The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald


The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald


The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald is an American animated mini-series of retail direct-to-video episodes produced by Klasky Csupo in association with the McDonald's Corporation, centering on McDonald's mascot Ronald McDonald and the gang in McDonaldland. A total of six 40-minute episodes were produced and released on VHS with five of them being available exclusively in participating McDonald's restaurants from October 9, 1998 to January 30, 2003.

Production

Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh (best known as members of the band Devo and composers of the music for Rugrats, another Klasky Csupo series) composed the score of the series while John Holmquist (who has also directed some Rugrats episodes) directed the first episode of the series. The artistic style of the series has a similar look to Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, and Rocket Power. The background music was recycled from later episodes of Nickelodeon's Rugrats.

In a format similar to both The New 3 Stooges, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and Back to the Future: The Animated Series, each episode starts and ends with a live-action segment.

By various accounts, the episodes turned out to be rather popular, to which individual McDonald's locations frequently ran out of VHS tapes, which were sold individually for $3.49 and could be bought with a small vanilla ice cream cone or Diet Coke. Klasky Csupo also sold them through their online gift shop, which was shut down in fall 2005.

A Happy Meal featuring Lego vehicles to build was released at the restaurant chain in 1999, a year after the series originally premiered. The front of each vehicle had an image of one of the McDonaldland characters in the Klasky Csupo style, as depicted in the series.

Cast

Main

Voice talent on the series includes K-C veterans Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, and Charlie Adler. The role of Ronald McDonald is credited as "Himself."

  • Jack Doepke (ep. 1–3) and David Hussey (ep. 4–6) as Ronald McDonald
  • Charlie Adler as Hamburglar, McNugget #3, McSplorer
  • Pamela Adlon as McNugget #1
  • Dee Bradley Baker as Sundae (voice) (ep. 1-6), TV Monitor, Squirrel, Sea Monster
  • Kevin Michael Richardson as Grimace, King Gunga
  • Christine Cavanaugh as Birdie the Early Bird
  • Jazmine A. Corona as Tika
  • Jim Cummings as Announcer
  • Nika Futterman as Fry Kid #3
  • Paul Greenberg as Fry Kid #2
  • Alex D. Linz as Franklin
  • Lisa Raggio as McNugget #2
  • Kath Soucie as Fry Kid #1
  • Verne Troyer as Sundae (in a suit) (ep. 1-3)

Guest cast

  • Jeff Bennett as TV Man, Knight #1
  • Gregg Berger as Barber, Fat Man, Foodfight Walla
  • Corey Burton as Bug, Mob Man #1
  • David Eccles as Bear
  • Bill Farmer as Knight #2, Mob Leader
  • Henry Gibson as Blue Planet
  • Kim Mai Guest as Kids
  • Billie Hayes as One-Eyed Sally
  • Bob Joles as Mayor McCheese, Mob Man #2, Knight
  • Carol Kane as Org's Mom
  • Maurice LaMarche as Dr. Quizzical, Burger Chef, Knight
  • Jeff Lupetin as Iam Hungry
  • Euan MacDonald as Simon
  • Mona Marshall as Kids
  • Drew Massey as Pip
  • Julie Merrill as TV Woman
  • Richard Moll as Org's Dad
  • Patrick Pinney as Phantom Head
  • Phil Snyder as Professor Thaddeus J. Pinchworm, Stiles
  • Warren Sroka as King Murray
  • Andre Stojka as Royal Chef
  • Tara Strong as Girl, Boy, Sheep
  • Meshach Taylor as Pink Planet
  • James Kevin Ward as Scotty
  • Gedde Watanabe as Karate Master
  • Bruce Weitz as Blather
  • Julian West as Dad, Police Officer
  • Carl W. Wolfe as Org

Episodes

Crew

  • Charlie Adler – Voice Director
  • Barbara Wright – Casting Director
  • Terry Thoren – Executive In Charge of Production
  • Tracy Kramer – Executive In Charge of Production
  • Glenwood Editorial, Inc. – Track Reading
  • Grimsaem Animation – Overseas Production Facility
  • Sunwoo Entertainment – Overseas Production Facility

References

External links

  • Scared Silly at IMDb
  • The Legend of Grimace Island at IMDb
  • Visitors From Outer Space at IMDb
  • Birthday World at IMDb
  • Have Time, Will Travel at IMDb
  • The Monster O' McDonaldland Loch at IMDb

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald by Wikipedia (Historical)



 


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