Live Chat "Missed Connection"? LOL

[TresGriffin]

So, I'm posting this because I was chatting with someone in one of the live chat videos, but I can't remember their name, so if they're on the boards, I found something they might be interested in.

Hey there,

In the Max Live chat with "Crynolie" (Portmanteau of Craig, Ryno and Kylie), I was chatting with someone about the old Monopoly Game they used to do at McDonald's back in the 90s. If you're on the boards somewhere, I just wanted to say you might be interested in an HBO documentary on Hulu about the big scam that happened with that promotion.

 

[disneyland_is_magic]

Ohhh!! It wasn’t me but I will put it on my watch list!
I was obsessed with that game back in it’s heyday. It has such a weird story because many of the national media had just picked up the story of the scam an hour before 9/11 so it was immediately buried.
Years later I googled to see why Mcd had stopped the game and found some of the original articles published by CNN, the Washington Post etc that morning at about 7:30 AM. It’s basically the last news story from our pre-9/11 lifetime, very sobering.

Thanks for the rec!!

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Yes, I used to get an Egg McMuffin or something "breakfasty" at Mickey D's as much as possible when this game was going on - don't like their other food. Wow - a scandal in the fast food industry, huh? Go figure!