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  • Ronald McDonald gets a makeover (He's a she)

    09/23/2005 5:03:24 AM PDT · by cloud8 · 68 replies · 8,201+ views
    MediaGuardian (UK) ^ | September 23, 2005 | Stephen Brook
    She's sexy, she's stylish, she's sophisticated - and somewhat surprisingly, she's Ronald McDonald. A gender-bending makeover of McDonald's marketing icon in Japan has been hailed a great success after capturing the public imagination and enticing adults back into its outlets to sample a revamped menu. Traditionally, Ronald McDonald would goof about in oversized shoes and baggy yellow overalls in a frantic and successful pursuit of Hamburgler. In the Japanese TV commercial the foxy female version, with shoulder-length straight auburn hair in place of Ronald's frizzy mop, smoulders at the camera in a flowing yellow dress, and later a red and...