Lost Racist "You Better Don't" McDonalds Ad

I wouldn't necessarily call something lost if it's out there but nobody was specifically looking for it in the first place, but this isn't really the thread for a semantic debate lmao

Great find though - definitely worth looking into this specific promotion a bit more as it could fit with the travel theme of the airplane ad. I don't think this one's come up at all during previous searches. 

That said, I very much doubt that McDonald's has been deliberately taking down commercial breaks containing these ads. They've had far more recent controversies which are still available online so there's almost no way they have lawyers trawling the internet for stuff that's two decades old by now. 

We probably need to figure out the time frame it aired then because by the way it looks, the commercial ran for I’d say less then a month before getting taken off.

Ooh yes. This is getting off topic, but here are some specific quirks of the search that i've found:

1. Yes, almost every NBC ad comp from the time i've looked through has advertised Father of the Pride. They really wanted that show to succeed.
2. Probably the most common McDonalds ads, in order, are: 1. The lady at the couch. 2. Ronald McDonald swimming for the Olympics (AKA the specially made Olympics ad). 3. Office guy. 4. The Disney World promotion.
3. I might have come across the most 2004 ad block ever (https://youtu.be/7zDudnFZlJg?si=IyNxUvG-ldRZKbNs). No McDonalds, but it contains a very 2004 Old Navy ad, Mean Girls for DVD, an ad for a wireless plan for a flip phone, a comedian competition show with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog as a special host, an ad for Father of the Pride (as usual), a Scrubs ad, an Ebay / Mastercard ad from the "Priceless" campaign, and a Tickle Me Elmo ad.

Also, is it possible to contact anyone who remembered seeing the ad? If we could ask if they remembered or had any guess as to what show or channel they might have been watching when the ad came on. The ad's total amount of times being aired is likely in the single digits or maybe the very low double digits, so if we could get a specific timeslot the ad aired during, that could potentially help.

The earliest sighting I can find in those forum posts is September 9th, with the latest direct mention being the 22nd. This doesn't necessarily mean they aired on those specific dates but this seems to be the best timeframe to work with.

Also kinda funny seeing people already sick of the (then relatively new) "I'm Lovin' It" jingle lmao