McDonald's McLean Deluxe commericial

[krsfromprp]

It was surprisingly pretty good, foe McDonalds.

[tjw8T1]

The explosions are in a round about way showing you what your ass looks like when you're sitting on the toilet after eating one of those Rat burgers.

[emlodik]

MMMMMMM! Seaweed and Water patty!

[DropPodFullOfPonies]

My dad had the occasional McLean back in the day...he always ordered it as a "Mic-Clane".

[AdrianRockSoul]

wtf end?? O_O_O_OOO_

[HomeSkillet489]

I wasn't around when the McLean deluxe was around. Can anyone tell me how it tasted? Was it good or bad?

[22centman36]

@HomeSkillet489 it had kind of a flat taste to it like you were eating something that didnt taste like meet but you werent sure what it was. This was back before junk food companies knew how to makje meat sustittues so they kind of meshed together something that was salty and half way beefy tasting. But no one knew what it was.

[earthrose93]

i heard of that burger it was a MCfail

[Taurusaud]

i miss those days

[geandily]

@thecridict100 Are you ESL?

[TRJ22487ISDEAD]

Damn I do not remember this at all. Quite clearly there must not have been a McLean Happy Meal

The guy at 0:11 cracks me up. And I love how his statement is not just answered with any old rhetorical attitude from the voiceover, no, literally AN EXPLOSION OF GLASS clashes against this mans remark, me must be some sort of wonderkind, if his pessimism was so greatly shattered, my own doesn't stand a chance! In the car for a McLean! I'd go to a McDonalds an order this, but they wouldn't get it....

[mylilhannah]

MFG. MY SURNAME IS MCLEAN.

[ricardohernandezosun]

come on mcdonald's, can't you see who are you dealing with? AMERICAN PEOPLE

greetings from the land of fajitas and chipotle

[fireice2037]

The worst thing mcdeath has ever make. I think i would rather lick the bottom of my shoe after walking in the dog park.

[ninabootheawesome]

Introduced in 1991, the burger was advertised as 91% fat-free, but what doomed the McLean Deluxe was what McDonald's did to get it that way.

McDonald's replaced much of the fat with water and injected carrageenan (seaweed) in order to get the patty to stay together.

[getabox]

@ninabootheawesome I had heard about the seaweed. As I recall, it was McNasty.

[codyhelton54]

No pixie224 is right they used water and seaweed as an binding agent to make the meat have less fat

[SimuLord]

McDonald's probably would've done better by using actual 91% lean beef (something like round or sirloin) instead of the combination of their usual 85/15 hamburger blend plus carrageenan (derived from seaweed) and God knows what-all else they used as basically a fat substitute.

[xRBHx]

disgusting

[macrent2]

McSgusting!

[alex2nd10]

did this taste as awful as people say

[HouseOnSunset]

@alex2nd10 From what I've been told, the meat was extremely dry, which actually sounds like a refreshing change from their usual greasy patties.

[MrCorporalTunnel]

@HouseOnSunset

The McLean was actually pretty decent, but greasy=taste as far as hamburgers go unless you live in some alternate universe. These days the burger would cost too much to put on the menu. Have you seen the price of lean beef lately?

[gryzorr]

Why is she talking to the hamburger...

[pixie224]

The fat was taken out of the burger and was replaced with water but because the burger patty couldn't be held together with just water, McDonald's added seaweed as a binder to keep the patty together and to keep the fat out of it. Hence the epic fail!

[wheelrchair1]

@pixie224 how do you know this.

[MrCorporalTunnel]

@pixie224

What you are saying is absolute horse manure and is on par with many debunked urban legends regarding fast food. Snopes, anyone?

[Demigord]

@pixie224 Yeah, because it's impossible to make a 91% lean hamburger with just the beef. Idiot.

[giogiolover]

I just don't get it? It's a cheeseburger with less lettuce and "lean" meat. It looks like a dollar menu item.

[MrCorporalTunnel]

@giogiolover

It was actually a repackaged McDLT. Lean beef and no mayo, that's the only difference. When this was introduced, McDonald's killed the McDLT.

[etraise2]

the lady is hispanic not white

the bill gates is the white guy

[CTCxSIS]

It's a hamburger. What's so "lean" about it?

[EvilFlamethrower]

Should the mythbusters be doing the job of "exploding" myths?

[ConfessionsPew]

I don't understand why anyone wants to memorialize that sandwitch

[NoIDidunt10]

I tried one of those once.Not bad.There just wasn't a big enough market for them .Especially when its competing with the Big Mac eaters.McDonalds failed becuz fast food restaurants are not for the weight conscious..

[rokhamdagamer81]

Miss Ketty Lister on a McLean Deluxe Commercial that's awesome.

[Edge3x]

More like MacNotasFat

[SpeakMyMind500]

lol at the end.

[WispierTetrahedrons]

For when you only want "sort of clogged" arteries!

[Smartboy8877]

@WispierTetrahedrons

Another great sense of You Tube humor!

[ChihuahuaboyDH]

I remember eating many a McLean Deluxe back in the early-to-mid-1990s. This low-fat hamburger was DELICIOUS! I wish this & the McDLT were back on McDonald's' menu!

[logik316]

@ChihuahuaboyDH

C'mon, the McLean Deluxe didn't taste as good as their other burgers. Aside from it's low-fat content, do you really think it was on par with the Big Mac or a regular burger?

[SkibopDaSequel]

it looks bland, like turkey burger

[DisasterBlaster500]

Tasted the McLean Deluxe once, it was McDreadful

[logik316]

@DisasterBlaster500

In 1992, my mom once bought a bag of of McLean Deluxe's and we gave them a try. They weren't terrible, but the Big Macs and regular burgers were tastier. The patties just seemed too dry. If they had used a bit of vegetable oil and water in them, perhaps they would have worked out better. Whenever I use 90%+ lean hamburger meat in my burger and meatloaf recipes, I always add water and oil to make it palatable.

[indigolilac]

that's cause it's human meat...

[gamewizard]

You simply can't replace fat for flavor in a hamburger. I use 85% lean when I make my hamburgers. Any less fat than that and the burgers taste chalky and the meat is crumbly and dry. Adding soy, seaweed or any other protein to it should disqualify it from using the name "hamburger" just like when you buy them in the supermarket. There's hamburgers and there's beef patties. Beef patties have fillers, hamburgers don't. The McLean Deluxe has fillers and is not a hamburger.

[bondiga10]

Watching your videos while high is great!..... until the very end

[Ladiespetmansthreat]

@bondiga10 yeah kreepy

[chairmanofthebored1]

Named after the great folk singer Don McLean, and McLean Stevenson of course. So, bye, bye, McD's apple pie, drove my Chevy to the arches, thought I'd give it a try, gave some to my youngster and he started to cry, saying thank you daddy we're gonna die, lol.

[RETROGEMS]

I don't get all of the anti-McLean comments, LOL. This used to be the only burger I ate when I would go to McDonald's, and I loved it! I barely even knew it was low-fat, it was so yummy.

[logik316]

The McLean Deluxe has been discontinued for several years, and I can't say I miss it. I remember it tasting like compressed sawdust dressed up with veggies. Some article I read mentions it used a "break-through technology" involving seaweed extract to help moisten it due to the lack of fat in the meat. Sorry McDonalds, but I don't want any technology in my burger, thank you very much.

[WCWite]

I actually had a few of these when I was a kid they werent bad.

[UnoriginallyInclined]

I love the guy at 0:11. I'm guessing the personal library, computer, tie, glasses and that thing where he presses his fingers together are meant to convince me he's some kind of academic. Good message, too. Healthy food will make your life unenjoyable.

[ShellzCashMunny]

the neater you put on the lettuce and tomato directly in the center of the burger the more healthy it becomes!

[Dyoxp123]

MC#FAIL!

[ausipockets]

is it really necessary to break windsheilds every few minutes

[davestheman83]

mcFailure! LOL!

[yuutubeistheship1]

@davestheman83

SO true!

[sjk72]

It's so funny. I think it's from the early 90's when the whole "low fat" craze was happening. The announcer sounds like Tom Bergeron(the guy from dancing with the stars).

[logik316]

@sjk72

Yeah, the thing was the McLean Deluxe actually had twice the amount of sodium as a regular burger. If McDonalds is so worried about making people eat healthier, maybe they should simply close down.

[iLikeDragon]

lol i thought the first lady said "if it smells bad, it cant be delicious"

[mswebcam31]

it's the big and tasty

[MrPakage]

McFailure

[tejojo]

@MrPakage No, it's McFailure Deluxe!

[NigelWilkinson]

Shane WE HAVE to travel to Connecticut to get the "MCRIB"!!! it's the closest place that has them

[tylertyler82]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but 91% fat free beef is still pretty fucking fattening.

[Gemini050788]

The McFail Deluxe

[Gemini050788]

The McGlass Deluxe

[pokeguy12345]

the white lady didnt even take a bite and she says its terrific

[bonsushi]

was just about to point that out

[eyepatchinc]

haha true... kinda cute tho

[WadeSimMiser3]

Yeah, it blew me away ... from the burger!

[ldylkr]

lol That woman at the end! "She's not a christian??!!"

[glittervixen85]

Too many "manly" men avoided this product..

But if you weren't too afraid to try this... It really wasn't bad at all.

Definitely a lot better than just a salad. It looked strange because it had Carrageenan to replace the beef fat in the patty.

It had about 400 calories in it (still a lot, but in healthier form to digest).

if you were trying to diet and still needed to kill that good old McDonald's craving this sandwich did the trick and was surprisingly good.

[blackshogun77]

glitter how do you know all this shit. 400 calories? I thought this ws healthy when it came out. Shit!

[makaveli087]

Not So!™

[ordepsie]

comercial doido

lol

ninguem vai me entende seus americanos comedores de haburges,vao aprender a jogar futebol(sem sem o futebol americano que eu chamo de pancadaria depresiva demente)

feliz ¨engordagem¨ a vcs!

esta mensagem tem o patrocinio do mcdonalds

asuhauhaushsauhsu

[castleorange]

Why is there exploding glass?????????

[smileyfacecookies01]

LOL! exploding glass!

[yellowman88]

Its cause its 50% cardboard

[LosKeshusos]

lol

[wadec7]

I'm kinda worried about all that exploding glass in my burger.

[jnryfn]

We called this the saw dust burger !!

[jisell34]

psshyea!

[Lottech96]

mmmm Seaweed!!