The Billboard Liberation Front yesterday tweaked a San Francisco billboard to celebrate McDonald’s 50th Birthday. The modifications were some of the most extensive ever undertaken, including “the world’s first animatronic billboard alteration: a life-sized figure of Ronald McDonald feeding a corpulent child his daily dose of Big Macs.”
Construction photos here. A good one of the San Francisco Fire Department removing the corpulent child from his perch. Not sure how I get how the alien connects to the overall theme, but it appears that he too is growing a McFlurry waistline.
Music: Nick Drake :: Voice From The Mountain
The line “To Serve Man” is from and old episode of The Twilight Zone. Read the synopsis and you’ll see how the alien fits in. :)
or even better, read our press release
http://www.billboardliberation.com/ronald.html
Oh. Man. That is brilliant. And makes the BLF alteration come alive. I wonder how many people who saw the alteration got the reference / made the connection.
Haven’t seen Twilight Zone for 20 years — wonder if they can be rented.
Even better is a video of the improvement being applied and our getaway hosted by sfist.com
http://tinyurl.com/d9lev
“…and old episode.”
The extra “d” is for extra “dumbass.”
I hate when I make idiot typos.
And to answer the question, “I wonder how many people who saw the alteration got the reference / made the connection,” I can reply “At least one.” :)
But then, my brain is a cobweb-laden attic filled with useless trivia. Anyone know where my car keys might be?