I want to go back and do it all over ...I am telling you the 70’s and 80’s were my decades and they were the best years of my life. Those decades were quite possibly the last best decades in America. One has to understand that America was absolutely a different place back then. It was still a treat then to get 25 cents from mom and walk uptown to the gas station to get a Coca-Cola or Pepsi or to the ice cream shop and get a CMP ice cream. We truly did not lock our doors and stayed out till after dark with our bikes and on Halloween we all went trick-or-treating without our parents when we got older at night in the cold and it was great fun.. In the summer we played outside all day and all night, The only way my mom got us home to eat was a big brass bell she had outside the sliding glass doors that she would ring to get our attention to come home for dinner. I remember wonderful 4th of July celebrations going on picnics and then mom took us to the ball park and we laid on blankets to watch the fireworks. And of course Christmas and even though it was tuff for my mom raising us she always made sure we had a great holiday . Even Easter was special in America back then... as we got older we started to go see the movies and we really did have the best movies. We had real holidays were we all got together and enjoyed each other’s company. We ate dinner every night together and talked not shouted at each other. We had great stores that are all but gone now in 2023 and great movie theaters and of course the MALLS! It was not the 80’s without a Mall. My very first few jobs were at the mall. First Macdonald’s and then The Gap!. Yes sir those days were GREAT! and we were very lucky to have lived them .... today I don’t even see kids outside and everyone is in fear for safety from crazy people.... I don’t recognize America now..God Bless us all ! And now for that first job at Macdonald’s, it was great but today (2023) , it’s sad and a joke, kids standing around doing nothing but reading iPhones, floors filthy, food is at best warm and nobody cares, not even Macdonald’s, because I have called them many times but the kids from the last generation are running these companies and they just don’t care….
I hear ya brother I was born in 1961 and yes the 70s & 80s were the best I grew up in a sleepy foggy town in Northern California played little league baseball back in 1973 had my first girlfriend in 1976 got my first job in 1978 met my wife in 1981 had two kids in the early 90s now have 2 granddaughters yes unless you experienced the 70s & 80s you have no idea how great it was it was truly the best time to be alive but we had no idea we were just living our lives
I was born in 1979 the 80's were great the 90's were awesome. 00's was the start of the decline in society with the Internet and phones. 2005 was a big shift when kid stop going on bike rides and knocking on doors to meet friends.
This is much better than the American/Canadian "You deserve a break today" commercial from 1971 -- although I very much like that one too as it features both John Amos and Anson Williams. What gives this commercial a clear edge in likability is the high level of youthful energy. This is one great looking group of teens.
@@needles1987 Indeed it did. At the time McDonald's was just starting out in Canada, so any commercial made in the U.S. was shown in Canada as well because there were not enough restaurants yet for the Canadian division to have their own marketing budget. I celebrated Pierre Legere's sixth birthday party at the second McDonald's in Canada (located on Oxford Street West in London, Ontario in front of the old KMart) in 1969. That first Big Mac with orange drink and I was addicted.
Officially called "You Deserve a Break Today". All external shots were filmed at Northmead, NSW. Sadly, the store has been rebuilt and relocated to the front right hand side of the large property.
I remember this as a kid - loved it then. Still do..The energy, is palpable. Today., No one knows how to sell anything. It's all 🙄 garbage. We need memorable jingles, again. None of this 'br-nd' bull.
If ever a McDonalds movie was released, I suppose it’d start with something like this advert, although they could add a little realism by including a “Singin’ in the Rain” style number as they tap-dance thru the urine on the dunny floor.
I love this commercial. The level of pride some of these people took in this is amazing.
I'm willing to bet they were professional actors, not McD's/Maccas/McDonald's employees.
@@roachtoasties nah, Maccas employees were much better back then. Less menu items = less work = Happier staff.....
@@colliric :)
They were paid to 😂😂
Like a Musical
I want to go back and do it all over ...I am telling you the 70’s and 80’s were my decades and they were the best years of my life. Those decades were quite possibly the last best decades in America. One has to understand that America was absolutely a different place back then.
It was still a treat then to get 25 cents from mom and walk uptown to the gas station to get a Coca-Cola or Pepsi or to the ice cream shop and get a CMP ice cream. We truly did not lock our doors and stayed out till after dark with our bikes and on Halloween we all went trick-or-treating without our parents when we got older at night in the cold and it was great fun.. In the summer we played outside all day and all night, The only way my mom got us home to eat was a big brass bell she had outside the sliding glass doors that she would ring to get our attention to come home for dinner. I remember wonderful 4th of July celebrations going on picnics and then mom took us to the ball park and we laid on blankets to watch the fireworks. And of course Christmas and even though it was tuff for my mom raising us she always made sure we had a great holiday . Even Easter was special in America back then... as we got older we started to go see the movies and we really did have the best movies. We had real holidays were we all got together and enjoyed each other’s company. We ate dinner every night together and talked not shouted at each other. We had great stores that are all but gone now in 2023 and great movie theaters and of course the MALLS! It was not the 80’s without a Mall. My very first few jobs were at the mall. First Macdonald’s and then The Gap!. Yes sir those days were GREAT! and we were very lucky to have lived them .... today I don’t even see kids outside and everyone is in fear for safety from crazy people.... I don’t recognize America now..God Bless us all ! And now for that first job at Macdonald’s, it was great but today (2023) , it’s sad and a joke, kids standing around doing nothing but reading iPhones, floors filthy, food is at best warm and nobody cares, not even Macdonald’s, because I have called them many times but the kids from the last generation are running these companies and they just don’t care….
Australia was the same
Now it’s turning communist,😢not the fun place it used to be at all,and lacking community spirit too
I hear ya brother I was born in 1961 and yes the 70s & 80s were the best I grew up in a sleepy foggy town in Northern California played little league baseball back in 1973 had my first girlfriend in 1976 got my first job in 1978 met my wife in 1981 had two kids in the early 90s now have 2 granddaughters yes unless you experienced the 70s & 80s you have no idea how great it was it was truly the best time to be alive but we had no idea we were just living our lives
I was born in 1979 the 80's were great the 90's were awesome. 00's was the start of the decline in society with the Internet and phones. 2005 was a big shift when kid stop going on bike rides and knocking on doors to meet friends.
@@dancalestini5698Amen!
" Will you stop f&#ken dancing and just give me my order already ! " became a common complaint in that Maccas era.
It’s a shame McDonald’s isn’t like that anymore
Love this slick, catchy, Aussie ad. Wonderful production values and musical arrangement. The 1980s was a golden era for advertising jingles.
just a recreation of the American Original ruclips.net/video/hcear7Sv1zk/видео.html
There was a 70s McDonald’s ad in the US which was very similar.
This is much better than the American/Canadian "You deserve a break today" commercial from 1971 -- although I very much like that one too as it features both John Amos and Anson Williams. What gives this commercial a clear edge in likability is the high level of youthful energy. This is one great looking group of teens.
And Johnny Haymer, who played Zale on "M*A*S*H".
I didn't know the one with John Amos and Anson Williams aired in Canada.
@@needles1987 Indeed it did. At the time McDonald's was just starting out in Canada, so any commercial made in the U.S. was shown in Canada as well because there were not enough restaurants yet for the Canadian division to have their own marketing budget.
I celebrated Pierre Legere's sixth birthday party at the second McDonald's in Canada (located on Oxford Street West in London, Ontario in front of the old KMart) in 1969. That first Big Mac with orange drink and I was addicted.
When you could afford an apartment back then on a McDonald’s salary
All future employees should be made to watch this and embrace the mcculture mcneeded
😂😔😔
Wont work society isnt white anymore people of color wont be following white laws
This mccommericial is mcfantastic
So much staff.
i cant get this out of my head and i dont care because i love it
Officially called "You Deserve a Break Today". All external shots were filmed at Northmead, NSW. Sadly, the store has been rebuilt and relocated to the front right hand side of the large property.
+Pete Adam Thanks very much for the info. So this would probably be the campaign launch here then?
+Bill McDonald yep, it was a huge launch...I remember as crew we had different hats and badges etc
I remember my 6 Months at this shithole
at least the OG Yagoona store has reopened
Back in the days when Maccas uniforms looked like pyjamas.
They don’t make ads like these anymore
I remember this as a kid - loved it then. Still do..The energy, is palpable. Today., No one knows how to sell anything. It's all 🙄 garbage.
We need memorable jingles, again. None of this 'br-nd' bull.
I suppose you should pick up a shift and sling that garbage yourself
Those McDonald's employees can really sing it in the commercial.
When McDonald's had high standards in customer service food preparation and cleanliness
The restaurant seems to be a tad overstaffed; two employees assigned to clean each table
back when you could get filter coffee at maccas
And 7-Eleven.... And almost every petrol station too....
I miss it as well my friend. But the Espresso IS overall better.
If ever a McDonalds movie was released, I suppose it’d start with something like this advert, although they could add a little realism by including a “Singin’ in the Rain” style number as they tap-dance thru the urine on the dunny floor.
Aussies always had their own identity it was and still is the lucky country.
Based 🇦🇺
Do people claim they don't?
You mean outcast of Mother England ,uncultured and no class as well.
Everyone in this ad is White! Love to see it!
Its Aus, so prob some continental Europeans too.
I miss the awesome singing commercials of the 1980's. I'm so sick of the medicare and personal hygiene ads.
Even on your heaviest days?
This was back when fast food restaurants had nice exteriors and interiors. I don't like how they look these days.
W Commercial 🔥
They have all the food but never any bloody serviettes!
They took this from you
OH, look, it’s Aussie food! 😂
HOT apple pie is right!
I call shenanigans. There's no way Australian McDs employees are that hot.
They were back in the 70’s,80’s and 90’s in Australia !
Now it’s such a different crew entirely
There's a fat ugly Leso at lakes entrance . I won't go in there.
@@claudiamartinez2693 obese kids now
Jason Alexander still with hair!
Has Australia/Maccas/society improved or gone backwards since then?
0:35 "It's even at regular price" how is that a selling point?
How is any of this a selling point?
Late 1970s inflation was hell on earth for everyone.
The ads telling you the price is consistent at the moment in the 80s.....😂
"There's even a break in the price." "Half price!"
@@scottmcintyre4950That makes more sense. I always misheard it.
14 years later engadine
Where do the customers fit in that restaurant chock full of workers? Crikey!
1983
Why are there 10 employees outside cleaning five tables that are already clean (0:11)? Tell them to get back inside to help customers.
No boomerang?
This is a great ad. But I’ll bet that most of that were actors and not real MC Donald’s employees.
Who composed the song? I believe that Barry Manilow did? Was that true?
Not Manilow, but an ad exec by the name of Sid Woloshin.
Although he wrote many jingles, Barry Manilow only sang on an early ‘You Deserve A Break Today’ McDonald’s ad in the US.
More Catchy With Style Like In 1971 Version
Back when customer service was A1
How did they expect customers to even see the menu, let alone get served, with their over the top sing and dance routine?
Back Then when McDonald's didn't Kill people.
Aussie mcdonalds ? 😅 how bout some kangaroo mc nuggets
The Wiggles
The wiggles
Hard to believe we use to get that excited about junk food Lol.
Still do 😍😍😍💯💯💯💯 gimme dat heart disease baby
Notice
It's sad Maccas is no longer like that and all we nowadays being overrun by Karens, ehsays and degenerates alike causing trouble😔
suffer wasp
😍🥺🩵🩵🩵
Cool commercial, even some wogs in this one.
lacist
@@suave-rider why?
@@JohnSmith-rw8uh was it necessary to mention race/ethnicity? No but it's unconscious racism. I see people not wogs and skips moit
Oh I miss shit
Back when you could afford to buy Mcdonalds, not like it is now, overpriced !
Cringeworthy, but old school Australia. You know what I mean.
The cheesier the better!