McDonaldland "French Fry Thatch" Commercial (1971)

McDonaldland "French Fry Thatch" Commercial (1971) is a McDonaldland commercial from 1971. It features Ronald McDonald visiting Mayor McCheese, who is trying to deal with Gobblins who are eating the french fries from the French Fry Thatch.

Cast

 * Ronald McDonald - The clown who tries to sort out the problem with the Gobblins eating up all the french fries.
 * Mayor McCheese - The mayor who is upset over the Gobblins eating the french fries.
 * Gobblins - Creatures who eat the french fries from the French Fry Thatch.
 * Kid - An unnamed kid, who joins Ronald McDonald in the commercial.
 * Narrator - A person who doesn't appear in the commercial, but narrates the story.

Dialog
Below is the dialog for the long and short commercials.

Long Version
*Beginning of the McDonaldland Melody plays* *Ending of the McDonaldland Melody plays*
 * Mayor McCheese: Oh my! Oh my! This is awful you know, I mean, it's horrendous you know!
 * Narrator: Mayor McCheese was all upset...
 * Mayor McCheese: Good grief! There are millions and millions of gobblins in the French Fry Thatch, you know!
 * Narrator: ...he shouted.
 * Gobblins: *strange sounds*
 * Mayor McCheese: They'll eat up every delicious bag of french fries in McDonaldland...what do we do?!
 * Ronald McDonald: Nothing.
 * Narrator: ...said Ronald.
 * Ronald McDonald: When somebody starts gobbling those delicious McDonald's french fries, there's no way to stop 'em!
 * Mayor McCheese: Then, what do you suggest?
 * Ronald McDonald: Well, if you can't beat them, join them!
 * Narrator: And so they did.
 * Mayor McCheese: They're everywhere, they're everywhere you know! Oh aren't those french fries good!

Short Version

 * Narrator: Mayor McCheese was all upset...
 * Mayor McCheese: There are millions and millions of gobblins in the French Fry Thatch...what do we do?!
 * Ronald McDonald: Nothing.
 * Narrator: ...said Ronald.
 * Ronald McDonald: When somebody starts gobbling those delicious McDonald's french fries, there's no way to stop 'em!
 * Mayor McCheese: What do you suggest?
 * Ronald McDonald: Well, if you can't beat them, join them!
 * Narrator: And so they did.

Shorter Version
A 30 second version of the original advert also exists, which removes the opening scene and some dialog.

Video
Here is the video with both versions included. Thanks to TESTMACORONI for uploading the video.