I’ve been looking all over for this odd commercial that I had recorded on DVR sometime between 2003-2005 if I remember right, though it could be a bit later.
It aired during an episode of SpongeBob on Nickelodeon. I was in the PNW and I had Dish Network at the time. I know the recorded episode was from season 1-3, but it was a re-run. I stopped watching SpongeBob after season 3, and didn’t really like any episodes afterwards. It is possible that this re-run aired during the hiatus between season 3 and season 4.
In the advert, we see Ronald McDonald in a room with dark walls and floors, but filled with colorful gymnastics mats and different structures. I think it had something to do with birthdays. I was a pretty long ad, maybe a full minute. I remember distinctly a very strange sort of excited yelp that Ronald McDonald made in the ad, that cracked me up. It was so weird and funny, that I kept the recording for years just to watch that ad. Eventually I forgot about it, or someone deleted it, or we got a different TV service or something.
I wish I could remember more details, but it was so long ago now, I just can’t think of anything else.