Audio By Carbonatix
BY THE BURGER BEAST
Does anyone even know who the McDonaldland and The Burger King Kingdom characters are anymore?
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know who Ronald McDonald or the Burger King were. Sure, the friendly Burger King of the past was nothing like today’s creepy King (that guy freaks me out). And Ronald’s clownish mug used to be all over the place when I was growing up. But the other characters seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle.
I was in Downtown Disney not too long and I saw a 10-year-old boy ask his parents who that giant purple creature outside the McDonald’s was. What? That’s Grimace little dude. Grimace!
Does anyone remember when Grimace was evil? Or when he had four arms? What about the Hamburglar (robble, robble)? That guy was always trying
to steal burgers! Captain Crook was also a famous thief, but his big
weakness was fish fillets (he must have been hard up).
There were good guys too. The Big Mac worked diligently to stop the
Hamburglar and Captain Crook. Mayor McCheese, Birdie the Early Bird,
Fry Kids, and the Hamburger Patch. The list goes on and on.
The Burger King Kingdom Characters were less known. Sir Shakes-A-Lot
was always cold. The Burger Thing was essentially a 3D wall puppet.
Funny enough, I recently saw one for sale on eBay.
I barely remember the Wizard Of Fries, other than the fact that he was
a robot. But who could forget the Burger King’s worst enemy, the Duke
of Doubt?
