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McDonald’s Brings Back The Hamburglar And We Aren’t Sure How To Feel
Consumerist ^
| May 6, 2015
Posted on 05/06/2015 4:10:31 PM PDT by SMGFan
Upon hearing buzz that McDonald’s has brought back that scamp the Hamburglar to network TV after a 13-year hiatus, ostensibly in Burger Thief Jail, the image of the chubby-cheeked, one-toothed masked beef marauder might come to mind. But lo — the scamp is gone, replaced by a suburban dad with a full set of teeth, a five o’clock shadow on his chiseled jaw and a penchant for red leather high tops and trench coats.
“We felt it was time to debut a new look for the Hamburglar after he’s been out of the public eye all these years,” Joel Yashinsky, McDonald’s’ Vice President of U.S. Marketing said in a statement to Mashable. “He’s had some time to grow up a bit and has been busy raising a family in the suburbs and his look has evolved over time.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mcdonalds
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Looks creepy.
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:10:31 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:11:02 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SMGFan
Official mascot of the IRS.
To: SMGFan
It’s for their Homosexual Outreach Advertising program.
To: SMGFan
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:12:59 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: SMGFan
Looks like he is trolling for little kids...
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
To: SMGFan
Batman vs the Hamburglar..?
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:13:53 PM PDT
by
Leep
(To put it in laymen's terms liberal/progressive ist coo coo.)
To: SMGFan
Aw, I missed the little guy.
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:15:36 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: SMGFan
Bring back the Frito Bandito.
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:16:13 PM PDT
by
Usagi_yo
(Police are just armed bureaucrats.)
To: SMGFan
Shouldn’t white people be enraged by the portrayal as being poorly-disguised thief of substandard hamburgers?
To: EEGator
WE need a new Big Mac to arrest him.
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:17:01 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
To: SMGFan
should be a hit in baltimore
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:17:27 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: Paladin2
He looks like a Thug. He looks like a turdburglar
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:20:33 PM PDT
by
null and void
(My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front)
To: Mount Athos
Mayor McCheese was always soft on crime anyway
To: SMGFan
Still not quite as bad as the Burger King Stalker...
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:21:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
(My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front)
To: SMGFan
It’s a white guy, que the “That’s racist” gif...
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:21:43 PM PDT
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:23:59 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: SZonian
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posted on
05/06/2015 4:24:40 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
He looks like a guy who owns a window-less van.
To: RightOnTheBorder
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05/06/2015 4:27:09 PM PDT
by
EEGator
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