'You don't have to get dressed up... and there's no tipping': McDonald's ad from 1976

The Daily Mail ^ | 27 June 2012 | Nick Enoch

[JimC214]

Don't forget Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang. Came out in 73.

[lewislynn]

I go back even farther to the ads:
A hamburger, fries, a shake and get change back from your dollar.

[ansel12]

The tipping reference was about budget restaraunt food without extra hidden costs, it was not in regards to black tipping, it was directed at all of the public (which at that time was still mostly white and black).

[ansel12]

You are right, good post.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Exactly, that’s what I was saying. The ad could not have had anything to do with black tipping since that aspect of the culture either didn’t exist at the time or was not as widely known as it is now. But some are now looking at it with today’s attitudes thinking there are “possible racist undertones” due to the tipping reference.

“When this McDonald’s ad from 1976 recently re-surfaced on a web forum, it sparked a debate over the possible racist undertones of the fast-food campaign”

[JRios1968]

[angcat]

Why is the grammar so bad in this ad. This is racist. :)