Some may remember when McDonald's Happy Meals and toys featured McDonaldland characters. In 1971, McDonald's introduced ...

This is why The Badger Herald Banter Staff has decided to endorse Mayor McCheese for the next president of the United States of America. Mayor McCheese has more than 40 years of experience now, having ...

In fact, if you want to better understand a specific theoretical aspect of time travel endorsed by Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking, look to McDonaldland—specifically, Mayor McCheese. Between 1971 ...

You may have seen him as 'Mayor McCheese' or the 'Hamburglar' in McDonalds ads, or as 'Buster Brown' or 'Little Oscar' in Oscar Mayer ads. But Jerry Maren is best known and beloved for his role as ...

In the village of West Yorkshire, England, a police force of extraordinary magnitude is taking shape -- the shape of burgers. Due to budget cuts, the town's police force has been pared down to a ...

Brady said Kroc immediately thought about a restaurant opening in Fort Walton Beach, so the family moved from Wheaton, Illinois, to Fort Walton Beach and opened McDonald’s number 331. “At the ...

You’re offered a $1 million game piece for $40,000 dollars. What do you do? As you might expect, this may be an offer you can’t refuse. A recent and very comprehensive article in the Daily ...

This week: Lucie Ebrey continues The Ballad Of Mayor McCheese, the tale of a publicity stunt gone wrong. GET A.V.CLUB RIGHT IN YOUR INBOX Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

Mayor Bloomberg is a bit of a hypocrite, at least according to the Times. No, they're not talking about his politics, or his stance on term limits, this time, its his eating habits. Hizzoner ...