McD TV ad

[katiemalcs]

the turn signal and applying your breaks before you turn are both a sign of weakness. reaal boston driver right heree!

[tennesseewiz]

I just moved to RI from Texas and found this hilarious. I went from one extreme on US accents to the other. Culture shock to say the least...

[larry5200]

They forgot, Tom Brady...... QUEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHHH

[summerluverr]

haha just moved to boston from ny and this is funnyyyyy

[hilikus33]

Im born an raised in Boston and I think this is just retarded. I hope these two fairies get hit by a boat.

[martinzjl48]

what is the guy with the green vest name?

[stuckinnebraska]

this stuff is great...unique to New England. I miss living back home. I showed this ad to a couple of people out here and had to explain almost EVERYTHING in it! Just like frappe. No one outside of NE knows what that is. Did I mention I miss living back home???? :)

[martinzjl48]

@stuckinnebraska r u missing the lobsta

[stuckinnebraska]

@martinzjl48 hey, bud! Yes, I do miss my lobsta, although I flew home over Labor Day weekend. Landed in Providence on the Friday before Labor Day. At that point Earl was still a hurricane. Crazy landing. SEVEN MINUTES to ge through the cloud cover. Interesting landing with the rain pounding down and very wet landing strip. But I got my fill of seafood while I was home.

[ClothCanopyUnfurled]

I am from Connecticut and I never heard the term New Yorkachusetts until now. Must be a disparaging term used by other New Englanders.

[PFpandas]

@ClothCanopyUnfurled He's saying New York or 'chusetts as in  Massachusetts.

[gamefreakbsp]

NEW ENGLAND!!!!!

[WallfloweRyan]

What is he saying at 0:03?

[cotesmarket]

"Blizzard of?"

[JessiiPuff]

@cotesmarket Blizzard of.. 78. It was a large blizzard...

[e907550]

@JessiiPuff

In 2004 it was not easy neither

[JessiiPuff]

@e907550 True. I remember that a bunch of cities around me were closed.

[e907550]

@JessiiPuff

Yep. Cabbies left their cars on Storrow Drive, Menino called for National Guard, I had have to dig a ditch just to get to my car... It wasn't "just a dusting"! :)

[jxted5]

whats he saying at 0:09?

[snowfan]

What do they ask for at a packie? I.D.

[Y8S]

A packie is a liquor store.

[snowfan]

That was Wicked Pissa...

[readinglts]

the accents kinda off. They should really get people from new england to do these commercials. Although some of those comments I've neva even heard people say, and I've grown up in MA. Some others are dead on though. I like these commercials. They're funny

[Y8S]

These guys are from CT dude.

[clamcrabber]

wrong, one is From NJ, I know him

[Agent13S]

this is the WORST accent i have eva heard and im from boston..so i would know. they should get ppl from new england to do the cammercials. :)

seriously....coafee

[RivaWitch]

@Agent13S I know. They sound Australian!

[sachabot]

Born and brought up in New Hampsha about 3 miles from Maine. The accent is a bit off. Almost sounds a bit like Southie. They should really get more of the Downeast Maine accent in there. The content is dead on balls accurate though.

[snowfan]

You dead on with the Southie Accent... Might be a couple of D street boys who bought a boat.

[dbutlr29]

We do not act like that....

[FartProudly]

@dbutlr29

try getting a sense of humor along with your next cup of coffee

[Lancedslayer]

McDonald's gets so many bonus points just for this. New Englandahs own!

Love from New Hampshire!

[blackjac5000]

I saw an additional version of this ad. "Turn signal?" "Sign of weakness."

[ladyhawk2727]

@blackjac5000 THE BEST EVAH !

[ALEXANDRAIOI]

what do they ask for at a packie..id

haha i love that one

[GSRgategirl923]

Love it<3333

[ModifierLE]

LOL this was shot at my friends boat yard!!! Berts Boat yard in Weymouth, MA

[xbearsx32]

ct all day the 860 the 203. jimmies are chocolate sprinkles how do u not know tht?

[EnmanG22]

I want to hear the newst one which invoves a girl and has some other good New England phrases only have heard it on the radio though.

[TiggerPleeze]

I heard the radio one and was wondering what is the significance, if any, of the guy telling the girl right in the middle of it that her hair smells nice?

[StuddedYam]

that was just a joke it wasnt anything to do with NE

[SeikoPsycho]

This commercial pisses me off

[NoFNclue]

I come from Bridgewatah so I know these accents are dead on. Bubbla is indeed correct for one of those button pushing water outlets in schools, the whole commercial was wicked pissa!!! They forgot a perrenial favorite though, but (irregardless), it was good!!!

[renegades1113]

hahah hilarious i love it

[rnguyan]

does anyone know the actors' names in this commercial ???

[Iamjasw]

We use the word bubbler all the time for a drinking fountain. Everything else was spot on as well. South of Boston suburbs.

[SwedishChef13]

They could at least find some people with real New England accents. The fact that these people can't be from anywhere around NE makes me want to drink their coffee less. Or at least, no one around here talks like that (although we do use those words (minus the "bubbler". A bubbler is not a drinking fountain, it is one of those upside-down jugs of water that dispense water, as far as I'm concerned)) Maybe other parts of New England sound like that, but not up here!

[boobearskitty]

yeah they definitely sound like they are from mass to be honest i know a lot of people who sound just like them accent wise

[SwedishChef13]

I guess it is just meant for Mass then, not all of New England... oh well.

[boobearskitty]

seems unfortunate but mass people are a bit easier to stereotype i suppose ;)

[DJJetplane]

Not just Mass. But it is centered around southern New England. (i.e. Mass, Rhode Island, Connecticut.)

I love this! Makes me think of home! (Quincy, Mass!)

[rnguyan]

I'm from Mass...and this commercial is dead on !!!! Every word is dead on...

[zig666]

One point:

"those upside-down jugs of water that dispense water" are known as "wau-tah cool-ahs", as in: "My baws gave me a wickid hahd time for hangin' around the wautah coolah when i shouldda been workin'"

[SwedishChef13]

Not where I'm from (yes, I'm in New England). That's all I'm saying. Didn't mean to start a big thing.

[figgleface]

I moved from Mass to Ct and when i talked using these words they looked at me as if i was crazy

[boobearskitty]

masshole born and raised and i must say i actually had to search for this commercial after i saw it the first time it makes me smile i wouldn't drink any coffee other than dunkins of course but the commercial is classic only thing i didn't understand was the newyorkachusetts thing but i don't live near ct and also as much as it might sound stupid i'd never heard of manhattan chowder before this commercial...btw why is there drama over this commercial?? people are so uptight.. lay off the jimmies

[meltedpoo0987]

Good commercial, but we don't say "Bubbler" in CT. We say water fountain. I just found out they say "bubblah" in RI and parts of MA.

[chefjennymac]

This comercial is wicked cute!

[chickenshoe]

New England is the balls.

I gotta make a packy run kid. lmao at Newyorkachusets.

They shoulda got Ben Afleck and Matt Damon. Or Jimmy Fallen XD

Still funny though.

[Bruckner79]

The first time I saw this I thought the curly haired guy was Australian.

The bald dude is hot.

[LadyxLavender]

CHUSETTS!

=D

Ah, this is the best representation of new england

[ptdubs]

WOW! Great commercial. very well concepted, produced and edited. I tried the coffee and it was actually surprisingly good! Better than that Dunkin schwill.

[cowboy700]

I got a kick out of this commercial! I gotta go try some McEE Dee's coffee now.

[ThatDamnLobster]

The four seasons of New England: Winter, Still Winter, Mud Season, Not Winter.

You'd have to live here to understand.

[titaniclady1]

OH YEAH!

[MBorowski]

2 words. New Hampshire.

[noveltyskateboards]

and from what Wikipedia is concerned "New England" is...Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

[noveltyskateboards]

how do you people not know what jimmies are? xD

[BriDBXVI]

This commerical is awesome. As a lifelong Rhode Islander now living in Connecticut I can definitely confirm that CT should be called Newyorkachussets and kicked out of New England!!

[arlow1965]

No shit!!! LIve in western mass.  Our local Fox network is channel 61 out of hartford. They showed the Giants game on sunday instead of the Pats!!! WTF???

[codywelsh7111990]

thats because Fox dont like Massholes

[amooraj]

I am not a native New Englander but I love this commercial. I willdef try the coffee.

[dearmisterkidnapper]

I love all of this commercial. I am very proud to be from Boston! I hate coffee, but it makes me want it for sure!

[Ledapugpurple20]

Why do people keep hating on the "jimmies"? Back then it may have been a racial slur, but now us new englanders know sprinkles as "jimmies". And it is a well known fact that people from NE consume the most ice cream than any other U.S. region. And I can see why. NE ice cream is the best! And yes, for those of you who may not know this, connecticut is in fact part of New england. I love it when he says Manhattan Chowda, never heard of it. best chowder is NOT IN NY! best chowder is in NE!

[EdigerPosse]

Plaid guy is great! For some reason I feel compelled to go buy some McD's coffee. Lovin' it!

[kimberkley]

when i lived in manville, ri, the frenchies there called jimmies bibbettes!

[sherrillvideo]

He says "Blizzard of..." and the answer is '78.

[miamismartgirl09]

I can not tell what the plaid guy is asking the first time!

[gotgoan]

uh, the other ones are called "colored jimmies" come on! i grew up in rhody AND scooped ice cream. silly kids!

[klf2107]

hahaha. colored jimmies.

[camf7]

hahahaha, nice commercial. the comments are uncalled for. The guy in the plaid is mad talented.

[ivondrago88]

what does he mean when he says sprinkles or jimmies?

[apollo100]

The sprinkles on ice cream cones. In New England, the chocolate ones are called jimmies.

[1968kalexa]

the chocolate ones are jimmies and when the colored ones were introduced sprinkles differentiate them from because people got tired of asking and answering - which ones . Also big word when I was growing up (anyone else remember?) was tonic for soda. Seems to be mostly an eastern MA word. liquor stores were different from the package stores aka packies . The liquor store = fancy stuff, the packy = beer and wine .

who are these 2 guys are - they both look really familiar Can anyone name them?

[geeneebean]

You should research your facts before making that type of comment. I did and here is what I found: "The Brigham's Ice Cream Company claims that "Jimmies were first developed by Just Born Candy Company, which was founded by Samuel Born, who immigrated to the US from Russia around 1910 ... Born ... decid[ed] to accredit the name to the producer, Jimmy Bartholomew. The new product was named JIMMIES, which is still a trademarked name ...."

[SuPeR1ChArMeDhIlL]

Actually, the term Jimmies did start due to the racial slur. That is why Jimmies technically only apply to the chocolate brown candy while the colored version is still called sprinkles. Although some people in New England call both types Jimmies.

[XylotGames]

Look up the Wikipedia article for "Sprinkles". It clearly states that jimmies were named after a person and has nothing to do with a racial slur. No research = epic fail.

[SuPeR1ChArMeDhIlL]

First of all, if you are using Wikipedia as your only source then you can't really claim that you did research. I will give you the fact that whoever came up with the name did so because they knew someone named Jimmy. However, as a native New Englander it is common knowledge that the word Jimmy used to be a regional slur for a black man. The term is no longer in use as such and is now only used to refer to the ice cream topping. The two facts could be completely unrelated but still be fact.

[XylotGames]

I too am a native New Englander, and Wikipedia is not my only source. Check out the Brighams Ice Cream website, /ice_cream/facts.asp - You'll see that they themselves make the claim.

As far as "common knowledge" goes, it's also "common knowledge" that the modern image of Santa Claus was created by Coca-Cola, Ivory soap got its floating abilities from a manufacturing mistake, and that Disney purposefully puts sexual imagery on movie artwork and in movies themselves, all of which are false.

[SuPeR1ChArMeDhIlL]

Once again, Brighams Ice Cream is not a reputable source about the previous racial connotations of Jimmies because they are not historical experts.

[XylotGames]

The Boston Globe investigated the origin of jimmies once, after a reader inquired the racism rumor and Jim Crow. The Globe found no evidence of this rumor being true, but did cite a commentary in 1986 on National Public Radio by the late Boston poet John Ciardi, who claimed: "From the time I was able to run to the local ice cream store clutching my first nickel, which must have been around 1922, no ice cream cone was worth having unless it was liberally sprinkled with jimmies."

[XylotGames]

So, if there is no evidence of this rumor being true to be found anywhere, then it has no legs to stand on, no proof, and no way that it can possibly be true.

[SuPeR1ChArMeDhIlL]

Where's the link to the Globe article?

[XylotGames]

I'll dig up the link, but while I do that, why don't you dig up the proof about the racist origins?

[SuPeR1ChArMeDhIlL]

I think there is some misunderstanding. I didn't mean to imply that the ice cream topping was named from the racist word. For all I know, the candy could have been named for some guy called Jimmy. All I meant was that the word Jimmy was once used as a slang word for African Americans in New England many decades ago and since the candy is black in color people ultimately made a connection between the two.

[XylotGames]

Ah, then perhaps there was a misunderstanding. People also connect "jimmies" to the Jimmy Fund (even though the Jimmy Fun was started decades after "jimmies" was in common usage).

[XylotGames]

For more reading, Snopes added an article about this just recently. I wonder if they read these comments... lol.

[dawnie2424]

I can't beleive all of this anger over a McDonald's commercial.....

[reneemax109]

I live in MA and say bubblah, jimmies,  chowda and double decka. I frequently bang a U'ey on my way to the packie. My husband grew up in RI and doesn't say any of it. We literally grew up 10 miles from each other. Gotta love New England!There's a great kiosk in Providence Place mall called J'eat that offers all kinds of new england goodies, with Jimmies!

[primroseburrows]

Rhode Islanders say all of those things, though. I lived in MA until I was sixteen and had no transition problems until we got to words like "grindah" and "cabinet". Those are exclusively RI words, I believe.

[Cran322]

grindah isn't RI... i've lived in MA all my life, and we use grindah all the time

[primroseburrows]

Oh, okay. It must be new, though, because I never used it when I was a kid growing up in MA. 'Course, I was a kid a long time ago--we used to call soda 'tonic', and I understand that's pretty well phased out.

[titaniclady1]

I've spent my whole life in Mass., and I first used to call soda "tonic" when I was a kid because that's what my grandparents called it, but you're right. That term is phased out now. Tonic is goop you put in your hair.

[primroseburrows]

Which is too bad. I like "tonic'. :)

[dbutlr29]

no tonic is shitty tasting water thats sold for a dollar and some change...

[RivaWitch]

@Cran322 I'm from RI we say Grinders here as well.

[Cran322]

@RivaWitch i know, but he was sayin that "grindah" was JUST a Rhody word... which isn't true.

[Jayimess]

one retard says jimmies is a racial slur multiple times...and you all accept that it is?

come on now.

[SupaChard89]

I'm not retarded, asshole.

[soccerman1975]

Does this mean that every time I ask a child if they want some "crackers" to eat that I am a racist? Nabisco, the maker of Saltines crackers really has a problem now with just about every advertisement they have ever made!!!

Wait, aren't jimmies actually condoms?

No then those would have to be racist condoms. Wait, isn't Jimmy the name of a person? Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Page ... And despite the spelling difference, Jimi Hendrix.

Where (and when) does it stop?

[SupaChard89]

Jimmies start as a racial slur while the Jim Crow laws were in effect. So, Jimmies as a racial slur is named after a person. Why is it so hard to believe?

[Patallyho]

& Themespot, CT is NOT the snobby kiss of Manhattan unless you live in Fairfield county - the rest of the state is loyal to Boston!

[Patallyho]

& I think they should've thrown in a "wicked" or 2.

[Patallyho]

Oh for God's sake "Jimmies" is not a racial slur! IT IS A TOPPING ON ICECREAM! When are we going to get over claiming everything is a racial slur? Political correctness is going to be the downfall of our country.

[SixGunProductions]

Screw Dunkin.... Honey Dew makes my coffee. and they were trying way to hard with the accent... i'm with MW383. I've lived in RI my whole life and those guys haven't.

and what's with all these jimmies sayin jimmies is a racial slur?

[Starmiter1]

It's not a racial slur unless you choose to make it into one (presumably, you're trying to make a connection to the fact that jimmies are typically chocolate, and thus dark brown); seriously, there are plenty of real slurs out there to be mindful of, let's not force an issue with something that's not only innocent, but with NO CONNECTION TO ANY ETHNIC GROUP WHATSOEVER!! They're named after a guy named Jimmy - give it a rest, already!

[SupaChard89]

The racial slur was started due to a guy named Jimmy too. The Jim Crow laws started the term Jimmies as a racial slur. I was not talking about how they're chocolate, although that's either a strong coincidence or further evidence. Why are they called "rainbow sprinkles" and then just "jimmies?" Why specify that they're rainbow sprinkles if the others aren't another type of sprinkle, but something else altogether?

[kerri9494]

Jimmies and sprinkles are different. Jimmies are long, and sprinkles are about half to a third the length of jimmies. Both come in chocolate or rainbow. Which is funny, because you'd think they'd be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, but instead they're usually pink, purple, yellow, green, brown, and white. :-)

[AquaHolik84]

you're kidding me right?? Jimmies are sprinkles!!!

[SupaChard89]

"Jimmies" is a racial slur...

[sherrillvideo]

Not true. Check the comment above, or visit the Brigham's link in the full description of this video.

[SupaChard89]

Maybe in the context of chocolate sprinkles it's not (technically) a racial slur, but it IS a racial slur against black people. I did read the Brigham's site and think they chose that in MA because they didn't know it was a racial slur.

[apollo100]

My cousins in NC call jimmies the biggest crabs of the catch. OMG racism.

Next think you know, mocha will be a racist word.  And then taco, and then egg roll.

Are you black? Or an oversensitive white hippie?

People like you are what is the problem with this country. It's only a racial slur in your pathetic little mind.

[SupaChard89]

Firstly, that is definitely an over reaction. And secondly, just because some people don't use it as a racial slur doesn't mean it isn't one. Remember the Jim Crow laws? Well, probably not seeing as that most of us weren't alive while they were instated, but that's how it originated.

[Americanliberalelite]

If "jimmies" is a racial slur, I guess I must be a racist.

[SupaChard89]

It's a racial slur against black people.

[apollo100]

Where is your evidence for the Jim Crow laws? Because they're called "jimmies"? You seem to be the only one saying it's a racial slur. A racial slur, by definition, is a derogatory nickname given to a specific race or group of people. Seeing as how NO ONE else calls Blacks "jimmies" then it is not a racial slur. You're entirely too P.C.

[danielleuva]

I live in Vermont and I've seen this commercial like 20 in the last few days- lots of these things are Mass/RI related... We don't have packies, you can buy beer in any store and we don't say bubbler but coffee does usually mean DD or in VT GMCR!

[evanwestenberger]

That bald guy is hot. Is he single? I have an aunt he might like...

[themespot]

New England ends with those rhodie bastahds, ct is the snobby kiss ass of manhattan. And if you want a coffee go to dunks! there's at least one in every town.

[noveltyskateboards]

there's at least 5 in every town is i think what you meant to say...or at least in Mass that's how it is.....and from what i've heard, Massachusetts is also known for "regular" coffees, and no one else from around the US knows what that is...or is that just a rumor?

[primroseburrows]

We say "regular" in RI, too.

[klf2107]

have you tasted both?

[Cran322]

one dude? fack... there's 4 in my lil town...

[bruzza234]

Funny commercial but honestly not using the letter R when speaking just makes you sound "retahded" and until I moved to the Boston area from CT, I never heard the terms jimmies or bubblah. Other than that it was pretty much right on.

[woodmanr]

it's rainbow sprinkles or  jimmies

[zig666]

Life-long Rhode Islander here. A "bubbler", or as we say it, "bubbluh" is spot-on. Same for jimmies.

And yes, if you want "cawfee" it's Dunkin Donuts...if you want a coffee-flavored laxative, I guess Micky D's your best bet. ;-)

[klf2107]

have you tasted both?

[AnnaDumbledore]

I drank from a bubblah today and ALWAYS have jimmies on my ice cream.

[CzarOfTheMoon]

No offense, but since when is CT in New England? Don't half of you guys wear yankees caps?

Anyway, Mass is chock full of jimmies and bubblahs.

[SupaChard89]

Connecticut has always been part of New England. I live in MA and I wear a Yankees hat. Doesn't matter where you live, you can like who you want.

[moorecryst]

Well, I've lived in CT for 29 years and i've never heard a drinking fountain called a "bubbler" and I've never used the term "jimmies", they're called sprinkles. The rest is pretty much right on tho. Although all of it is pretty much irrelevant, when I think coffee McDonalds is never a place that crosses my mind, its gotta be DD.

[SupaChard89]

People shouldn't use the term "Jimmies" because it's a racial slur.

[sherrillvideo]

This is a widely held belief, but it is not true.  Jimmies were invented around 1930 by the Born Candy Co. of Brooklyn and named for their employee, James Bartholomew.

[SupaChard89]

Maybe in the context of chocolate sprinkles it's not (technically) a racial slur, but it IS a racial slur against black people. It's a widely held belief because it's true.

[apollo100]

Because it's a RI term only! I live in CT too, but I lived in RI for 4 years and that was the only place I ever heard someone say 'bubblah'.

[klf2107]

have you tried both? i've tried both, and they taste pretty similar.

[primroseburrows]

I was born and raised north of Boston and have lived in RI for most of my adult life. It's always been "jimmies." Maybe it's different in Newyorkachusetts. ;)

[SuBZerobpt]

In Newyorkachusetts we are split on jimmies and sprinkles.

[Cran322]

i thought we sunk CT and built a bridge....

[Coastie1224]

whose we? did u build the "bridge"

[CoinpurseOGargleth]

Yea that was pretty good "Frowns, Never heard of it" Nice!

[albaa5az]

Cool commercial Jim!

[washedupcencal]

Best commercial EVER! The bald guy ROCKS that quiz. Curly didn't stand a chance. Don't you think Jim?

[jlkeegan]

McDonalds or Dunkins? Dunkins.

[mw383]

good effort. not bad. until he says "packie": then he sounds like he should be in an Outback commercial

[SuPeR1ChArMeDhIlL]

Well packie is short for "package store" which a variant of liquor store. In fact there is a "packie" right around down the street from my house