McDonald’s is celebrating their purple character, Grimace’s 52nd birthday this year — they skipped the 50th, which would have been a milestone to celebrate.
It occurs to me that the young people do not know about Grimace. When I was a little, Grimace was a bad purple guy, then he became friends with Ronald McDonald and his friends. He was a purple blob. No one knew what he was supposed to be and no one cared. Now they say he may be a taste bud (gross), but I can’t find proof of that from McDonald’s. Grimace is also dumb. He’s the original Patrick the Starfish. He sounds like a big dummy.
My kids do not know who he is. He is irrelevant to pop culture unless you’re old, like me.
Grimace is old. You can put him in a Delorean, but kids don’t know what that is unless they’ve watched Back to the Future with their old parents.
Oh, and they’re promoting a purple shake, but NOTHING in the promotional materials mention the flavor. Customers say it’s a berry, one person said it’s “like the sweetest berry smoothie you could ever have.” That does not sound delicious.
Imma say it. McDonald’s, stop trying to make Grimace happen.
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