McDonalds 'A Day in the Life' - 1991 UK Advert

[JohnnyBeatdown]

Baby wants to go to Wimpy

[m0r1arty]

One, cup of char

[SweetT79]

@m0r1arty  No Its Cha,

[m0r1arty]

@SweetT79 To be punctilious about the whole thing it would be 'tcha' (which also moved onto being 'chai'). A certain region of Japan pronounced it 'te' which through trading with the Dutch found it's way into being the 'tea' that is known across the West today.

Being a British based advert the irony is that an man of Asian ethnicity in London is asking for a 'cup of char' instead of 'hee tcha' due to his non-rhotic pronunciation .

The humour is in the detail, intended or otherwise. Geddit?

[SweetT79]

Chav Burger, make it 4!

[sonnsys]

Anybody who eats at a MacD needs their head looking at. I´d rather eat dogshit!

[OldSchoolRasslin]

Wouldn't be allowed to have the bloke asking for 3 Big Macs nowadays!

[cheekymonkey0770]

I love the music at the end of the ad. Don't get me wrong, I love the ad altogether, although I don't really remember much of it as at the time, I was only 4 :$. *sighs* But those were the days, and the ads for Macci D's was soooooooo much better.

[BCJ1985]

Oh I remember this advert. Can't believe it was that long ago - certainly more inspiring than the insipid "lovin' it" stuff.

[jimjams91]

"I'm Lovin' It" physically SICKENS me...talk about dumbing down?

[fraserkatie]

The man who wants a cup od char and looks chinese I think is out of the channel 4 game show Banzai!

[ttrjw]

Any views on the location? Clearly London (red Routemaster) - I think it might be somewhere south of the river, e.g. Camberwell.

[MrDemolitionMan]

"filet o fish for my wife" is a classic line lol. Everyone remembers that!

[aldhous]

Love this ad. To this day I still say:

"Filet o'fish for my wife."

[PBLEY]

They were all bloody actors, because one of them I recognised from Grange Hill.

[fraserkatie]

The one from Grange Hill is the lady who wants Chicken McNuggets, cant remember who she plays though in Grange Hill, but love this advert and remember it! I think the lady with the baby is cruel to make him cry!

[fraserkatie]

I think she is Tina Mahon! who is the lady who wants Chicken mcnuggets!

[philevans1986]

I like this advert, it's interesting and quite adorable at the same time

[whirlwindhomedogg]

not surprised the little twat starts cryin, probably ended up a 16st lard arse workin there for £4.25 an hour