Lost Racist "You Better Don't" McDonalds Ad

This website popped up while I was doing some simple looking around online. The preview post (I couldn't find the post itself on the forum) seems to point to the idea there were more racist commercials for chicken select. The date also suggests the controversial advertisements ran to at least October.

Okay, I've been going through commercial breaks and collecting the other ads from the campaign to get a general idea of when and where each known ad was airing (MM/DD/YYYY). I'll keep this updated if I find more. Not sure how useful it is long-term but good for anyone who wants to familiarise themselves with the campaign.


The Power of No

- NBC 08/30/2004 youtu.be/KKCjQ0d6FPc?t=921

- ESPN 10/05/2004 youtu.be/U23W2k1oYBw?t=4885


Office (copier)

- Cartoon Network Fridays (unknown date) youtu.be/J6z0A-m210o?t=383

- NBC – August youtu.be/alwhsQMZ5pA?t=1158


Office (breakroom)

- CBS 09/22/2004 (Dr. Phil) youtu.be/oY9wZL9rUJk?t=4964

- NBC Sports 10/06/2004 youtu.be/ker2ddwQ3kw?t=1165


Green girl

- CBS 09/22/2004 (Dr. Phil) youtu.be/oY9wZL9rUJk?t=1850

- (sometime around 09/10/2004?) youtu.be/Uh2emRfBNpw?t=3168

- ABC (week starting 09/07/2004) youtu.be/bIJxpYdUlCM?t=1649 – alt version


Guitar guy

- ESPN 10/05/2004 youtu.be/U23W2k1oYBw?t=8762

- ESPN2 10/06/2004 youtu.be/Pw_PgOESBSI?t=4359

- Spike 09/23/2004 youtu.be/FX8a_9eK92A?t=147

- NBC 10/10/2004 youtu.be/4l0Wx_juLHg?t=649


Disney lady

- ABC 09/22/2004 youtu.be/qQzWu93waxg?t=729

- Nick @ Nite 10/03/2004 youtu.be/ljZuAj0ICvM?t=75 (variant without “mama” lines - this is pretty interesting as it's from a couple weeks after the other airing, and we already talked about how that particular line could also be offensive)

Don't send repeat messages if people don't respond the first time. The chances of him having a copy at all are slim anyway.

I’m not gonna, I’m just gonna send 1 more message in a few weeks if he doesn’t respond to me, then just call it there.

Okay, I've been going through commercial breaks and collecting the other ads from the campaign to get a general idea of when and where each known ad was airing (MM/DD/YYYY). I'll keep this updated if I find more. Not sure how useful it is long-term but good for anyone who wants to familiarise themselves with the campaign.


The Power of No

- NBC 08/30/2004 youtu.be/KKCjQ0d6FPc?t=921

- ESPN 10/05/2004 youtu.be/U23W2k1oYBw?t=4885


Office (copier)

- Cartoon Network Fridays (unknown date) youtu.be/J6z0A-m210o?t=383

- NBC – August youtu.be/alwhsQMZ5pA?t=1158


Office (breakroom)

- CBS 09/22/2004 (Dr. Phil) youtu.be/oY9wZL9rUJk?t=4964

- NBC Sports 10/06/2004 youtu.be/ker2ddwQ3kw?t=1165


Green girl

- CBS 09/22/2004 (Dr. Phil) youtu.be/oY9wZL9rUJk?t=1850

- (sometime around 09/10/2004?) youtu.be/Uh2emRfBNpw?t=3168

- ABC (week starting 09/07/2004) youtu.be/bIJxpYdUlCM?t=1649 – alt version

- NBC – August (13th according to comment?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZlUFXiCfgc&t=867s&ab_channel=Hogstuff


Guitar guy

- ESPN 10/05/2004 youtu.be/U23W2k1oYBw?t=8762

- ESPN2 10/06/2004 youtu.be/Pw_PgOESBSI?t=4359

- Spike 09/23/2004 youtu.be/FX8a_9eK92A?t=147

- NBC 10/10/2004 youtu.be/4l0Wx_juLHg?t=649


Disney lady

- ABC 09/22/2004 youtu.be/qQzWu93waxg?t=729

- Nick @ Nite 10/03/2004 youtu.be/ljZuAj0ICvM?t=75 (variant without “mama” lines - this is pretty interesting as it's from a couple weeks after the other airing, and we already talked about how that particular line could also be offensive)

UPDATE: I found an airing of Beth Malone / Green lady from August 17 (https://youtu.be/YjId8ILjry8?si=KlkjQBc2eSs6izpv&t=343) on NBC during the Olympics coverage. This is a few weeks earlier than the previously thought to be earliest airing of September 8, and could mean that the Chicken Selects ads were airing simultaneously with the Ronald McDonald Olympics ads.