McDonalds - You Deserve a Break Today - Australia, 1983

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  • A nice big production number done for Australia on film, and looking very nice if I may say so myself. Title contributed by Pete Adam, thanks very much! • McDonalds - You Deserv...
    Aired 28/2/1983 in Melbourne, and recorded on Betamax.

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  • @alphakilo470
    @alphakilo470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love this commercial. The level of pride some of these people took in this is amazing.

    • @roachtoasties
      @roachtoasties 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm willing to bet they were professional actors, not McD's/Maccas/McDonald's employees.

    • @colliric
      @colliric 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@roachtoasties nah, Maccas employees were much better back then. Less menu items = less work = Happier staff.....

    • @roachtoasties
      @roachtoasties 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@colliric :)

    • @khylerin70
      @khylerin70 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were paid to 😂😂

    • @alexmacleod3728
      @alexmacleod3728 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like a Musical

  • @InFltSvc
    @InFltSvc ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I want to go back and do it all over ...I am telling you the 70’s and 80’s were my decades and they were the best years of my life. Those decades were quite possibly the last best decades in America. One has to understand that America was absolutely a different place back then.
    It was still a treat then to get 25 cents from mom and walk uptown to the gas station to get a Coca-Cola or Pepsi or to the ice cream shop and get a CMP ice cream. We truly did not lock our doors and stayed out till after dark with our bikes and on Halloween we all went trick-or-treating without our parents when we got older at night in the cold and it was great fun.. In the summer we played outside all day and all night, The only way my mom got us home to eat was a big brass bell she had outside the sliding glass doors that she would ring to get our attention to come home for dinner. I remember wonderful 4th of July celebrations going on picnics and then mom took us to the ball park and we laid on blankets to watch the fireworks. And of course Christmas and even though it was tuff for my mom raising us she always made sure we had a great holiday . Even Easter was special in America back then... as we got older we started to go see the movies and we really did have the best movies. We had real holidays were we all got together and enjoyed each other’s company. We ate dinner every night together and talked not shouted at each other. We had great stores that are all but gone now in 2023 and great movie theaters and of course the MALLS! It was not the 80’s without a Mall. My very first few jobs were at the mall. First Macdonald’s and then The Gap!. Yes sir those days were GREAT! and we were very lucky to have lived them .... today I don’t even see kids outside and everyone is in fear for safety from crazy people.... I don’t recognize America now..God Bless us all ! And now for that first job at Macdonald’s, it was great but today (2023) , it’s sad and a joke, kids standing around doing nothing but reading iPhones, floors filthy, food is at best warm and nobody cares, not even Macdonald’s, because I have called them many times but the kids from the last generation are running these companies and they just don’t care….

    • @LB041272
      @LB041272 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Australia was the same
      Now it’s turning communist,😢not the fun place it used to be at all,and lacking community spirit too

    • @dancalestini5698
      @dancalestini5698 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hear ya brother I was born in 1961 and yes the 70s & 80s were the best I grew up in a sleepy foggy town in Northern California played little league baseball back in 1973 had my first girlfriend in 1976 got my first job in 1978 met my wife in 1981 had two kids in the early 90s now have 2 granddaughters yes unless you experienced the 70s & 80s you have no idea how great it was it was truly the best time to be alive but we had no idea we were just living our lives

    • @R3DH1PP0
      @R3DH1PP0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was born in 1979 the 80's were great the 90's were awesome. 00's was the start of the decline in society with the Internet and phones. 2005 was a big shift when kid stop going on bike rides and knocking on doors to meet friends.

  • @80sOGRE
    @80sOGRE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    " Will you stop f&#ken dancing and just give me my order already ! " became a common complaint in that Maccas era.

  • @touka2549
    @touka2549 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It’s a shame McDonald’s isn’t like that anymore

  • @rohjoe1969
    @rohjoe1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love this slick, catchy, Aussie ad. Wonderful production values and musical arrangement. The 1980s was a golden era for advertising jingles.

    • @suave-rider
      @suave-rider ปีที่แล้ว

      just a recreation of the American Original th-cam.com/video/hcear7Sv1zk/w-d-xo.html

    • @BenvolioCapulet9
      @BenvolioCapulet9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was a 70s McDonald’s ad in the US which was very similar.

  • @ghostdawg3577
    @ghostdawg3577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    When you could afford an apartment back then on a McDonald’s salary

  • @TotoFrancey
    @TotoFrancey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is much better than the American/Canadian "You deserve a break today" commercial from 1971 -- although I very much like that one too as it features both John Amos and Anson Williams. What gives this commercial a clear edge in likability is the high level of youthful energy. This is one great looking group of teens.

    • @kenlompart9905
      @kenlompart9905 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And Johnny Haymer, who played Zale on "M*A*S*H".

    • @needles1987
      @needles1987 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't know the one with John Amos and Anson Williams aired in Canada.

    • @TotoFrancey
      @TotoFrancey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@needles1987 Indeed it did. At the time McDonald's was just starting out in Canada, so any commercial made in the U.S. was shown in Canada as well because there were not enough restaurants yet for the Canadian division to have their own marketing budget.
      I celebrated Pierre Legere's sixth birthday party at the second McDonald's in Canada (located on Oxford Street West in London, Ontario in front of the old KMart) in 1969. That first Big Mac with orange drink and I was addicted.

  • @gregclarke7130
    @gregclarke7130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    All future employees should be made to watch this and embrace the mcculture mcneeded

    • @ipodtouchfreak100
      @ipodtouchfreak100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😔😔

    • @BenJamin-pd4mp
      @BenJamin-pd4mp ปีที่แล้ว

      Wont work society isnt white anymore people of color wont be following white laws

    • @BRONZALiVE
      @BRONZALiVE ปีที่แล้ว

      This mccommericial is mcfantastic

  • @R3DH1PP0
    @R3DH1PP0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So much staff.

  • @joccuthill3695
    @joccuthill3695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i cant get this out of my head and i dont care because i love it

  • @blokeabouttown2490
    @blokeabouttown2490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Back in the days when Maccas uniforms looked like pyjamas.

  • @peteadam
    @peteadam 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Officially called "You Deserve a Break Today". All external shots were filmed at Northmead, NSW. Sadly, the store has been rebuilt and relocated to the front right hand side of the large property.

    • @billmcdonald2739
      @billmcdonald2739  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Pete Adam Thanks very much for the info. So this would probably be the campaign launch here then?

    • @peteadam
      @peteadam 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Bill McDonald yep, it was a huge launch...I remember as crew we had different hats and badges etc

    • @rjace827
      @rjace827 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember my 6 Months at this shithole

    • @suave-rider
      @suave-rider ปีที่แล้ว

      at least the OG Yagoona store has reopened

  • @UNOwen1
    @UNOwen1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember this as a kid - loved it then. Still do..The energy, is palpable. Today., No one knows how to sell anything. It's all 🙄 garbage.
    We need memorable jingles, again. None of this 'br-nd' bull.

    • @Sabreeshuh
      @Sabreeshuh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I suppose you should pick up a shift and sling that garbage yourself

  • @henrys3629
    @henrys3629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I miss the awesome singing commercials of the 1980's. I'm so sick of the medicare and personal hygiene ads.

    • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
      @JohnSmith-rw8uh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even on your heaviest days?

  • @thegoldenhydra2003
    @thegoldenhydra2003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They don’t make ads like these anymore

  • @spectrum10
    @spectrum10 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The restaurant seems to be a tad overstaffed; two employees assigned to clean each table

  • @NinaB1977
    @NinaB1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Aussies always had their own identity it was and still is the lucky country.

    • @BangersTheBraeds
      @BangersTheBraeds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Based 🇦🇺

    • @atilla4372
      @atilla4372 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do people claim they don't?

    • @amuxpatch2798
      @amuxpatch2798 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean outcast of Mother England ,uncultured and no class as well.

  • @matthewpaulargall9102
    @matthewpaulargall9102 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was back when fast food restaurants had nice exteriors and interiors. I don't like how they look these days.

  • @timothyedwards3623
    @timothyedwards3623 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When McDonald's had high standards in customer service food preparation and cleanliness

  • @wisdom673
    @wisdom673 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    back when you could get filter coffee at maccas

    • @colliric
      @colliric ปีที่แล้ว

      And 7-Eleven.... And almost every petrol station too....
      I miss it as well my friend. But the Espresso IS overall better.

  • @Dale-TND
    @Dale-TND ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone in this ad is White! Love to see it!

    • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
      @JohnSmith-rw8uh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its Aus, so prob some continental Europeans too.

  • @steverippe1151
    @steverippe1151 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those McDonald's employees can really sing it in the commercial.

  • @BBC600
    @BBC600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:35 "It's even at regular price" how is that a selling point?

    • @Sabreeshuh
      @Sabreeshuh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How is any of this a selling point?

    • @colliric
      @colliric ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Late 1970s inflation was hell on earth for everyone.
      The ads telling you the price is consistent at the moment in the 80s.....😂

  • @Kevin_Carlson
    @Kevin_Carlson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HOT apple pie is right!

  • @ClipSalad
    @ClipSalad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If ever a McDonalds movie was released, I suppose it’d start with something like this advert, although they could add a little realism by including a “Singin’ in the Rain” style number as they tap-dance thru the urine on the dunny floor.

  • @trulymeparker
    @trulymeparker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They have all the food but never any bloody serviettes!

  • @tobiaschristopher6131
    @tobiaschristopher6131 ปีที่แล้ว

    I call shenanigans. There's no way Australian McDs employees are that hot.

    • @claudiamartinez2693
      @claudiamartinez2693 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They were back in the 70’s,80’s and 90’s in Australia !
      Now it’s such a different crew entirely

    • @glenphillips9068
      @glenphillips9068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's a fat ugly Leso at lakes entrance . I won't go in there.

    • @suave-rider
      @suave-rider ปีที่แล้ว

      @@claudiamartinez2693 obese kids now

  • @AirDogHD
    @AirDogHD 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14 years later engadine

  • @wheresmyribs
    @wheresmyribs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They took this from you

  • @princegroove
    @princegroove 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    OH, look, it’s Aussie food! 😂

  • @superwoman7579
    @superwoman7579 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jason Alexander still with hair!

  • @KGBeast.
    @KGBeast. ปีที่แล้ว

    W Commercial 🔥

  • @fritzgeraldmontales8924
    @fritzgeraldmontales8924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1983

  • @ramiroezequielnoriega2599
    @ramiroezequielnoriega2599 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More Catchy With Style Like In 1971 Version

  • @BenvolioCapulet9
    @BenvolioCapulet9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where do the customers fit in that restaurant chock full of workers? Crikey!

  • @Lanae8199
    @Lanae8199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great ad. But I’ll bet that most of that were actors and not real MC Donald’s employees.

  • @SS-yw7vo
    @SS-yw7vo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Has Australia/Maccas/society improved or gone backwards since then?

  • @roachtoasties
    @roachtoasties 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are there 10 employees outside cleaning five tables that are already clean (0:11)? Tell them to get back inside to help customers.

  • @katarn0329
    @katarn0329 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back Then when McDonald's didn't Kill people.

  • @northernking2604
    @northernking2604 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aussie mcdonalds ? 😅 how bout some kangaroo mc nuggets

  • @brownkiddy77
    @brownkiddy77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back when customer service was A1

  • @scottmcphee2076
    @scottmcphee2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who composed the song? I believe that Barry Manilow did? Was that true?

    • @tiadaid
      @tiadaid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not Manilow, but an ad exec by the name of Sid Woloshin.

    • @Colin_Richard
      @Colin_Richard 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Although he wrote many jingles, Barry Manilow only sang on an early ‘You Deserve A Break Today’ McDonald’s ad in the US.

  • @Vpmatt
    @Vpmatt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How did they expect customers to even see the menu, let alone get served, with their over the top sing and dance routine?

  • @scottbakanumba1heathen313
    @scottbakanumba1heathen313 ปีที่แล้ว

    No boomerang?

  • @alexandergillingham2592
    @alexandergillingham2592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Wiggles

  • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
    @JohnSmith-rw8uh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool commercial, even some wogs in this one.

    • @suave-rider
      @suave-rider ปีที่แล้ว

      lacist

    • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
      @JohnSmith-rw8uh ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suave-rider why?

    • @suave-rider
      @suave-rider ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnSmith-rw8uh was it necessary to mention race/ethnicity? No but it's unconscious racism. I see people not wogs and skips moit

  • @jamesr1957
    @jamesr1957 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's sad Maccas is no longer like that and all we nowadays being overrun by Karens, ehsays and degenerates alike causing trouble😔

  • @ANTIZOO68
    @ANTIZOO68 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh I miss shit

  • @80sOGRE
    @80sOGRE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hard to believe we use to get that excited about junk food Lol.

    • @coke8045
      @coke8045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still do 😍😍😍💯💯💯💯 gimme dat heart disease baby

  • @peecee1384
    @peecee1384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cringeworthy, but old school Australia. You know what I mean.

    • @rohjoe1969
      @rohjoe1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The cheesier the better!

  • @Spockerseeswhy
    @Spockerseeswhy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Notice