Ungh who wants to spend the time making eggs like that? And then you have to clean up afterwards. Just mix the Cheerios and Rice Krispies together in a single bowl and pour the milk.
My grandma actually did used to make two breakfasts you either have oatmeal grits or cereal and while you're eating that she'll be preparing the hot stuff like applesauce with cinnamon eggs bacon etc
I remember the song but taking your grandma to McDonald's on a Sunday? You know they got that wrong. In real life, waking up smelling "somebody" cooking "something" was how to get Sunday going. Hahaha
@@wturner777 well, if granny reTIRED, the family that she’s living with is TIRED after working and going to school all week (per the lyrics to the song 🤣)
I love the gospel going ham in the background when the go to McDonald's. Warms my heart. I went to church growing up but the closest thing I remember to having breakfast before church was getting doughnuts. After service we'd either eat the stuff the church made at their kitchen or just went to Jack In The Box.
Going to McDonalds before church eating the most unhealthy, greasiest foods on planet Earth and still slaving for MOMMAH at the age of 40+ is a positive light?
@@SlyTF1 hey, you misspelled "tasty, and more delicious than the stuff at home" as well as "taking care of the elderly who raised you up instead of throwing them into the old person's home the first chance you get."
@@epsilia923 Food isn't about taste. It's about health and surviving. That's the reason the obesity rate has SKYROCKETED amongst black people in AmeriKKKa. Qut eating fast food and start eating real food.
@@michellelincoln9987 omgeeee yessss like wtf u can come check the staircase yet cant cook sum real food...all i know is she aint how my momma used to do...
Grandma been up since dawn, she gonna wait for a "store bought " breakfast? My Grandma's breakfast slap the shit out of McDonald's. That commercial was straight up television.
My folks took us to a proper restaurant for breakfast after church. A sit down place where the eggs were made up all fancy like and served buffet style along with everything else. But since I was a little kid at the time, I think I might have preferred going to McDonald's instead.
Also I'm an atheist now so that means no going to church. I don't even leave the house on Sundays. I order from Door Dash whenever I happen to wake up. This is so, so much better.
@@davide.watties3269 It took ten months for two of you to bitch about something I'd forgotten I'd even posted by now? Whoops, sorry. I know how that word makes you upset.
This shit would probably not fly today. The black Church music, can't get more black than this. McDonald's really went for it here. I can just see late 1970's McDonald's executives saying "quick, go undercover as a black person and see what they do" "I've seen good times" "great".
Anyone that hasn't grown up in an old school black household probably won't get it, my grandmother worked til just before I was born. Our women could not stay home so they were tired come Sunday.
The true story behind this commercial taken from a recording from the original meeting: Mac Donalds Exec's: How can we introduce African Americans to suburban white households to sell our burgers? 1st Junior Exec: I say we begin by putting them in suits. It's none threatening and nobody expects someone to harm them wearing a suit. 2nd Junior Exec: Well unless they work on wall street or are a politician... so scratch any thoughts of any black politicians being in this. Mac Donalds Exec: So how will this attract the urban blacks, if they don't usually wear suits? They wont believe the actors. 2nd Junior Exec: Well African Americans do wear suits to work, funerals, and um ........... All Execs: CHURCH! 1st Junior Exec: Yes, see we can use church because the white republicans would look bad talking about anything church related! 2nd Junior Exec: Exactly, so I recommend the jingle sound like gospel music, choir and all! 1st Junior Exec: Yes and because we know black people eat dinner at grandma's after service, we will promote eating our product for....... wait for it........... breakfast. Mac Donalds Exec: Brilliant! Fellas, I think we have ourselves a commercial. 😁
Except they miss the fact that older older black folks don’t think McDonald’s food better then their food I don’t know any of my grandparents that thinks any fast food is better then there cooking I know I’m black and southern maybe the daddy and son wanted it
Ok let's begin at "Momma want to get to church... " and then consider the implication of LAZY in "after working hard all week, I'd like to get mah rest", then the accomplishment of black folk getting somewhere on time makes Momma proud. Even this video starts late. Add the gospel and I think we've covered enough stereotypes for the 1st Afro-American McDonald's breakfast commercial. I can't!!
With all due respect I think you're forcing things to associate with race when they aren't actually associated. The scenario of a family needing a quick/easy breakfast before church because of wanting to rest on Sunday is relatable to all audiences, and is an incentive to head to McDonalds on Sundays. The experience of a pushy grandmother is also relatable to all. As for the gospel? It's about breakfast before church. Church music is the most appropriate choice.
@@kendallperry9247 Don’t try to talk sense to op. They’re apart of a monitory in the community that thinks we’re still on the plantation. I thought the commercial showed us as normal people, but also showed awareness to certain cultural aspects, like living with grandma, church being a big day for many of us, the cast fi wearing their Sunday’s best like they really are ready for church, etc. This is good representation for us, unlike that racist black face KFC commercial from Japan.
Good assessment.The working hard all week nuance that stuck out to me was the insinuation of her doing manual labor as if we didn't have other jobs during that time, and the remnants of slavery where a black persons value lies in how "hard" we work. Especially since they're supposed to be a "respectable Black family". What you're saying is very true and I would argue a more striking sentiment
They should threaten to put Grandma in a nursing home if she refuses to cook or contribute to the household. Her daughter has to work and be a mother, while Grandma just sits around bossing them.
Putting your loved ones in a nursing home over not cooking breakfast?? Also she's an aging woman, what do you expect her to contribute. She's been providing for her family for most of her years. Let's hope you don't end up as anyone's caretaker.
It has become a tradition for me to watch this every Sunday morning...and I realize just how wrong this commercial is (as an AA chick) but I am always amused...lol
Anthony Dixon I like nostalgic commercials but this one seems a bit long and drawn out. Guess they were pitching to AA's at the time. I know most that i know, its just tradition to fix breakfast at home, certainly on Sunday morning.
I shit you not, I always picture an alternate ending where Grandma has a Baton Rouge accent and she's cussing everybody out after a prolonged silent treatment😂
This is not the first African American commercial. I performed musically for a commercial that Burrell Advertising made for the breakfast sandwich which was shown on television around '76 and '77.
Hey Art, would that have been the young men in the acapella doo-woppy one for Egg mcMuffin ( "we do it all for you/woh oh oh oh, ohhh")? I remember seeing one as a kid (I was guessing 1977-80) on Chicago television but haven't been able to find it. I wasn't sure if it was market specific either.
Back then this was a true novelty. Today about 90% of commercials include blacks. One would think that the black population in America is at least 70%.
This is not the first commercial for a breakfast at McDonalds. I was involved in the recording of the first breakfast sandwich commercial that Burrell Advertising to for McDonalds around 1974. The ad started on the radio and went to television. It ran for three or four years. I would love to see it. It was the first ad Burrell did for McDonalds.
I'm gonna need for McDonald's to stop playing with Big Mama like that. Big Mama didn't want f***ing McDonald's on a Sunday morning. Gtfoh with that BS!
But McDonald's doesn't serve breakfast in the evening. How you gonna enjoy your hotcakes and Egg McMuffins then? That's why I prefer Jack in the Box. They serve their entire menu all day every day. I could have a breakfast jack, two tacos and an egg roll at midnight if I wanted. That's what they call "freedom".
This commercial represented where we used to be as a community of people God and family. This wad well over 40 years ago and our community has changed drastically.
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Nice. Now, even though the AA population consists of less than 14%, this is ALL we see on every commercial these days, regardless of what the item being sold is. A testament to how frightened corporations are to be labeled racist and also a testament to how they still use them.
I like how the comment section has no ability to see this as it should be seen. America the disgraceful. I aint proud of this nation. Cry cry cry. And the people will reply.
