perfect health when finished. And dying for a steak and salad.
I prefer the Big Mick at McDowell's.
I actually search this on Google and the website got me for a minute lol
"Our buns don't have seeds!"
Ohhhh they make it sound so good and healthy 😂😂😂😂
What is fraish lettuce? anyone know?
Just a fancy way to say fresh
Maybe he was from Iowa, they say fresh / fraish there
51 years ago
Where's the onions? Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
I was born and raised in Wisconsin, WTF is cheddar blend cheese??
What is cheddar blend cheese?
Fraysh lettuce? What the hell variety is that?
Sandwich? Ooh yeah!
No onions on the sandwich - must've added them later
Remember: "I Want a Big Mac Someday, with a Milkshake or Coke and a Large Fries, for only just 5 Bucks, not today!"
"Two all Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onions, On a Sesame Seed Bun".
I preferred the original secret sauce, which was just tartar sauce. The new secret sauce is tartar sauce with ketchup. AKA thousand island dressing.
I don't think it ever was. It looks pink or orange in this video.
FRAYSH LETTUCE
March 1968.
Anyone know who this actor is? The voice is very familiar.